Heyo, I'm back from having to deal with problems, including being out of education, most likely for good if what I'm getting right now has anything to say about it. Anyway, recently I was RPing with a Cynder on Tumblr, and I thought, what if Cynder was the main character in place of Spyro in the Legend of Spyro series? But that was only part of the concept which this story is based on, as, you possibly already know, this is a XOver with Pokémon. But Spyro, Cynder and Sparks, as well as the Apes, aren't Pokémon - even though Cynder is the daughter of one, but you'll learn that fully in the first proper chapter. As for Spyro... I'll leave that up to you to decide who or what was his parents. As in, I don't even know myself, and don't mind not knowing. Anyway, there will be spoilers for the first two games in the Legend of Spyro series, and maybe even some learned in the third game as well. So you might want to watch or play those games yourself. As for myself, as of writing this Prologus, I have played the GameCube version of A New Beginning - which this story is about - the PS2 version of The Eternal Night, and the DS version of Dawn of the Dragon, although I hope to soon get either the Wii or the Xbox 360 version of Dawn of the Dragon so that I have the whole console series at hand. Anyway, enough author rambling: I'll let the Narrator of this story take over now. Which means you'll won't be hearing much from myself from here on out, barring responding to reviews for the Narrator, as he can't see them.

Yes, thank you, auraRilou. Anyway, from now on, unless the Author needs to mention something, like responding to reviews, there will only be Narrator Notes, like this one right here which you are reading right now. But please, feel free to send reviews his way - sadly, the link between my Universe and his is not strong enough for me to see them, as this is mainly a one-way channel. My... Current condition prevents me from making it two-way fully, especially for the extended period of time it would take to send a review over here. But the Author would let me know if there's anything I need to do, like cutting out the rambling or the like. As for the rating... It would possibly be a Teen rating, but that might be pushing it. If it starts to turn into a more mature story, I hope the Author will correct it for me. Yet I digress - it's time for me to begin the tale which I will tell you. A tale which, with the help of Celebi the Chronicler, should go down in the legends of this world...

Key:

"Talking"

/Thoughts/

'Psychic Talking'

Signs/Important Names or Terms (the first time mentioned)

/Musings of the Narrator/

Prologus

I often wonder what life would be like if it wasn't for the blessings which the Original One, Arceus, gave this world. On one side, there may be more 'true' dragons out there, and less of those slimy, wingless 'dragons' who seen more than willing to gulp down anyone in their way into their sticky, slimy bodies. /Not that I've been eaten by a Goodra before now./ But, on the flip side, recent events may still have played out in a similar way to how they did, despite the Dark Master remaining as a Purple Dragon, not being turned into the very being which he... No, SHE once had as a master before She killed him.

Besides, those who kill the God(dess) of Death, Yvetal, would be cursed into becoming the next Yvetal, a cycle of death and rebirth which stretched all the way back to the Dawn of Time, where there were once Nineteen Elements to the world, until the first ever Yvetal - created from the massive deaths of many beings in the First War - created Shadow. The Legendary War which came after lasted eons, wiping out a few Legendaries, but in the end, as Xernas the Lifegiver sacrificed Himself to create Purification Energy to counteract Shadow, leaving His son to continue his duty. His sacrifice also wiped out the old Fairy type from everyone but His son, and his descendants who rarely show themselves nowadays. But it also led to the formation of Aura, which evolved from the lifeforce which existed at the time, and thus the first ever Riolu, who would not only be the first Lucario, but also the first Aura Guardian, and the first to break the limits of evolution by Mega Evolving when the extra power was needed. And, this would lead to the formation of the Council of Elders, most of which were Dragon-Typed, and even included the son of Giratina the Renegade.

I know all this from my study of the Books of Time, a gift which Dialga, Lord of Time, gave His daughter, Celebi the Chronicler, to help Her to guide the flow of time in the right direction should it be knocked way off-course. I was able to study them a bit when myself and Cynder were in Her domain, while learning the true reason why the first ever Purple Dragon turned. And yet, it turned out that Her story was intertwining not only the story of the Purple Dragon of our time, but that of mine and Cynder's as well. Not to mention a certain ANNOYING dragonfly who constantly acts either scared, a bit too sarcastically brave, or a bit of a motormouth. But yet, I digress from what I was intending to say.

Anyway, where was I? Oh, right - with the basic introduction to my world out of the way, although I will explain more later on, I was going to tell you a story. But not just any story: it's our story as of right now, so that if the Dark Master wins in the end, it'll still lead to his downfall in the end, even if us four: me, Spyro, Cynder and the annoying Sparks - fail in our quest. A story which would be indirectly started over a thousand years ago, and will very soon (I hope) reach its climax. A story which I hope will forever be called...

The Legend of Cynder

/Yes, Legend of Cynder. Not Legend of Spyro, nor Legend of Auro... And never Legend of Sparks. I mean, we might play our roles, but this is more HER Tail than mine. And besides, Sparks never did much to help when we faced the forces of the Dark Master.../