A/N: Hi I'm terribly sorry for the mistake I made with chapter 10 since I accidently repeated chapter 9, it is fixed now so you should be happy with it (I hope). And thanks to Cynder and Namigi stealing my section at the end of Chapter ten, I've decided I'll let them have that section. So I'm only doing this section from now on. Enjoy please leave me reviews.
Namigi's head was spinning. Cynder had done one hell of a number on him, after he had whipped her in the guardian hall. She didn't know however that she put him in the dragon clinic. Namigi's doctor that was assigned to him, seemed shocked to see Namigi, she said that even for a dragoness Cynder was still a force to be reckoned with despite the fact she was no longer under the influence of Malefor. Namigi knew it was true; he wasn't worried though, not about Cynder anyways. The thing that worried him was; what if their offspring was exactly like Cynder, or even worse? Namigi pictured a hatchling all ways hitting him on the head and shouting at him if he did something wrong. Namigi chuckled at the thought.
The doctors said that due to the injury Cynder had inflicted on him, he was not allowed to leave. Namigi was thankful, after all most of his injuries came from the night before. The night he found out he was going to be a father. Namigi sat there on the bed and a red crystal had been broken to heal Namigi, his legs were wrapped in think cloths and his neck, he also had the top of his head wrapped up considering Cynder had punched him in the head hard before sending him through the door, of the guardian hall. The room was bright and Namigi had a clear view of the city below.
Suddenly sounds could be heard throughout the building. "Ah, Cynder? You can't see him yet he's still recovering." A dragon said. Namigi thought the dragon sounded familiar, it sounded like another dragoness. "Come on Ember. I promised you that you get to meet him didn't I?" Cynder said. "Yes, but he's recovering after you placed him here in the hospital." Ember said. "Oh, so that's who the voice belonged to." Namigi said to himself quietly. The door swung open and Cynder and a pink dragoness entered the room followed by a red dragon and the nurse that was looking after Namigi.
"I'm very sorry Namigi. I couldn't..." "It's perfectly alright. I don't mind visitors, especially if one of them happens to be a mean dragoness." Namigi laughed before Cynder walked up to him and starred him down. "Alright. Fine I'll shut up about it." Namigi said knowing he'd get another hit across the head. Cynder just smiled and pecked him a kiss on his sore head. Namigi looked past Cynder and saw the two dragons standing in the door way. "Hi." Namigi said to the two dragons. He noticed the red one was shacking and the pink one had a worried smile on her face, causing Namigi to feel a little sad. Cynder could feel his sadness since they were mated and it was one of their marks abilities, and turned around to her friends. "Come on guys he won't bite. I've already told him about you two and he's very sorry about the first impression you got." Namigi felt a little better by Cynder's words. The two dragons walked in the room. "Hello. I'm very sorry about the first time we meet, and I'm guessing you're the dragoness that comforted Cynder, after I ran..." Cynder cut Namigi off by hitting his head, but softly. "It's fine. But I warn you, if you do something like that again... Spyro won't be going after you." Ember said. Flame just looked a Ember knowing that when she was pissed off she was exactly like Cynder.
"Oh he won't. He's learned his lesson after he came back." Cynder said with a smile. "Yeah, you enjoyed your punishment way too much if you ask me." Namigi said as he scratched the ground with his claw while looking at the ceiling. The two dragons looked at Cynder as she blushed. "Namigi!" Cynder yelled as she looked at him. "Woops, slip of the tongue, oh wait." "Namigi, I swear if you breathe another word..." Cynder stopped mid-sentence as she lifted her paw a showed her claws. "Alright fine, I'll stop playing around." Namigi said as he looked all innocent. "Well, you two seem perfect for each other. Both of you seem to love joking around." Flame laughed before Ember elbowed him in the chest. "I agree, but still Flame. Don't say that." Ember said as she patted Flames head. Cynder looked at the two 'friends' and noticed something. "Hang on one moment." Cynder said as she walked up to the two dragons. Cynder looked at their necks and noticed the two dragons had binding marks. "Well it's about time you two. I was worried I'd have to lock you two in the same room before one of you made a move. When did this happen?" Cynder said when she realised the two had mated. Ember and Flame blushed. They hoped Cynder wouldn't find out yet.
