Chapter 2: Dates
The sun rose the next morning as it had done each and every day. Spyro woke up from a peaceful rest and left his home. He took off and flew to the temple of Warfang were he was forced to learn stuff he already knew. He landed at the entrance of the temple and entered the magnificent structure. He was heading towards his class when he saw Ember and Flame nearby.
Spyro greeted them and they returned the greeting. Ember noticed that she was going to be late and gave Flame a hug before she ran off to her class. Spyro wondered what was with this new behavior of Ember's. He gave Flame a confused look and Flame began laughing as they headed to class.
"What's so funny?" Spyro asked.
"I have a girlfriend before the great Spyro does," Flame boasted.
"You're going out with Ember?" Spyro asked.
"Yeah," Flame answered, "It's weird really. She came up to me and began hitting on me and finally asked if I wanted to be with her."
"Ah," Spyro replied, "I see who the male of the relationship is."
Flame shoved Spyro playfully and Spyro laughed shoving him right back.
Ember entered her classroom and sat down before the lecture began. Volteer was explaining who dragons could use their elemental breathes in a scientific manner of course. She had no intention of listening to the lecture though. She had to plan the next portion of her plan to get Spyro to fall for her.
She hoped that being with Flame might make him notice his feelings for her if there were any at the moment. If there were any feelings it would spark competition between the two. A typical thing that males did.
She needed the opportunity to get Spyro to notice how close she made it look like she was to Flame.
"Only if Spyro had a girlfriend," Ember thought, "That's it. If Spyro gets a date with someone I could invite him over for a double date and get him jealous of what I had with Flame."
Little did she know that that opportunity was coming up the path rather quickly.
Class had just let out and Spyro saw Cynder coming down the hall. He called out to her and pulled her over to the side.
"What's up Spyro?" Cynder asked.
He looked at the beautiful black dragoness nervously. She was his first friend and he hated the fact that he was using her, but he could think of no other way to get Ember's eye.
"I was wondering if you would like to go out with me?" his speak was slow and careful.
"Oh, wow, Spyro. I didn't…" Cynder began, "I didn't know that you felt that way about me and yes I would love to."
Spyro smiled as he hugged he and said goodbye.
Spyro caught up with Flame and announced, "I'm no longer single."
"Really?" Flame asked, "Who is the luck dragoness?"
"Ember," Spyro calmly replied.
"What?" Flame asked in confusion.
"You heard me," Spyro said.
"No, that can't be she just asked me out a little while ago," Flame said. Spyro began laughing and Flame growled, "What's so funny, huh?"
"You," Spyro laughed, "You actually believed me there. Oh my God."
"You were joking," Flame asked to be sure.
"Yeah," Spyro replied.
"Oh my…" Flame sighed in relief, "You had me going there."
"You can say that again," said Spyro.
"So how are you seriously with?" Flame asked.
"Cynder," Spyro answered.
"Ah, Cynder," Flame said, "Nice pick."
"I know," Spyro replied.
Ember came up to them, giving Flame and hug and greeted Spyro.
"Guess what happen to Spyro here," Flame said to Ember.
"What happened?" she asked.
"He asked someone out," Flame answered.
"No really?" Ember said doubtingly.
"Yeah," Spyro said joining the conversation, "I asked Cynder."
"Did she say yes?" Ember questioned.
"Yeah," Spyro replied proudly.
"Well congratulations," Ember said, "Oh I have an idea. What if you and Cynder came on a date with us tonight?"
"That would be great," Spyro answered, "Of course I have to see if Cynder can come or not."
"Yes, yes," Ember replied, "Just tell me by the end of the day."
"Will do," Spyro stated.
The sun was setting and Ember was writing in her journal again.
Everything is going perfectly planned. Spyro has a dragoness and I have Flame to make him jealous. Hopefully he will notice me a lot and work up some courage to either challenge Flame or tell me how he feels. I probably should go and get ready so I can impress both boys tonight.
She placed the journal on the table in the kitchen and went upstairs to get ready for her guests that would be arriving in less than half an hour.
Spyro was getting ready to leave for Ember's place since he was running a bit late. Cynder had said yes earlier on and told him that she would meet him there. He didn't want to embarrass her by showing up late or by not being presentable. He finished up and flew towards Ember's place as quickly as he could.
Not a minute passed before he landed at her doorstep. He knocked on the door and waited for a minute before knocking again. He heard someone inside shout, "Hold on, I'm coming Spyro, you impatient lizard."
Ember opened the door and smiled, welcoming him inside.
"Welcome O great and late dragon," Flame shouted causing Ember and Cynder to laugh along with a chuckle from Spyro.
Spyro sat next to Cynder and gave he a hug as he said hello. She returned the embrace with her 'hi'.
