One day, the girls were hanging out at Twilight's house after a long day of school. Spike, Twilight's companion and best friend, was sound asleep in his bed.

"I'm bored," Rainbow groaned. "It's been forever since we've had an adventure of any kind!"

"Rainbow Dash, honestly!" Rarity barked. "As much as I enjoyed being with Sam and Max, we almost got ourselves killed out there!"

"Rarity's right," Twilight said. "We should just take it easy for a while. Heaven knows we need it."

"That last adventure was intense," Fluttershy sighed. "I don't know if I can go on anymore."

As the girls continued talking, they failed to notice a yellow dragonfly buzzing around Spike.

The dragonfly eventually woke him up.

"Huh?" Spike said groggily.

After seeing the dragonfly, Spike got all excited and started barking at it.

"Spike, not now," Twilight groaned.

Spike then began to chase the dragonfly around the room. He then jumped into Twilight's lap, startling her.

"Spike, what are you doing?!"

"Chasing that dragonfly!"

The girls then noticed the dragonfly and were astonished at it. The dragonfly then led them to the GameStation. As soon as it did, a Quantum Rift appeared, and the dragonfly disappeared into it. Spike immediately followed after it. Twilight soon followed, along with the others. After everyone went inside, the rift closed and they were all transported to a different world.

Twilight landed with a thud and slowly opened her eyes. There was the dragonfly right in front of her. Just then, she heard a strange voice nearby.

"Hey, Sparx! Come over here!" the voice said.

It turns out that Sparx was the name of the dragonfly. Sparx flew over to the source of the voice, which was a young, purple dragon.

Twilight recognized the look of the dragon from the balloon float that she saw during her adventure with Crash and Coco Bandicoot.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm Spyro," he said. "Who and what are you?"

"My name's Twilight Sparkle. I'm a human."

"Really? Because you look more like a pony-human hybrid."

Twilight ran over to a body of water and was shocked to see that she was in her powered-up form.

"What the--? I'm... ponied up? Okay, Twilight. Calm down. You've been in crazier situations before. I mean, there was that time you were an actual unicorn, not to mention the time you were kidnapped by a crazed evil scientist, and a certain other event which I would rather forget!"

"Hey, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I'm just a little... overwhelmed, I guess."

"Well, I guess that makes sense. I mean, it's not every day you would wake up looking like that, right?"

"Right."

Just then, the two of them heard the voice of someone nearby. The voice turned out to be coming from a much larger dragon. The dragon was light blue in color with long, yellow-white hair, along with similar colored wings and underbelly, a little mustache and beard with black tips, several watches trapped around his arms, neck, and waist, and wore professor-like goggles with horn-like parts on his head. The dragon's name was Lindar.

"Spyro! There you are!" he exclaimed. "We're just about to be interviewed by DNN."

"Cool!" Spyro said excitedly.

Lindar then looked at Twilight.

"And who is this?"

"This is Twilight. Don't worry, she's friendly."

"Well, if you say so. Now, come on. We're about to start. And don't make a scene when it's your turn, this time."

Just then, Spyro spotted a sheep and started chasing it.

"That boy still has a lot to learn," Lindar groaned.

Twilight just rolled her eyes and smiled while shaking her head. The way Spyro acted reminded her a lot of Rainbow Dash. She followed Lindar over to where the dragons from DNN were. They had just started filming.

"Okay, rolling!" the interviewer named Bob said.

After he said that, a dragon by the name of Astor woke up with a start. Astor was an old light purple dragon with light brown frills, small spikes on his body, and yellow horns. He was wearing a necklace and a hat. He carried a shepherd's crook in his right claw.

"It's been peaceful here in the five worlds or is it... six ha, for a dragon's age!" Astor said.

"Five worlds?" Twilight thought. "Where exactly am I?"

She then decided to ask Lindar a question.

"Um, sir, where am I, exactly?" she whispered.

"This is the Artisans world, young lady," he whispered.

"Gotcha! Good to know," she nodded as the interview continued.

"We now have twelve thousand treasure or, is it fourteen thousand..." Astor continued as Spyro eventually headbutted a sheep for fun.

"What about this G-nasty G-norc character?" Bob asked.

As the interview continued, no one in the Artisan homeworld knew that Gnasty Gnorc, a green orc-like creature, was watching said interview in his lair on live television.

"I understand he's found a magic spell to turn Gems into warriors for his cause."

"I'll take that question," Lindar said. "Gnasty Gnorc is a simple creature."

Just as Gnasty was about to bite into a mutton, he stopped.

"SIMPLE?!" he grunted.

He was insulted and continued to watch the interview.

"He has been contained in a remote world and is no threat to the dragon kingdom."

"NO THREAT!?!?"

Gnasty tossed his mutton away as he stood up from his chair.

"Besides, he is ugly."

"UGLY!?!?!? THAT DOES IT!!"

That was the last straw. Gnasty put on his helmet and grabbed his magic mallet. He then thrust his mallet into the air, causing the gem on it to glow. The resulting blast caused the dragons around both Spyro and Twilight to turn into crystals.

"Well, Twilight, looks like we've got some things to do!" Spyro exclaimed as he ran off with Sparx.

"Spyro, wait!" Twilight yelled as she ran after him.

Gnasty just laughed as he turned off his television set. He knew they were coming for him. So, all he had to do was wait. He wasn't the only one waiting for them, though. Unbeknownst to them, a mysterious armored figure was watching their every move. Who exactly was this figure? Well, they were about to find out soon enough.

Author's Note

This story was originally scheduled to be released last year for the real-life year of the dragon. Unfortunately, due to complications with my own life and a bit of writer's block with Sam and Max Save the World, it got put on hold until now.

With that said, I can't thank you guys enough for being a part of this series. You've helped me get through a lot these past several months. And the continuation of the series wouldn't have been possible if not for your dedication to stay with me throughout the entire struggle of the last story.