Spyro and The Legend of Friendship

Written By: Cloudline Dasher

Edited By: Bytestorm

Chapter Two: Return of the Dark Master

'Dear Twilight Sparkle,

I regret to inform you that I'm attending very important duties, else I would come to Ponyville to speak with Spyro. As soon as things are settled here in Trottingham, I will come straight there to meet this dragon.

I urge you to be wary my dear student. I don't know this dragon, however, a good many of them are dangerous, greedy, and crafty. Spike and other messenger dragons are the exception since they are raised by ponies. In his weakened state I doubt he will try anything, but I trust in you and your abilities to curtail any aggression from him. Please, let us not have a repeat of the sunken city of Atmaretis...

Your teacher,

Princess Celestia'

“What did the rest of the letter say? You started reading, but trailed off... why do you need to be wary?” Spyro tilted his head off to the side, looking to the purple unicorn, curious of her facial expression to the letter.

Slipping the letter away in a magically sealed box, the mare cleared her voice, fidgeting like she was struggling to cast the locking spell to buy her a few more moments as she came up with a reply, “Spyro... I...” Looking from the hid box under the bed, Twilight looked over and when her eyes met with his, she hesitated, “Celestia says her business in Trottingham may have far reaching effects.”

“Oh? Do you have an idea when that'll be resolved?” Spyro asked as Spike helped gently place a saddlebag over his still slightly bruised body.

“I don't know, but Celestia usually replies right away when I send a letter. I hope everything is okay for her to take an entire week to reply.” The multi purple hued unicorn sighed as she stepped toward the door, “Okay, let's go, we need to find things that you will eat.”

“O-okay...” Spyro simply replied, keeping quiet as he watched the clear worry on Twilight's face.

Spike was staying at the library, cleaning up a mess that Twilight had made after searching extensively for anything that might link how and why Spyro was tossed into the future. The large four legged purple dragon deemed this the perfect time to try and see what Twilight was concerned over. It had to be something to do with that letter. She seemed all excited just moments before, but now...

“Don't strain yourself Spyro, we dragons may be stronger than ponies, but you shouldn't risk injury!” Spike stated as if he was looking out for Spyro's welfare.

“I'm fine, I don't even think I need the bandages anymore.” admitted Spyro as he stretched, as if showing he felt no pain.

Twilight scowled at the dragon that was technically her patient, “You will take it easy until your ribs are entirely mended. You still have minor cracks, and if you were to lift something heavy or get hit hard enough, you could re-break them.”

“Hehe... sorry Twilight, the bandages are just getting to be a little agitating and itchy.” Spyro sighed as he scratched at his rib cage, earning him little to no relief.

The purple unicorn frowned as she looked to the four legged dragon, “I'm sorry, but keep them on for now. If you're not aching when we get home, we will see about just removing the bandages.”

“Thank you, I don't know how much I can take from these...” he replied in a grunt, scratching a little more aggressively.

They said one more goodbye to Spike as they left the library; heading straight for the market. Twilight had informed him that her friends had been checking up on him from time to time. Though, she had figured some of them were more worried for Twilight's safety, rather than the possibly dangerous and ravenous dragon. So truthfully, neither could predict how any of Twilight's friends would react. They guessed only meeting them would answer that question. Speaking of which, Spyro's nervousness kicked in as Twilight suddenly greeted a rather regal looking white mare, “Rarity, say hello to Spyro. Spyro, this is Rarity, she owns the dress shop here in Ponyville.”

“Boutique, darling, it is a boutique. ‘Dress shop’ just sounds so… plebian.” Rarity defended her pride and joy quite a bit from the more uncouth ponies in Ponyville. She turned towards the new purple dragon, “As she said, I am Rarity. Charmed.”

The white mare gently raised her hoof, as if expecting him to kiss it. Not entirely sure how to act, Spyro swallowed before slowly extending his claw, Spyro gently placed a peck on the white hoof, “It's nice to meet you Rarity.”

“How refreshing, a dragon other than Spike that has manners!” stated the white mare followed with a girly, yet elegant giggle.

“Howdy Twi! It’s nice to see ya out and about instead of taken care of that drag...” the orange mare's words trailed off as her eyes landed on Spyro, and immediately the air around her seemed to change as she continued, “He seems nice enough, doesn't look like he'd put up much of a fight even if he wasn't...” Applejack raised an eyeridge as she glared daggers at Spyro.

