Spyro examined the damage the crash had done to his room. 'Just great, my room is destroyed.' he thought. Spyro sighed and stepped towards the unconscious dragon. Blood was steaming down a gash on the dragons face. Spyro began to lift the broke stone and splinters away. With his new strength, Spyro threw away the last big stone that was lying on of the dragon.

"Master Spyro!" A voice called from down the hall. Several mole guards had heard the crash and were sprinting towards him bearing weapons and shields. When they reached Spyro, they quickly circled the unconscious yellow dragon with their swords and spears pointed towards its face.

"Leave him be." Spyro said. "We must get him to the healers."

The mole guards exchanged looks with each other but followed Spyro's orders and lifted the yellow dragon, without concern of his comfort, off the ground.

"Bring him to the healers and call for me when he is awake." Spyro ordered. "I will go and report this to the Guardians." And with that Spyro turned and walked off towards the Pool of Visions.

Cynder and Hunter sprinted down the hallways towards Spyro's room. They too had heard the crash and moved as quickly as they could. They turned around the last hallway to see a pile of rubble and splinters strewn across the ground. Cynder gasped when she saw the pool of blood that was made by the yellow dragon but thought it to be Spyro's.

"Spyro!" She cried out. Cynder had begun throwing away stone slabs and pieces of the broken door in an attempt to find Spyro. Tears were streaming down her face when she couldn't find him. A patrolling mole guard had walked around through passageway and saw the black dragoness running towards him. The guard took a step back and raised his weapon in defense.

"Where is he!" Cynder shouted at the guard. "Where is Spyro!"

The guard took another step back in fear that Cynder would attack him. "I won't tell you anything you devil!" he shouted back. His voice was shaky and his hands were trembling violently, but he kept his weapon raised at her.

Cynder snarled in anger and turned back to Spyro's room. She had never seen his room before and in the state it was in now she could never of guess of how he lived. She looked around in the room for signs of Spyro but only found what was once a brilliant white crystal that Spyro used earlier was now dull gray and lifeless. She ignored the crystal and jumped up onto his bed. She curled herself into a ball and began to weep silently.

Outside Spyro's room Hunter had been talking with the mole guard and Cynder had been listening quietly. "So Spyro is in a meeting with the Guardians?" He asked.

The mole guard nodded. "Yes, in the Pool of Visions room."

"Thank you." Hunter said and turned back towards Spyro's room only to see Cynder had already left out the hole in the wall. The crystal that Spyro had used was also missing.

The unconscious yellow dragon had been brought to the infirmary and the healers began to work on him. His right foreleg and both forepaws had been broken in half and needed to be set and splinted. Thankfully he was out cold otherwise doing so would have been very difficult. His wing membrane had acquired many small cuts and holes but the bone supporting his left wing was snapped by the crash. They had placed a full torso cast on him and the lead healer noted down on a list of his injuries how many broken ribs he had: three. The rest of his body had small cuts and bruises, along with a few splinters sticking out of his scales from the door. Once they had cleaned the gash on his head and removed all the splinters from him, they carefully set him on a bed for rest.

"When are we supposed to get that supply of energy crystals?" The head healer asked one of the mole guards that had brought him in.

"We should be getting the shipment tomorrow before nightfall." The mole guard answered.

The healer sighed and began to blow out the candles around the room. 'Poor guy' he thought. 'I'm glad I'm not him. He is going to be in a lot of pain when he wakes up.' He closed the curtain around his bed and blew out the last of the candles and left the room along with the others.

"So, a yellow dragon has crashed through your room and is unconscious in the infirmary?" Terrador repeated.

Spyro nodded. "Yes, and he before he blacked out he asked for help."

"Hmm. I see." Terrador said.

"How did you manage to come out of that room unscathed?" Cyril asked.

"Before Ignitus died." Spyro cringed slightly at the thought of Ignitus. "He gave me a special crystal which heals you to perfect health for one day." he explained. "But there is one problem. Unless you use another regular healing crystal by the end of the twenty-four hour time span that you use the crystal, all the injuries you have acquired will return along with something else."

"And what would that be?" Volteer asked impatiently. Learning new things always excited the Lightning Guardian.

"Allow him to finish Volteer." Terrador said.

"Oh I'm sorry, please forgive me, continue." Volteer said.

"Well according to Ignitus, the crystal, if you use it and don't get proper healing before the time runs out, will bring a plague onto the individual who uses it, making them very ill. It is very difficult to overcome the illness even with proper care." Spyro explained.

"So why did you use the crystal if you knew the risk?" Cyril asked.

Spyro chuckled. "The crystal has the ability to recharge unlike other crystals, so I used it to get out of my room and... well... uh..." Spyro hesitated on his sentence. What he had planned to do before the yellow dragon broke through his room was to go tell Cynder how he felt, how he really felt.

"It's alright," Terrador interrupted for Spyro. "There is no need to explain. Now run along, we will send for you when the healing crystals arrive."

Spyro smiled. "Thank you Terr-" Terrador raised his paw and silenced him. He waved his paw back and forth to send him away. Spyro caught the hint, nodded his head and left the room.

Spyro shut the door behind him as he left only to have a black blur tackle him to the floor.

"Spyro!" Cynder shouted with joy. She had pounced him and was now lying on his chest.

"H-Hey Cynder, I'm glad to see you to." Spyro said. He had never been this close to her, he didn't mind it at all but the sudden interaction left him blushing madly. Cynder noticed this and quickly retracted her body from him.

