The Dragon Tailed Fox

Chapter 1

"I love you", was the last words Cynder every thought she would speak. The world was ending and their only hope was a young purple dragon. The dragon she was in love with. He had to using the power from the crystal core of the world and to do something no other dragon had done. And pull each piece of the exploding world back together.

And as she watched the magic flowed from Spyro her love and out into the world around him she noticed a glow of other dragons forming around him. She tried to watch but she could not keep her eyes as Spyro floated above the crystal core. Then with a flash he sent out a power wave of magic that blinded Cynder forcing her to cover and close her eyes to keep from being permanently blinded.

She heard a rushing and as she was battered about on the later crystal by powerful winds. Then when it seemed like she could not stay on the crystal any longer thanks to the powerful winds grabbing at her body and wings. It all stopped.

Slowly she opened up her eyes to see what happened, and to her surprise she did not see anything at first. Thinking she might have been blinded from before she closed her eyes again sighing and opened them again and realized it was not true as she noticed a faint glow from the crystal. It made her realize that the world they were in was just very dark now.

As her eyes became used to the lack of light that was in this part of the world she got up and slowly moved about. She soon found Spyro sitting on the ground looking rather worn out. Quickly she trotted over to him and sat down by him asking, "Are you okay?"

Spyro nodded looking around as he laid showing just how tired he was, "Yep, and one world saved. My day of work is done; I think I would like to be back at the temple soon and asleep."

Cynder laughed lightly looking down at him, "Well laying there will not get us back to the temple you know."

Spyro nodded and tried standing up only to fall back down hard. Causing both Cynder and him to realize just how weak he was from that last burst of magic, "In that case maybe we should wait for a while longer."

"It might be a little more than longer." Cynder said as he rested.

"Just give me a minute or so," he said before trying to stand about a minute later. Only for one of his legs to give out causing him to fall down on the ground again, "Just not used to using that much magic."

"So… how do we get out of here?" She asked looking around them; expect for the glow from the crystal the place was nearly pitch black. And from where she was she could not see any walls or passage or even portals that would lead them to the surface.

"I don't really know, when I was pulling back the world together I did not really have time to think about that or leave a path or look for one either." he said in a slightly sarcastic at tone and sighed. "I guess we will just have to look around," he said trying to get up again only to be pushed down by Cynder, "Hay I am okay, I can walk."

"No, you are not," Cynder said staring down at the Purple dragon. "Not yet."

"Sure I am," he said this time standing up and taking a few steps only to fall over again. "Okay I guess I am not ready to walk." He said as he slowly moved so he was sitting.

Resisting the urge to use the phrase 'I told you so,' she just nodded before looking around again. But it was like before, even with her eyes able to see better as they adjusted to the decreased light, she could not see anything of use. Sighing she kept looking around, checking out the area around them. She made sure never to move to far away from Spyro, less she chance losing him again. But as there was nothing noticeable she moved back over to Spyro.

"So see a way out at all?" Spyro asked sitting and looking at her.

"None that I can see without risking us getting lost or separated," Cynder answered semi sadly.

Spyro nodded as they waited for him to recover testing every now and again to see how far good he was. Then after what felt like hours of waiting about Cynder noticing something coming towards them through the darkness of the world. At first she was not sure if her mind was playing tricks with her eyes, or if she was actually seeing something. But as the outline became clearer she realized that they were not as alone as they had thought.

"Hay what is that?" Cynder asked watching the shape move towards them.

"What is what?"Asked Spyro, Cynder pointed over at the shape. Spyro looked at it and could not figure it out since it seemed too big to be anything that walked on two legs that he knew of. He then corrected himself he had seen a lot of things that could walk on two legs that were quite huge. But this was not one of them. And so he answered, "I am not sure what it is."

As the thing got closer, they realized it was actually smaller than most full grown dragons. It seems to glide towards them and with the dead silence that filled the place a sense of death and fear grew the closer it got to them. Soon they were able to make out details as the figure got close enough for the light show his features. Spyro and Cynder saw that this being appeared to be a male in a long black robe-like garment and in his hand was a large staff that he used as a walking stick. He seemed to be ages old yet power seemed to flow out from him like a vapor.