"After Spyro left us alone in his lounge." Flame said shyly. "What? You mean you two did it in his own house?" Cynder asked shocked. "NO! He made a move when we decided to leave Spyro's house and go home. "Ah, so Flame finally showed some back bone, bout time you sly dragon." Cynder said as she patted the red dragon who was blushing furiously. "Remind you of someone?" Namigi said to Cynder as he recalled that night in the cave. "Hey, not my fault I'm so irresistible." Cynder said back to Namigi. Namigi just rolled his eyes, knowing that wasn't the case. He was going to say the truth but he chose not to, knowing Cynder would most likely kill him. "So you call, pushing me against a wall and basically persuading me, irresistible? Seems more like rape." Namigi said telepathically. "You enjoyed it as much as I did, so it wasn't rape, and besides, you could have always stopped me." Cynder answered back in her seductive tone.
The four dragons spent the day talking about themselves. Ember and Flame were surprised to find out Namigi was in fact Noble and that he chose a non-noble as a mate. Namigi told them everything about himself and his past. He did tell them about that night with his village and his former girlfriend Krystal, and what she did fir Namigi to slay her. After that, the two dragons decided it was getting late and they should return home. They left Namigi and Cynder alone.
"I think that went well." Cynder said as she looked at her still sore mate. "Glad someone thinks so." Namigi said. "What's that suppose to mean?" Cynder asked with concern. "I just can't shake the feeling I said something wrong." Namigi said as his expression showed he was in thought. "I noticed Ember seemed on edge about something I said." "Pay her no mind, she's always like that. You said nothing wrong." Cynder said as she nuzzled Namigi's neck. "If you say so, then I won't worry." Namigi said. "Plus, our hatchlings won't be that mean to you." Namigi's eyes shot open. "You were reading my thoughts?" Namigi asked shocked. "Yep. Don't worry I won't allow them to pick on you, after all that's my job." Cynder laughed. "Ok, whatever you say. So what are you going to do now, you know I'm not allowed to leave the hospital tonight?" Namigi asked. "I know, that's why I'm sleeping here with you." Namigi was worried now. He knew what happens to a dragoness when they're pregnant, their hormones go through the roof and they don't stop seducing their mate.
"I know what you're thinking. Don't worry I'll let you rest for awhile, I'll keep myself on a leash." Cynder said as she laid down next Namigi. Namigi smiled and wrapped his wing around Cynder. Cynder wrapped her tail around Namigi's and kissed him before they went to sleep.
Ember and Flame:
Ember and Flame arrived at their house. They opened the door and entered. "Are you hungry Flame?" Ember asked as she looked at her mate. "Ah, yes. Are you?" He replied. Ember nodded and walked in the kitchen. Flame entered after her. "Would you like a paw?" Flame asked. "Heheh, well if you want to help. You can light the fire please, and then go grab a sheep please." Ember said with a smile. "Ok." Flame said happily. He lit the fire then went out to get a sheep for dinner.
"Hmm, He seemed to be a little worried about Namigi, I wonder why?" Ember said five minutes after Flame left. "Why does Cynder like Namigi? Is it because of his joking nature, his frightful attitude when he stood before Spyro that day, or is it because he's a black dragon like her?" Ember herd Flames thoughts. "Flame seems to be worried, I guess I can't blame him, after all Namigi did kill Krystal, but he did say she left him no choice. I should try and explain to Flame that we have to trust Cynder's judgement. After all, she does seem to keep Namigi under control." Ember laughed as she remembered Cynder hitting Namigi as he embarrassed her.
