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// Dante's Freezer 
// Story: Legend of Spyro: Friendship is Magic 
// by FaizGuy 
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Twilight Sparkle's Report on the Outside World and Dragons: Part 1
Dear Princess Celestia,
I'm felling just a bit awkward that you had not only myself, but my new friends all watched since we were foals. I would like to talk to you later about it once all this is over.  Right now, Spyro has managed to learn everything Ignitus would teach him about his Fire Breath while teaching a bit of it to myself and Rarity. We now head out into the area known as Dante's Freezer. It has taken us two weeks to reach it with small breaks between for Spyro and Rainbow Dash. Spyro's just simply been pure adrenaline ever since he gained the ability to fly. It's kinda amusing to watch him fly about with that grin on his face. I've never been so proud of being his sister. From what Ignitus explained, Spyro learned how to fly upon forgetting himself. I owe you an hour of hearing you say 'I told you so' on the advice 'The key to learning is forgetting' back then.
From the data I've gathered upon being in this land, the harsh climate of Dantes Freezer makes it home to only the roughest, toughest, and most enduring of creatures, for the area is constantly choked with blizzards. Its massive fort walls are barely enough to shield its inhabitants from the cold, and often times make it more dangerous with falling ice sickles and slippery ramparts. Cannons and other dangerous weapons are abundant here and the Apes are skilled at using them against any dragons or wandering strangers. It reminds me of the tales of Dante's Inferno's Ninth Hell, which is said to be known as a frozen wasteland. It only shows more evidence upon the Viking Zombies that live upon this land. They appear to be at war with the Apes and vice-versa. I pray that we find Volteer quickly.

Your Faithful Student,
Twilight Sparkle

PS: Sparx says 'Hi' while Spyro says 'I can't wait to show you I can fly!'

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“Let me get this straight, you're saying that I…can fly?” Spyro asked in disbelief as they stood out on the balcony.
“Maybe you've been hanging in those caves and forest a little too long, Old Man. Spyro can't fly. We all know that,” Sparx informed.
“It’s true, actually,” Twilight admitted sheepishly, “Every time we’ve tried, it’s ended with him hitting the ground horns first. Sometimes horn first into a fountain.”
“Yeah, a bit of fresh air might do you good. I've never flown in my life by myself,” Spyro admitted.
“It's you that will be getting some fresh air, Spyro,” Ignitus informed, “Pegasus methods do not work for Dragons, so that would explain it. Now…close your eyes, take a deep breath, and empty your mind…”
Spyro looked over at Twilight. She smiled and gently encouraged him silently. He nodded before closing his eyes and then taking the deep breath. In his thoughts, he thought he could hear a bird cry out.
“Yes, yes, that's it. Now feel the power of your ancestors coursing through your body. In times of crisis they will come to you and teach you... unlocking powers you never knew you had,” Ignitus explained.
“Boy, this I gotta see,” Sparx rolled his eyes, earning a glare from Ignitus for a brief second before he turned back to the younger dragon.
“Just forget everything you ever thought you knew…forget yourself. Only through forgetting will you remember what your ancient blood already knows…” as Ignitus spoke, Spyro’s wings began to flap faster and faster until he began to float into the air, “…You can fly.”
Spyro opened his eyes and looked down. He was above it. He was actually flying. He did small ‘steps’ in his movement as he went over to Twilight.
“I’m…I’m flying…” Spyro choked out in joy, tears welling up in his eyes.
“You’re flying. You’re flying!” Twilight smiled even bigger, a few tears falling off her face.
“I can fly! Wahoo!” Spyro cheered before zipping off and around them all, laughing in joy with Twilight.
“Are you kidding?! He’s flying! Welcome to the club, big guy!” Sparx cheered as he flew besides the ecstatic Purple Dragon.
“Would that be the annoying pest club?” Spyro cracked.
“No, smart aleck, the flying club,” Rainbow replied, flying up over to them.
