Spyro: Dragon of Destiny: Rising Destiny
#1 of Spyro: Dragon of Destiny - Season One - Rising Destiny
So, I gather you are wondering to yourself what is this story about. Heh heh... well, if you know about Spyro the dragon then you have probably guessed that this is a Spyro fanfic story. This is my first Spyro fanfic so I may not get the characters or places exactly correct so please bear with me until I get use to writing these characters.
This story is an AU aka Alternate Universe that uses my own special unique version of the video game storylines. Everything before Spyro: A Hero's Tale will more or less stay true to the original universe in a lot of ways but there will be some differences. While everything afterward gets totally modified to work better in the context of my tale.
Oh, as for the disclaimer, I don't own Spyro or any of the characters in the Spyro the Dragon game universe. So if you are a lawyer working for VU aka Universal don't waste your time trying to sue me because I am broke. I do however own the new characters that will be introduced and created specificly for this story.
Now lets get this story started... shall we.
**Spyro: Dragon of Destiny: Rising Destiny
Episode One: Part 1 of 2 - Shadows Rising, A Hero's Awakening**
_"Chaos and order shall collide once again,
Bringing evil and fear to bear,
But fear shall not last as hope will show,
A bold hero will rise and bring about a new day,
This young hero will be born of mystery and ancient lore,
Powerful and courageous the young one will be,
Bringing back hope from despair,
The young hero shall bring the light of peace,
Even so the dark ones will try to carry out their goals,
And Ancient rivalries and hatreds will arise again,
But still the chosen hero - the Dragon of Destiny - will arise,
To bring these quarrels to at long last an end,
Who is the chosen one you may ask?
The answer you seek will one day be revealed at long last,
So be patient and await,
The coming of the chosen one,
The one chosen by fate.
Oh, Dragon of Destiny who will you be?
The answer to the ancicent mystery will soon be revealed for all to see,
So prepare yourselves for the coming of the chosen one,_
- The Destiny Prophecy as written by Talus of the Cloud Dancers
In a dark realm known as the Shadow Realm, a large black citadel hovers silently above the bleak, black and lifeless ground. Within one of the black corridors of the dark citadel, a large dragon with scales as black as night watches in silence with green eyes as a dark portal opens slowly in front of him. The portal distorts for a brief second before it opens wide to allow its passengers to crossover from the Dragon Realms into the Shadow Realm.
A large elder dragon of red scales walks through the large glowing portal accompanied by another smaller black dragon. The black dragon is female and her scales resemble the black male dragon. The difference between them is that she has white scales running from her throat down her chest and to the very tip of her long tail. The male black dragon, on the other hand, has all black scales. He wears a silver sash around his waist to hold his special weapon. His weapon was a Ha'to, which was a magic-infused shadow dragon weapon that could be altered into many different shapes according to the thoughts of the shadow dragon who carried and wielded it battle.
The female smiles as she sees the other larger black dragon standing in front of her and her traveling companion.
"Greetings, brother," she said as she walked over to the other dragon. "I see you have been waiting for me and my 'traveling companion'. I hope you haven't been waiting too long."
The black male dragon smiled. "I haven't been waiting long, Ryua. I knew you would be back soon because no one is as quick as you at accomplishing important tasks."
"Thank you, Reeco." Ryua said as she looked over at the red dragon with an expression of irritation. "Although, I still don't know why we even bothered to release this old fossil of a dragon from his prison. He was defeated three years ago by a mere dragon child who had no magical powers whatsoever! How pathetic!" As she said these things, the older red dragon growled angrily and dropped his head in shame.
"Now now, Ryua, I know this dragon may have lost but we still need him." Reeco turns his gaze from his sister to the red dragon. "Well, Elder Red, I see that my sister was successful in returning you to your normal size."
Red growls and looks at the younger dragon in disgust. "Yes, Reeco, your sister did okay." Although I could have done much better by myself. He mumbled to himself as he glanced around the corridor. "Well, now that I am free, I want revenge. I think I'll return to my lab and..."
Reeco smiled, revealing his lethal fangs as he interrupted Red. "I am afraid your lab was dismantled after your capture. I guess someone wanted to make sure that no one else would try and get their hands on your equipment and use it for evil purposes again. Care to take a guess at who it might have been? Hmm..."
Red's expression darken as his mind came up with the only dragon who could be responsible for that happening. "Spyro!" Red roared in anger as smoke started to billow out of his nostrils. "I will kill that little pain in the ass dragonling. No one humiliates me and gets away with it!"
"Calm down, Red." Reeco said as he patted the elder on his shoulder gently and then step away from him. "I promise you that, in time, you will get your chance to take revenge as we all will. But first I want you to contact a few other individuals to assist us with our plans."
