Hello and welcome to yet another Spyro story! What is this, the third time I've written for Spyro? Anyway this time it's different, this time it isn't a one-shot but it's a full story!
So this story will combine elements from mostly the Classic and Legend continuities with a hint of Skylanders. Also I've decided to put Queen songs as the chapter titles, very similar to my other romance story It's Written in the Stars where I used Elton John songs.
Anyway enough of my rambling, let's get on with the story. Enjoy!
(CHAPTER 1: Keep Yourself Alive)
In The World of Dragons… A Long Time Ago.
War raged on. Fire and brimstone rained down from the mountain that towered over the opposing factions. The many armies of Dragons, Moles and Cheetah People found themselves surrounded by hordes and hordes of Grublins, Gnorcs and Apes of varying shapes and sizes.
They were all lead by someone who would become to be only known as the Dark Master: Malefor.
Malefor stood on the top of the mountain, sitting on his haunches as he observed the chaos that was being escalated below him. A huge, muscular Gnorc with golden armour and a club came marching towards him. When the Gnorc got close to Malefor, he slammed his club on the ground and stood rigid, similar to what a soldier would do in front of their general.
"Master, the Guardians have arrived…" The Gnorc gestured towards three dragons flying towards the battlefield.
These three dragons were the Dragon Guardians, each representing the Primary elements. One was Terrador the Earth Guardian, Cyril the Ice Guardian and Volteer the Electric Guardian.
Malefor smirked evilly. "Everything is going accordingly to plan… Tell Gaul and his minions to get into their positions. They'll go on my signal…"
"Yes master…" The Gnorc nodded before heading off into the opposite direction.
()
Amidst the chaos of the battlefield was a armoured fire dragon with orange scales, powerful wings, yellowish orange horns and underbelly, red frills on his chin, shoulders and cheeks. These same frills also ran along with his back and tail. This dragon was Ignitus, the Fire Guardian and was the only one that was already present on the battlefield. Ignitus found himself surrounded as he hacked and slashed through waves and waves of Apes, using his claws, fire breath and tailblade to bring an end to them.
"Ignitus!"
Ignitus darted his head towards the voice of Terrador as he flew right up to him, crushing the Apes who were unfortunate enough to cross his path.
"Terrador." Ignitus said. "How are we looking from above?"
"More and more of Malefor's army surrounds us. We're getting outnumbered by the second…" Terrador informed.
"And the eggs?" Ignitus wondered, getting more concerned. "What about…?"
"We are moving the eggs as we speak…" Terrador replied calmly, putting a paw on Ignitus' shoulder. "Rest assured, the purple dragon is well hidden…"
Suddenly a huge roar erupted from the mountain. Ignitus and Terrador fearfully turned to see that the source of the roar came from Malefor, staring down at them from the top of the mountain. Their reaction was cut short by Malefor shoot a massive, bright stream of Aether towards Ignitus and Terrador, who quickly dodged out of the way. Terrador tried to fight off Malefor's Aether breath by summoning a wall of Earth between it and Ignitus, who Malefor was primarily aiming at. While the Earth wall completely crumbled before the might of Malefor's Aether breath, it gave enough time for Ignitus to escape from the firing line.
Cyril and Volteer, still high in the sky, noticed what was going and tried to attack Malefor from above using their elements. Unfortunately Malefor managed to ward off their attacks and threw it back at them by combining his ice and electricity attacks, knocking Cyril and Volteer out of the sky and down to the warzone below them.
"What's Malefor up to?" Terrador pondered as he and Ignitus observed the attack from the outskirts of the battlefield. "With that amount of power, he could've wiped out most of our army. But he seems to be directing his attacks at us…"
"He's keeping us occupied, that's for sure…" Ignitus said.
As soon as he said that, his eyes widened with realisation and quickly turned towards the horizon which the city of Warfang can be vaguely seen.
"Occupied…" Ignitus muttered. "This has all been a distraction…"
"Distraction?" Terrador raised an eyebrow. "For what?"
"This battle was only intended to get the Guardians out into the open…" Ignitus explained.
