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// Interlude: Visiting the Academy 
// Story: World of Warcraft: Burning Skies 
// by Blackdrag-rose 
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Spitfire and Rainbow quickly discovered that the area Spyro, Spike, Ember, and Cynder were leading them to was the castle in Ponyville, instead of the ruined one they had parked the Vindicaar above before seeing the Tree of Harmony, which told them that there had to be a reason behind such a decision and caused them to remain silent as they followed the group in front of them. Doing that gave the pair a chance to study the first of the displaced for a time while taking in the changes that both Spike and Ember had gone through, since they were different from what they remembered, and as that happened Spitfire was sure they were studying her and Rainbow as well. Based on everything she had seen so far it looked like Ember was more like a warrior princess than what she had been in the past, while Spike, true to his word, was more knowledgeable in the art of wielding magic, given what Khadgar had found out so far. What surprised them was the spell Spike had chosen to show them, as he could alter the very nature of the rocky tunnel they were walking through, as it turned to quartz for a moment, maybe marble, before returning to rock without leaving him even winded at all.

Once they were outside Spitfire made sure to inform Romuul that they would be busy for awhile and that the Vindicaar was to remain in the Everfree Forest, as it was the one place that most of Equestria's residents wouldn't flock to, so they would be safe until it was time to head back to Azeroth.

Such a thing prompted Khadgar to inquire about some of the things that he and the others had seen so far, while Spitfire did everything in her power to make sure he and the rest of the group from Azeroth, including the Titans, had a good idea of how things worked in this world. She gave brief descriptions of the races to them, explained how parts of Equus worked in comparison to what they were used to, and that this was, mostly, a peaceful world that didn't have any major battles in the past. Her comment caused Spike to list off some of the events that this world had experienced in the past, such as the battle between Princess Celestia and Nightmare Moon, with the latter being banished according to history books and what Twilight had told him, the battle for the Crystal Empire that happened before Nightmare Moon came about, the fact that Princesses Celestia and Luna faced off against Discord to free Equestria from his chaotic power. The Spirit shrugged for a moment as Spike mentioned his period of history, where he proclaimed that those days were over and that he was now using his powers for the betterment of the entire world, before Spike revealed that there were a few other events he was in the middle of researching.

Rainbow was still caught off guard by how smart Spike was, even though they both knew that most of the events he had mentioned had been exaggerated, given that most of the scribes in the past painted Princess Celestia in a great light and that she could do no wrong, even though she and her friends, along with a few others, knew the truth, and when they reached Ponyville Spitfire thought of something.

"Spike, how did the residents of Ponyville take the news of what's coming our way?" Spitfire asked, as based on what she could see it appeared that no one in the town was freaking out about anything right now, which was odd and made her wonder if some of the key figures in this place had gone missing around the same thing she and Rainbow went missing, but she wanted to be sure of something before speaking her mind.

"At first we tried to make it so that the civilians didn't know about the demonic threat that's coming, but, well, that failed in no time at all," Spike replied, though at the same time they came to a stop in front of the castle's entrance and he tapped his staff on the steps that lead to the Human sized door, where he used a very small amount of power to undo a spell he had placed on this structure in the past, unlocking the main entrance while keeping the Anti-Teleportation spell in place, before he beckoned for the others to enter the castle and reapplied the spell as soon as everyone was inside, "we mostly told the leaders of the various races about the threat and they sent some of their guards to us, so they could be trained and made ready for what was coming towards our world, but despite our efforts to keep this a secret, and we tried hard to ensure no one panicked, someone learned of the threat and spread the word... only for us to gain an influx of allies in the process, as in those who call Equus want to help us ensure the safety of our world, even if we have no idea when our enemies will arrive."

"Titan and the rest of the Peace Keepers were happy to have more recruits to train, since they are warriors trained in the arts of fighting to protect all of the Dragon Realms," Ember added, revealing that there was something that had happened once the residents of Ponyville realized what was going on with her and Spike, plus all of the guards who came from the other parts of this world, though as she said that they made their way to what appeared to be a dining room, a large one that likely didn't see much use these days, where everyone sat at the tables that were in it, "Spike's been trying to create an 'Awakening' Spell, one that will replicate the ability to draw out one's true power without actually displacing them, so instead of turning into a more humanoid state, like what you two gained. Supposedly they'll retain their base form while gaining all sorts of power, to prepare for what's coming our way, though, well, he hasn't completed it yet, and he says that it'll take some time before he's done perfecting the spell."