“Yeah, I could get used to this,” Spyro beamed.
“Dante's Freezer is a desolate arctic expanse that's littered with the machinery of war…soldiers and weapons frozen forever in the posture of destruction. You must find Volteer before he's lost forever,” Ignitus advised.
“Luckily for you two, I brought along winter coats for just an emergency,” Rarity informed, having the two girls their needed clothing.
“Thank you for this, Rarity,” Twilight nodded, putting her jacket on while Spyro landed.
“Care for a ride?” Spyro offered.
“Just like when we were kids,” Twilight giggled.
“Like the time we tricked Shining Armor and Candace?” Spyro chuckled.
“Which time?” Sparx laughed.
“All of them!” Twilight replied with a sly grin.
“…I think I’m going to like traveling with you three,” Rainbow smirked before Pinkie Pie and Boomer handed her a bag of TNT, “What’s this for?”
“Protection,” Pinkie Pie replied.
“Everything. Any problem you have, just blow it up!” Boomer replied.
“Uh…Sure. I’ll come back with an empty sack,” Rainbow nodded, “Either that, or it’ll be filled with stuff that isn’t TNT, okay?”
“Yay! Souvenirs!” the two cheered, hugging her.
‘It will be a shame to see how this will change them all…’ Ignitus thought with regret.
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“This is so awesome!” Spyro laughed as Twilight held on tightly as they flew through a cloud.
“Spyro!” Twilight squealed in mirth and fear, shaking off some of the water the cloud was made from.
“What can you expect, Twilight?” Rainbow Dash asked as she flew beside them, “This is his first time really flying with his own wings and power. He’s in pleasure supreme right now.”
“Does this happen to everyone during the first fourteen-coming onto fifteen-days when you learn to fly with wings?” Twilight asked.
“Nope! Ask Fluttershy. I always believed that she should have been born an Earth Pony or Unicorn, but those wings she has are perfect for her!” Rainbow grinned.
“How come?”
“Because she uses them to look after animals that don’t want to come down from their trees,” Rainbow replied with a shrug, “She’s a vet, you know. She doesn’t really want to be paid, but everyone gives her extra because of her nature. She’s just too damn innocent.”
“Sounds like someone has a crush!” Sparx noted, causing Rainbow to nearly fall in the air from that statement.
“Sh-Shut up!” Rainbow blushed.
“What? I don’t get what the problem is,” Sparx noted.
“Sparx, same-sex relationships are sometimes persecuted for being ‘wrong’ and ‘sick,’” Twilight whispered.
“That’s dumb! Hey, you know what I say about the dudes and chicks who don’t like it; suck it! You’re here, you’re queer, and I am okay with that!” Sparx declared.
“There really isn’t taboo much in dragonfly relationships,” Spyro admitted to a somewhat confused Rainbow before a screeching Ape set on fire flew by them, “Whoa!”
“Apes! They’re lighting themselves on fire and using catapults!” Twilight gasped while looking through a pair of binoculars at the oncoming islands.
The two flyers began to dodge as Twilight used her magic to send the Apes back at their catapults while Spyro used his Fire Balls to blow them up. Eventually, they came upon a frozen wasteland.
“They’re colliding!” Twilight screamed as two glaciers were moving closer together.
“Hang on, Spyro, Twilight!” Rainbow called as she flew behind Spyro and pushed.
The two flyers zipped through the colliding glaciers just inches from their collision. Rainbow saluted the three as she flew beside them. Sparx grinned and gave her a thumbs up while Twilight and Spyro nodded. Eventually, they came upon a fortress in the ice.
“Uh…Rainbow?” Spyro paled, suddenly recalling something.
“Yeah?” Rainbow asked.
“How the heck do I land?”
“Oh, you got to be buckin’ kidding me…” Rainbow muttered as Twilight and Spyro screamed.
“Coming in too fast!” Twilight held tightly onto Spyro.
