The Destiny of Cynder: A New Hope by GlassSuicune
Note: Um, Spyro the Dragon belongs to Activision ( last I checked). I guess I kinda own Eldes and Layru... This is basically a 'What if' story involving what might happen if Ignitus saved Cynder's egg and Gaul stole Spyro's egg -by accident, BTW. And no, it's NOT a "O looksie!111 i swaped Spiro and Cynda's rolez for the hek of it!11111" kind of story. My editor and I put a very unusual thing known as thought into this, so I assure you, we put forth another strange thing known as effort into this story to make it interesting. If you don't like it, you don't have to read it, BUT! You are free to voice your opinion, as long as it's not "OMG! U r a terible author!11" Now...
"This" is speech.
'This' is thought.
This is narration, memory lane -when indicated-, and emphasis.
Chapter 1: The Year of the Dragon.
Long ago, in a world beyond the realms and forgotten by our own,
The Guardians of the Elements awaited the birth of a special Dragon,
The Purple Dragon, prophesied to bring hope to a world of chaos,
And to perform the impossible: To defeat the evil Dark Master,
There was only one Purple Dragon born every ten generations,
But the Dark Master had his own prophecy as well,
And sent forth a large enough army to overthrow the temple...
And prevent the birth of this special Dragon...
And to insure his own prophecy's fulfillment.
The Fire Guardian Ignitus walked through the temple, heading for the room that held the Purple Dragon's egg. Excitement and relief was the best way to describe his expression. This Dragon would be the one who would save the world from the evil Dark Master and his minions. This Dragon was the answer to all their prayers...
Ignitus stopped to look at a large nest filled with eggs. Among it he could see a dark gray egg hidden amongst the many blue, orange, green, and yellow eggs. Ignitus gently placed his paw on the egg and examined it closer, seeing hints of lilac within it. For some reason which not even he knew, a pang of guilt washed over him as he stared at it.
Ignitus was torn from his thoughts when the temple began to shake. "The eggs! Protect them!" Volteer's determined voice cried out to all the Dragons in the temple. Without thinking, Ignitus grabbed the lilac egg and ran through the chamber with the purple egg and fled the temple. He failed to notice he had the wrong egg.
Ignitus made it to the river and set the egg down. He grabbed the umbrella top of a large mushroom and ripped it off, then set it on the ground. He picked up the egg and gasped, having finally noticed his mistake. "Layru and I weren't lying you know," a male's voice said bluntly, "Nor were we crazy." Ignitus recognized the voice.
"Eldes?" Ignitus asked, turning to face the young Fire Dragon. Eldes looked at the egg, his cyan eyes focused so much on it, that it appeared he could see right through it. "Push." he said, not averting his gaze. Ignitus placed the egg on the mushroom 'boat', still staring at Eldes. "Push it now." Eldes said again. Ignitus still hesitated. "DO IT NOW!" Eldes roared, his patience wearing thin.
Ignitus took one last look at the egg, the temple, and Eldes, before finally pushing the mushroom into the river. He then flapped his wings, thrusting himself from the ground and flew after the egg, to make sure it made it out safely. Eldes quickly followed, flying past the older Dragon. "Don't worry about it. Worry about the temple!" he cried, causing Ignitus to skid to a halt and fly back.
When Ignitus disappeared from sight, Eldes looked back in front of him, his eyes not leaving the egg. "The future is always changing," he started, "For better or worse, I can't say for sure." His serious gaze softened as he watched the egg drift in its little boat. Forgetting the current subject, he flew downward, getting closer to the egg.
Ignitus walked into the chamber, hoping the purple egg was still there. His hopes were crushed when he saw the pedestal had been destroyed. He examined the stone, looking for any remains of the egg. When he found none, a small hope came. But small was the key word. This merely meant it hadn't been destroyed -yet. There was still a chance he could save it.
