Disclaimer: Raya and the last dragon belongs to Disney. This is a fanfiction for fan entertainment purposes. please support the official release.

Also note I did some changes in chapter 1 because thinking of the potential ending might be too much of a copy of a movie. Also I do apologize for the delay as I have a life, video games to enjoy, and also a sequel to my book to write. Perhaps this might be the longest chapter I wrote! With further ado, please enjoy and see how Ignus is doing.

Chapter 14 - the spark

(Ignus POV)

"Screw my life", Ignus mutters to himself angrily as he carries two forearm full of logs to give to the woodcutters by the lumber mill. In a form that is supposed to walk on fours, it is both painful and tiresome to trot on his hindlegs for so long. He throws them down harshly right above a group of woodcutters, flatting them in a pile.

"You're welcome!" Ignus mockingly barks and looks around the village to find whatever else to 'help' with. He spots a farmer trying to plow some dirt with his cow to reorganize the crops. Seems to be struggling due to how slow the cow is pushing. Ignus grins and spits a tiny fireball right at the cow's behind making it go MOOOOOO in pain and sprints, dragging the farmer with him. Ignus only laughs.

(Pengu POV)

While Ignus picks on the villagers, three of the Datu clan siblings are seen standing on a cloud observing. With Pengu in the middle between Jagan and Amba.

"Should we help out?" Amba questions her elder brother.

"We are here to watch and make sure things don't get out of hand. Our guest needs to learn on his own. I have good trust that Sisu knows what she is doing." Pengu replies only to hear a snort from Jagan.

"I don't really know what Sisu sees in that guy. However," Jagan continues to watch the red/orange creature pulling many sorts of mischief at the villagers. Mischief like one farmer calls for someone to clear out some bad rice crops only for Ignus to burn it all down with his breath. The farmer is horrified shouting 'WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO!?' as he drops on his knees. A nearby Kumandrian woman is just as horrified.

Ignus only smirks and says "You said you wanted to get rid the bad crops and your welcome" before flying off to another spot leaving a group of angry farmers.

After the burning feast Jagan adds, "Sisu said he is a dragon, right?"

Pengu and Amba nods.

"I find it impossible. He has many things that we real dragons don't have like those wings. And we 'dragons' are not supposed to be that…cruel." Jagan adds on looking skeptical.

"Speaking of real dragons," Amba speaks up, "Where is Pranee?"

"That is another good question," Pengu states getting into questioning position.

(Ignus POV)

"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE VILE DEMON!?" a Kumandrian woman angrily shouts as Ignus smugly flies down from a mill.

"Just a guy doing some helping" Ignus mocks with a grin causing an uproar from the villagers.

"You could help by being nicer you know!" the voice of Sisu barks. Ignus whips his head to see her trotting towards him with a face of disappointment.

"The deal was i help around with their petty tasks, right?" Ignus says seriously pointing a talon at the angry mob of villagers.

a teenage man steps up to Sisu and shouts, "Why do you even bring this guy around!?"

"He is nothing but a bully!" a teen girl follows striking a nerve at Ignus.

Ignus gets angry and growls at the girl and barks, "I AM NOT A BULLY!"

"Then stop acting like one," Sisu demands calmly keeping her poster. "And Second of all part of the deal was for you to be nicer and also you are making this village worse."

Sisu motions her claw around the village for Ignus to see. With her own talon, she points at all the damages Ignus has done. The woodcutters are struggling to get out of the log pile Ignus dropped down, the crops in the fields are literally burned with some farmers morning over them, the cattle he has thrown look hurt. Ignus only growls at the sight.

"And what do you excpet me to do?" Ignus quietly mocks earning glares from the villagers.

"You fix it and you really need to change your attitude smarty" Sisu answers sternly making Ignus whip his head looking mad.

"And why should I?" Ignus taunts like a brat crossing his forearms.

"Because there is a lot of angry farmers gathering behind you who really wants to get a piece you if you don't change your attitude. Believe me you really don't want to make it worse as it iiiiiiisss."

Ignus softly growls at Sisu's warning who in turn nervously points for him to look behind. He looks at the staring villagers who are all giving him glares with pitch forks, torches, and very sharp spears ready to attack him.

"Pfft fine," Ignus gives in sounding very gloom.

Sisu smiles and says with a clap, "Good! Now you get to start by fixing one of the rice fields that you decided to BQQ"

"How would i do that?" Ignus questions giving Sisu a raised brow as he watches her expression turn smirky.

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"THIS IS SO HUMMILIATING!" Ignus angrily shouts as he pulls what looks like five big plows with five chain leashes leashed onto his back to realign the farm fields he ruined.

