Author's Note

Hey guys, Spyro_Story here.

Before you reading this new chapter, I should tell you that I'm been having a difficult hard time figuring out the story in my head. But I'll be alright once I need to relax and think slowly and calmly. You guys can try that sometimes, its amazing, see you all later.

Chapter 7: Flare's Lessons

*Spike's Letter*

Dear, Twilight
You probably wondering I am now, I had to left Canterlot to go to Changling Kingdom to visit Thorax. I'm sorry I left without telling you, but don't worry about me, Sparx is with me so we'll be fine to travel on our own. So we will be back for a few days or more.

Your number one royal advisor, Spike.

At Twilight's bedroom, she read Spike's fake letter that was in her door, making her believe that he and Sparx actually went to Changling Kingdom, that's good enough to fool her. She is technically a little upset for Spike for not telling her where he's going and worry for him, but it is fine to her because she knows that her royal advisor is old enough to go anywhere he wants. Suddenly, a knocking sound came from Twilight's door which get her attention. "Yes?" Twilight called.

"Your majesty, Dragonlord Ember wishes to speak with you at the council room." Raven answered while opening the door.

"Thank you miss Raven, I shall be there soon." Twilight said when she nodded and then the light gray unicorn mare bow her head and takes her leave. As soon as she left, the purple alicorn starts to leave her bedroom, but looking back to see Spike's letter for a little while and then now leaving to head to the council room where Dragonlord Ember is.

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Meanwhile at the mountain where the cave is, Spike and Sparx have found a location where they are looking for someone he supposed to meet. Surprisingly, it turns out to be adult red dragoness named Flare which makes the purple dragon to get even more surprising, but confusing of what she meant by not of this world and know him when he was an egg. The answer will be soon to come. "So... let me get this straight, you said that you know me as an egg and the both of us are... not of this world, am I correct?" He said to understand it when the red dragoness nodded after to answer his question. "I'm not sure if I can believe you or anything."

"I understand it's hard to believe, but in my heart I'm telling you the truth." Flare said while placing her hand onto her chest. "I am very much glad to see you once again under our circumstances."

"I... guess so." He said while rubbing his head behind until he starts to introduce himself and his dragonfly friend. "My name is Spike by the way, and this is my little buddy Sparx."

"Spike... that is a fitting name for you, I like it." Flare said when she liked his name in calmly smile, but then she starts asking a question. "Tell me Spike, how in the world do you ever find me?"

"Well, it's not important." He said to refuse to reveal his task by Obsidian. "The reason why I'm is because I really need your help. The rogue dragons and their monkeys have attacked the Dragonland and took most of the dragons as prisoners."

"Rogue dragons... The sons of the Dark Master are here?" Flare asked when her eyes are widened in fear and the purple dragon nodded. "So it's too late."

"Too late, what do you mean it's too late?" Spike said in confusion.

The red dragoness looked around to see if the Dark Armies are somewhere on the ground or on the sky, but it is a good thing that they're not here with Spike. "Come inside, there are alot of things you need to know."

Spike and Sparx followed Flare into the cave. By beholding of what's inside the entrance, this place has a almost leafs and vines covered hole that the daylight shine on the inside, a soft waterfall pond, and the markings of writings and drawings of her stories. "So how long have you been here?" Spike asked.

"Fourteen years ever since the five of us came to this unfamiliar world away from our destructive homeworld." Flare answered to showing Spike the drawings of her past on the stone walls.

"The... five of us?" He said in confusion.

"Yes. You, me, Stone, Frost, and Zapp." She answered to say the other's names. "We've come from the the realm once called Avalar, a peaceful world where we all dragons live, but we been deceived by the Dark Master and his children who turned our beloved home into dust and ashes. When we believed our Hope is lost, there is one dragon, our great leader."

"... The Champion." Spike said to guess correctly of who is the Avalar's hero.

"Yes." Flare nodded. "The Champion single handedly destroyed the Dark Master with all of his power, but it cost his life in the end. After four years later, the power of the ancestors goes to the unborn hatchling to become the next Champion and you're one of the unborn hatchling."

"Wait... so you're saying that... I'm the Champion?!" Spike asked in shout while the red dragoness nodded the truth to him. Besides the part of who he is, for so many years of questioning of where he came from and why he's different from the other dragons in this Equestria. The truth has finally answered to him like a door open to reveal inside. "Its no wonder how I got weird light coming out of my mouth."

"Weird light?" Flare said in confusion, until she figured it out one thing for what has Spike did from few hours ago. "You must mean the power of the ancestors. How did you know and do it?"

"I don't, it just came out of my mouth like I never had before. I got really angry and scare for when that monkey was about to step on Sparx." Spike said to explain the back story, until then she understood it.

"Your feelings have somehow triggered its power to save those you cared for." Flare said to explain it to him. "But now the sons of the Dark Master and the Dark Armies knows your identity, they'll never stop hunting you and me. Our only option is to stay hidden from their chaos."

"What?" Spike said. "Flare, Sparx and I didn't come all this way to see you scared of them, we've come here for your help."

"You don't understand what we all have been through from the very beginning, we escape from their clutches and our mentor was left behind. He risk and sacrifice his life for us. If we hadn't gotten through the portal to this world, General Scorch and his Dark Armies would wipe us off." Flare said in feelings of fear, anger, and guilt for what happen that day. It really makes Spike to understand how she feels, that hits him very much.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel that way." Spike Apologized while his dragonfly friend nodded to agree, but Flare shook her head when she sigh for calming.

