Disclaimer: I do not own Spyro and other characters from the Spyro the Dragon and the Legend of Spyro series. Some of the young dragons that are in the story are grown-up, but are baby dragons from the Year of the Dragon game.
Author's Note: The background is setting a mixture between the Dragon Realms and the Legend of Spyro series. I made Ami, one of the baby dragons from the Year of the Dragon game, be Spyro's little sister if that's okay.
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The Forgotten Realms
Chapter 1: The Warning
It was late afternoon in the other side of the Dragon Worlds. Near a mushroom-infested jungle stood a brown, grand temple. Each of its wooden doors had the face of a dragon with eyes glowing like embers and the temple itself was large enough to house hundreds of dragons. Outside of its grounds were dragons, young and old, frolicking happily in ledges and trees. Some were Artisan dragons, others were Peace Keepers, Magic Crafters, Beast Makers, and Dream Weavers, all made for different realms that were on the side of the world. Their Elders watched them carefully, keeping an eye on the young dragons as they spent their day playing in the gardens.
Near the mouth of the forest, a certain, purple dragon emerged from the shade of the trees, looking around cautiously as he slowly walked around. He glanced at the sky before looking back to someone hidden in the bushes. "I think it's safe enough now, Ami." Spyro said, turning around and facing the Dragon Temple.
A young, female voice replied from behind Spyro, "Still...something feels strange about the temple this evening..."
Spyro asked, turning back, "What is it?"
"Well, I don't know.." The voice replied, as a small blue dragon, slightly smaller than Spyro, emerged from the bushes. Her wings were purple and her horns were snow white and two, purple barrettes was wrapped around each of her horns. The little, blue Artisan called Ami continued her worries, "Something very quick. Like lightning. It looks safe enough now, I think."
"Come on, I'll race you back to the temple." Spyro smiled, as he raced off toward the temple grounds. Ami smirked and ran after her big brother through the grounds while she scurrying through a few young dragons that were playing in the gardens.
Spyro stopped to catch his breath and looked back, seeing Ami nowhere to be seen. He then saw a young, Dream Weaver dragon running by him. Her scales were silver and was a little smaller and slightly obese than Ami and her scaly underside was gold. A pink barrette was placed in between her white horns. The silver dragon stopped and turned back to Spyro, "Hi, Mister Spyro!" She greeted happily.
Spyro greeted back with a smile, "Hi, Ruby."
With a quick bound, Ruby ran back to a group of other dragons resting in the grass. Before Spyro can walk forward, Ami accidentally tackled the purple dragon forward, sending the both of them tumbling down a small hill. There was a short thud when the dragons reached the bottom and Spyro shook his head to shake away the dizziness.
Ami was sprawled beside Spyro, and when she saw the purple dragon in his dizzy state, she giggled. The little, blue dragon was about to apologize, when a cold chill ran through the blue Artisan's body and made her stop. She slowly looked to the sky and widened his eyes. "Spyro? Oh, Spyro...I know now...A terrible thing is coming..." She shuddered, her eyes glazed.
"What do you mean?" Spyro asked, turning to Ami.
Ami turned to the sky, quaking, and as she looked at the sun, images of dark threads stretched across the sky appeared in her vision, blocking the sun in eternal darkness. "The sky...it's covered in darkness..." She muttered.
"Darkness?" Spyro repeated with a slight chuckle, "Don't be silly."
As Ami continued to watch the images, she started shaking while the visions ran through the little dragon's mind.
Darkness suddenly fell upon the Dragon Temple, coating the land in blackness. A horde of bat-like monsters fell through the skies, dropping bombs in the temple grounds as they released swarms of creatures from the blasts of fire. The evil creatures appeared all around the temple, then started storming into the walls as they began killing the Elders and the young dragons by sight. Instantly, the temple, the dragons, and everything around them was destroyed in a split second by a enormous blast of purple energy created by the creatures before the images swirled away and vanished from Ami's vision...
Ami started shaking after seeing the terrifying images, she once again saw the normal sky and environment around her again and her eyes were still wide with shock and dread. Spyro looked at his little sister and blinked, unaware of the visions she had seen.
"Ami? Are you okay?" Spyro asked, then he looked to the horizon and saw the sun sinking into the trees, "It's getting late, we should go back to the temple."
Ami instantly snapped back to reality and turned to Spyro, repeating with a frantic edge in her tone, "Back to the temple? No, no, they'll come there. Don't think they won't! We have to get everyone out of here!"
"Now stop it, Ami." Spyro said sternly.
Ami stammered, running around Spyro a bit, "We...We have to get away from here. All of us."
"Away? Don't be silly." Spyro responded, shaking his head, "They won't come. They think you're out of your mind."
"You must listen to me, Spyro." Ami urged, looking around nervously, "Something very bad is going to happen!"
Spyro replied, sighing, "All right. We might as well see Elder Lindar, but I don't think he'll like the idea." The purple dragon then turned and hurried to the temple as fast as he could with Ami close behind, as he ran past several dragons that were enjoying themselves in the evening. As Spyro ran, he spotted a small group of dragons resting on a hill not too far from the Dragon Temple. There were five dragons, including Ruby.
The first was a green, slender dragon, slightly taller than Spyro when standing on his four legs. His eyes were brown and his horns were light brown along with his scaly underbelly and his wings. By his appearance, he is a Magic Crafter dragon. His name was Coltrane.
