Well I hope you all enjoyed the previous chapter, and I hope that you all enjoy this one just as much.
After introductions were finished, Volteer went back to teaching his class, and to Cynder's sorrow, the class was a boring and dull as it usually was. The topic he was teaching was of nothing special, as it was about the history on how the Relconem religion affected the world in the days of old and how it became what it was today. Wars were fought, and cities were demolished, all in the name of the so called 'ancestors'.
Cynder sighed, as not only did she not believe that the ancestors excited, but she also thought that such meaningless talk of them was merely a waste of time and effort. Boredom started to affect her focus, as Cynder's eyelids started to grow heavier and heavier by the second, until they began to droop. Just has her eyes shut, she quickly reopened them, trying her best not to fall asleep again in class, less she face the wrath of her father for the fourth time that week for sleeping in class.
But she couldn't help herself when it came to such a boring class such as the one she was in. Her eyes began to droop once more, her body gladly accepting the clutches of sleep, as its warm and comfortable hands took hold of her, as she closed her eyes.
"Mr. Spyro!" shouted Volteer, awakening Cynder with a shock, all former tiredness disappearing from her body in fear of being caught. She had to catch herself from explaining how she wasn't sleeping when she realized that Volteer wasn't talking to her. She looked over to where the red dragon sat and watch him let out a large yawn. 'At least I wasn't the only one' she thought.
"Since you are a new student here, I shall let you off with a warning, but if I catch you asleep once more in my class, I will send you to the principal's office. Do I make myself clear?"
Spyro slowly moved his head to nod, which didn't please Volteer all too much. "DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!" shouted Volteer once again his patience growing thin.
"I'm sorry, it won't happen again." said the red dragon seeming rather ridged as he said this.
Satisfied enough, Volteer turned to face the bored and continued his lecture. The rest of the class was the same, boring as ever in Cynder's eyes. When class finished she quickly made her way out of the room, but once she was past the doors, she noticed a Relconem member, only a little taller than herself, indicating that it was about her age just sitting still against the wall. The dragon sat there for a few seconds before he or she stood up and began to walk away.
Cynder watched the mask wearing, white cloaked figure walked down the halls before he turned right down a different hallway. She was confused as to why a member of the Relconem religion would be walking in the school, but just assumed that he wondered in here in his absent mindedness. It was rare, but they have been known to accidentally walk into open buildings.
"Well hello darling," said Emory suddenly appearing behind Cynder, breaking her from her thoughts.
"What? Oh, hello Emory," said Cynder in a distasteful tone in her voice as she said his name.
"If you wouldn't be so kind, I wish to ask you to accompany me to Urlchen as my lovely date," Emory asked, trying to be as charming as possible when he did, and like all other attempts, this charm failed to convince Cynder to change her him.
"No, I don't want to be your date, just go away already,"
"Surely there must be something that would get you to go with me, just give me a chance at least,"
"For the last time no, go bother some other dragoness why don't you,"
"But you are the only one my heart desires for, without you I don't know what I would do,"
Before Cynder could say anything in response to this, she felt someone bump into her. "Hey, could you watch where-" she paused when she saw that it was Spyro who bumped into her. He didn't seem to have noticed that he bumped her though as he just continued to walk off, leaving Cynder very confused as to where he was going in such a hurry.
"What a jerk, he didn't even apologies. I'm sorry for his actions Cynder." Emory stated boldly. "If you'd like I can bring him back here and force him to apologies to you."
Cynder rolled her eyes but took this as an opportunity to get rid of the blue dragon. "Yeah sure, why don't you go do that and leave me be for a bit alright?"
Emory gave her a small bow yet again and went chasing after Spyro. Cynder waited till Emory was out of sight before letting out a grown, as she got the feeling that this was going how the rest of her day would go, but before she had time to really think about it, the bell rung again, signaling her to hurry to class.
As the school day went on, Cynder eventually found herself with in the cafeteria, along with several other classmates, or other dragons she hasn't met before. As she sat down at a table, the first thing she noticed was that Spyro was also sitting at that table as well, staring off into space. There was food in front of him, but he didn't seem to interest in it.
