Well, people, I got this chapter done. It will give you some background of Tina the purple dragoness' life so enjoy! Oh, and the next chapter might have a lemon, if I feel like it He he, R&R

Spyro and Cynder awoke the next morning and proceeded to have a decent meal of two rabbits that Spyro had caught for him and his mate. Cynder thanked him and they both ate in silence, their minds playing over the fun they were having the night before.

Cynder had never been in heat before but the four guardians had told her about it, of how it works. She was still too young to have hatchlings but they had said she would reach the age of being in heat before she reached the age of egg bearing.

She let out a sigh of relief at that thought, happy to not be ready to raise a family with Spyro just yet. She couldn't help but wonder what it would be life if she did bear Spyro's children when she was older though. She smiled at the thought of seeing Spyro and his son's and daughter's flying in the sunset, happily playing.

Spyro finally finished his meal and gave a look to Cynder, who was now staring in to open space with a happy smile on her face. "What's on your mind, Cynder?" He asked curiously.

Cynder looked back at her lover and stared at him with a now weary smile. "Oh, just last night, that's all." She said with embarrassment. Spyro looked in to her eyes and knew that wasn't the case. However, he respected her privacy and decided to change the subject.

"Are you going to eat that?" He asked as he pointed at the dead rabbit that lay half eaten by her claws. She looked at it and shook her head in response; she wasn't hungry. She then stood up, stretched her wings and then the rest of her body's muscles as Spyro watched with amusement.

"Why don't we go and get some water and then after that we could get on our way and find this Vexx and bring him back with us?" Cynder then said as she looked at Spyro. "I feel bad that I yelled at him like that back at the temple, I didn't mean to, well…I did….but I think it was just because I was in heat and all I wanted was to be alone with you no matter who was with us." Spyro remained quiet, waiting for Cynder to finish.

"I guess you can say I was not thinking straight at all….I'm sorry, Spyro, that I was tempting you like that, it was odd of me to do so. I had no self-control that night and for that I'm sorry." She finished as she looked at the cave floor.

Spyro stood up and went to her, lifting her head with his tail to make her look into his eyes. "Don't be sorry, Cynder. It was all natural for you and me. Besides, I love you the same way that I always have. I will never leave you for anything and you can be sure of that. When I first saw you I thought that you were the most beautiful dragon that existed, even when you were controlled by the Dark Master. I knew at that moment you and I were meant for each other even if we first collided in battle."

Cynder was touched by Spyro's words and kissed him on the lips, tears streaming down her face. "Oh, Spyro, you never cease to amaze me..." She muttered.

Both dragons then cleaned the mess they had made and then set off to get a drink of water. When their thirst was quenched they continued their search for their strange and mysterious red-dragon friend. They hoped nothing bad had happened to him and that they could find him before the sunset. "Boy, I hope he's ok out there in the forest." Cynder said with worry, still feeling bad for being so offensive towards him the day before.

Spyro too felt bad for laughing at Vexx when he had told both the dragons about him not being a real dragon, his eyes filled with the look that showed he needed help. "I'm sure he's ok, Cynder, but I still want to find him and ask him a few questions. You know, Cynder, the more I think about it the more I think he was telling us the truth…I don't know why." He was in deep thought and so was Cynder. Both Dragons walked further into the forest looking for any clue or sign of Vexx the dragon.

Spyro looked up to the sky; it was getting dark. "Looks like a storm is coming soon, Cynder, we better hurry before it rains hard." Spyro warned

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"Father, why do you have to go now?" Cried a much younger Tina. The purple dragon was crying uncontrollably as she looked at her father, Malefor, who had a sad expression on his face.

"Tina, I am sorry but the darkness is taking over my body and it will soon have you too if I don't leave and freeze you now." Malefor gently said to his daughter; he had a tenderer disposition before he became the dark master.

"Freeze me, what do you mean freeze me, father?" Tina asked in shock. She had been told why three times by her father but she still didn't want to be frozen and abandoned.

Nevertheless, she knew it was for a good reason. She saw her father slipping away in to the darkness; he killed her mother long ago but for what purpose she wasn't sure. Her father even killed the dragons that were helping him to become very powerful by teaching him all the elements of the world, even the forbidden ones. Many had faith in Malefor in using these powers for good but the forbidden elements corrupted him and it was slowly turning him in to the one thing that many hoped would not happen.

"I love you, Tina, with all my heart but if I do not do this you will fall victim to the dark element. You still have time to escape from it and you will live in a more peaceful time. Once you are no longer sealed in the time crystal you will be in the time of the newborn purple dragon, that is, if I do not destroy him. I do not know what the future holds but I want you to promise me you will not go looking for me." Malefor told her sadly.

"But father I-I…want to stay with you…Please." Tina begged her father to change his mind but she knew it was not going to happen; she knew that once her father said something he made sure she'd do it.

"Promise me, Tina, you will not go looking for me!" Malefor demanded with a growl to make her stop begging him. He just wanted her to be safe when the dark element took over him; he wanted to make sure he would be far away from her.

Tina closed her eyes as tears flowed down her face and then looked down at the cave floor. She remained like that for several seconds, sobbing quietly before she looked back up at her father. "Father, I….I promise to do what you say….I love you, daddy…I love you." Tina whispered.

