The Legend Of Spyro: Love And War Book 2

by Spyro and Cynder lover

With Malefor, now returned to normal and reunited with his long lost lover, the darkness was supposed to disappear as well. But a new dragon has taken over the role of the Dark Master. Unknown to Spyro, this will put his trust to the test for Malefor. Even with peace inside the wall of Warfang, outside is a different story. Many die, many live and even dead, can come back.

14. Chapter 14: Second Time's A Charm

Chapter 14: Second Times A Charm

Even though I tried to trust him, I barely know him aside from what Volteer told me... I can't shake the feeling that he could do something, something could go wrong, something could lead to another and...! And... And I can't barely get a good nights rest because of it, Ersa feared as she thought more and more about what could happen in the future. Opening her eyes only slightly, she frowned more as she thought, What should I do...? Should I, talk to him...? What if he gets angry and threatens to kill me if I ever bring something like that up again...? He's the only male I'm worried about... And he could be like the others out there. Very carefully moving her head back from his, she made sure she helped his head lay down on his paws with her nose before backing her head up completely. Turning away and looking at the door, Ersa grumbled slightly as the sun had shined in her eyes. It's... morning...? Did I... really sleep better then I thought...? Wait... what?! Looking all around the room, it had expanded as it seemed like two rooms had combined into one. There were now two books shelves that sat at the right side of the room, and it was piled on with books and papers. And on the other side of the room were a couple of tables with all kinds of flasks, poisons, minerals, and papers. All my stuff from my house... but, how? What it... Ignitus? How could he have done this so quickly? Now with everything in the room, she felt more at home with everything she once had now being in the room. Looking away and down at Volteer, it felt peaceful to her, This room to me feel like... a sanctuary... I have all my stuff, the room is nice and cozy, and, best of all... I even have Volteer. As she smiled thinking about everything that she now has, her mind quickly trailed off to what could happen if she lost it all again, but she knew she shouldn't think in such a way, I barely know him and I keep treating him like the enemy... And... he did save Volteer over his life so... So maybe I do just need to talk to him. But if I'm right, and he really is just another... animal... I can only imagine how terrible he's going to make me feel for him saving us. Standing up on the bed, she carefully made her way off the bed without making a noise and preceded to walk over to her work station of beakers. Picking up one from where it sat on the table, she sat down and examined it, wondering what she should do. If he does try something of the sort, I will be prepared for it. I shouldn't make it lethal, just something that will hopefully get everyone to see who he is before I... paralyze him? Hum... Maybe. Setting the beaker back down on the table, she moved her paw over and grabbed a book, sliding it over to the front of her. Opening up the book to some blank pages to the back, she started to write, remembering what she needed to. She started to draw Spyro's head on the left side of the page, but stopped midway. Looking over at Volteer, she gave a sigh as she looked back at the page. What if all this worrying just makes me miss out on more time I could be having with Volteer... I've already missed so much of him... I... I will let him sleep in, get this information now, just in case. I don't want us to be apart, so I'm not taking any risks.

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"Can't we just lay in bed?" Carith grumbled, rolling from side to side as Malefor chuckled to see her desperation.

"I'm sorry, Carith, I just, really want to talk with Spyro today," Malefor said, only making her grumble more.

"But you all will have half the day to talk. When me and the girls go out, you all can talk then. Please, I will do anything for you to stay in bed."

"Anything?"

Hearing his voice in sort of a hopeful and soft tone as he said that, she rolled over and faced him. Seeing his smile, she blushed very quickly as she didn't know exactly what he was getting at, "I... Well... I mean..."

"I wouldn't be blushing if my lover told me to cancel guys a guys day out."

"Wouldn't be..." Carith gasped as she realised what he was implying, "You evil little dragon."

"I can always stay here, if, you cancel your day out with the girls."

"Are you trying to use me?"

"What? I'm not using you, I'm just, using what you love against you... Oh hell... that actually sounds pretty bad. Can we forget I ever said this."

"Oh ho ho ho, no. Now I'm going to use you for what you did."

"Carith... I'm your lover, okay, don't do anything rash..."

"The tides of the war have changed. So, it's either you stay in bed with me, or I tell Spyro that you were using what I loved against me like an evil dragon would."

"Wait wait wait! Pause, time out... I will take back what I said if you do the same."

"Why don't you make me?"

Standing up on the bed, Malefor chuckled, "I'm sorry, what was that?"

"Did I stutter?"

"You're going to be stuttering when I'm done with you."

"Um... I feel more scared then confused by that statement."

"It was the best I could come up with in a short time... sorry... Still want to make out though?"

"You are hopeless... And what did I say? Stop asking and just kiss me."

Watching as he walked over and stood above her body, she rolled on her back, waiting and hoping to get the feeling of his lips. But instead, he ducked his head onto her chest and she looked at him as his lips started to quiver from sadness as he tried to fake cry. Rolling her eyes as she knew what he was doing, she put a paw on his head and started to grope the back of his head, trying to comfort him, "I'm sorry my love, I didn't mean to say that. You know I love you."

