Ta Da! Ze tenth chapter!! This is where everything un-ravels, and when this story ends. Prepare for major cliffie!

Aware

"From the very beginning, Incendia and I knew that we couldn't be together. It was impossible! Look at her! She's WAY too young. The only thing that was left to do, was test Rosa and Cynder. It was a tough decision, I'll tell you that, but I have chosen Cynder from her grades all the way up until now. She has shown the most promise through this whole thing." Spyro looks around at everyone, their mouths hanging agape in utter surprise.

"Yes, it's true, I was just going along with it." Adds Incendia. Suddenly Terry speaks up.

"How did you survive the whole, head decapitation thing? I was there, and it looked like that wyvern really bit it off!"

After laughing a bit, Incendia explains with a wide, proud smile, "Oh that was nothing, we just had a little help from a special effects master." Every one takes some time to digest this info, while Spyro and Incendia whisper to each other. Inside the red and white striped tent, there is complete silence. This lasts for quite a while, until Spyro breaks it.

"I'm sure you all want to know exactly WHAT the hidden trials were." They all nod, "Then let me tell you." Terry, Incendia, Rosa, Cynder, Ireena, and Zachariah all huddle around the purple hero as he explains himself, "It started with the looks contest, who could make themselves look the sexiest. But before that test had even started, I was pretending to be sad and depressed about something that I wouldn't tell anyone about. I had Incendia try to make me feel better to give it the whole image, but she actually knew the whole time that I was faking."

Cynder shakes her head slowly, "So that's why." Spyro smiles and looks at her.

"Yes Cynder, and you passed the trial with flying colours. Rosa on the other hand." He turns and glares at the pink dragoness, "Didn't seem to give two shits about it at all." Rosa smirks meekly and shrinks back. Zachariah chuckles, causing his still healing body to flood with pain. Ireena tends to him while Spyro keeps talking, "The second trial, is known to all as a race around the temple. But actually, I was testing patience. Rosa, you weren't even close to winning that one. The third trial, was a doosey. That was the one were everyone had to hunt for a large animal, the dragoness who got the biggest creature won. Incendia succeded because of her catching a golem by using Rosa. This was not the real trial of course, do any of you remember the laughing contest? And of course, the most disturbing one of all the tests, they had to prove their loyalty to me." All three girls blush, "Rocky, a guard, was ordered to make love to Rosa. This turned out successful. Rosa didn't hesitate to comply, awarding her with the trophy. Only one problem, the actual test was to see who would NOT screw Rocky." Spyro laughs at the surprised expressions of both girls. Cynder isn't AS surprised though, she guessed it the whole time. Rosa gets angry with him, and stops Spyro before he can say the next part.

"Why did you have these 'hidden' trials!? That wasn't fair! I never knew when I was supposed to be doing them!"

"Exactly!" Rosa gets confused and sits back down, "Finally, we had the hide-and-go-seek test. In it was the final hidden thing, who would stand by me after Incendia had died. Rosa, you took off as fast as you could, fleeing for you life while Cynder tried to defend me as best she could. Now, you can all see why I choose Cynder, she is the actual winner of this little contest." They all turn towards the black dragoness and applaud her, all except Rosa, who storms out of the tent angrily. Once outside, in the crisp evening air, Rosa lets her anger flow into her horns. They turn a VERY dark pink and start sizzling with power. Two random dragons that are walking past speed up when they see her. Spyro you will pay for this. I swear, one day, you WILL pay. Thought Rosa as she took to the sky. Terry is the first to step out of the tent, so she sees Rosa flying away in the distance.

"Look! Rosa's leaving!" Spyro appears beside her and follows Terry's gaze.

"I wonder where she's going?" He thinks out loud.

"Probably back to where she came from." Mutters Cynder. They all open their wings and start flying towards the temple, "What about the camp?"

"I have already informed the guard of our plans, and they are going to clean up while we're gone." States Terry with a proud voice. Zachariah is being carried by Ireena, while Incendia and Tod fly side-by-side. The cautious Terry watches them closely, making sure that Incendia doesn't make any moves on her boyfriend. It'll be a LONG flight.

