Arrival

As Iseras limped away, he noticed that the dragons in Amansiz's group all hung their heads in shame. He snorted and continued on. He arrived in the hospital and got himself situated. The doctors came in and said, "Whoa, what happened to you?"

"Don't put me in the same room with a bunch of Kunari soldiers. This is what happens." The doctors chuckled and gave him a few red gems.

With Iseras's severe injuries healed, the doctors left him alone. Iseras walked around in the hospital trying to find Spyro and Cynder. He found a doctor and asked where he might find Spyro and Cynder.

"You might want to try waiting outside the delivery room. Cynder went in about fifteen minutes ago." Iseras thanked him and went to delivery room to wait.

An hour later the doors opened to reveal Spyro and Cynder, who was carrying a black egg with purple spots.

"Hey, congratulations you two."

"Thanks, brother." they said in unison. Iseras fell into step beside Spyro and asked, "So, have you thought of some possible names?"

"Well, we were going to wait until it hatches. I mean, we don't know whether it's going to be a boy or a girl."

They walked back to the temple, where the Guardians were also surprised to find Cynder had laid her egg.

"Uh, Volteer, you're drooling." remarked Spyro. Volteer quickly shut his mouth and everyone offered their congratulations to Spyro and Cynder.

"It's amazing how far you've come since I first met you Cynder. From archenemy to friend to lover to mate and now we have a family." Cynder smiled and nuzzled Spyro lovingly.

Spyro went to Cynder's room to find Iseras waiting outside. He had a small grin on his face.

"Iseras, if you planning a prank, then do yourself a favor and forget about it."

"No, brother. I have a surprise for Cynder, but I need your help." Iseras whispered his plan into Spyro's ear and Spyro also grinned.

Spyro and Iseras went to work on Cynder's Surprise. They knocked down the wall between Spyro and Cynder's rooms, combining them into one room. Then they enlisted some cheetahs and moles to help with the remodeling. Much of the furniture was repositioned and the rooms were redecorated.

Cynder was walking back to her room with the egg when a thunderous crash was heard. Cynder bolted for her room and opened the door to hear another loud crash and a lot of swearing.

"Kinma hude a gensa! Shut up Spyro! It's not hensronan funny! Sasha!" Cynder walked in to find Iseras covered in purple paint and a paint can on his head. There were several other paint cans also on the ground.

"What are you guys doing in here?" The brothers looked at Cynder and said, "You are just in time." Cynder laughed at the two of them.

"What's so funny?"

"Go look in a mirror." laughed Cynder. Spyro froze a small piece of the floor and they looked at their reflections. The purple paint had covered Iseras's scales from head to tail and now it was hard to distinguish the brothers apart. Spyro and Iseras also laughed.

"Okay, now that we have had a laugh, Cynder, take a good look around." Cynder looked around and gasped. Spyro and Cynder's rooms were now one room, the walls had been repainted in a swirling pattern of yellow, red, purple and black, a fireplace burned in the center of the room, columns were spaced out every few feet and had engravings on them, ten elemental orbs, fire, ice, earth, electricity, poison, shadow, fear, wind, light, and time, danced above the fire pit, A new sleeping area had been established with a place for the egg to sit, a play area had been erected, and torches lit the room in a soft glowing light.

"Oh, it's beautiful!"

"And that's not the half of it. Spyro, would you do the honors?"

"Certainly." Spyro walked over to a pillar and tapped it with some light energy. The pillar's engravings began to glow and spread. The light spread across the pillar to the other pillars and across the ceiling. The light traced out a dragon, wings unfurled, looking down upon the scene below. The floor began to dance with small stars and dragons.

Cynder shed tears at the sight.

"Oh, you guys! It's breathtaking!"

"It was a team effort. Spyro did the redecorating while I did the effects." Spyro and Iseras quickly explained the features.

"The fireplace will never burn out; the effects on the floor will react if you pounce on one; the torches will dim on command; the pillars need only a small amount of light to enlighten the engravings and the ceiling."

Iseras left the pair to sleep. He was dead tired after doing that, but it was worth it. Once in his room, he was surprised to find Tarith there.

"H-How did get in?"

"Oh, I just walked in." giggled Tarith.

"Ugh. I don't have time for this. I just got done renovating Spyro and Cynder's room after Cynder laid her egg."

"Oh, how romantic."

Iseras growled, "I don't need your opinion. Why don't you just run along home? I need to sleep."

"Why don't you sleep next to me?" asked Tarith seductively. Anger flared in Iseras' eyes when Tendara came in.

"I'm sleeping in your room." said Iseras to Tendara as whirled and left, nicking Tarith with his tail blade as she tried to follow. Tears welled up in Tarith's eyes and she ran out crying. Tendara simply snorted and followed Iseras.

The next day, Spyro and Cynder awoke to see their new room. Cynder smiled and nuzzled Spyro affectionately.

"I'm so happy that you thought of this Spyro."

"Thank Iseras. It was his idea."

"But you did half the work. Come on, the other Guardians are probably waiting."

After eating breakfast, Spyro and Cynder met Iseras and the other Guardians in the Guardian Chambers.

"Hello sleepyheads." said Flame.

"I'm glad that you are here. Yesterday was such a happy time for you two that I didn't want to cast a shadow on that." said Iseras, making Spyro and Cynder frown.

"What do you mean, do you have grave news?"

"Well, other than the fact that you will have to leave the egg for a while. The Chronicler contacted me in a dream a couple of days ago and told me that you and I have to go meet him as soon as possible."

Iseras continued his briefing for a few more minutes. After he finished, Spyro said, "Well, given the urgency, I say we leave today. It will take several hours to reach the White Isle."

"But who will take care of the egg?" asked Cynder.

"We will watch over the egg." said the other four Guardians.

"And I have talked with my mate Tarith and she will also watch the egg." With all the matters settled, Spyro, Iseras, and Cynder took off for the White Isle and the Celestial Temple to meet with the Chronicler.

To be continued..