Seeing him smile, she pulled her paw back and smiled as well. Since he didn't want to wait too long and ruin the moment, he moved his head closer and kissed his lover on the lips. Not being as comfortable as he could be, he moved his head upwards and moved his body a little forward as to stand right above her, and in a perfect place to look right down at her as he kissed her. To her surprise, he started to get more into the kiss, putting a paw to the side of her cheek. Not able to stand up as he was starting to forget how to stand, he rested his body over Carith's. Now with Spyro's friendship within my grasp... what do I have to worry about? Hearing a slight moan escape from out his lover mouth, he didn't really know if it was a grunt or a moan, so he backed his lips away from hers. The two breathed slightly faster then normal, and she was confused as to why he stopped, "Why... Why'd you stop?"

"Hehe, sorry. I didn't know if you had grunted because you wanted air or... moaned because you were... enjoying our kiss?"

"Damn... And it wasn't even really your fault too."

"Well, now you've gotten me interested. I guess I can, stay in bed with you a little longer."

"What changed your mind?"

"Persuasion of course. Just thinking about Spyro's friendship for me but, even as excited as I am to be his friend, I just need to, be myself. And also, if I'm with you and, not out there, I have a way lower chance of possibly messing everything up for me so, it's a win-win for all of us."

"You're Damn right it's a win-win," Carith purred, putting a claw against his chest as she wanted to get a feel for his body, and with that in her mind, she raised both her arms and put them behind his head, giving off a very teasing smile as she wished to continue, "Well, you're already here, and since you know what you should be doing... I don't have a problem with us continuing."

The way she was acting made him blush a little, but he didn't want to stay quiet for too long as he knew she'd see what he did. Putting his noise against hers, he chuckled, "And how should I know if I should stop to let you catch your breath?" Malefor asked, giving her a small kiss to her lips, only teasing her more.

"I have a nose that works perfectly fine."

"Alright."

---

"Are you that excited for the girls night out?" Spyro asked, chuckling as he watched as lover wag her tail a little with excitement over the up coming event.

"Of course I am! Another female in our group means we are one step closer to having just as many of us as there are males. And with another female, it means more stories, more things to joke around with, and best of all, more things to talk about as to what the other is really thinking about their lover, just to get them embarrassed," Cynder excitedly said with a big smile on her face, giving her lover a smile as well as he was happy to see her in such a great mood, "But then again, I guess the only thing left to mess with Ersa about is her being a, mate, of Volteer. Oh, I wonder what she would say."

"You think you could... maybe cancel?"

Cynder quickly gasped to hear him say such a thing, and she was quickly starting to wonder if this was an imposter. Jumping up on the bed and over his back, Spyro rolled to his back with wide eyes from both the energy and the sudden jump. Squinting her eyes as she looked at him, she wanted answers as to why he would say such a thing, "Who are you and what did you do to my lover. Normally you'd be happy and all for me because I'm happy, but now you don't want me to go?" Since she didn't hear him respond automatically, she moved her tail blade around and to his neck, "Tell me, now."

"Cynder, it's me, I swear, it's just... I want to uphold the fact that I said I'd be a better lover, and love you much more then I've been. So, I just wanted to lay in bed with you all day," Her eyes started to widened as she listened to him talk, starting to feel as she knew where this was going, and her tail blade lost tension as it rested on his chest, "You told me you wish things were as they were back then. So, I wanted to, maybe use the, 'I owe you', from Ignitus. He wouldn't bother us, no one else would bother us, and we can lay in bed all day, just like back then... only, not on the floor..." He paused as he wondered what her input on what he was saying would be, and seeing a single tear go down her eye as she smiled, he chuckled as he knew that means he was doing right, "See. It's still me, my love. Just needed to get back to who I was."

Giving out a sigh, she laid down on top of him and nuzzled her head underneath his neck. Placing his wings over her back, Spyro also gave a pleasant and small sigh as he was enjoying her comfort. Putting a paw over to the side of her head, he did wonder if that was a yes or not as to be sure, "Is that a yes? I'm only asking because, I want to make sure that I use my one wish basically to make sure you're happy."

"Why?" Cynder murmured, backing her head up and looking down at him with her smile, trying not to tear up, "I love you, is that what you want me to say? Use that wish for yourself for once, I already have everything I could possible want and need. You always think about me and others, so why don't you do something for yourself for once in your life?"

"So, you're saying that you don't want me to use my wish so you can read about your parents past?"

"What?!"

"Don't you remember what Ignitus said, about how I could use the wish for you? This way, I can insure that you will be able to know the good life they had. You can learn how they met, and loved, and became mates."

"I... But... No..."

"No?"

"I... Ugh... For... For right now, lets just, enjoy this day. You are using that wish for yourself. I can read about my parents past at a later time. Crying with joy because you are being you, and then reading about my parents, my eyes would hurt from me rubbing them because I can't even read the book... And... you know, I don't think Ignitus would appreciate me getting the pages all wet because of my tears so..."

