This is something completely different from what I usually do, but I feel an obsessive urge to make this out of the love I once had for Spyro in the old days. Please show patience, and I will try my very best to make quite the story for you the Spyro fans.
Prologue: The Lost Black Dragon
In the dragon realm, much of it's land was once ravaged by the evils of Malefor. Dragons were pushed to the brink of extinction, leaving all others to fight off his tyranny as well as his puppet Cynder. Cynder was a dragoness who was manipulated and taken into his dark and corrupting grasp. Forced to do his bidding, forced to bring harm to her own people and many others. For she was a mind easy to manipulate and control, and her power was nothing short of spectacular.
But there was a detail to her story that she had tragically forgotten about, and Malefor feared it. For she was not the only black dragon egg to be laid, there was another, one most special in it's own right. A black dragon who was just like her, who even held the very family blood she held. Why this one was not destroyed by Malefor himself? That was quite simple, and it was discovered the moment Malefor and his servant King Gaul attacked the very temple of dragons, where the two eggs laid.
"FORWARD! Leave nothing alive in your wake!"The shouts of the Ape king himself could be heard among the armies of grublings and apes.
This vile ape was larger than all the rest, and his heart was as dark as the one that he served, the one who began this uprising. This partially blind fiend was cunning and fierce, his cruelty knew no bounds and his green eyes could pierce the very soul of the strongest warriors. This ape stood a top a great hill above the forests, controlling the armies as they converged through the trees and towards the great temple
Then HE appeared, the dark one himself descending from a stormy black sky full of shadows and evil His mass of shadow fog spiraled down from the heavens and came to a landing upon the stone steps of the dragon temple, a laugh echoed from the shadows. Before it then began to take on the form of a large bulky dragon of darkness, his three horns around his head gave him away as the dark dragon of legend, Malefor. The very fiendish dragon that Gaul himself served.
The dark one himself now stood as a mere shadow, walking upon the very stone that he himself was once born in. Watching with satisfaction as apes and monsters smashed the dragon eggs that were made. His yellowish dark eyes savored the sight of smashed eggs that could have born the potential purple dragon much like his own color. Dark smoke leaked out of his spiritual self and his three curved horns before rolling into the temple. Allowing black explosions to erupt from the sides of the temple, he made to enter the building.
With his grubling minions at his side, the dark dragon spirit lead them into every room of the temple. Where they would find more eggs to destroy, and further seal his control of the great realm. However, he would not be satisfied until every egg was destroyed, along with the mighty fire guardian that defended them. Ignitus was his only concern, for the dragon was an experienced guardian in his own right. So he would not get to every egg without a fiery and vicious fight with the fire dragon.
"IGNITUS! Your time has come at long last! The dragon eggs are falling and there's nowhere to run!"The dark master roared throughout the temple as Gaul's gangly apes and the grublings followed him closely from behind.
Their clubs were at the ready while his demons crawled all over the temple from the outside. The dark dragon stomped as he entered the main room where he expected Ignitus to be. And it was most likely where he expected the egg of the prophet purple dragon to be. Upon entering the room, he was met with disappointment, the room was vacant, there was nothing to be found. Only statues and a pedestal that was just big enough for an egg remained in the room.
"Where are you Ignitus?! Your fellow guardians have fallen! There's no hope for you now,"The dark dragon roared out loud once more and stomped at the very ground he stood on,"COME OUT AND SURRENDER THE LAST OF THE DRAGON EGGS!"
"I will NOT! I will die before I let you destroy the last of our people, Malefor!"There had then came a slightly older voice of another dragon that dared to challenge Malefor.
"Then you may just get your wish…!"Malefor grumbled and slowly walked towards the pedestal.
He was scanning the room as he walked towards the pedestal, where he could smell the essence of an egg. His large snout needed to track the egg, for it was most likely with Ignitus himself. He sat at the pedestal, for it was clearly a thing of sacred importance, that was all he needed to realize. For he could now be convinced that only a special egg would lay upon it. The very egg he truly sought to destroy, the one that would bring forth his destroyer and new hope for the realm.
The moment, he smelled the pedestal for a solid moment to get the egg's scent. His head shot up and looked around, for it was much closer than he had thought. So close, that it forced the hidden red dragon to suddenly bolt from behind a statue with the purple egg in his grip. Malefor gasped and erupted with a growl before pointing out the runner.
