Disclaimer: DragonFable is the property of Artix Entertainment LLC and NOT Darth Annihilator, while I wish I could work with that awesome team of Flash game designers, I'm not American and rubbish with computers, so I can't, hence why I write fanfiction about it.

First of all, anyone reading this who read the original will notice that this is very different from it and more resembles my first attempt at a DragonFable fic: Fall of a Hero (if you ever read that incomplete thing). Well, that's because after the most recent addition to Symone's Storyline in Book 3, I decided to rewrite Dragon and Her Hero and make it an AU from the quest Chasm onwards, hope y'all enjoy it.

Anyway, here's a bit of info I think you might need for the fic:

"Greetings" - Regular Human Speech.

'Inferna is awesome' - Thoughts.

"Slick is an idiot" - Telepathic Speech between Inferna and Slick.

Wind Dragon's Spirit - Use of One of the Armour Skills

Prologue - The Vow

Our story begins on a cliff overlooking a rather large town that showed significant damage from the recent war it'd just gone through, this town's name was Falconreach and it was quite famous in the world of Lore for its resilience in the face of adversity as it had experienced many wars in its time and had somehow survived all of them along with its population, though it had had to have been rebuilt at least twice from the extensive damage done to it during the war.
But we are not here for the town of Falconreach, we are here for the man who sat on the cliff overlooking Falconreach with his back against a tree and a look of contentment on his face; the man had blood red hair, pale skin and cold navy-blue eyes, he appeared to be reasonably tall and wore a black and blood red coloured variation of the standard DragonLord Armour, with his sword and shield propped up against the tree behind him. This man's name was Slick, known to most as the Hero of Lore, others as a Monumental Pain in the Behind and to his friend and companion Inferna as her "bad tempered pet".

Slick was enjoying the relative peace that today had brought, as it was his first day off from protecting Falconreach as it recovered from the war which had seen an invasion by the most dangerous foe Lore had ever seen – Sepulchure - in his quest to collect all eight of the Elemental Orbs and unite them to form one Ultimate Orb, which he succeeded at but he was betrayed at the last minute by his (incompetent) henchman Drakath who took the Orb for himself and stole Sepulchure's Dracolich to form a massive Dragon made of darkness.
The Dragon was so powerful that Slick and Sepulchure had to join forces to defeat it but Sepulchure was betrayed at the last minute by his master - the one who everyone knew as the Mysterious Stranger – who revealed he was actually a collection of Spirits of Darkness and then bound himself to Drakath's Dragon form to become the Super Ultra Mega Darkness Dracolich which then proceeded to devour the Sun.
However, the Mysterious Stranger had underestimated the resourcefulness of Cysero and the resolve of Slick and Inferna, which ended up with them shattering the Ultimate Orb and releasing the Sun from the stomach of the abomination, but not before Inferna had dropped the bombshell that she was the Dragon that was destined to destroy Lore – a fact which consumed Slick's thoughts at the moment, despite his look of contentment.

'Inferna was the Dragon destined to destroy Lore and she said that WE were meant to do it together, what does that mean?' he wondered, brow furrowing in thought and some concern 'Does this mean I'll fall to Darkness like Sepulchure did? Then what does that mean for Inferna? Whatever it means, this cannot become known or the so-called "Forces of Good" will try and stop her from completing her destiny, maybe even by killing her… NO! I will not let that happen! Inferna means more to me than anything and I'll sacrifice EVERYTHING to protect her!'
Suddenly, Slick felt a pulse from his mental bond with Inferna and he looked up to see a shape flying towards him; as it got closer, you could see that it was a Dragon with black scales and blood red horns, wing membranes and eyes and along her tail (where the tail spines would normally be) were the (modified) red spiked shoulder pads of DoomKnight Armour, which she wore as trophies to showcase her victories over Sepulchure's forces. The Dragon landed beside Slick and laid down with her head on his legs, eyes closed and she sighed happily.

"You're in a good mood today" Slick said to the Dragon psychically which caused the Dragon to snort in amusement.

"Is there a problem with me enjoying my free time with you?" she asked, one red eye opening and locking with his two blue ones, allowing him to see the vertical slit that was the pupil.

"Nope, but I know you'd rather spend your free time hunting or scaring Ash, Inferna" replied Slick, gaining a smirk from the now named Inferna as she lifted her head to meet his eyes with her own.

"True, but you know what I enjoy more than terrifying Ash or hunting for dinner?" she asked, drawing closer to him, causing him to recoil from her as she got closer before she licked his face, grabbed him in her claws and took off "Spending time with you, my bad tempered pet."

"DAMN IT INFERNA! YOU KNOW I HATE FLYING FROM THIS POSITION!" Slick roared over their connection as Inferna laughed at his predicament and continued flying.

