Things continued normally for the next two weeks, well, as normally as giant magical creatures teaching smaller magical creatures how to be better at fighting could be. The trainees were growing smarter and stronger each day, and were being taught to think outside of the box. Although the Giants and Eon could tell that a few were slipping through the cracks and might not graduate. They would just need to be pushed harder...

Speaking of things being normal, Stealth Elf was, yet again, taking a swing at the obstacle course Master Eon had built last week. It was full of traps, puzzles, dummies you had to attack or dodge, and debris that are shot from cannons going well above 60 mph. The most interesting part of the course, is that it can be switched to test the different elements.

Spyro and Eruptor were on the sidelines, sitting on a log, and watching as she flew(quite elegantly in Spyro's opinion) through the spikes, spinning maces, giant hammers, swishing swords, and rings of fire. Spyro watched her every move with great intent, his wings flapped and tail wagged in excitement as her slender body jumped through the ring. She was unscathed as the fire surrounded her, the life elf even did a spin for some extra flair.

Doing this showed her off her entire body, with one part in particular catching Spyro's eye the most. The dragon blushed, before shaking his head roughly to abolish the inappropriate thoughts. She was, arguably, his best friend for Eon sake! He shouldn't be thinking such thoughts!...But man, those pants did really complement her rear.

With a loud grunt, she slashed through five wooden cutouts of villains, before teleporting onto the final platform and running through the tape that represented the finish line. Eruptor tapped the top button on the comedically large stopwatch that sat next to him.

"Two minutes 25 seconds!" Eruptor exclaimed, pumping his lava stumps into the air as celebration. Spyro followed by shooting fireballs into the air.

"T-That's a-a new r-record. R-Right guys?" She panted, exhausted from pushing herself harder then usual.

"Totally! That was such an awesome job Stealth Elf!" The lava Skylander shouted, before throwing up lava on the ground in front of him. "Heh, sorry. Being excited makes me upchuck."

"T-Thanks Eruptor...W-What di-d you think Spyro?" She asked, nervous about what he would say.

"That was the coolest thing I've ever seen! You were like 'slash' and 'boom' and you flew through the air like a dragon and it was awesome!" Spyro exclaimed, poorly acting out what she had done. Stealth Elf blushed for two reasons: for the praise and the fact that it was Spyro that was praising her!

"T-Thank you Spyro. That means a lot." She smiled, her cheeks darkening. Eruptor seeing this, had a brilliant idea.

"Hey Spyro, you know a thing friends do for one another is hug them when they do something cool or awesome. Maybe you should hug her as a congratulations." He shrugged, smirking when her cheeks darkened even more.

"N-No no, I'm f-fine." She grinned, which fell on deaf ears. With a playful grin and a flap of his wings, Spyro sprang from his spot on the log and towards Stealth Elf. Before she could blink, Spyro wrapped his two front around her and flew high into the air. Giggling and laughter could be heard from the two as Spyro flew them into the clouds, causing Eruptor to softly laugh at the two. While he didn't think the two of them being together was such a good idea, he had to admit, they were just adorable together.

When he thought it was high enough, Spyro stopped flying and flapped his wings enough to keep them from falling. He hugged her tight, nuzzling her neck while letting out soft growls. Stealth Elf blushed hard, a goofy grin etching on her face as she returned the gesture.

'So this is what he sees everyday.' She thought, mesmerized by how small the floating islands were from this height. So small, so far away, so very insignificant. Up here she didn't have to worry about the academy, or villains, or classmates(like Zook), or that slut Cynder! It felt nice, and it was made a million times better since she was with Spyro.

Speaking of the dragon of magic, both he and Stealth Elf pulled back so they could stare into each others eyes. Red stared into white, a pit of fire into a pit of life. Time slowed, everything around the two seemed to fade away into nonexistence. Eyes half lidded and closing, Spyro began to move closer to the life elf, making her heart thud and beat like never before. Nevertheless, she followed his lead.

Was this happening? Were they seriously about to kiss? Would fireworks go off as Eon sang 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight'?...Stealth Elf had a very active imagination.

"Spyro! Stealth Elf! Please come down and proceed to my office! We have matters to attend to!" Master Eon shouted up at them. They froze, eyes snapping open as gasps escaped them. They pulled back and looked away, embarrassed and ashamed. They were even changing several shades of color.

"I-I guess we should see what Eon wants." Spyro stuttered.

"Yeah...I guess so." She sighed, a combination of both rage and sadness taking over, but she wouldn't let it show. Spyro flew them down, much to their dismay, and placed her next to Eruptor.

"I'll see you guys at his office." Spyro informed, before flying off ahead of them. After making sure he was out of ear, Stealth Elf growled and ended up kicking a sheep off of the island. Luckily, it was on another island filled with more sheep.

"Why do bad things always happen at the best times?!"

"Sorry Stealth Elf. I tried stalling for as long as I could, but he shut me down and said what I had to say paled in comparison to what he needed to say." The fire element informed, feeling sorry for his friend.

"It's ok Eruptor...oh who am I kidding? It's not! We were about to kiss Eruptor! Kiss!" She exclaimed, growling in anger as she shook him.

"Hey, hey, hey, relax Stealth Elf. I'm sure you'll get another chance." He informed, not mad at her for how she was acting. He understood completely. "Now c'mon, Master Eon's waiting for us."

"Fine." She sighed, befre the two started making their way to his office. Unbeknownst to them, a figure flying overhead was listening to the two as they spoke.

Cynder chuckled darkly before flying away, a devious plan forming.