Ignitus looked up from the pedestal when he heard talking. Quietly he walked to the smashed door leading to the rest of the temple. Hiding in a shadowy area, he saw an Ape -obviously the commander- holding the purple egg. A young Electric Dragon was lying unconscious near the Ape, and Ignitus could see Volteer and Cyril lying unconscious in the room as well.
Ignitus looked away from them and back to the Ape. He would destroy the purple egg if he didn't do something soon. Ignitus was about to attack when he realized he was out-numbered. If Volteer, Cyril, and the young one couldn't fend off the Apes, how could he? Also, how could he fight without smashing the precious egg?
Just when the old Dragon thought the Ape was about to smash the purple egg, the strangest thing happened: The Ape carried the egg with him, telling his troops that since the egg they were supposed to take wasn't there, they should take the purple one and try to control the Dragon inside it, at least until they found the correct Dragon. Ignitus was both oddly relieved and yet terrified when he heard this. He wanted nothing more then to attack and take the egg back, but it was far too risky. With tears flowing down his cheeks, he fled the temple as more of the Dark Armies began to take a hold on it.
Eldes examined the egg very closely, his sharp eyes seeing every little detail, no matter how small. He admired the egg's beauty for awhile until the baby Dragon inside it kicked and the egg wobbled slightly. Sighing sadly, Eldes set the egg back on the mushroom and sent it floating downstream again.
Eldes watched as the egg disappeared from sight and smiled a little, knowing whoever would find the egg would be kind and take care of the infant. It was safe for the time being. His work done, Eldes flew back the way he came, presumably headed for the temple, with a look that clearly said he knew he would not like what he would find.
The mushroom bumped into a large rock and traveled no more. Two curious Dragonflies, a male named Flash and a female named Nina, flew down to the egg and stared at it in wonder. They had never seen anything so majestic, or big for that matter.
And for the record, they had never seen what was inside the egg either.
A scaly paw practically punched through the eggshell, and the creature inside reared its head up, smashing four sliver horns through the eggshell. The Dragonflies could faintly see another paw appear beside the first one and begin tearing it up even more with its claws. Whatever was in that egg wanted out and it wanted out now.
The creature apparently fell backwards and kicked the loose pieces of eggshell of it, allowing Flash and Nina to see what it was. It was reptilian, that couldn't be denied, but it had bat-like wings and a very unique feline grace to it. Its mouth resembled a beak, but only slightly. Flash and Nina had no idea what it was.
The creature was covered in dark violet scales and had a pinkish red underbelly. The bony part of its wings were also dark violet while its membranes were a pinkish red, and both wings had a sharp, silver claw on them. Three rounded triangle shapes were on its head.
The creature had three sets of silver horns: Two long and slightly curved ones on the top of its head, the bottoms of which were nestled deeply in its scaly flesh. There were two even longer and more curved ones then the previous on it temples. There were two small ones on its cheeks and the Dragonflies could faintly see two more spots where another set would eventually grow.
The creature opened its beautiful aqua green eyes and examined its surroundings, looking very lonely. It weakly crawled out of the mushroom and tripped onto the hard ground. Its eyes watered slightly and it started sobbing. Nina immediately flew down to it and gently rubbed its head with her tiny hand, singing a lullaby. The creature stopped sobbing and slowly fell asleep.
Confident the creature was completely asleep, Nina turned to her husband. "What should do with her?" she asked. "Her?" Flash inquired.
"It's a girl. I can tell just by its eyes."
Flash processed that information and the question. 'What should we do?' He wasn't quite sure. He looked at the creature. She seemed so innocent and helpless... She needed them. "The real question is..." Flash started with a smile, "...What shall we call her?" Understanding what the question meant, Nina thought for a moment. "Well, I kind of like Cynder..." she replied.
Note: ...EVERYBODY FREEZE! ( waves spatula in the air) Well, there's Chapter 1! Love it? Hate it? Tell me! I wanna know if this is worth pursuing. Also, I admit this is not my best work, but I find game-re-tellings, no matter how different they are from the source material, difficult to write. So CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is welcomed.