Heartfire

First day of training

Each day was harder and harder for Spike. Everyday Spike was taught by Spyro how to fight with his claws and tail. As Spyro and Spike trained they would tend to fight to see how his fighting skill has improved.

Sadly Spyro was still able to beat Spike without breaking a sweat. So Spikes training added a few cuts from Spyros claws but they drew little drops of blood. "Come on Spike are you even trying?" Spike struggled to talk as Spyro's tail was wrapped around his neck. It was tightening while Spike used his strength to try and escape but it was useless.

Spike tapped his tail to tell Spyro he was done. Soon enough the tail tightly wrapped around his neck was sliding off letting him breathe.

"So god--damn--hard" Spike said while struggling to gain his breath. Spike has never so much much workout ever since he asked rainbow how to do push-ups."Yeah, that's what you think but believe me". Spyro walked towards a cave while he put his head under a waterfall feeling the cool freshwater hit his scales.

"There's gonna be harder opponents," Spyro gives Spike a glance smirking. "since your gonna try and ask Ember to be your mate, every dragon is gonna do as much damage as he can on you".

Spikes head jerked up from drinking. "What? What are you talking about? As much as he wanted to deny it in front of Spyro. his heart was beating at Embers mention.

"Oh give it Spike I knew since a week ago, it's in your eyes I know that look anywhere since I was exactly in your claws" Spyro leaves the waterfall to see his old scars from the fight with Malefor when it happened years ago. In his reflection of the river.

There was no use in denying it now. "Alright yes, I like Ember is that what you'd like to hear?" Spike looked at Spyro as he slightly smiled.

"It's not like he cared but I do," a voice from the bushes said. "Oh no" Spyro brought his head slightly to the ground at the sound of that voice.

"Spyro buddy ya miss me?" a yellow dragonfly flew out of the bushes. Spyro only smiled at the face of the dragonfly he knew for to well.

"Hello, Sparx" the little dragonfly flew towards Spike. "Who this guy? He's as fat as you Spyro" Sparx said with a laugh.

"I'm not fat," Spike says as the dragon continues to fly around him.

"Yeah right, your all muscle are you," Sparx says in a mocking tone. Spyro covers Sparx with his wing. "You'll have to forgive my brother, he can be a bit of a dick"

"Wait you guys are brothers?" Spike asks as Sparx head-butted Spyro. Since Sparx was only a small dragonfly Spyro just gave him a gentle tap with his claw.

"Yes we are brothers, you see Sparx was just a baby dragonfly when Malefor attacked his village, killing his parents right before my father was able to save them, my father knew a baby dragonfly could not survive on its own so he decided it be best if he took Sparx in"

"Yeah Spyro and tell him about the prophe--" Sparxs mouth was shut by Spyros two claws holding his little mouth together. "How about Sparx you go over there and wait until training is done"

Spyro released his mouth but was about to protest until he saw a glare in his brother's eye. It made him shut his mouth and fly towards a rock. Spike sees that there's more to Spyro's past but decided he will talk about it later.

"Now attack position" at Spyros order Spike got into a position on his four legs. His head was near the ground and wings ready to fly if need be.

There was a burning flame that was slowly rising from Spikes' throat. He held it in until Spyro nodded him to show the wall of a mountain. The explosion left a giant black scorch mark on the as Spyro tells Spike to do it again and think of the one person he hated most.