"AFTER HIM! PUT THAT DRAGON IN CHAINS AND CRUSH THAT EGG IN FRONT OF HIM!"Malefor shouted, and his fiendish grublings were first to give chase down the hallway.
This left him to hope that his minions did not fumble and fail him in the pursuit. As holes were being blasted by his demonic catapults that filled the skies with fire and smoke. He growled and and tail whipped the pedestal in two, seeing as it would hold his most powerful adversary. All he could do was wait, and watch as the temple slowly began to crumble apart. Till Malefor himself had to quickly leave the temple with the forces he brought in with him.
He was just barely able to escaped the halls that collapsed around him, sealing off untouched areas of the temple. He could then only watch the temple from afar, hoping for all of it to burn away. He sat there snickering at the chaos that ensured that no purple dragon would ever oppose him. It was then that this dark master saw the return of his minions, all the ones that gave pursuit to Ignitus. Though any excitement he had quickly diminished the moment he saw no prisoner or pieces of an egg.
His vision sharpened, and his excitement was changing over to anger by what he saw. However, he then spotted two black and ruby red spotted eggs being carried by the baboons in the back. Though it brought little comfort to the master than burned inside for this apparent failure
"Master…! We have some…upsetting news…! The purple egg and Ignitus…escaped,"The commander of his grubling horde was first to address the outcome off their pursuit,"The red dragon took flight, and the egg simply just vanished…! We searched the bushes and river at the edge of the Dragon Fly Swamp but…"
"If I didn't know any better. I could swear that you were about to make an EXCUSE!"Malefor was not ready to handle an excuse for this failure that would go on to be his ultimate destruction.
"No! No…master…! We merely were going to say that…we'll have to extend our reach even further,"The imp looking grubling flinched and tried to reason with his angered master,"And with our forces needing to be stretched, we may be more vulnerable to retaliation for this cri-"
Before he could finish, great fires from the darkest pits poured from Malefor's jaws. Covering his commander in flames that melted skin and organs clean off his bones within seconds. It was only a few more seconds before his bones broke away and burned, leaving the creature to be burned away. Once the fire was ceased after a full minute, all that remained was gray ashes. Steam flowed from the dark dragon's snout before he slowly looked to the other imps and baboons.
"I don't care what it takes! That egg is to be found and destroyed! I will personally see to the demise of the guardians!"Malefor turned away from his minions as they bowed their heads in submission.
"We will do everything in our power to see it done master…!"The apes were more than willing to take up the task of hunting in the swamps.
"Good…! Now will one of you tell me why you have two eggs in your possession that aren't smashed?"His shadow aura flared as he turned to the arrival of the two black eggs.
"We…can't smash them sir…! They're…protected…!"A skinny ape was brave enough to respond as the two eggs were laid out before the dark master.
"What do you mean…protected?"Malefor question and stretched out his claws to touch the eggs, and get a burning surprise.
Suddenly, one of the eggs shrouded itself and it's twin around a bright and red glowing aura of heat. The moment the shadow of Malefor touched it, the magic sparked into a blaze of great white and red fire. His claw felt like flickering acid was splashed all over it, his spiritual claw could still feel it, even from another world. He roared and quickly gripped the one egg that the other tried to protect. He flailed and tossed one egg in the air, where a flying minion was able to catch it, leaving Malefor to step back.
He looked at his burning claw covered in a purple fire that made it twitch with pain. He growled and put his claw through the dirt in anger, he pulled it back out and gripped at his claw. While slowly looking at the blazing egg that proved to have quite the stunning bite to it. He glared at the egg for the longest time, till the burning fire on his claw at least died down and faded. The apes kept their distance from it while Malefor then looked to the other egg.
"Well... We have clearly learned that one's element. Bring down the other egg! I must…inspect it…!"The dragon growled and his flying servant was quick to obey him.
So the egg was brought down, and dropped into the shadowy grasp of Malefor. He then proceeded to sniff it and sense out the egg's essence to determine what it would be. Caution was taken this time around, since it's twin proved to be very defensive of itself and the other egg. Finally, Malefor sighed and lightly smirked at what he had here, it was quite the rarity. Full of potential, and her essence offered a sudden burst of life within his being.
"Black dragon, female. Sleek, but fast and quite intelligent. She's…perfect! I think I may have my key to freedom right in the palm of my claws,"Malefor assessed and looked to the twin egg that suddenly went quiet with activity, but Malefor was no less cautious about it"I suppose… This one must be assessed as well. It's clearly powerful…! And it's fire is stunningly hot...! Even for a dragon's standard."
