A not so Different Beginning

A/N Hey guys here's the story I promised you guys, this story is about if Cynder was never taken during the raid on the temple but Spyro still escaped. The reason why she wasn't there will be explained and when the story really gets rolling it will take place…. Well you'll figure it out, anyway thanks for coming this far and clicking on my story and I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 1

Spyro met Ignitus in the forest after leaving behind his family in search of his own kind, Ignitus was amazed that Spyro had even survived when he found out he no idea he was a dragon he explained everything. The information wasn't enough for Spyro and after a bit of a talk Ignitus was forced to show him the now destroyed temple.

After they cleared the temple Ignitus explained everything in more depth, he told him about the war and how Gaul had decimated the dragons. He then explained how Gaul had captured the other three Guardians and asked Spyro to go save them.

After Spyro saved Terrador the earth Guardian he was attacked by Gaul riding one of his bat creatures, Ignitus engaged with Gaul to save Spyro and was captured as a result. When Spyro travelled to Convexity towers he found Ignitus drained like all the other Guardians and was attacked by Gaul. During the fight the portal to Convexity opened and Gaul left to release his master.

Spyro was determined to stop him and chased after him, after a huge battle Spyro was able to knock the crystal from the pedestal and caused convexity to destabilize. Gaul escaped on his bat and Spyro also managed to escape barely.

Spyro spent the next few weeks training with the Guardians who were back up to speed. Spyro thought that the apes plan was over and finally started to relax, but they attacked and destroyed the temple again, Spyro and the Guardians were able to fend them off but they found a few scrolls that Volteer remembered.

He said that the apes stole scrolls that explained another way to bring back Malefor. They sent Spyro(He never had to use convexity on Cynder so he still has his powers) and told him to follow the directions he had gotten from the Chronicler, after a few encounters with apes and pirates Spyro knew that he was supposed to go to the white isles. When he arrived he was tested in multiple ways and eventually he met the chronicler.(Don't get all nitpicky on me here because I played the second game before but that was years ago and I rented it so I have some bad memory of it sort of, I do own the third one and just recently watched a walkthrough of the first one)

The chronicler tried to explain to Spyro that if he went to stop the eclipse he would allow millions of others to die, Spyro protested and went anyway. He arrived at Mount Malefor and met Gaul for the second time. Gaul mocked the dragon race and tried to tell him how futile his efforts were but Spyro fought, but Gaul took all his energy forcing Spyro to use his time powers.

During the fight Spyro fell into the beam of darkness and viciously attacked Gaul until he was a mere pulp of meat. Sparx was able to calm him down barely but the effort tired him out so badly he could barely move. Before Spyro could take off the ceiling caved in and Spyro saved himself and Sparx by using every inch of his time powers to cocoon them in a crystal.

3 three years later…

After three years Hunter and a group of grublins found Spyro and Sparx, unfortunately the Grublins came first and captured them to sacrifice to the Golem of the deep. Spyro was able to escape with the help of Hunter and he led Sparx and himself to an exit. They were attacked multiple times by the Golem but finally they were able to get to the Twilight forest. The travelled through the forest and stopped for the night.

Hunter told Spyro and Sparx everything that had happened over the three years, while he was explaining they were knocked out and woke up in the cheetah village. After a long debate on whether the tribe leader could trust Dragons and when the grublins attacked the leader allowed Spyro to leave under a few conditions, when Spyro finished the job Chief Prowlus had told him to do he allowed Hunter to leave and allowed them passage to Warfang using a secret tunnel.

Spyro Hunter and Sparx made it to Warfang just as it came under attack, Spyro assisted in the defense and was able to stop the invasion from entering the city but The Golem arrived and attacked the city. Spyro defeated the Golem and finally reunited with the Guardians.

During the night Maleofor sent a message that he would release the Great Destroyer and cleanse the world. Spyro and a small band of dragons and Cheetahs cut off the Destroyer and Spyro reached the heart and destroyed it. But to their surprise Malefor had stored energy and forced the Destroyer to complete its task.

