Reborn as a dragon

Gracious was taken to the dungeon where she will await for Celestia to set up the courtroom.

"So how long will it take to set everything up?" I asked.

"It should be ready tomorrow, but you will need to stay as a witness." She told me before she walked off to prepare.

Since I was alone, I decided to explore a bit.

{Celestia POV}

"Get everything set up I want to do the trial tomorrow." I said as guards set up the railings on the sides of the room.

Now it was time to interrogate the prisoner myself she refused to talk to any of the guards, so now I have no choice but to talk to her myself.

I made my way to the dungeon to where we were keeping Gracious.

She was chained to a wall with the ring still on her horn.

"Open the door." I told the guard as he unlocked the cell, and I walked inside.

"Well hello princess, what do I owe the honor of your visit this fine evening?" She asked.

"I want to ask you again, why do you want Spyro dead I know it wasn't just an attempt to dethrone me." I said with my head held high as I looked down at her.

She laughed as she shook her head. " Because he's a threat from the moment I let myself get enveloped in dark magic I could feel his presence and his growing power, but I didn't know where to find him, and you brought him right to Canterlot." She said.

'She let herself be corrupted, and how could she sense Spyro?' These questions ran through my head as I looked at her.

"Ok then next question, are you working alone?" I asked, and she said nothing and It already realized that asking any more questions was useless, so I left the cell so the guard could lock it and I left.

After I returned to the throne room to see everything was set up, now it was time to inform the public of the recent events.

I walked outside to see reporters already here shouting questions.

"Settle down, settle down I will answer all you questions." I said.

"Why was Gracious Grimoire taken into custody?" A reporter asked.

"We searched her home and found traces of dark magic and when we confronted her about it her fur, tail, and mane turned black right before she ran and she just admitted that she willingly let herself be corrupted by dark magic." I said and there were flashes.

"When will she be judged?" Another reporter asked.

"Tomorrow, we already turned the throne room into a courtroom, but we have to set up safety measures in case she gets loose." I said as many of them nodded, and wrote it down.

"Do you have any clue what her judgment will be?" One asked.

"I do not have high hopes for her since she willingly practiced dark magic that is all I can say." I said as I walked back into the castle.

{Gracious POV}

'Damn Princess getting in the way of our plans.' I thought as I struggled against the chains.

"Can you hear me Gracious." A voice said in my head as I stopped struggling, and closed my eyes.

'Yes I can master.' I said in my head.

'Have you succeeded in your mission?" The voice asked.

'No, I have failed, forgive me.' I pleaded in my head.

'color=#265daf]I will and when night comes, kill the child in his sleep then return to me.' The voice ordered as I felt its presence leave my head as the ring on my horn snapped in two.

'You will pay both of you will pay.' I said in my head as I thought of dozens of ways to kill Spyro and even worse things to do to Celestia.

{Spyro POV}

I explored most of the castle so I decided to nap in the garden.

"Spyro." Somepony said waking me up.

"Yes! What is it?" I asked while yawning, and rubbing my eyes.

It was a maid that woke me up. "Celestia called you, it's time for dinner." She said so I followed her to the dining hall.

After arriving I was still tired. "Spyro are you ok?" Celestia asked.

"Yeah, I was just napping in the garden." I told her as the food was brought in.

After dinner Celestia levitated me to my room, and set me on the blanket then slipped it out from under me and covered me.

{Midnight}

I was having a very pleasant dream until I heard something that woke me up.

I looked around to see nothing so I laid my head back down, and closed my eyes.

*CREEEAK* I heard and opened my eyes to a black figure holding a knife in its magic grip.

The figure then tried to stab me, but I quickly rolled out of bed then flew close to the roof.

It was Gracious that tried to kill me and she threw the knife at me.

I quickly flew to the side as it flew past me, and got stuck in the roof

I breathed fire at her, but she quickly teleported to the other side as the bed was set on fire.

"No puppets to save you now!" She yelled as she fired a bolt of magic at me.

It sent me flying towards the top corner of the room as it hit me, but I was not damaged.

I shot lighting at her, but she put up a barrier making it hit the curtains, making them burst into flames.

"That all you got!" She said laughing as I breathed dark mist that filled half the room.

The mist then compressed and crystallized into sharp icicle shaped crystals, that then shoot towards her stabbing into her shield stopping half way, but destroyed the shield after the last crystal hit it.

I flew towards her then we both crashed through the wall as I flew up letting her crash to the floor.

She got up, and glared at me before firing another bolt, but this one I dodged and shoot three fireballs at one that locked onto her.

Two of them landed near her burning her legs and some of her fur, and the last one nearly hit her head dead on, but she put up another shield that shattered when the fireball hit.

She fell to the ground because of her burnt legs, and guards were swarming the hallway we were in.

Celestai soon arrived and realized what happened.

"Restrain her and put out those fires now." She said as the unicorns put out the flames and the others restrained Gracious.