Here we go. Finally now I know for certain I'm finishing my Spyro fanfiction. But I'm still thinking about if I'm going to make some more after this. Maybe like a comedy or something like that. Sorry this one took me a while to upload. I've been testing some online games for some freinds. Again Zirra does not belong to me. She belongs to Seeraphine on DeviantArt. Just making sure I say that again before I move on with my last Spyro fanfiction. The Legend of Spyro - Darkness Rises. This chapter is supposed to take place four years ahead of the Legend of Valavadorog and is the beginning of the end of this story. As the opening explains a new evil is coming to the Dragon Realms one more dire then anything Spyro has seen before. I'm getting ahead of myself just read the story and find out.
Chapter 1 The Beginning of the End
Four years have passed since Frederick the Devil Dragon was released once again. The Dragon world and the Dragon Realms are at a time of crisis with the Devil Dragon back. With the Devil Dragon's release a shadow of fear stretches over the land as reports head throughout the world about the release of the Adalisk Zirra. This sends a shock through the world for Zirra had only been seen when Malefor tried to destroy the world the first time. As for Valavadorog the Dark Dragon he alone was tracking down both Frederick and the Orc king that captured Volteer Gnasty Gnorc. But unknown to our heroes an even bigger threat lies over the horizon. But for Spyro he had other things to worry about. For a new year of the Dragon had come and this year Dragon mothers from all over the Dragon world were coming to the Dragon temple's rookery so the Guardians can watch over them. Spyro volunteered to be a Guardian for the eggs until they hatch later in the year. He has aged some since he released the Adalisk from her prison and he has gotten bigger and the horns on his head were longer. He and Cynder were full grown adults now along with Val. Cynder on the other hand was starting to look like a smaller version of her huge evil form but with Zirra not in control of her and her body she had changed. But over the years Ember has been trying to get Spyro to notice her but all of her plans are either unnoticed or Flame steps in and ruins them. But she is still persistent to get Spyro to herself which creeps Spyro out when he sees her. Despite the pink pain Spyro still finds time to spend with Cynder and to train with the Dragon Guardians to help strengthen his skills for the coming battle. A new Fire Guardian was coming to replace Ignitus. Whoever it was is said to be like Ignitus in some ways. Spyro and Terrador hopes that whoever he is will be able to help guard the eggs if something like what happened last year of the Dragon happens again. But there are other things that are going on in the Dragon World.
Miles away from the mainland of the Dragon World Val is on the land where Gnasty Gnorc's fortress is supposed to be. He walks into a forest that was supposed to lead straight towards Gnorc's fortress. He follows the path in the forest when he suddenly thought that path don't appear naturally in a forest and that someone or something must of made this. Be then hears the sound of Dragon footsteps behind him. He thinks this is a threat because the Drobot has been tracking him that's why it took him so long to find this place. He jumps up in a tree trying to camouflage himself in the braches. He waits for whatever it was following him to cross under the tree branches then he drops down on it. He looks down to see that he had landed on a teenage Brown Dragon male with an orange uder belly and orange horns. Unfortunately Val knew who it was.
"Skelvon? Why are you still following me?" Val asks the brown Dragon getting off of him.
"Well I was at my village thinking when all of a sudden you flew by. I was thinking that where ever you go something inturesting always happens so I decided to follow you." Skelvon tells Val.
Skelvon was a brown Dragon that Val had met a year ago when he was searching for Gnasty Gnorc's fortress. Skelvon is like a fan of Spyro and now follows Val around hopping he can meet Spyro.
"Skelvon you can't just keep following me around for any reason. It's dangerous out here and you could get harmed. Why don't you go fly off a cliff, play with a snake, or eat a poisonous reptile." Val says.
"I'm starting to think that you don't like me." Skelvon says to Val.
"Of course I don't like you. You're almost annoying as Spyro." Val says.
"But I'm smarter than an Ape." Skelvon says.
"You got beat by an Ape…. With a stick…. I watched." Val says to Skelvon.
"Well it's not my fault that I'm a lover not a fighter." Skelvon says to Val.