“This…doesn't look good,” Sparx noted, flying off Spyro.
“Incoming!” Spyro screamed before he and Twilight collided with a mound of snow, poking out and snowmen.
“That’s gonna hurt,” Rainbow cringed.
“Nice landing, ace,” Sparx joked as Spyro and Twilight shook off the snow.
“Yeah. Maybe this flying thing ain’t for me.”
“Well, it sure doesn't help that you're carrying all that weight,” Sparx noted.
“Hey!” Twilight frowned.
“You know, throw a salad in every once in a while. You might be okay,” Sparx continued, keeping his attention on Spyro.
“That was one time and you know it,” Spyro blushed.
“What happened?” Rainbow pondered.
“He has a sweet tooth for candy apples,” Twilight whispered, “He gave me his Puppy Dog Pout to get me to agree to Brunch at Sweet Apple Acres when we first met Applejack and her family.”
“Yeah, I think I'll stick to the ground for a while,” Spyro noted.
“Good idea,” Sparx nodded as the group looked around.
“Not exactly a friendly place, huh? Wonder where we should start…” Twilight pondered.
“Well, I'm no Purple Dragon like you, but maybe we should take that clearly marked path that leads to the interior,” Rainbow pointed out as they began to walk through a field of ice.
“Is it weird that that blinked at me?” Sparx asked, glancing at one.
“Just keep moving,” Twilight whispered before the ice shattered, revealing green-skinned, skinny Vikings in black and red armor.
“Ice cubes alive!” Sparx screamed before an Ape jumped down from a broken pillar, “And we’ve got Monkeys!”
“On it!” Twilight replied before throwing the Vikings away with her Magic while Rainbow pummeled the Ape with a spin-kick followed into a haymakers and then into a buck into the nuts, causing it to collapse to its knees and let out a high-pitched whine of pain.
“Nuts to you!” Rainbow called as she gave him an uppercut that sent the Ape over the snow-covered armor wall before they continued on to a wrecked wall, “How do we get past this? I mean, Spyro, Sparx, and me can fly, but you, Twilight…”
“Why don't we use this thing to knock that bad boy down?” Sparx suggested as he pointed at a catapult.
“Ha, ha. I knew we brought you along for a reason,” Spyro chuckled.
“But what do we load up into it?” Rainbow Dash pondered before a snowball landed beside her.
“Hmm…” Twilight looked up at the tree the snowball fell from, “Sparx, my files.”
“I’m not your secretary,” Sparx frowned before pulling out a folded piece of paper from the tiny backpack he had on, “But here.”
Twilight unfolded the paper before continuing it until it opened up into a normal-sized paper. She began to skim it. Her horn and eyes glowed along with the snowball. It suddenly changed into a boulder.
“Whoa…” Rainbow awed.
“Spyro, load it up. Rainbow, aim. Sparx, prepare to shout ‘fire,’” Twilight ordered.
“Yes, ma’am!” Sparx saluted.
Spyro quickly loaded the boulder into place on the catapult. Rainbow and Spyro pushed together as she aimed it. Twilight nodded to Sparx as she held the lever.
“Fire!” Sparx shouted.
Twilight pulled the lever. The catapult quickly launched the boulder and it slammed into the debris, shattering it and revealing a path. The four let out a cheer as they continued on.
“That was a good idea... glad I thought of it,” Spyro joked.
“You…glad you…? No,” Sparx glared as Twilight giggled.
“He’s kidding,” Twilight comforted, “Right?”
“That’s what we do,” Spyro beamed.
“More Apes and Vikings!” Rainbow called out.
The group quickly began to fight back. Twilight and Spyro quickly fired Fire Balls at them while Rainbow began to pummel them with punches and kicks while using her wings to distract them. They managed to get a bit deeper into the structure before an Ape Giant on a higher level used his staff to create a wall of freezing winds.
“Oh, come on!” Rainbow exclaimed.
