StarDragons
A Star Fox / Legend of Spyro
crossover story
By: Tyler "The Dragon" Rodriguez
Prologue
In a time of darkness and destruction, a dark purple dragon named Malefor, declared war on the dragons and the realms. Even though the Dark Master was imprisoned in his interstellar prison, he had his dark army of Apes, the most viscous and vile creatures, attack the dragons and harvest the Spirit Gems, the dragons' lifeforce. The Apes enslaved many dragons and took away their families and their freedom. They have even raided the Dragon Temple, destroying all of the dragon eggs, when the Dark Master learned that a new purple dragon will be born. But Ignitus, a Fire Guardian, escapes with the egg of the purple dragon and left it to drift in the Silver River. The egg drifted into the Swamp and was discovered by a family of dragonflies. When it hatched, they named him Spyro and raised him as one of their own. Years later, Spyro discovered that he can breath fire and was finally told by his foster parents that he wasn't a dragonfly at all, but in fact an exile from an unknown distant land. Determined to find out who he really was, he sets out on a journey with his foster brother, Sparx the dragonfly. He soon discovers Ignitus and he told him that he was actually a dragon, the only survivor of the egg raid at the Dragon Temple. Then he told him that he was a purple dragon, a dragon born once every ten generations whose destiny is to save the world. Spyro also learned that the Dark Master has declared war on the realms and vowed to destroy them. Spyro decided to do what was right. Throughout his quest, he rescued more Guardians and freed many realms from the Dark Master's clutches. He also defeated Cynder, the general of the Ape army and apprentice of Malefor. But he also discovers that she was under a spell caused by the Dark Master, and she returned to her true form, the same age as Spyro. Earlier, Spyro learned that Cynder was also another survivor of the egg raid, but she was taken and was corrupted by Malefor's poisoness powers. Thanks to Spyro, she was freed from his control. Weeks later, he starts having nightmares about a shadowy place called the Mountain of Malefor. And yet, Cynder has left the temple to find her own destiny. After Spyro chased after her to convince her to stay, he suddenly fell into a deep sleep. It becomes clear that an ancient dragon calling himself the Chronicler, has summoned him into a dream and helped him regain one of his own elements. When he woke up, the Dragon Temple was suddenly attacked by the Apes. Spyro successfully repelled the attack, but Cynder is now missing. Spyro soon told Ignitus and the other Guardians that a Chronicler has contacted him. And worse, the Celestial Moons are coming in eclipse turning the night into the Eternal Night, where Malefor will be released from his prison. After Spyro regained his elements and learned more about the Dark Master from the Chronicler, Cynder was then kidnapped by the Apes being led by Gaul, a tyrannical leader. Spyro then travels to the White Isle where the Chronicler tells him more about Cynder and urged him to stay here for safety. But Spyro was determined to save Cynder and went to the Mountain of Malefor. By the time he gets there, Gaul drained him of his elemental powers and forced Cynder to fight him. But Cynder attacked Gaul instead and he knocks her out. Gaul challenged Spyro himself and when the Celestial Moons went into an eclipse, Spyro was caught by its beam and was filled by Malefor's influence and turned into Dark Spyro. Dark Spyro horribly kills the Ape King before Cynder gains conscious and broke Spyro out of the darkness and he returned to normal. Then the mountain began to collapse around them. With no way out, Spyro told everyone to get next to him and he used his powers to encase them in a Time Crystal, therefore saving them and himself. Three years later, the crystal was shattered by the Grublins and Spyro and Cynder were taken. They were going to be killed by an Earth Golum when Hunter of Avalar appeared and saved them, and Spyro was reunited with Sparx. But there is a new problem: Spyro and Cynder were chained together by a magical chain attached to their snake-shaped collars on their necks, and it cannot be removed unless Malefor was destroyed. They traveled to the Dragon City of Warfang and repelled the attack on the city and killed the Golum in the process. Then they were reunited with Ignitus and the rest of the Guardians. But then, Malefor announced that he has unleased the Destroyer that will create a Belt of Fire that will scorch the earth. Cynder planned that destroying the dam will slow it down and buy them enough time to kill it. Spyro and Cynder successfully stopped it, but Malefor kept it alive and had it activated the Belt of Fire. Ignitus then realized that Spyro and Cynder had no choice but to face Malefor himself. Spyro told Sparx to stay behind and he, Cynder, and Ignitus left for the Belt of Fire. But Ignitus sacrificed himself to get Spyro and Cynder to get through. Pained by Ignitus's death, Spyro knows that they have to go on. They soon reached Malefor's lair and fought the Dark Master and defeated him. But when the world starts to break apart, Spyro used his powers to fix the planet as Cynder stays with them. Now, the war against the Dark Master is over. But unfortunately, they were wrong. It was only the beginning.