"Then you shouldn't be following me period." Val says.
"Hay but I still fight. Only when I really need to." Skelvon says.
"Oh great of all people I have to get stuck with I get stuck with this guy." Val says to himself.
"You know I'm right here." Skelvon says.
"Not caring!" Val yells out.
Then Val hears another footstep. He grabs Skelvon then flies up in the tree. He puts Skelvon on the branch and tells him to be quiet. Then through the leaves Val sees some Rhynocs walking down the path. The Rhynocs pass under the tree not even noticing Val and Skelvon. Once they pass Val drops out of the tree landing on his feet. Then Skelvon drops out of tree and lands on his face. Val face palms as Skelvon gets to his feet. It kind of ashamed Val that he even knew a person like Skelvon but it's not his fault that his parents accidently abandoned him at birth. Skelvon looks over at Val who had a serious look on his face. Val was looking down the path where the Rhynocs had gone down but there was something wrong. The Rhynocs were suddenly gone and this made Val curious. Skelvon walks over to where the Rhynocs were and tries to prop himself up against a tree. But as he leans over on the tree he topples through the tree and disappears. Val looks curiously at what happened and runs over to see what happened. He walks over to the tree and tries to put his paw on the tree but instead of him touching the bark of the tree his paw goes through the tree. Then Val stepped through the tree and then finds himself in a large open area where the forest had been removed. In the distance Val saw the fortress of the Orc king Gnasty Gnorc. He looks over and sees Skelvon getting up rubbing his head.
"Well Skelvon maybe you are useful." Val says to Skelvon grinning.
"Oh great what can I do?" Skelvon asks cheerfully.
Meanwhile two Rhynocs stand guard at the entrance to Gnasty Gnorc's fortress. They stand guard chatting when suddenly a brown dragon flies out of the sky and smacks down on the ground in front of them. The two Rhynocs look confused but after a few seconds they point their weapons at the brown dragon. The brown dragon looks up and sees the Rhynocs with their swords pointed at him. The brown Dragon then laughs then suddenly Val jumps at one of the guards knocking that guard out. The other Rhynoc slashes at Val but misses him. Val then slams one of paws at the Rhynoc's face knocking his helmet off and also knocking him out. Val looks at both of the Rhynocs who were unconscious on the ground. Then he walks over and helps Skelvon up off of the ground. Skelvon looks at Val with any angry look in his eyes as Val chuckles.
"You tossed me at them." Skelvon says to Val.
"Well look at the bright side. At least you helped." Val says to Skelvon as he ran inside.
"Ha! Very funny." Skelvon says sarcastically then follows Val inside of Gnasty Gnorc's fortress.
Skelvon follows Val as he made his way through various passageways trying to find Gnasty Gnorc's throne room. But as he neared Gnasty Gnorc's throne room he suddenly realized that it might be a trap. But on the other side it sounded like Gnasty Gnorc was speaking to someone. Val leans his to peek around the corner and into the throne room. He sees Gnorc with his experimental weapon in his hand. In front of Gnorc was Volteer who was still alive but frozen like a statute. Val looks at Gnorc who had apparently fallen asleep on his throne. But then Val looks out of the corner of his eye and sees Skelvon coming up behind him. He stops Skelvon and checks again and sees that Gnorc was still asleep but Val still had the feeling that there was something wrong.
"Okay Skelvon you go first." Val says to Skelvon.
"Well thank you Val." Skelvon says and steps into Gnorc's throne room.
Nothing happens. Val walks curiously into Gnorc's throne room and sees that Gnorc wasn't sleeping but someone or something had knocked him out. This made Val think about why the passageways were clear. Val then goes over and tries to break Volteer out of his frozen state. But he couldn't without bringing harm to Volteer. He then turns to see if he could get the weapon that Gnorc had used to freeze Volteer maybe it had a way to reverse the affect. But the weapon wasn't there. Val looks at Skelvon and he didn't have it. Then suddenly the weapon drops on Skelvon sending him collapsing to the gorund.