“There’s a tree,” Spyro noted before whacking it with his tail, causing a snowball to fall from it.
“Is anyone else weirded out by snowballs falling from trees?” Sparx asked as Twilight used her magic to turn it into a boulder that Spyro quickly loaded and Rainbow aimed.
“Don’t question it,” Rainbow ordered, “If it helps us, I’ll be glad.”
They quickly fired it and knocked the Ape Giant off his stand and rolled away on it, causing the winds to fade away. The girls screamed when they saw a pair of giant bats with Apes flying on them swoop at them, the bats carrying barrels filled with lit dynamite. Twilight quickly formed a shield spell and the barrels collided with it, blowing up and shattering it. Spyro barely caught the aching Twilight.
“Hate when…they break it…” Twilight mumbled.
“She’ll be out of it for a little,” Spyro noted.
“Lucky for us, we’re surrounded by ice,” Sparx informed.
They continued on. As they walked along the path, Spyro carrying Twilight, the group encountered an Ape that was firing snow bombs from a canon. Rainbow and Sparx distracted him with flying and taunts before Spyro unleashed a Fire Ball that blew it-and the Ape-up. Twilight recovered after a few minutes as they continued, but Spyro refused to let her get off until they got to a good spot. Sparx looked out to see a faint image of a dragon flying off.
“You think that was Cynder?”
“I sure hope so,” Spyro noted.
“What?” Rainbow asked.
“Well, if it wasn't, it means there's more than one giant evil dragon around here,” Twilight frowned.
“Oh yeah…” Rainbow gulped in fear.
“I hope that was Cynder too,” Sparx agreed with Spyro.
“G-Guys…” Twilight squeaked out.
“What?” Rainbow turned to her and paled, “Ooh…”
“G-g-g-g-ghost Viking!-!-!” Sparx screamed at the floating upper skeleton of a Viking with one arm and a giant buster-sword.
“Run!” Twilight screamed before they began to run away from it.
Eventually, they came upon a tower with three Vikings charging out of it. A bolt of lightning raced from the top.
“Look out!” Sparx screamed before it slammed into him.
“Spyro! You okay, buddy?” Rainbow asked in concern.
His body trembled before the Vikings and Ghost Viking came upon them. He exhaled and unleashed a blast of lightning all over, destroying them.
“Wooo! I guess so,” Sparx gulped.
“Spyro…You…You breathed lightning!” Twilight gasped as Spyro shook his head.
“I feel like I ate a lightning storm,” Spyro groaned before the group continued on.
“Aw man…Not more of them…” Rainbow whined, seeing more Ghost Vikings and a Giant Ape.
“Rage…At max…” Spyro trembled as his eyes turned scarlet once more.
“Duck and cover!” Sparx screamed before Twilight casted her shield spell once more.
“Fury of Ishlandur's Final Stand!” Spyro roared as he unleashed the flaming vortex shockwave, incinerating the opponents and gate before them.
“Man…That is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen, no matter how many times I see it,” Rainbow whistled in awe.
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“I buckin’ swear that if I see another exploding barrel of Apes…” Rainbow Dash muttered in anger as Spyro tried to knock down a bolted door.
“Maybe we should head this way, genius,” Sparx pointed towards an ice cave entrance just their size, “Hey, Sp…Oh, check this out. Echo!”
“Rainbow Dash is the greatest!” Rainbow called, hearing her echo.
“Oh, please,” Twilight sighed.
“Hold on. I got one. I want to see if it works. I’m an idiot!” Sparx called out.
“You’re an idiot!” the echo replied rather upset.
“…I was not expecting that,” Sparx pointed out as Rainbow fell over, laughing.
“Ha ha, alright my turn,” Spyro chuckled as they ventured deeper into the ice cavern, “Hellooooooo!”
“Hello,” they looked down to see a hoard of Apes.
“Who's the genius now, echo man?” Spyro frowned before the group was about to charge when Rainbow threw ten sticks of TNT that blew the Apes to Kingdom Come.
