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The first thought that went through Cynder's head was 'too bright'. Her head ringing, she slowly lifted her head and looked over at the purple dragon.

"Spyro!" she calls, with no response.

She gets up and looks him over with worry, 'he seems okay' she thinks to herself. She looks around, wondering where they are. They appear to be in a valley surrounded by an ethereal lake. In the center of the valley is a henge, a large statue of a dragon at the center. Cynder wearily approaches the henge studying the markings on the stones. Each stone was marked with a depiction of the same dragon as the statue. First it shows the dragon surrounded by two types of armies, with strange floating islands in the background. Second a depiction of the dragon using some sort of magic, the rune that depicted the magic felt protective. The third and final depiction showed the same dragon traveling through some sort of portal.

"What?" Cynder says to herself, just noticing the text below the depictions.

The words seem to translate themselves into a voice in her own head

"Michael, the defender of life and guardian of the multiverse. To awaken the ultimate guardian, a purple dragon must use all of their elements upon the statue"

At that moment Spyro woke up

"Cynder! where are you?" He yelled worriedly.

"Over here" She replied, and ran over to him.

"Are you okay? What Happened? Where are we?"

"I'm fine" She answered, "I don't know where we are or what happened"

Spyro, showing visibly less worried turns his attention to the henge with its sapphire veined dark gray stone. He looks at the depictions and "reads" the text below

"This is a Guardian?" He asks in surprise "Should I free him?"

"What... Oh yeah" Cynder replies, seeming to forget that Spyro was a purple dragon for a second

"Maybe you should" She answers

Spyro walks over to the front of the statue and looks at it for a moment, before deciding to awaken it. He charges up an element ball containing all of his powers and throws it full force at the statue. When the dust settles the two dragons gasp at surprise as the statue stands seemingly untouched. Then with a sudden rumble, the sapphire veins began to glow brightly, pulsing with magic. The statue's eyes began to glow as well, cracks starting to appear throughout its entire body. The cracks grew bigger and with a might crash the statue blew apart, releasing a mighty black dragon with dark blue eyes. The black dragon had two horns that curved up and back and a tailblade that started before the tip of his a tail and ended 3 feet past it, it appeared to be a dual-edged tailsword. The dragon's completely black body was protected by armor, intricately woven metal with carefully placed onyx and sapphire gems that glowed with a similar pulse to his eyes. The magic fades and the dragon "wakes up" he looks straight down at the younger dragons.

"You must be Spyro and Cynder" His voice seemed... Oddly normal

"How do you know are names?" Spyro asked getting in a protective stance in front of Cynder

"I am Michael, the Guardian of the balance between good and evil, the protector of the infinite multiverse. In each dimension a version of me exists, but we are one being, connected, one soul that experiences infinity all at once. So, in simpler terms I know a LOT of things."

"Do you know where we are then?" Cynder asked

"We are in the Valley of Souls, the most magical place on... What's left of this planet" he said looking out at the ethereal lake surrounding the island.

"What happened to the planet?" Spyro asked with more than a little worry in his voice

"When Malefor died the resulting explosion shattered the planet, creating millions of islands surrounded by ethereal lakes. But unlike most planets when shattered this one did not collapse because of a spell Spyro used to save it" Michael said while tapping each stone pillar in the henge, as if testing them.

"Shattered?" Cynder replied "Most planets? You mean there are other planets?"

"Yes, and both of you are from one" He answered, returning to the middle of the henge.

Too stunned to speak the two dragons watched as Michael lifted his right paw, spread his claws apart and summoned a rune right above his pads. With a casual flick of his wrist, he sent the rune upward. Once the rune was so far up it was no longer visible it expanded to cover the whole valley, then exploded raining blue sparks of magic along the entire valley. Then on either side of him two armies began to form. One by one, hundreds of dragons on one side and hundreds of, what appear to be wolves, poof into being with a small burst of blue sparks until the valley was filled with their voices. Spyro opened his mouth as if to say something, but before any words came out the henge shuddered. Each pillar shot forth a burst of light, meeting in the middle and shooting upward. Then in a flash of light, a giant island appeared, with a massive stone castle on top, and hundreds of different sized cannons pointing in every direction.

