Spyro: Dragon of Destiny: Invasion

by jamieque

Spyro and the gang return! Season 2 continues the epic saga... More secrets and revelations will come to light. New enemies will rise. The Chaos War is coming and only Spyro and his friends have the power to stop it.

12. Chapter 12

The Spyro: Dragon of Destiny:I.N.V.A.S.I.O.N saga continues with another awesome episode. Get ready for more action.

The shocking events of the previous episode left things in a very troubling predictment... Spyro and his friends came face to face with a shocking development. Cynder's new love, Dark Spyro aka Shandu has made his appearance on the scene. Who is this new dragon? How did he come to be? Then there is the fact that it seemed that the Cynder Rising saga ended with the deaths of everyone... Or did it? What did happened? Get ready for the shocking answer. The battle continues as the path that will lead to Season 3 moves on. Here is the next exciting episode of the Dragon of Destiny:I.N.V.A.S.I.O.Nsaga...

But first before I forget...

DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Spryo characters or their world. They are property of Universal Games. I only own the new characters and ideas that are being created for this series. Other fan characters are contributed thanks to their respective owners and are being used with their permission. Thanks guys! Anyway... Blah blah blah... etc... Heh heh, okay you guys get the point let's get this show on the road...
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Kevin appears just in time to watch the horrible attack. His eyes go wide in horror. "Oh my god...! Noooo!" The screen goes black...

Kevin: PREVIOUSLY ON SPYRO: DRAGON OF DESTINY: I.N.V.A.S.I.O.N

"How long have you known we were here?" Hunter growled as he and his friends backed up. Cynder chuckled as she stood up and stretched as she glared down at the gathered group with a dark grin on her face.

"Spare me, cat." Cynder says as she yawned. "I have been aware of all of you sense your arrived in your Vanguard transport craft." Cynder raised herself up on her hindlegs and flapped her large wings as she jumped and slowly glided down to the floor level. As she landed her body shrunk down to Spyro and Ember's size.

"I know why you have come." She says with a grin. Ember steps forward. "Well sense you do know why we are here then that will save us a lot of time. Hand over the dark orb you have."

Cynder crossed her arms over her chest. "What do I get in return if I decide to trade?" She asks.

"A promise we want kick your ass!" Elora yelled.

Cynder frowned as she made a gestured with her right paw throwing a ball of dark energy at Elora. Elora jumped to the side as the ball destroys the spot where she had just stood throwing Spyro and the others off their feet from the shockwave. "Wrong answer!"

"What do you want, Cynder?" Hunter groaned as he and the others stood back up slowly. Crona stepped forward and turned her back to Cynder.

"Wait up, Hunter. Something is wrong," She said. "Something about Cynder seems a tad bit off." Crona looked over at Ember. "Ember, do you and Spyro sense anything strange about Cynder?" Spyro and Ember looked at each other and then back Crona nodding slightly.

"She seems different somehow... more powerful... stronger... oh no." Ember said. Crona nodded. Spyro growled as he stepped forward to glare Cynder in the eye.

"Cynder, where is the Dark Orb?" Spyro asked. Cynder rubbed her jaw gently with a single talon as she gave Spyro a bored look.

"I'll tell you what you want to know if you hand yourself over to me." She said.

"Me? Why?" Spyro asked.

"You will see, Spyro, trust me!" Cynder said as her face again creased in a malicious grin.

"No way!" Ember said as she growled at Cynder. "If you want Spyro then you have to go thru all of us first to get him." Crona glanced over at Natalie and Ethan and frowned.

Natalie walked forward and whispered, "Calm down, Ember, we'll get out of this somehow." Ember gritted her teeth and nodded slowly.

Cynder glances around at the gathered group and groans. "But you guys outnumber me ten to one. It is so unfair." Cynder then laughed. "But if it was fair then it wouldn't be fun... Now would it?"

"You are crazy!" Bianca yelled. "There is no way you can beat..." Cynder vanished and appeared right in front of her and Hunter.

"You were saying, bunny!" Cynder grabbed Bianca by the throat and tossed her away like one would toss trash in a garbage can. "Next!"

Hunter growled as he and Elora began to swing and kick at Cynder. Cynder ducked and dodged their attacks in a blur of speed. "Oh Crap," Crona growled softly as she quickly stepped forward just as Cynder was about to give both Hunter and Elora each a new windpipe to breath from. She quickly grabbed them both, pushed them down to the floor and in blur of speed headbutted Cynder in the chest sending her flying across the chamber and thru one of dark gem walls. Hunter and Elora looked at Crona wide eyed.

"Thanks, Crona." Hunter said. "Was she using...?" Crona nodded.

"Dragon Time, yes, Hunter, she was and if I hadn't acted when I did you both would have been dead. She was trying to behead both of you and she would have succeeded. Her mastery of Dragon Time is impressive but it still needs to be refined. She needs to learn how to use it properly..." Crona didn't get the chance to finish her statement for at that moment Cynder reappeared in a blur of speed and grabbed her by the throat. Cynder picked her up off the floor with her right paw, her eyes glowing with anger.

"I don't think we have met. Who the hell are you you?" Cynder growled. The Crona in Cynder's paws flickered and then vanished. Cynder's eyes went wide as she felt a claw tap her on the back. She turned and got tail slapped in the head.

"My name is Crona, Cynder or should I call you Carla. Your brother is worried about you and I bet your mother is too. Why don't you do the smart thing and stop serving the Dark Master. If you continue to serve him then I am afraid that at some point in the near future you will find yourself in a situation that will result in your possible death. He is using you for his own goals. He doesn't care about you, Carla. He used your mother once upon a time and if not for the courage of your father you and Ethan would have never been born." Cynder growled in anger and quickly, in blur of Dragon Time accelerated speed, swiped her right clawed paw at Crona. Crona caught her paw surprising her.
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Avalor -
Time Period[UNKNOWN

The Screen does a freeze frame on Rashelle as a vision of stormy skies appear. Ruins of various ancient machines and buildings lie everywhere. As the camera pans around the ruins the sound of fighting is heard as a golden armored purple dragon suddenly appears on screen running as he/she clashes with five Shadow Dragons that are in hot pursuit. The Shadow Dragons strike as the purple dragon dodges and ducks under their attacks.

"Deon, where is the evac transport?!" The purple dragon growls into a holo-screen com that appears in front of him/her as he/she runs down what remains of a street. A male phoenix appears on the screen, his face creased in a frown.

"Be patient. We'll be there soon enough." He says. "Did you find the key?" The purple dragon nods and Deon sighs in relief. "Thank the ancestors! My father will be very pleased to hear that."

"That is nice, Deon but could you tell your father to send in the Celestial Guard or something." Deon shook his head.

"Sorry, but you'll have to be patient. We are rather limited at the moment with all of our agents and operatives out in the field. However, like I said before, be patient and we'll be their soon. Deon out." The com screen vanished leaving a swearing purple dragon in its absence.

"Thanks alot, Deon! I guess I am on my own for now." He/she said as she ran around the corner of the remains of what were once a building and came to a dead stop as he/she stood face to face with more Shadow Dragons. The Shadow Dragons opened fire on him/her. His/her eyes narrowed as he/she slowed time down and dodged and ducked out of the way of the magic bolts of fire and lightning. He/she charged forward and jumped up in the air in somersault landing behind the Shadow Dragons. Time resumed as the purple dragon unleashed a Dragon Fury wave of Wind that pulsed outward from him/her with a sonic boom that sent the Shadow Dragons flying. "Whew, that should do for now..." His/her words caught in his/her throat as he/she came face to face with the General of the Shadow Dragon. "Aww, General, what do I owe the pleasure of your presence?" The General, who was largest of the Shadow Dragons smiled.

"Did you really think, you could escape so easy, Sera?" The battle faceplate retracted from purple dragoness's face as she heard her name.

"I will escape this time... I always do because you Shadow Dragons are stupid and narrow minded." She said calmly. The General growled as he step forward to stand before the purple dragon.

"SURRENDER! IT IS POINTLESS TO CONTINUE THIS BATTLE AGAINST US! THE ORDER OF THE EMPRESS HAS ALREADY CONQUERED THESE BROKEN LANDS!" The armored purple dragon growled as she glared at him.

"What your so-called Empress wants we can't give. The Resistance will never give up! You, General Za'lar, know my words to be the truth!" Za'lar's face creased in a dark smile as the earth began to shake with the sound of large footsteps.

"What a shame." Said a deep feminine voice as dark shadow suddenly covered the purple dragon from behind. "I had hoped that you and the Rebels would have realized by now that my word is law! You can't defeat me!" The purple dragoness turned to face the dragoness behind her with a sneer.

"Never will the Resistance surrender to you, Empress!" She growled. The Empress smiled as she lowered her armored head down to be eye level with young purple dragoness.

"I must say I admire the determination of you purple dragons. Even after all this time you and the Rebels continue to hold on to the remnants of the Vanguardian Dream. How sad!" The Empress said as her glowing eyes narrowed slightly. "However, it is pass time that the Legacy of the Vanguardian Dragons be... ENDED!" As the Empress said these words her armored faceplate retraced into a stylish set of glowing markings on her face. The purple dragoness's face and eyes creased in shock as she stared at the face of the Empress that few had seen in over 300 years. "Greetings, Sera, I am the Empress of the Dark Order but you know me from the history books by another name...

I...
am...
Cynder..."

The purple dragoness frowned as two large male Shadow Dragons grabbed her and held her.

"NO! IT IS NOT POSSIBLE! You are suppose to be dead!" The purple dragoness growled.

Cynder smiled as she said, "Am I? Well, I guess I am dead in a way. You see, child, I am no longer the same as I once was. I am now so much more..." Sera growled as she vanished as she used her Dragon Time ability only to suddenly find herself face to face with Cynder as the elder dragoness smiled at her.

"How can you...?" Sera asked, her face creased in surprise.

"Use Dragon Time...?" Cynder shook her head. "Sera... Sera..., poor little Sera you obviously didn't pay total attention in history class. I am a Celestial Dragon and I am also the daughter of Spyro." Sera growled.

"You mean the founder of the Vanguardian Dragons who defeated the Dark Master ages ago? Am I right?" Sera asked. Cynder nodded her head. "If so, I don't understand! Why are you against us? Your father and mother wanted this world to live in peace and harmony with everyone as equals. Yet you are enslaving the other races and trying to control everything like the Dark Master once tried to do!" Cynder just cocked an eyebrow and then laughed cynically.

"I am not the Dark Master, child. I can't believe you would compare me to him. I am so much more then he ever was." Cynder said. Sera laughed.

"It sure doesn't look like it from where I am standing!" She said with a sneer making Cynder's face darken. "You betrayed everything your father and mother stood for and went against all of us. The Dark Master was the same as you... a traitor to his people. You are no different from him! You both seek only to control or destroy. There is no difference."

"My... my... my aren't we an idealistic idiot!" Cynder said, her tone dark as she gestured around at the ruins. "Open your eyes, little fool and tell me what you see around you! This world... hell the whole Realm and many others like this are dying and being consumed by darkness! Stop living in this fantasy world of peace and harmony and SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE! THE DREAM IS DEAD AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME!" Sera backed away from Cynder and shook head.

"No, you are wrong, Cynder! The Dream will never die as long as there are those of us who believe and continue to fight. You may have given up but not me or the Resistance." Sera growled as she charged forward to attack only to have Cynder send her flying into a wall knocking her unconscious and canceling out her Dragon Time ability. Cynder stepped forward and glared down at the dragoness, her face creased in rage.