He sat down the egg he held, and cautiously approached the other egg. He sniffed it and studied it's very identical shell to the other, but it's scent and essence was different. The smell was enough to chill his spine and force Malefor to step back, he shook his head to shake off the scent. He almost even sneezed before trembling and growling at the silent egg. This one gave him an eerie feeling of fear and intensity, this egg was dangerous, maybe too dangerous, it needed to be stopped.
"GAUL!"Malefor suddenly roared out for his most loyal servant and leader of the apes.
It wasn't long before the giant green eyed baboon came down from a hill through the forest. He grumbled and panted, age was starting to catch up with the ape leader, but he remained strong. As he made it down the hill and stood before the dark master himself before taking a kneel. He was almost tall enough to reach the dragon's chest, but he remained ever so loyal to Malefor. Though it barely was enough loyalty to keep him from questioning the dragon when Malefor suddenly presented an egg to him.
"Yes, dark master? The minions have overthrown the temple and all eggs on the grounds have been destroyed,"The green eyed baboon explained what he knew of the overall situation,"I've been told that Ignitus escaped with the purple egg, but we will find the egg at all cost."
"I already have a plan for that…! Here… Take this egg,"Malefor surprised Gaul by suddenly giving him the black egg,"This egg may grow to be my key to freedom, but she must be born during the year of the dragon…! This dragoness will need your special touch and a bit of my power to make her… Obedient…!"
"Uh…of course, master. And… The other egg? I'd hate for this one to go to waste while the other becomes your means of being freed from convexity"Gaul noticed the other egg that suddenly started to wiggle a bit with shadow like magic.
"As true as that is... And As much as i'd love for this one to become a mighty general and guard to my key. It won't work,"Malefor warned of the unpredictable danger and hostility of the twin black dragon egg,"This one is a male, strong, stubborn, and set in it's ways! If he were to be born...! His resilience and defensive nature would cause our plans to back fire. He'd more than likely try to kill us the moment we dare to corrupt or his sister."
"A resilient one, is he? I suppose you have a point...! Still... What a waste of great potential...! What do you suggest I do with the male then?"Gaul grumbled as burning and smoldering smoke left Malefor's jaws.
"He's just too dangerous... And seeing as his fire will keep himself and the female protected. He needs to be sealed away,"Malefore decided on the steps that needed to be taken to keep this egg under control, and unable to defend it's sister egg,"Take this egg somewhere impossible to be discovered by any one, but us. Make sure he never sees the light of day, and do not let him hatch from his egg EVER...!"
"Of course, seems simple enough. Perhaps…the egg may be useful in corrupting it's twin. Surely the other would do anything to ensure that her twin lives,"Gaul agreed to the order and held the female dragon egg,"Nothing teaches a young dragon obedience better than fear for a love one's life being threatened."
"Especially after this wretched thing tried to burn me alive for touching it's sister..."Malefor grumbled as his shadowy aura began to grow fuzzy and a bit weak.
"But sir…! How will we transport the hostile one without being burned alive by it's power?"A captain of the apes asked a good question that Malefor was willing to answer.
The shadow walked over to the deadly egg, and sighed, for this curse he would cast was going to drain his own power. Forcing the dark one to return to the prison his physical self resided in. But it was all worth it to ensure his reign was never threatened, by what laid in the egg. So he reared back and spouted a stream of yellow magic that swirled around the egg and began to cloud up. Black magic flared up Malefor's back and horns as he then watched the yellow magic change.
It began to harden like ice, covering up the egg and absorbing the magic of the twin. Till a boulder sized hunk of amber took form from the magic, the egg itself was frozen within it. It's magic was now contained, but even that would not be able to break the egg itself. But at the very least, it would serve as a seal to keep the egg contained and unable to hatch into a dragon. Malefor released a deep breath and fell into a kneel from how much strain the curse put on him.
"Now… Take him away…! Hide him somewhere he won't be discovered or turned into a threat. If this one was to be born... The purple dragon... Would not be... The only threat for us,"He panted and tried to spout a command to the minions and his loyal ape leader,"I must… Take my leave… The convexity prison is pulling me back behind it's bars… Do whatever you must with these eggs… and find that purple one…!"
"It will be done master! Before you know it. You will be free one day soon!"The ape leader bowed as the shadow of Malefor began to fade away to nothing.