“…What?” everyone kept staring at her, “Hey, I promised I’d come back with no TNT. Now I just need the souvenirs.”
“Let’s just get going…” Twilight sweatdropped before Spyro landed on a struggling Ape.
“Where’s the Dragon you stored here?” Spyro demanded.
“Next…room…” the Ape groaned before passing out from his wounds.
“…” Twilight glanced about with a small frown.
“Something wrong?” Rainbow asked.
“I just hope they’re all okay,” Twilight noted.
“Yeesh, you’re kinda soft like Fluttershy on this matter,” Rainbow noted, glancing to see a few Apes had been ended in the bombing, “Still, it’s something we’ll have to try to get used to. I mean, these guys come at us with intent to kill, nothing less than that.”
“I…I know, but still…Some of these Apes may have children at their homes, families even,” Twilight noted.
“We’ll send them bouquets.”
“How can you just be so…uncaring?!” Twilight demanded.
“It’s simple; it’s war,” Rainbow replied, not looking back as she followed Spyro.
Twilight raised a brow. ‘It’s war?’ What did she mean by that? Twilight shook her head and followed them into a large arena-like place made from the ice and snow. Nearby was a throne, resting a tall bipedal figure within obsidian and crimson armor akin to what the Vikings had worn, and covered in various areas along with his throne in a thick coating of ice. Sealed in a nearby ice cage was a dragon the size of Ignitus, colored in a bright yellow, almost akin to the stereotypical belief that lightning was yellow/white, and horns/spikes of lightning blue coloring. Strangely, he wore a gag over his mouth.
“Is that Volteer?” Twilight pondered.
“Hey, that’s him. We did it. Bye,” Sparx turned.
“Hmm, I don't like this. It's too quiet…too…easy,” Spyro noted.
“Wha…what part was easy? Eh, getting chased by frozen madmen and gorillas?” Spyro demanded as he flew before the throne, unaware of the ice starting crack.
“Uh, Sparx…” Spyro gulped.
“I mean, really? That was not easy! We got chased by Ghost Vikings!” Sparx exclaimed as a sinister red glow appeared in the armored figure’s eyes.
“Sparx, turn around!” Twilight shouted.
“Is that what I think it is?” Rainbow paled before the ice shattered, the figure standing up with a roar.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!” Sparx screamed before he flew over and ran into the cage, “Hide me, hide me, hide me!”
“Who dares intrude upon the lair of I, the Ice King?” the figure demanded as he jumped down, brandishing a sword and a shield, a white aura emanating from his blade.
“We are here for Volteer, the dragon that lies within the cage over there,” Twilight informed, “We mean you no disrespect, oh noble Ice King.”
	“Hmm…You seem to be a Pony. Unicorn, at glance,” the Ice King noted, “Your horn will make a fine addition to my collection.”
“W-w-what?” Twilight paled.
	“Prepare for your demise!” the Ice King declared as he charged.
Battle Music: Fight The Knight

The Ice King swung his blade and the girls and Spyro barely jumped back. Spyro retaliated with a Fire Ball, but the Ice King used his shield to block it. He moved it away only to be blasted by five sticks of TNT.
“Ha! Got him!” Rainbow smirked before the Ice King’s helmet landed beside her almost empty sack of TNT, “And I got a souvenir.”
	“Grrrrawrg!-!-!” the smoke from the explosion was dispersed as the Ice King, his helmet gone to reveal a demonic skull with bits of skin and an eyeball still attached to it, erupted from it, “Thou shall be first to taste thine blade!”
“Gah!” Rainbow yelped before using her wings and flew over the Ice King.
The Ice King aimed his sword at her and a beam of ice shot out of it. Rainbow barely dodged the attack as it made more stalagmites upon the ceiling. She barely threw a few more sticks of lit dynamite at the king before he swung his blade, releasing a wave that froze them. The Ice King was about to swing once more for Rainbow when he was blasted in the back by lightning. In his cage, the dragon was regaining consciousness to see Spyro unleash his new Lightning Breath.
