Chapter 1

13 years ago (Skylands time)

Spyro paced around the room in anticipation, he didn't want to know if something would go wrong.

"Please be alright, please be alright, please be alright" he muttered in worry, then he noticed the door opening.

"Doctor, is she...?" Spyro trailed off as the Mabu Doctor smiled.

"A perfect delivery, see for yourself" he opened the door further so Spyro could look inside.

"Cyn?" He asked as the magenta dragoness revealed her exhausted face.

"Spy? It's you..." she smiled as Spyro sat down.

"Of course, I wouldn't want to miss anything, you are my angel after all" he replied as Cynder revealed a small creature cradled in her arms, and it was in fact a baby dragon.

"What should we call him?" Spyro asked.

"Well, it's a boy, you should name it" Cynder answered as Spyro looked at the little Red dragon.

"How does Blaze sound?" Spyro suggested.

"I think that sounds perfect..." Cynder smiled once again as Spyro looked at his newborn son, then he held him close to his chest.

"I'll protect you, no matter what" he promised, even if it meant his death...

Present day

"Blaze! Time to get up!" The red dragon sat upright as he bumped his head on the roof.

"Ow!" He rubbed his head as he remembered he was in his bunk bed, as the pain wore off he climbed out of bed, and leaped to the ground.

"Another bland day..." he sighed, then he looked at a family portrait, he then took notice of the purple dragon standing next to his mom, cradling a small red dragon.

"Morning, Dad..." he spoke to the portrait as he opened the door and walked downstairs to see Cynder, his mom, cooking breakfast.

"Ah, your finally up, sweetie, don't worry, breakfast will be ready in just a few minutes, you just get all your stuff together for school" Cynder explained.

"Good morning to you too, mom" Blaze chuckled a response as he put all his things in his bag, soon enough, his breakfast was on the kitchen table as he walked over and proceeded to wolf it down.

"Well, someone was hungry..." Cynder smirked as Blaze embarrassingly finished his meal.

"Well, what can I say?" He replied as Cynder rubbed his head.

"I need you to pick up your cousin Crystal from Uncle Hope's on your way to school" Cynder explained as Blaze stood up and grabbed his bag.

"You know we're not actually related to Uncle Hope or Auntie Rhea, right?" Blaze asked as Cynder turned to face him.

"Maybe, but your father considered himself close enough to Hope to call him his brother of sorts, ah, there you are Sparx" Cynder turned to see the dragonfly scratching his back as he stretched and yawned.

"Yeah, yeah, what's up, spikey?" Sparx asked as Cynder sighed.

"Nothing, just figured you'd need some breakfast" she replied as Sparx nodded.

"Yeah, that'd be nice..." he yawned again as Blaze chuckled.

"Morning, Uncle Sparx, up chasing butterflies again?" He asked, but the dragonfly didn't seem to reply as he started snoring mid-flight.

"I...find it best that you go get Crystal now, have a wonderful day, honey" she walked over and kissed his forehead, then Blaze walked out of their house and took to the skies.

"Now, if I remember correctly, Hope's house should be...ah-ha!" Blaze spotted the familiar building in the distance, as he landed onto the porch and knocked, he heard a familiar voice.

"I'm coming" and Rhea opened the door.

"Blaze! How wonderful to see you, make yourself at home, I'll go get Crystal" she led him inside as he examined their house, it was neatly furnished, the portraits on the wall were of their own family as Rhea came down with the energetic little black dragoness that was his little cousin.

"Blaze!" She cried as she lept into his arms.

"Hey! How's my little ruby?" He asked cheerfully as Crystal smiled, causing Rhea to laugh.

"Where's Uncle Hope?" He asked Rhea.

"Ah! Still sleeping, just like your father" Rhea joked around.

"I wish I could've met him, I don't remember much" Blaze replied.

"Blaze, Spyro would've loved to see you grow up, but he made that sacrifice because he knew that you would benefit from it...now off with you two munchkins" Rhea shooed then playfully as Crystal grabbed her bag.

"Alright, come on, to Skylanders Academy!" She cheered and took off.

"Wait! Crystal, I'm supervising you!" Blaze cried out as he flew after.