Sparx was disoriented. He woke up near a pond next to a small town. Last he remembered he was back at the temple ready to take a nap. He had no idea how he ended up here. He was contemplating possibilities (However few there were) when he heard someone go “Wheeeeeeee!” And splash into the lake. Being a dragonfly, he wasn’t the most lively creature in water or even when wet, so he flew as fast as possible to get just out of range of the splash zone. The pink head he saw pop out of the water was one that he’d never seen before.
“Pinkie!” Another creature shouted. It jumped into the air and flew over with feathered wings that the other creature didn’t have. “I’m sorry about my friend, are you okay little guy?”
“I’m seventeen, you don’t have to talk down to me.” Sparx said smartly. The creature with long pink hair and a yellow fur coat looked hurt.
“Wait a minute…” Sparx heard another voice. This one sounded all too familiar.
“Cinder? You’re here too!?”
“Sparx! For once I’m glad to see you! You okay?”
“Other than the fact that I have no idea how we got here?… I’m good.”
“That’s good,” the black dragon turned to the pink haired… thing. “It’s okay Fluttershy, Sparx here’s a bit of a big mouth smart-alec. He doesn’t mean everything as harshly as he says it.” Sparx would’ve been a little hurt if it weren’t for that last part. Fluttershy sniffled and seemed to get over it.
“Hey, Cinder, how did you end up here?”
“Don’t know. One minute I’m going to sleep at the temple, the next I’m in a tree somewhere I don’t recognize.”
“Maybe our friend Twilight can help you!” Pinkie Pie said. Fluttershy just nodded, she was still a little sour about the snarky attitude Sparx displayed. Pinkie had to keep reminding her to take it with a grain of salt. Over time, she was able to get over it, but that’s for later.
“Where can we find your friend?” Cinder asked.
“There’s a castle on the hill in Ponyville,” Fluttershy said. “We’ll take you there.”
“Fire!” Pinkie yelled. “There’s a fire in the town!”
Sure enough there was smoke rising from the town.
“Spyro!” Cinder whispered. “Sparx, we gotta help!”
“When and how have I ever helped in situations like this!?” Sparx admitted after years of denial. “Not something I ever thought I’d hear myself say.” Suddenly he knew something was wrong with himself and possibly even his brother… he had to find Spyro! They were halfway to the town when the smoke cleared. They reached the town to hear Spyro being scolded.
“What were you thinking, Spyro!?” the purple “pony” yelled. “You could’ve burned down all of Ponyville!”
“Sorry,” Spyro said. “In my defense Rainbow Dash suggested it, but I’ll take her blame.”
“And YOU!” the purple pony turned on a cyan pony with rainbow hair. “Why in the name of Sweet Celestia would you suggest something so dangerous even to a friendly dragon!”
“We wanted you to be warm enough, you looked like you were freezing.” the Rainbow one said.
“Hey! Spyro!” Sparx yelled thinking they’d gotten enough scolding.
“Sparx! Cinder! You’re here too!” they rushed to each other, and got together in a group hug.