"Do not… Fail me… Gaul…"Malefor growled before his eyes closed and his very spiritual shadow was forced to vanish away to nothing, leaving his servants to fulfill his wishes.
"I won't… Master Malefor…! Welp! You heard him, get the other egg up and lets move out,"The giant ape yelled to his servants as they struggled to pick up the amber prison,"We make for my personal lair, near the Well Of Souls! One egg will be hatched before me, and put under my personal care. The other will be taken deep beneath my lair's stone, and kept there for all eternity!"
With that, the evils of Malefor mobilized and made for their leader's home. Where the eggs were held there, and it was there that the first female dragon in years was born. A young black and red dragoness known as Cynder, a young female dragon that would endure dark corruption and abuse from the baboon, and the evils of Malefor. While right below the ape leader's lair, her twin laid undisturbed. Unable to hatch, unable to grow beyond the egg's confines, and unable to protect it's twin, but he could still hear her.
He could hear everything they were saying, all the harsh words the dragoness endured. The darkness they plunged into her mind, the screams he could hear her unleashing. It made his egg rumbled and try to crack away, even from within a prison of amber. His eyes trembled and a whimper left his lips as he turned away from her screams that sicked his body. His claws clenched as he remembered the voice of Gaul, as he whispered and sneered vile things at both him and her.
He himself suddenly felt light jolts of static in his body, they did not hurt, but it did scare another. For she screamed once more the moment he was struck, and his eyes shot half way open to see shadows, one big and burly, holding a small one down by the neck. The unborn dragon lightly kicked and slowly moved it's head up as it whimpered from the pain he could see happening to the innocent dragoness.
"You think I can't hurt him? You think I can't break that egg into thousands of pieces?! You want to see your own twin die?!"The burly and dark voice of the ape king questioned and spat down to the innocent and scared dragoness.
"No! Please leave him alone! I'll do anything! PLEASE!"He could hear her cries and pleas as his eyes barely made out small ape hands placed against his prison from within the egg.
"Oh, I know you will, Cynder…! For the sake of your twin's safety…! You will obey!"Gaul threatened her and slowly relinquished his grasp on the amber prison.
"Now submit to the darkness, for it eventually consumes the light and shapes the true form of the world...!"The great and terrible voice of the one that imprisoned them whispered more wicked things to the dragoness he could hear whimpering from such poisonous influence.
"NOOOOOOOO! NOOOO! STOOOOP!"She cried before the searing noises of lightning and fire were flaring so violently in the unborn twin's ears.
The dragon inside moved a bit and tried to open his eyes as he whimpered, forever registering the name, Cynder. But for the longest time, there was nothing he could do but listen to his twin sister cry and suffer. He could not tell how long it could have been, but it had to be quite a while at least. It could very well be years, so many years of listening to his sister's cries of pain and dread from the evils of Malefor. And now there was nothing he could do, not while he was an unborn dragon from within a prison.
One day however, everything had gone quiet, no more screams were uttered. For a solid hour or maybe even many hours, all was quiet around him, not a stir or a bit of rabble. Then he heard the approach of something, something small but clearly brandishing sharp claws of sorts. He tilted his head and tried to follow the noise, before he then felt those tiny claws grasp his prison. His eyes slightly opened, but it was enough to make out the head of what looked to be something else.
There was a sniffle, and a shuddered breath of emotion from the spikey headed creature. It could very well be a dragon, but how would an unborn dragon know that? Perhaps by the words he heard this new stranger utter, while controlling a strange urge to weep.
"Hey…! This is the first time I ever got to hold you…! The first time I ever got to talk to you,"He tilted his head to the sweet words this female voice spoke to him with deep breaths,"My gosh…! It's the first time I ever felt happy and free…! My mind has been scrambled and picked at so much, I feel like I'm going insane…!"
He simply laid on his side, trying to open his eyes a bit more to see the figure. As she rested her head against his prison, she choked a bit on a sob perhaps, and petted the amber. He truly wished he could retain these memories, and some how, these sounds and this figure was in fact sticking with him.
"I can barely remember my name any more…! And I'm scared… Scared that I may forget you,"the voice continued on and grabbed at her head with pain and dark thoughts,"You… Who helped us survive being destroyed by these evil apes…! But now… I need to return the favor…!"
What could that have meant? Why would this new face that was truthfully so important suddenly say such a thing, unless she knew him by heart? Either way, it sounded like she was soon going to leave, shortly after speaking with him.