"Wait one minute, Reeco, I never agreed to work with you, Shadow Dragon!" Red growled angrily, spitting out the 'Shadow Dragon' remark like it was something that tasted foul and disgusting to him. "I have my own plans and they are all that matter to me at the moment." Red started to turn to walk away from Reeco and his sister. Unfortunately, he found that he couldn't move. "What the..!"
Reeco laughed as he stepped close to the stunned elder dragon again. "Oh no, Red, I think it is you who don't understand!" Reeco's green eyes began to glow blood red as he roughly grabbed Red and held him with his clawed paws. When Reeco spoke again Red's eyes went wide in shock. Reeco's voice had deepened greatly and taken on a darker more sinister quality. "You owe us more than a simple 'thanks'!" Reeco's claws suddenly lengthen and dug into both of Red's shoulders. "You owe us your life!"
"Ahhh, stop it!" Red growled out in pain as tears began to fall from his eyes. "What do you want, Reeco?" Reeco said nothing and Red noticed that Reeco's size had changed. The younger dragon was now taller then he was by two feet with a much greater muscular massive body. What the... Red thought in fear as he looked at the now much larger dragon. How is this possible? How did he change his size like this. I don't understand... Red suddenly felt a dark energy pulse he hadn't felt in over three years. He looked at Reeco and saw... A dark aura! It can't be... Red's mind screamed at him but yet it was. Somehow Reeco had become one with the dark energies of a dark gem. How did he... Red started to think when Reeco roared and Red felt Reeco's claws grow larger. Red's eyes widened in shock and the pain in his shoulders intensified making him gasp.
Reeco smiled at Red's expression before he jabbed his long sharp talons even deeper into Red's muscled shoulders drawing more blood. Red screamed and tried to sink to his knees but couldn't because Reeco was holding onto him. "Remember I said you owe us your life. What I want you to do, Red, is join me! I want you to help me and my clan conquer and rule not only the Dragon Worlds but all the other worlds as well. Do this for me...us and I'll help you get the revenge you so desperately want on those who cast you out from your rightful place. I'll even help you kill that little annoying purple pest of a dragon who defeated you three years ago." Reeco said, his voice was so deep that it was almost a roar. "What do you say?"
Red opened his pain-filled eyes, looked up into Reeco's red eyes and nodded his head silently. Reeco retracted his claws and stepped back away from Red letting the elder fall to his knees. Reeco's body flashed white for a minute and then reverted back to his normal size. "Good, very good, Red. I knew you would see things my way with a little persuasion. Now, as I was saying I want you to contact a few individuals to assist us with our plans."
Red slowly stood back up and as he did he felt his shoulders tingle with what felt like healing magic. He looked over to Ryua and saw that she was the one who was healing him. He frowned and did something he hated to do. "Thank you for healing me." There, I said it. Red thought with disgust. I thanked a retched shadow dragon for helping me... me a Artisan dragon elder. I'll never live it down.
Ryua finished her task and smiled. Red noticed that the smile wasn't a sincere one but a grim one that was filled with anger. What is her problem? Red thought to himself.
Ryua laughed. "You are my problem, Red." Red's shocked expression made her bear her fangs in a sinster smile. "Surprise, old one. I can read minds if I focus hard enough. By the way, save your thanks for someone who really cares." Red growled and Ryua looked him in the eyes and gave him a cold, unpassionate look. "Ah, what's wrong, Red? Let me guess, you being a proud Artisan elder makes you feel like it is wounding your pride to thank a hated 'shadow dragon' for helping you! Don't worry about it because I don't want your thanks! I hate you and all the other dragon clans. I am only working with you because it helps farther our clan's plans and my brother's cause. Otherwise, I would have gladly left your worthless hide in that glass jar in that stupid mole's lab."
Red looked at her and then her brother and a thought came to his head that he really didn't like. Was it really so bad to be stuck in that jar? He saw Reeco smile again and came to the realization that the young dragon was indeed quite insane. What have I gotten myself into? Red sighed. "I understand, Reeco. Who do you want me to contact?" Well, at least I'll get to take care of Spyro. I don't mind assisting Reeco with his plans if it helps me accomplish my own.
Reeco gestured with his right paw and a magically powered viewer appeared displaying the faces of people he and many other dragons in the Dragon Worlds knew all too well. "I believe you know who these people are, Red?" Red frowned but nodded. "Good, now I want you to contact them and have them meet me right here in this citadel. Understand?"
Red nodded and Ryua opened a portal back to the Dragon Realms. Red entered the portal and the portal closed as soon as he was through it. "Do you think he can be trusted, brother?" Ryua asked. Reeco looked at her and from his expression she got her answer. "Right! I promise you that if he even tries to betray us I'll kill him and take great pleasure in doing it."
Reeco looked at his sister and smiled because he knew she would do it. The smile faded as his eyes flashed red for a brief instant. "And so it begins..."
End of Part One