Finally as it reached them the man spoke in a voice that held a great deal more power than his age seem to let on. "Hello Spyro and Cynder. I have come to help you."

Spyro looked at the figure very carefully semi suspicious of him, "Not to be rude, but how can you help us? Or for that matter what is your name, since you seem to know ours."

The man looked at them with his aged eyes for a few moments before replying. "I can help you leave this place. As for my name you may call me Captain Yamamoto."

Spyro and Cynder looked at him but before they could ask any new questions that started moving about their minds he spoke again, "Now follow me we have to make use of what time we have."

They did not follow right away as Cynder spoke, "We can't go yet Spyro still needs more rest before he is able to continue."

Spyro nodded in agreement though he personally felt he could walk or even do a little fighting it need be. But the old man just stopped and looked at them saying, "I said follow me. And don't worry we are not going far."

Spyro looked at Cynder and stood with caution as they started to follow the Captain. Spyro was more than able to keep pace with him as they moved. And as they moved Spyro and Cynder noticed a glow was forming up ahead of them, but it was not the same glow as caused by the crystal but a glow from something else. Then seemingly almost out of nowhere, they came upon a door.

"We're here," Yamamoto said walking up to it.

Spyro and Cynder looked at the door. It was not something either of them recognized from the places they had seen and been. It looked to be made of paper and some kind of wood set so it would slide to either side to open and close.

Spyro looked at Yamamoto and asked, "How did this get here and... and where does it lead?"

"It showed up because it is how I got here. As for where it leads, it can lead to many places. One of which I have found out needs your help," He said walking up to it.

"What another place needs our help," Spyro said surprised.

"Yes, I have found out a world like your own is in need of help. They face a nightmarish time ahead of them. I was told to bring you and one other to this world to add its savor in saving them." he said before placing his hand on the door making it slide open.

"Why can't we just find a way back to the surface?" Cynder whispered to Spyro in wonder.

"There is not a way back to the surface from here… now follow me," The Captain said causing them to realize he had heard each spoken.

"Can I talk to Spyro alone for a moment?" asked Cynder and not waiting for an answer she moved Spyro off to the side. Sighing once they were far enough away she spoke, "What should we do Spyro?"

"I wish I knew. I know that we have to get back home, but if what he said is true…" Spyro said but Cynder interrupted him.

"We can't trust him, Spyro. For all we know he is lying and there are plenty of ways up to the surface of our world," She said looking back at the aged man.

"I know but..." he said waving one of his paws at the door, "Do you want to risk being wrong. And this ends up being the only way out, or that another world is in danger, one that does not know your past?"

"Yeah well I… Okay fine! But if he does try to pull a fast one, I am allowed to take a free shot at you later in training." Cynder said looking carefully at the Captain who was standing by the door watching them.

Spyro nodded, "Fine," he said before looking at Yamamoto, "We will follow you to where you think we are needed."

"Okay," said the caption before he walked through the door, followed closely by Spyro then Cynder. As they walked through, they found themselves in a dark hallway that seemed to go on forever.

"Stay close to me you two. Getting lost or even worse found by some of the things in this place will likely end in your death," he said as he kept leading them, until they stood before another door which he opened and entered.

The world they entered into was covered by mist and the ground very rocky. At first they thought they were in the middle of a large mountain range. But then there was a rushing noise as the mist shifted revealing a large body of water. Cynder moving over sniffed and realized it was salt water. This was an ocean and they were on a rocky shower not deep in a mountain range.

The captain led them along to the beach where they came upon among of other people that were like the Captain. But only in general look, otherwise they were quite different. While none of them seemed to be very tall like Yamamoto, they still stood taller than most people they had known. Most of the people were also very bulky, decked out with animal skin and leather clothes with metal plating on their shoulders. They also had a helmet, sword or axe, and shields.

Spyro wondered honestly if a fight with these people would end well, when a loud sound above them was heard. This caused Cynder, Yamamoto, and the Captain to look up at the sky in surprise. A ways above them was a huge dragon that made these people even with their entire muscle and bulk look like ants. If they were to guess it could rival the World Destroyer from their own home.

