The legend of spyro: world's crossing

by Js-2

Fall of Canterlot

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Leaping into a portal was a strange sensation for Allan but it quickly ended as he found himself free falling towards a dense jungle below him. Breaking through the leaves and a few small branches, Allan landed on a thicker branch, his knees bending as he absorbed the impact and with that force he jumped to another branch, using the same technique, bend the knees and push off. Leaping downwards he jumped from branches to tree trunks before landing on solid ground.

"OK time to find away out." He then looked up hoping to catch a glimpse of the sun but with thick tree tops all he saw was green. He hummed and walked in what he believed was North. After walking a few miles he spotted a temple of some sort, having eyes better then any human he spotted a gold coated mare with a hat on, surrounded by black panthers with horns on their heads. Looking to his right he saw a dog like creature sitting on a throne, a tail with a hand on it held a gemstone close to its eye, examining the stone. "My my my I must say Daring Do, to find the dragons eye, a legendary gem is most impressive but this time it's mine. And as you can see my new pets are more of a proper match for you and can easily kill you at my will. But seeing as to how you've taken every treasure that I wanted this time I'll be taking a treasure from you, a treasure most valuable to you....your mare hood."

The pegasus eyes grew even larger then before, to take her innocents was an act she thought he would never do. "You must be really mad at me to go so low Ahuizotl." Daring said, trying to hide the fear in her voice. The three big cats continued to circle her and one made a quick swipe, slashing at the mares hind leg and cut it, sending the mare down from the pain she felt. "Glade you got comfortable now we can begin." As he walked towards her, he heard a faint whistle coming his way and with a blink of an eye one of the panthers got a arrow through its head, dropping it instantly. Everyone looked in the direction where the arrow came from and Allan walked out of the jungle, snapping his tail, Ahuizotl's pets rushed the two legged creature and with a blink of the eye they were killed, both beheaded as Allan sheathed his sword.

"Leave creature or you'll suffer the same fate." Allan warned and Ahuizotl growled but left. Using a healing spell, Allan got Daring do back on her hooves.

"Thanks stranger."

"Don't mention it but I need someone to lead me to a Twilight Sparkle."

"Follow me." Daring motioned her head to follow her and he did. "The trip will be a few hours so why don't you tell me about yourself."

"Where to begin? I'm half human half elf, so I got some incredible senses like sight, speed, reflexes and hearing, in my world I'm almost unmatched in battle only a few have been known to go toe to toe with me. Trained by the first generation of dragon guardians so I can tap into the power of the dragons. I'm much older then I look...don't ask...and all of my life has been nothing but war. Now how about you? Tell me about yourself."

"Gladly..." The mare began telling about her many adventures and the treasures she has found and the enemies she has made over the years. A number of her adventures had Ahuizotl, her main nemesis in treasure hunting always trying different ways to kill her but fail. As the hours pasted by and Daring do has told her many adventures they finally arrived at the jungles edge only to witness a sight that will be written in the history books of decades to come...Canterlot was up in flames.

SEVERAL HOURS EARLIER

Twilight and Spyro had finished the spell to transfer Allan into their world and both where exhausted and slowly made their ways to their rooms to regain energy. While they regain lost strength Shadow has made his way back to the canyon where a second wave of the army from the depths have emerged and know await their order.

"GriffinStone is now ours but to claim all the lands we must strike at the heat of it all. Canterlot. Those in GriffinStone will join us in the invasion."

"And what about the royal sisters?" One of the troops asked.

"Leave them to me. We strike within the hour."

Coming up from the crystal empire, Cadence, her family, Cynder and a full train of crystal soldiers where nearing the mountain, as they got closer, Cynder started to shiver, and that means trouble. "Cynder are you ok?" Cadence asked but the dragoness didn't respond instead poked her head out the window. After a while she pulled her head back in and thought to herself.

'OK so normally that happens when a darkness is presented but yet there was nothing up there to set it off, and it's to hot to even feel cold so why...?' Her thoughts where interrupted as Cadence placed a hoof on her shoulder.

"Is everything alright?"