Soon Flame returned with two sheep. He decided Ember might be hungrier than him. "Wow, you out done yourself." Ember said as she saw the two sheep. "I thought you may be hungrier than me." Flame said hoping Ember wouldn't find his comment offensive. "Oh, so you're saying I'm fat?" Ember said with an evil look. Flames panicked, and shook his head. "Relax, I'm playing around. I know you mean well." Ember said with a smile. Flame relaxed and gave Ember the sheep. Ember placed the sheep on the fire, and then turned to Flame. "Flame I was listening when you were thinking about Namigi and Cynder. Flame was shocked. "Look Flame, I know you mean well and I know you're worried that Namigi will hurt Cynder. But Cynder trusts him, I've never seen her that happy before. You saw her cuddle up to Namigi as he talked about himself." Ember said as she stood in front of Flame. "I know but, there's something about Namigi that I don't get." Flame said. "And what might that be?" Ember asked with concern, she knew Flame was always right when he had a hunch about something and she was getting worried. "He's a Noble, and he's a black dragon like Cynder. But what I don't get is; why she likes him, and something about Namigi seems off. I just don't know what it is." Flame said with great concern. "Yes I know what you mean. As I looked into his eyes, it was as if someone else was looking at us, not the dragon that was sitting there." Ember said. "I'll go to the library tomorrow. I'll try and find some information about him. He's a noble so there is bound to be a lot of information about him somewhere." Flame said. "Ok bookworm." Ember said before serving dinner.
Cynder and Namigi:
"Achoo!" Namigi yelled as he sneezed. "Getting a bit cold?" Cynder asked. "No, it's not that." Namigi answered. "Heh, someone must be talking about you." Cynder laughed as she placed her head over Namigi's neck. "Yeah right, like someone would be talking about me." Namigi laughed.
The next day:
Flame:
Flame scanned book after book after book. Trying to find something about Namigi, he almost gave up before a book fell on his head after he placed a book back on the shelf. "Ow." Flame said as he scratched his head. He looked at the book and noticed it was a black book, it read; Darkness Dragons by Marcus, the 24th Darkness dragon. Flame was interested in the book; he took note of the book and picked it up. He walked over to the table and opened the book with his claws careful not to rip the thick pages.
"I, Marcus the 24th darkness dragon in existence and a Noble like all Darkness dragons before me, am honoured to write my book in history. Darkness dragons have existed as Noble dragons throughout time. We never used our powers for personal gain and we are born once every thousand years. This was not the case however. As a noble I chose a noble dragoness as tradition, she was a shadow dragon named Sapphire, she was the most beautiful dragoness I had ever laid eyes on. After ten years of being together, we mated and a year later she bore me a fine son. After our son hatched, the entire dragon realm was shocked to learn he was a Darkness dragon like myself. We were overjoyed to have bore a Darkness dragon in less than a hundred years. It was unheard of, but I didn't care, I loved my son with all my heart. We named him 'Namigi'; he was young and very smart despite his young age. A week after he hatched, he showed signs of pride, honour and compassion for every living creature. One day when his mother and he were out, they were attacked by grumblings. Sapphire tried with all her might to protect her son, but she was over powered by riptocs. Suddenly Namigi let out a roar and with one breath his Darkness erupted from him, instantly slaying all the enemies that opposed him. His mother loved him very much and was saved by our young hatchling.
However our son was not like the other Nobles, he refused all the noble classes. We pleaded with him to take them, but he always refused. One day I lost my nerve and ordered him to tell me why he refused the classes. To my surprise he simply answered: "I would rather, work hard and live like a normal dragon, and not have all these benefits because I see them as a way of greed and lack of opportunity." Those words brought such happiness to my heart. The other dragon nobles apart from me and Sapphire opposed our son's decision. But we didn't deny his wish. He attended different schools, since Darkness dragons could use more than one element. Namigi was special he was born in the year of the dragon and had the ability to use convexity. I could not be prouder of my son. He grew smarter each day and made lots of friends. When he learned I was going to be the guardian of darkness he was so proud. But when the war, started he changed, he became aggressive and when the enemy invaded the city. He showed them no mercy.