"IF YOU WOULD HAVE DONE IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME WITHOUT BEING A GRUMP THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN!" Sisu shouts as Ignus continues to plow one of the rows of fields. This time Sisu has to keep an eye on him to make sure he does not do any funny business behind her back while speaking to the elder of the village.

Once he is finished with the plowing, he stands on his hind legs, uses his fore claws to take off the collar where the leashes are strapped. Exhausted, Ignus takes a very big breath by the way he opens his maw wide and falls down on the grassy fields backwards landing onto his back. with a paw to his chest. a tongue out of his mouth like a thirsty dog. He is so dead tired due to how heavy the plowing was. Especially by the way his upper chest pumps up and down.

"What do you think you're doing you lazy hot dog?" Sisu asks sounding like she is mocking him. She leaps right to his side to lean her head to his tired panting face like a thirsty dog.

"I (pant) just (pant) finished (pant) with the plowing made from hell!," Ignus barks trying to catch his breaths.

"Your not done yet you lazy go for nothing oversized iguana," the head of the farming village shouts as he walks up to Ignus being followed by some guards.

Ignus shoots his head up looking frustrated. With his neck he snakes his head towards the equivalent of the mayor of the village barks, "What else do I have to do?! I just plowed your entire sweat fields!"

"First of all, be grateful that lady Sisu decided to pitch in for your community service. Second, you need to understand in Kumandra, especially in Heart are expected to do their part in our hard work like the rest of us!"

The elder points with his finger for Ignus to see all the villagers hard at work. Whether it is to maintain the houses, collecting water from a nearby well, some are even maintaining the farming fields and nursing the cows to good held.

"And finally because it is you who used your fire magic thing from your mouth and destroyed our crops in these plantations, you are going to re seed them!" The elder declares at the same time motioning the big newly plowed field with a size of a football field in Ignus' eye view.

"Do i have too," Ignus moans as he slams his head back on the ground.

"Thats right kiddo, as you could see the lesson today is about 'taking responsibility for properties you destroyed whether by accident or not," Sisu answers with a big sack of seeds she collected and drops them on Ignus chest making go 'GAH' by the pressure. "and one more thing, you are going to do this without any tricks rrrrrright?"

Sisu gives Ignus a brow with a glare. wanting to get this over with, Ignus complies once again as he is helped by Sisu to get up.

For the rest of the afternoon he grumpily planted each seed in the ground, followed by covering them with dirt. so far he planted half the field, yet he is not done yet. Ignus is about to carry the shrinking bag to another mound until he hears some children fighting. He pauses and looks around to find the source. His yellow eyes land on what looks like a small seven year old boy being bullied by five bullies at the village center right by a statue of a noodle dragon. The bullies led by a tall boy who looks around the age of ten.

Ignus scouts around the village to see why no adult has tried to stop them yet. Turns out many are either too busy or distracted by having pass by chit chats. He looks back at the group of boys. To see what is going on, he peeps at Sisu distracted by chatting with the mayor. He takes his chance to carefully sneak out of the field. the red dragon hides behind a building and gazes at the boys and eavesdrop what is going on.

"Please don't hurt me!" the smaller boy pleads leaning against the statue as he is pinned by the bullies. the small boy must have been doing an errand, carrying milk for his parents as he could see jugs of milk and a carrying stick on the floor implying that he dropped it.

"Please don't hurt me boo hoo, haha" the head mocks making his goons laugh. "Twerps like you need to learn the we big kids are charge around here."

Ignus makes a small gasp at what he just heard. Those bigger kids seem to be the types who like to bully smaller kids for fun. He looks to the side to see small girls and some boys watching with frightened looks. They seem to be too scared to confront bullies out of fear of getting a beating.

"Maker why is nobody stopping them?" Ignus mutters only to remember that the adults are distracted, even the guards. He looks back at the bullies making fun at the pinned boy. Just watching them gives him a painful memory of himself. The slandering insults made by his own former friends showing thier true colors.

You think your soooo special just because you are a prince! a voice of a former friend echoes in his head.

You are nothing but a royal teacher's pet who acts like total clown another barks.

than flashes of memories pop into his head. Memories of more students in his old school joining in the 'bully the clown prince' band wagon like making weird pictures of himself sleeping with a fat dragoness to make fun of his love for dragons. Making food explode in front of his face with hex spells. The more memories he gets, the more he begins to hyperventilate by the way he breathes, his eyes slowly widens while his pupils shrink. He even grabs his orange mane with his paws before snapping back into reality.

Ignus looks back a the Kumandrian bullies about to give the poor boy a beating. He wonders if he should do something about it. Peace of him tells him not to bother, yet does not want the boy to suffer like him. He takes a deep breathe and walks out of hiding. He makes himself look tall and begins to trot towards the boys.

(sisu POV)

"A dragon from another world? I find that hard to believe," the mayor says reacting to Sisu's claim about Ignus.