"Not sure to say the least"

The cart they were in sudden shock violently, sending everyone in a tumbled. Righting herself, Cadance made her way to the window and saw an army of changelings slamming into the train. "We need to get out of here." The cart was struck again, Cadance fell onto Cynder. Rolling the Princess off her, Cynder fazed into shadows making her way outside and started causing mayhem in the army ranks. Blasting large groups with her poison breath, infecting others around them, she would use her wind ability to push others into the infected then they all fell dead. Using her fire breath she would eliminate vast numbers of changelings but they seemed endless and would charge her, only to go through her shadow form and slam into the cart. If they get within range of her tail they were cut down to size, stabbed or infected with poison from her scorpion strike.

Within the great Hall the royal sisters were watching the event from one of the many windows, watching as the young dragoness defended the train from the onslaught of enemies.

"It seems you've missed judged her to hastily sister." Luna said looking at her sister.

"Indeed I have. I hope she can forgive me."

The air around them suddenly got cold, cold enough to see their breaths. Looking to each other, they raced off to the throne room and couldn't believe their eyes, a massacre of soldiers and in the center of it all was a large black dragon. "Greetings sisters." Celestia was the first to strike with a magic blast, only for to go through him, they both took to the air as a dark crystal sprung up right where they use to be. Together they summoned their magic casting a bright light, Shadow looked up with a smile as the attack came down and slammed into him. "Is that it?" Luna asked. With blinding speed the dark dragon flew up and slammed Celestia into the wall and whipping Luna from the air, sending her down hard. Celestia summoned her magic again and blasted Shadow off her and they came back to the ground. "Lets make this more interesting." Shadow said, a dark purple aura surrounded him as he shrank in size. He was now twice as tall as Celestia and just as long, if not longer. The sisters didn't care and took to the air and came screaming at him, full speed, Shadow remained where he was and shot out his wings, dark tentacles sprang forth and pushed the sisters back, slamming Luna into the wall, but her sister broke free. Summoning her weapon, an halberd with a crescent sun blade and spike at the tip and came crashing down as he phased once more to the shadows. Reappearing he brought forth his tail ready to strike.

He struck first but was blocked by the white alicorn and she followed up with a blunt attack, striking him in his chest before swinging her blade up. Shadow swiftly moved his tail to counter the attack and blocked her vertical slash before moving it to his left side. Smiling he opened his maw and shadow fire came out, sending the elder sister back knocking her out. Walking up to the fallen princess he raised his tail ready to strike but before he could something sharp pierced his hid, causing him to grimace from the pain. Using his shadow power he removed the object but it vanished, looking up he saw Luna coming down with her sword, a double edge sword with a crescent moon in the center with wings as the guard and six magic swords like hers. As she landed it didn't take her long to fire all six of her magic swords at the black dragon, using his own dark powers he summoned a crystal just in time as the swords impacted, turning them around with the points aimed at Luna and pushed towards her. Using her real sword sliced clean through the crystal and charged the beast before her, their weapons clashed and Luna leaped over him, landing on a wall and came crashing down as Shadow moved out of her striking range.

"Impressive only one other can last this long against me."

"You will soon learn that I'm full of surprises."

Luna took one step forward and a pentagram appeared below her hooves and she sank into it. Before Shadow could even move Luna landed two fast hits on him before he pinned her down, tossing her sword away, looming over the princess his tail raised ready for the final blow but Luna summoned a magic barrier to separate herself from Shadow. Raising to her hooves, panting heavily, her magic healed some of her injuries but not all, but Shadow's wounds didn't heal at all. Luna never broke eye contact as she tried to get back her weapon but was soon imprisoned be dark crystals and noticed that Shadow was charging one of his breath attacks, wasting no time Luna's eyes turned white and stomped the ground, breaking free from her prison and summoned a shield around her as Shadow unleashed his devastating dark fire attack knocking Luna out of one of the windows.

Looking over to the palace, Cynder saw her sister of the night free falling and flew over to her, catching her mid air before flying back to the cart. "Cadance get us out of here." As if on cue the top of the palace exploded sky ward and Shadow came right for them. Summoning her magic she got everyone out of the train before it got destroyed by a massive fireball. The princess had teleported everyone to Twilight's castle and the girls with their partners helped everyone inside.

"Where's Princess Celestia?" Twilight asked.

"I don't know," was all Cynder could say, before helping Luna inside.

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