Chapter 1

IGNIL

I groaned, opening my eyes, using a wing to shield myself from the bright sunlight coming in through the window to my room. I looked up at the ceiling, and sat in silence, not really wanting to get up. Normally, on a day like today, a young dragon would be jumping out of bed, ready for a day of play and excitement. Today was my birthday, but there was nothing to be joyous about.

I had no friends that would spend time with me and goad me on into doing stupid shit. I had no parents to wish me a happy birthday. I had nothing. Well, that's not entirely true. Out of all the dragons here at the orphanage, there was one who dared to be my friend. Her name was Glace, and her parents had been killed by a pack of apes, leftover from the time of Malefor. She was the only one that actually seemed to care about me.

I sighed and forced myself out of the less than comfortable bed. I guess I should get up, and be ready for another day of being left to wallow in solitude. 13 years of this and nothing has changed. I stretched my wings and popped a few joints before finally walking to the door that separated me from the rest of the world.

I opened the door and walked out, and what greeted me was what I had expected. The other dragons playing their games, fighting and such. All of it stopped the instant I walked out of my room, and I swore I could hear them whispering about me. I did my best to ignore them and walked out of the orphanage and into the yard. Fortunately, there was no one that I could see out here, and I walked over to the small hill, and lied down on top of it, closing my eyes, letting the sun's rays warm my scales.

"Ignil?" I heard a voice ask, and I opened my eyes, seeing probably the one thing that made life bearable. Glace.

"Oh, good morning, Glace," I responded, not moving from my rather comfortable spot.

"You know what day it is?"

"Another worthless waste of time?" I said a slight grin on my face.

"You know, acting like that won't win you any friends, right?" she replied, curtly.

"You may be right, but I honestly don't see a reason to try, when they'll dislike me anyways."

"That's cold, Ignil. Even for you. I swear you were an Ice dragon in a past life or something. Anyways, happy birthday. I got you a little something…" I looked at her, my interest now piqued. "Come on, follow me." she continued, before turning and starting to run across the yard, around the corner to the front of the orphanage.

Slightly confused, and stood up and followed her, however, when I got to the front of the building, I was met with a large dragon. His scales were a deep red, and his crest and horns were a silver color. This was no ordinary flame dragon, but rather, it was the fire guardian, Fenix, himself.

"F-Fenix?" I stammered, before bowing my head out of respect. I may be stubborn, but even I know to show one of the guardian's proper respect.

"Hello there, young one. May I ask who you are?"

"I-I-Ignil… s-sir." I replied, keeping my head bowed. I felt him stare at me as if he were looking into my very soul. The guardian's very presence was almost overbearing for me.

"You know, there's no need to bow, little drake," he said calmly. I slowly lifted my head, looking at him.

"Wh-what cough brings you to our orphanage, M-mister Fenix."

"Please, just call me Fenix. And as for why I'm here, well… I'm here to find new students for the academy. We could always use more dragons as those who are nearing the end of their days retire," the guardian responded. "In fact, there was a certain ice dragon around here that especially caught my eye. I believe her name was… oh, what was it again…"

"G-glace, sir?"

"Ah yes, Glace! That was her name. I remember she asked me a favor, and the other guardians have, although reluctantly, agreed to it as well. Now, excuse me, Ignil. I must speak with the caretakers."

Thank you for reading the first chapter of my new fanfic. I recently rediscovered the Legend of Spyro series and figured that I might write a story on it. I have no clue how many chapters it will be, but I will definitely keep it going as long as I feel it needs to.