"Sorry about that." She said softly. Although Spyro couldn't see it, she too was blushing harshly, but luckily for her, her black scales hid the color.

Spyro smiled weakly. 'C'mon say something!' his mind was screaming at him. 'Ask her to walk with you, ask her how she's feeling, tell her how you feel about her, just do something!" Spyro's conscious screamed at him.

Spyro finally gave into what his mind was telling him to do. "Uh Cynder." He began, "Would you care to uh, go down to the gardens with me?" Spyro's face was now crimson red, all the blood from his body was now rushing to his face.

Cynder couldn't believe what she just heard. She stared at him for a few moments processing what he had asked her. 'Why would he want me to go with him to the gardens?' she thought to herself. 'Maybe... Maybe he does like me; why else would he want me to go with him? What if he is taking me to a nice place so if he tells me he doesn't want to be with me it won't hurt as much... no Spyro's not like that, he likes me, I know he does.' Cynder stood still for a couple more moments letting the thoughts go in and out of her mind. She finally expelled the negative thoughts from her mind and nodded in response.

Spyro smiled slightly and said "Alright follow me." He started to walk down the hallway towards the exit of the dragon temple with Cynder at his side. 'I hope she likes this...'

The sun had already set behind the temple and torches had been lit and set next to the pathway leading to the gardens. Spyro and Cynder walked side by side down the dirt path in silence. Spyro's heart was pounding heavily in his chest as they walked together in the darkness. When they reached the gardens Spyro stopped.

"Alright close your eyes" He told her. Cynder eyed him suspiciously but obliged to his request.

"Alright now grab onto my tail blade, but keep your eyes closed." Spyro lifted his tail to her snout and she bit down on it gently.

Spyro then started to walk forward passing flowers of every kind on his way to his destination. He made a couple of turns through the maze of flowers and brush that grew alongside the ground and up the trees. Cynder could hear Spyro mumbling to himself under his breath. 'Left, pass the tree with a hole in the middle, right' Cynder wanted to open her eyes but knew that would ruin the surprise Spyro was going to show her.

"Ah here we are, now duck here." Spyro finally said after a few minutes of walking. Cynder ducked and her horns brushed slightly against some leaves and branches as she followed Spyro into a small opening.

"Alright, you can open your eyes." Spyro told her.

Cynder opened her eyes and gasped in shock. Flowers of every kind were strewn across the ground in what was a small opening covered by the trees and bushes that acted as a barrier to outside eyes. A small fountain surrounded by torches sat in the middle of the clearing. The continual sound of streaming water from the fountain was relaxing and the scent of the flowers that surrounded it was overwhelming.

"Spyro... It's...It's beautiful." Cynder finally said after she was done taking in the sight. "When and how did you find this place?" She asked him.

"Well, I didn't actually 'find' this place." He told her. "And that's part of the reason why I wanted to show you this. The truth is..." He paused for a moment trying to collect his thoughts. "I well... I made this for you."

"You what?" Cynder said in surprise. She looked at him in amazement. "You made all of this... for me?"

Spyro nodded blushing more than ever. "And I've wanted to tell you something." Spyro's heart was pounding harder than it ever has. "I've known you for a long time and we've been through so much together. I've wanted to tell you this since I first saw you. Cynder.

"Yes Spyro?" Cynder's heart was doing back-flips in her chest.

"Cynder I wanted to tell you that I... I...-" 'Do it! Tell her now!' his mind screamed at him. "-That I love y-..." That was all that Cynder needed to hear. She had cut him off by pressing her lips to his. Spyro was caught off guard by this but did not break away. Cynder let out a few muffled moans as they continued to press harder into the kiss which seemed to last for a lifetime.

Cynder finally pulled away and whispered softly into his ear. "I love you Spyro."

This time Spyro was able to finish his sentence. "And I love you Cynder."

The two stood in silence, staring into each other's eyes. Unfortunately for them they heard a guard calling for Spyro off in the distance. They both sighed and crawled together underneath the bushes out into the gardens once again.

They had walked through the maze of flowers once again, this time Cynder had her eyes open and made a mental note of how to get back to the secret garden. Once they had exited the gardens they came across the mole guard that was shouting his name.

"Ah master Spyro." The mole guard began. "You had told me to get you once the dragon has awoken."

"Thank you." Spyro said to the guard. The mole saluted him and walked away back to the temple.

Cynder had not yet been informed of the dragon and stood next to Spyro with a puzzled look on her face. "What dragon is he talking about?" She asked him.

"Oh that's right, you don't know yet, though you have probably seen my room haven't you?" Cynder giggled when he mentioned his room.

"Well it probably wasn't in a better state than it is now" She teased him, nudging him with her hip.

"Anyways... A yellow dragon had crashed through my room and is in the infirmary right now."

"Well what are we waiting for?" She asked him excitedly. "I'd like to meet this dragon who made My Spyro a homeless bum." She joked adding an emphasis to the 'my'.

Spyro chuckled and draped his wing over Cynder. Cynder cooed softly under her breath as he pulled her closer to his side. "Alright then, let's go." And then with Cynder tucked under his wing, they walked together to see the new dragon.

Spyro: "I love you Cynder"

Cynder: "And I love you Spyro"

Sparx: "Hey guys what'd I mis...- AH GROSS"

Woohoo 3 chapters done x# more to go! Haha. Spyro confessed his love for Cynder, he needs to be healed before nightfall tomorrow, and a new dragon has appeared and is now waking up. Some exciting things are happening to the dragon realm, I wonder if its for the good or for the bad? R&R

C'ya XD