Spyro: Hidden Flames

Prolouge: Night after the defeat of Malifor

It was a peaceful and silent night in the valley of Avalar. The grassy meadows blew gently in the subtle breezes of the season and the moon was full and luminous in the night sky. Upon this particular night a lone dragoness was waiting anxiously in hidden cave at the far end of the valley. For it was on this night that her egg was finally hatching.

The dragoness is tall and slender in body, with two horns curved back atop her head. At the end of her tail is a curved scythe blade. Her scales are a blinding white in color, while her claws, horns, and tail blade are stunning silver. The Undersides of her wings and her underbelly are a cool gray. Her most striking features however are her eyes and the purple crystal that she wears around her neck.

Her eyes are a glowing turquoise, which gives off an aura of beauty, intelligence, and great cunning. People that look into them feel as if she can see straight through to their very souls. As for the crystal that hangs around her neck, it was a special gift from her recently deceased mate. The crystal is in the shape of a dragon couple whose bodies are intertwined, the male dragon being a slight shade darker than the female.

Her mate told her that it would protect her and keep her safe from harm. He promised her that he would always be there for her and their child. Yet despite these things he had come to leave this life. Leaving her all alone in the world, with no one else to care and watch over their child. She was stuck with the pain and suffering from having lost him when he was needed most. She trembled slightly as she watched the egg's shell crack and fracture, while the dragon hatchling inside struggled to break free. Finally the one side of the egg shattered and out toppled the baby dragon.

The dragoness wept with joy, for the baby dragon was a beautiful little girl. Her scales are bright silver in color. She has two sets of horns. The first are on the top of her head and curve outward and then back in again so they almost meat at a point. The second set are a third of the size of her first pair and curve out and up from just below her eyes ending at the bottom of her other horns. At the end of her tail is a double sided axe blade. Her horn's, tail blade, and claws are black in color. The undersides of her wings and her underbelly are a light purple. The hatchling's eyes are an intense electric blue. In the center of the undersides of it's wings and on its front shoulders is a spiral design with three arms coming from their center. The spirals are dark amethyst in color. Besides these markings, she has one more located in the center of her forehead. The marking is a crescent moon within a shining sun. The crescent moon is black in color while the sun is the same color as her other markings.

Through a skylight located above where the baby dragon just hatched the light of the two moons poured into the cave. The hatchling turned to look up at where the light was coming from. With its eyes full of wonder and curiosity as it stared at the moons. Once it lost interest in the moons it turned its' gaze to stare at its' mother. As it looked at her the hatchling smiled and giggled gently. Then it stood up on shaky legs and tried to walk to its mother. She had only taken two steps when she slipped and tumbled to the ground. Her body landed just outside of the light coming from the skylight. The new mother who had been watching her was baffled at what she was now seeing. For the symbols on her daughter's body were now glowing. It wasn't noticeable when she was in the light; but now that she wasn't her mother could clearly see the symbols shine. This fascinated her greatly. For in all her years she had never met a dragon with symbols that shined.

The mother stood up and walked over to her daughter. Using her mouth she picked her up and carried her over to the pile of grass and moss where she slept. She set her down on the pile and lied down beside her. With her body and tail wrapped around her child to help her stay warm. As the hatchling started to yawn and fall asleep, its' mother began to speak to it softly.

"It wasn't always like this my child. Your father tried to make this world a better place for the two us to live in. Had he not been stopped by those two foolish and traitorous dragons; he would have succeeded. Though he is now gone, I shall not forget him or the ones that took him from us. I shall have my vengeance upon them and will rid this world of all that poses a threat to us."

The mother stopped her speech to look down at her daughter, who by now was sleeping peacefully in her loving embrace. She smiled at the sight and continued on with her speech.

"Before he died we came up with names to give you when you were born, as well as a lullaby to sing to you. It may not be the same without him here... but I shall keep to our decisions'."

And with that she started to sing.

"Through all the darkness there is a light

So you will make it through this long night

For it's always darkest before the dawn

And just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's gone

And remember should you feel lost or afraid

Just know that we'll be there to save the day"

Once she finished singing the lullaby she took one last look at her child. She looked at her daughters symbols glowing in the night and wondered to herself what they might do. As she laid her head down and was about to close her eyes she whispered on last thing.

"Good night, my sweet Selenia."

Copyright: I do not own Spyro or anything Spyro related. It is all owned by Sierra Entertainment and Activision. I do own my original characters in the story.