"Hey Spyro why don't you tell the girls what happened to you in Cyril's class today," Flame said.
"No, let's not go there," Spyro replied.
"Come on it's funny," Flame argued, "I'm sure everyone would get a good laugh out of it."
"It was only funny because you faked having a injured foreleg to get out of the demonstration," Spyro countered.
Cynder placed a claw and Spyro's and asked, "Please Spyro. I would like to know."
Spyro sighed and said, "You have to tell it Flame, the real way it happened."
Ember and Cynder turned their attention to Flame who began, "Ok, so in Cyril's class today we were learning about sizing up our opponents. Cyril told us that we should always evaluate our enemies before fighting them. So I asked a few "what if" questions. After the three or four questions he told me to come to the front so he can demonstrate what he was trying to tell us. I lied saying I had an injured foreleg because of the training Spyro and I went through the day before. He then picks Spyro to demonstrate on. Spyro goes up there and Cyril asks him, "What few key things would you say describe me fighting ability?" Spyro answers, "You're an ice dragon, you're old…"
"I didn't say he was old like that," Spyro interrupted, "I said that he was more experienced."
"Same thing," Flame answered, "So Cyril then asks what Spyro thought he would attack with first. Spyro answered saying he thought he would attack with an elemental attack. Cyril throws a fake attack and tells Spyro that the first thing anyone should do is to fake your opponent to see what their reaction is. Cyril then in cased Spyro's feet in ice and slapped him with his tail."
Ember and Cynder began to laugh lightly seeing the humor in an older dragon beating a younger dragon, especially since it was Spyro making it funnier than usual. Spyro just sighed again and shook his head.
Cynder laid her head on his shoulder and said, "Aw, come on Spyro, we all have those moments in life. You just have to laugh at them and they aren't as bad."
"I don't know about you, but I find it insulting. Slapping the savior of the realm in the face," Spyro replied, "Cyril is lucky that I didn't go off on him."
Cynder gave Spyro a doubting look and playfully slapped him across the cheek. Spyro simply looked at her with complete shock.
She giggled and said, "So are you going to go off on me or are you just going to keep staring at me?"
"I can't go off on you," Spyro replied, "I'm our boyfriend that would be completely against what I stand for."
"So why are you still staring at me like that," Cynder asked.
"I'm just shocked that you slapped me for no good reason," Spyro stated.
"I'm sorry," she said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek that she slapped, "How's that?"
Spyro was caught off guard by the move. They had been going out for less then a day and she had given him a kiss.
"Does she like me that much?" he thought.
He quickly answered, "Yeah, thank you."
"Anytime," she responded.
Spyro stood up and asked, "Where can I get a drink?"
"I'll get you one," Ember said
"No, no I can get it Ember," Spyro replied, "Just relax with Flame. He can get kind of lonely at times."
"Funny Spyro," Flame jumped in.
"Ok," she responded, "Just go down the hall and to the left is the kitchen."
"Thanks," Spyro said as he walked down the hall.
He came to the kitchen and got a drink out of the small pool of water. After getting his fill he turned and found a book lying on the table. It had no labels on it or any markings that would tell him what of contents. He picked it up and began reading it. He then realized this was Ember's journal. He dropped it on the ground, listening to his morals, but he saw his name in there a lot and his curiosity got the better of him.
He picked the journal back up and read several pages of it. He was shocked to read that she had feelings for him. His heart flipped and he rejoiced inside his mind.
"She loves me," he thought, "Why is she with Flame then?"
He read the last few pages and found the answer.
"So she is doing the same as I am," Spyro thought.
Spyro realized that he had been gone longer then he should have and ran down the hallway, but calmly walked into the room.
"Hey it's about time you came back," Cynder said.
"Did you fall in Spyro?" Flame asked.
"You know it," Spyro answered.
"How are you dry then?" asked Cynder.
"Flamed myself dry," Spyro smartly replied.
"Creative," Ember said.
"Thanks," Spyro answered.
He sat down again next to Cynder who rested her head on his shoulder. He went with it and put an arm around her. She gave and light sigh that said that she was comfortable. Spyro grew worried though that Cynder might be getting too attached to him. He wouldn't worry about it for the time though. Hopefully he would be able to break up with her before it got too serious or out of hand, depending on how events play out.
"Hey, did you know that there is a dance tomorrow at the temple?" Ember asked them.
"Really?" Flame asked, "Does that mean I'm going?"
Ember nodded.
"I glad to hear that," Flame said, "You two should go also."
"Oh that would be amazing," Cynder said as she looked to Spyro, "Do you want to go?"
Spyro smiled and said, "Of course."
It grew late and the groups dispatched to their separate homes, getting the rest they would need for tomorrow.
