The Legend of Spyro: Rise of Dark Souls

A/N: All right this is my first fanfic, so I'm sorry if my story is not that good, I also apologize for any grammar mistake or lack of con congruence in sentences. Well, in any case, I hope you enjoy my story. Feel free to review your criticism, I'm not going to read it anyways. I'm just kidding I'll do if I have the time. I had the idea a year after I finished the game, but I never had the time or courage to write so now eight years after I finally decided to do it.

Disclaimer: (Annoying sigh) I do not own any of Spyro series or any character in it. I own nothing. Is it really necessary to put this in every chapter?

Prologue

? Point Of View

It was dark as always everything is in this cursed realm, but that about to change soon, the Day of Eternal Light is upon us and the portal towards the Light Realms will open once again.

Since the essence of Malefor escaped Convexity the barriers weakened putting the odds in our favor, now we are able to communicate and the capacity of souls able to cross the bridge has multiply by the dozen.

The last time I tried to cross it I was stopped by that cursed Convexity guardian, but this time will be different, this time I have an ally at the other side, this time we are prepare, our plan is already on motion the guardian will be occupied with both flanks to stop us both.

The suns are about to align as all those planning to go to the Light Realms assembled at Mount Zalmar, I could see from above a gathering of creatures of the night that were reunited at different levels of the mountain; from some banished creatures of the other realm like apes, dragons, drakes, wyverns, felines, canines, etc. to inhabitants of this realm as gnorcs, ghouls, goblins, orcs, trolls, ogres and even a dozen of demons were present, and of course the guy of the hour, Maly, his spirit residing at the very peak waiting impatiently for the Brightest Hour to begin.

This was good the more we were the highest the probability to reach the other side undetected by the guardian and his lackeys, a real shame only the strong would remain permanently and the weak will remain as long the eclipse last.

The weakest beings are already disappearing involuntarily as new exiles began to appear across the realm since this was the moment the barriers were at their weakest it was common the scum of the other realm were banished here as a punishment on this day.

Soon only Maly, the demons and I remained waiting for the portal to open, I decided it was an acceptable moment to descend towards the platform hiding in the shadows so they couldn't sense my presence. "Oh man, I can't wait for the portal to open I want to taste the sweet blood of an innocent!" One of the youngest demons exclaimed with a sadistic smile as he shifted from on side to the other.

Another demon, this one older and female, put her claw at the younger demon head and commenced to stroke his mane. "Patience Fuldȏn, as soon as a beam of light strikes from above we'll be able to pass." She said with affection uncharacteristic from a demon.

The young demon glance upwards with his blank yellow eyes and smiled sincerely at the female. "I know sis but I'm just excited to get to these so-called Dragon realms." he said it so childlike that it was hard to take him as the bloodthirsty creature he was.

The oldest of the demons turned towards etherial dragon and said in a firm and loud voice. "Remember Malefor I'll provide you with an artificial army and you'll let us roam your realm freely to cause mayhem."

The Dark Master looked downwards at the demon patriarch. "As long you don't get in the way of my plan I couldn't care less about your action." Malefor said with indifference. "Although it's beyond me why you bother go to the Dragon Realms when I'm about to cleanse it, that goes for you to stranger." He continued as he glanced towards my direction.

I guess its no surprise he can sense me since he is sensitive to darkness. Before anyone could say another word, a pillar of light fell from the sky and made contact with the platform. "We take pleasure where and while we can" The old demon said as he and his clan stepped towards the light.

I stepped out of the shadow and floated to the portal, stopping at mere inches I turned towards the dragon and said cheekily "See you at the other side,
Maly" before stepping inside the beam.

As I was being transported in between the realms I could see the dim spirits of the demons ahead of me, I could see the guardian being occupied stopping hundreds of spirits trying to journey to the opposite realm, I could see several bright spirit coming head on towards my direction and among them the brightest spirit in existence shinning which sun was about to cross paths with me.

As we stood at the same level time seemed to freeze and we both said a single word "Soon." And we continue our ways without any other mishap.

As I was about to reach my goal I saw a little dragon trapped inside the beam of eternal darkness and at the moment I couldn't think of a better test subject to see if my powers worked correctly in this realm.

The youngling didn't put much of a fight and his dark side come afloat, satisfied I turned around and left. Being without a physical form had its advantages such as phasing wall and invisibility, it's better to be without a vessel for a while.

The Well of Souls began to crumble away soon after I left, Malefor appeared on the highest rock in all his corrupted glory looking majestically as he glanced down to all the reunited apes fortunate enough to get out of the mountain in time.

"My vassals as you can see I'm whole and free again." The Dark Master corrupted voice roared for everyone present to hear, the apes applauded, cheer and whistled with stupor at the return of their liege. Malefor lifted a paw up as a signal to keep quiet. "During my imprisonment on that wretched realm, I had lot of time to think and reflex on my next move and came to one final conclusion." He paused I supposed for dramatic effect seeing the expectant faces of the apes. "Why exterminate the other sentient species one by one when I can erase all living things at once by resurrecting the Destroyer and commencing the Great Cleansing."