"Get used to it. I've not had any time with you since the end of that war, so I'm keeping you and not letting you go until I'm satisfied with the amount of time we've spent together." she replied, which resulted in Slick shutting up – realising that he wouldn't win the argument against her – and leaving her to her thoughts about her DragonLord companion.

'We've both grown since he was a novice chasing a box and its unknown contents; now we can take on any foe together, yet I still know little about him and his origins. I still remember his scent from when I hatched, it smelled partially Draconic, but why was this? Did he work with Dragons before he met me?' she wondered, thinking of the odd scent before her thoughts turned to Slick's personality, especially his personality in battle 'Slick reminds me of a Dragon in many ways, even Aisha and Akriloth admitted it when they faced him. He's ruthless in battle, doing whatever it takes to protect his kin and kith, just like my kind; I wonder if he was influenced by my nature when we bonded and trained together after I hatched… I suppose it's to be expected, after all, he IS bonded to the Dragon powerful enough to destroy all of Lore, some of my nature transmitting over to him wouldn't be too far out of the realms of possibility. I guess the magic of our bond made it so we'd be compatible enough to fulfil my destiny: he gets my ferocity and ruthlessness while I get his logic and strategy… yes, that makes sense, but why does it feel… I don't know, as if it's the wrong answer?'

Inferna continued to think as she flew up to a cave high in the mountain range near Falconreach and deposited Slick on the ground before coiling herself around him as he made himself comfortable and leaned back against her side, causing her to hum in pleasure before she placed her head on his legs again, closed her eyes and dozed off, getting a smile from Slick.

"Always the same Inferna…" he muttered in his deep and smooth voice (A/N: Just so you know, Slick's voice is the same as Shadow's from Sonic '06) as he stroked her head and fell back into his previous line of thought which Inferna had interrupted 'Inferna was telling the truth that day, meaning we are destined to destroy Lore, but why? We have no reason to do so, unless… No, we'd never bow to the will of an enemy, even a powerful one like Sepulchure; I may fall but Inferna has always been (and will always be) a free spirit, even Kathool Achoo could not tame her so I doubt any force on Lore could, even if I let them anywhere near her.'

He paused to look at the peacefully slumbering Dragon that he'd formed a strong bond with since she'd hatched, remembering all the foes they'd faced and the times they'd shared – both good and bad – and made his decision.

'I swear on everything that I am Inferna that I will protect you from everything, be it the forces of Darkness, our allies or even the whole of Lore itself. You have protected and helped me stay who I am, so the least I can do is extend the same courtesy to you…'

'Even if I have to doom all of Lore to do it!'

And that's that, hope this has gotten you excited for more. Next on my update list is Story of Gral followed by Guardian of the Princesses and I also apologise for the lateness of this, I just kept getting distracted by Real Life issues and various other things, combine that with severe procrastination and Writer's Block for this fic and...

Slick: And we get what happened here.

Well yes, didn't need to be so blunt though.

Slick: Someone needs to keep you in check, why do you think we pop up when you do the outro of your fics?

Because you love me and my lovely readers?

Slick: You? No, dealing with Inferna's enough of a handful and I don't need you adding to it. I do like the readers who take their time to read this fic from a little known fandom; it gives the franchise a little love.

Hm, I'd agree with you there though, though DF is a little-known game, I love it more than Call of Duty and can definitely recommend it to anyone who's reading this fic but not played the game... PLAY IT! IT'S AWESOME! OW! SLICK, DON'T HIT ME WITH THAT SWORD!

Slick: Well stop mucking about and get on with the important stuff!

Okay, Okay...

Slick: Hmmm... Anyway, some people may be confused as to what's going on in this fic; well, this chapter takes place right after the final boss fight of Book 1 and the rest of it takes place in Book 3 with flashbacks to Books 1 and 2; if you don't know what happens in those Books, I'd recommend watching a YouTuber called TheRuinedShadow, he does videos on the storyline of DragonFable when they come out and even the AE team recommend him, so if you're confused on the events occuring in this fic, either ask me or go and watch one of his videos.

Also, if you like this fic (or what you've seen so far), I'd justlike to say that another author called ReadingBlueWolf really helped me out in actually sorting out my ideas and putting them into a fic, so go thank them for their help by checking out their stories (I can definitely say that you won't regret it if you like the fandoms ReadingBlueWolf writes for, they're a really talented author so please go show them some support).

Slick: Aye, you'll enjoy their stories if you like fandoms like Avengers, X-Men or Jurassic Park among others.

Anyway, I've wasted enough of your time now, so please let me know what you think of this fic and if you want me to continue it; so Until Next Time...

Slick: Farewell readers.

Darth Annihilator - out.