The Legend of Spyro
The Undying Flame
Chapter 1
The Mark of the Hero
The Beginning of Everything
A/N: This is the story I've been writing about in Cynder's Past, and is the first in a set of three in the Evolve Saga. Enjoy my story!
The day reckoned the purple dragon to awakening, making sure that the dragonfly sleeping on the leaf next to him didn't wake up. For the fact that today was the day that he would gain The Mark of the Hero, and he wanted to get it over with, fast. Before he could walk out and towards the training field where he practiced for months on end after the defeat of Malefor, the Dark Master, his friend awoke from his deep sleep, and for the first time in months.
"Morning Spyro, I guess today's the day you finally become the Hero the world's been waiting for," Spyro's friend, Sparx, said in excitement.
"Yeah, great," Spyro replied back, sarcastically.
"Is this about Ignitus? You need to forget that ever happened, why don't you just pretend that he's here, and everything will be smooth sailing during the Exam," Sparx told him under one long breath.
"But you don't understand!" Spyro yelled.
"What doesn't Sparx understand?" A familiar feminine voice from behind him called. Spyro turned to face the dragoness who asked that question, as it turned out to be Ember, the dragoness who followed him years on end. Following her was Flame, her new love interest.
"Nothing, nothing at all," Spyro lied quickly, to cover up the fact that he still thought of that fateful day when Ignitus gave his life to get him and Cynder, the black dragoness who was controlled by Malefor, through the Ring of Fire, and through to the Scorched Lands. Ember just replied back with a simple nod.
"Well, today's the day you finally fly the coop Spyro. Are there any last words you'd like to say before you leave here, and for your final exam?" Flame asked, being inquisitive.
"Nothing left TO say," Spyro replied with a curt nod to the both of them, and left the room for the exam.
As Spyro and Sparx made their way to the training room, they had a sudden walk in with Cynder, causing Spyro to blush just a little bit.
"Great, not only does Spyro here have to deal with stress on the Exam, he has to deal with the dragon that nearly killed the both of us," Sparx complained, causing Cynder to leave a threatening glare on her face.
"I came by just to say good luck on the exam, I'll be watching," Cynder turned her attention to Spyro, not giving a care as to what Sparx had to say.
"Thanks..." The purple dragon stopped his sentence there, and left, tail drooping down, as if he was hiding something.
"Spyro? Is something the matter?" Cynder quickly asked, turning towards Spyro with sympathy in her eyes.
"Its just... Nothing, nothing at all," Spyro said, trying to keep his cool before the Exam.
"Spyro, man. You've been acting weird for the last week now, and I know for fact that one of the many reasons is Ignitus' sacrifice," Sparx said, trying to comfort him as much as he could.
"You don't understand how hurt I am because of it!" Spyro yelled, using his tail to toss Sparx aside, and sent him flying towards Cynder. The black dragoness evaded the shining yellow dragonfly just in time to run straight towards Spyro.
"You need to calm down!" Cynder aggresively said.
"Why, so you can pin me to the ground and try to kill me like you tried to back then?" Spyro growled at her, and ran off, towards the training field. Cynder just stood there, tears starting to well in her eyes, with her thinking if he had really said that, or this was just some dream.
"Wow, nice job chasing him off," Sparx flying off towards the training field. Cynder followed, but in less of a happy mood.
'You could have told him then and there, and you would have it off your chest!' Cynder thought to herself, cursing silently at the frustration, and went onward, to see what to expect out of the dragon she wanted to spend forever with.
Spyro entered the training field in a normal manner, with Volteer, Cyril, and Terrador, all three beaming with pride at the dragon they had trained in the last six months.
"Spyro, before we start, we have a surprise for you," Cyril suddenly said, as the purple dragon stood in the middle of the field.
"What surprise?" Spyro asked out of curiosity, and, as if time stopped, the three dragons stood out of the way to show a figure similar to him, only, a light blue version.
"Ignitus!" Spyro yelled, happily, and ran towards him. The purple dragon finally stopped at least a foot away from Ignitus.
"Well, young dragon, it seems you finally made it back in one piece, and it also seems your friend did too," Ignitus said, also staring at Cynder.
"Ignitus, tell me, what happened? I thought you were-" Spyro stopped to notice the tint of the grown dragon's scales, he knew immediately that Ignitus was the new Chronicler. Spyro finally walked back to the middle of the room and sat there, waiting for what he had to do in the exam. The four dragons in front of the purple dragon walked towards him, and stopped at least three tail lengths away from him.
"Today, you will be examined for the Mark of the Hero, in this examination, you will need no help from any of your friends, or us. Either you suceed, or fail, and as you test your true strength, never forget anything that needs to be remembered," Cyril said, at once.
"Spyro, do you honor yourself worthy of doing this examination?" Volteer asked, stepping forward one step. Spyro was anxious, and looked back to see if all of his friends were there to support him if they wanted to: Cynder, Sparx, Ember, and Flame, all four of them sat there, with such a determined look in their eyes, as if they wanted him to say yes, all but Cynder. The once anxious purple dragon took one gulp, and found new courage to guide him during the exam.
"I do," Spyro suddenly said, with a burst of determination. The four dragons walked back to their end of the room, and started to cast their elements to create enemies that Spyro was not very fond of.
"Let the true dragon guide you through this challenge, begin!" Terrador said, letting the exam commence. Spyro quickly noticed the tempo of how they walked, and immediately used his Comet Dash ability, hitting all the Ice Dummies that came near him. After the Ice Dummies ran around the room with Spyro chasing after them, the Earth Dummies started to throw the earth beneath them, and at Spyro. He quickly evaded their attacks and used his Lightning Storm ability, causing all of the Earth Dummies to crumble. As he looked at the pile of rocks, Spyro noticed the Lightning dummies starting to throw lightning bolts at him, he ducked in time, and used his Blizzard Tornado, knocking all of them out of their place. All that was left were the Ice dummies that he needed to finish, but the only problem was that they were nowhere in sight. At the sidelines where everyone was cheering on for the Purple Dragon, Cynder started to feel a bit strange, and out of sudden excitement, she hopped into the exam!
"Cynder, what are you doing? This is my exam!" Spyro suddenly told her, while fending off all the Ice dummies that started to pop up out of the ground.
"Well, maybe I want to get out of here as much as you do!" Cynder sassed, causing Cyril, Volteer, and Terrador to mumble to each other about why she hopped into the fight, but Ignitus paid more attention to the surroundings, when all of a sudden, the Ice dummies suddenly melted, and out of nowhere, wierd figures popped up out of the ground, and aimed for the two dragons in the middle of the room. Spyro and Cynder evaded the attack they were using on them, and were near the four dragons that had stared in shock to what they were.
"Ember, Flame, Sparx, get them out of here!" Spyro told the three who were standing behind them now.
"What about you?" Sparx said immediately.
"We'll be fine, just get them out of here!" Spyro repeated. After the second time, they rushed out of there and left the enemies to Spyro and Cynder. The two continously attacked the figures, which made more pop up out of the ground, causing more pain to them, since fighting these enemies wasn't going to be a walk in the park. After five constant minutes of fighting, they gave up, and were ready for the final attack from all of the shadowy figures. The figures suddenly toppled the two to the ground, and as they were about to give up, they found new strength awakening inside of them.