Tale of a Familiar Dragon Chapter 4 They returned to the village and decided to immediately grab a bite to eat. The both sat after each grabing a ration of venecine and potatoes.
"Hey look who it is" hunter said shouting as he walked in.
He walked over to the pair smiling "hello Hunter how did you sleep" cynder said taking a nibble out of the meat.
"My night was fine i wasnt really able to sleep, i saw you take off for a while, is everything okay?" Hunter said curiousity evident in his voice
"Well...Spyro helped me with it already and everythings okay now" she said looking over to the purple dragon who blushed and looked down at the mention of his name.
"Hunter would you come with me?" Meadow shouted as he walked through the door.
Hunter waved to the pair who were still blushing together, and turned to walk out.
"They make it so obvious" Meadow said whispering as they walked out
"Very true but they dont see it themselves" hunter said solemly, he really did envy what they had even though they hadnt realized it yet.
"So what is it you needed me for?" Hunter said breaking the silence between the two as they walked towards the medical tent.
"Well i needed to ask you who was the dragon who those other two were reminded of by the red one" he asked.
Hunter seemed stunned by the question at first and took a few seconds to gather his thoughts again "well the dragons name was Ignitus first off, If your wondering why Spyro was so spooked it was because Ignitus was like a father to him and the first dragon he'd ever met and he was the one to teach Spyro about his powers and helped shape who he is today." Hunter finished looking down remembering his lost friend.
"May i ask what happened to him?" Meadow asked not trying to open up wounds but purely out of curiousity seeing as he was at the village alone until about 3 days ago and was never properly informed about all the events of the war.
"Well...he died protecting all of us... he helped the two dragons reach Malefor to defeat him" hunter said as a tear came to his eye imagining his friend going down the only way he would ever want to.
"I... Im sorry its just i was never informed about these things and i was just wondering why the seemed so suprised." meadow finished in a sorriful tone.
"No you have a right to know, its just he was a great friend but try not to mention it to Spyro" Hunter finished hushing his voice just so no-one hears him.
" I guess so, and I wont he seems to have enough problems at the moment, i wouldnt want to cause commotion." Meadow finished as akwardness overtook the two and both fell silent.
"So what do you think they went to talk about?" Cynder said quietly
"I dont know maybe their just talking about the war and how everthings been considering Meadow wasnt able to help the effort much since he was left here due to his leg." He said remembering how he and Cynder saved him not too long ago.
"Yeah probably, so who do you think this Ember was?" She asked nervous that he'd respond saying that she was someone from his past.
"I dont really know but that guy seemed upset before he got knocked back out" Spyro said now trying to think about it more himself.
"Yeah and lastnight before you came he got upset and was crying about it, I didnt want to instigate him then but maybe later we should go and ask if he feels up to it" She finished feeling sorry for the dragon.
"Yeah and for that matter we still dont even know his name either" Spyro said chuckling slightly.
"That is true... but im scared to hear his answer to that one" Cynder replied thinking about possibly the closest thing to a father she'll ever have.
"You...your right but if there is any relation we would've known about it right?" He said tears visibly forming in his eyes.
"Well you never know..." Cynder replied as a silence overtook the two as each were deep in thought and Spyro didnt even notice that the tears had begun to fall from his eyes.
She looked up and saw him drowning in his sea of memories with the ex-fire guardian.
She moved close to him and nudged him under his jaw "you know he will always be there for you, even after he passed i can still feel him, he's not gone unless you make him out to be, and im sure he couldnt be prouder of you" she finished smiling at the dragon tears in her eyes now.
Spyro moved his hand towards her face and wiped away her tears with his talon, she looked back up to him and held him tightly, as he returned by wrapping both his arms and his wings around her pulling her as tight as possible to him.
They broke away from eachother after noticing the village of cheetahs staring at them from their tables, as they felt themselves blush the got up and walked out of the mess hall.
"So you wanna go see if he's awake?" Cynder asked nervously.
"Yeah sure Cyn" Spyro replied halfheartedly.
"They arrived to find their two friends talking and catching up "Meadow can we go in?" Spyro asked.
Meadow nodded and turned back to Hunter as the pair walked in the dragon was still asleep.
"He's still asleep?" Cynder asked half annoyed.
"Well we dont know what happened so who are we to judge?" Spyro said feeling pity for the dragon.
"5 more minutes mom i dont want to go hunting yet" they red dragon said mumbling in his sleep.
Spyro and Cynder heard this and looked at eachother, Spyro motioned his head towards the half asleep dragon afterwhich Cynder stood up and blew a gust of wind at the unknown dragon's nose.
Shorty after the gust was shot the dragon woke up sneezing repeatedly, afterwords he opened his eyes and looked at the two and immediately remembered what happened.
"Hey buddy relax we're not here to hurt ya" Cynder said in a playful tone "yeah she's right chill out" Spyro added.
After a few moments of silence "How am I expected to 'chill out' when shes out there being beaten and instigated, or even worse..."He trailed off and felt tears well up in his eyes.
"Wait you mentioned her before right , her names Ember if im not mistaken" Spyro replied.
"Yes...we've been friends since we hatched we're the last of an old clan named 'The Lost Nova's' and we...we were attacked by a group of apes and they took her, but left me to die." He finished putting his head into his arms and cried to himself.
"We'll help you find her" Spyro said thinking about if he lost Cynder, he wouldnt be able to go on with life unless he saved her.
"Yeah we'll help" she added thinking the same if she'd lost spyro she would lose her mind.
He looked up and thought to himself 'Can i trust them'. But he couldnt find a reason not to they seemed friendly and atleast they seemed to understand him. "Thank you...you dont know how much this means to me." He said smiling, slightly crying still.
"So anyway whats your name's?" the red dragon asked.
"Well im Cynder and this purple guy is Spyro" she replied smiling.
"Wait you dont mean the Terror Of The Skies Cynder or the Legendary Purple Dragon Spyro right?" Flame asked backing away from the pair now scared.
Cynder looked down "Listen she isnt who she was, she was under the control of the dark master and is ashamed for what she's done but shouldnt be judged for it" Spyro finished as Cynder could see Spyro's muscles tense as he spoke she didnt want him to fight this dragon over her.
"I...Im sorry Cynder its just all the stories i've heard whilst roaming around i thought you were evil." He finished a sorrowful tone in his voice.
"I..Its fine but anyhow whats your name?" Cynder asked trying to brush the memories away.
"Flame"