Author's Note: This is one of my oldest fanfictions. Because of this, the writing style and skill level is below that of my more recently written fics. I wrote this about 5 years ago, when the Legend of Spyro games were popular. It was originally planned to be a trilogy, with Broken Soul being the first book, followed by Restless Spirit and Free Will. I don't know that I will ever complete the entire trilogy, as it's been 5 years since I wrote the original, but I hope you will enjoy what I have written.
With that said, enjoy! Just keep in mind that this isn't exactly up-to-par with my current writing capabilities.
The legend of the purple dragon, Spyro, is perhaps the most amazing known to the dragon race. An unassuming young dragon, he was rescued from death, raised by dragonflies, and learned the arts of the ancient ways of the Elders. When he aged, he would live to bring about the Dark Master's ultimate downfall and permanent destruction.
Yet as marvelous as the legend of this remarkable purple dragon is, it is grossly incomplete without the life story of another such young dragon-a fiery, fearless little character named Chark.
Like Spyro, Chark was also rescued from death before his birth by the most unlikely, brutish creatures imaginable. After that, he was enslaved by the forces of the Ape King and the Dark Master, where his wings (the pride of all dragons) were crippled beyond repair by the unfortunate and brutal treatment he received from his heathen captors.
Due to his harsh past, Chark was a fiery, angry sort of dragon at times, but when love came into his life for the first time in the form of a beautiful water dragon, he found that his old nature began falling away from him and a new nature came into the void to replace it.
Chark's tale is not one for the faint of heart. There is cruelty, evil, and terror within the passage of his life story. However, I encourage you to listen on, for with that darkness comes a light. It begins as a small light, but as Chark's story unfolds, the light blazes brighter until it becomes like a second sun.
Listen on, young dragons, for his is a tale of valor, love, healing, vengeance, and the ultimate sacrifice-a tale of destiny and fate, redemption and death. Thus is the legend of Chark the Firedragon. Hark, young listeners, as his story begins to unfold...
-Extract from the Volume of the Chronicler