Spitfire considered that idea for a few moments, as awakening the slumbering power within the races of Equus would, in fact, boost how much power they would have access to, even if those who used this spell wouldn't be as powerful as the ones that were displaced by Equus' World-Soul, though after thinking about that she had another topic for them to discuss for a time.

"Sounds like you guys have been busy since the end of your adventures," Spitfire remarked, referring to the fact that Spike and Ember, along with Spyro, Cynder, and those who were sitting around them, had been busy once whatever adventure they had been on came to a close, something they would have to tell her and Rainbow about at some point, before finding that many of the individuals that were sitting near the two dragons nodded their heads in agreement, which caused her to truly wonder what Spike and Ember had done on the world they had been sent to, "Rainbow and I were busy as well, as we trained in the arts of fighting demons, taking the fight to their worlds, and killing them in a place that made it so none of them would be able to return, especially given that our warglaives allowed us to capture their souls and prevent any of our enemies from being revived at some point. During our war against the Legion, the army of demons that we ended up fighting against, we joined forces with the two factions that were in the middle of defending Azeroth, the Alliance and the Horde, though I was forced to take down one of their leaders, as she was planning on filling the world with death while we were fighting the Legion. Eventually our allies overcame their differences and formed the Grand Army of Azeroth, a united front that would face the Dark Titan's twisted armies, and all of the leaders decided, after some time, to name me as their Grand Commander. Long story short, the Grand Army of Azeroth, after hearing that there is another demonic army out there, has sworn to do everything in their power to aid Equus and take down our new enemies, a demon king known as Dymalis and his army, though to do that we need to see what sort of skills you and your recruits have, what skills you need to practice, and figure out a good way to travel from one point to another."

"So, how did you guys get back anyway?" Elora asked, as that was the big question that she and the others had on their minds might now, even though they knew that Discord was responsible for leaving a trail for Spitfire and Rainbow to use to get back home.

"Spitfire used an artifact to open a massive rift, which will freak people out if we use it more often." Rainbow answered, as that was essentially what had happened, though she could see that Spike was already making notes on what she and the people from Azeroth had said, something she was going to have to get used to.

"If you give Spike whatever you used to open that rift, which the Professor picked up on since it was a massive amount of magic being used, he'll figure something out," Spyro replied, something that caused Spitfire to grasp the pouch that held the now modified Sargerite Keystone and made sure it wasn't attached to her attire, before she carefully handed it over to Spike for a moment, who accepted the pouch and quickly pulled the device from it so he could study it, before Spyro took a moment to sigh as he considered something that they needed to know, "we'll likely be able to make and power a portal arch, like you likely saw in the plains near this town, that will link Equus to Azeroth, so you can move between this world and the world you were sent to. Unfortunately, I don't think we can make any forts or castles in the surrounding area, as most of the land is owned by certain individuals and Spike is sure that most of them won't simply hand it over, even if it would allow us to prepare for the incoming invasion, and given that Princess Cadance rules over the Crystal Empire she won't be able to help you with anything. If any of the other Princesses, such as Celestia, Luna, and Twilight Sparkle, were here than things would be different... now that I think about that, we might want to link Azeroth to Korma, that way you can have easier access to the Skylanders Academy and the training grounds that we designed to prepare our forces for the invasion."

"Wait, Twilight and the other Princesses are missing? How many displaced are there?" Rainbow asked, because while this was news to them, especially since Discord had said nothing about the others whenever he came for them, so she was a little curious as to who else might be missing and what that meant for them, given that they had no idea when Dymalis' forces would arrive.

"From what we were shown, as Equus showed us the others, there are a good number of displaced and a decent number of worlds they were sent to," Ember said, something that interested Spitfire, as it gave them a good idea of what sort of places their missing friends had been sent to and what sort of skills they might gain before returning to Equus, but it also meant that Equus had used a bit of her power to tell the dragons what happened to the others, "Tirek was sent to a world full of insane individuals and death, Tempest seems to be in a world of ninjas, someone's been sent to a world of fighting, Luna was sent to a world that angels and demons are fighting over, and we've found that the Dazzlings are exploring the stars. In addition to that Twilight, Starlight, and another are traveling in a desert, Sunset is traveling the seas with pirates, two Changelings are lost on another world, Pinkie... well, she seems to be in two different places... Grogar is in a world full of monsters, and Celestia is attending school on another world. That is what we were shown, but Spike has felt a number of changes to the Tree's power and claims that there might be some alterations to what we had seen in the past, though we have been unable to confirm or deny his findings, so its possible that some of the displaced might be elsewhere... there's no real way for us to figure out what is going on right now."