"So… No matter what happens… No matter the monster I may become. I want you to know something,"She whispered this and held him like a mother about to leave her child forever,"I'll always love you… Your sister, Cynder... Will ALWAYS love you...! And when you're finally free, make your own destiny away from all this evil and corruption…!"
His eyes began to close. As he slowly rested against his shell that slowly began to crack. This stranger's love would never be forgotten, no matter how young he was. Especially when she wept so sweetly for him, before she then slowly released him and began to walk away.
"CYNDER! You have a lot to do today! Get up here, immediately!"The disgusting and scratchy yells of the ape king echoed, demanding her presence.
"Remember me for what I was… Not the monster I may become…"She gave final words before vanishing away from his sight, just as he fell back asleep.
He never heard from the stranger again, he never even heard her screams again. Just roars, snarls, chanting of evil spells and enchantments, and the monkey like whoops and howls. At some point, he was starting to miss her, and his egg's patience was running thin as it cracked up even more.
Many more years have passed, aside from mumbles and grumbles from the ape king. There was nothing else to hear, and the young dragon had grown a whole lot in that time. He was nearing the point that he had grown too big to be within his egg any further, he needed to get out. And after many years later, he heard the rumbles of great power making the cave quake. As well as the screams of Gaul himself sounding out, till the king of apes was finally silenced once and for all.
Before he felt everything caving down all around him, and that's when he heard it. The small voice of the one that spoke to him, but she called out to another, and that other answered. The name Spyro came to mind from her, and he would remember that name and the voice that came with it.
"Get close to me, now!"The newest voice demanded as the young dragon's eyes opened to a new power.
Then suddenly, the yellow light of the amber prison suddenly went pitch black. His vision full obscured, forcing the infant to go right back to sleep, no matter how cramped up he was. He remained curled up, to be within an egg for so long was starting to finally take it's toll. He was so developed, he had no place in an egg any more, he needed to finally come out of his shell. And finally after four more long years of imprisonment within an egg that had started to become torturous, his time had finally come.
He suddenly heard the dark roars and screams of one so evil, the very one who put him in this prison. The death roars of Malefor himself were like a sweet melody that treated his own pain. The monstrous dragon was no more the moment he then fell silent forever. And with that, the curse was slowly being lifted, and his prison was cracking and breaking away to his broken shell. But then things were cutting close, for the remains of the collapsed lair threaten to crush him slowly.
But it was then that luck came to his side, in the form of a group of Avalar mercenaries. Wild feline like warriors, fast and nimble, proficient fighters and killers in their own right. Shortly after the death of Malefor, they decided to go robbing the old lair of his underling for extra treasure. Little did they know however, they were about to discover a treasure they wish they could not believe. As they began moving stones off the amber prison that crumbled apart and turned to nothing.
Most of them were of course, Cheetahs from the Cheetah village to the south east, but there were others. Ranging from lynx's, leopards of different types, and some were even bizarre mixes of different feline creatures. Either way, they were a team in a bad spot right now, and they were desperate to make some quick money since things were slow on the actual mercenary business.
"Hey! I think I found a deposit of amber! A big one!"A clouded leopard like warrior with a red and brass laced bow called to his fellow mercs as they lit torches up in the lair.
"Well, don't just stand there! Start digging it up! You're the look out here!"His very lynx like friend with the green scarf and the shiny chest plated armor yelled before they both started digging it up.
The moment they started digging, it became panicked the moment they saw what happened when the amber hit the floor. It remained in their paws, but turned to dust the moment it hit the stone floor. So they were quick to pack up as much amber as they could, and just in time too. For the rest of their party was arriving on the calls of their find, and they all wanted a piece of it. Including a very tall tiger like Avalarian in deep brown cloak and black metal armor, and an X scar on his left blind eye.
"Amber you say, fellas? How much?"The tiger like leader called to his two diggers as he brought a torch over to them.
"A really BIG deposit! You all better hurry if you want some!"The clouded leopard warned after showing them the dust from some of the amber.
"The amber turns to dust once it hits the stone floor! So get some in your pockets before it all turns to dust!"That was more than enough to get a crew of five others to run in with shovels and pick axes.
"Take only what you can carry! Overburden yourselves and you might get left behind!"The leader warned as his boys went in and started pounding away the rock to expose more of the amber.
