The Dragon and the Blade

by Dragon of Mystery

Spyro has just been chosen to wield his family's ancient weapon, The Blade of the Purple Dragon. But just as he's getting familiar with it, another servant of Malefor shows up with a diabolical plan that nobody knows about. Will Spyro be able to overcome his inexperience with a sword to defeat his foe? Book II of The Return of Malefor series. Enjoy the tale! I do not own anything.

1. The Meeting

Chapter I: The Meeting

It was a dark and stormy night, in a cave somewhere near Twilight Falls. There, a young purple Dragon by the name of Spyro was engaged in a duel against his opponent, named Craddock. They were both in this duel for different reasons. For Craddock, it was to prevent Spyro from rescuing his captive. As for Spyro, he was fighting to rescue Cynder, who is the aforementioned captive, not to mention his true love.

As the two removed their swords from their scabbards, a clap of thunder boomed throughout the land and the two… wait, I'm getting ahead of myself again, aren't I? Sorry everyone, I almost spoiled the ending! Now, in order to build up the climax, we must understand how this began.

The whole story begins at the Dragon Temple, not only home of the Guardians, but a historic sight, and by the looks of it, you'll see what I mean.

Anyways, the purpose of this structure is a location for young dragons to harness their elemental abilities. That's right; dragons can use more elements than fire! One of those dragons in particular is Spyro, the Purple Dragon of Legend.

Multiple dragons have described Spyro as mature for his age, humble towards his actions and very responsible, a natural born leader in the words of some. In the eyes of the Guardians, this shows that he is ready to advance to the next level of his training. Earlier that day, Ignitus, the leader of the Guardians, provided undeniable proof of Spyro's service to dragonkind above and beyond the call of duty. The other Guardians agreed, and at sunset that day, Ignitus would call a meeting to inform Spyro of their decision.

As sunset neared, Spyro was training late, as was normal for him, when a messenger told him he was to attend a meeting.

Hello, ! Sorry I've been gone for so long, but I've had other things to attend to. This is Chapter I of "The Dragon and the Blade." And if you are wondering, no Spyro and the other Dragons in this story are not humanized in any way, shape or form. This story also shows Spyro and Cynder's clever sides, rather than the side we've seen in the games all the time. And one more thing, sorry if the chapters seem so short, this was originally a short story project for school, but I just adapted it into a fanfiction because it seemed to work out here. Anyways, Enjoy!