~Backstage~

Shadow: Has anyone of you seen Zayril?

Alec: I think he's in his room.

Nano: That's not like him.

Yxme: I think he's sad.

DP: What?

Alec: I know Zayril. He's not the type of person to be sad all of a sudden.

Shadow: I can vouch that.

Yxme: Apparently, you're wrong.

DP: I think I know why...

Nano: Want to share?

DP: I'm not sure; but before that, I think we should do the disclaimers.

*Everyone nods*

Shadow and Alec: Viperwatcher owns nothing except his characters.

DP and Yxme: Other canon characters are owned by their respective companies.

Nano: And in his behalf: To people who don't like the story, just don't read it.

Nano: So what is it?

DP gives a wrong reason.

Everyone except DP: Highly unlikely.


Chapter 9

Bed Space

I can only describe my situation with one word. My situation was, to the very core:

BOOTLEG.

There was nothing wrong for me of having a roommate; it was actually kind of cool. But in this situation…it was just wrong. The two of us were standing there, in the hallway, looking at the bed in my room; the one and only bed in my room. There was only one bed…and there were two of us.

Where's the couch when you need one?

"I-Uh…only have one bed…"I said to him awkwardly.

This was so awkward. Did the idea of Spyro sharing a room with Kazren, not crossed Terrador's mind? Damn it… And I don't want the poor guy to sleep on the floor. I have a heart you know; it pains me to see people do that, let alone I do it. I am not resorting to that. I will think of something… hopefully fast.

"It's okay," he shrugged as if it was something normal. "I'll just sleep on the floor. It's your room anyway."

Wow…at least he's a gentleman. Chivalry is very rare nowadays; it's not dead, but it's rare. I felt my face blush a bit at his courtesy. But one problem; I was a gentlewoman.

"No…you should take the bed. I don't mind. I really don't." I said to him truthfully. I'd rather suffer than see people suffer because of me. That's just how I was…sometimes. He cocked his head to face me.

"No, I insist, you take the bed. The floor's fine with me." he replied to me, with a warm smile.

I immediately realized that neither of the two of us was going to give in. This could go on forever. With a sigh, the only solution presented itself in my head. I didn't like it; I'm guessing he won't like it, but that was the only solution possible at this current time.

"Okay…this is hopeless. Neither of the two us wants the bed, nor wants the other to sleep on the floor, right?" I asked him. He was surprised at my statement but smiled at me sheepishly.

"If you put it that way then…yes." he answered me. I chuckled.

"Well…why don't we just…" I trailed, feeling my cheeks go red. This was such a bootleg idea.

"We just what?" he asked curiously. I shuffled my legs awkwardly. I breathed in a sigh then continued.

"Sleep on the bed together." I answered him, plain straight.

Immediately, I received a reaction. His face, which bore an expression of cool, calm and collected, changed to shock; along with his cheeks going rosy red, quite noticeable under his scales. He diverted his eyes; bit his lips and cleared his throat before answering me; he was quite embarrassed with the proposition I gave him. Who wouldn't?

"A-are you sure about that?" he asked nervously.

"As long as it's fine with you, it's fine with me." I replied to him, feeling the awkwardness creep on my skin. He shrugged.

"O-okay…I'll just…sleep…with my…back to you." he replied, stuttering due to the nervousness.

And with that, the problem was solved. We lied down the bed and faced away from each other. We weren't that close yet to face each other to sleep, let alone sleep close to each other. There was like, I don't know, about 4 inches between our bodies. There was literally an imaginary line on the bed. Like the walls of Jericho.

I slept like a log that night. I don't know why. It was odd. I even had a dream, which was very rare since I normally had dreamless sleep. But when I do dream, I dream in a different way. I dream in an odd manner. When I dream, I see things in 3rd person. I seem to relieve the things that had happened to me on that day, only in 3rd person. I watch from the sidelines as I portray my earlier actions. And with this, I found something very interesting.

I just realized that the dragoness I had bumped into earlier had a heart shaped pendant on her chest. This was none other than Ember herself; which I found this very odd. I've played all, thanks to my brother's passion for gaming, of the Spyro games; including the dragonfly one. And I know for a fact, Ember only appears in A Hero's Tail and Spyro: Shadow Legacy. What was she doing here in the TLOS universe? How was it even possible for her to be even here? Along with Flame, who was with her at that time?

Was this like some Fan Fiction or something?

I don't know. All this thinking is making my head hurt.

I should get some rest. And you should too.

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The rays of the sun spilled all over the city, signifying sunrise. It was morning. The rays crept up the Temple and into my—no, our room and hit my face. I felt it began heating up and that's what inevitably woke me up.