Terrador's eyes also widened when he realised Malefor's plan. "So they can smash the eggs…"
"I must head to the grotto immediately…" Ignitus said as he was heading away from the battlefield.
Terrador started to follow Ignitus. "I'm coming with you…"
Ignitus stopped in his tracks and turned towards the Earth Guardian. "No. You need to stay here, Malefor will realise immediately that we're on to him if two of us are gone."
"He'll notice if you're gone. There's no denying that." Terrador argued.
'I know… but it should buy us more time before he realises..." Ignitus said.
Terrador nodded and placed a paw on Ignitus' shoulder. "May the Ancestors look after you, Ignitus…"
Ignitus gave a slight smile. "You too, old friend."
Terrador nodded and headed back into the battlefield while Ignitus strided further and further away from the battlefield until he was at a distance where he thought Malefor or his army couldn't see him then he flapped his wings, gaining altitude before taking off towards the city of Warfang.
()
Ignitus arrived at the Dragon Temple in a quick amount of time where he noticed that a Ape-sized hole was punched into the side of the grotto. The feelings of curiosity and worry overwhelming him, Ignitus cautiously flew down to the hole where he landed next to it as he didn't know what to expect so it wasn't wise to land directly in front of the hole.
Ignitus peered around the side of the hole to see that this theory was proven right. A few Apes were surrounding the grotto, examining the eggs that weren't taken by the moles and then tossing them away in a horrible fashion. Bodies of the moles that were to collect the remaining eggs laid there motionless with pools of blood leaking out. One particular Ape that piqued Ignitus' interest was bigger, hairer and uglier than the others. When he turned, Ignitus caught sight of a green gem that substituted for his left eye and several scars that ran across his face.
"Gaul."
Gaul was in the centre of the room examining the eggs opposite to the hole. As Gaul picked up a peculiar-looking black egg, Ignitus quickly rushed towards the giant Ape only for Gaul to quickly turn and shoot Ignitus with a staff that had a green gem that was brimming with magic. The magic from the staff caused Ignitus to fall at the Ape King's feet.
"How tragic really, Guardian…" Gaul chuckled. "That a mere egg can cause your downfall…"
Ignitus could only manage a glare as Gaul lifted his head with his magic staff.
"Where's the purple egg!?" Gaul demanded, snarling his teeth.
Ignitus coughed. "I would… rather die…"
This response caused Gaul to bellow with laughter, the other apes going crazy at the sound of his laughter.
"That can be arranged, dragon…" Gaul muttered as he unsheathed one of his swords and put the egg in his satchel unknowingly. He was about to stab Ignitus where a Gnorc appears out of nowhere which got the attention of Gaul.
"Gaul! The Master's forces are retreating…" The Gnorc said, out of breath. "The Dark Master requests your presence… now!"
Gaul replied with a low growl and looked back to Ignitus. "You are lucky, Guardian. Mark my words next time we meet, you'll meet your end…"
Without any hesitation, Gaul smacked Ignitus brutally with the magic staff turning the world black.
()
"Ignitus…"
"Ignitus…"
"IGNITUS!"
ZAP!
Ignitus woke suddenly to see the Guardians looking down at him. His vision was blurry but he could tell it was them by their scale colours. Volteer was in the middle while Terrador and Cyril were both on either side of him.
"Uh…? What happened?"
Ignitus tried to stand up but immediately fell back to the ground. Cyril and Terrador rushed to his aid and helped him get back onto his feet again.
"Reinforcements arrived not long after you left, we managed to overpower Malefor's forces and forced them to retreat…" Terrador replied.
"Then we found you here in the grotto unconscious, inert, stunned, dazed…" Volteer rambled on.
"That's quite enough Volteer…" Cyril interrupted, coldly. "What happened here, Ignitus?"
"Malefor's attack was just a distraction…" Ignitus muttered. "It was all just to get Gaul… to the grotto…" Ignitus then coughed painfully. "He was after the purple egg…"
"Did he find it?" Volteer wondered, looking around worryingly.
Ignitus shaked his head. "No… Malefor called him back before he could… but he took a egg…"
"Egg? Whose egg?" Terrador questioned.