"But its true, we even had a bit of a debate about it. So it is actually possible he is simply from another world," Sisu tells the mayor.

"If what you said is true we should tell the chief about it!" the mayor states.

"Maybe if he starts acting nicer, i would love to introduce him to the chief, even my girl Raya, she would definitely love to learn about another kind of dragon!" Sisu beams knowing of her good friend's love for her kin. Of course she would need convince Raya that Ignus is no monster or she would definitely try to slay him. With a smile she looks back at the field to see Ignus is missing. .

"Iggy? IGGY!" She freaks out realizing she got distracted too long.

"Merciful spirits of my ancestors where did the red beast go!?" the mayor barks angrily.

Sisu only looks around and spots Ignus trotting towards the center were a dragon statue is built.

To make sure he does not do something stupid, She decides to make a big leap from the fields and rush towards the center until she sees where Ignus heading towards. Sisu breaks herself to a halt. Looks like Ignus is marching towards a group of bullies about to pick on a weaker kid.

"Iggy please don't try to do something cool that get you into trouble" she mumbles.

(Ignus POV)

With a frowning face Ignus continues to march towards the bullies. The kids nearby spots him with gasps of fear. The stomping sounds of his feet earns the attention of both the bullies and the young kid. they all have shocking stares at the sight of the red monster looking right at them with a serious face.

"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" Ignus barks making the kids gasp in surprise.

"What is it to you? This ain't your problem you oversized red iguana monster?" the head bully demands with a voice of annoyance.

Ignus makes a fuming puff from his nostrils and begins to glow bright red freaking out the kids.

"Ancestors he glowing like a dragon!" a young girl whispers to another. "Do you think?"

"He can't be a dragon. They are supposed to be fluffy and nice," another girl claims. "And they definitely do not have wings"

As the kids continue to whisper, Ignus ignores them and kept his cool on the bullies. He leans his head to the head bully starting to freak out the ladder.

"You listen hear buster, i have seen many people who acts the way you do, thinking they could just hurt others for dumb reasons out spite or just being totally spoiled. Seeing kids like you who thinks it is fun to pick on younger ones makes me sick in my stomach."

"And why do you even care you big monster?" the bully barks with a hint of fear.

Ignus takes a glimps at the smaller kid looking at him confused, surprised that a monster like him is willing to stand up for him. The goons are also confused at the same time scared to confront him. He retracts his head up and takes a deep breath. with a hint of emotion he says, "Because I know what he is going through. I know how it feels to be pick on by mean jerks like you whether by jealousy, fun, power, peer pressure, or simply because they feel like it. Especially from those who used to be your friends."

A tear leaks from Ignus's eye. the adults nearby were watching him, surprised to even hear such emotion coming from a mean creature like him. Even Sisu who is hiding behind a building is heart touched. Never before she even heard Ignus open up like that.

With a huff, Ignus frowns at the head bully and says, "Which is why i want you and your petty goons that you call friends to stop picking on little kids like him."

"Or else what you red glowing CLOWN!" the bully barks striking a nerve at Ignus.

Ignus flinches a little and lowers his neck so his face could lean at the bully getting nervous. The villagers are getting anxious. A woman coweres behind her husband. The other kids get scared. Even Sisu is scared, hoping Ignus does not do something bad.

"Call me a clown. One. More. Time." Ignus dares with his eyes staring right into the bully's soul.

"You...are...a big lizard clown?" the bully nervously replies before Ignus swipes the bully with his claw grabbing him and flies up into the sky still glowing red freaking our the crowd.

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"AAAAAAAAAAHHHH PUT ME DOWN PUT ME DOWN!" the frightened bully pleads as Ignus continues to fly up into sky with the mean kid in his grasp.

In mid air, Ignus looks at the bully with an angry look and says, "If you want go back down safe, you better swear that you and your so called friends neve pick on anyone else ever again."

The bully now in tears with fear looks down to see how high is being grabbed by the red monster. He looks back up and pleads once again, "Please dont hurt me mr. monster, my parents are not just never there for me!"

"So you're saying your one of them 'boohoo my life stinks' kind of bully. Here is a wake up call buster, you are not the only one who is going through a tough time. Believe me i have seen your kind before thinking just because they are going to through some struggle as an excuses to pick on others. Instead of taking out your problems on everyone else, you should be trying to improve your own life like trying to make better friends or find a good mentor would could help you become a better person. Do you understand?" Ignus gives the scared bully a brow. The bully does not say another word. thinking of another to convince the bully to stop picking on kids, he thinks of a bit of a radical solution.

With a grin he says, "If that does not convince you maybe my appitite could help."

"What?" the bully questions until Ignus opens up his maw and slowly leans the boy right into mouth with fire glowing inside of him. "AAAAAHHHHHH, DONT EAT ME! DONT EAT ME!"