I was proud of my son, but the nature he showed when he face an enemy, was like nothing I have ever seen, if he fought friend or foe, he would win. No one not even I stood a chance against my son. I loved him with all my heart and I still do to this day.
Today, I leave for war. This war has gone on long enough, the dragon temple was under siege and I fear the purple dragon egg, has been destroyed. Today we take back Avalar, today we fight. My son, as much as it pains me to see, He will join battle, he has to in order to win this war, he must stand against the evil that threatens this world long enough for the purple dragon to hatch and grow old enough for it to defeat the evil that stirs over the horizon."
Flame read on shocked at the stories Namigi was described in. He was a legend, people started to believe the purple dragon wasn't needed. And then he read the last entry Marcus wrote.
"Today I see the war being finished. We have pushed their defences back and slain millions of enemies. Gaul doesn't stand a chance; Namigi has saved my tail many times in this war, as I have his. We have unconfirmed reports however, that the enemy now has a dragon. We wait to see if these reports are true, if they are, it won't matter. Namigi will not see battle today however, I know it pains him to feel left out, but it's for his own good. This will be my last entry, till after the war."
Marcus, 24th Darkness Dragon soon to be Guardian of Darkness
And proud Father of Namigi, 25th Darkness Dragon.
Flame closed the book. He could not believe what he had just read. Namigi was a war hero at a young age. But the war was not one. If Namigi fought like he did back then, why didn't he fight Malefor? He could have easily overpowered him if he wanted to. Flame saw this as a subject only Namigi could answer. "I will ask him the next chance I get." Flame said.
Namigi:
Namigi opened his eyes to find that Cynder was no longer by his side. "She must have left early." Namigi as he got up. He looked out the window and noticed it was not morning. "What? It's afternoon already?" Namigi was shocked; he had slept through most of the day. Namigi jumped of his bed, and tore the bandages off him. Namigi was healed and no scars of bruises could be found. Suddenly the door opened and the nurse entered. "Ah, you're awake. Namigi if you'll come with me, I'll get you cleaned up, you do smell after all." The nurse joked. Namigi smiled, although he didn't like the fact she pointed out he smelled, he was in a good mood. He decided to be nicer to everyone from now on. He hated to see everyone afraid of him.
Namigi followed the nurse and she led him to a bath, moles were waiting for him and he was asked to hop into the bath, it was huge; at least five full grown dragons could fit into the bath and there would still be plenty of room. Namigi hopped in the bath and the moles started to wash him. He ignored the fact that they were scratching his tail blade like crazy. He always hated his tail blade getting touched by anyone other than Cynder.
After they washed him they pulled the one thing that Namigi always hated. They wanted to polish him. He hated getting polished because his tail blade always shone way too bright. Even as a hatchling his mother always polished him. He sighed and allowed them. As much as he hated it, he knew it had to be done. Namigi just laid there, as the moles polished and scratched away all the dirt and marks that were left after the bath. Soon after he was shiny and clean. The moles stood back and admired their work. When the nurse came back her mouth looked like it had hit the floor. Namigi didn't like the attention but it was fun to see the reaction he got from anyone that saw him after a polish.
After leaving the hospital he decided to walk around rather then fly. He hadn't done it a very long time, but he liked it. While walking down the streets, he couldn't help notice all the dragonesses starring at him. Namigi was feeling very uncomfortable. He wished he had Cynder by his side, so they would look away. He just ignored them and hopped they saw his seal on his neck if they got to close. Thankfully none of them walked up to him to talk.
He soon reached the guardian villa. As soon as he walked through the door, the dragonesses that lived there, even the apprentices to the guardians and other teachers were shocked at the sight of Namigi. "For crying out loud, am I that good looking?" Namigi thought to himself. He then hoped Cynder didn't hear him. Namigi simply ignored the dragonesses that starred at him with their mouths wide open. He walked to the door that led to the Guardian hall and noticed it was fixed. The doors were opened and he saw Cyril, Volteer and Terrador were sitting in their seats as well as a whole load of other dragons sitting in similar seats.