Finally the party reaches the temple, the young-lings all hurry off to their rooms while Spyro and Cynder enjoy the moon. It's pale light is shone onto Cynder's black hide so perfectly, you'd think she was MEANT to live on the moon. Spyro loves her so much now, that if she wanted to live up there, he'd fly her to the moon and back. In fact, there is nothing Spyro wouldn't/couldn't do for her. He has found his forever-mate, and he's going to stick to her like glue. Cynder's eyes glisten when she blinks, slightly hypnotizing Spyro. The sudden power that she has found over him, makes Cynder feel strong. This feeling leads up to the kiss that they now share. Eventually it turns into groping, which leads to them lying on top of each other. Spyro's hidden casing moves out of the way for his tool, and he slowly lowers it into her. The rest I'll leave to your imagination, "I..mmpff...love you Spyro."

"I love you too."

In the morning, Terry finds the two lying together on the ground at the front entrance, "Hey! Get up!" She kicks Spyro in the fore-leg. He grunts and attempts to shoo her away the same way that he would a fly, "GET UP!" He immeadiately snorts awake and stands to attention. Terry giggles and he blushes while relaxing into his normal self, "Old habits never die, do they."

"You got that right." Spyro chuckles as Terry moves to try and wake up Cynder, "You'll never get her awake in a million years! You should've been there last night, I mean, WHOO!" Terry gives him a nervous look before trotting of towards the mess hall, "Cyn, pssst, hey Cyn! Wake up! They're making breakfast!" Spyro whispers into her ear. She slowly cracks open her eyes and looks around, stopping when she sees him.

"Wh-what happened? Why do I feel so exhausted?" Then a memory flashes into her head as she recalls the night before. Smiling sweetly at Spyro, she stands up and starts walking. They both move side-by-side, toying with each-other's tails. Tod catches this as he hurries past and makes a mental note, he'll try it with Terry later. Zachariah has apparently healed because he walks past them smiling, a wing over Ireena.

"Well well, look who's the winner!" Cynder laughs as she sees Sparx make a face, "You two look perfect together." He says sarcastically.

"Oh shut up Sparx." Retorts Spyro, batting him away with a clawed fist. Sparx lands on Spyro's horns, pulling on them like reins in a teasing manner, "Now you're asking for it!" Spyro snaps up at the dragonfly, catching him in his mouth.

"LEMME OUT!!" Yells Sparx as he pounds on the insides of Spyro's maw. Cynder giggles as Spyro lets the soaked yellow bug out. Sparx looks so funny when he's angry, "Don't EVER do that again."

"Or what?" Taunts Spyro. Sparx opens his mouth to say something, but is interrupted by the breakfast bell.

"Gotta go! See you guys later!" While Sparx zips off, Cynder pecks Spyro on the cheek.

"What was that for?" He wonders dizzily.

"For being such a good brother of course." They both laugh as they enter the mess hall. It's a tall room with hundreds of windows lining the tops of the walls. A few of the windows have curtains covering them. The walls are made of the usual, marble, just like the rest of the building. A humongous chandelier hangs from the ceiling, filled with hundreds of candles. It lights the whole place at night, but right now, the windows do it's job for it. A long table stretches from one end of the room, to the other, seating Incendia, Terry, Tod, Ireena, Zachariah, and Sparx perfectly. Spyro and Cynder take their seats next to each other at the head of the table, together at last, this is the happiest moment in Cynder's life. As she sits next to her lover, the past events stream through her head like a video. Starting from the point in the beginning when they were just taking a bath, all the way to now, as they eat their meals. Scanning through her memories, Cynder notices something out of place, undiscovered almost. Turning to Spyro, she asks, "What ever happened to you taking an apprentice?"

And so you have it, the end of Peace Time. As you can probably tell, I love cliff-hanger endings. Yeah yeah, I know, this chapter was really short, but I wanted to end it quickly so I could center my attention on Girl Troubles, my first T rated Spyro story. I hope it turns out to be a success. Yup, this is the end...of Peace Time. Don't forget to review! Oh, and as a sneak-peek, I will tell you about my new story that will come out soon. (Hopefully) It's going to be about a dragon that wakes up in the middle of NOWHERE. And I mean NOWHERE! There is no way to tell where he is! The worst part is, he doesn't even know that he's a dragon! Until he takes a look into a pond. After realizing this, the confused dragon wanders around aimlessly. To find out what happens next, you'll have to read the story when it comes out. REVIEW!

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