Just so he wouldn't add to Applejack's suspicion of him being a bad dragon, Spyro lowered his body a tiny bit to the ground, his nose drooping downward a small portion. His eyes remaining on the orange mare, extending his claw just as he had down with Rarity, “Hi, you must be Applejack, Twilight's told me a little about you...”

A wide grin immediately formed on Applejack's face as she tightly gripped Spyro's claw and shook it hard enough to almost make his arm fall off. Twilight used her magic to separate the hoof/claw shake, but Applejack seemed to take no notice as her hoof was released from her magic, “Boy howdy, I was sure worried you were gonna pull a Spike when you woke up. Wreaking havoc here on Ponyville, hehe. It's sure nice to see ya ain't a bad apple!”

Spyro frowned as he rubbed his shoulder, trying to rid the ache from his joints and muscles, “Hehe, yeah... I'm normally in the business of stopping havoc, not causing it...” Spyro gave a nervous laugh as he forced a grin. Making it a mental note never to get on Applejack's bad side, let alone giving her another shake.

Suddenly a pink mass came bounding in from the corner of his eyes. Immediately he could tell this pony had to be Pinkie Pie. Her demeanor was that of a happy child that had just a tad bit too much candy before dinner. Before he could greet her with the same shake he had done with the first two, Spyro halted, unsure if this pony would be much better than Applejack, and just decided to wait for Twilight to introduce him instead.

Twilight barely got out a syllable, before Pinkie halted in front of Spyro, “I just came from the library, I hear that your name is Spyro! Are all dragon's names start with Sp, or is it just coincidence. If you walked on two legs, you and Spike could be brothers, OHHHH!” The pink pony suddenly spazzed, but everypony seemed to be trying to keep up with her ranting rather than stopping her. The pink mare bounced around Spyro's body once, before landing in front of him once more, “I bet you're a long lost brother or something, aren't you!? I bet dragon's take a really REALLY long time to age, are you Spike's long lost dad, here to take him home? I bet you traveled the land, battling great odds to take back your son! Am I right, am I right!?”

Spyro blinked, realizing she was now expecting an answer for a question, he wasn't able to catch. Spyro frowned as he looked over to Twilight for help, “Um...”

Taking the hint to help, Twilight quickly intervened, “Pinkie, you're overwhelming him... Remember our little talk?”

Pinkie's mane seemed to slightly fall a tad bit, but before a blink of an eye, she returned right back to her chipper self, “Sorry Twi, I forgot!” and with that, she took a few steps back and plastering her hind quarters to the ground, “How's this?”

“Thank you Pinkie. Sorry Spyro, I hope she didn't scare you or anything?”

Chuckling for a moment, Spyro smiled and shook his head, “Nope, just didn't expect it is all...”

“Well dang, just about the whole gang is here, I suspect we outta go get Fluttershy and Rainbow, just ta get the introductions out of the way!” Applejack giggled as she stood up, motioning the others to follow.

Everypony stood up, except for Spyro. He was about to follow when he noticed a yellow mass in a tiny ball, right behind where Twilight had been sitting. Spyro raised an eye ridge as he eyed the mysterious mare, but assuming from what Twilight had told him about her friends, could only guess this was Fluttershy, “Um, guys?” Spyro called out as he pointed to Fluttershy.

“Oh hey, ya never know when Flutters is around, she is so quiet.” Applejack teased as she returned to a sitting position, “Ok Shy, this here is Spyro, he seems kind enough, so say hello.”

“Meep!” Fluttershy squeaked as she dug her face into her hooves a tiny bit more.

Stepping forward, Spyro took it upon himself to say hello, “Fluttershy is it? It's really nice to meet you. You don't have to be scared. I'm a nice dragon, I promise!”

The yellow pegasi's shivering seemed to slow, but didn't seem to quite be enough, “Please, I won’t bite.” Spyro extended a claw to the mare, in hopes to show her he meant no harm.

Sure enough, the mare peaked out through her hooves, showing her face a little more. Glancing to Spyro's hoof, she slowly placed her hoof in his claw as she sat up, “Nice... nice to meet you too...”

“TWILIGHT!” A yell could be heard, followed by a large rainbow that streaked its path toward the group of friends. Everypony flinched as if waiting for impact, but all they found was Rainbow Dash out of breath with a large puff of cloud and dirt settling around her, “Princess Luna is looking for you!”

“S-she is?!” a dumbfounded glare found its way onto the purple mares face as an alicorn gracefully landed by their sides.

“LUNA!” everypony yelled out before instinctively bowing. By the time Spyro figured he was supposed to bow, it was too late and everypony was already standing once more.