Not that Ignus really eats people but what other choice does he have. "do you promise to stop picking on little kids and improve your life?"

"OK OK ILL STOP! ILL STOP! AND ILL TRY TO MAKE MY LIFE BETTER. JUST PLEASE DONT EAT ME!" The bully pleads.

Ignus moves him out of his mouth with smirky smile and replies, "Was that so hard?" And he rapidly flies down from the sky and back the to the village center freaking out the crowd. He gently puts down the frightened bully and pats him on the head. He leans towards the bully's ear and whispers, "Now, you better not let me see you or your little friends being mean to the other kids or else I will find out and hunt you down. So play nice. capiche?"

"I I I promise ill be good mr monster!" the bully cowers and runs for his mommy and ba.

Ignus looks at the other bullies with an angry glare freaking them out and bail away. Satisficed, Ignus is about trot back to the fields before Sisu finds out but a voice calls out.

"Wait Mr."

Ignus freezes and turns his gaze to the young kumandrian boy he just saved. The boy rushes up to him looking a bit uneasy.

"Can i help you?" Ignus asks the young boy without knowing he is being watched by the grown ups. than he sees the other young kids beginning to walk up to him.

The young boy than musters the courage and says "I want to say...are you really a monster? you actually stood up for me?"

Ignus turns body around know facing the body and sits his rump down like a sitting dog and nervously says, "Um, yeah, lets just say I have a bit of soft spot for youngsters like you. And Yeah...Lets just say I really do know how it feels to be picked on by so many. Guess I just can't really stand seeing people suffer like I did."

Then out of nowhere, the boy latches onto him into hug catching off guard freaking out the crowd, even the peeping Sisu scared at what he is going to do.

Surprised and confused he looks at the kids staring, wondering if he really is a monster people call him out to be.

"Thank you Mr mon- i mean..."

"Ignus" Ignus replies looking at the hugging boy with a confused look. the boy looks up wanting to know what he said, "My name is Ignus, Ignus Mythrhil".

The boy smiles and continues hug Ignus. "nobody has ever stood up to those bullies. They have always like to pick on us just because he some problems. I bet he will try to stop being a mean after what you did. but yet again, thank you Mr. Mythrill."

That touched Ignus's heart. the young human boy is actually appreciating what he has done. Not many humans he has seen would do such a thing. for the first time in his dragon life, Ignus actually smiles.

"Don't mention it kiddo," Ignus replies and hugs him back with one arm and strokes his head with a paw. The crowd go 'aw'. Even Sisu could help but smile at the good deed the big red just did. Soon more young kids brighten and begin to pile up on him.

"Woah hey! careful guys dont want tha monsta to get ya, rar" He playfully speaks with a fake roar like his old self.

Knowing he is just playing a little girl perks up and shouts playfully back, "Eep, Oh OH! BE carful guys the monster is going to get us!"

the Kids disperse with giggles while Ignus begins to chase around as if he playing hide seek. The villagers are all but confused yet at the same time are smiling that the creature they call monster is being nice for once. Some are actually hold back laughing.

Ignus tags another kid, a young girl. "Haha, gatcha"

"Oh no, the monster tagged me!" The girl happily shouts from a barrel she is hiding until sees a familiar blue dragon. "Hi miss Sisu!"

Ignus freezes to see Sisu trotting up to him with a neutral expression. At first he thinks he is going to be punished until he sees her softly smiles, "Wow Iggy, that was very nice of you."

Ignus blushes in nervousness. He struggles to find the right words. Then when he scratches behind the back of his head, "Um, you could say I have a bit a soft spot for young kids."

"A bit?" Sisu beams up, "dude, you just showed you really like kids! Perhaps standing up to a bully is one of the most nicest things imaginable!"

Sisu motions her arm for Ignus to see the villagers looking at him with smiles on thier faces. He could hear whispers among them.

"I gotta say, lady Sisu is right about him?" a woman says.

"I don't know, but at least he did something good for once," a man adds sounding a bit skeptical yet appreciated too.

Hearing such kindness makes Ignus slowly smiles himself. His heart begins to warm up. Never before he has seen such...kindness being returned. However, Sisu puts a paw on his shoulder and whispers, "Don't mean to burst your bubble, you still got a lot of work to do. This is just a start."

Sisu gives him wink.

"yeah I guess," Ignus replies still smiling. Sisu right though. He still got a lot of work to do. However, he is even beginning to question into his mind. In his mind he questions, Could Necanda be wrong?

End of chapter, Looks like a spark of faith is begining to flicker into Ignus's heart. However, he still has alot of work to do. What was Necanda wrong about? What if his father and brother who only wanted to help him? Will Ignus eventually open up and accept thier help? And what else does Sisu have in her sleves to hopfully redeem Ignus.

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