Ignitus tried to recall the egg that Gaul took but nothing came to mind. "I… don't know…" he muttered.
Ignitus' vision finally cleared but as he looked around the destroyed grotto, he wished that it hadn't.
Eggs were everywhere. Egg shards were scattered all over the place, some that were far from their original source. Bits of egg even somehow got on the walls. Alongside the dead moles, this was a truly horrible sight, a sight sad enough to break the heart of the Fire Guardian into tiny pieces.
He was supposed to protect them. He failedhis duties. He failed the parents. He failed them.
"Ignitus, I know you blame yourself… but don't." Terrador assured as he saw the defeated look on Ignitus' face. "We couldn't have known what Malefor was planning…"
"I should've stayed behind…" Ignitus murmured. "then none of this would've happened…"
"Or… you would've met the same fate as these moles…" Terrador interjected. "Look while we couldn't save these eggs, there still a few dozen from the other rooms that have already been evacuated… and they need us to protect them."
Ignitus gave a slight smile. "You're right, Terrador… take Cyril and Volteer and assure that the rest of the eggs have reached the Artisan Temple… I'll take care of the purple egg and meet you there."
Terrador nodded and he, Cyril and Volteer exited the grotto via the hole that the Apes made previously and took off towards the Artisan Temple. Ignitus meanwhile headed to the door that lead into the grotto and pressed a button that was integrated in the architecture of the archway. When Ignitus pressed the button, the room began to shake as the Pool of Visions that was located in the centre of the room slowly started to move in the direction where the hole was.
Ignitus moved away from the door and went to the centre of the grotto as a platform rose from where the Pool of Visions formerly was. There was nothing on the platform besides one purple egg, perfectly intact. Ignitus smiled at the sight of the unharmed purple egg.
"I'm sorry we kept you down there, young dragon." Ignitus said as he picked up the egg and nuzzled it. "You're in safe hands now…"
()
"FAILED!? HOW COULD YOU HAVE FAILED!?" Malefor's voice bellowed throughout his lair, causing his army of Apes, Gnorcs and Grublins to twitch nervously in their spot.
"I'm sorry, master…" Gaul muttered, on his knees. "My Apes and I would've found the purple whelping if it wasn't for the Fire Guardian…"
"One job… I gave you one job and you failed me, Gaul!" Malefor snapped. "Maybe if I set the task to Gnasty Gnorc then he would've succeeded…" He then muttered loudly.
"I can get the purple egg, I just need more time!" Gaul growled.
"Too late, the Guardians have probably moved the purple egg to another temple by now…" Malefor frowned. "But it's only a matter of time before…"
Malefor stopped in his tracks as he caught sight of an black object that was in Gaul's satchel. He recognised the object immediately. He grabbed it from Gaul's satchel, examined it then glared angrily at the Ape King.
"Why do you have a egg in your satchel?" Malefor barked.
Gaul looked confused at Malefor's question as if he didn't know what he was talking about. "Master… I don't understand…"
"You… took an egg!? What were you going to do, cook it? Have it for afternoon tea?" Malefor questioned angrily, causing Gaul to sweat nervously.
"No… master… I…" Gaul paused to get this words together. "I'll smash it immediately, master…" Gaul said, trying to avoid Malefor's wrath.
Malefor thought about this and frowned at Gaul while examining the black egg. There was silence as tensions rose while Gaul awaited the Dark Master's reply.
"No…"
Gaul's eyes widened, not expecting that response from Malefor. "No… master?"
"No… I think this egg has potential to bring about the end of the Dragon Realms…" Malefor said as an evil smirk formed across his face. "And the end of the purple dragon too…"
Malefor started to chuckle which formed into a genuine, evil laugh which echoed across the halls of his lair.
And… that's that chapter is finished. Hope you enjoyed it. Don't worry, Spyro will appear in the next chapter!
Anyway I'll be updating: This, A Tale to Tell, Written in the Stars, Marvel vs Cartoon Network: Infinite Fate and the ongoing Civil War series.
Coming soon will be: Civil War: Flames of War and Scooby-Doo: A Nightmare on Elm Street
This is TARDIS1039, signing off. Allons-y!