"Maybe we can offer her our aid?" Azeroth inquired, as it sounded like the nascent Titan's power was unstable and what she had shown the dragons previously might not be accurate anymore, which meant tracking down the other displaced would be much harder for the heroes to do, though at the same time she and the others knew that if things got worse it might have an effect on the planet itself.

"By all means, go right ahead. If we can stabilize this planet's energies, maybe we can figure things out," Cynder said, as she had been silent for the most part and her words told the Titans that they could go do that once they were done with this conversation, though even as she said that Spitfire could see that she and the other dragons were interested in what sort of skills she and Rainbow might have, before she glanced at Spyro for a few moments, "Spyro, why don't we set up a new portal for them in the Portal Nexus, so that way the people of Azeroth can come train with us while not having to worry about freaking out anyone in Ponyville?"

Spyro nodded and found that Spitfire agreed with him, to which he called for them to depart from the castle and head for the plains that the lone portal rested in, though since he knew they had a spaceship such a thing meant that they would have to quickly tell the Professor about what was coming and prepare the portal accordingly, though when everyone was outside the castle Spitfire had everyone stop as she had Romuul quickly recall the beacon he had sent down and have it land near their position, something that caused Spike to grin as they teleported aboard the Vindicaar and found all of the races that existed in Azeroth, or the heroic ones anyway. Once that was done Romuul quickly recalled the beacon before directing the Vindicaar back over to where the lone portal was resting, where Spike's group found out how fast this ship was, since it had crossed the distance in no time at all, and lead to Spike teleporting down to the portal and used it not a few seconds later, likely heading to the area that the Portal Nexus rested in, something that actually caused the portal arch to shake for a moment before shifting before their eyes, transforming into a large portal and revealing that the stone was a cover for whatever components allowed it to expand in this manner. With that done Spike returned to them and simply directed them to head through the portal, to which Spitfire nodded her head and Romuul moved the Vindicaar through it, something that lead to Spitfire, Rainbow, and all of their allies to discover a brand new area that seemed to be far above a sea or ocean, as in a set of floating islands that seemed to contain a number of different elements, due to the fact that she was sure that one seemed to contain the power of fire, another for ice, one for earth, and who knew what else. That was when everyone found a large two story building that seemed to be a school of some kind, the Skylanders Academy based on what the dragons had said earlier, which meant these islands had to be the Skylands or something, though what was interesting about what they were seeing was that this structure looked like a master had constructed it in no time, a fact that made Spitfire consider what the Artisans dragons were capable of, before she had Romuul position the Vindicaar off in the distance, so they would be out of the way and not ruin something important.

As they did that she found that there was an area that had a number of portal structures, all arches of different designs no less, before spotting an arena off to the left of where the academy rested, though near the school rested a good number of statues that looked like Spike, Ember, Spyro, Cynder, and all of the heroic friends they must have made along the way, where each one seemed to have some sort of weapon that they used against their enemies, different blades that had to command some sort of power, given what they felt from Spike's staff, though while most of them carried what had to be longswords, or possibly just a normal sword in terms of appearance, with Bianca carrying a trident for some reason and Spike seemed to have a katana in his other hand.

"I see you've noticed the Runeblades, powerful elemental weapons forged from the pieces of the Elemental Lords," a new voice said, to which Spitfire and the others turned to look before them for a moment and found an adult dragon, one that was far older than Spike, Ember, Spyro, and Cynder, even though his physical appearance seemed to be in his thirties or early forties, as it was hard for them to tell since the dragons of Spyro's world were different from the ones that they were used to dealing with, though while he was wearing what appeared to be a more noble and regal looking version of what Cynder was wearing right now, meaning they had to come from the same part of Korma, he also had purple scales which had been darkened by age and had some interesting horns, "if you ask Spike he'll give you a detailed story about how the Runeblades came into existence, not to mention all of their collective history and what each of them have been used to do in the distant past... his knowledge on them is quite impressive, and that's coming from someone who knows their story by heart, since I was involved with their stories."