"We'll see who is wrong when all is said and done and I have broken you, Sera!" She said chillingly as her glowing eyes narrowed and she turned her back to the purple dragoness and glared back at the General. "Za'lar, take her away to the Pit!" Za'lar nodded as he and the others picked Sera up and vanished through a Dark Portal leaving Cynder standing silently overlooking the ruins of the once great city of Willowbrook. She started to leave when she felt a presence that made her pause. "Brother, I know you are here so you can stop hiding." The air rippled behind Cynder as a large muscular blue scaled male dragon wearing a flowing white robe appeared in a seated position. Cynder turned to face him as he calmly looked her in the eye. "Ethan!"

"Carla, it is good to see you haven't forgotten me. However, I am here to inform you that you have to stop what you are doing." He said, his voice calm. Cynder growled.

"Why should I, Ethan? Or is it Chronicler now?"

"Carla-"

"Go to hell, brother, Carla is dead and has been for a long time! I am Cynder now!" She growled. Ethan frowned as his glowing eyes took on a look of sadness.

"Carla, you know what happened was a mistake. We must talk... It is urgent!" Cynder turned away from Ethan and closed her tear filled eyes.

"Goodbye, brother." She said as she vanished into a dark portal leaving Ethan standing there silent as two male dragons and a dragoness appeared next to him. He turned to them and shook his head.

"Well, it looks like things are about to get complicated, Skyler." Cailean said as he adjusted his battle armor. Skyler nodded as opened a portal with a simple wave of his left paw in the air.

"Indeed!" He said as he, Cailean, Ethan and the white dragoness left the scene.
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His eyes went wide as his mouth fell open wide.

The phoenix was BLACK FEATHERED...!

"Who are you?" Galen whispered, his voice full of awe and curiousity for he had never seen a black feathered phoenix before. As soon as those words left his mouth the chamber computer came online with a series of sparks. Red holographic flashing monitors appeared in the air around Galen. His face went slightly pale when he read the message scrolling on the screen as the Computer spoke in a broken damaged tone that Galen recognized as system error was taking place...

'WARNIN...ING... WAR...NINING...
STA..-.--SIS CHAM---BER MAL---FUNCTION
DAN----GER
DAN---GER'

Galen's eyes went wide as the room temperature began to quickly rise. "This can't be good." He said as he turned away from the cylinder to leave the room, his interest in finding out about the power he sensed when he was above ground all but forgotten. However, for Galen his fate had already been sealed as security doors slid down in front of him locking inside with the dormant phoenix. "What the hell." He growled and tried to use his powers to blast the doors open. To his horror he discovered that his powers had somehow been put in a dormant state. 'Oh no,' He thought. 'My powers have been shut off with a energy stasis field of somekind.' He heard breathing behind him. He slowly turned and came face to face with the glowing black phoenix. The phoenix's beak creased in a dark smile. "Who are you?" Galen asked as he felt a chill creep down his spine. The phoenix backed up and studied him with glowing gold eyes before opening his mouth to yawn. Galen growled. "ARE YOU GOING TO ANSWER MY QUESTION OR NOT?!" The phoenix chuckled before becoming dead serious.

"NO, GALEN, I AM NOT!" The phoenix growled. Galen's eyes went wide as he realized the Phoenix had just read his mind without him even being aware. He took a slight step back away from the bird. The Phoenix noticed Galen's action making him chuckle. "Are you afraid of me?" Galen swallowed as he felt power...

THE SAME POWER HE HAD SENSED ON THE SURFACE...

Galen's scales went even more pale as his eyes shifted back and forth in a slight panic state as he realized that the power he had sensed had come from this phoenix. A Phoenix who had been in a stasis chamber in a dormant state. The phoenix noticed and said, "Whoa, you aren't just afraid of me..." He laughed. "You are terrified. Good... very good." He hissed. "Now, listen to me, Galen, we are going to escape this place and find the 'Ancient One'. Only he can help me find what I lost long ago."

"What is that?" Galen asked, his voice a low whisper. "Who are you?" The phoenix grabbed him and as he did both of them began to slowly vanish.

"You'll find out when I am ready to tell you. As for who I am... ha ha ha. Just call me...

'FRIEND' for now..." Galen's face went even more pale as he heard the chilling tone in the Black Phoenix's voice.

Only one remaining thought crossed Galen's mind as he and his new so called 'FRIEND' vanished...

'What have I gotten into? Who is this guy?'
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"Well, I have to go, Reeco is expecting me. We have a lot of work to do to get the Shadow Dragons ready for the future events." She said, her face creased in a frown. Donovan sighed.

"So you have had the dream too?" She nodded.

"Yes, I have and so has Reeco. That is why we are preparing for what is coming. I hope it isn't as bad as my dream made it out to be but it is better to be safe then sorry." Sirius nodded.

"Wise advice, young one. Take care and tell your brother and father that Sirius said, 'Hi'." She nodded as she entered the portal. The portal flashed and vanished leaving the three elders sitting silent in thought.

"I pray that their preparation will be enough." Sirius said, as his beak creased in a frown. He suddenly sat back in his chair and tensed up. Donovan and Artimas both looked at him, their facial expression full of worry.

"Sirius, what is wrong?" Donovan asked. Sirius swallowed and took a breath to calm down.

"He is free..." Donovan's face creased in a frown.

"Who are you talking about?" Artimas asked. Donovan took a deep breath.

"He is talking about the 'Dark One'. You know who it is, Artimas." Artimas's eyes went wide as he gasped.

"Oh dear lord... not him..." The other two elders both nodded sadly. "Heaven help us all. This is not good. Not good at all."

"We know... we know!" Sirius said, his voice tired and sad. "Our sins are finally catching up with us. Let us pray we survive what is coming..."
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'Well, Rashelle are my suspicions correct about young Kieran here?' Tenos asked her using Thought Speak

'Yes, Tenos, you were right. The child is a Phoenix Lord but he has yet to realize it. His powers are incredible for one so young and unaware of his full potential. Tenos, you will have to tell Lord Sirius when next you meet him.'

'There is no need to tell me about Kieran. I already know he is a Phoenix Lord. That is why I sent him to Earth to be taken care of by Cailean and his mate-to-be Aurora. I...' Sirius' thoughts faded in strength slightly making Tenos and Rashelle worry.

'Lord Sirius, are you okay? What is troubling you?' Rashelle asked.

'I was just thinking about what will happen when Kieran learns the full truth about his past. Will he ever be able to forgive me and the others for what we did to him... and his brother?'

'I don't know, Sirius,' thought Tenos, 'but I have a feeling in time we'll all find out. For now don't trouble yourself about past mistakes and regrets. For now we need to focus on the present and deal with our current problem. How do we deal with Galen?' Tenos asked.

'Tenos, listen to me very carefully, you have to help Kieran awaken some of his powers. Only he can stop Galen with his rare gift. A Phoenix Lord possesses the greatest power of any breed of phoenix.'

'But Kieran is just a child, Sirius!' Rashelle said, her tone worried. 'He won't be able to control all that energy flowing through him. It could kill him!'

'Not if you both help it won't. Tell Cailean what I have told you and work together to help Kieran awaken. Good luck.'

'Okay, we'll do it.' Tenos said as both he and Rashelle walked over to where Cailean was standing in front of Galen. Cailean turned to face them.

"Yes, Tenos, is there something you need to tell me?" He asked. Tenos nodded and told him using Thought Speak. "You are kidding me...? Right?" He looked from Tenos to Rashelle back Tenos again seeing that they were dead serious. "Okay, how do we go about doing this?" Tenos snapped his talons and there was a bright flash... Time halted for everyone except Cailean, Rashelle, Tenos and Kieran who waved his left paw in front of Aurora's face getting no reaction.

"Okay, who froze time?" Kieran asked as he folded his arms over his chest. Tenos walked over to him and knelt down.

"I did, Kieran, because we need your help. Only, you can help us send Galen packing." Kieran glanced over at Cailean and Rashelle and then back at Tenos.

"What is it you want me to do?" He asked. Tenos explained. Kieran's eyes lowered as a few tears fell from his eyes.

"You want me to use my powers. The same powers I used to try... to try..." His voice caught in his throat as he remembered his first failed attempt. He closed his eyes and turned away from Tenos. "I can't do it, Tenos! I am sorry but I can't..." Tenos gently turned him back around and raised his head to look him in the eye.

"Young one, you have a very special gift. You have powers and abilities that I can only dream of possessing. That is why we need your help. We'll help you channel your powers and keep you steady while you send Galen away. Please, Kieran, we can't do this without you." Kieran wiped the tears from his eyes as he looked into Tenos's eyes. He nodded, his eyes taken on a slight glow.

'I'll do it." Kieran said, his voice calm and free of the previous sadness. Tenos turned to Rashelle and Cailean and gestured them over. The three of them joined paws and formed a circle around Kieran.

"Now, Kieran, close your eyes and focus. See in your mind doors of power. Unlock those doors slowly one at a time." Kieran nodded.

Suddenly, Kieran gasped as his eyes shot open and his body was engulfed in the same warm glow he had once been surround with when he had first called upon his power to try and save Tessa's life more then a year ago. However, this time his power was more focused and stronger.

"Kieran, can you hear me?" Rashelle asked. Kieran nodded as he gritted his beak.

"Yes, I hear you." He growled. "Tell me what to do quickly. I don't know how much longer I can control this power. It is much harder now then it was before." Rashelle looked at Tenos, her expression one of worry. Cailean noticed.

"What's wrong, Rashelle? You and Tenos look worried about something." He said. Tenos's beak creased in a frown.

"Kieran may have unleashed too much of his power. I hope I am wrong but if I am not then we are going to have to help him put his power back to sleep." Cailean rolled his eyes.

"Oh crap, why do things always have to be so damn complicated! Geez, we never seem to get a break." Kieran's scream made them all focus back on him and when they did they all gasped in shock. Kieran's body was glowing with blue flames. His eyes were nothing but golen orbs and as they watched he began to undergo a transformation. He grew taller and slightly more muscular. Strange markings appeared on his face under his eyes. He opened his beak and what came out was Kieran's voice but it was very different. It was like Kieran had gone from a kid to a young adult in the blink of an eye. He looked at the them and smiled.

"I'll be okay." He said, as he turned back to face Galen. He vanished and reappeared in the air. Kieran gestured with his right paw and as he did time unfroze. Everyone gasped and shook their heads. They all opened their mouths to speak but when they saw the glowing phoenix floating in front of Galen their voices froze in their throats. They all stared in awe as Kieran drew fiery symbols in the air. Galen's eyes went wide as he started to struggle to free himself from the still active Shield Spell. Kieran saw what Galen was trying to do and sped up his chanting until he finally finished. He raised both paws and thrust them forward. The fiery symbols he had drawn in the air with his talons flew forward and merged with Shield Spell. Galen screamed as this happen and then with a loud crack of thunder and a bright flash he was...

Gone...

Kieran panted as he slowly descend to the floor landing on his feet. Cailean walked slowly up to Kieran. "Kieran, are you alright?" Kieran turned slowly and nodded with a tired smile.

"I am fine I just need to..." His eyes closed and he fell into Cailean's arms. As he did his body flashed and he was back to his normal self. Cailean smiled but that smile vanished as he notice the glowing eye markings. He wasn't back to normal fully. Cailean sighed as he looked down at Kieran. Tenos and Rashelle saw his expression and realized what had happened.

"So, his powers are now active?" Rashelle asked, worry present in her tone. Tenos nodded, his expression not one of joy but one of great worry.