“Blast you, Dra…” the Ice King began before seeing Spyro’s scales, “A Purple Dragon? Now you would make the supreme trophy for my collection.”
Spyro unleashed another blast of lightning at the Ice King, making him dodge and get hit with Twilight’s Fire Ball, knocking off more parts of his armor and let Rainbow catch it in her bag while she threw more TNT at him. The Ice King roared before a snowflake-shaped barrier spun around him, taking the blasts of TNT. Rainbow reached into her bag once more and paled.
“Uh oh. Outta ammo,” Rainbow gulped before the Ice King slammed a fist into her face and sent her into the cage.
“Are you quite alright?” Volteer asked.
“I’m…I’m fine,” Rainbow gagged a bit.
“Come on, come on! Round Two, Dash!” Sparx pumped his fists before rubbing one of her shoulders and then the other since he couldn’t do both at once, “You gotta be rough. You gotta be tough. You gotta win, win, win!”
“Ugh…” Rainbow groaned.
“Alright. This calls for the Reindeer Shout,” Sparx rubbed his chin, “Yeah?”
“Y-Yeah?”
“Yeah?!”
“Y-Yeah?”
“Yeah!”
“Yeah!” Rainbow cried out.
“Yeah!!!”
“Yeeeaaaah!!!” Rainbow cried out before shooting through the gaps in the bar and slammed into the Ice King just as Spyro and Twilight unleashed a pair of Fire Balls at him, sending him flying off the side with the rest of his armor being blown off upon impact from all three attacks.
	“Nooooo!!!” the Ice King roared as he fell down into the darkness below the arena.
“It borders on the miraculous, incredible, stupendous! A dragon your size defeating that… that… thing with the aid of a Unicorn and Pegasus! Thank you... ah…ah…ah…” Volteer tried to think of the Purple Dragon’s name.
“Spyro. And these are my adopted sister, Twilight Sparkle, and our friend, Rainbow Dash.”
“A purple dragon named Spyro, a Unicorn named Twilight Sparkle, and a Pegasus named Rainbow Dash. Amazing. Of course, there were unsubstantiated rumors of a purple dragon countless generations ago, but most considered it hearsay, gossip, legend. It's hard to believe, difficult to fathom, amazing to comprehend... er... um…” Volteer rambled on.
“No wonder they gagged this guy,” Sparx whispered as Rainbow nodded, finishing her collecting of the Ice King’s armor.
“So much time has passed, so many things have been learned, and now, here he is, standing right before me…”
“Excuse me... Mr. Volt,” Twilight spoke.
“Wha... wha... what is it?”
“Sir. Should... shouldn't we get going?” Spyro asked.
“Oh, of course, but where to?”
“Back to the Temple,” Rainbow informed.
“A friend of yours is waiting,” Sparx added.
“Ignitus?”
“Yes, Ignitus,” Twilight nodded.
“Of course, much to tell him, many hypotheses to pose. I believe that…”
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To my Faithful Student,
I am so pleased in hearing my little Spyro can finally fly. I'll hold you to that unspoken promise, Twilight Sparkle. Please do your best to stay safe in Dante's Freezer. And when you find Volteer...wear eaplugs. I know it is quite unsettling for you to hear this from me, but Volteer can outtalk anyone. Though I believe Sparx or even Pinkie Pie can give him a run for his Bits. I knew it was a bad idea to introduce him to dictionaries...Curse you, Truth or Dare Night during the war. Hopefully, when you rescue Volteer, Spyro will be able to display the ability to use Lightning. That would just add evidence that he is the Purple Dragon of Legend.

With warm regards,
Princess Celestia

PS: Sparx, don't complain since you wanted to go with them. And I can't wait to see you flying about, my little Spyro.