"Ow!" Skelvon says as he is hit by the weapon.
Val looks above Skelvon and sees a weird creature hovering in place above Skelvon. The creature was a mixture of a Phoenix and a Dragon which was rare. His feathers were colored red and his underbelly was colored blue. He had two blue bags hanging under his eyes as he looked down at Valavadorog. Not even Val knew who or what it was. Then the creature teleports and appears on the ground in front of Val. Val looks at the creature and it did not seem that it wanted to harm him or Skelvon. Skelvon gets up pushing the weapon off of him.
"Hello there. You must be Valavadorog the Dark Dragon." The creature says to Val.
"Yes I am. And who are you?" Val asks the creature.
"The name's Sunburn. I came here to free the Dragon Guardian as well. Gnorc got in the way so I knocked him then you arrived." The creature says to Val.
"Well then Sunburn after we rescue Volteer over there then you should come back with me to the Dragon temple. Spyro will like to meet you." Val says to Sunburn then grabs the weapon and flips a switch that sets the weapon to unfreeze.
Then Val fires a laser out of the barrel of the weapon and the laser unfreezes Volteer. Volteer coughs as he catches his breath. Val then tosses the weapon over at Gnorc which hits him and knocks him out of his throne.
"Thank goodness you came along Dark Dragon. A couple of years frozen like a statue can give you such a creak in the neck. Thank goodness you came along and broke me out. A phoenix-Dragon mix you are a rare creature. And I also see that you have a brown Dragon following you. Interesting I have so much I need to tell the other Guardians when I get back." Volteer says carrying on and on with random subjects.
"Jeez doesn't this guy ever shut up?" Sunburn asks Val.
"No not really. But you get used to it after a while." Val says.
"Yah maybe he'll shut up when we leave." Skelvon says.
Val leaves with Skelvon, Sunburn, and Volteer flying behind him. He was now returning to the Dragon temple where things have changed. But things were peaceful for a time. Four years and no one had seen any sign of Frederick. But there were some unconfirmed sightings of the Adailsk Zirra. Frederick had disappeared like he's preparing for something. But the world was a peaceful place again. But all was not well for there is a larger evil somewhere in the Dragon Realms.
In an alternate realm a silhouetted human like figure stands in a darkened room looking at a crystal ball. His right arm was like a skeleton and his other arm pulsed with dark energy as he rubbed it across the surface of the crystal ball. His eyes were devil like as visions appear in the crystal ball. Pictures of Spyro, Cynder, Valavadorog, and various other dragons start to appear in the crystal ball as he speaks their names with a deep voice that compared to Malefor's.
"Spyro the Legendary purple Dragon, Cynder the former terror of the skies, Valavadorog the Dark Dragon, Sunburn the Phoenix-Dragon mix, and Zirra the Adalisk these Dragons dare to stand in my way. These Skylanders and the Adalisk must be eliminated or turned to my cause. They have encountered foe after foe but not a threat as dire as this. The gates of Hell will open once more and my demons will consume this and all the Dragon Realms. But first I must leave this place which is the only thing I find that my minions are having trouble doing. Once more the Dragons will learn to fear the Dark and the shadows. Once more they will learn to fear my name." The silhouetted figure says then flips the image in the crystal ball to focus on Spyro and Cynder. He then grins showing his razor sharp teeth.
Indeed these are dark times. For now I fear this is what the Chronicler was predicting and not the rising of Malefor. I just hope Spyro can keep the balance and defeat the Dark God before it is too late. This will become his ultimate test and it will test the bond that he has with Cynder the most. This is the end of his legend.
A new character I added Skelvon who was supposed to originally appear in the trilogy but I never got around to developing his character so I never used him. He's supposed to be like me if I was a Dragon. Well mentally not physically. But I'm not annoying. The next chapter is coming but it will be a long one. Yes I'm actually making this story actually tell more of a real like story then my previous ones. Skelvon will appear more offten along with Zirra hopefully if I get permission to use her more from Seeraphine. I like using Zirra because she's just one of those characters I like for an OC.