"What powers?" Cynder asked as she and the other came forward. "What happened? Where is Galen?" Cailean sighed as he glanced at Tenos. Tenos nodded.

"There is an ancient legend among the Phoenix Clans. The legend speaks of a very unique breed of phoenix know as Phoenix Lords." Tenos said. Talzar gasped in surprise as he looked at Kieran. Tenos looked up at the Ancient Dragon. "You know of the legend, Lord Talzar?" He asked. Talzar nodded.

"We ancient dragons have always known about the Phoenix Lords. They are to the Phoenix Clans what the Purple Dragons like Spyro and The Dark Master are to us. I have met only one other Phoenix Lord in my long life. He was very powerful and was my size." Everyone's mouths fell open in surprise when they heard that.

"You mean that Kieran is going to become a giant phoenix?" Aurora asked. Talzar sighed.

"I don't know what this child is destined to become. He may end up like the Phoenix Lord I met or he may just be a normal Phoenix Lord. The Phoenix Lords come in two varieties. One variety is known as Defenders. The Defenders are usually leaders of clans. The rare second variety, which the phoenix I met long ago is, is called Guardians. Guardians are the most powerful variety of Phoenix Lords. They are basically like Ascendent Dragons and Star Gryphons." Cailean cocked an eyebrow along with everyone else. Tenos opened his beak to speak and closed it. Lord Talzar smiled and chuckled. "Yes, the Gryphons also once had more powerful breeds." His smile faded as he lowered his head. Cynder noticed his mood change.

"What happened, Talzar?" She asked. Talzar took a deep breath to calm himself.

"We, Ancient Dragons, committed a great sin. We wiped out the Star Gryphons. All these events took place when I was still very young. The tragedy of this whole matter is that everything that happened. Everything... all of it was based on a horrible misunderstanding. We thought that the Star Gryphons were planning to launch a war against us and they thought the same about us. Someone spread these horrible lies and the lies became festering wounds. Many tried to learn the truth but they ended up getting either killed or disappearing never to be seen again. Eventually, war broke out... We fought each other for hundreds of years. By the time the war had ended. The Star Gryphons were no more." Talzar said, unshed tears in his eyes. Talzar's body flashed as he shrunk himself down to a size slightly larger then Ignitus and the other elder Dragon Guardians. "This is the greastest sin we have ever committed. My breed were responsible for wiping out the Gryhons' greatest warriors. Each Gryphon looked up to the Star Gryhons. The Star Gryphons were protectors of the Gryphon Clans. Without the Star Gryphons the Clans began to fight among themselves. If not for Samson, the Gryphon Clans would all be extinct. He founded the Gryphon Council and it was that Council, under his wise and strong leadership, that united the warring factions and saved the Grpyhons from extinction."

"So that is why the Gryphon Clans are so uncomfortable around us dragons." Cailean said. Talzar nodded.

"Yes, Cailean, you are right. They haven't forgotten what what we Ancient Dragons did."

"So what happened to Samson?" Terra asked.

"Samson lived a long life and one day he simply vanished without a trace which was odd. No one knows what happened to him. Some think he was a Star Gryphon, the last of his noble kind while others say he ascendant."

"That was truly a sad story, Talzar." Ignitus said. "I never knew about that tragic chapter of the Ancient Dragons.history." Talzar nodded.

"It was because we didn't want our sins to be passed on to our descendants. We wanted our sins to remain on us where they belonged." At that moment, Kieran groaned and opened his eyes. He slowly sat up and glanced around at everyone.

"What just happened?" He asked. Everyone looked at Cailean. Cailean rolled his eyes and sighed.

'Why me?' He thought.
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Cynder's Fortress...

Spyro and his friends fought apes but started to slowly be overwhelmed by the huge numbers of troops. Hunter and Bianca teamed up with Elora to send apes flying. Natalie assisted Flame by using her gryphon magic to hurl apes into walls and out windows. Flame breathed flames and used his Chaos Blade to slash at the apes. Spyro, meanwhile, used his magical and physical attacks to throw apes into walls and up into the air. Shandu growled and raced toward Spyro, his head lowered in position to impale Spyro in the back. Ember noticed the oncoming attack...

"SPYRO...!" Ember screamed. Spyro frowned as he realized that Ember was trying to warn him. He quickly turned around and jumped up just as Shandu's horns missed him by a few inches. Shandu growled in anger at missing his target. Spyro smiled and came down on Shandu's back knocking the breath from his lungs.

"Surrender." Spyro growled. Shandu smiled as he vanished and reappeared right next to Spyro. Spyro turned to face Shandu just as he punched him hard in the face. The punch sent Spyro flying into the wall. Spyro slid down the wall to the floor.

"NEVER!" Shandu roared as his body flashed and then he was back to the size he had been when he had first made his appearance. "Now you will DIE!" Spyro growled as he slowly stood back up. Shandu smiled as he charged. Spyro eyes went wide as he realized there was no way even with his Dragon Time ability that he would be able to avoid the coming attack. However, someone else intervened...

Hunter, transformed into his own more powerful form slammed into Shandu knocking his charge off. Spyro moved as Hunter jumped backwards somersaulting threw the air to land on his feet next to Bianca and Elora. Shandu roared in anger and unleashed wave of fire fury in the cheetah's direction. Spyro screamed, "NOooo." Hunter saw the wave approaching and quickly grabbed both Bianca and Elora with his tail. He toss them up into the air, jumped up as the wave flew under him. The wave blew out the wall and incinerated some of the unfortunate apes that were in the waves path. The rest of wave was halted by Crona using her ice magic to created an ice barrier to shield herself, Natalie, Ethan and the others near her. Ember sighed in relief as the wave ended and Crona dropped her field.

"Thanks, Crona." Ember said.

"Don't mention it." Crona said. Ember's smile faded as she saw a large ape charging at Crona from behind. Ember charged and pushed Crona to the side as the the large ape ran by. The ape growled as he charged again only to run into Natalie. The gryphoness roared as she swiped her large clawed paw upside the ape's head snapping his neck like a toothpick. Both Crona and Ember helped each other up as Natalie looked at them.

"Are you guys okay?" She asked. They both nodded just as another large ape landed between Natalie and them. The ape swung his club at Natalie's head intending to shatter her skull only to get a surprise as Ember's paw stopped the club. Ember growled as she yanked the club out of the ape's paws and quickly spun around on her left hindleg to give the ape powerful kick in the chest with her right foot. The ape screamed as the sound of bones being broken were heard as he was sent flying out a window and down into the void beneath the fortress. Natalie looked at Ember and nodded. "Thank you for saving my life." Ember smiled as she took a breath to calm down.

"No problem. I consider you and Crona friends. I always try to protect my friends." Cynder growled as she summon a bladed staff.

"You will not win this battle, Ember! None of you will!" Cynder roared as she quickly summoned a Blade Staff and threw it quickly at Ember. Crona saw the staff coming out of the corner of her left eye. Crona grabbed Ember, time rippling around her as she yanked Ember out of the way of the blade staff and at the same time grabbed the staff in mid-air with her tail. Cynder's mouth opened in shock.

"Crona, thank you." Ember said. Crona smiled and nodded as she spun around and used her tail to throw the staff right back at Cynder. Cynder's eyes went wide as she quickly dived to the right just barely in time to avoid being impaled by the sharp blade of the staff as it hit the wall and went into the dark stone. Cynder glanced at the staff and back at Crona and Ember. Her eyes narrowed as she gritted her fangs.

"HOW DARE YOU TRY TO KILL ME!"Cynder roared. The fighting in the room seem to halt at that moment as dark magic began to pulse around her body. Cynder gritted her fangs as the pulsing dark magic surrounded her. Her eyes narrowed and took on a red glow. Crona's face went pale.

"Oh crap... THIS IS NOT GOOD!" Crona said. Ember opened her mouth to ask 'why' but was cut off as Cynder began to grow and transform. Ember's eyes went wide in shock while everyone else just gasped. Shandu smiled as he watch Cynder become a force that was greater then she had been just a few seconds earlier. Cynder roared and as she did she released powerful wave of dark magic that blew the right and left walls and roof away.

"NOW... YOU WILL ALL DIE!" Cynder growled, her eyes glowing with rage. Cynder slammed her massive right paw down on the floor caving it in sending Ember, Crona and Natalie flying thru the air. The three females flapped their wings and managed to avoid being beheaded by Cynder's large tail blade. Spyro growled as his body flashed and he transformed to his warrior form. He kicked Shandu off of him knocking the other dragon out cold. He then charged at Cynder only to get back handed by Cynder as she slapped him aside with her left paw. Spyro hit the wall and caved it in. Hunter put Bianca and Elora on his large back and ran to avoid being crushed by the falling pieces of the ceiling. Ember looked at Crona and frowned.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HER? SHE IS EVEN LARGER THEN SHE WAS WHEN WE FIRST SAW HER!" Ember said. Crona frowned as they ducked another tail swipe.

"It is the Dark Orb energy she absorbed at the Sky Phoenix Temple. It gave her a massive power boost."

"Just how massive are we talking about here?" Ember yelled, fear slowly beginning to creep into her voice. Crona's face creased in worry as she shook her head.

"I don't know, but considering how powerful she already was before this accidental boost in power." Crona shoke her head. "I think we maybe in big trouble." Cynder laughed as her body began to glow as she prepared to launch another fury wave at all of them. "OH CRAP... HOLD ON EVERYONE THIS IS GOING TO BE BAD... VERY BAD..." Crona screamed as Cynder released the wave and everything went dark...

And silent...

Punctuated only by the dark laughter of Cynder and Shandu...

AND NOW OUR STORY CONTINUES...
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Avalor -
Time Period[UNKNOWN

"GET IN THERE...!" General Za'lar growled as two of his guards threw Sera into the Pit. Sera screamed and as she did Za'lar laughed as he watched her fall. "Farewell... ha ha ha." He then turned and walked away with his guards following close on his heels.

Sera fell and as she fell her mind reflected on what Cynder had said about the Vanguardian Legacy.'Could she be right? Is the legacy of the Vanguard really dead? All these years as we have fought... I have tried to keep having faith and not give up.' Sera sighed. 'But now I wonder if what me and my friends have done all these years was just a waste of our time. All the fighting and death... all of it for a dream... Does the dream still exist? Or is it just our blind hope and faith that give us strength to keep fighting on against impossible odds? If the dream is dead like she says then what is the point anymore?' Sera thought as she closed her eyes as a few tears rolled down her cheek. "What can I do to get out of here?" As soon as those words left her mouth she felt warm arms embrace her.

"I got you, Sera." A female voice said warmly making Sera look up into the eyes of the large white dragoness who held her. The white dragoness smiled warmly as she saw the look of surprise on Sera's face. "Hi, I am glad I was able to come get you. How are you doing?"

"Grandmother Crona, I guess Deon was able to get in touch with you?" She asked. Crona nodded as her face creased in a warm smile.

"Hold on." Crona said. Sera grabbed hold of Crona's Chronicler cloak as Crona closed her eyes, flapped her wings to slow down their decent and focused her power...

A portal opened beneath both of them. They fell thru it and as they did the portal flashed and closed...
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Resistance One
Portal Ship

Sera opened her eyes as her grandmother's feet landed on the deck of the city flag ship of the Resistance. Crona smiled as she set Sera down on the deck gently. "Thanks for coming to my aid, grandma." Sera said with a warm grin of gratitude on her face. Crona nodded.

"No problem, grand daughter. I am glad I was available to come to your aid." Crona said. A door suddenly opened as Deon enter the chamber from the right. Sera smiled as she walked over to the phoenix and folded her arms over her chest.