"What in the name of the Dragon Realms is going on here?" Spyro yelled out in shock.

"What you see before us is a fight between the two greatest dragons this world has ever known. The one you see up there is not the one we are after though, it is a smaller opponent we were sent to get," He seemed to pause and sigh.

They kept on watching as another dragon came out of the sky leading the large dragon towards the ground in a dive. But as they noticed, to their surprise, the dragon they were going to meet looked to be only about twice as big as them at best. As they watched the dragon spun around a shot a fireball right into the other dragons mouth causing the green gas it had been building up there to explode back into its own body. The smaller black dragon wings quickly out of the way but they noticed his flight pattern seemed off, as if he could not control how he moved.

Then the dragon hitting the tail of the beast was sent flying backwards towards the ground with a person being thrown off. At this moment the large dragon hit the ground causing the whole beast to be consumed by the flames. The black dragon dove and was able to catch the person but they were both swallowed up in flames.

"Why did he not try and fly way rather than entering the flames," wondered Spyro aloud getting a shrug from Cynder in wonder.

"Will he be okay?" asked Cynder looking up at the Captain.

"No. He just gave his life to save the boy that was riding and helping him fly." said the Captain sadly. As they watched among the humans, the boy's father came over and found the small black dragon dead. The boy was alive, thankfully, but missing part of his leg were the flames had got him before the black dragon could safely cover him. As they watched the people carefully got the body of the small dragon and the boy and left. None of them were sure as to where the humans were headed, but they did not seem to want to wait around with the boy's life still at risk.

Cynder finally decide to break the silence. "Alright, he's dead... it is not like he can help us now, can we go?" Spyro nodded in agreement to this, even if Cynder choice of words was rather harsh.

"We are waiting for his soul now," The Captain said looking out over the landscape.

"Oh right… wait his- his SOUL?!" asked Cynder in shock.

"Yes, his soul. I was told he would die today, and that he was to join you in a second chance at life. So after I picked up you, we came here to see if he wanted that second chance," he said before disappearing into the fog. Saying that he would be back soon after talking with the small black dragon.

Spyro looked at Cynder before laying down on one of the large rocks that covered the beach. Cynder soon joined him as they looked out over the rocky beach towards the shower.

"It looks like we are going to be in for something bigger than we thought. If that dragon is needed as well," said Cynder.

Spyro nodded, "Yeah, though I wish the Captain would tell us more about what is being planned."

Cynder and Spyro fell silent waiting until almost an hour later. Cynder spoke again, "Where do you think he is? It's taking a while?"

"If I were to guess I would say he is having a hard time convincing the dragon to come with him." Spyro said with a light chuckle.

*With the Captain*

"Come on Toothless there is nothing left for you here I can bring back happiness to your life" that Captain said. But all Toothless did was stare at him with a look that said 'Why should I?'

"Don't make me force you to move," threaten Captain Yamamoto.

Toothless sat up and made another face that clearly said, 'you'll fail'. Toothless then turned around and sat down looking away from the aged Captain.

*With Cynder and Spyro*

"Yeah you are probably right", agreed Cynder after a few moments before asking, "Do you think we should help him out if it takes much longer?"

Spyro shook his head, "He said we should stay here and as of right now. I don't see a reason do otherwise."

Cynder nodded, as she and Spyro got more comfortable. More time past until it was late that night when the Captain and a dragon came towards them. They both stood and quickly stretched. "I see you two have waited for me like I asked. That is very much appreciated." said the Captain looking a little irritated, "Well follow me, all of you. We have to get to our final destination quickly before we miss your window."

They all nodded, not wanting to make the Captain wait any longer. He did having an increasing feeling of death about him as they moved. The Captain led the way again to the door through which they had entered this world with the other dragon. Toothless cast one last long look back at this world before following them in.

Passing down the long dark hallway again they came to another door that slid open. Entering through the door they saw something none of them had ever seen before, except maybe the Captain. Before them, stood a huge 9 tailed fox that was facing down a toad with a man on his back doing something with his hands. Once he had finished, there was a blinding flash of light, and the world as they knew it was about to change again, forever.