A Dragon out of Time, A Crash and Spyro Story

Chapter 17: Origins of Eternal Hatred

"Is it time daddy? Are you going to kill them all?"

"Yes my daughter. Every Dragon will answer to me, the Sorcerer, for what they have done to our ancestors. Their time of reckoning is upon them. With the power of the Convexity surging through me, none of those winged monsters will stand a chance."

"No puny Dragon can defeat you! You are the strongest there is, right daddy?"

"Yes my little Sorceress. And someday, you will be the most powerful being on this planet. It is our race's destiny."

"I've been told for years I'm destined for greatness. I've been training almost all my and now I must defend my kind from its biggest danger. But now I want to know why Incendious. Why does the Sorcerer and his people want to kill us?"

"What, you haven't been paying attention to your history lessons my young purple pupil?"

"I'm serious. What happened between the Dragons and the Dinopotamuses centuries ago that has pitted our two races against one another. If we dragons are wise and benevolent, then what have we done to earn their hatred? Why do I have to kill the Sorcerer, master?"

Malefor's teacher and friend Incendious stopped walking aside his student and sighed before he began to answer Malefor's question. "All this is so much to ask of you Malefor. I... all Dragons are asking a lot of you, to take someone's life. You strive for tranquility and enlightenment in yourself and for the world my apprentice, a noble virtue you've learned decades before any of your elders. But in these trying times peace is unfortunately not an option. The lives of so many depend on you. Because you are purple Dragon, you possess the rare ability to master all elements of Dragon magic, and as such are burdened with the momentous responsibility of defending Dragonkind from all threats foreign and domestic, from the ruthless and the irrational. ."

"A wise and humbling console, master. But you are dodging my question, as have the rest of the Elders. I know our two species entered a war several hundred years ago. But what was the cause? The Sorcerer, leagues more powerful than any one of his kind before him, now threatens to destroy us all if I can't stop him yet none of my superiors will tell me the truth of this war. Please Incendious, you've been like a father to me all these years, the elder I've trusted the most. You've taught me so much, made me who I am, raised me, and prepared me for this moment. And I will do what I have to defend my home. But I deserve to know why I have to do this? Why I have to sacrifice my beliefs and kill another living being."

"[Takes a deep breath and exhales], you do deserve to know the truth Malefor. I was told... the Council of Elders and I agreed that this should be kept secret from all Dragonkind. But it is wrong of us, wrong of me to expect you to take the Sorcerer's life without telling you why. What do you know of the Convexity, Malefor?"

"It is an infinite source of cosmic energy."

"Yes. It is an omnipresent, infinite well of pure, unfathomable energy. In essence, the Convexity is power. Any living being has the potential to access the convexity, however tapping into the Convexity and using that power as your own is very, very, difficult. Your ancestor, a purple Dragon named Tyrannous was obsessed with this power. He spent his life trying to understand it and all of what we now know of the Convexity we know because of him and his use of this godly power. However, his fascination with the Convexity eventually consumed him, and he became the first Dark Dragon. He came to think of himself as a god and believed he rightfully deserved to rule the world with the power of the Convexity. His reign occurred very early in our civilization, so Tyrannous' awesome demonstration of power caused him to gain almost unanimous support. He was unstoppable and believed Dragons were Earth's superior species. Once Tyrannous became the god-king of the Dragon Realms, he sought to have the rest of the world under his control. The first species confronted by Tyrannous wrath were the Dinopotamuses. He almost killed them all, until he was challenged and eventually defeated by his brother Yodarious. Both wielded the power of the Convexity, so when Tyrannous fell, Yodarious convinced his brother's followers of the wrongdoings they inflicted on the world and dissolved Tyrannous' army. Tyrannous was a monster, Malefor, our species greatest blight. But his campaign to spread Dragon's dominance over the world was the reason why we Dragons are all over Avalar. This land we live on, it is not the original Dragon Realms, it used to belong to the Dinopotamuses, which is why they refer to it as the Forgotten Realms. This is why the Sorcerer wants revenge against us, because of what our ancestors did to his."