"Well, Deon, I see that you were able to send help after all." She said. Deon's beak creased in a grin.

"Of course, Sera. Sorry if I couldn't come myself but you know how my father wants to keep me out of harms way." He said. Sera rolled her eyes as Crona chuckled.

"Deon, child, your father Kieran is a worry wart. He always been worried about you." Crona said. "He was a nervous wreck when your mother was laying your egg. He was afraid that you wouldn't hatch or that your egg would break or about a ton of other things." Deon nodded.

"I know, Chronicler Crona. My father is a Phoenix Lord and it is his job to worry about his people and his family. Especially me..." Deon said with a sigh. Crona noticed how irritated his sigh sounded.

"What is wrong, Deon?" She asked. Deon rain his taloned paw thru his head feathers and took a deep breath.

"Well, there are times when I think my father worries about me too much. I am not a child anymore but still my father worries about me." He said. Crona walked over to stand in front of Deon and sat down on her haunches. She gently reached out and touched Deon's left shoulder with her large right paw.

"Your father loves you, Deon. I think it is just the way he is. Your father grew up without his parents. Has he told you his story of his life as child?" Deon looked Crona in the eye and nodded in silence. "Well, as you know, Kieran didn't get the chance to know his parents all that well." Deon nodded.

"I know, Crona, but it still bothers me that he worries so much about me. I mean there is so much going on at the moment and yet he still worries about me. I guess I am just amazed that he has time to worry about me." He said. Sera walked over and pulled him into a warm embrace.

"My grandmother is right, Deon. Your father loves you and that is why he is so worried about you." Sera said as her face creased in slight frown as she pulled out of her hug. "I wish... I wish my father and mother were around to be worried about me but they aren't." Crona glanced at her as a few tears came to her own eyes.

"I know how you feel, Sera." Crona said, her tone soft and tainted with sadness. "I miss my son. I don't know where he and your mother are but hopefully they are both well and safe. We have to have hope and faith that we'll see them again one day." Crona pulled Sera into a warm hug. "Now, grand daughter, I must get back to my duty. I will come and visit you as often as I am able too." Crona let Sera go as a portal opened behind her. "Take care of yourself, Sera." Sera nodded.

"I will, grandma. You too and give my love to grandpa." Sera said. Crona nodded with a warm smile as she entered the portal behind her. Sera's face creased in a warm smile as she saw the face of her grandfather looking back at her. He waved as the portal closed. Sera turned back to Deon. "So, Deon, is everything ready?" Deon nodded.

"Yes, Sera, everything is ready to go. The question is: 'Are you ready to attempt to use your Dragon Time power to try and open a temporal portal to the past?'" He asked. Sera took a deep breath and nodded.

"Yes, I am." She said.

"Then let's get started." He said as he led her to the Jumper bay where the inactive Portal sat awaiting Sera."
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Avalar's Second Moon - Tal-nar
Zeta Core - City of the Dark Order of the Ancients

The ancient moon city of the Ancient Dragon Breed known as the Order rested inside a large shielded moon crater. The ancient city had been built in an age long before the Dark Master had been born and longer even then the Chronicler of Ages himself had been alive. This city had once been home to one of the greater dragon clan known as the Shal'cor. The Shal'cor or Light Dragons were one of the six Ancient Breed Dragon Clans. The Shal'cor had been the original dragon breeds who had helped lay the groundwork for their successors, the New Breed. The New Breed of Dragons were known to the Ancient Dragons as the Children. The Children were the race of Dragons that now took the place of their predecessors. However, not all the Ancient Breed Dragon Clans were gone..

One clan still remained and that clan now occupied the ancient Shal'cor city and this clan, known as either the Dark Order, Dei'nar or 'The Dark Ones', who Galen knew as some of the dragons known as those who watch but are never seen', were making plans that would change everything...

The city was a buzz of activity as large dragons wearing battle armor moved around setting up the ancient city weapons and defense systems. If anyone on Avalar could have gazed up and seen the city they would have wonder what was going on. Unfortunately, no one was aware of the city and the ancient dragons who were preparing themselves for the invasion of Avalar and the other realms. As the other Order dragons continue to carry out their preparations a red muscular male dragon walked down a wide corridor that lead to a large central chamber.

In that large chamber, a large gold armored silver scaled dragoness sat in a relaxed meditative pose, her glowing blue eyes closed. As the male dragon entered the chamber the dragoness' eyes flickered and then suddenly snapped open revealing her slitted pupils. "Yes, Ra'cor, I am fully aware of what you are planning to do." She hissed as she turned her muscular head, her long thick white horns scrapping against the ceiling making her curse. "I can't believe the Shal'cor built this place." She growled, her tone sounded deep and irritated because she was. They had had to spend years adapting the ancient city for their plans and it had kept her and her clan awake for many days as they worked to repair and update the city. She glanced back over her shoulder at the red dragon. "Why are you here?" Ra'cor growled.

"You know why I am here, Lady Zeta. How much longer do we have to sit up here on this lifeless ball of rock and watch the Avalarians and our so-called children. When are we going to take back the realms from our descendants?" He asked. Zeta smiled.

"Soon, very soon but not yet. We must wait until the Dark Master makes his move." She said.

"What about Cynder's daughter, Carla? She has grown drastically in power after she absorbed the energy of the Dark Orb the Phoenix Clan Prietess was protecting." Zeta yawned.

"What about her? She is a New Breed Dragoness. She may possess some of our great powers but she is nothing compared to us. If she becomes a problem then I'll deal with her..." Zeta's eyes narrowed as her face creased in a dark grin. "...Personally. As for the Dark Orbs... we'll deal with them." Ra'cor frowned. "Don't worry, Ra'cor."

"We still have to deal with the three purple male dragons." He said. "They won't be easy to defeat and you know it." Zeta turned her whole massive body to face Ra'cor. Ra'cor backed up slightly as he saw the dark look in her slitted eyes.

"The purple dragons will be no problem, Ra'cor." She said. Ra'cor shook his head.

"HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?! THEY ARE PURPLE DRAGONS! TAL'ZCO VULA ZI COO..." Ra'cor said. Zeta frowned as she recognized the ancient dragon language curse.

"Watch your tongue, Ra'cor." She snarled.

"YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF... YOU REMEMBER YOUR BROTHER!" He said. Zeta's eyes took on a reddish cast as she roared in anger. Racor swallowed as he felt Zeta's great power wash over him in ever growing waves of magnitude like a violent raging stormy sea. "Calm yourself, mistress, I meant no disrespect. I was just worried about our plans and how we will initiate them with the three purple dragons being present."

Zeta chuckled and said, surprising him with her lack of worry, "Ra'cor, only one of the purple dragons, the one we know as the Dark Master, is anywhere near our equal. The other two who are called Spyro are nothing more then a pair of weaklings. However, only one of the Spyros is present currently. The elder Spyro who defeated the Dark Master ages ago is not currently on Avalar or in this realm." Ra'cor cocked his left eyebrow.

"Where is he?" Ra'cor asked. Zeta smiled.

"He is in the Meridian Realm. You remember the realm we all sealed off from the Vanguard. Well, the older Spyro went there to find something. I don't know what it was exactly but from what I have heard from rumor it is one of our ancient secrets we left in that realm ages ago." She said. Ra'cor smiled.

"He is after the legendary Tao'co Key. It makes perfect sense that he would seek out that ancient relic. The Dark Master sought it out ages ago when he was younger and we all know what happened to him. He discovered something he was not meant to see and drove him into a state of near insanity." Ra'cor said with a dark laugh. Zeta nodded in agreement.

"That is why I am not concern because the Tao'co Key's power is beyond even the control of the purple dragons. In fact the key is more then they realize. Only the Shal'cor, the ancient dragon Legion Council and members of the ruling royal houses of each clan knew of the full potential of the key. Spyro will not only suffer the same fate as the Dark Master but his full potential will be sealed. The power of the Key, like all the other ancient artifacts, will weaken any New Breed Dragon due to the anti-magical field it generates. The only Spyro we need to worry about is the younger one. I sensed during my meditation a growing power within him that is different from his predecessors. We must keep an eye on him very closely..." She said. Ra'cor nodded.

"I agree." He said. As he said this an alarm went off making both of them frown. Zeta growled as she activated a holographic monitor.

"Dal'tao, report." She growled to the image of the green dragon that appeared on the screen. "What is going on?!" Dal'tao growled, his expression one of anger.

"Mistress, we have an intruder!" Zeta's eyes narrowed in anger.

"WHO IS IT?!" She growled.

"It was one of the Ascendant Dragons. He disabled the Lightning Staff Weapon we had pointed at Willowbrook. I believe he is called..." Ra'cor growled cutting off Dal'tao.

"I think we all know who it was. We have to take greater precautions to prevent the Ascendant Ones from interfering with our plans." Ra'cor snarled. He turned to face Zeta. "Zeta, with you your permission we will make the necessary changes to the plan." Zeta's face creased in a frown as she nodded.

"Agreed but be careful. It is important that we time our invasion plans at the right time. If we miss our chance we'll have to wait another 10,000 years." She said. Ra'cor nodded.

"Understood, we will be ready..." He said as he vanished in a fiery ball of magical energy leaving Zeta alone once more with only the holographic monitor to keep her company. She turned her back to the monitor.

"My lady is it time?" Dal'tao asked. Zeta nodded.

"Yes, it is time. I want you and the other Inner Circle members of this clan to take care of our potential problems." She hissed. "My brother's legacy must be eliminated. The purple dragons must all die."

"Yes, my lady. Your will will be done. We will excute our attack starting with the Dark Master..." He said. Zeta smiled.

"Excellent!" She said as the holographic monitor turned off and then disappeared leaving Zeta in a happy mood until...

'I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE UP TO, SISTER!' Zeta heard in her head.

'BROTHER! I KNEW YOU WOULD INTERFERE WITH MY PLANS!' Her mind growled in anger. 'WHY DON'T YOU FACE ME INSTEAD OF BEING A COWARD AND HIDING!'

'VERY WELL, SISTER!' He said. She frowned as she felt his prescene suddenly appear behind her. She turned to face her brother...

Lord Tylcor of the Ascendant Dragon Order of the Ancient Shal'cor Dragon Clan smiled at his sister. Zeta frowned. "I knew you were around somewhere, brother dear. So how do you plan to counter my plans this time? Hmm...?" She asked. Tylcor sighed.

"Do you honestly think I am going to tell you, my sister? I am fully aware of the invasion you are planning and I have come to warn you that if you carry out this insane plan of yours then you will set into motion events that will threaten the survival of everyone." He said. Zeta's face creased in a snarl.

"HOW DARE YOU TELL ME TO STOP! DO YOU HONESTLY THINK I WILL?!" She growled. Tylcor sighed and shook his head sadly.

"No, you won't but know this, Zeta, I will not let you kill the purple dragons. They must not die. Their lives, especially the life of the young Spyro, must be allowed to continue." He said, his tone one of warning. Zeta laughed.

"I don't care about the purple dragons. They exist thanks to you. You are the one responsible for their existence. It was a mistake to allow dragons of their power to exist. Their very existence upsets the balance of elemental power." She snarled as her body suddenly grew to its full size and full power. "I WILL NOT PERMIT YOU TO LEAVE HERE TO CARRY OUT YOUR PLANS BY STANDING IN THE WAY OF MINE. I SUMMONED YOU HERE SO I COULD..." Zeta's voice froze in her throat as she found herself surrounded by a small group of armored Ascendant Dragons from the Council. Valona and Rosy frowned as they looked Zeta in the eye.

