Flying Free
#1 of Not so Alone
Skylanders/My Little Pony crossover story.
It feels so good to fly again Flashwing thought to herself.
After joining forces with the giants and defeating Kaos again, the Skylands were safe and now she could finally enjoy flying. While they were under attack, none of the Skylanders dared flying for fear they would be attacked by surprise from below. But now she could spend all day gliding in the sun and she was doing just that.
While slowly circling above the Skylands, Flashwing started remembering her first day on the Skylands: her first day anywhere, really.
She doesn't remember how it happened, she just remembers waking up for the first time in a crater. She was trying to get her bearings and figure out what exactly was happening and where she was when she saw a stone dragon approach the edge of the crater. It was dark and she was already confused and he startled her so naturally she attacked and actually sent him flying off the cliff she had crashed on.
Later, she made friends with Bash and apologized for her hasty attack. He actually became quite smitten with her and quickly forgave her and they became good friends. She knew he had stronger feelings but she was still too new and too lost to worry about feelings or relationships. After a while of living with the Skylanders and fighting against Kaos, she became accustomed to life on Skylands and when she did finally have time for romantic feelings, they were for a dragon, but it was for Cynder, not Bash. He was great, and he was a dragon made of the earth, much like the crystals that made up portions of her wings and tail, but Cynder, like her, seemed to be lost and outcast and it made it that much easier for Flashwing to relate with her. They quickly became best friends and after defeating Kaos and giving themselves much less to worry about, they became more than just friends.
Spyro was quite jealous at first, and actually Cynder did feel for him, Flashwing knew, but she was so embarrassed of her past that she never felt comfortable around him and Flashwing was her second choice. Sometimes this hurt Flashwing, but most times she was just happy to have someone in her life that cared for her and who made her feel not so lost and confused. She still didn't really know how she came to be or why. Bash said it was his wish that made the meteor containing her crash to the earth, but there had to be more to it than that. She couldn't simply just be the side effect of a thought in Bash's head; she had to have a purpose.
As these thoughts poured through Flashwing's head, her gliding picked up speed and soon she was soaring through the air. Her lazy circles became a Jetstream out into the sky. Without even realizing it she soared past the usual boundaries of Skylands and was now gliding over ancient mabu lands and Arkeyan ruins.
Then suddenly it happened.
Flashwing realized she was daydreaming all of a sudden as she was being pulled toward a strange portal. She tried to fly away but it was too late and before she knew it, she got sucked in and all of a sudden she once again felt scared and confused and alone.