The second was a dark blue dragon laying on his back next to Ruby, resting in the sunlight to expose his light blue underbelly to the warm rays. He was a little smaller than Coltrane, though was more slender than the other dragons. He is an Artisan dragon named Bruce.
The third was a brown dragon, a Peace Keeper dragon and was a little more obese than Ruby. His horns were darker than his light brown scales and his eyes were dark green. His name was Grayson.
The last one was a small, lime-green dragon, the second youngest of the group and also a Magic Crafter dragon. She wore a pink barrette on her head and her purple scales ran down from the back of her neck to the tip of her tail. Her eyes were light-blue while they twinkled with innocence in the sunlight. Her name was Rikki.
Spyro ran past the young group of dragons who happen to be his best friends, and as he glanced at them, he went on to the temple. Ami skidded to a halt and said urgently to the five dragons, "We have to get away from here, all of us."
"Get away?" Bruce repeated, glancing at Ami from over his shoulder.
Ami replied frantically, "Yes, before it's too late!" With a quickly leap, the little, blue dragon resumed running to the temple in a fast pace, following Spyro. Coltrane, Bruce, Ruby, Rikki, and Grayson all stood up from their resting positions and gathered, confused at Ami's strange behavior.
Coltrane asked, "Is something wrong?"
Bruce responded, "This has never happened before."
"Is it danger?" Grayson questioned.
"Come on, let's see what's happening." Bruce suggested, as he, Coltrane, Grayson, Rikki, and Ruby followed Spyro and Ami into the temple. The purple dragon and his little sister scurried through the Dragon Temple at full speed, not stopping to greet the other Elders while they ran by.
Flame, a young, red dragon, was standing guard in front of the door leading to the chamber where the lead Elder, Lindar, was resting in. The red dragon turned his head and caught sight of Spyro and Ami running toward him until the two dragons stopped in front of Flame.
"Spyro?" Flame began, looking at the purple dragon then saw Ami, "What are you guys doing here?"
Spyro replied in a serious tone, "We need to speak to Lindar, Flame." Shortly after he spoke, Grayson, Rikki, Ruby Coltrane, and Bruce stopped at the corner of the hall, looking at Spyro, Ami, and Flame from a distance.
"Really?" Flame questioned, "What's it about?"
Spyro replied, "Well, it's-"
"Flame!" a voice called out, as Spyro and Flame turned to see Elder Cosmos, lead Elder of the Magic Crafter dragons, standing near the window to water the flowers that were recently placed in the sunlight, casting a water spell on their stems as he glanced at Flame, "What do they need?"
"They want to see Elder Lindar." Flame simply replied.
Cosmos questioned, trilling the R in his word in his Magic Crafter dialect, "What for?" Ami opened her mouth to reply about the danger only to be cut off by Cosmos' rude response, calmly ordering Flame, "Send them along. Lindar is resting now." The Magic Crafter leader resumed watering the plants with his magic.
"I'll take care of it, Cosmos." Flame replied, turning back to Spyro to tell him to go back.
However, Spyro stepped forward and said firmly to his friend, "Flame, when did I ever ask to see the Elder before?"
Flame glanced back at Cosmos, then to Spyro and sighed, "Alright, fine. Wait here then." The red dragon entered the large chamber and closed the door behind him to see Lindar. Behind the door, Spyro could hear Flame asking the Elder if the purple dragon and Ami can see him. There was a brief silence before Flame opened the door and said, "Come on, then."
Spyro nodded. He and Ami went inside the chamber and Flame closed the door behind them as he walked in too. Rikki, Ruby, Grayson, Bruce and Coltrane went over to the door and listened carefully to the conversation that is about to occur inside the chamber.
A large, blue dragon laid in the center of the chamber, sitting down on all four legs to rest his muscles. He was old, but still had the strength to walk normally and use his wings for flight. Elder Lindar looked to Spyro and Ami as they approached him and bowed for a moment "Spyro. Ami. What brings you here today?" The Artisan Elder asked with a smile.
Spyro replied, glancing at Ami, "Well, my sister says that a bad threat is coming to the Dragon Temple."
"A bad threat...? Now what sort of threat is coming?" Lindar questioned, patiently.
Ami replied, "I don't know, but it's bad. It's so bad."
"Well now." Lindar answered, arching an eyebrow before he scratched the back of his neck, "What ought we to do?"
"We have to escape, all of us, right away." Ami responded, her voice sounding more urgent.
Lindar perked up and repeated with suprise, "Right away? In June? The summer time? And where will we go to?"
"Well, she had these feelings before and she's been right again and again-" Spyro began, but was interrupted.
"I shall have to consider this very carefully." Lindar said, shaking his head before looking back to Spyro and Ami, "Perhaps we should discuss this later in the end of the summer." However, Ami started shaking her head, refusing to wait for news to come from the other realms, her eyes started widening.
"No...No...We can't wait. We can't!!" The little Artisan shouted, as she turned around and ran past Flame to open the door.
Lindar spoke out calmly to Spyro, before settling back down to rest, "Well, it was good seeing you, Spyro."
Spyro nodded respectively to Lindar before he turned and raced after Ami into the halls of the temple. Flame watched the door close as Spyro left the chamber, he thought about what the purple dragon said and wondered if he was crazy or speaking the truth. After thinking about it, the red dragon exited out of Lindar's chamber...