Reborn as a dragon

(Spyro POV)

I looked desperately through my book trying to find a way to save Applejack. I looked and looked till Cynder interrupted me.

"Spyro what's wrong, you looked scared?" She asked me, worried.

"Yes I'm scared, undead have attacked my town and my marefreind has been poisoned, by some kind of dark magic enhanced poison." I told her, not looking up from my book until I found something, a ritual to draw out the dark magic, with this she'll have a chance at survival.

'The poison is still a problem, but first I have to get this to Celestia.' I looked at a rock before starting to carve the instructions into the stone along with what is needed for it, thankfully it doesn't need dark magic to use, any magic will do to fuel the ritual. I carved the message runes onto the back making it turn into black smoke.

"There, that'll help them save Applejack." I said aloud. I turned to Cynder to see her looking at me. "Hey I've got to leave, I need some fresh air, Spike you want to come with?" I asked, looking towards him.

"Is Twilight safe?" He asked.

"From what I can tell, yes, the letter didn't mention her, only Applejack. My guess is that she was the only one that was hurt." I told him, he looked relieved to hear she was ok, afterward he shortly got on my back so I could fly us out of there.

(3rd person)

Malefor watched as the two dragons left his daughter's cave, something he did not expect. Malefore entered Cynders cave. Upon seeing Spyro's puppets he stopped to observe them. They did nothing upon seeing him, not seeing him as a threat to Cynder.

When Maleofre looked at his daughter and saw her wing that was encased in black crystal he asked. "What happened?"

She was hesitant to answer at first but she said. "Draco tried to kill me with a Draconium dagger, my wing was broken but Spyro fixed me up a bit." She explained.

"What about Draco and the dagger?" He asked, narrowing his gaze.

"Spyro killed him, and the dagger shattered into pieces once it touched his scales." She told him, his eyes widened at the destruction of the dagger.

"It seems this little dragon is even more special then I first thought." He said before grinning. "This is good, so does he know what happened to his pony friend."

"Wait, you were the one that sent the undead to attack the town?" Cynder asked shocked, never has she known her father to attack so openly.

"Yes, once he learned that his marefriend died you would comfort him in his grief, but given that he left I assumed she lived." He said, for some reason felt rage grow inside her but she kept her compusure.

"Yes." She told him. "But he said she was poisoned, he sent the princess something that might help her survive."

"I see well then the sun is starting to rise, I will leave you alone, but I will be back tonight to hear what has happened." He told her before leaving the cave. He flew away in a hurry to not be seen by Spyro.

(Spyro POV)

I landed on a small hill before Spike got off my back. I took a deep breath before laying down.

"So what was the ritual you sent Celestia?" Spike asked me.

"Well actually it's more of a summoning, it summons a type of plant that survives by eating dark energy, Celestia will have to kill it when it's done but it'll remove all of the dark magic infecting her. But the poison will still be in her system." I told her.

"I'm so sorry to hear that." He said looking towards the horizon.

"All I can do is wait, I'll have to do some more searching in my book later, to see if there's anything to remove poison." I said to myself, but then I saw a familiar blue dragoness, flying towards what looked like a small oasis.

"Hey Spike can you stay here, I just saw someone that I want to meet." I told him before flying off.

I flew to the oasis before approaching Ember.

(3rd person)

In the oasis Ember washed her face with the clear cool water. She worried for her father, he didn't have much time left, and she's been trying to spend every second with him.

"Why do you look so sad?" An ominous voice said, she turned around to see a dragon perched in a tree, the shade hiding any defining features except for his red eyes.

"Who are you!?" Ember asked threateningly.

"No need to be hasty, I only came to tell you about something that might be important." The dragon said tilting his head at the dragoness.

"And what is that?" She asked.

"Well first off, are you going to be in the tournament?" He asked.

The dragoness shook her head. "Well that might complicate things, well I'll just tell you my goal, I want you to rule the dragon lands." The dragon told Ember, though she was skeptical.

"And why should I believe you, and what would you want in return?" She asked.

The dragon looked up in thought. "Well I guess I can't really get you to trust me, but what I want in return is for you to strengthen the dragon lands bonds with Equestria." He told her, while spreading his wings ready to leave.

"Why would you care about those ponies, they are weak, and small?" Ember asked.

"Don't call them weak, they are stronger than you could possibly imagine when they work together, they care and look out for each other while there are a few bad apples among them, but no race is perfect, but it is when they strive to be better than they currently are is when they truly shine." He said confidently before disappearing into the trees.

(Spyro POV)

After my little meeting with Ember I returned to meet up with Spike, he was walking patiently for me. "We should head back, there's no telling what Cynder is doing right now." I said, after a moment he got on my back, before we started flying back.