"What is that" Spyro yelped ducking back, almost running into Cynder

"A Flying Fortress, specially designed for this dimension and others like it." Michael answered

The wolf army walked over to the dragon one, and began to climb onto their backs to be flown to the fortress. Spyro and Cynder watched in awe as the fortress began to charge in magical power.

"So where should we go? Your home planet perhaps, or maybe the Guardian temple" Michael asked

"I don't understand, we aren't from this planet?" Cynder asked, confused.

Michael sighed "Let me tell you the story of you parents. Over a hundred and fifty years ago a red egg, black egg, a pink egg, and a purple egg."

"Purple egg, was that Malefor?" Spyro asked.

"Yes, and that was also... Cynder's father" Michael continued

"What?" Cynder yelled, before her legs gave out and she feinted.

"What?" Spyro echoed, catching Cynder as she fell.

Spyro breathes an icy breath to wake Cynder up. She jumps with a start.

"Please, continue" Cynder gasped

"Malefor was a purple dragon whose egg was laid in the city of Faun on the Triad Homeworld, he was the second of both of your parents to be laid. His egg was one of six. When his parents found that his egg was purple, I was called to verify. The egg was indeed purple, and I quickly confirmed it, but before leaving I had to tell his parents to raise him like normal until his powers manifested, then he would be trained by the Triad Guardians. But he would have a normal childhood. The first of your parents to be laid was Cynder's mother Silver, whom you look just like, her mother was a black dragoness who was hunted by some dragons from another city who considered her 'cursed' and tried to end her bloodline. Without a mate, who died protecting her. Left alone with only one surviving egg, she went to me. We didn't talk much, but she said that she could not take care of her egg and that since I have had a long history of raising dragons, I was better suited to raise her egg. I agreed and she left, much to my protest she kept saying that she had to leave to better protect her egg. I never heard from her again, despite all the things I know, I do not know everything. She could still be alive, if she is though, she is hiding on a distant planet separated from the events of the war. The third egg, the red one, was Spyro's father, Fury. He was first laid of 5 eggs. Fury was born of the king and queen of all elemental dragons, a bloodline that can be traced through billions of years, thousands of planets, and hundreds of dimensions. Thus, making Fury a prince, a very powerful prince, as he would inherit the powers of his royal bloodline. The final egg would be Spyro's mother. Rose, a very beautiful pink dragon, is also from a powerful bloodline. Her grandfather was one of the most powerful users of soul magic I have ever known. But she beat her entire family in terms of power. Her parents decided that they only wanted the responsibility of raising one child, so they used magic on themselves to only lay one egg. That kind of magic is usually very dangerous but luck was on their side and the spell was successful. But fate struck when Rose's parents were called to fight a magma titan on another planet. They left their egg with me for safe keeping, fully expecting to return. But sadly, they died destroying the titan. Leaving me then to raise two daughters. Almost immediately after they hatched the four became friends, each one being excluded from the rest of society because of how they were born. Malefor because he was a purple dragon, Silver because she was a black dragon, and considered to be a creature of evil, Fury because of his royal bloodline, and Rose because of her powerful bloodline. The four explored the world together, going farther as they got older. But then Malefor began to manifest powers that he could not control. As you will soon Spyro. The group returned to Faun and Malefor began his training with the Guardians. But something else was happening to the young dragons; love. Fury had begun training of his own to inherit the role as King of Elemental Dragons. The role being entirely for show because the king was not needed at the time, and a representative had been placed in the position in the Multiversal League, which is the name of my kingdom, or ML for short. But while training Fury began to fall in love with Rose, and vise-versa with Rose falling in love with Fury. Both of them were too embarrassed to admit it to each other for a painfully long time. Meanwhile Malefor and Silver fell in love with each other, and Silver helped him with the rest of his training. The two couples had been mostly separated at the time. With Malefor and Silver staying at the Guardian's Temple, and Fury and Rose staying at Faun. But when Malefor, Fury, and Rose finished their training they meet back up in the city square where they grew up. By then both couples already were mated, and wishing to settle down. The couples bought houses on either side of mine and rebuilt them to better suit themselves. Like most houses in the city each one had a living area, a kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 1 master bedroom, 2 studies, 2 bathrooms, and two more rooms that will later become a nest and a nursery. Fury rebuilt their house very intricately with a roomy feel and a homey design. 