The Shadow Prophecy

Chapter 1 ~ New Beginnings

"Ah! What a refreshing drink!" I said to myself quite relaxed, I stretched out my wings and started to let the warm, sunny rays warm up my scales Ah, this is the life! I stood up on my haunches to look out for intruders Funny, I'm usually the intruder... I chuckled and sat back down Not a Thing in sight! Now I can finally have a break! Since I've been travelling for days to find this place, and getting all the rumours about who visits here often, I deserve a break! I heard a twig snap, I jerked my head almost immediately, but realised it was only my tail landing on a few twigs, next to some pawprints, I went back to the water Wait a minute! Pawprints? I jumped around and examined the pawprints, they were a normal dragons size, looked quite strong because of how deep the prints were, I looked up into the sky, scanning it for anyone I know you're out there Spyro, I can taste it I prepared my take off, but was interrupted by a little fur ball, landing on my tail

"Take me with you!" the cat said, I wagged my tail, trying to get him off, but he was persistent, I took a better look at him now, he was dark grey with a black underbelly, his legs were light grey and he had grey tiger markings, he had a grey ring on the tip of his tail, I flipped my tail upside down and lifted the cat to my face

"Who and what are you?" I asked, curious but aggressively he can't just be a cat, if not he'd be killed in an instant, there must be more

"I'm Zock, and I'm a cat of course" he said slightly sarcastically

"Don't be a smart ss when you're about to be lunch" I growled but I didn't find him a threat, so I started to calm down "I know that you're a cat, but what kind of cat are you?"

"Not sure, a cross breed I guess"

"So where's your family, your Clan or something like that?" I asked, putting him down, but he clang on to my tail even more, his face started to come back to reality and he was almost frozen with shock He's changed his tune

"I'll tell you if you take me with you! Please, time is of the essence!" I looked at him confused "I need to get away quickly, if not I'll be killed, I saw you about to fly off so-"

"So you thought you'd get a free ride?" I said annoyed, baring my teeth

"Yes! No- I mean no! I just need to get away, Please! Find it in your heart of hearts to take me with you, even if it's only a short way! Please!" he looked up at me with cute kitten like eyes, I pondered then replied

"No" I turned and walked off to the woods, with Zock still attached to my tail

"Please!" he said, for like the fifth hundred time, I looked at him Y'know... he could actually be useful...

"Ok" I replied and smiled, I lowered my front legs ready for take-off "Just hang on tight"

"Stop Right there!" A voice shouted at us from behind the bushes, a large cheetah warrior stepped out of the bushes, he was holding a sharp spear in his front paw, the spear was wrapped in leather and had feathers at the base, more cheetah warriors followed behind him "Give me Zock, and we'll let you live"

"You know these guys Zock?" I asked, he nodded

"Yeah... sadly"

"Who are you guys anyway?" I asked, turning my body around fully, making sure Zock was away from the cheetah crowd

"We are the cheetahs of Avalar, and this little troublemaker" Zock ducked under my tail "Has nearly set the whole village on fire, now give us him or prepare to die, dragon"

"Ok" I lifted my tail to my face, letting Zock dangle on my tail, his face was terrified and he looked betrayed "But it depends on whatyou're going to do with him"

"Kill him of course" the cheetah growled, smirking "And if you don't give him to us, we'll kill you too" I bent my neck down and growled, I lifted my tail up towards the tail tree branch next to me, and let Zock climb onto it, I dropped my tail and bared my teeth

"Then you're going to have to kill me" I snarled, The cheetah roared and charged, the others followed and prepared to attack, I launched myself, opening my mouth and letting the element roar up from inside me and I released it, I only had one element, Blood, I shot out short bursts of boiling hot blood, with sharp sparkles flickering out from the ball, they hit several warriors, they hissed and winced with pain, and retreated, with their fur on fire, I turned around to see only three warriors left, the two royal warriors and the Chief

"You won't leave this place alive Dragon!" the chief growled at me, I smiled, I jumped towards a tree and snapped off a branch, I grabbed it in my mouth, I leaped back off of the tree and onto the second royal warrior, he hissed in anger, and a poor attempt to frighten me off, I shoved the branch in his mouth, he automatically stopped talking, I bite on his clothes, lifted him up and threw him out of the woods

"Kill her!" I turned to see the chief running towards me, I pounced and pinned him down, I opened my mouth and roared loudly in his ears, I moved my tail over to an approaching attack, I grabbed the spear with my tail and yanked it out of his hands, I tossed it over to me and it landed, point sharp, in the earth next to the head Cheetah's head "That is a warning, leave now, or I will personally come to your village and kill all of you people, Men, Women and children... Maybe not the children, they can become my slaves, and you will be forever known as the only Chief of the village letting your villagers blood soak through the earth until it reached hell itself!" His ears pinned back and squirmed his way out of my grip and ran off "Well that was a piece of ca-" I looked up at Zock, he was lying in the tree, only, he wasn't a cat anymore, he was a fully sized dragon, he was the same colours, he was muscular and strong "...cake..."