We are finally done! (Dramatic applause) It took us a while, but after a long time of thinking, and thinking, and thinking, we were able to finish! We've lost a handful few men back there due to over thinking, fried brains, and dehydration, but that just made us stronger as partners! Anyway, I am sorry that it took me and gr4n1t3 th3 dr4g0n so long to post this chapter but we will try to post the next one as soon as possible. Most of the credit for this chapter goes to gr4n1t3 th3 dr4g0n.
Spyro woke early the next morning to the sounds of birds chirping outside of the cave. His head was still pounding from Cynder yelling at him 'till midnight. He didn't know how much more he could take. He still loved Cynder and would gladly give his life for her, but there is something happening to her. Something that she is either not telling him about or she has no clue what is actually going on. Speaking of Cynder, Spyro moved his gaze to his magnificent mate that slept next to him. As he started to examine her breath taking figure, he couldn't help but stare at her stomach. Ever since they officially became mates, Cynder has become more and more grouchy, had random mood swings, and had an appetite that would match that of several dragons.
"What ever is happening to you, I hope that you will turn out alright in the end." whispered Spyro. He then heard Cynders stomach start to moan for more food. Spyro knew he had to find some food before she woke up or else she would start to yell at him about how he doesn't love her any more, or something like that.
As slowly and quietly as possible he made his way to the mouth of the cave. Once outside, he started to stretch out all his limbs, like a cat would every morning. After Spyro finished stretching he spotted a white-tailed deer snacking on some grass in a nearby prairie. Moving quick to his feet, he crouched behind a bush in a pouncing position, being ever so silent that you could hear branches swaying from the trees. He counted in his head. "One...two...three." Without making a sound, he jumped on the deer's back wrestling it to the ground. Using his razor sharp teeth, he snapped at the deer's neck instantly killing it.
Spyro dragged the lifeless corpse back to the cave, resting it on the ground where Cynder slept. Thinking about falling asleep, he lied down next to Cynder, shutting his eyes, thinking about the guardians, the dragons in Warfang...actually, everyone in Warfang.
"Why would they betray us like that?" Spyro thought, the question ringing in his head, with no one answering him. Things fell dead silent for a moment or two when suddenly a loud SNAP echoes throughout cave. Spyro's head jolts up from the ground after hearing what sounded like the snapping of a twig. He stood up from his resting spot and silently walked to the cave's entrance. While outside, Spyro scanned the trees and the bushes, trying to find the cause of the disturbance.
Unknown to Spyro, there was a pair of amethyst eyes staring down the purple dragon. They belonged to a shadowy figure who was lurking in the bushes nearby the cave. Without a sound, the figure sends a beam of light in the direction of Spyro. However Spyro notices the flash and dives out of the beams path, just barely missing him. His head shot up in the direction of the attack to find a dragon standing under the shade. As it walked into the sunlight, the sun's beams reflected off of it's scales and into Spyro eyes, blinding him for a second or two. After adjusting to the light, he noticed it was a dragoness who confronted him. She had a slender body with two horns coming from the front of her head forward, almost resembling a bull. There were purple stripes going horizontally across her pure white scales like it was part of a religious act. She didn't look too athletic, but her amethyst eyes showed that she wasn't going to back down that easily.
The two dragons stood face-to-face, staring each other down, waiting for their opponents next move. Spyro broke the silence and sent a fireball in the intruder's direction. The dragoness gracefully sidesteps and avoids the attack like it never even happened. She then charged at the purple dragon and her horns just catches his leg as he tried to barrel roll out of harms way. The purple dragon winced for a second as he put pressure on his back leg, the one that was cut from the attack. Noticing Spyro's leg condition, the dragoness charged at him again. This time Spyro was anticipating the attack. Waiting until the dragoness was a few feet from him, Spyro jumped up and using the momentum of his wings, did a back flip and kicked the dragoness in the face, sending her into a nearby tree. He landed gracefully on his feet and looked up to see the intruder clutching her skull, as it started to bleed profusely. She then spoke.
"You think you have what it takes to try to kill a master of Ju-jitsu? This is only a scratch compared to what I'm going to do to you!"
"Who the hell are you?!" yells Spyro. The white dragoness only chuckles before replying with a beam of light that connected with Spyro's chest forcing him on his backside. As soon as he stood up, the dragoness connected an uppercut to his chin sending him vertically in mid-air. Before Spyro's body could touch the ground, the dragoness gives him a kick to the chin sending him back in the air. The purple dragon landed on his back with a thud and in excruciating pain. A loud, "Ahhhh!" came from Spyro.
The white dragoness walked over to Spyro, bent down to his ear and whispered, "I believe you're coming with me."
"Wh-where?" Is all that Spyro could muster. The white dragoness just grinned and stared at her opponent, praising her victory, but just as she stood up, she was blindsided by someone. The attack wasn't strong enough to injure her so the dragoness shoved off the attacker.
The white dragoness turned her focus to the direction behind her and she laid her eyes on Cynder. She began to analyze the young dragoness and took into account that she was acting very strange. The dragoness noticed that Cynder was panting as if she used all of her strength in that one tiny attack, and that she looked like she was in a great amount of pain. The white dragoness then notice Cynders round belly. Putting two and two together, her eyes widen as she figured out what was wrong with Cynder.
