Chapter 4: The Dinner Prom

Cynder and Valentina laid on their backs on the ground and watched the clouds roll by.

"You know, Cynder," Valentina said, "sometimes it's nice to lay on my back and just watch the clouds roll by."

"And just relax," Cynder said. She saw the cloud that made the shape of a heart and said, "Look! That cloud looks like a heart."

"Hearts can mean love, Cynder," Valentina said.

"That's what they said, Val."

When Valentina and Cynder spoke, Spyro came to Cynder and said, "Hello, my love."

"Oh! Hi, Spyro. What are you doing out here?"

"I just came by to see you."

Cynder sat up and said, "Good to hear that. But why are you here?" All she got in response was a kiss from Spyro. "Oh, Spyro." She placed her paw on her cheek when she said this.

"Cynder, I heard that there's a dinner prom for the two of us."

"What's a prom?"

"It's a date, according to Volteer."

"A date? Oh, I'd love to be there with you!"

"Then you're with me."

That night, Spyro and Cynder arrived at a prom with Onyx and Kiwi, Cobalt and Jewel, and Sunspot and Eclipse. They sat at each table and ordered what they wanted to eat. While waiting to eat, Cynder looked at Spyro and said, "My dear Spyro, isn't it nice to be here?"

"It sure is," Spyro sighed.

"Oh, Spyro, I've never felt this happy before."

"Yeah, me neither. It sure is beautiful."

At Sunspot and Eclipse's table, they both deeply look into each other's eyes until they kissed.

At Onyx and Kiwi's table, they both kissed until the cheetah gave them what they've ordered.

"Oh, thanks," Onyx said.

At Cobalt and Jewel's table, they chat about what they remembered when the cheetahs gave them what they ordered.

Back at Spyro and Cynder's table, the cheetahs gave them what they ordered.

"Spyro, do you remember the time we flew around after we've defeated Malefor and survived when the world was back together?" Cynder asked.

"Uh, yeah," Spyro said, "I remember that. I thought both of us could die in there, but somehow I was wrong. And I did hear you say 'I love you.' I didn't realize it, Cynder, until right now."

"I admitted I love you because I'm proud of you, Spyro."

The purple dragon and the black dragoness ate their food, and the cheetahs took them away when they're finished. Cynder tells Spyro that she'll never forget the night when Spyro placed his paws on hers. Looking deeply into each other's eyes, they brought their heads close to each other and kissed. Their new friends stopped eating and chatting and looked at them kissing. The other dragons, of course, are too busy eating and chatting, and so are the cheetahs. Then, about ten minutes later, the kissing stopped.

"Oh, I love it when I'm in love," Spyro sighed.

"Now that's the other one I won't forget," Cynder said.

"Holy hell," Onyx said. "Did they just...?"

"Yes, they did," Kiwi said.

"Damn. I'd say that's a new record," Sunspot said, "a ten-minute kiss for tonight." Eclipse giggled upon hearing this.

After the dinner prom, the young dragons arrived home.

"I can't believe it, Spyro," Cynder said, "I mean, that kiss was like ten minutes long. I'm never gonna forget that."

"Neither am I," Spyro said. He turned to ask Cynder, only to find her sleeping on the ground. He then smiled and went to sleep.