'Chuckles' He had a lot of pride when it came to that house. Malefor built a house with more of a comforting feel but with less space. By the time the houses were finished both couples were antsy to explore. So that's what they did, but it was a mistake for me to let them go, because it caused Malefor's corruption. His evilness was not his fault, I know you cringe at the thought of him but it was not his fault, someone else corrupted him. It began on the dark planet Kanos. Where Malefor was given a dark core by a dragon who he thought was a friend. To be given a dark core by a dragon with malicious intent is the first ingredient to a total corruption. The second event happened on the Jem Homeworld, while investigating an attempted grave robbing, Malefor accidentally held a random dragon's claw. But he did not know that the claw had been deliberately placed. The second ingredient to total corruption is to hold the claw of an innocently killed dragon. Soon after that, both Rose and Silver had decided that they wanted to have children, but since they had no experience on how to be a mother, they did not know what to do. Don't get me wrong I raised them both to the best of my abilities, but they never had a true mother figure, so they decided that they wanted to choose a heat where they would only have one egg. They settled back into their homes and began to prepare. Shortly after both females became pregnant the third event happened, in Faun no less. While Malefor was searching for gems to make into special jewelry for Silver he inspected a certain sunstone. This sunstone was collected from a dying star, which is baffling to me because that meant that a sun dragon went specifically to a dying star and collected a stone from it. That third ingredient sealed the total corruption. Malefor did not feel the effects at first but then became more curious about dark and eldritch magics. While Silver was carefully building a nest and planning the nursery, He would travel to a secret lab and cast dark spells. He would gather knowledge and power before cleansing himself and returning home to his mate, who can sense dark magic residue. This went on for several months before I caught him returning with traces of dark magic. We talked, and when I discovered his corruption I told him, I told him of his corruption, and I told him that there was a cure. His corruption had taken total control of his mind, he did not want a cure. We fought and I swiftly defeated him, I was about to temporarily petrify him when Fury stopped me. He thought that he could fix things, He thought that I was overstepping my bounds. So he asked me to leave, and I did. My forces left the dimension to wait for the next calling, and I froze myself to that statue. In my ethereal form I watched Malefor escape from his bounds and leave for his lab. When he discovered that I had destroyed it he hid in a nearby cave to recover. While that was happening Silver and Rose laid their eggs, and it just so happened that Rose's was purple. They knew that when Malefor finds out he will come for both of the eggs, so they planned their escape. They planned to take the eggs to the Genrir Homeworld, this world, and guard the portal until it can be safely closed in a way that can not be traced. But things went wrong when the plan was carried out. After the eggs were taken to the Genrir Guardian's temple, while Rose was preparing to close the portal, Malefor attacked. They fought, Malefor could not beat the three powerful dragons in normal combat, and he knew this, so he summoned a spell so powerful he was unable to control it. He only wanted to defeat the others than take the eggs and vanish to a distant planet. But the spell was so powerful that it vaporized the three dragons, it did so in such a way that their souls got trapped in this dimension, unable to move on. Though that might sound bad, I consider that if the souls didn't move on, it means they can be brought back. Though don't get your hopes up because there is a lot of ifs in the way of that. The spell Malefor used was so powerful that it destroyed both his body and the portal, but he was able to trace it to the Genrir Homeworld. After a few months, Malefor was able to build enough power to create a temporary portal to Genrir, and begun his attack through Gaul... The Guardians told you the rest I assume? But they didn't tell you, because they didn't know, that the war did not only reach Genrir, but spread over thousands of planets. Now everybody who knows that Malefor was unwillingly corrupted understand, and forgive him. Which is good considering that I might be able to bring him back as well. Wouldn't want the people to hate him, as I know you understand Cynder."