Alright! Time to officially get this story started! This chapter will basically be a bunch of introductions to my OCs… six in total! I hope this doesn't overwhelm you… but anyways…

Enjoy! I don't own any Spyro characters!

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The Ripto Chronicles: Ripto's Games

Chapter 1: A new day

It has been five long, peaceful and prosperous years since the defeat of the Dark Master.

In a small village not too far away from Dante's Freezer, a new morning had just arrived. Even in the early hours, there were many dragons already on the move. Fathers left homes to take care of their duties, mothers cooked breakfast for their children, and many young dragons going about talking to friends and playing.

Less than a mile away from the village there were other dragons hard at work digging deeper and deeper into the crust of the world. Recently, the dragons of the village had found that their land was rich with minerals. Word quickly got out about their discovery and many moles and dragons came to the village, asking if they could mine the minerals.

The leader of the village, an earth dragon named Brock had agreed to allow them to mine. In return for their hospitality and generosity, the miners agreed to help build better homes for the villagers, to help keep them warmer during the chilly nights. With a shake of the paws, the deal was struck.

This was one month ago.

On this morning however, something would happen that would change the lives of the villagers… forever.

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As the morning sun rose over the horizon, a dragon lay on his bed, still fast asleep. This dragon had red scales with a black underside. His wing membrane was also colored black. Two horns stuck out of the sides of his head and curved upwards, like a bull's horns. At the end of his tail, he had a unique weapon. Instead of being a blade or spade like most other dragons, he had a two-headed axe at the end of his tail. The weapon was very sharp and deadly, but he never used the sharp edges on others unless he absolutely had to. It too was colored black, giving it the appearance of shiny, black steel. He groaned and slowly woke up, revealing his blood-red eyes.

He yawned loudly and jumped off of his bed. He arched his back, stretching his legs until some loud pops were heard. He shook himself awake and walked out of his room, attracted to the scent of fresh, cooking meat. He made his way into the kitchen and spotted his mother cooking breakfast. "God morning mom," he said.

"Buenos días (Good morning) Relisan," replied Brizzette, his mother with a Spanish accent. She was a very slender wind dragoness, always catching the eyes of some males whenever she went out. Her scales were a very light blue, like that of the sky. On her blue scales were small, swirling patterns, as if a breeze was blowing on her scales. Her chest and wings were colored a dark gray like a storm cloud. On her head, she had two horns that twisted around each other once before pointing straight up. Hey eyes were a deep royal blue. Down her back, she had small ridges that ran all the way to the end of her tail. She did not have a tail-blade however. Instead, she had a flower that covered her tail's tip. It was blooming and a very pretty sight. This wasn't an accessory. It was a natural trait that she had obtained from her mother, an earth dragoness. Her wind powers had come from her father.

Relisan sat down at the dining table as his mother placed a large slab of meat in front of him to eat. He thanked his mother and began to devour his breakfast. Once he was finished, he licked his chops clean and got up. "I'll see you later mom," he said, giving her a farewell hug.

Brizzette returned the embrace, asking, "Where are you going?"

"Dad placed me on guard duty today at the mines," Relisan replied as he broke the embrace and began walking towards the front door. Before he reached it however, another dragoness greeted him.

"Hey Rel!" said the dragoness from behind him. The red dragon looked back to see his sister greeting him. She had baby blue scales on her body with a very light purple chest and wings. On her head, she had two, pearly-white horns that pointed diagonally away from each other. They were less than half the size of what they should have been at her age, but it gave her a much cuter appearance. She had ridges that ran down her back that were the same color as her horns. Her eyes were the same color as her chest, only slightly darker. At the end of her tail, she had nothing. It was a birth defect that prevented any sort of growth of a tail-blade, but affected nothing else. She never did mind not having one, in fact, she preferred it that way.

"Morning Glaisha," Relisan replied.

"Where are you off to in such a hurry?"

"I'm on guard duty today and I don't wanna be late! See ya!" The red dragon turned around, grabbed a cloak to keep him warm in the cool morning air, and went out the door.

The outside air felt wonderful to him. Today was a rare day when the winds that came from Dante's Freezer were calm, so the temperature outside wasn't freezing as it usually was. Relisan took in a deep breath and slowly let it out. Today's gonna be a good day! He thought to himself. He made his way through the small village, careful to avoid any debris from the construction that was going on.

As he continued towards the mines, he came across a dragoness. This dragoness was slender and very sexy in his eyes. She had bright yellow scales that gleamed in the morning sunlight. Her chest and wings were pearly white. She had three horns on her head, sticking straight up, the two on the sides being slightly larger that the middle one. Her eyes looked like they were made of gold, shining beautifully. At the end of her tail, she had three scythe-like blades that gave her a threatening look. The one in the middle was a golden color while the two on the sides were bright white. She is kind, but can be easily annoyed by something. When annoyed, she tends to ignore the one who annoyed her until she's calmed down. She was also his current girlfriend.

She had not yet noticed Relisan sneaking up to her. That is until he said rather loudly, "So how's the realm's prettiest dragoness?" The yellow dragoness jumped and yelped in surprise. She turned around about to hit the dragon that scared her when she realized who it was.

"Oh! Relisan!" she said, "Don't do that! You know I don't like it when you do that!"