"Your plans are finished, Zeta." Rosy said as she stepped forward. Zeta looked around her and smiled as she turned to her brother.

"Tylcor... Tylcor... Tylcor... ha ha ha... you are one sly dragon." She said with a slight chuckle. "Our father would have been proud of you if he had lived. Pity, I had to kill dear old dad for standing in my way ages ago. Now, it seems like I'll have to do the same to you!" Zeta's laughed as she vanished with a bright flash of light signalfying the use of an ancient Flash Portal Transport. Tylcor frowned.

"Damn it, she has launched her back up plans into motion." He growled. Valona and Rosy both frowned as they quickly accessed their portable holo monitors and what they saw made both dragonesses frown. Tylcor noticed their expressions. "I am right aren't I?" Valona and Rosy both nodded. "Fine, it is time to prepare. Rosy, contact Donovan and the others. Tell them it is urgent that we all meet in the Celestial Hall as soon as possible." Rosy nodded.

"On it." She said as she vanished. Tylcor glanced over at Valona.

"Contact Rashira and tell her to send the warnings to Connor and our other mortal allies among the New Breed Dragons, Phoenix and Gryphon Clans. This is a major emergency. The Invasion of the Realms by my sister and the Order has begun..."

The screen fades to black...

"The Seasons of Change have finally come..."
- Crona

New Images of Spyro and his friends appear on the screen one by one as the camera does closeups to their faces. Crona and Natalie also appear next to Flame and Cailean.

"Spyro... Spyro... Dragon of Destiny..." (Echoes)
I.N.V.A.S.I.O.N...

Image of the 3d purple colored Spyro logo flies towards the screen and turns clear as the camera enters the Dragon Realms through it. The camera flys along then comes to stop on Spyro and his friends standing on a cliff overlooking a valley below. Suddenly, a portal jumper lands behind Spyro and company. Tobin and Amanda exit the jumper as Hunter and the others turn and gasp in shock as a series of dark portals start opening in the sky above them.

New updated version of the song "BATTLE ON" begins playing

"When the darkness falls...,
We must be strong,
Hold on...,
Don't give up...
The time has come to carry on...,
For we must battle on to a new day, (Echoes with drum beats are heard)
We stand our ground because theres no way we're backing down now.
We stand for hope and the light...

Image of a dark shadow appears overhead as more huge swirling dark portals open. "What in the..?" Ember screams. Spyro, Flame and their other friends stare on in horror. As fireballs begin to rain down from those portals hitting homes and destroying everything they come into contact with. Nestor's face creases in a frown as the sky turns blood red.

"Hear my heart sceaming out...

"It has begun..." He said, his voice sad. Spyro glanced over at him.

"The time has finally come...

"What has begun, Nestor?" Nestor looked over at the young celestial guardian.

"And there is no looking back...

"The Chaos War..." Spyro's face creased into a look of anger but then relaxed into one of sadness as he realized the truth of Nestor's words.

"To yesterday...

"What do we do?" Tobin asked as he glanced over at Spyro. Spyro sighed.

"Battle On...

"We evacuate the Dragon Realms..." Everyone looked at Spyro in shock but Spyro's expression stayed firmly serious. "If we don't then we all will perish. We have to survive if there is to be any chance for us to find reason why this is happening..."

"To survive we must stand and fight
We can't be afraid no more...
We must stand and fight
To protect those we love
The time has come...
To battle on to a new day..."

Image of Hunter as he shakes his head as he watches the other clans members of Willowbrook run as the sky began to rip apart as powerful dark fiery beams of magical energy rain down from the angry red sky leveling homes, businesses... destroying the hopes and dreams of rebuilding their lives. Tears fall from Hunter's eyes and roll down his cheeks as he balls his paws into fists. He shook his head and screamed, "No... not again! This can't happen again. Not here!" The fiery beams change from black to red and then changes direction heading for... them.

Spyro's eyes open wide. "Oh no!"

"And the fate and the future of many worlds...
Are in our hands and we must be strong
If we fail...
Things will end...
We must be strong and keep on fighting on
No turning back no more...
The time has come
The Chaos War has begun..."

Image of Sirius frowning as he watches Spyro, Flame, Ember and Cailean and their friends facing the darkness.

"Fate... Destiny... Chaos... Hope... and Unity...
All fates are linked...
All Destinies are intertwined...
Even if Chaos falls and the darkness threatens to encompass us all...
Hope and Unity will prevail...
For true power is revealed only when the time comes and when heroes all rise to meet their true destinies united as one...
Even if the end remains yet unknown..."

"Seasons come and season go
But we keep on carrying on
Things are changing...
No turning back...
We must survive.
We must stand together and fight
Fight for the light.
We will fight on and save the world

Images of Amanda screaming as a portal jumper explodes as one of the portal network doorways shatters sending out waves of magical energy that slice the jumper apart. "If these dark portals keep opening like this all over the realms then portal travel will come to an end."

Flame: "Get back...! The portal network is crashing...!"

Image of Ember screaming, "Father... no!" as she holds his head in her arms as tears rolled down her cheek. "Hold on. Please hold on!"

Image of the Vanguardian Tower of Lore collapsing as it explodes sending debris flying. As it happens Reeco watches with his father Dake in horror. Drake turns away from the explosion and closes his eyes as tears roll down his cheek. "What have I done...?" He whispers. Reeco glances over at him.

"What do you mean?" He asked and as he does the sky rips open and as soon as this happens the Shadow Realm begins to come apart...

The screen darkens as Galen appears on screen walking through the wreckage of a chamber. He pauses as he hear a sound of running footsteps and turns to see Spyro, Flame and Ember with their friends. "GALEN," Spyro growls, "THIS MADNESS ENDS NOW!"

Galen laughs and with a sweep of his paw throws Spyro and his friends backwards into a wall. "No, Hero, this isn't the end for me but just the beginning... However, for you and your friends, Spyro, the end has come..." Spyro growls as he summons the Destiny Blade to his right paw and runs toward Galen slashing the air in a slow motion as the camera changes angles to show Galen's reflection on the blade...

However... the blade doesn't reflect only his reflection. Spyro's eyes go wide as Galen vanishes as a black feathered phoenix appears and catches the blade with his left talon paw and yanks it out of Spyro's paws. The phoenix tosses the blade away and then reaches out in swift blur of speed and grabs Spyro by the throat. The dark phoenix brings Spyro close to his face as glowing eyes narrow and his beak creases into smug grin as he says, his voice filled with a hissing laughter of triumph, "Greetings, Destiny...!"

Screen flashes white...

"Spyro: Dragon of Destiny...
Keep on fighting on until the end...
Don't give up now
Keep fighting on..."

Moving Image of the Spyro: Dragon of Destiny logo reflects the faces of Spyro and all his friends and then cracks as the flaming red letters Invasion crash into it from above. Sinister laughter is heard as not only Cynder and a mysterious red eyed cloaked individual appears in shadow behind Spyro and the others. The images of Spyro and his friends from season one shift to their early season two appearances before shifting one last time to their current appearances Season Two. Spyro now wears a new short sleeve white jacket with metal arm and leg guantlets. Ember is wearing a white robe of sorts. Flame has traded in his old black jacket for a black short sleeve one with silver stripes running down the sides. Both Spyro and Flame are wearing their new jackets unbuckled showing off their more muscular gold scaled chests. The metal buckets on the jackets hang off to the side flowing with the motions and dancing actions of the wind around them. The swords of Destiny and Chaos are gripped in their left paws. Bandit is packing a grapling gun and few other new toys in addition to his upgraded guns. Hunter and Bianca are both wearing greyish white battle vests. Bianca has a new metal wand in a white pouch on the left side of her waist. She has a blue backpacket on that contains her spell books. Hunter has let his headfur grow out somewhat. He is sporting a slight mane of spotted fur down his back which he has tied into a ponytail. Hunter's wristbows are now much smaller and have a built-in viewfinder and maginfier sight. Blink is still wearing his hat and goggles although the goggles now have a few gadgets built into them now. His outfit is now a white shirt with a dark green battle vest. Prince Lucas the Gryphon stands with his wings spread out wide. His beaked face is now lined with black battle markings and tribal white stripes. Two short double edged battle blades are strapped to his sides in sheaths. He has a metal white light gem tailring to match his old wrist gauntlets and his new leg gauntlets. The image flashes briefly as Natalie and Crona appear amoung Spyro and his friends. Natalie is wearing her battle gear. while Crona's legs are sheathed in armor. Her Chronicler wardrobe blows in the wind as the camera pans across all of them. The expressions on everyones faces are deadly serious as they stand in a dramatic pose over a battle field of Shadow Dragons. A dark shadow of what first looked like a dragon but now appears to be something else casts a shadow upon them as they look up...

"Together... we stand!" Spyro yelled.

The screen flashes and fades to black...

"Spyro: Dragon of Destiny...
I.N.V.A.S.I.O.N...
I.N.V.A.S.I.O.N... (Echoes)
Stop this invasion, Spyro..."

Siruis: "The journey has just begun..." As he says these words the wall explodes behind him as the same black phoenix enters and glares at him his eyes burning with intense anger.

"I will make you and the others who made me like this pay. Your time is up, old one!" Siruis frowned as lowered his head sadly.

"You are right, young one, I failed you. The project we conducted was a mistake and if you think killing me will undo it then you are wrong. What sins have been committed can't be undone but their is a chance they can be healed with time."

"SPARE ME YOUR NONSENSE!" The young dark phoenix hissed as his red eyes narrowed as he charged forward...
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SPYRO: DRAGON of DESTINY:
-SEASON TWO-
\ I.N.V.A.S.I.O.N /
Episode 12: Dark Horizons

Unknown Location

"Ugh... ummm..." Spyro groaned as his eyes slowly opened. He tried to turn his head and found that when he did it hurt like hell.

"Stay still, Spyro." Ember said softly as she gently touched his forehead as she leaned over into line of vision. Spyro licked his lips. "Are you thirst?" She asked. Spyro nodded. Ember slowly lifted him up to give him a drink of water.

"Thank you, Ember." He said, his voice rough and hoarse from non-usage. "Where are we? How did we escape from Cynder's attack?" Ember smiled as Ethan came into his line of sight.

"We aren't exactly sure but we think it was thanks to Crona. Her warning and apparently quick actions saved us from being ripped apart by the Dark Fury Wave that Cynder unleashed." Ethan said, his face a mix of a smile and a frown. Spyro noticed and pushed himself up against Ember's paws. She tried to hold him down but he resisted. "Spyro, you should stay still, you aren't fully healed."

"What do you mean...?" He asked as he stood up slowly and took one shaky step forward... He hissed and fell straight to the floor like a rock. "What... is... wrong... with... me...?!" He said his tone one of pain.

"SPYRO!" Ember and Ethan both yelled as they knelt down beside him and gently grabbed him by his arms to gently lift him back up into standing position. Spyro shook his head to clear it of the dazed, cloudy feeling.

"If you would have just been patient and waited for one of us to explain what happened then you wouldn't have fell on your face just now." Ethan said as he and Ember sat Spyro down on chair that had been placed beside Spyro's bed. Spyro gritted his teeth as he glared at Ethan.

"Then tell me already, Ethan!" Spyro growled. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED? STOP STALLING!" Ember's face took on a worried expression at Spyro's angry expression. "Is someone going to tell me or not?!" He started to try to stand again only to be held down by Ethan.