"Hehe, I mean, it doesn't matter to him. He never worked on that book so..."

"Oh yeah. But, I want to read the book and see it as I do. And, maybe even read it multiple times to remember and understand more and more of how happy they were together... I... I do really hope they had a happy life with one another... But, what about your parents? Don't you want to learn about what they went through to become mates?"

"Of course I do. I'm just making sure everyone else is happy before I do something for myself. I helped Claire by getting the Guardians to back off. I helped Ersa get back with Volteer. And I guess you could say I helped get Carith back with Malefor since my times power was the one that brought her back. Now all that's left are those other two, and I'm sure if they found lovers, It would be all the more easier."

"Then why don't you use the wish to see and read about your parents?"

"Because that's pretty selfish of me to read about my parents before you, especially since I offered to do so for you first."

"You need to find another lover..."

"What?!"

"You're too nice and all around too perfect for someone like me."

"What? Hehe, Cynder, don't get me wrong but," He paused and looked at her body from both sides, causing her to blush as he continued, "I think someone like me doesn't know how well they have it. And before you say anything to the girls, you already know I love more then your body. So when ever you are out and about... please don't scare me and say you'll find someone else."

"Hehe... well... You've been very, very well with your love for me so... I guess just keep this up and, you'll never have to worry."

"I guess it's a good thing you're on top of me then."

"What? Why?" Cynder blushed slightly, not knowing what he meant by that.

Reaching his head up with his lips just barely in front of hers, he whispered, "Because you usually go limp when I kiss you. This way, you won't fall over. And if you do, you'll just be laying on me."

Hearing his words in such a voice, she couldn't help but be quickly consumed in pleasure as he kissed her. Laying his head back down to the bed, she followed, continuing to kiss him even as his head laid back. Feeling her body already go limp, it only made her feel even better as she thought, Feeling his wings over my back as I lay here, unable to do anything... It's so relaxing... And I feel so... safe. With that in mind, it only made her feel better as she continued to kiss him, giving out a slight moan in the process.

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"How about... Rock paper scissors?" Cyril suggest as the four sat in the Sleeping Chambers about what to do.

"Bring that up against, and I will make sure that you will die very slowly like in the training room," Terrador growled at him for even making such a suggestion.

"Okay, how about, patty cake?"

"I'm not four."

"What? Everyone does it even up to their thirties."

"Don't care. Next suggestion."

"Um... one two three?"

"The hell's that?"

"It's like duck duck goose only, combined with a hot rock."

"Okay. I'm listening."

"So, you know how in hot rock, you have to throw it to another someone before it melts in your paw? Well, one two three is basically where you have to get up to three with it in your paws before throwing it to someone else. If you go over, you lose, and if you go under, you only get one or two points. But if you say, count to three every single time and stay in the lead, if the rock melts in your paw, you completely lose. Second place basically gets first."

"Sounds like fun but, rather see the rock melt in Malefor's paws and watch him burn."

"Hehe, yeah, me too."

"Also, I'd rather not get killed by Ignitus for playing this game. Don't think he'd appreciate a ball of burning magma in her paw, especially when it melts so... yeah, lets not piss off the most powerful thing on the planet."

"I could totally play," Claire agreed to playing, and while the other two were surprised, Ignitus quickly rejected the idea.

"Sorry Claire but, they are right. I couldn't handle seeing your paws be burned by a stupid game."

"I do have ice powers. If it does melt in my paws, I could always just quickly freeze it. I'm not as weak as you'd think."

"True but... Seeing that rock melt in your paw, it would melt my heart from sadness from seeing it."

"Ugh!" The two Guardians grunted at his words.

"Hey, quiet you two!" Claire yelled at them before looking back at Ignitus, and placing a paw over his, she giggled at him as she did slightly agree, "Even though that was cute, I do have to agree with them. I still give you ten of ten points for trying though."

"Hehe... thanks, Claire," Ignitus thanked kindly with a warm smile which made her smile go with his.

"Well, Terrador. Looks like we are the two lone survivors of the infection that is plaguing this place like a virus... It's easily been able to take even the most powerful, and mighty of warriors," Cyril grumbled as he laid his head back down on his bed, wondering who could be next, "Terrador, we can stay strong, I know we can. But if this is about mighty warriors... you may soon be next."

Looking away from him, Terrador's face turned to slight anger as he grumbled in disagreement, "Yeah right. I'm not making the same mistake a third time."

"Hey, guys. Since everyone is awake, with Volteer slowly getting there, should we all head out to the Chambers and wait for them all there as normal?" Ignitus asked, looking at the two to see them stand up from their beds rather quickly, and even for him, it was very surprising, "Whoa, I don't think I've ever seen you two get out of bed so quickly before. What's the deal?"

"Um, obviously it's about Volteer and Ersa. He said he would make her his mate as soon as they met, and he hasn't. I want to go out there and watch it sat at him because he hasn't said it," Cyril chuckled as he got off his bed at the same time Terrador did, but hearing his words, he wanted to clarify, "He is still my friend, especially after that day, I still hold by my word. But it's just going to be funny to watch. Kinda like you two."