"I see that the guardian assembly has started already." Namigi said as he entered the room. All the guardians that were present turned to see Namigi. All the dragons looked and all the female dragons basically fainted. "For crying out loud, even the female guardians are gawking. That's it, no more getting polished." Namigi thought. "Well Namigi, I see you had a good bath and a polish." Cyril said as Namigi walked to the centre of the room. "I guess that was your doing Cyril?" Namigi said as he sat down in the middle of the room. "Yes, we had to make sure you were presentable." Terrador said.
"You did a thorough job of it, I must say. I had the whole city gawking at me as I walked here." Namigi said as he still noticed the female guardians still gawking. It was funny to Namigi, as he noticed more than half of them were sealed. "Yes, well. We should get down to business, I'm sure you'd like to get out of here and enjoy a nice day." Cyril said. Namigi nodded.
"Well, you do know that there are two guardian seats still vacant, and you must know that most of us guardians are unable to defend the dragon realm. Correct?" Terrador asked. "I know where you're going with this, and no I am not considering becoming the Darkness guardian." Namigi said. "This is an outrage!" the guardian of fear screamed. "Yes, you are the only Darkness dragon alive, and you owe it to..." "You will do well not to finish that statement!" Namigi yelled at the guardian of shadow. "You may have filled the space my deceased mother had, but even as a guardian you will not say anything about my family. You all know the consequences if you do. Cyril and Volteer only got away with it, because they were addressing my mate, and luckily for them... they gave her as little information as possible." Terrador simply looked at the two guardians sitting next him and they looked away. "Namigi. We apologise, but you know your duty, you also know your status. You have been missing after the war, and now you stand before the guardian council, making threats. I now know that you are still upset about everything and you have brought the guardians a lot to think about." Terrador said when looking back at Namigi. "I know you all are wondering why I'm like this. I also know you all will not give up, also I know you all will be choosing a new guardian for each element, but I apologise but... I will not take my father's place." Namigi said as he got up and began to head for the door.
"Namigi, you dare turn your back on your family's honour? What about your duty as a Noble, let alone a Darkness dragon? Your Father would be ashamed!" the guardian of Shadow said. All the guardians looked at the guardian. Namigi stopped dead in his tracks. Black flames emanated from his body, like a dark aura surrounding him. "THAT IS IT!" Namigi turned and launched at the Shadow guardian, he talked him to the wall and held the dragon there by its throat. Terrador, Cyril and two other dragons shot up and held Namigi. "Namigi it's not worth it!" the guardian of light yelled, as she tried to pull Namigi's paw of the shadow guardian.
Namigi's eyes were a bright green and his aura was still there. Namigi let go of the shadow guardian and walked off to the door. Before opening it, he turned around. His eyes turned back to red and the aura disappeared. "In three weeks... you are to organise a tournament... all of you against me... plus two more fighters. It will be split into rounds. I'll make you all a deal. Win: I will replace my father. Lose: you will never ask me to replace him again." Namigi opened the door and walked out.
The guardians looked at the shadow guardian. "You are very lucky he spared you Dev." Volteer said. "Yes, you're lucky." The guardian of light said. "Next time try to keep that big mouth of yours shut. Now look at the mess you've gotten us into." The guardian of fear stated. "What are we to do Terrador? You know Namigi only fights to the death." Cyril said as he turned to his friend. "It seems Namigi has issued the consequence, no thanks to Dev. I suppose we will have to organise it." Terrador said. "WHAT?" Dev yelled. "I will plead Namigi, not to fight to the death. It I will try to make a normal tournament." Terrador said as he walked towards the door.
C/N:
Cynder:
Namigi! What have you done? Are you really going through with this?
Namigi:
They all knew the consequences of talking about my family. I issued it after the war.
Cynder:
But...
Namigi:
NO BUTS ABOUT IT! Please leave reviews about this chapter and the author is really sorry about the mix up with chapter nine and ten. Have a wonderful day. Now if you'll excuse me if have to prepare for the tournament. *storms out of the room.
Cynder: