The Legend of Spyro: The Key To The Worlds
Author's Notes:
FiNiX here. I hope you enjoy my first FanFic ever, and I hope you don't find it too confusing.
I tried to keep the story simple, but let's face it, something went wrong.
Although this is first and foremost a Spyro FanFic, it also references Kingdom Hearts.
If you haven't played Kingdom Hearts, you're going to have a lot of trouble understanding this FanFic.
Chapter One: The Village in Flames
Cynder couldn't sleep. This wasn't an uncommon occurrence lately. She had recently taken to pacing back and forth in front of the temple during the night. She tried to get some sleep. No luck. She paced some more. She tried to think. She was too tired to think. She spared a glance at Spyro. She could just make out his outline upon a bed of leaves, snoring contentedly, Sparx on his back. Lucky.
Then she saw it out of the corner of her eye. A glimmer. Were those flames on the horizon? She hurried over to Spyro. "Spyro! A fire! Wake up!" she said, prodding him in the back.
"Huh?" Said Spyro lazily, rolling over to look at her.
"Ow!"
"Oops! Sorry Sparx."
"Look!" exclaimed Cynder, pointing to the flames in the distance.
"Isn't there a village in that direction?" asked Spyro, standing up.
"Yes, there is, and by the looks of things it's not going to be there much longer."
There was no time to inform the guardians. A good couple of minutes flying time was all that separated them from the village. Every second, it seemed, another building was reduced to ash. Even at their current speed, it seemed unlikely that they would make it there in time to do any good.
Spyro craned his neck to face the little dragonfly currently holding on to his tail. "You okay back there?" he hollered over the wind.
"Sure, fine, just hanging on for dear life, nothing big."
Cynder alighted on a branch. They were now very near to the village. Spyro set down next to her. "What do you make of this?" she inquired.
Spyro looked down upon the scene below them. Below them lay the village, burning. However, in the midst of the village, among the bodies littering the ground, were hundreds of small black creatures with yellow glowing eyes. "I don't know." Said Spyro truthfully. "They look like shadows. With eyes."
"What do you mean?" asked Sparx, recovering from his nerve-racking flight. "Shadows don't have eyes!... Shadows don't usually have eyes do they?..."
"What now?" asked Cynder. "Do we attack them?" Spyro gave her a meaningful look, then nodded. This wasn't a time for talking, this was a time for action.
They landed heavily on the outskirts of the village. A thousand eyes turned to face them. Multi-colored jets of energy went in all directions. Within a matter of seconds, it was over.
But then, one of the creatures stood up. And another. Spyro and Cynder turned back to back as the creatures surrounded them. They filled every gap, creating a black dome around the two dragons. Complete darkness fell upon them.
"Cynder! Any ideas?!... Cynder?" Spyro felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck, and fell forward, unconscious.
"Spyro! Spyro, are you there?!" Cynder stumbled in the complete darkness. "Where is everything? I can't see!"
Then, something spoke. "Hello again, Cynder."
A chill ran down her spine. She recognized that voice. "M-master?"
"Cynder, I am in need of your assistance once more. I need 'The Key.'"
"What key? Wh-what are you talking about?"
"No matter, you'll see soon enough. Let's see, an hour? No, you'll need more than that... Two? No, two hours is far too long, you won't be properly motivated... How about... ninety minutes?... Yes, that seems about right..."
"Ninety minutes until... What?"
"Why, until Spyro dies, of course. You'll know where to find me."
There was a blinding flash of light and she was once more on the outskirts of a burning village. She looked down, and saw a thin chain at her feet. She picked it up. A glass orb hung on the chain.
She brought the orb up to her eyes and looked into it. It was like looking through a window into Convexity. She put the chain around her neck, and set off for the temple at once.