Reborn as a dragon

(Spyro POV unknown amount of time later)

'That was the best nap I've ever had.' I thought, slowly opening my eyes. I felt something against me so I looked down to see Cynder cuddled up against me. My wing was over her, so she must have cuddled up against me in my sleep.

I got up, I was a little mad she cuddled up with me, but i decided not to wake her. I flew down or the bottom to see Spike was asleep. I walked outside the cave for some fresh air, the sun had already set maybe hours ago from the looks of it, looks to be almost midnight.

'When Cynder wakes up I should ask her about Ember, she needs to be in the competition, or somehow I need to win it and give the scepter to her, but I would need to make a deal with her, to strengthen bonds with Equestria.

"So you woke up." I heard it was Cynder, I turned my head to look at her. "Didn't think you'd wake up before me."

"Yeah, I wasn't really happy when I woke up." I told her she could probably tell why.

"I thought you looked a little lonely, so I thought I'd keep you warm." She said with a grin.

I shook my head. "Just forget about it, but I've been wanting to ask you, where is the Dragon Lord's daughter, Ember I think her name is?"

"Hmmmm." She said. "I've heard rumors that the dragon lord Torch doesn't just feel he is no longer fit to rule, I heard he is dying, don't know how, but I think Ember is trying to spend as much time with her father as she can before he passes." Cynder told me.

'That must be it, that's why she wasn't there.' I thought before Cynder interrupted my train of thought.

"Hey how about as an apology, I take you to one of my favorite places, it's at a gorge not far from here." She said.

(Cynder POV)

He seemed to be thinking of my question before nodding his head. "I guess I'll come, lead the way." He said, we both started flying, he stayed close behind. I just hope father gave that idiot the right directions.

We fly into the gorge just as the moon was at its highest. "I come here after the sun sets, right at the end of the gorge is a spot where you can get an amazing view of the stars." I said lying, I didn't come here for the view. As we flew I could feel we were being watched, it seemed Spyro felt this to, I could see him tensing up.

Suddenly the giant boulders started falling into the gorge right above us. We both took evasive action. 'What is that idiot doing doesn't he know he could crush me.' I thought as a boulder almost hit me but Spyro made it explode with a black lightning bolt.

"Be careful Cynder." He said just as we reached the end of the gorge. Waiting for us were a dozen teenage dragons, 4 deadly nadders, the rest were normal dragons, the leader of them flew in front.

His scales were red but his underbelly was yellow, in his left had was a dagger made of a strange yellow metal, the only yellow metal I could think of was Draconium, the metal was like poison to dragon its cut could tear through our scales like it were just air, and once the metal is in our bloodstream we're as good as dead.

'Why does he have that, does that scum seek to betray my father!' I thought angrily in my mind the only good thing about that metal was its rarity.

We stood just at the exit of the gorge. "Hello Cynder, hope you said goodbye to daddy because it's the last time you're gonna see him." Draco said with a sick grin as he twirled the dagger in his hand.

"Draco, do you really want to try to do this, my father will make you suffer, and make you beg for death." I told him but he seemed unfazed.

"Kill them!" He ordered his lackeys. They charged us and there was only one choice now, to fight our way out.

I flew towards Draco, I wanted to rip his head off her shoulders. I shot a lightning bolt at him, but he ducked before we collided. We both went crashing to the ground, my wing hitting a rock.. Pain coursed through my body, and I knew my wing was broken.

"Look at the little fallen dragon." Draco said getting to his feet unscathed. "Your father should have known better than to leave you alone." He said walking towards me, I tried crawling away but he stepped on my broken wing, I screamed in pain.

"I'll be sure to send your head to your father, to remember you by." He said lifting up the dagger.

Everything moved much slower now, the dagger inching towards me. I thought of my father, of how I lived my life. Just as I accepted my fate I saw black scales above me, Spyro was going to sacrifice himself for me.

'No don't waste your life on me.' I thought just as the dagger touched his scales. Instead of cutting through his scales the dagger cracked, and shattered into thousands of pieces.

My eyes widened, all dragons lived in fear of draconium, but somehow it was rendered useless against Spyro just like that. A look of surprise and horror made its ways onto Draco's face as he realized he was weaponless. Before he could spread his wings to fly away Spyro lunged at him biting into his neck. His blood splattered onto Spyro's face as he pulled away, ripping out his throat. Spyro spat out the lump of flesh that was in his mouth before rushing to me.

"Cynder are you ok?" He asked.

"Spyro what about his….?" I said looking over to where Draco's goons were to see some kinda black-armored soldiers stabbing their swords, and spears into the dragons.

"Don't worry about them, oh my your wing is broken." I heard Spyro say.

He was looking over my wing to make sure the bone was in place. "I'm gonna make sure you don't move your wing, so it can heal, just give me a sec." He said, but before I could say anything he breathed out a dark mist that crystallized around my wing. He also made some kinda stretcher made of the same crystal.

"You two get on her there." He said in a commanding voice. Two of the soldiers placed me onto the crystal stretcher before picking it up.

'Why is he so worried for me?' I thought, very few dragons have shown me this much kindness, mostly only those trying to get in the good graces of my father, but never like this, he truly worries about me. Even my father hasn't shown me this kindness, though I knew he loves me.

I looked at him, as he commanded the soldiers who followed his orders without hesitation, then in my chest, I could feel my heart pounding. Had I really fallen for him, had I fallen for the one I was supposed to trick and use.

'What will my father think about this?' I thought as his soldiers started to take me back to the cave, though it was a long walk, my mind was filled with questions and thoughts that kept me occupied the entire way.