"Wh..." Ignitus blushed hard in disbelief that he actually said that, but Claire didn't blush as much as he did as she already knew and wished he'd say something.

The two Guardians look over at her to see her giving a slight frown, and they knew exactly what it could be. Standing up on the bed, Ignitus growled as he watched the two walk over to the door. Cyril opened the door and walk out to the Chambers, soon following behind was Terrador. Giving a sigh as he shook his head, he jumped off the bed and watched as Claire did the same on the other side. Walking to the front of the bed with her, he draped his wing over her, and as the two made there way out to the Chambers, he asked her "What do you feel about the whole mate situation between those two."

"I... This is my fault especially. I know he loves me, and I've barely shown I love him... Ugh, I need to talk with the girls. I think and believe they can do it. I don't really know much about either of them, but from how they acted when they first got back and saw each other, I wouldn't be surprised if they become mates within maybe a week. At least, that's the hope," Pausing, the two sat down together where they normally sat, as she continued, "Unfortunately, you won't really know most of our conversation because I'm talking and asking her so, girls only stuff. I can't tell you, or the other Guardians if she says something."

"I'm just hopeful it happens."

---

As the kiss from her lover continued, Carith started to feel feel light headed, wanting to succumb to the feeling of pleasure. Trying to stay strong, she put a paw against her lover's chest, trying to push him off of her, but she was too weak. The kiss had already made her weak, and she knew her body was giving in. Damn... you... I know what you're... Trying to do, Carith even struggled to think as he kissed her. Finding her chance to gather strength, she was lucky as Malefor had just pulled his lips off hers, giving her the power to try and push him even a little. It didn't prove to be much as she was still too weak to do anything. Looking at her paw and then at her, he gave a chuckle as he wondered what she was doing, "What's wrong? I thought you wanted this."

"What are you... smirking for? I know what you're trying to do," Carith slowly got her voice back as now her mind was clear, and she called him out for his lies, "You truly are still evil. Trying to make me pass out from the feeling of the kiss only to quickly jump out of bed and hang out with Spyro. You never loved me."

"Hehehe. Carith, what are you talking about? I just wanted to kiss you, that's all. Unless, this is what you were hoping for then, I could always play along," Malefor teased her, using his right paw to move her paw off his chest, and it took little effort as she let it happen, "So, if you're enjoying my kiss enough to want to pass out, that must mean I was doing something right. I guess that means I will just have to try again, and since those other two aren't coming in here, I guess that means we are trapped here."

Watching as his head moved towards her neck, all she could do was helplessly move her neck outwards as to avoid him, only making it easier for him. Watching as his mouth opened and moved over her neck, she quickly cried out, "Wait!" And with the sound of the cry, he backed his head up very quickly, watching as she looked up at him, and she finally gave in, "Alright... you win... As much as I would've... loved, for that to happen... I don't think I could handle anymore love from you... My face was already pretty red when we were making out, and a bite... I don't know if I'd wake up..."

"Isn't that what we were going for? Just lay your head back and..."

"Malefor... I'm giving you one chance. Either leave now, or... I'm going to be on top here soon. Understand me?"

"Um... That kinda makes me want to stay now."

"Would you just go."

"Hehe, alright."

---

Continuing his kiss with his lover, Spyro felt so relaxed, as if he was flying in the air without moving or opening his wings. As with his eyes closed, he could just imagine everything in his mind. Pulling his lips off hers, he went in for the kiss once again, but her head plopped down onto his neck, completely out of it. He gave a slight chuckle and tried to look at her as he asked, "Cynder? You, okay my love?" Touching her shoulder, nothing, and as he tried to move her arm, he picked it up, and dropped it only for it to flop back down on the bed, "I hope that means I did good?"

Giving off a pleasant sigh, she nuzzled her head more up his neck, forcing him to lay his head down on the bed. He gave a chuckle from her reaction, and knew it would be best to just lay there. Finally... I haven't felt so peaceful in forever. Looking over to his side, he saw the back of Cynder's head as she had laid her head side ways on his neck. His eyes focused on her body as her stomach went up and down from her breaths, and seeing her so peaceful made him smile. Laying his head back down, he closed his eyes and thought, I don't ever want to move. With the door opening behind him, he didn't realize it as he was too into the comfort. Malefor ran into the middle of the room, wide mouth and ready to say something. But he stopped dead with a blush as he saw the way the two were laying, along with the smile on Spyro's face. Turning his face away and taking a deep breath in, he saw his lover coming out into the hallway. She looked to see his bloated face as she walked over to him and was about to ask. Breathing out all the air he sucked in very slowly, he pretended to slap himself over and over again, then waving a paw over his neck. Never had she seen him act so wired before, and entering the room, she walked to his side and looked at the two. Her face grew just as red as she turned to see her lover turning, and the two faced one another with beat red faces.

"I don't feel comfortable," Malefor cried in a very soft whisper.