Muttering and confusion began to break through the lines after this announcement. "What do you mean by that." One brave soul had the courage to ask out loud.

The dragon's face began to form a sinister smile as he replied with a cold voice. "To create a new world the old one has to die."

Cries of indignation and outrage could be heard between the formation.

"You promise us the highest of hierarchies."

"You told us we would be the rulers."

"You promise us power."

"We won't help you with this plan of yours."

Malefor looked simply unimpressed by this display of insubordination and calmly restored. "You creatures are so predictable. Unfortunately for you, I no longer require your services" At that moment thirteen creatures appeared in form of smoke to a solid state they were the demon that escaped with us, they were shapeshifters; some were bipedal, others four-legged, others even had wings, they were covered in fur, most of them had piercings in their ears and marking on their faces, and they looked like a combination of fox and bat. They were surrounding the army of apes. "You've all ways been ruled by your greed and thirst of power and that will be your punishment to remain in the dark, always hungry for the power of others"

At the moment after Malefor roared his announcement he and the demons commenced to chant a curse, the apes tried to attack them but all their projectiles were reflected by forcefields projected by Malefor, he always been so resourceful, by the time they ended the chanting all the apes were nothing more than skeletons covered in shadows, they all scattered to the nearest caves they could find since even the moonlight was too much for them.

The patriarch demon approached the dragon as soon the apes were gone "Now that that's done, how about we welcome your new army?" Soon the demons began to chant again and a large formation of rocks and roots began to surface until it took the form of a eight-legged gigantic monstrosity with an egg sack in its posterior. "Behold the grubling queen capable to generate hundreds of soldiers a day from grublings to orcs to trolls to wyverns, not to mention their variants and heroic forms, it also creates elite warriors to command other and protect it." The demon explained to a passive Malefor.

"Why isn't moving" The Dark Master questioned with a flat look on his face in a nonchalant manner.

The old demon looked away clearly embarrassed."About that it needs it need a core of some kind like an ord or a rare crystal" Not wanting this to be an obstacle on Maly's plans I decide to help my second greatest creation, although I can't take all credit his arrogance and his hunger for power and knowledge made him all too easy to corrupt, so I implanted an idea on his head to fix this complication.

Malefor seem to give some thought before taking action. "I believe I have the solution for this problem." He proceeded to slam his tail to the ground and a batch of spirit crystals rose from below then he break them with his paw, but instead of absorbing them they accumulate in his paw an began to inflict dark energy into them transmuting them in dark crystal, the chilling screams of the ancestors could be hear from up close. The crystal began to float to the mouth of the creature and entered its insides, soon enough the grubling queen came to life. "It is done you can go and do whatever you want to the inhabitant of this realm, while you still can" The Dark Master dismissed the demons.

Said demons shifted into their flying forms and began to get away from the site. "It was a pleasure doing business with you." The patriarch Rötshul said before turning and flying away. "I hope we never see you again." He muttered lowly so almost no one could hear him.

Malefor turned to the artificially made creature. "Hide in the deepest hole you can find and breed me soldiers." The queen immediately began to dig deep underground leaving a trail of magic-made creatures as it went by.

I not sure if the dark dragon hasn't realise of my presence or if he has simply choose to ignore me, at either case I began to follow him like a shadow and witnessed the chain of events provoked by his release in the world.

It took a few days to reach a temple in the middle of a swamp' by the time he did he already had hundreds of minions under his command, he send them to scout the area where they kill or capture every living being they found, as he enter the temple, a lone old red dragon confront him, it was a pretty one-sided battle since Malefor wreck the red one effortlessly but in the end he let the dragon escape, probably to spread the news of his return.

Once he sat on his throne with ancient magic he rip the structure from the ground and levitate it in the sky as a volcano form below it, as a final touch he set a belt of fire around the swap effectively killing whatever remained alive on the swamp.

For the next three year, Malefor remained inside the temple harnessing dark crystals as a source of power for the golems of the deep he summoned and spreading them around the world to steal the power of living creatures to feed his army.

I remained idle close going frequently to the floating island where the Grotto was on using it whenever Maly didn't observing the war, the actions of the demons in this world and also looking into the past learning as much as I could from this world planning my next course of action.

The time went by and before I knew it the end of the world was near. The Destroyer had completed the Ring of Annihilation provoking the Belt of Fire to spread across the surface of the Dragon Realms, incinerating everything that crosses its way.

The inhabitant underground were safe at the moment, but others not as fortunate, the ones who didn't see the danger coming… well, at least they had a quick death. I gave a dark chuckle at the thought. Anyways everything was going according to Malefor's plan.

I looked below me, to see two young dragons, one purple and the other black, approaching to Malefor's Lair. "Oh, looks like the main event is about to start." I chuckled at the thought. "This will be fun."