A/N: OK people here is the new chapter and I hope you all enjoy it. This isn't as long as some of my other chapters but I find it hard to write long chapters now. Hope you all enjoy (I repeat what I say) and I think you will.

Cynder stood up from her pillows and ran out of her room to see the guardians. They were crowding around a bandaged Flame, the young purple dragon was awake and seemed to be OK.

"I know where Spyro is?" Cynder said.

"What, where is he?" Cyril asked.

"He's gone to Warfang" Cynder told them.

"How did you find out?" Volteer asked.

"Ignitus told me" Cynder said.

"We must leave immediately" Terrador said.

"But before we go, what were you doing out there Cynder?" Cyril asked. Cynder's cheeks went red as she blushed uncontrollably.

"Um, well, I, uh" Cynder tried.

"Were you going to mate with Spyro" Cyril asked.

"No, we weren't!" Cynder protested.

"You don't know what you were doing do you?" Terrador asked.

"No, not really" Cynder said. Flame suddenly put his arm on Cynder's back and she turned to him.

"C-Cynder, w-what is h-he?" Flame stuttered. Cynder shook her head, this was to much for a fifteen year old dragon to handle, she thought she was falling for a amazing dragon who had a side darker then the night sky. He was at war with two halves of his mind, into which the original Spyro had no power over his mind.

"Then le me ask you this" Terrador said "It's not Spyro you like is it?"

"What do you mean?" Cynder asked.

"What I mean is it's not Spyro your doing all these things with, doing these thing to, Darkfire's the one your falling for isn't he?" Terrador asked. Cynder was about to say no, but then she thought about it. Darkfire had been her protector when Spyro was being evil. Darkfire had sang with her that night when she was in the dream world. Darkfire was the one she had made the advances on not Spyro. Then she realized, she was falling in love with Darkfire, and not Spyro.

"Yes I think it is" Cynder said quietly.

"Then it's time we told you" Terrador said.

"Tell me what?" Cynder asked.

"Darkfire is just the outward change that Spyro has gone through, the personality of Darkfire is Spyro, only his looks have changed" Terrador explained.

"What about his age?" Cynder asked.

"Well Ignitus needed a protector you would trust, so he made Spyro older" Cyril jumped in.

"Why would that make me trust him?" Cynder asked.

"Isn't it obvious, you're attracted to older dragons" Cyril said bluntly. Cynder blushed and turned away from her mentors.

"But enough we must set out for Warfang now" Terrador said. They collected a few things from their rooms and they were ready to set off. Cynder searched Spyro's room and found a small golden choker with a black diamond set into it. She scooped it up and put it in her travel bag she was carrying and left. They began the flight to Warfang with Flame attached to a wooden board tied between Terrador's legs. They reached Warfang after a few days flight. They stopped each night and talked about what their plans were for when they reached Warfang. Cynder didn't mention Spyro at all, she tied to keep him off her mind.

When they reached Warfang they gave their names and a description of Darkfire to the royal guard that watched the city and they went to their respective rooms to wait for the news. Cynder lay down in her new room and she smelled something strange in the room. She took a deep breath and recognized the smell, she had been given Spyro's old room. She felt tired and fell asleep, dreaming of her time with Spyro during the war with Malefore and then her time with Darkfire, then she found she preferred having Darkfire around her. In her dream she felt something cold around her throat and then it started to press against her throat, but then she realized it wasn't just in the dream. Her eyes shot open to find a tail blade against her throat. She tried to turn around to look at her attacker, but the blade pressed down harder.

"Listen lady, we're gonna have some fun tonight, got that?" the unknown voice hissed. Cynder wanted to scream but she couldn't, the blade was now cutting into the flesh. The dragon was just about to set about his business when a small whistle from behind him caught his attention. He turned around to see Darkfire leaning against a wall and waving at him.