"Maybe... maybe they are just laying there?" Carith whispered back, hoping that she was just seeing things.

"Wh... Cynder looks more exhausted then him, you know why, because she's on top! I'm going to hell, and I hope the first thing that gets burned are my eyes."

"Let's just, leave and... never speak of this."

"Never speak? My whole perception is ruined... oh no... I'm gonna throw up."

Hearing slight grumble sounds, the two froze dead as they shot stiff. The one that was stirring in their sleep was Cynder. Picking up her head and opening her eyes, she saw the other two in her room. Not knowing what was going on, it took her a second to process what could be happening, and she apologised as she had an idea of what it could be, "Oh, Sorry ,Carith. I will be down in a minute so we can head out. Just, give me a little more time, that's all I ask," Since her voice was so soft, they could hear as if she was first waking up, only making them even more uncomfortable, and seeing how they acted, she grew a little confused, "Are you two, okay? Is something wrong?"

Now that his lover was awake and talking, Spyro also had to open his eyes as he wondered what was happening. Seeing as the two were already in their room, he gave a slight grumble as he knew he wouldn't be able to enjoy his time with her any longer. Rolling her over to his side, she slid off his chest and onto the bed. Rolling back onto his back and then onto his stomach, and then proceeded to scoot over to his lover, finally laying down with her by his side. Since the two still weren't talking, Spyro decided to try his luck and asked, "Look, I'm going to say this to you, Malefor, because I don't want to be rude to Carith. Either speak or get out."

"I... I, uh... Just um, you're sixteen, right?" Malefor fumbled on his words as he didn't know what to say.

"Um... Yeah. You made that very clear in the training room when you mocked me about how I was smaller then you. Still only an inch but, what ever."

"Carith... Carith!"

"Malefor! Hush!" Carith cried, putting her paw over her lover's mouth with a chuckle, but she had to take her paw off as he started to use his tongue to lick her paw, "That's a pretty evil tactic to use."

"Alright, look, forget it. I'm going to throw up if we talk about this any longer. Cynder, if you want to know what we are talking about, ask Carith when you all have your day out. I'm not messing up my chance to be friends with Spyro so," Taking a deep breath in, and then out, he tried to compose himself to not show his more crazy self, "I'm sorry for walking in, but I was wondering if you'd like to talk some more while they girls do as well."

"All you had to do was ask," Spyro said, standing up on the bed.

"You aren't... mad that we interrupted your... Um..."

"What? Love session? We already had our fun and, the day for the girls day out was going to happen either way so, we will just continue later."

"I'm gonna go hit my head against a wall, excuse me," Malefor said as his eye twitch, and turning around, he walked away from everyone and into the hallway.

The three watched as he walked into the hallway and just started crying, which made the two even more confused then ever. Carith could see their confusion and knew it wouldn't be best to ask them now while the two were still there, but with all of their confusion, she knew she had to ask somehow. Walking over to Cynder, she moved her head down and whispered, "Did we walk in on you uh... mating with Spyro?"

Pulling her head back, her face burned just as red as the other two when they thought the same. Seeing the blush and watching as she ducked her head into her paws, that was clear indication that nothing really happened. Seeing her try and control the blush, Carith apologized and gave her the reason as why she believed that, "It's just, when we first walked in... you, and your face... and the position. It was kinda hard not to think that something like that happened."

Watching as she waved a claw, Carith knew what that meant and moved her head down, listening to Cynder as she whispered, "I was comfortable... You can't tell me you haven't laid on your lover's chest before and felt the same? Same goes for the opposite way... Just... Look, we can talk more about this later just, what ever you do, don't tell Malefor or Spyro what I will tell you later on. We will leave this between us girls, agreed?"

"Absolutely agreed," Carith very quickly agreed as she knew how embarrassing this must be for her.

Spyro watched as the two were talking but he didn't know what it was about. Seeing as Carith backed her head up, and with Cynder taking her head our from her paws, it seemed that she had helped her out with what ever was happening. Knowing that her lover was still probably confused as to what was happening, she tried not to think about what those two had said as she explained, "They were just... thinking about something that happened years ago. Don't worry my love."

"Alright... As long is everyone is fine then, sure," Spyro agreed, still seeing her blush even now as he spoke, "Hopefully you really are okay. I'm going to go... Help, Malefor. I'll try to figure out why he is crying and then we can head down."

As he stood up on the bed, the two girls watched as he jumped off the bed and walked past Carith to get to the hallway. Focusing their attention back to one another, Carith wanted to ask very desperately about something, and Cynder already knew and declined, "I'm not saying anything until we have all the girls together. Ersa wants to be Volteer's mate so, I want to know her reaction. And Claire is, well... She isn't even lover's with Ignitus yet so, I would love to know her reaction. Let's just see what everyone says."

"Are you sure you want to tell the girls that you uh... You know, even though you didn't?" Carith asked, a little confused as to why she would.

"I can get the satisfaction of saying now then never."

"Never?"

"It feels like it would be never."

"Why are you crying?" Spyro grumbled as he walked up to his side, seeing both his paws covering his eyes as he did see some tears.

"You just... you grow up so fast..." Malefor cried, looking at his friend as he did, "First, you fell in love, and now... You've already done gone to third base with her..."

"Third base! Damn it Malefor, if you start this up again... wait, what? Third base with who...? Wh... Why would you think that?"

"I saw her face, the way you two laid... I can't believe you... OW!" Malefor cried as he felt a paw slap him behind his head, causing him to look at Spyro as he growled, "You little bitch."

"We didn't do anything, alright. She was just laying on my chest, that's all. But the real question of this mystery is, how are you actually tearing up in your paws? Were you like, actually sad?"

"Course I was. I thought my other brother from another mother was growing up so quickly to adulthood."

"Okay, A, say that again and we're gonna have problems. And B, I'm still two years off before I become a full on adult so, I've still got years until I ever try anything like that."

"Damn, you're gonna make her wait years? She's gonna leave you by then."

"If Carith can go without you for almost two decades, I'm sure there will be no problem between us... I hope."

"You better."

"Sorry, when exactly do you think you'll grow up and ask Carith to be your..."

"Hey Carith!" Malefor cried out, trying to mute Spyro's words.

"Hehe, hey back to you too," Carith giggled at her random acts of her lover.

"So, are you two ready to get going?" Spyro asked.

"About as ready as we will be. But, hey, Malefor, is it okay with you if I talk with Spyro some on the way down?" Cynder asked, seeing as his world had been shattered, and he even started to make a sad, quivering face, "Oh don't you start. You have all the time in the world when we sit down in the Chambers. You also have time when ever you sit in the Chambers while us girls go out."

Giving a small sigh, he agreed, "Alright, fine... Spyro, you should count yourself lucky. Usually, I would pick on the Guardians or something like that, but now that we are almost best friends, I'm putting that aside just to talk to you because our friendship is more important then any other battle."

"You're still going to mess with the Guardians aren't you?" Spyro asked with a raised brow.

"Oh absolutely. Ersa too but, she scares me so... maybe just the Guardians."

"Well then, come on. Let's see what today's going to be like."

Walking over towards the door with his lover running up to join by his side, the doors opened outwards as he approached it. With his lover snuggling up to his side, he draped a wing over her and looked at her with a raised brow as he wondered, "So what exactly do you need to talk to me about?"

"Oh, you know, just some... lover stuff," Cynder hid the truth.

"Hehe, Alright."

Seeing the two walk out of the house, Malefor followed behind the two with his lover beside him. As they walked side by side, he did the same and draped a wing over his lover's back. Looking back to see Malefor do the same as her lover did, Cynder asked as she already knew why, but wanted to hear it from Spyro, "You know I just want to hear you say it but, why do you, not complaining I swear so, let's get that out of the way but, why do you always put a wing over my back when ever we go anywhere?"

"Hehe, well, to protect you of course."

"Protect me from who?"

"You never know. We may be safe in here now but, what if a swarm of apes stormed the building and I didn't have my wing over you which would've been a crucial point in protecting you?"

"Hehe, there it is. I do love the feeling as always though to know I have that protection."

"Is that what you wanted to ask me?"

"Oh, no, it's just, well... You know how Volteer and Ersa might be mates right?"

"Of course."

"Well... How do you feel about that? Mainly the whole mate part between the two?"

"Hehe, well, I mean, they have been in love for years so, I guess I'm all for it. If Ersa has been holding onto hope for this long, and the fact that Volteer has been doing the same, I'm very surprised neither of them said anything at all. But hopefully you three will be able to convince her a little more, and maybe find out why she didn't tell him right off the spot. Ever since those two got together, Volteer seemed pretty happy so, hopefully he'll stay that way now."

"And what if he isn't? You gonna leave me again?"

"Hehe, Don't worry, I'm sure with Ersa being back, I shouldn't have to worry. And, do you want me to remind you what I said last night? I have no problem with that."

"I mean... neither do I."

With the other two following behind, they heard the other two laugh with one another as they talked. Malefor gave a slight sigh as he wished he could've been the one to talk with Spyro, but he didn't want to think too much about it. Looking at his lover, he saw her giving him a raised brow, and he very quickly apologized, "Oh, no no no, that doesn't mean I don't want to be with you as all time we have is precious, it's just... I guess I'm really excited to finally have Spyro as my ally and not an enemy."

"Hehe, Malefor, I'm not mad at you for trying to be happy. I understand why you are feeling this way, but you do have to admit, Cynder is right. And I can guarantee that you'll be able to talk with Spyro in the Chambers. I understand you seem eager to talk with him, and I understand what for but, is there another reason?"

"Well, ever since Ersa came back, it's really nice to know I didn't destroy everyone's life completely. And, I just want to talk with him some more, to hopefully show him that I am who I am, and not who I was controlled by. I'm so close, so very close, and I don't want to ruin this. But, I guess if I think about it, not keeping Cynder away from him is definitely a good idea so, I just had to roll with it."

Seeing as the two had turned into the Chambers, the other two followed behind and went to where they normally sat on the right side of the wall facing the Sleeping Chambers. Seeing as the Guardians were already out in the Chambers, sitting down in the row they usually sat in, Malefor felt joyful enough to greet them with a good morning, "Hey guys, and gal, I hope you all slept well."

"Who the hell are you and what have you done with Malefor," Terrador was the first to call him on his actions.

"What do you mean?" Malefor asked as he sat down in front of the wall with his lover beside him.

"Yeah, that was a little too friendly for you. You're not saying that so you can later light us all up in a ball of fire or something," Cyril was also very sceptical about the way he acted.

"Guys, it's me. I've just been a lot more happy with the way life has been going that, I just want to also show I'm still your friend and always will be."

"Oh yeah, I'm calling bull. This is coming from someone who burned my tail in my sleep all those years ago," Ignitus chuckled as he agreed with the other two Guardians.

"Well, I wasn't in love back then, and... That was funny so, can you really can't blame me?"

"I don't know, that sounds like something Malefor would say," Claire giggled as she knew the joking side of him.

"Claire barely knows me, yet she trust me before all of you? I feel hurt, I really do."

"You're going to embarrass those two when they come out of their room, aren't you?" Ignitus asked.

"Hehe, oh yeah. There are something that I just can't change, and that's one of them."

"You are turning into a Sparks real quick," Spyro chuckled as it gave him memories about the past.

"You're comparing me to that small little guy?"

"He use to embarrass me and Cynder nearly twenty-four seven on our way back to Warfang. He couldn't go one day without him saying something about how we loved one another."

"Yeah but, I'm embarrassing only the other Guardians, not you two, so that should make me a Malefor."

"Okay, so, tell me, what are you going to say when they walk out?"

"Hehehe, Oh, I've been waiting for this. Hehe, I am going to clap as they walk out and congrats Volteer on taking the charge. Then, I'm going to congratulate him for getting to third base with her, and since Ersa doesn't know what I'm talking about, it's only gonna make him super embarrassed. And then as he looks at me in anger, I will just laugh and laugh. And since Ersa doesn't know, she won't hurt me."

"There's Malefor," The three Guardians agreed with chuckles.

"But why do you say third base? I mean, I get it, it's so Volteer knows but, why not make Ersa know as well and just say that they, well, you know," Spyro asked, somewhat already knowing the reason.

"What? Screw that. Like I said, she scares me. I'm afraid she's going to do that pressure point thing in my neck again. I'm not going to embarrass her as I know she'll probably push down even harder with her fingers if she got to my neck, and I'm not letting that happen," Malefor completely disagreed with the idea as he moved a paw around his neck in fear even now as he spoke, "But who knows. I don't really now what's happened so, maybe I will hold off on saying something for a little bit, but if a, big thing, comes up, like with Claire, Oh yeah, I'm gonna be embarrassing them left and right like a punch."

"Do not, bring that back up," Ignitus warned as he watched Malefor put his paw back the ground with a raised brow and a smile, "Don't you smile at me. We will have problems."

"Alright, Alright. But can I at least say something to Volteer?"

"No."

"Well, guess what, opposite day."

"Then yes."

"Guess what, opposite day isn't a thing, and you just said yes so, thanks for the confirmation Ignitus."

"I can't believe I fell for that."

"He's a master when it comes to manipulating someone for his own gain," Cynder stepped in, once again throwing a jab at Malefor.

"Damn Cynder, you are way to good at that, and now I'm just depressed."

"Sorry," She giggled.

Hearing what sounded like steps, everyone stopped talking as they looked right at the door in hopes that it was the two. They all smiled as they saw the two turn the corner and walk into the Chambers together. As they were walking over to where Volteer usually sat, Ersa followed right by his side, and since they were talking the moment they walked in, they didn't notice everyone was looking at them, "It's just one of those things you have to be prepared for. And I did promise you I'd talk about it, but, I'm at least going to wait a little longer before I say anything," Ersa spoke as the two sat down with each other in the line of the Guardians.

"I'm sure everything is fine, I promise," Volteer assured her, and seeing everyone was already here, he thought this would be as good of a time as ever, "Look, everyone is already here so you can get it off your chest. I promise, you'll be fine to talk about it."

Malefor quickly gasped as he wondered and expected what it could be, but feeling his lover's paw over his, he struggled not to say anything. Ersa gave a sigh as she feared for her life to even say what she wanted, but with Volteer's wing over her back, and being surrounded by most of who she trusted, she knew it'd probably be best if she did say something. Focusing her attention over to Spyro, she struggled a little bit, but got the courage to say what she wanted, "Spyro, I'm... I'm going to be honest. I know everyone else here, and aside from the girls, I do trust them when we go to have our day but, you... I... I do not trust who you say you are."

"What? What do you mean?" Spyro asked, seeing her a little scared to answer, but with Volteer's paw over hers, she was able to gather her strength.

