(2 days later)

Today was the day of the free for all, I have talked to Nightmare about my plan, she agrees it's for the best that I win this and then give the sceptre to Ember, she will help me keep my power in check during the fight. If the connection happens during the fight I could accidently kill them.

Cynder's wing was recovering nicely, she could walk around without it being crystallized, but she won't be able to fly or enter the contest. She told me she would watch from the sidelines with her father.

I also told Spike not to enter, he should watch from the sidelines as well. Now back to the present. I was standing at the edge of the area that the dragon lord decided on, an incredibly large crater.

On a small hill that let him look over all the dragons the dragon lord stood ready to announce the beginning of the battle. I heard him clear his throat.

"THE THREE DAYS HAVE PASSED, AND NOW IT IS TIME FOR YOU ALL TO TEST YOUR STRENGTH, ON MY SIGNAL THE BATTLE WILL COMMENCE." He yelled. After about a minute of tension lingering in the air rising he yelled. "BEGIN."

All of the dragons started to run or fly towards the middle, I hung back for a second so I wouldn't be caught in the middle of this royal.

There was fire everywhere, followed by lighting coming from the skrills, plasma blasts from night furies, and whatever else you could think of, nowhere was safe. As for me I breathed day beginner flames, and charged up lighting streams, I needed to appear as the strongest, so I started with my strongest attacks from the very start. These attacks were not very taxing on me, but they took time to charge up, day bringer flames not very long but the lighting takes time to gather. I used my magic sparingly, Nightmare said it might force the connection which neither of us wanted at the moment.

'Nightmare, how are we looking?' I asked as I was quickly dodging a fireball.

'Good the dragon lord has taken notice of you, keep it up, but we might have a problem.' she told me.

'What is it?" I asked.

"The adrenaline that's being pumped through your body is making your dark magic try to make the connection, it's responding to your fighting, I can't hold it off much longer.' She said in a strained voice, with no magic this must be very difficult for her.

'I have to keep fighting if I stop I'll appear weak, and if I don't win it might be war?' I told her.

'I know but, I don't know what will happen to you, connections to an element are unpredictable, they have exsisted since the dawn of everything.' I heard her say before she let out a pained grunt.

The battle continued, many dragons were already rendered unable to fight, their wings were broken, and torn, their limbs mangled, or broken. But for some reason I felt great, excited even.

'Spyro you need to stop fighting, you've already proven your the strongest, your magic is making you this way.' Nightmare shouted in my mind but I ignored her.

I continued blasting away dragons that got near me, not letting a single one get close to me, I had no idea I had so much power. Again and again I decimated my opponents, then I felt something creeping over my body, then suddenly I was no longer on the battlefield, but in some kind of dark realm, below me was a black floor, but above me was a giant floating light that pierced through the darkness.

"I was afraid of this." I turned my head to see Nightmare moon.

"Nightmare, what's going on, what is this?" I asked looking around again.

"This is your new power, the darkness and a little light." She told me, then I felt an ominous chill run up my spin. "You have to get out of here now, before." Something grabbed my back leg suddenly. I looked to see the floor was wrapping around my back legs before starting to pull me down.

"Spyro grab onto me." Nightmare yelled, while running up to me, I grabbed onto her front legs with my claws, I struggled to hold onto her as the darkness below me continued to pull me in, Nightmare was not affected by it so she wasn't being pulled in with me.

"No matter what don't let go, if you do, you could be lost forever" she yelled pulling as hard as she could to free me, but she wasn't strong enough, and the last thing I saw before I was consumed by the darkness was her.

(3rd person outside Spyro's body)

The entire fight had stopped when a very ominous chill filled the area, all eyes were now in Spyro his body began violently shaking, and black mist left the corners of his mouth. His body had begun to change, he started growing larger, and larger, his neck got longer along with his tail, and his teeth sharper, his eyes were now slit. His under belly was no longer grey but a shiny black. An extra pair of horns sprouted from the back of his head. Spyro was now twice as tall as the dragon lord towering over all of the dragons, and the teens cowered in fear of the once small dragon.

The colossal dragon lifted its head up high, looking towards the sky before letting out roars that echoed throughout the land striking even those with the bravest of hearts with fear and terror.

To be continued

Author's Note

What Spyro looks like now