"Very well you stubborn fool." Ethan hissed, his eyes narrowed slightly. "Crona opened a series of mini-portals around us and pulled us out of the path of the attack. However, she drained herself..." Ethan's voice broke as tears began to roll down his cheek. He pulled away from Spyro and walked over to a wall to lean his head on the wall. Spyro looked at Ember, his anger diminished.

"What else happened, Ember?" He asked softly. Ember sighed and sat down in front of him on a chair that suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Spyro... Crona had to pull some magical energy from you and when she did something went wrong. We don't know what happened but she was knocked out and you... were drained to near death as your body was broken. We don't know how you survived but somehow you did." Ember said, a sob in her tone. Spyro's eyes went wide in shock and then a strange memory came to him.

Flashback...

"OH CRAP... HOLD ON EVERYONE THIS IS GOING TO BE BAD... VERY BAD..." Crona screamed...

His eyes went wide as he flew into the path of Cynder's coming attack as she released the wave. He had turned his head to look at Crona and saw her act. He understood as he watched her quickly closed her eyes, raised both paws as white glow surrounded her body as she quickly made a series of gestures and signs. She began to gasp as sweat poured from her brow at the strain of casting the spell she hoped would be enough to save all of them. He had noticed her strain and closed his own eyes to send her a power boost. As he did, he gasped and so did Crona and then there was an explosion.

A bright flash...

And everything went dark...
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Spyro shook his head and glanced at Ember. "I remember acting as a shield from Cynder's attack while Crona opened the portals around us. I saw she was straining to open all the portals so I sent her some of my power to give her a boost. She accepted my assistance but I think something happened. Our powers conflicted with each other and I think it was due to the fact that I..." Spyro whispered as his voice dropped off as a look of fear came over his face. "Ember, what happened to Crona? Is she... is she...?" Ethan sighed and turned back to face Spyro and Ember as he leaned his head and back against the wall.

"No, she is alive but your powers did something to her. When she woke up two days ago she woke up screaming and there was this strange golden glow around her." Ethan said. Spyro's eyes went wide in horror.

"Oh no...!" Spyro gasped. "What have I done?!" Spyro quickly stood up and forced himself to remain standing as he took a shaky step forward. Ethan and Ember looked at Spyro in concern.

"What do you mean, Spyro?" Ethan asked. Spyro swallowed and shook his head as tears rolled down his cheeks. Ethan grabbed him. "Spyro calm down and tell us. What is wrong?"

"When Crona was using her magic to help us escape and she ran low on power I sent her some of my energy to give her a boost." He said.

"We know that but why are you worried?" Ember asked.

"Ember, Ethan, I think," Spyro's eyes closed as he felt himself start to get light headed. Ember grabbed him and held him steady.

"Spyro, what is wrong?!" Ember asked, her tone one of worry. Spyro looked at her, his face stricken with a look that shocked her. She had never seen him look so totally scared. "Spyro, my love, please tell us what is wrong?!"

"I may have sent her some of my Celestial Dragon magic instead of my normal elemental magic! We were in such a hurry and I didn't have time to chose the correct type of magical energy." Ethan's eyes went wide.

"So what you are saying is that you think she absorbed some of that magic into her body by accident?" He asked. Spyro nodded. "Oh dear lord...!" He looked at Ember and gestured for her to follow him. "Ember, bring Spyro and follow me quickly! We have to tell the Chronicler now." Ember helped Spyro walk as they both followed Ethan.

They found both the Chronicler and Oracle sitting by the bedside of Crona who was asleep. They both turned as the three young dragons entered the room. "Spyro, thank the ancestors that you are up but you should go back to bed. Your injuries aren't fully healed." Oracle said. Spyro nodded, his movement slightly jerky.

"I know but you must hear me out. I know what is wrong with Crona. It is my fault... I..." Spyro's voice suddenly froze in his throat as he screamed and fell to the floor dragging Ember with him. Ember expression changed to one of horror.

"SPYRO?! OH MY LORD... WHAT IS WRONG?! SPYRO, SPEAK TO ME!" She screamed as she held him. Ethan knelt beside Spyro and reached out to touch him. The Chronicler's eyes went wide.

"DON'T TOUCH HIM, ETHAN!" He yelled.

"Why not, Chro...?" Ethan said as his left paw touched Spyro's right shoulder. Ethan's eyes went wide as the room was filled with a flash of light that knocked all of them unconscious.
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Unknown Void...

'Where are we?' Ethan asked as he looked around at the glowing pillars of light. The Chronicler and Oracle looked around as the pillar began to pulse and change shape.'What the...?'

The shapes of the pillars were turning into Spyro and Crona...!

'What the hell is going on here?'Ethan asked as he walked over to Spyro and Crona. He reached out to touch them and had his arm grabbed by Ember who just appeared out of thin air. Ethan struggled to pull his arm away only to have Ember hold on to his arm tightly. He looked into Ember's eyes and noticed that her eyes now had an aged look to them. 'Ember?'

Ember raised her free hand up to her mouth and gave him a 'shh' motion. Ethan frowned and shook his head. Ember frowned and said, 'Stop struggling and listen, Ethan. There is obviously more going on here then we know.' Crona's eyes opened as she heard Ember's voice.

'It's okay, Ember,' Crona said as she glanced at Ethan. 'Ethan, we are sharing a vision. I don't know how but I believe that it has something to do with power that Spyro shared with me.' The Chronicler and Oracle both walked over to stand next to Ethan and Ember.

'Great, great, grand daughter, what is it that you see? Is it what we have seen?' The Chronicler asked. Ethan looked over at the Chronicler.

'Excuse me, Chronicler, but what is it that you have seen? Please tell me... uh... I meant tell us.' Ethan said. The Chronicler started to reply but was stopped by Spyro who was now glancing down at them with glowing golden eyes.

'The battle has begun... We must prepare... ugh...' Spyro said as he grabbed his head as his face creased in pain. 'I don't understand... Who are you? Who are you? Who... are... you...?' Ember stepped forward and looked Spyro in the eye.

'What is it?! Spyro, what is wrong?!' She asked. Spyro grabbed her and as he did...

Everything flashed white and she found herself with everyone else now in a different place. A place of stormy blood red skies and floating pieces of buildings and ancient rubble from long dead stars and worlds.
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ThE ChAoS ReAlM...

Ember's eyes went wide as she saw the face of a huge phantom-like dragon that covered the sky with his huge size. Ember's eyes went wide horror as she realized that this... this was the same dragon that she had seen in her vision after Tessa died. She turned to look over at Spyro and realized that this time the vision was different. Spyro glanced over at her and she saw the same fear reflected in his eyes.as her own. 'Is he...' Spyro nodded.

'The Doom Dragon... is... he...' Spyro said, his voice low. Ember started to speak only to be silenced by the dark hiss of the Doom Dragon.

'YeSssss, DrAgOn Of DeStInY, I aM hE!' He hissed. Ember stepped slightly forward and looked him in the eye.

"What do you want?' She asked. The Doom Dragon laughed, his tone dark and filled with malice.

'YoU kNoW wHaT I wAnT, DrAgOnEsS oF oRdEr! I wAnT yOu aLl tO kNoW tHe tRuTh...!' He hissed.

'What do you mean 'truth'?!' Crona asked, her face creased in a frown. The Doom Dragon smiled.

'...ThAt EvEeRyThInG aNd eVeRyOnE yOu hAvE eVeR lOvEd wIlL... DIIIEEEEeee. I aM cOmInG tO dEsTrOy aLl oF yOu aNd tHeRe iS nOtHiNg yOu cAn dO tO sToP mEeee!' He hissed, his eyes narrowing into glowing dark slits of dark red that bled off vapors of red energy. Ember swallowed and started to a feel a deep chill rise up from the pit of her stomach. Spyro looked over at her and reached over and pulled her close to his chest.

'I am here, Ember, I won't let anything bad happen to you. Don't be afraid.' Spyro said. The Doom Dragon laughed as he looked Spyro dead in the eye.

'YoU sHoUlD bE vErY aFrAiD, SpYrO...!' He hissed as Crona dived to the left as both Ember and Spyro found themselves flung backwards into the arms of Hunter and Bianca. Hunter looked at Spyro and Ember and then gritted his teeth before glairing up at the Doom Dragon.

Raising his left paw as his wristbow began to glow with fire magic, Hunter growled, 'Go back to the hell you came from, monster!' The Doom Dragon smiled and as he did Bianca's eyes went wide as she quickly stepped forward and grabbed Hunter, pulling him down to the floor as a huge tail blade slashed thru the air right where his head had just been a split second before. Hunter looked back at Bianca giving her a warm smile before glaring back up at the Doom Dragon who was smiling.

'YoU hAvE bEeN wArNed...!' The Doom Dragon hissed. Hunter roared and fired the fire arrow right into the Doom Dragon's face. The Doom Dragon roared in pain as the arrrow hit his right eye burning it badly. He quickly reached up and yanked the arrow out. He then roared and glared in fury at Hunter. HoW dArE yOu!'

'Sorry, but you don't scare me!' Hunter hissed. 'As a Seer, I know what you are, Doom Dragon! You are a force of Chaos but even Chaos can't stand against the power of Order. I predict that you will not win!' The Doom Dragon's face creased in a frown but then to Hunter's shock and horror he smiled and started to laugh.

'Not bad, Seer Hunter but you... are... wrong!' He said and as he said it a huge wave of dark magic pulsed outward from his body hitting...

A golden barrier of magic created by Crona.

'You are not welcome here, Dark One!' Crona said. 'LEAVE... NOW!' The Doom Dragon laughed and blew Crona back into Spyro and Ember's arms.

'FOOLISH CHILDREN, I AM A GOD! FIGHT ME ALL YOU WISH BUT IN THE END KNOW THIS... YOU WILL ALL FAIL!'He roared. Spyro stepped forward and glared the Doom Dragon in the eye.

'YOU ARE WRONG!'Spyro growled as he unleashed a wave of golden Celestial magic that hit the Doom Dragon and sliced thru him right horn...

Cutting it off...

To the shock and surprise of everyone present, including the Doom Dragon himself as he recoiled back away from Spyro.

'HOW DARE YOU STAND AGAINST YOUR GOD! He roared as a shockwave threw Spyro backwards into the wall cracking the surface. Spyro groaned as he fell to the floor slightly dazed. Hunter growled as he fired a rapid series of ice and fire arrows into the Doom Dragon's face. The Doom Dragon raised his huge right paw and with small swipe unleashed a black wave of dark magic that disinegrated the arrows into nothing. Hunter's eyes went wide in shock as the Doom Dragon opened his mouth and fired a black pulsing ball of somekind of fire that hit one of the large floating rocky pieces of the remains of a dead world and vaporized it. The ball pulsed and grew larger and continue to come closer to them. Crona and Spyro and the others closed their eyes and prepared themselves for the end. But instead the end didn't come to annoyance of the Doom Dragon. 'WHAT?!'He roared in anger as his attack was stopped in mid-air by the Chronicler who held his right paw up in front of himself while his left paw quickly gestured in a blur of Dragon Time speed casting magic spells in rapid succession as he combined the spells with his great telekinetic power to create magic barrier that held the Doom Dragon's attack at bay. The Chronicler turned his head and looked down at Crona.

'Crona, you have to wake up. All of you have to wake up before my barrier fails. The Doom Dragon somehow found a way to break into our unconscious minds and pull us into the Chaos Realm. This realm is the only place where he can kill us...' He said, as he gritted his teeth as sweat began to fall from his brow from the strain of holding the Doom Dragon's attack back. 'HURRY, IT IS TAKING EVERY OUNCE OF MY POWER TO HOLD HIS ATTACK BACK! I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER I CAN HOLD HIM OFF BEFORE...!' The energy barrier began to crack as the Doom Dragon's attack slowly ate thru the barrier. The Doom Dragon's expression turned to one of triumph as he watched the Chronicler's face strain more as he started to weaken.