“Twilight Sparkle!” Luna bellowed, but it was a lot calmer compared to the time she came to Nightmare night. She had definitely made progress on watching the volume of her voice. Though it lacked the volume, worry and maybe a tad bit of suspicion marked Luna's voice.

“Luna, what are you doing here? Shouldn't somepony be in Canterlot while Celestia is away?” Twilight asked, remembering the letter from earlier.

A pause emanated from the princess, but her brows furrowed with the utmost seriousness as she stated, “I understand your worry, Twilight, but I have news for you and Spyro. Without Celestia's direct link with the messenger dragons, I could not send word. I perceived it quicker and wiser just to come myself. If need be I can perform my duties of rising and lowering the moon from right here in Ponyville.”

This could not be good, Twilight frowned and mentally prepared for the worse, “What is it Princess? Is something wrong, did something happen in Canterlot?” Twilight's heart skipped and her eyes widdened, “Did something happen to Celestia, Cadence, MY BROTHER?!”

“Calm thyself Twilight, It is nothing that dire...” And with that, Luna calmly turned, folding her wings to her sides and faced Spyro, “I believe you know about the Chronicler?”

Shock impacted the purple dragon as his eyes went wide, “The Chronicler! Yeah, I know him! I'm surprised he's still alive!”

“I'm surprised, Spyro; I was informed you out of anyone would know about the Chronicler's technical immortality?” Luna didn't show much emotion other than her seriousness, but was curious as to how much Spyro knew.

Silence befell Spyro's mind, everything not making sense. Though common sense told him that since the Chronicler was in this world, then he definitely was in the future. So it was when and not where he was. Spyro sighed in his overwhelming state as he asked, “What about the Chronicler?”

“He did not give much word, but requests you see him in his lair. You will need to be accompanied by an alicorn, as such I will be accompanying you.” Luna looked from Spyro to Twilight and her friends. Gauging each of their reaction, which most were just a dumbfounded confused distant gaze, “Well?”

“Hold on one second!” Twilight snapped as she stepped forward, “What about your duties?”

“Celestia has raised and lowered the sun and moon for a thousand years. She can do so again if need be. The Chronicler's cave has been protected over thousands of years by magic and only Alicorn's can travel to and from his location.” Luna stated, but was unsure if any of her words were really sinking in with her fellow ponies. All of them seemed to be unsure of what exactly this all meant.

Everypony looked over to Spyro as he spoke, “Alicorn, why would an alicorn be the only ones able to travel too and from the Chronicler? I've been to his cave before...”

Luna gently closed her eyes as a small sigh escaped her, “All I know is what I've been told. All I can really say is for us to send a letter to Celestia, and then be on our way to Dragon Country.”

“Whoa whoa!” Rainbow yelled out as she hovered in between Luna and Spyro, “Can't you see he isn't healed yet?”

Before anypony could answer, Spyro cut in, “I feel fine, nothing feels damaged. As long as I don't get into any major fights, I should be fine!” he chuckled in hopes of reassuring everypony.

A sigh escaped Luna as she shook her head, “Even if I had to personally carry Spyro myself. We don't have much time... Malefor has returned and is threatening to come to power over Equestria if Spyro isn't handed over to him. We mustn't allow the ring of fire to be rejuvenated, and we cannot allow Malefor to have our only way of stopping it if it does.”

“M-malefor?” Spyro frowned as he murmured the name. Anger filled his chest as he clenched his eyes closed, “We cannot allow this. We need to go see the Chronicler...”

“All we need before we go, is the letter then.” Luna calmly stated as she looked over to Twilight.

The purple mare seemed hesitant at first, but with a sigh of defeat, and the inability to say no to the princess, she stated, “Okay... let's go to the library then...”

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At the Library:

Dearest sister; Princess Celestia,

The Chronicler has sent message that Spyro is indeed the hero from legend, and is not Malefor in disguise. Spyro's time line is once again being written in his book. I have been told to escort Spyro to the Chronicler's before Malefor can produce an assault, and definitely before Malefor can harm Spyro. If he succeeds in resurrecting the ring of fire, we will need Spyro to put a stop to it.

I Digress, even in this worrysome time, I cannot feel somewhat giddy sister. I will have the opportunity to see father once again. It has been over a thousand years since I have spoken with him, let alone seen him.

Your Dearest Sister

Princess Luna

Author's Note

This chapter is somewhat edited, but figure this is my secondary story, while Every Growing Friendship is my mane. I will update the chapters as they are edited, but I figured I would just post the chapters of this story as I write them and have them edited later. Anyway, enjoy everypony.