I let out a groan as I regained consciousness. I felt someone stir beside me and realized that Kazren must've awoken too.

"Good morning." I replied to him, my eyes still closed. I felt his hand move up and rub his eyes.
"Good mo—"he abruptly stopped and I could feel him tense up.

"What's wrong?" I asked him. He sighed.

"I…I'm just hungry all of a sudden. Can we go eat breakfast?" he asked me. Breakfast sounded good. I was feeling hungry as well. But I just wanted to lie down in this bed. It was very comfortable. Must be the pillow…

"You go ahead. I want to stay here for a while." I replied to him.

"Um…I don't exactly know where the Dining Hall is; I might get lost."

"Why don't you just ask around? I'm sure the other dragons would gladly help you."

"I…can't."

"Why not?"

He didn't quickly reply so my mind wandered of a bit. No… more like my ear.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

"You know, you have a really nice heartbeat." I commented on him casually as I followed the rhythmic thumping.

Wait…WHAT?!

"I can't because you're lying on my chest." he answered me bluntly.

OH MA GIRSH!

My eyes snapped open as the puzzle pieces fell into place; the reason why I was so comfortable on the bed; the heartbeat; not to mention the fact that he just pointed it out. My pillow turned out to be, to my utter horror, Kazren's chest.

I felt my cheeks go tomato red as I got off him abruptly. My eyes fell on his face and I saw that he too was embarrassed as well.

Who wouldn't?

"I-I am so sorry. I didn't mean—I am really sorry." I began muttering countless apologies to him. I only stopped when I felt a paw on my shoulder. He smiled at me sheepishly.

"It's okay…," he said to me. "Let's just…forget about that." His face was red as well but he still had the aura of calmness. I nodded in acknowledgement.

"I think you're right." I replied back.

"Let's go eat breakfast." he said to me.

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The two of us awkwardly got out of bed and was now walking down the less crowded halls of the Temple. It felt weird. Yesterday, it was buzzing with activity. Now though…it was like a ghost town…no, it was more like ghost hallways. Not a single dragon was in sight, except for the two of us.

"Where is everybody?" I asked him. Kazren snapped out of his musings when I asked him. I seemed to have disturbed his train of deep thought.

"It's still early in the morning. I'm guessing they're all still asleep." he answered in a matter of fact tone. I nodded.

He was right. He had a point. It was still early in the morning, 6:00 AM I think? Yeah I think it is. We kept walking down the hall until we arrived at the Dining Hall which was partially empty. There were a few dragons eating breakfast at some of the tables and a few were still empty. I spotted Kuval, eating at the side, with two dragons enjoying breakfast along with him.

I hope there's still some space.

We grabbed our food from the Food Stations and made our way to Kuval's table. The cheetah noticed and beckoned us to sit.

"Good Morning." he greeted the two of us.

"Good Morning to you too." Kazren and I replied at the same time.

I seated myself next to Kuval whilst Kazren sat at the edge of the table, to my left. I found myself seated across a red dragon that looked remarkably liked Spyro except for a few differences. His tail was more like a sharp pointed spade like sword end, same as Kazren's. His horns were straight; he had a rounder snout; he had a larger lower body and he looked a tad bit bigger than Spyro. He also had red eyes. His outer body was red-orange whilst his inner body was yellow. His wings were also colored yellow. He was wearing a light green shirt and wool pants, like all the males did.

It was none other than the red dragon, Flame.

The dragoness next to him had yellow horns; rich pink outer scales, yellow inner scales and had blue eyes. She had a heart shaped pendant, matching her tail tip which was also in the shape of a heart. Her wings were colored pink. She was wearing a light pink tunic and had black leggings as pants.

It was the fanatical fan of Spyro, Ember.

"Ember, Flame this is Kazren and Kathryn." introduced Kuval.

"Nice to meet you." said Flame, extending a paw towards me.

"Nice to meet you too, Flame." I replied, shaking his hand.

"Have you been…corrupted?" asked Ember curiously. Kazren sighed then nodded.

"Yeah…I was freed yesterday. Feels good to be in control of my own actions." he answered back. Ember nodded understandingly.

"Well, let us continue this conversation as we eat." said Kuval, beginning to eat as again.
"I agree; I am hungry." I concurred.

And with that, we began conversing, and eating breakfast.


Author's Notes: To all my readers:

I was searching around at deviantART earlier and found this picture. It's a locked picture BTW (meaning, you need to have an account to view it). It can greatly help you if you have trouble imagining Spyro, Cynder, Flame and Ember in Anthro form. I want to post this at SFFAU but...I am afraid of Copyright Problems...so...you know.

LINK (remove the spaces): http : // shalonesk . deviantart . com / art / Beach - talk - 123670606

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