'You are stong, Chronicler of Ages, stronger then I thought you would be but then again I am not surpised. Your breed has always been a strong one, but even you, Time Dragon, must know that I am stronger!' He hissed. The Chronicler's eyes narrowed in anger as battle armor suddenly appeared over his form.

'I maybe old, but I do not fear you,' He hissed as he thrust the Doom Dragon's attack back at him. The Doom Dragon roared in anger and reached out and grabbed the Chronicler in his large right paw. 'Ahhhh.' Crona's eyes went wide in horror along with everyone else.

'GREAT, GREAT GRANDPA!' She screamed. The Doom Dragon laughed and started to crush the Chronicler when a fiery wave of searing fire sliced thru his into his right shoulder making his scream and release the Chronicler who glided to the ground where Crona ran over and gently touched him. 'Are you alright?' She asked, her voice full of emotion. The Chronicler nodded as his armor vanished off his form.

'I am okay, but my energy barrier won't hold for much longer. I am sorry, Crona, I tried my best.' He said. Crona smiled.

'I know but I am curious who saved you?' She asked. The Chronicler stood up slowly and looked around.

'I don't know, but I have a feeling that we'll find out soon enough.' He said. The Doom Dragon growled and began to focus again on his attack.

'I DON'T KNOW WHO SAVED YOU, CHRONICLER OF AGES! BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE NOW YOU WILL ALL DIE! BEAR WITNESS TO MY INVINCIBLE POWER AS IT DESTROYS YOU ALL...!' He hissed as his attacks power increased to levels that sent cold shivers thru Spyro, Ember, Crona and everyone else. They all gathered together as the attack shattered the Chronicler's barrier. The Doom Dragon smiled as his attack broke thru and headed for his intended targets...

Unfortunately, things didn't workout quite as he had planned as he felt a powerful wave of elemental energy appear along with a deep, strong male voice...

'HOWEVER, DOOM DRAGON, YOU ARE WRONG... YOU ARE NOT INVINCIBLE!'said that deep male voice. The Doom Dragon's face creased in a frown as his eyes looked around for the source of the voice.

'Who dares to stand against ME?!'He roared. A wave of ice flashed across the blood red sky and hit the Doom Dragon sending him flying and destroying the Doom Dragon's attack which was only a few feet from hitting his targets. Everyone turned to face the direction the attack of their saviour had come from and as they did they all gasped. The Chronicler's eyes went wide in shock as a large gold armored purple dragon hovered right there. He barely flapped his large wings as he used the air currents to remain airborne. His armored faceplate retracted back into the armor neck harness revealing his face to all of them. The purple dragon smiled as he looked at the Chronicler.

'Chronicler, it is good to see you again. I will talk to you later but now you and these young ones need to get out of here. I will hold him while you get out of here.' He said. The Chronicler nodded as he turned and closed his eyes as a portal to the waking world slowly opened but unfortunately the Doom Dragon noticed and used his great power to slam the portal shut. The Chronicler turned and glared at the Doom Dragon who return his glare with a smug smile.

'Going somewhere? I DON'T THINK SO! NONE OF YOU ARE LEAVING MY REALM... ALIVE!' He growled but unfortunately for him the purple dragon wasn't alone. A black dragoness in armor appeared startling them. Spyro and Ember's face creased in a smile as the black dragoness smiled back at them.

'Allow me.' She said as she raised her armored paw pushed it forward against the closing portal that the Chronicler had tried to open. The portal flashed and then grew wider and wider until it was finally large enough to transport them all. 'Go, the Oracle is waiting for all of you on the other side. We'll be right behind you.' The Chronicler nodded as he gestured all of them thru but stopped as Spyro shook his head.

'No, Chronicler, you go and I'll be right behind you.' He said. Ember looked at him as if to ask 'what are you doing'. He noticed and said, 'Ember, Flame is missing and I have to find him.' She nodded and then turned and with the Chronicler by her side entered the portal. Spyro turned to the black dragoness. 'How much longer can you keep the portal open, Cynder?' He asked. Her armored face plate retracted into her neck armor as she looked down at him with glowing green eyes.

'Long enough for you to find your brother, Spyro but don't take forever. Even my power has its limit especially with tall, dark and gruesome back there fighting to close the portal. Whew, I never thought I would get stuck fighting another evil dragon.' She said. Spyro nodded.

'I know, but this guy isn't like the Dark Master. Be careful.' He said. She nodded as he closed his eyes and started to use his powers to sense aroudn the Chaos Realm for his brother's prescene. When finally found it his mouth opened in shock. 'No, it can't be!' He said, his tone one of sorrow. Cynder looked at him, her face creased with worry.

'What is it, Spyro? What is wrong?' She asked. The answer to her question came quickly as Flame appeared out of thin air. His body glowing with dark energy as he laughed and unleasehed a dark wave of magic fire that threw Cynder thru the the portal and back into the waking world. The portal flashed and slammed shut leaving Spyro facing his brother who landed on the ground in front of him.

'Flame...?' He asked as he noticed that Flame's eyes were glowing red. Spyro's eyes went wide as a disturbing thought came to his mind.

Oh, no...

Flame smiled and grabbed Spyro by the throat with both paws and began to squeeze. 'Oh yesss..., brother!' Spyro gasped as he grabbed Flame's arms and struggled to pull them off his throat. Flame hissed and squeezed harder. 'Oh no you don't, brother! I will do my master's will and kill you... kill... you... kill...' Spyro looked Flame in the eye and shook his head.

'Flame, listen to me, you have to fight whoever it is who is telling you to do what you are doing.' Spyro hissed as Flame started to tighten his grip again but then stopped as his eyes returned to normal and he released Spyro. He shook his head and backed away from Spyro. Spyro looked at his brother and started to walk toward him. 'WHAT'S WRONG, BROTHER?!' Flame growled and raised his right paw in 'halt' gesture.

'STAY AWAY FROM ME, SPYRO!' Flame growled as he grabbed his head as his face creased in pain.'Stay back or I might attack you again.'

'Flame, what is wrong? Tell me!' Spyro said. Flame shook his head as his face showed nothing more then a puzzled expression.

'Spyro, I don't know what is wrong with me. I just... I just... ahhhh!' Flame screamed as dark aura of magic began to surround him. Flame looked at Spyro as his eyes began to glow red again. 'Kill me, Spyro! Please, do it. I don't know what is wrong with me but for some reason I am being told to kill you!'

'Flame, who is it that is controlling you. Tell me.' Spyro said. The sound of a female voice suddenly came out of nowhere.

'That would be the Doom Dragon, Spyro.' Spyro frowned as he looked behind him as black dragoness appeared out of thin air. She smiled as she looked him.

'Who the hell are you?!' Spyro growled. The dragoness laughed as she spun around and swung her tail at Spyro's head. Spyro ducked under her tail and opened his mouth breathing out a fireball that sent the dragoness flying backwards into a wall. Spyro walked over to her and glared at her. 'I am going to ask you one last time. Who...are...you?!' The dragoness sighed and folded her arms over her chest.

'My name is Zeta, leader of the Order and your time is up.'

'What the hell are you talking...?'

'SPYRO, LOOK OUT!' Flame growled. Spyro frowned as two dragons appeared out of thin air and threw two metal blades. Spyro's eyes went wide as he used Dragon Time to duck under the blades. The dragoness smiled and Spyro's face creased in a puzzled expression as he wonder why she was smiling.

Wait... on no...

His mind figured it out quicker then he or she thought he would be capable of doing. He spun around and thrust both of his paws out in a grabbing motion. Zeta laughed and in a blur of speed wrapped her paws around his neck from behind.

'Now, Spyro, before you die, I will allow you the chance to watch your pathetic brother die.' She hissed. Spyro gritted his teeth and kept his paws out in front of him. She smiled. 'Give up, Spyro, you maybe the Dragon of Destiny, but your powers are still in their infancy. You can't save your brother so stop using Dragon Time to try. Let him die and then I can snap your worthless neck like tree branch. You won't have to mourn his death because you will joining him in death. Once you both are dead then I will order the members of my clan to hunt down Ember and your other worthless friends and eliminate them... All of them.' She said, a note of coldness in her voice. 'And before you even think about trying to play hero let me inform you that your breed of dragons are inferior to mine. We are ancient dragons and we possess powers and abilities far beyond your wildest dreams!' Spyro roared and as he did a golden wave of energy pulsed outwards from him knocking Zeta and her two guards back away from him. Spyro ran forward and grabbed both spinning blades in mid-air just inches from Flames face. Flame blinked his eyes and moved as his brother landed. Zeta growled in anger. 'KILL HIM...! KILL HIM AND HIS BROTHER... NOW!' The two guards ran forward only to be halted by Spyro as he used Dragon Time in to slow down the two guards. Spyro glanced over at Flame. Flame nodded.

'Chaos Blade.' Flame yelled as his blade appeared out of mid-air. He charged forward and using the blunt end of his blade quickly knocked the two guards unconscious. Zeta frowned and breath a black wave of fire at Flame. Flame dived to the side as Spyro flapped his wings and flew up over the wave. Zeta gritted her fangs and raised her right paw.

'I WILL NOT BE BEATEN BY TWO PATHETIC WHELPLINGS!' She hissed in anger as a pulsing ball of dark fire magic appeared in her paw. 'Now, you die.' She started thrust her paw out only to find Spyro's own paw grabbing it.

'I DON'T THINK SO!' Spyro growled in anger as his purple eyes turned gold as he began to feed his own power into Zeta's dark fire. Zeta's eys went wide in horror as she tried to pull free of his grip. Spyro pulled her closer to him.

'LET ME GO BEFORE YOU KILL BOTH OF US!' She growled. Spyro smiled as he glared into her eyes.

'NO...! IF YOU THINK I AM GOING TO LET YOU GO ANYWHERE AFTER THAT LITTLE THREAT YOU MADE! YOU ARE INSANE! I WON'T LET YOU OR ANY OF YOUR INSANE CLAN TRY TO KILL ANY OF MY FRIENDS OR FAMILY!' He hissed. She glared at him.

'It would seem that there is more to you then I thought.' She growled as let the dark fire in her paw fade away into nothingness. Spyro released her paw but quickly spun around behind her as she tried reach out and grab him by the throat again. He hit her upside the head and knocked her out cold on the floor. She vanished leaving Spyro and Flame looking at each other.

'We have to talk when we get back.' Spyro said. Flame nodded, his face creased in a frown because he knew what their little 'talk' would be about. The portal flashed opened right at that moment. Cynder exited it out of the portal and glanced at both of them.

'Are both of you alright? We have been trying to re-open the portal for the last four hours.' She said. Spyro and Flame both nodded slow enough to make her realize that something was wrong. 'Okay, whatever happened let's talk about back in the safety of the Chronicler's home.' Spyro looked at her with a sad expression on his face.

'I am afraid that very soon none of us will be safe. Let's go... quickly!' He said as he led Flame thru the portal. Cynder looked up at her mate. He nodded as the Doom Dragon roared in anger and reached out to grab him. He used Dragon Time to duck and landed beside her.

'Let's go.' He said. She nodded and together both of them entered the portal which slammed shut behind them leaving the Doom Dragon cut off again from the other realms. He roared in anger as his rage rose.