Ignitus knew the only way to finish the fight was to fight Malefor directly, Spyro also knew this was the only way and told Sparx he needed to stay or he'd definitely die. Ignitus led Spyro the Ring of Fire and sacrificed himself to allow Spyro to reach the other side. Spyro was destroyed and in his rage flew to the castle of Malefor and fought him.

The battle was monstrous and with another person to help him even with Convexity he barely was able to fend off The Dark Master. But they eventually fought to the center of the world and Spyro was so tired he couldn't stay in his rage anymore. The ancestors chose this time to make their move and sucked Malefor into the dark crystal.

Spyro saw that the world was now falling apart and used his remaining strength to stop its destruction…

After that…

Spyro awoke in a field and felt groggy, he looked around and figured out he was in the Valley of Avalar. He got up when he felt stronger and walked around getting his muscles to work again. He wondered how he got here and said to himself "Let's see, I fought Malefor then used my powers to stop the worlds destruction". Then he shook his head and decided it was best to just be fine with the fact he was alive. He flew back to Warfang and was greeted by thousands of adoring fans. He shoom their paws and received lots of kisses when the Guardians arrived and forced the group to disperse.

Terrador walked up to him and said "It is so great to see you young dragon but… where is Ignitus"? Spyro looked down and didn't answer, the Guardians realized what that meant and bowed their heads and did a quick prayer for him.

After Terrador said "You must be exhausted, come with us to the new temple and we'll get you a room. Your brother has been so worried". Spyro smiled and followed them with his fans at his heels every step of the way. When they stepped up to the gigantic doors Spyro turned around and bowed to the crowd one last time. The whole crowd cheered and he smiled, he hated to be adored by everyone and hated that they would do anything for him now but he was so happy he allowed himself this one time.

He followed the Guardians inside and he could still hear the cheers through the big doors. The Guardians showed him a room and he went inside, the first thing he noticed was a glowing light coming from a hammock said "Hey Sparx". Sparx jumped up suddenly since he wasn't sleeping and said "SPYRO"! He flew to Spyro and hugged his snout.

Spyro smiled and said "I guess you were able to show everyone to the caves"? Sparx actually shed a tear but quickly wiped it a way and said "Ya but that doesn't matter anymore it's just great to see you". Spyro smiled.

Terrador cleared his throat and said "There's one more thing you must do… you need to do a speech for the city to publicly show everyone you are actually alive". Spyro sighed and said "Fine but nothing too long, I don't want to be the center of attention for awhile". Terrador nodded and led him to the balcony that over saw the area in front of the temple.

Spyro walked out and saw a couple hundred people staring at him, he gulped and walked forward. He went on his hind legs so he could see clearly over the railing and said "It's great to see so many faces, especially since the world almost fell apart" the crowd all nodded in agreement and Spyro continued "The road I've gone through has been extremely hard for me and a few times I almost wasn't able to go on". The crowd listened intently as he spoke.

Spyro gulped and said "But my few friends allowed me to have the courage to make it through… mostly my friend and brother Sparx". Sparx didn't come up like expected and smiled to Spyro who said "… And also my friend Ignitus" The crowd gasped and started muttering themselves and Terrador took over using his booming voice to his advantage.

Spyro had already left and didn't hear what Terrador said; he had tears streaming down his face and Sparx right behind him. When Spyro got to his room he stayed there the rest of the day and his only comfort was that his brother stayed by his side.

Eventually late in the afternoon he heard a knock and answered, he found Terrador with a saddened face and he said "Spyro I know this has been hard on you but Ignitus' death hits all of us too, but if you need someone to talk to about it were here". He handed him a tray of food and bid him goodnight.

Spyro ate only half the food the rest he couldn't stomach and said to Sparx "It's not fair, Ignitus deserved to survive more than anyone, he gave more for me then anyone". Sparx patted his snout and said "It's alright dude, I remember a time when he told you that all dragons don't die, and they bind with nature and help the future generations". Spyro sniffed and felt better, he nodded to Sparx and fell asleep.

Well there you go my first chapter of my third story, for anyone who is wondering, yes I'm still doing Family is forever, I wanted to make something new because I needed a quick change of pace. Also Yes Cynder will be in the next chap and as I said I will explain how she avoided her capture.

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