Author's Note

Sorry for the long wait

Chapter 30

I continued to search the house continually making more puppets as I checked each room to help me search and the sounds of fighting only grew louder with each puppet I made. 'Come on Applejack, where are you?' I thought to myself, I was now becoming desperate not only had I not found her, but with every second I wasted there was no telling what she was going through.

I started knocking down doors with my horns as my fear grew, then I finally heard the sound of muffled screaming, there was only one pony I knew was in this house that would be tied up, so I ran towards the source of the muffled screaming.

I knocked down one finally door to find myself in a fancy bedroom, and two figures were on the bed, the one I saw instantly was Applejack she was tied up and gagged, that was when I saw the figure standing over her. It was Gold Rush and he didn't look happy to see me.

"Can those idiots do nothing right, well I guess if you want something done, you've got to do it yourself." He didn't finish, as I rammed him making both of us go into the next room.

I was enraged, and it seemed he was the same, but as he stood up but he calmed down before looking up, to see his mane was a mess. He used one hoof to fix it before sighing.

'Why is he so calm it's pissing me off?' I thought before growling.

''Just so you know, I didn't want to do this.'' he said before using his magic to pull a small pouch out of nowhere, then he pulled out a rather large black pill. Whenever I looked at it, I felt my body shiver.

He quickly swallowed it, and he waited a moment before saying. "That actually didn't taste that bad." Then suddenly his magic started to drastically increase as lighting wrapped around his body while destroying the surrounding area.

I was busy trying to avoid the lightning, just as the roof collapsed on us, but I managed to avoid most of the rubble, as for Gold Rush he was buried in rubble.

"SPYRO!" Shouted two loud familiar voices, I looked up to see the two princesses flying above with a battalion of guards with them.

They both landed next to me, but Celestia didn't look very happy to see me. "Twilight informed me what you did to her, and her friends." She stated while looking down at me.

"Should you rather them be locked up as well, I did what I believed was best, and I will stand by it no matter what you or anypony else says." I said matching her gaze just as the debris not far from us exploded.

A large figure climbed out of the crater, it was Gold Rush but he was changed, he was now as tall as Celestia along with her horn, his fur was now black, and his eyes were golden and slited.

"Wow what a rush." He exclaimed his voice filled with lower as he grinned, and looked at himself. "Love the new look now little dragon where were we." He said before looking over at us.

"Ah princess good to see you, I guess this is a rather fortunate turn of events for me, if I bring you two in the master will definitely reward me." He said before charging his horn up with magic.

"Take cover!" I yelled before his magic sent shockwaves throughout the area, I took cover behind some rubble, and the princesses made a shield around themselves, but the guards took the full force of the attack as many of them were injured, then fell out of the sky.

Gold Rush said laughing with excitement before he said to himself. "I feel so powerful no wonder the master took so much time to make this just for me."

I have had enough of his bragging so I jumped out of the rubble to breathed a bolt of lightning at him. The lighting bolt didn't make it as a shield wrapped around the unicorn. The princesses dropped their shields and joined the fray, as they both cast spells that harmlessly hit the shield created by Gold Rush.

"Time to get serious." Gold Rush muttered before stomping his hoof, then the floor beneath us began to crack and glow.

"Ascend." I told the princesses, as I spread my wings and took to the sky just as They did before the ground beneath us exploded into an inferno.

'How are we going to beat him we can't even touch him.' I pondered in my head while circling above. I got an idea I didn't know if it would work but it was a deed I had a while ago, but decided not to try it since I didn't need it.

"Princesses I have an idea but I need some time, think you can buy me some?" I asked, then Celestia nodded before she and her sister dive bombed Gold Rush while casting spells.

I started charging up a daybringer flame I've had difficulty controlling this attack, and what I had planned would make it even more difficult, to handle, but if It worked, it might injure him if not defeat him.

The sisters were trying their very best to defeat Gold Rush, but their attacks had no effect as his shield protected him, from every spell.

The day bringer flame had finished forming now for the final touch adding my dark mist to it, I had a theory I could increase the power of my attacks with it but I never got to test it.

I could feel the mist being absorbed by the flame very quickly, then the flames that leaked out of my mouth turned black. 'Come on just a little more.' I thought, I only had one shot at ending this, and I wasn't going to waste it. The princesses had finally been defeated by Gold Rush, and laid on the ground exhausted of magic.

"Well that was easy, now where did that dragon go." Gold Rush said, as he looked around for me, then as he looked up to see me I launched my attack. The giant black fireball grew in size as it traveled towards Gold Rush colliding with his shield, and shattering it with ease. After that a large explosion quickly followed.

I flew down then found the room Applejack was in, and quickly untied her hopping she was alright. "Spyro." She yelled while wrapping her front hooves around my neck, and tears started to roll down her cheek.

"It's ok Applejack it's over." I said using one of my front feet to rub the back of her neck.

"This is far from over." A weak voice said, and a normal burned limping Gold Rush walked towards us slowly, his eyes were bloodshot, and filled with insanity.

He suddenly threw up blood along with the black pill he swallowed before, and collapsed on the ground as his body shook, then became still.

"Is he?" Asked Applejack.

"I don't know, but if he is good riddance." I said before I jumped off the bed, and picked up the black pill. 'How could something so small give someone so much power.' I thought before it almost felt like it was calling to me, whispering promises of power, and authority in my mind.

I shook my head making the voices cease before looking at it again, and swallowed it.