'I WILL KILL YOU, SPYRO! I WILL KILL ALL OF YOU! IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME...!'
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Five Hours Later...

"So, it has indeed begun." The Chronicler said, his tone grave. Hunter sighed.

"Who the hell is this dragoness, Zeta? Why haven't we ever heard of her?" He asked. The Oracle frowned.

"The reason, Hunter, is because none of us thought she was still around. You see, Zeta and her Clan were suppose to be gone like the other Ancient Dragons. But obviously they aren't." She said. Flame

"Obviously." Ember said. "So what do we do about them?" The Chronicler and Oracle looked at each other and then glanced over at the Elder Spyro. They all turned to look at him. He frowned.

"We prepare for what is coming." He said as he looked at Cynder. Cynder frowned. "It is all we can do." Ethan walked over to look at his father.

"Dad, what about Carla, we have to do something to help her." He said. Elder Spyro nodded.

"Yes, my son, you are right. We have to help your sister somehow but my knowledge on Dark Orbs is not great enough to be of any help." Spyro stepped forward to look up into the eyes of his predecessor.

"What do you know about the orbs? What are they?" He asked. The Elder Spyro closed his purple eyes and sighed.

"Are you sure you want to know the truth about the Dark Orbs?" He asked. Spyro and the others nodded. "Okay, well don't say I didn't warn you."

"Tell us, dad, what are they?" Ethan asked. He frowned.

"They are pieces of the Doom Dragon's soul." The revelation sent the room into a state of shocked silence as they all stared at him. Flame shook his head and screamed.

"No no no, it can't be. Oh no." Ethan grabbed him and snapped him out of his panic state.

"What is wrong, Flame?" He asked. Spyro sighed loud enough to get Ethan and everyone else's attention. "Spyro?"

"The Doom Dragon was somehow able to control Flame while we were in the Chaos Realm." He said. Ethan looked at Flame and saw the look of pain on his face.

"Does this mean what I think it means?" Ethan asked. Flame nodded.

"The source of my powers... Everything I am is from the Doom Dragon. I am nothing more then a puppet to him." Flame said, his voice a sob as he trembled. Spyro walked over and grabbed his brother and pulled him into a tight hug.

"I won't let him control you. I will protect you." Flame shoved Spyro away from him with a growl.

"NO...! NO, SPYRO! JUST STOP IT! DAMN IT! JUST STOP IT! PLEASE!" Flame screamed. Ember tried to walk over but he held up his paws. "NO, EMBER! STAY BACK! DON'T COME NEAR ME! I AM NOTHING BUT A MONSTER! I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED THE TRUTH WHEN MY POWERS FIRST AWOKE AND I TRIED TO KILL YOU, SPYRO!" Spyro walked up to stand in front of Flame.

"Flame, listen to me." Spyro said. "You are not a monster. You are my brother and I love you. And that fact will never change. I don't care if your power is from the Doom Dragon. You are not him and he is not you. Do you remember what I told you about your powers?" Flame looked him in the eye and nodded. "Good, then you know that what I said was the truth. The power you possess is defined by the character of the one who wields it. You are kind and good hearted and I know you can resist the temptation to use your power to kill others." Flame sank to his knees.

"How do you know, Spyro?" He sobbed. "How do you know I am not a monster?" Spyro knelt down in front of Flame and pulled him into a warm embrace.

"I know because you are my brother and I love you with all my heart." Flame looked at Spyro in surprise making Spyro's face crease in a grin. "WHAT?!"

"You are scaring me because normally you keep your feelings private." Flame said, with a chuckle. Spyro stood up slowly pulling Flame with him.

"Well, just because I am more mature now doesn't mean I have to act like a total stiff. Where is the fun in that?" He said with a laugh. "Come on, Flame, we'll figure out a way to deal with your problem." Flame nodded but then looked at Spyro. "What?"

"But what happens if there is no way to stop the Doom Dragon from using me again in the future. I can't go thru that again. I can't."

"You won't... I prom..." Flame stopped him with a shake of his head.

"Don't make a promise you know won't be easy to keep, brother." He said. "Spyro, promise me that if I succum to the Doom Dragon that you will not hesitate to destroy me." Spyro shook his head.

"No, I can't. I won't." Flame grabbed his shoulders tightly.

"Please, Spyro, I couldn't bear to hurt you or anyone else like I tried to... again. I fought the Doom Dragon's control over me but I felt myself losing the fight. Spyro... brother, you have no idea how powerful he truly is. He could have killed all of us with but a simple swipe of his paw but he was playing with us. Don't you see? He used his power to pull us into his Realm to gain access to me. It is like Galen all over again but this time it is far worst. Galen is nothing compared to the Doom Dragon." Spyro looked his brother in the eye.

"Flame, what's wrong. Tell me."

"Spyro, when he had me under his control I saw his thoughts. I read his mind and I saw what he is planning to do. Long ago, after the War of the Dieties ended they left the mortal world but in order to do so they had to break all ties to our world. The Doom Dragon went along with the other dieties but he also left himself a way back into our world. The Dark Orbs... Spyro... the Dark Orbs are his way back. He is using the power of the orbs to regain his lost power. Every time a dragon with delusions of great power unseal one of the orbs..." Ember's face went pale.

"Oh my lord... I think we understand, Flame. Every time an orb is unseal and absorbed by a dragon the Doom Dragon grows stronger. He is using us... all of us who are stupid enough to unseal a Dark Orb. The power within the orbs corrupts and also consumes a dragon from the inside." Crona frowned.

"Which means that the orbs feed off of hate and anger. The Doom Dragon is being of Chaos and negative emotions are full of Chaotic energy. Oh dear lord," She said as she looked over at Ethan. "We have to go after Carla and stop Zeta from carrying out her plans."

"Aren't we forgetting about Galen?" Hunter asked. "We still have to deal him too. Not that I am looking forward to that confrontation but what other choice is there?" Spyro nodded.

"You are right but first we need to stop Carla and Zeta but the question is... Where are they?" He asked. Almost instantly after he asked that question did a holographic monitor appear in thin air with the answer.

Ignitus's face appeared on the screen. His expression grave. Elder Spyro looked at the elder Fire Guardian's face. "Ignitus, what is wrong?"

"Spyro, thank the ancestors you are back from the Meridian Realm. You have to come quickly. Something is happening to the Shadow Realm. Oh my..." Ignitus' image froze as the smiling face of Zeta appeared on the screen.

"ATTENTION... I AM ZETA, LEADER OF THE DARK ORDER... YOUR TIME IS AT AN END. AS I SPEAK THE SHADOW REALMS ARE BEING DESTROYED. BEHOLD... AND REJOICE FOR WE... HAVE... RETURNED..." The screen goes blank as every realm shakes. Spyro and his friends all run out of the Chronicler's home and notices a rift forming as large city appears and fires a beam a portal archway destroying. "THE LEGACY OF VANGUARIAN DRAGONS ENDS TODAY..." The holo monitor goes blank and then strange red symbols begin to flash in sequence. Spyro looks at the symbols and as he does the symbols translate themselves to the present day language. Elder Spyro and Cynder both go pale at what they see.

"What is wrong, father... mother?" Ethan asks.

"Zeta's actions have set in motion a series of events that may spell doom for all of us, my son!" Cynder said. At that moment a giant realm poral opened and out flew three large dragons. Two black males and one female. The three hovered over them as Elder Spyro and Cynder glared upwards at the black male dragon in the lead. He spun around and landed on the ground with an earth shaking crash. He smiled as the other male and female landed beside him. They all stared over at the others. The larger male black dragon stepped forward and smiled as he looked Elder Syro in the eye.

"We meet again, Spyro... ha ha ha. Miss me!" The Dark Master laughed. Elder Spyro, Cynder and everyone else glare at him. Their faces all creased in snarls of anger. The Dark Master stopped laughing and said, in chilling tone, "Now, after all these long centuries I finally will have myrevenge!" He then began to glow as battle armor appeared on his body.

"Very well, Dark Master!" Elder Spyro growled as his own armor appeared. "If it is a fight you want then it is a fight you will get." As he and the Dark Master flew up into the air and then clashed in a battle between two purple dragons...

And all the while the Doom Dragon watched...

And waited...

With a smile of pleasure on his dark face...

"Soon... very soon..."

The flashed white...

THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS...

New Ending Song...'ROAD TO DESTINY'starts playing...

Road to Destiny...
How long will I travel
Journey on till I find my way.

Image of Spyro, Flame and Ember all sitting in a field of flowers. They sit back-to-back and together face stare up into the blue sky. They watch as clouds overhead float overhead changing into different shapes. The shapes are basically reminders of their past. They look camera then pans around each character zooming in on their faces seeing their serious expressions.

Yesterday is gone...
The seasons have c.hanged...
Innocence fades away...
The time has finally come...
To stand on my own...

Image of Hunter and Bianca in each others arms kissing on balcony as sun sets behind them. Elora practicing her fighting moves. Emerald, Inferno, Hydro and Moss all sit around a campfire together. Cailean, Aurora and Kieran enter a portal and end up on hill where Spyro, Flame and Ember stand. They turn to glance at the new arrives as a gentle breeze blows around them.

The road ahead will be hard...
The road ahead will be long...
But we'll hold on...
For together we can make it.
And together we can overcome...
The future is up to us

Images of the Crona sitting by a candle writting as Ethan pulls a book from a shelf to her right. Natalie enters the library and trips down the steps sliding into the ladder which sends Ethan flying over a ducking Crona's head. He lands on his head. Crona stands up and goes over to help him back up and as she does Ethan tumbles backwards into the shelf behind him knocking a ink pail off the top shelf. The pail lands all over him making Crona and Natalie burst out laughing as the camera does a close up pan shot of Ethan's embarrassed lopsided grin.

So the time has finally come..
And we can't run no more..
Time to stand up...
And walk down this road... (Echoes as it is repeat again)
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Greetings, I am Rashelle the Mystical Dragoness of Time and I welcome you to my Vision...

A Dragon of great power comes...
As darkness falls?
The fates of many rest upon the shoulders of the Chosen Ones...

The storm is coming...
Brace yourselves...
For the battle is about to begin...

THE DARK MASTER RETURNS

Next Time on Spyro: Dragon of Destiny: Season Two - I.N.V.A.S.I.O.N. -

I am Rashelle and until next time take care...
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Underground Facility...

Silvermane opens the door to a large cavern as Reeco, Ryua, Jordan and Amanda enter behind him. Their mouths drop open at the site of large city under construction. Amanda steps forward to get a closer look and then turns back to Silvermane. "Is this the secret that you guys have been hiding for all these years." Silvermane nodded.

"Yes, it is. Welcome to the future home of the reborn Vanguardian Dragon Clan. Welcome to Vanguard Command..."

The camera pans thru the under construction city... As the camera pans up to top of the highest tower of the city a time lapse occurs. The door at the top of the tower opens as Adult Spyro and Ember both walk out and stand together on the balcony admiring the beauty of the setting sun..

THE FUTURE BEGINS...

DoD Data Log:
New Characters

Name: Zeta

Species: Ancient Dragon Breed known as The Dei'nar or Dark Order

Apperance: She is a huge silver scaled warrior dragoness who weres gold armor. She is muscular and extremely powerful looking for a female. She is the sister of Ascendant Dragon

Age: Unknown

Good or evil: Evil

Weapons: Powerful magic, sharp claws and teeth and her cunning mind.

Powers: Able to use dark elemental fire magic.

Abilities: [UNKNOWN

Background: [UNKNOWN

Personality: She is a complex individual with a cold heart and cruel streak. She loves to fight and hates peace.