Chapter 2: Adoption

The doctors spent all night non-stop (except for coffee breaks) on Cynder wounds whilst the others waited hoping she would get better. The room was quiet until Spyro asked.

"Why don't we play a game to pass the time?" His parents didn't reply they just looked at the ground with petrified looks.

"I don't think now's a good time to play games son." His father replied with the same look on his face, but more of a sad feeling was in his voice.

"You fathers right sweetie, we're a bit too worried to be playing games at the minute." His mother stated with the same sad tone. Spyro then looked towards the door where the doctors were treating Cynder.

"If she does get better what will she do then? She can't just stay on the streets like an animal, she deserves more than what she's being given now, she deserves a family to protect her, friends to be with her, a home to be peaceful in and most of all to be treated with some respect. So what are we going to do about it, let her return to hell, or give her somewhere proper to live?" Spyro asked as If he was giving a speech, his parents looked at each other as the room fell quiet once again. As if on cue the door creaked open from the wind and revealed Cynder's beaten and bruised body once more. Spyro's parents saw this and nodded at each other.

"Alright sweetie we'll adopt her if we can, but you have to promise us to treat her as your own sister, which means no fights between you two." Spyro's mother says. Afterwards one of the doctors came rushing in and informs Spyro and his parents that Cynder is awake but still very weak. A sigh of relief came from them all.

"Spyro sweetie could you stay here whilst we see her?" his mother asks whilst Blaze asks the doctors if they could have a chat to Cynder. As the doctors left the room Flare sat down next to the bed Cynder was lay on and stared at Cynder.

"Where...am I?" Cynder asked weakly and only just moving her head to look at Flare.

"You're in our house, we found you unconscious and getting attacked by two teenage dragons, we got you here as fast as we could. Now if you don't mind me asking, where were you going before you got attacked?" Flare asks with a sweet voice. Cynder looked up to the ceiling trying to block out the tears of what had just happened to her.

"I...I was going to see my parent's grave….when I suddenly got hit and….I don't remember…..anything else." Cynder cried.

"Where will you go now?" Flare asked her.

"I guess I'll go back to the hole in the wall I found. ever since I've found it…..I had to feed of anything I could find." Cynder replies still barely able to speak. Flare was shocked to hear what these past months did to the small orphan.

"I'm sorry but we'll not allow you to go back there, we know you deserve to have a better life. So if you want, you can stay here with us or go back to where you were and likely have this happen to you again, but it is your choice, here or there?" Blaze had put her in the hardest decision of her life, to her its was let go of her dead parents or stay alone.

"I…..I….I, if it's alright, I'll stay, but only if you let… me see my parent's grave….every once in a while." Cynder managed to say knowing that the pain that rose from her back made her light-headed.

"Alright you just some rest, you'll need it dear." Flare said with her normal sweet voice as she entered the room. Cynder then shut here tired eyes and drifted off into a relaxing sleep. Flare only stared at her wondering why people would do this to her. Blaze put a paw on Cynder's head and realized she was scorching to the touch. The sudden heat made Blaze flinch. After he'd cooled down his paw with some water he told Flare he's going to get something to cool her down, as soon as he had what he needed he left.

Dragon City Centre

Military HQ

Stark had just come from putting those two criminals into prison. He was still thinking about Spyro and if they've still got the dragoness, but soon he was knocked out of his thinking by a loud voice.

"Stark you're needed in the meeting room right now." A feminine voice shouted to him making Stark stop in his tracks. When the feminine dragon came in front of him she spoke again. "It's about the walls sir." Stark was shocked as he knew what was coming. He then rushed towards the meeting room as fast as he could so he could hear more of what happened. As he got to the room he was greeted by a grey dragon.

"Good timing Stark it's an honor meeting you." He spoke with glee.

"Mr. Greywire what's this about the wall?" Stark asked eager to know what happened.

"Whoa slow down buddy come here take a seat." Greywire said whilst they both sat down around the table. "Now we need to tell you that one of the beasts that linger outside the walls got over yesterday. We were able to cut him down but at the cost of three soldiers,: so we need you to stay on wall duty tomorrow to make sure no more get over the wall. You will go up the lift by the north gate and lead three soldiers of your choice to the top of the wall. And you will stay there until dusk."

"What until dusk! I'm sorry sir but I can't do it until dusk there's too much crime for me to stay up there all day, and plus what if they break through, if one can get over they can surly break through, there's surely hundrounds down there, we must prepare evacuation as soon as we see any funny business at the bottom of the wall." Stark shouted whilst slamming the table with his paw.

"Alright then take this." Greywire handed Stark a flare gun. "As soon as you see any funny business, shoot this flare and we'll start evacuation on your order."

"Alright on my order signal alarms, get soldiers down to escort ones furthest away from the south gate. No one dies unless they can't make it to the exit." Stark ordered.

"Understood sir, you may go now, I'll get you a selection of comrades by dawn for you to choose from." Greywire said.

"Thank you sir, I just hope they don't break through, who knows how many they are." Stark replied whilst walking out if the room leaving Greywire to dread the possibilities of what will happen.

There's goin to be a massive suprise in the next chapter of Framed but what do u think lingers behind the walls?