"Who the fuck are you?" the rapist demanded "Get out!" he shouted. Darkfire just walked up to him and punched him in the face, his hand going straight through the dragon's skull and blood going on the floor. He left the body on the balcony and walked back over to Cynder. She was sobbing heavily as he sat down on the bed. She hurled herself at him and started crying against his breast scales.

"Shh shh shhh, it's OK, you're gonna be OK" Darkfire said cradling her in his arms, wrapping his wings around her for extra warmth.

"W-what a-a-are you d-d-d-doing here?" Cynder asked.

"I've been assigned to protect you" he said, putting on an Austrian accent. (Schwarzenegger impression!) making Cynder laugh slightly.

"How did you do that?" she asked calming down.

"What the accent, it's really easy all you d-! Darkfire began.

"No, I mean punch a hole in that guys head" Cynder asked "Are you really that strong?"

"That was nothing, watch this" Spyro said. He walked over to the dead body and touched it. Suddenly the black web of veins appeared over Spyro and the dead body. The body began to decompose rapidly and eventually all that was left was a pile of ash which blew away in the wind. Cynder was shocked at what just happened.

"What's happening to you Spyro?" Cynder asked.

"I'm changing, and I don't know what I'm going to become" Spyro said looking away from her.

"I'll stay by your side through it, if you'll have me" Cynder said. She gave him a small lick on the cheek and he smiled cockily at her, he let go of her and walked over to the balcony. He stood on the railing and fell backwards. Cynder ran over to the balcony just in time to see him shoot of into the night sky and up into the starlight.

Cynder felt happy inside, she had finally met up with her crush and she had got to kiss him. She fell asleep on the bed and dreamt of a strange future.

"Tyrone, let go of your father's tail, Silvia but your brother down!" Cynder shouted at the hatchlings. They were being quite mischievous now that they had reached six months old. Tyrone was a fire dragon and Silvia was an ice dragon, they were the most oddly matched set of twins in the world, but she loved them nonetheless. Darkfire was having trouble with the little earth Igny, the one they had adopted for Flames sake after Ember and him had split up.

"Ow watch that tail of yours Igny, you nearly put my eye out" Darkfire laughed.

"Sorry dad" the earth dragon said.

"Hey no problem kiddo, just try to be careful" Darkfire got of his belly and yawned "Well kids it's time for bed"

"Aw do we have to?" they all moaned.

"Yes you do, or mommy's gonna get ya!" Darkfire looked at Cynder, who immediately pretended to be a monster, growling at the kids. They all screamed and started to run away. They jumped and hid under their pillows and went straight to sleep. Darkfire laughed slightly and walked over to Cynder. He gave her a lick on the cheek and yawned.

"Come on let's go to bed ourselves" Darkfire said. Cynder nodded and they went to their king sized bed and fell asleep.

Cynder.

She stirred in her sleep

Cynder.

She rolled over and fell of the bed.

"Whoa Cynder careful!" Darkfire said as Cynder rolled off the bed and fell on him.

"What?" Cynder mumbled.

"Morning sunshine" Darkfire laughed. Cynder shook her head and looked down on Spyro. She blushed and got off him. He gave a quick smile and got up.

"Sleep well?" Darkfire asked. Cynder remembered her dream and blushed again.

"Um, yeah I did" she said nodding.

"Good, hey you wanna check out the new pool they've made in the middle of the city?" Darkfire asked.

"Are you asking me out?" Cynder asked.

"Yeah, I guess I am" Darkfire said, giving her a cocky smile.

"In that case I'd love to" Cynder said.

"Great let's go!" Darkfire said. He ran to the balcony and jumped off the railing and flew to the destination. Cynder followed close behind him and she thought about her dream again.

"I don't think he'll go that far" Cynder thought.

A/N: So here we have Darkfire and Cynder going out on their first date and just to let you know the dream Cynder had won't be the end of the story. hate to disapoint you but oh well. I think you might like the names I came up with for their kids though. R&R please.

Yours sincerely.

Blu