Relisan chuckled, "Sorry Shelly, but the moment was too good to pass!" Shelly rolled her eyes and turned away from him. He came around to her side and draped a wing around her. "I'm sorry," he repeated, "Do you forgive me?" Shelly ignored his question and continued to look away from him. The red dragon was becoming worried, Did I over-step my boundaries? He waited for a moment to see if Shelly would forgive him, but she continued to ignore him. "Sh-Shelly… I'm sorry! I-I didn't mean to make you angry with…" Shelly suddenly burst into laughter and shook her head. Relisan stared at her in disbelief. "You tricked me!" he complained.

"Serves you right!" she replied.

Relisan gave her a hard stare for a moment, and then began to laugh himself. He could never stay mad at her for too long. "Yeah I guess you're right."

"So, is there something you wanted to talk about?"

"Not really. I just waned to say good morning." He paused for a moment before continuing. "Well… there is something I want to tell you…" He took a deep breath, trying to gather his courage. "Um… Shelly… I uh… I…"

"Yes? Go on…"

"Um… n-never mind. It's not important. I'll come get you after my guard duty so we can have our dinner date. Okay?"

Shelly sighed and nodded. They shared a small farewell kiss on the lips before parting ways. The yellow dragoness walked with sad steps. Why Relly… she thought, why can't you tell me how you feel? I know you love me… but why haven't you said it?

Meanwhile, as Reilsan got closer to the mines, he was beating himself up in his mind. Gah! I'm so stupid! How could you have screwed up this time?! Idiot! It was perfect but once again, I just HAD to choke didn't I?! He was so deep into his thoughts that he did not take notice of a dragon that had come up to his side.

"Hello? Relisan? You there?" the dragon tried to grab his friend's attention, but to no avail. "REALMS TO RELISAN!! CAN YOU HEAR ME?!"

"GAH!!" Relisan yelped and fell to the ground on his side. He looked up and saw his friend standing there. "Zakroz! What are you doing?!" he said, rather annoyed.

Zakroz chuckled and extended a paw to help him up. "Sorry Rel, just trying to get your attention."

"Well it worked," the red dragon replied. He accepted his friend's help and looked him over. Zakroz had brown scales and a milky-brown chest with wings to match. On his head he had three straight horns, two that protruded from the sides and one from the top. He had coffee-brown eyes. At the end of his tail, he had a spade-like tail blade. There was also one thing that Zakroz kept to himself. A secret about himself that he had only told Relisan about and no one else. Zakroz was the type of male dragon who… found other males attractive. He was never ashamed about it, but was afraid that others would shun him if they knew. He only trusted Reisan with this secret because they were close friends, but the brown dragon knew that it would not go further than that.

"So what's on your mind?" asked the brown dragon.

Relisan sighed, "It's just that… I keep trying to tell Shelly how I feel about her… but every time I try, I get nervous and all of these thoughts go through my mind. 'What if she doesn't love me back? What if she would break up with me right there? Will my heart be able to handle her rejection?' And so on…"

Zakroz chuckled and looked at his friend, "That's your problem right there. You're thinking way too much about it. Just… let the words flow out of you. Don't think about it. And like you've said many times before, if it wasn't meant to be, it wasn't meant to be."

"I guess…" said Relisan, still rather unsure. "Thanks Zak. I gotta get going now. I'll catch up with you later!" With that, he ran the remaining distance he had to reach the mines.

Zakroz sighed as he ran off, If only he were single… he thought.

Relisan finally reached the mines and searched around for his father. "Ah Relisan!" he heard a loud voice call from behind him. "There you are buddy!"

Relisan turned around and saw his father. "Hey dad!" His father, Brock, was the leader of the village. He was a firm but fair ruler who treated everyone like family. He had made friends with many people, including some who held higher positions than he in other towns and the major dragon city of Warfang. He was a silver dragon who seemed to shine with heavenly light. His chest and wings were red in color. His eyes were green in color. His head was rather barren. He had no horns. Instead, he had ridges on his head that were connected with a thin membrane, giving him a Mohawk. The ridges continued all the way down to the base of his tail; these ridges were not connected. From there, they seemed to split into two, as two rows of small horns ran down to his tail blade, which took the form of a spear tip. The membranes on his wings were beginning to deteriorate slightly, showing his age. However, his age did not stop him from acting like a child at times.

"You made it just in time," said Brock, "You'll be guarding the southeast post today. I'm sorry I can't stay and chat for long, but I have an important meeting to get to."

"No worries dad. I'll see you tonight."

Brock nodded and went his way. Relisan walked toward his assigned post, greeting a few of the miners as he did. Once there, he sat on his haunches on a nearby rock and enjoyed the cool breeze that blew in.

Today really is going to be a good day…

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Originally, this chapter was longer, but I decided to split it since these introductions to my new OCs was longer than I thought. Anyways there you go! All of these new dragons are based off of people in my life.

Relisan: Myself

Shelly: A friend who I wish was my girlfriend…

Brizzette: My mother

Brock: My father

Glaisha: My sister

Zakroz: A gay friend of mine. And yes we are JUST friends. You people and your sick minds… I swear… -_-

The next chapter is when things are really going to get moving!

Till next time!