Malefor then kissed his daughter on the forehead and told her to go to the back of the cave wall. Tina obeyed and as she got there she looked at her father; his heart was just as sore as hers was, she could see it in his eyes

Malefor saw her daughter looking at him with a sad smile. "Good bye, daddy." She tried to say as cheerfully as she could, failing miserably. Malefor nodded with a comforting smile and took a deep breathe, his body beginning to glow slightly, and then, without warning, a stream of purple-white light shot forth from Malefor's great maw. All was blinding for a moment but then it was all clear again.

Malefor looked at his frozen daughter who was looking back at him with the same smile she had always given him long ago before he had learned the dark elements. The great purple dragon walked up to the frozen time crystal that held his little girl and rubbed the smooth crystal affectionately.

"I have made you learn the four elements of good, Tina, and I hope you do not learn any of the dark elements. I promise we will meet again one day." Malefor said as he then walked out of the cave, taking flight into the sky, flying far from his daughter.

Once he was a safe distance away from the cave Malefor used one of the dark elements on himself to make him forget about ever having a daughter. As he did, the great purple dragon shed a tear before he forgot all about the family he once had.

A smirk came to his face as he looked down at the world. The dark element had him now and the kind and caring Malefor was no more. "This world will soon be destroyed and all will perish." He chuckled as he set out to start his war that many had hoped would never come.

Many years soon came to pass but no one knew how long it had been for Tina. When the day that Spyro and Cynder vanquished the Dark Master and saved the world finally came, Tina was at last freed from her crystal that her father had sealed her in.

She fell to the ground as the crystal scattered all over the cave floor. She looked around the dark cavern but she didn't want to move; she didn't even want to know how long she had been in the crystal. She felt unharmed but her heart ached more than any pain she had ever felt before. She put her head down and started to cry for her father to come back.

"Father…please, come back…where are you?" She sniffed.

Tina cried her self to sleep on her first night alone. She promised to do exactly what her father told her to do and that was to never look for him. However, she hoped that her father would find her on his own one day.

Tina snapped awake, breathing hard and her heart pounding, a result of the dream she had too often. And every time she had it she always cried. This time was no different. Tears flowed down her face and on to the cave floor, making a small puddle in front of her between her feet.

A clap of thunder boomed outside of the cave and woke Vexx with a start. He had never heard thunder like that before; it was louder than anything he had ever heard. He then heard sobbing and turned his head to look at Tina, immediately noticing the tears streaming from her eyes. "What's wrong, Tina?" he asked, making her jump slightly. "Is there anything I can do to help?" He said, looking at her with sorrow; for some reason he didn't like to see her upset.

Tina stopped her crying, wiped her tears away and then looked at Vexx. "I'm fine, Vexx it's just…I have a dream that never seems to leave me alone…about my past long ago; it won't stop haunting me." She said sadly, putting her head down to think.

Vexx didn't know what to say to her to make her feel better, all he could manage was to look at her. He found that he couldn't stop staring; he was eyeing her from head to tail. He liked the look of her; she was so beautiful for a dragon and a very attractive one too. A dragon princess by any standards. As Vexx continued to eye her he realized what he was doing and shook the pleasant thoughts out of his mind.

'Come on, Vexx, get a hold of yourself, you can't love a dragon, what's wrong with you?!' He thought to himself as he looked away but he couldn't make himself stop, he made sure not to show it to Tina, however. He looked at her once again and saw that she was shivering; he couldn't tell whether it was because she was cold or because she was afraid, but he didn't think the air was cold.

Vexx had an idea but he wasn't sure if he should carry it out. He thought about it for a minute, then decided to go through with it and made a bold move, placing one of his wings over her and snuggling closer to her for her to feel the warmth. Vexx was surprised at how cold she was and he pressed his wing tighter against her.

Tina lifted her head up to look at Vexx, who gave her a warm smile. She blushed but it soon passed and, without warning, she gave Vexx a kiss on the lips. The red dragon was stunned at that and pulled away from her, confusing Tina as she watched him turn away and stare at the cave floor. "I-I'm sorry, Vexx, I should not have rushed you like that." She apologised quickly as she looked at him, waiting for him to turn back to her.

"You caught me by surprise, Tina." Vexx said still looking at the floor. Tina felt bad and was about to apologise again but Vexx interrupted her before she could as he came in with a kiss of his own, surprising Tina, but she didn't pull away from him.

The kiss ended and both dragons stared into each other's eyes. Vexx couldn't believe what he had just done; he was falling in love with a dragon. His mind kept yelling at him, "What is wrong with you?! You're a human not a dragon, stop before it is too late!" However, his heart was screaming something else, "Take her, love her, she's yours!"

Tina was ecstatic, too happy to even think about the fact that she had finally found the mate she had always wanted; she'd do whatever it took to please him. She was about to kiss him again but the earth began to shake distracting her. Vexx and Tina held on to each other and hoped that the ground would stop shaking as the rain continued as heavily as ever and the flashes of lightning and the roars of answering thunder bellowed from the sky.

Boy, I hope it was long enough for you guys to read. Thanks for reading! And if you can do one more thing, Review! Thanks you.