"I need to restrain her soon or else she might do something she will regret." thought the white dragoness. Before she knew it Cynder began to charge at the white dragoness.
The white dragoness easily moved out of the way of Cynders attack and then said, "I need you to remain still or you might damage it."
"What are you talking ab..." started Cynder before a massive wave of pain erupted through her body. Cynder tried to remain standing but the pain was to great and her legs fell out from under her, as she made a loud scream of pain.
Upon hearing Cynders screams of pain Spyro limped as quickly as possible over to Cynder. Once he reached her he began searching her body trying to find the source of her agony. When he didn't find a single scratch on her Spyro glared at the white dragoness and almost yells "Wh-what did you do to her?!" as his scales slowly darkened.
"I haven't done a single thing to her, now I need you to move out of the way so I can help her." said the white dragoness.
"You are not coming anywhere near her." said Spyro as his eyes starting to dilate.
"Please move out of the way or else both herself and the egg might die." pleaded the white dragoness.
"What are you talking about, what egg?!" asked Spyro as the corruption nearly consumed his entire body.
"THE EGG SHE IS ABOUT TO LAY!" shouted the white dragoness.
Upon hearing this Spyro reverted back to his normal self. He began to think if what she said was true. Spyro didn't know much about child birth but from what he read in the library at the temple he was able to conclude that the dragoness was right.
Cynder was pregnant and is about to lay their egg.
Spyro mentally slapped himself for not putting two and two together before he started to sway back and forth. The reality of him and Cynder becoming parent hit him like a ton of bricks. He backed away from Cynder, his body feeling like lead, his head feeling light, and his feet trembling, before darkness.
After a few hours later Spyro began to wake up. The first thing he saw was Cynders beautiful face. He slowly got up with his eyes half shut, not remembering any of the recent events. He felt something was wrong so he began to scan the area around him. He then noticed the white dragoness sitting a few feet away. Spyro quickly took a fighting stance as he remembers being attacked by her. Before Spyro could even speak, Cynder used the blunt side of her tail blade to smack Spyro in the back of his head.
"Ow, what was that for?" asked Spyro as he turned his gaze back to Cynder.
"THAT was for falling asleep when I needed you." said Cynder angrily, but in a joking manner.
"What are you talking about?" asked Spyro before noticing the dragon egg between Cynders front paws. Spyro once again mentally slapped himself as the rest of his memory of the recent events returned to him. Cynder then proceeded to slap him in he back of his head with her tail again.
"Sorry." was all Spyro said before moving close to Cynder so he could get a closer look at their egg. Upon further examination of the egg Spyro noticed that it was a pure white egg with a single gold band that ran diagonal across it's shell.
"So this is our egg, its beautiful!" said Spyro cheerfully.
Cynder could only smile at Spyro's comment and started to nuzzle him. Spyro then started to nuzzle Cynder. Then a question popped into Spyro's head. As he started to turn and face the white dragoness he draped a wing over Cynder and then asked "Why did you attack us and then help us?"
"I am truly sorry for attacking you, I thought you were trying to steal my home, by the way my name is Dawn."
"Wait if this was your home then why did you leave it?" asked Cynder.
"Well you see, when the war started I was one of the few 'dragon doctors' that would help the moles and cheetahs heal others wounded by either you, when you were the Terror of the Skies, or from apes. Once Spyro defeated you and brought you back to the temple I left and started to look for a home. Then once the planet started to fix itself after it nearly fell apart I left to see if any one needed help at Warfang."
"Then why did you help Cynder lay our egg? You must of heard all of those rumors about us?" asked Spyro.
"The thing is that I was planning to take you both back to Warfang and see you both put to justice, but If I do that then your egg would end up being abandoned...and I've seen to many eggs turn out like that during the war. To even think of someone so close, to see this world only, to have there life ending because there parents died or had to leave them..." she sniffed "is so, so sad." As Dawn ended, tears started to well up in her eyes.
"Then what do you plan on doing with us?" asked Cynder.
"Well if you want you can stay in my cave for a while longer, is it after all the least I can do for you two after I attacked you."
"Thanks that truly means a lot to us." said Spyro.
The three dragons then began to make their way to the cave. Once inside Dawn asked "If you two wouldn't mind, could you tell me your side of the story? You know, of this war?"
"Sure, let me just make a fire real quick." said Spyro as he began making a campfire to help keep there egg warm. Once Spryo was done preparing the fire, Cynder gently placed the egg on the ground and lit the pile of sticks using her shadow breath. Although the flames were dark purple, it was still heat to keep all three of the dragons and the egg warm. Spyro then began his story from when he was found by his adopted parents, to the moment both he and Cynder defeated Malefor. Spyro and Cynder started to have fun while they started to take a trip down memory lane and for the first time in what seemed like forever, they finally felt at peace. Sadly, their peace was not going to last long as the most painful decision, for both Spyro and Cynder, drew closer to reality.
So there you have it. Again I am sorry for the long wait for this chapter. For everyone who read the previous chapter and want able to review it then please put the review for that chapter in this one. I would also like to give a quick shout out to XxTheSomeOnexX for helping me out when I freaking out about last chapters lack of reviews. Any way, what do you guy think this painful decision will be, please tell me what you think it will be in the review (do know that I will not tell you, you will have to read the next chapter to find out). Till next time.