"No, I'm the one who should be sorry to you." She said. " we've lost our homeworld and the rest of dragons of Avalar are wiped out, and now there are five of us left."

"There's only two of us, where are the other three?" Spike asked while looking around to see there are more other Avalar dragons, but it just only Flare.

"After I send you away safely, I head back to help them against the Dark Armies, but it was too late when all of them were taken away." She said. "I never stop track them down for many years. And when I do, I've found the fortress where they held them captive. I wanted to get them out, but that place is heavily guarded."

"Then we can get them out." Spike said. "Think about it, when all of us altogether, we can stop the bad guys and save Equestria, doesn't it sounds like a great plan, do you?"

The red dragoness closed her eyes when she's thinking hard about the possibilities of saving three Avalar dragons out of their clutches of the Dark Armies's fortresses. When she opened her eyes, Flare has decided to answer for the purple dragon. "Spike... it's time to first start of your training." She said, causing Spike to smile the meaning that Flare accepted to help him.

For a couple of minutes later, Spike, Sparx, and Flare have finished cleaning the cave to begin Spike's first lesson in training. The red dragoness created the dummies as target practice. Spike had to keep sweeping the ground to get the dirt and dust out of there while Sparx glow to give him a light to see. And for that, the cave is completely cleaned and the lesson has been commence. "Alright Spike, to begin your first lesson is to learn the basic attack. Luckily, I mastered a few ancient techniques thanks to my mentor." Flare said. "Have you ever fight against your foes before?"

"Well... yeah I did once." Spike nodded to answer when he remembered the old times he done it. "I fought against the pirates, the giant bird, the evil alicorn, and now those smelly monkeys. I beat all the bad guys."

"Then show me how you defeat you enemy by attacking me." She said.

"Oh... okay then." Spike said in confusion, but he has to go for it. The purple dragon taking his battle stands at Flare, jumped and throw his fist to give her the give. Surprisingly, Spike was shocked because the red dragoness grabbed his fist much quicker like she knew what's gonna happen. And the last part, Flare spinning him around until he landed his head on the ground. "Ow..."

"I admire your boldness, but your opponent can be more smart than you when you first attack without thinking carefully." Flare said to give him advice while Spike barely nodded in pain, feeling like this is gonna be a long training.

For a few couple of minutes, Flare teaches him a basic moves so that he can follow her instruction skills. Once he did, he now starts to attacking on three dummies to used the technique she taught him. Sparx really likes to watch what Spike can do as a show. The second lesson of training is a target practice by aiming with a fire ball. Spike watches Flare firing the fire ball at the dummies to hit the bullseye circle without a miss. It is now Spike's turn to fire at the dummies, taking a deep breath and releases the fire ball. He miss hit the bullseye circle, but keep trying again not to miss again. The third lesson of training is defense and counter. All Spike had to do is defending himself to block and avoid while Flare throw her punches and swing a tail, waiting for a time to strike. The purple dragon did everything he can to block and dodged her, but for a couple of times he failed when he got hit or fell to the ground. No matter how many times he failed, he never gives up every lessons he's doing.

For a few moments later, Spike has nearly passing through every lessons he mastered. The purple dragon fire on those dummies on a bullseye circle, it makes Flare to impressed his aim, especially his skills are good as hers. Once again, he continues to block and avoid Flare attack for the last lesson. This time, he sees this coming when he blocked Flare's punch, quickly jump to avoid her tail sweep, and then pushed her hard for the perfect moment. Now that he done it, Flare smiled at the purple dragon, believing that he is now ready. "Congratulations Spike, you have
succeeded to pass through every Lessons I gave you." She said while approaching to the purple dragon.

"Thanks Flare." He thankfully said, and Sparx fly towards him. "I got to be honest with you, it was really hard and painful, I can feel the bruises all over my body."

The red dragoness pulled out the gem out of her back and give it to Spike. "Here, the gem can give you gain your full strength." She said.

"Okay, don't mind if I do." Spike said while grabbed it from her hand and eat it. But suddenly, the purple dragon's body is starting to heal the wounds away. "That is delicious, but what do you mean it can give me full strength."

"The gems are not ordinary, they have a special property known not only gives you an appetite or fuel your fire, but to heal any dragon's wounds whenever injury occurs." She said to explaining to him about the gems.

"Woah, I didn't know it can do that." He said in amazement.

"Now that your training is complete, let us head outside." Flare said while she walked to all the way exit while Spike and Sparx following her. By the time when they are now outside the cave, the red dragoness now turned her face to Spike. "Listen carefully Spike, at the south is an Iceland where I found the fortress. You must travel there and free one of ours."

"Okay but, aren't you coming with us?" Spike asked.

"No I will not, you must do this alone." Flare said whole shook her head. "I have trained you with everything I got, I know you can do it, now go."

"Alright Flare, I won't let you down." Spike nodded while taken flight in the air and about to leave right away. But suddenly, Flare stopped the purple dragon when she grabbed his tail.

"Hold on Spike, there is something you should know." Flare said while letting go of his tail. "If you run into or spotted The Son Of The Dark Master, do not engaged them because they are far more stronger than any of us. Fleeing is the only choice you have, understood?" The purple dragon nodded to accept Flare's options if he meets the rogue dragons, and then took off in the air and head to south where the fortress at the Iceland is while Sparx is going with him. "May our ancestors look after you, Spike. May them look after us all."

And so, a young purple dragon have finally met and trained with Flare before going on a mission to rescue the Avalar dragons. Who know what fates lies ahead for Spike and Sparx, but they will soon find out what will happens next at the fortress in the Icelandic land of the south.

To Be Continued...