However, the pick axes were able to get only a few swings in before they froze. For the sound of crying began to start up from the deposit itself, slowly they all lowered their tools to it. Even the leader tilted his head in curiosity and walked towards the deposit to investigate it. Some of his crew even dropped their amber, being that they were paranoid about curses that came with greed. But at least they made plenty of room for the leader to shove some loose rocks aside.
Once he used all his strength to heave a large rock off the amber, he then found it. A small black dragon of very abnormal size spread our on top of the mass of amber. It finally cried for the very first time and swung it's tail after so long of being trapped in the prison of expensive mineral. The leader of the mercs gasped and instinctively gestured for one of his crew to hand him a blanket. And once he got it, he was quick to wrap the baby dragon up regardless of his size and development.
He watched it wail and wag it's feet and claws around to finally exercise them. The leader was a loss for words, he could not believe what he was seeing, an actual baby dragon. And after it was thought that all the dragons aside from the guardians and two legendary young dragons were destroyed. As he cradled the young dragon, he noticed some scary familiarity's about the baby. His black hide, and the pearly white spikes that shaped like a crown around his head, the purple like under belly and chest.
He had to be careful and catch his breath, for the dragon also had a blade like tail. He could have easily jabbed someone's heart out of their chest or taken an eye out possibly. So he was careful as he carried the baby out of the tight squeeze and showed to the rest of his mercenaries.
"What is it, Felious? What did you find?"One of his crew decided to finally ask the big question before it was presented to them all.
"It's… A baby…! And not just a baby. A dragon baby."The one known as Felious crew exclaimed and stared at the dragon with mixed emotions of fear and fascination.
"But… That can't be, all baby dragons were destroyed…! Only the four guardians and some old newcomer dragons remain."The Lynx grew skeptical of what they were looking at, for this anomaly was hard to accept.
"As well as Spyro the dragon himself and his betrothed, Cynder…!"His friend chimed in as Felious quickly sexed the baby dragon to learn it's gender without the crew seeing.
"Really? Then if you can. Kindly tell me what else THIS could be,"Felious challenged the crew's skepticism by removing the blanket for a moment to show off the baby,"Because it certainly appears to be a baby dragon boy…! And surprisingly developed from the looks of it."
"Yeah… Maybe his mother over incubated him?"A blue caped merc with an ax added a thought to it.
"I'm not even sure that's possible…!"The lynx shot down the thought while their leader walked with the baby.
"Did either of you perhaps notice how he looks? Because he looks very familiar to another certain dragon."A very fuzzy looking archer with cheetah spots pointed out the look of the baby.
"Yes… The black scales and purple belly, the way his spikes are lined up and that crazy long tail,"Felious took notice of the dragon's breed, and a dragoness came to mind, the very one who redeemed herself for great mistakes,"He's the splitting image of Cynder perhaps? He must be some sort of relation to her."
"Who knows… So what do we do with him? Drop him off at Warfang perhaps?"A black furred Avalarian with folk glasses asked the more important question for the dragon's future.
"And give him up to the four guardians that don't need him? Malefor is gone, they don't need him,"Felious suddenly showed off a strange interest in the child he carried,"We on the other hand could make GREAT use of him…! We might just have a blessing on our hands here, gentlemen!"
Felious carried the baby dragon over to the lair's entrance to see him in the sunshine. He brushed the dragon's head and finally got him to stop crying as he raised the baby to the sky. For the glitter of sunlight that showed off his scales further proved that they may very well have a blessing.
"We can take this child and raise him. Train him in our ways and discover his true potential,"Felious went on a vision of what this child may very well mean for their future,"With this ultimate predator at our side. We will rise through the ranks and become the greatest mercenaries the dragon realm has ever seen! We will be back in business once more!"
"Really? And what will we call him then, sir?"The lynx questioned while Felious chuckled at the glittering dragon.
"Asher! Asher the black dragon! Future right hand of the Alpha Mercs!"The leader announced and praised the dragon they would now call their own.
And so, a new dragon story was about to begin, a story that might not be a legend. But it be a grand story of a long lost dragon growing up alongside these mercenaries. And going on a great adventure to find what truly mattered to him, the very last family he had in this realm.
I understand if some of you are skeptical of this story, especially when I'm new to it after always doing mlp fics. But this became an instant obsession after dawn of the dragon, and I wanted to make something a little bit more. So I hope you will all like this, let me know what you think and I will see about how I can fit this into my writing schedule to keep you all updated, also, review and such so I can hear from you the Spyro fans. Stay awesome every one.