Just before Cynder could begin yelling at him for running into her earlier that day, another student at the table asked, "So what do you think Cynder?"
Cynder turned and faced the student who asked the question. "What do I think about what?" she asked not sure what they were talking about.
"Do you think the rumors are true that Malefor is going to attack Warfang again, and start another war?"
Several rumors about this have been popping up over the past month, and it freighted a lot of people. The first war nearly ended with Malefor succeeding in his conquest of the world. One of the few major cities left was Warfang. The people there managed to hold their ground for a few months, before Malefor sent all of his forces that he could spare at the time at them. The battle was great but, in the end, Warfang had won. A lot of good dragons but Malefor lost most of his army in the process. Then he just vanished, along with what was left of his army till now, nearly sixteen years later, as rumors started popping up about his forces being spotted far away.
Cynder herself feared for another war, worried that lose her father in it. Despite his age, he was a high-ranking officer so, there was no doubt in her mind that he would fight. "I don't know, I hope they are not true, but I can't really say much else,"
The rest of the lunch period Cynder was in deep thought, worried about her father. The thought of war coming once again was not something she wanted to think much about, so in hopes of thinking of something else she began to look around the room for her to focus on. As she did, she couldn't help but focus on the new student, Spyro. He was merely just sitting there, taking a few bites of food before peering off into space once more. She wasn't sure what it was but there was something that seemed off about him to her. Maybe it was the way he ate his food, or the way he walked but something about Spyro didn't seem right to her. She made a mental note in her head to keep an eye on him.
The rest of Cynder's school day went rather well. She didn't have any more classes with Emory, and it all went by rather quickly, much to her own delight. At the end of the school day, Cynder waited by the front gates, for Ember so that they could hang out for a little while.
"Hey Ember," shouted Cynder as she waved her wing in the air, in hopes of getting the pink dragoness to notice her. She did, and Ember quickly made her way over to her.
"Hey how is it going Cynder, school treating you well?"
"Oh, you know the same as usual. Though today we got this new student, a red dragon who goes by the name of Spyro. He's a strange guy, and he was acting kind of weird whenever I saw him."
"Is he now? Strange he didn't seem weird to me. Quiet yes, but nothing weird about him. I'm sure he just needs a friend is all. He came here from so far away anyhow so I'm sure he's just getting used to the place. Got to say though, he is rather handsome. I think I'm going to ask him to accompany me to Urlchen in a few weeks,"
Cynder gave her a skeptical look. "I don't know, something still doesn't sit right with me about him. He doesn't seem like a bad guy but something about him just doesn't seem... natural."
Ember just waved her comments off. "Oh, don't say stuff like that, I bet you he's a great person when you get to know him. Or if you are that worried about him, why don't you try hanging out with him, maybe you'll find that he isn't as strange as you thought he was."
Cynder shrugged as they started to walk home. "You're probably right. I'm probably just acting paranoid."
"Yeah most likely" Ember started to laugh at her friends' expense, to which Cynder just rolled her eyes.
"Are we going to do something or not Ember?" Cynder said, trying not to sound mad at her friend.
"Yeah, yeah." Ember said, with a big grin still on her face. "In fact, I know just the place to go near the marketplace that was some of the most delicious cakes and tea,"
"You just want to go shopping, don't you?" Cynder asked as she raised a brow.
"Maybe, what if I do?" Ember said innocently. "I mean what would be so wrong with doing so after we get a bite to eat?"
Cynder just rolled her eyes and chuckled a little. "Alright let's go,"
Ember let out a small girlish squeal, before taking off towards the market place. Cynder laughed once more before following the pink dragoness.
So what did you guys think of this chapter? I really do wish to hear your guys opinions on the matter, as I want to know if what Im doing I successful. I mean it would be a terrible shame if all of my hints have gone to waste. So please if you wouldn't mind, I would love to know your guys theories about this story as it develops, and it will help me in the long run.
