Setting Up Shop

The Medical Ward

Black Cat, Tanya and Des were the only ones left in the room. "So what will you do now that you're free?" Tanya asked as BC was asleep, her chest slowly rising and falling.

"I think I'll open a tailor shop in the Dragon Kingdom if I'm allowed to." Tanya smiled. "As long as you don't demolish that old house near the Professor's lab, that's fine." He blinked. "Oh? And why's that?" He asked.

"Because we live there, we've been in that house for many years." He nodded before something crossed his mind. "What was Black Cat's other form?" Tanya looked at him. "Why do you want to know?" He blinked. "Because I have something in mind but I need to know what her previous form was first."

She looked at Black Cat. "She was a winged panther." He smiled. "A winged panther? I imagine her fur to be black as night then." She frowned. "You saw her form when you were the Destroyer, right?" He shook his head, surprising her.

"I don't have any memory of when I was the Destroyer but when I awoke and saw how badly hurt Black Cat was I knew I did something to cause it." She nodded, kinda understanding what he meant. He leaned back against the wall, since he was still too big for normal chairs, getting more comfortable.

BC stirred but remained unconscious. The truth was, he remembered his fight with her but when she leapt out of the crystal, he never saw her. He never saw anything because the Shadow Princess had sewn his eyes shut with threads of darkness.

When she left this realm, so did her power and the threads vanished. He remembered the irritating thread that always jabbed his eyeballs from the poor quality of it. When it vanished, it was one of the greatest reliefs he ever felt, along with the shadow princess being banished.

Tanya hovered over and rested on BC's chest, falling asleep. Another gift he had, was being able to see spiritual connections between creatures, whether they be alive or deceased. These two had an incredible bond like nothing he'd ever seen before.

Then he noticed something odd about Tanya herself. There was a bond to BC but another one that vanished into the distance. Fragments. He had heard about these special yet rare creatures, when a being manages to split or shatter their soul, that shard comes to conscious life before wondering around aimlessly.

The fragment's main body must know BC from somewhere for her to be this close to the sleeping girl. He frowned. All the time, his eyes showed him so many mysterious things but he was glad he could see at all instead of having to strain his hearing and senses.

Most of all, he missed the wonderful hobby that everyone used to wear. Creating fantastic outfits and unique talismans to protect each world. True, he'd be exhausted afterwards but his energy would always rapidly replenish itself. He let his eyes shut before his head fell to the side slightly.

The next morning…

Bird chirped joyfully, blissfully unaware that their world was nearly destroyed. A breeze blew the window curtain, gently tickling the large figure's arm. Des' eyelids slowly lifted to see an empty bed. He sat up straight until Black Cat came out of the bathroom, wearing those tattered clothes. They had been washed but where the blood stains were, it was a darker shade of blue. He'd have to do something about that.

Standing up, he stretched before wondering, after a fierce battle like that, how she hadn't received any scars. Though, from what he heard, she gave that red dragon a pretty nice one on his chest. Though when he saw him, there was a lot of blood coming from his wound.

She blinked as Tanya hovered right beside her as usual. "Tanya told me you were looking to open a tailor shop in the Dragon Kingdom." He grinned expecting the dragonfly already told her everything. "Yes, I'm looking around for a good place to start my old career again."

She smiled. "I know of a good place you could set up shop if you're interested." She said as he stood up and nodded before following Black Cat outside. She walked through to the Professor's lab and jumped up the ledges, each one up to her waist. He merely had to place his foot on the ledge and kick off the ground, showing how short Black Cat was compared to him.

Des followed Black Cat up each and she showed him a large opening with a creek running through a grate from the side wall. "I checked with all the Dragon Elders and the Professor, they said its fine and we can fix those ledges so they're stairs plus we'll help you advertise, they'll be signs and everything."

The tall stitch covered man knelt and kissed her hand, making her face burn brightly. "Thank you milady, you have freed me from darkness and helped me get my old life back. I am still I your debt." BC's face was burning bright.

"You don't have to do anything, as long as you're happy, that's fine." She smiled as he just chuckled. "Well, if you make me promise to do one thing, then I'll be very happy." She blinked. "A promise, huh?" She then grinned.

"Okay, you gotta promise to be my friend and be yourself, don't agree with me if you don't want to, don't force yourself to do anything you're not comfortable with. Basically, promise me, you'll be a true friend." She answered, not feeling like being worshipped like a hero, even though some young dragons did that and it seriously embarrassed her whenever they did.

He chuckled, not expecting that but nodded. "Okay then, I promise to be your true friend." He said, gently shaking her hand, which covered hers completely, making both of them laugh. She blinked. "I'll just get something to help out, I'll be right back." She went inside the small opening and vanished. Tanya shrugged when Des gave her a questioning look. Black Cat came back from the Professor's lab with a map of the area.

"So let's get designing." Black Cat grinned at Des as Tanya was wondering what the shop would look like when finished. Spyro flew up and approached them. "I heard you three were up here, what're you guys doing?" Des was grinned. "Designing the house for my workshop." Black Cat tapped her chin. "What if, what if it was more than just your shop?" He looked at her as she traced shapes on the map with her finger.

"What if, the bottom stairs were your shop but upstairs was your home?" Des had a look at the map, then where the house would be before grinning. "Brilliant, perhaps a veranda with a view over the village on the north side of the house…" All four kept going on about different ideas until a few hours later, Black Cat had sketched the outside design on a blank piece of paper and the inside structure on another.

Des grinned while BC frowned. "Where can we get the materials for the house though?" She looked at Spyro. "Do you know of any construction workers around?" He shrugged but Des was still grinning. "Just because I make clothes and talismans, doesn't mean I can't make a house. Stand back." He said while staring at the images of the house before the ground shook slightly.

End Chapter

Author's Note

Wow BC's out of the hospital already and it seems Des it quite the handy man lol. _reviews left until the bonus chapter!