"You know the most about them since you created them, father," Cynder replied, though as she said that both Spitfire and Rainbow could feel the sheer incredible power that was coming from the dragon in question, one which might rival one of the Demon Lords that had been slain during their war with the Legion, as it felt like they might be standing in the presence of one who rivaled the power of Archimonde or Kil'jaeden, which also meant that he was capable of hiding his power until he was ready to reveal it to whoever he was currently fighting, before Cynder faced them, "Spitfire, Rainbow Dash, allow me to introduce my father, Malefor, the first of the purple dragons, the High Guardian of Warfang, Master of the types of magic that exist in our world and User of the ten elements that a dragon can wield, plus the first User and Master of three special skills: Warrior's Armor, Sage's Vision, and Conqueror's Spirit."

Spitfire had to assume that those abilities were ones that Spike and Ember might have learned by this point in time, even if neither of them were sharing that information with her, Rainbow, or the rest of their group, though Cynder's comment did confirm her suspicions of how powerful Malefor happened to be, in comparison to Spike for example, though that was when Spyro revealed another reason for them coming to the area that the academy rested in, as he lead them over to an island that didn't seem to have anything on it.

"This is where we train, so our power doesn't wreck the academy," Spyro explained, which was when some of their friends walked over to a section of the somewhat rocky floating island that he had brought Spitfire and Rainbow to, where they could see that Spitfire's forces stood back as well as both of the newly returned displaced walked forward for a couple of seconds, showing both of them understood that this was going to be a test of their powers, hence why he, Cynder, Spike, and Ember stood there for a few moments as each of them considered what to do next, "it also serves as the perfect place for us to see what sort of powers you two might have unlocked, as this island has the power to put itself back together over time, so no matter what happens it will repair itself... just don't go overboard, since we don't want to damage the rest of the academy or the surrounding islands."

Both Spitfire and Rainbow stood there for a few moments, watching as Ember stood at the head of her group and shifted her stance a few times as she waited, showing that she was eager to face them, causing Rainbow to grin as she rushed at the area that her foe was standing in and caused Spike, Spyro, and Cynder to jump backwards to give Ember some space, even though the same happened to be true for Spitfire since she was interested in what might occur when Rainbow and Ember clashed with each other. What happened next was that Spitfire found the instinct state fading from her friend's body, likely because Rainbow wanted a fair fight and having something like that aiding her would have annoyed her, as it had been a useful power to face the rest of the Burning Legion, though this meant that the fight would be even between her and Ember, something that lead to Rainbow jumping into the air and spinning around for a few moments, intending on bringing her tail down on where her foe was standing so she could smash her into the ground. Of course that was the moment that something interesting happened, Ember shifted her stance and raised her hands in one fluid motion, which made sense due to the fact that she apparently had been training in the art of combat for a long time, allowing her to grab onto Rainbow's thick tail before spinning around and sending her flying backwards, forcing Rainbow to use her claws to dig into the ground and stop herself from putting too much separation between them, all while Spitfire noted that Ember had no weapons while Rainbow was avoiding using her Warblades. In the following seconds the pair rushed at each other once more and exchanged a number of seemingly basic punches with each other, neither appearing to do that much to their opponent right now, though Spitfire could tell that Ember was at an advantage since she must have been practicing with her hands since the day she and Spike appeared in this world, especially since Rainbow was used to using her blades to take enemies down and used her claws whenever an opening appeared in her foe's defenses, but this confirmed that Ember's base strength was nothing to sneeze at.

Of course Rainbow wasn't one to back down from a challenge and brought the backside of one of her legs down on her foe's arms, causing Ember to block it and discovered that Rainbow had pushed her base power to the max, pushing both of her arms out of the way and left her open to a punch to the face, or at least that was what Khadgar and the others had to assume would happen based on what they had seen during all of her previous battles, though that was when the side of Ember's face, the one Rainbow was focused on, blackened as something washed over it for a few seconds and stalled the attack, allowing Ember to tank the attack before punching Rainbow in the chest, sending her backwards as she took a moment to cough as her foe stood up.

"That, Rainbow, was a taste of the Warrior's Armor skill," Ember remarked, where Spitfire watched as the black sheen took a moment to wash over her body, showing that she was capable of using it all over her body, though since it showed them that she had an advantage in a hand to hand situation Rainbow shifted her stance and both of her Warblades shimmered in the light, showing that she was planning on using them in the next stage of their battle, to which she shifted her stance not a few seconds later and her bracers shimmered a little, causing a pair of blades, swords to be exact, to appear in her hands in an instant, something that caused a smile to appear on her face, "and these are the Fangs of Felinia, taken from a powerful creature that Malefor fought and beat in the distant past, fashioning the fangs into actual weapons that possess an interesting enchantment... you'll see what that enchantment is in no time at all."

Instead of rushing forward, like one would assume she would do, Rainbow stared at Ember for a few seconds and quickly found that her stance was airtight, offering her no openings to use to bring down her opponent and meant that she would have to find a way to break open her defenses, but once she understood that fact Rainbow shifted her stance a little bit, as it wasn't perfect, before rushing forward as she swung her Warblades at Ember, who spun and parried both of her blades with the swords that were in her hands, showing the heroes of Azeroth that she wasn't to be underestimated, even though it did seem like Rainbow was doing that since she took off her instinct power. Spitfire knew better, she was testing Ember's skills with her own base skills and it seemed like Ember was a far better fighter than what they assumed her to be, hence why the next couple of swings were faster and had more power behind them, so she could knock the Fangs of Felinia out of her opponent's hands, though Ember, having studied how Rainbow moved with her warglaives, shifted her stance a few times before transforming the swords into seemingly plain steel warglaives, allowing the dragon to parry Rainbow's own attacks, even though she didn't have the experience using them like Rainbow did. As that happened Spitfire noted that she had two dragons approaching her, Spyro and Cynder to be exact, where she noticed Spyro was drawing a blade which had some wind wrapping around it and Cynder's seemed to have an equal amount of shadows, meaning they wanted to see what sort of skills she had access to and she was more than happy to give them a chance to fight her, though as she pulled out her staff, since using the Twinblades felt like overkill, part of her understood that her instinct power might not be able to be deactivated and reactivated, putting her at a level above Rainbow. Of course the odd thing about this situation was that Spike was the only one not doing anything, as he seemed to be watching everyone right now, with his friends and the imposing dragon that was Malefor, making her wonder if he was planning something or if he was just interested in taking some time to study the Keystone she had handed to him earlier, even though she could see that there was what looked to be a storm building in the sky above them, one that might interrupt them at some point, despite the fact that none of the dragons seemed worried about such a thing and made her keep one eye on it.

Once that was done she spun her staff and beckoned for the pair to come at her, something that Spyro and Cynder did not a few seconds after her motion, where she quickly found that both of them moved like they were experienced warriors, as if they had been fighting to protect this world for years, which she knew to be correct, and that when one lashed out at the person they were fighting the other either moved to provide defense or used another attack, one which worked with what the first one used, to catch whoever they were fighting off guard. Thanks to her instinct power she had a good idea of what was coming at her as she swung the staff and used the edge to parry the incoming attacks, while using the tip to aid her in maneuvering around the area without having to use her wings or power to do so, though what she found to be interesting was that neither Spyro or Cynder seemed surprised by the fact that they were unable to touch her and it meant that they must have fought someone who was above their current skills, which had to be Malefor, who was just studying them while the practice fight took place. That was when Spitfire understood the nature of the weapons that her foes were using right now, as Spyro shifted his stance and swung at her, loosing a surge of flames that rushed at her, while at the same time it looked like Cynder moved into the area behind where she was standing, using some sort of shadowy teleportation, before she swung her blade's power straight at the ground and created a wall of shadows that would prevent her from retreating by simply stepping or moving backwards. In that moment, as she understood exactly what the pair were doing, Spitfire just stood there for a few seconds as she called upon her Arcane power and swung the staff at Spyro's incoming flame wave, creating a wave of Arcane energy that struck the attack and cancelled it out in an explosion that knocked some smoke up into the air, before she spun around and swung her staff behind her, striking down Cynder before her sword could make contact with her. In the following moment she found that Cynder's form seemed to fall apart around the edge of her staff, as if she was cutting into paper or something, before her foe smiled as it turned into a shadowy version of her and broke a few seconds later, meaning she had fallen for a shadow clone of some kind, causing her to glance around the area that all of them were fighting in while keeping an eye out for anything that might be a trap or something, something that came to a stop as she felt some rain start to fall.

The moment she felt that Spitfire glanced towards the sky and found that the storm had opened on them, though none of Spike's group seemed surprised by what was going on, meaning there had to be a reason that this was happening, which was when she noticed that the Spike she happened to be seeing was a magical copy, which directed her gaze up towards the sky and allowed her, and her companions, to find that there happened to be lightning dancing around the core of the storm, something that was followed by a roar sounding as a massive lightning serpent emerged from the storm and just stared down at them for a moment... before it returned to the storm and loosed itself down at the ground like it had been fired from a bow, striking the area that Rainbow was in while Ember vanished before the serpent struck the ground and blasted a massive crater into the ground.

"Okay... what in the world was that!" Rainbow exclaimed, though she emerged from the smoke with a bit of damage to her attire and her body, meaning whatever Spike had done must have been rather powerful if it was capable of dealing any sort of damage to her in her base state, where Spitfire was sure that if she had her instinct power on it would have been a different story, or at least slightly modified from what they had seen, though at the same time she felt that this was also a good reminder for Rainbow, to make sure she didn't want into a trap while she was fighting someone.

"Storm's Wrath, one of the most powerful electricity spells in existence, as it requires a vast control over manipulating the weather and controlling lightning to be able to use it," Spike replied, even though Spitfire had a feeling that there was a bit more to the spell than what the young dragon was telling them, where she found that he had teleported down to where his copy was standing and dismissed it, meaning his job for this battle was done, something that was followed by a brief pause as he considered something and then snapped his fingers, causing Spyro and Cynder to vanish, though that made her realize that the spell served a dual purpose, the first to strike Rainbow while the other was to provide cover for both of the dragons she happened to be fighting.

In that moment Rainbow, who staggered out of the crater as she reactivated her instinct power, got a good glimpse of the plan their opponents had created in little to no time at all, as through the smoke she could see Spyro and Cynder standing near Spitfire's position and both of them must have been enchanted by Spike to hide their presence, where their fact that they were unfamiliar with this world's magic seemed to be working against them, especially since Spitfire hadn't noticed either of the dragons yet, despite the fact that they were wrapping their auras around their bodies.

"Dark Aether." Cynder stated, where it looked like her voice might have been enchanted to come from multiple areas, all to confuse whoever they happened to be fighting, as she weaved a dark purple aura around her body, before Rainbow found that both of them were standing side by side, Spyro to the right and Cynder to the left, where they raised one of their feet into the air, the former raising his left leg and the latter doing the same with her right leg, before stomping on the ground, something that caused the earth below them to crack and displayed the power of the two dragons.

"Light Aether." Spyro said, speaking just after Cynder said her part of whatever technique they were making, while taking a moment to wrap himself in a light purple aura, before something interesting happened as Rainbow watched them, the two dragons leapt forward not a few seconds later as they raised their hands, using the same side as their legs they had used in the last step of this technique, and channeled some bits of energy around their hands as they formed what appeared to be a 'yin-yang' symbol of some kind, meaning that whatever was coming had to be special.

"Fist of Roaring Magic, Rending Air!" the pair called out in unison, where they lashed out with their fists as Spitfire quickly turned around, having next to no time to do anything besides calling upon some of the Light to form a shield around her right arm, something that Spyro and Cynder's attack collided with and produced ripples of magical energy not a couple of seconds later, the sheer force of their magical and physical attack cracking the entirety of Spitfire's shield in no time, while also causing the air around them to shake at the same time, demonstrating the sheer power that the pair were capable of using against those who dared to threaten this world.

In the following moments Spitfire forced herself backwards as the Light shield shattered, though she made sure to flash out of the way to avoid taking that attack to the chest, something that caused her to raise a hand to stop Spyro and Cynder not a few seconds later, as she didn't feel the need to fight them anymore, as they had proven that the dragons Spike and Ember had grown used to living with were strong, far stronger than one might assume, and, more importantly, they would be able to teach the forces of Azeroth some interesting moves, just like how the forces of Azeroth would be able to pass on all sorts of lessons to these dragons. As they moved out of the area to talk about the specifics of the alliance that would be formed between Azeroth, Equus, and Korma, an important step in Spitfire's mind, she weaved a small mixture of her Light and Life energies into a cast of healing energy that rested over her right arm, as that Aether attack, based on what she had heard from the dragons that had used it, had cracked both the shield and several parts of her upper arm, but it only made her happy to form an alliance with them and see what their forces were like in the future, something that put a smile on both her face and Rainbow's as they waited to see what happened next.