It was around midday went Vexx returned to his home village, he was greeted at the entrance by one of his older brothers. Mark was his earth dragon brother, he was 17, one year older than Vexx. He had dark green scales with a tan underbelly. Green eyes, tan horns that zigzag upwards and back. 2 small horns stubs on each side of lower jaw, also tan.

"What took you so long? You've missed half of Frost's hatch day!" Mark said to Vexx.

Vexx held up the herb. "You know how much he likes his soup." He said with a grin. "It took forever for me to find it."

Mark nodded. "Alright, get it to mom, there's still time for her to cook it before dinner." He said before returning to the day festivities.

Vexx walked through his home village, he looked at all the decorations and chuckled to himself a little. Frost was turning 18, and turning 18 was a major step in a dragon's life. At least is was for this village. Frost was now considered an adult, this hatch day signified his transition from childhood to adulthood, so naturally it was a big deal and had to be perfect. Vexx quickly made his way back to his home to find his mom in the house preparing appetizers and snacks for the next few hours, along with a couple of dragonesses, namely my twin sister.

"Vexx, there you are!" Spark said.

Vexx held up the herb that he had collected, "was busy getting this." He said to his sister, smiling at her. She had bright yellow scales with a white underbelly. Golden eyes, white horns that zigzag upwards and back. 3 small horn stubs on each side of lower jaw, also white.

"Thank you Vexx." His mother said with a smile before taking the herb. "You know how much this would mean to your brother."

Vexx nodded. "I know, which is why I didn't complain the whole time when I was looking." He said. Which is a complete lie.

"Why don't you hurry along and go celebrate with your brother." His mother said.

Vexx took a quick look around at what they were making, quickly grabbed something from a pile of snacks his sister was making. He threw it into his maw quickly and took off back outside.

"Hey!" His sister's voice called from behind him, not sounding happy at all.

Vexx just grinned to himself as he jogged to find where his brother was currently at.

•••

Spyro and Cynder were still flying aimlessly, not sure where they were going or if they would get anywhere. They just hoped something other than wilderness would show up soon.

"Maybe we should try flying north." Cynder suggested as they flew.

"No." Spyro said. "We keep flying East, we'll eventually reach the ocean and from there we can find out where we are."

Cynder sighed but didn't argue. She would let Spyro lead, even if she thought going north would be better.

"Besides, it's colder up north." Spyro said.

"I guess." Cynder sighed, she looked north and scanned the horizon. She hoped to find something that would resemble a settlement of sort, but found nothing.

Spyro looked at her and noticed what she was doing. "Cynder…" He sighed. "Fine, we can go north."

Cynder looked back at him with a smile. "Good." The two quickly changed directions to head north.

"But why north?" Spyro asked her, curious.

"My armies and I never went north much when I was under Malefor's control. We planned to eventually. Never got around to it." Cynder said, still scanning the horizon.

"Oh." Spyro said. He also scanned the horizon. "Makes sense."

The two continued to fly until it was close to night, so they decided to find a place to sleep. They would rather not search when it was pitch black out. Once they had found a decent spot they flew down and got comfortable, Spyro took out the last of their water and took a sip, Cynder did the same.

"We should spend tomorrow getting food and water." Spyro said as he laid on his back, watching the sky slowly darken.

"I can get food, you can handle the water." Cynder said settling in next to him, doing the same thing.

Spyro nodded, closed his eyes, and took in a deep breath. Even though they were lost it was hard not to enjoy the nature around him. The smell of the trees, the light breeze, the warm air, food. Spyro opened his eyes and sat up, looking around and sniffing.

"What are you doing?" Cynder asked, confused at this random behavior.

"Do you smell that?" Spyro asked, turning to Cynder quickly.

Cynder smelled the air and blinked. "Food."

Spyro nodded and stood up, "Come on." He said as he took off, Cynder right on his tail. The two followed the scent of whatever they were smelling. Almost immediately after takeoff the two could see lights in the distance. They had found a village.

"Yes! I was right!" Cynder said with a huge smile.

"Nice job Cynder." Spyro said. "You might've just saved us."