"I... You are a handsome dragon. Volteer's told me a lot and, knowing you're sixteen, and not even an adult yet, I'm scared of what you could do in the future. You say you love Cynder yet, when you become an adult, I've seen what could happen to good looking dragons. They use their looks, they use their power, and they use it all for their own gain. I feel like, when you grow up, you'll only care for other women, and not actually care to be in love."

"Hehe, does that mean Volteer will be the same? I'm sure you know he's handsome too."

"True, but I know him a lot better then I know you. I feared of telling you that I don't trust you, and that you scare me more then you make me feel safe. With your power, and your looks, you could have any female you've ever wanted, I can guarantee it, and by telling you now, I only fear more for you future then ever before... I am sorry, I just, time outside of Warfang, all those years... that's all most men care about."

"First Volteer doesn't trust me and now you?"

"Spyro, I..."

"Ersa, it's fine, I promise. Look, I'm sure he's already told you, and I just did but, even when Volteer didn't trust me, he came to me and told me. I helped him through it, and I hope we are still friends even to this day."

"I mean, you did help me find and save Ersa so..." Volteer chuckled, still thankful that he was such a big help in her safety, "Which, I do still thank, and forever will."

"But that's another problem. I feel like, because you helped us and saved us, you just want something that would help you, something that would further your future," Ersa once again scarcely said as she didn't know if she was going too far in saying or not.

"Hehehe," Cynder giggled, making Ersa a little confused as to why, "Ersa, you probably didn't hear because all you were focused on was Volteer, but Ignitus said he owed him one, which is basically like a wish coming from someone like him. You know what Spyro did when ever I asked him about his wish?"

"World domination? More power? Probably a female that only focuses on him and only him."

"Well, two of those Spyro already has. As for world domination..."

"Yeah, sorry Ersa, that's already been claimed by this guy... Or at least it was," Malefor joked, pointing two claws at himself as he said it.

"Are you threatening to do it again?" Ersa looked at him with squinted eyes.

"No! No ma'am!"

"Hehe, well, look, Ersa, Spyro's wish was for me to read about my parents. I kept telling him that he should use that wish for himself, but he wants me to be happy, that's all he wants. He wants everyone to be safe and happy, and that's it. That's why he's also so muscular because he trained a lot to make sure I was safe on our way back to Warfang, and through our life together," Cynder explained, making Ersa second guess more if she really could've been right or wrong about what she believed, and seeing her flirt with her lover, and seeing him smile, it did make her think, "And he was definitely given a rewarding kiss for that, one after another."

"Hehe, yeah well, you know," Spyro chuckled with a slight blush seeing her smile.

"But... why? I just don't understand. Someone like you, power like yours, especially when you helped us... Volteer told me you lost your parents to the dark master so, why you, compared to so many others out there, what makes you pure? What makes you want to do good compared to other dragons out there?"

"I, can't really give you an exact reason but... I think I have an idea. Ever since Ignitus approached me, I've always wanted to do good, and restore the world back to what it should be. I've had a lot of help over the years when it came to the Guardians or, Cynder, and basically everyone around me. It was tough after me and Cynder first returned to the Temple after I saved her and, even when I felt down, or she felt down, we were both there for one another. I guess I just had help through my life that's kept me pure."

"So where did Malefor go wrong?" Volteer asked with a chuckle.

"You had to say something, you couldn't just keep your mouth shut," Malefor grumbled.

"Ersa, I can promise you I'm not who you think I am. Cynder once told me that you only get one life, after that, you'll never been seen ever again for as long as you life. I couldn't stand seeing and losing someone close to me, and that even means Malefor. It just took me a while to see that for him but, I'm not going to change who I am," Spyro assured her, and hearing his words, it still took her a little bit to figure out whether or not she should trust him, and since he could see she was still thinking about it, he assured her once again, "If I ever do step out of line, Cynder is always here to keep me being me. And that's never really happened before, aside from when I fought the dark master but, I promise, just give me one chance, and I will prove to you I'm not something you fear."

Giving out a sigh, she wanted to trust him as she was tired of fearing for so long in her life. Even after all these years, I don't even know what it's like to not fear, to just chill out... like how me and Volteer use to do back then... Should I trust him? Ersa thought as she had a good idea of what she wanted to do, but just needed a little more clarification from the others. Looking at the others, they all knew she was just scared, so they all nodded with smiles in hope that would help. Once again giving out a sigh, she finally agreed to giving him a chance, "Alright, Spyro, I will give you a chance."

"And that's all I ask for. I won't let you down, I promise."

"Hehe, well, now that that's out of the way, I guess I should always be a little more honest with you. When I first woke up, I... uh... I was devising a plan on... killing you..."

"Hehe, Yeah that's... wait, what?"

"Yeah... I, didn't know or trust you, and as I explained, I had many fears of you. So, I woke up with the intention to prove myself right and then, get rid of you. But before you say something, out of the thirty eight possibility, only four of them would've resulted in lethal use. All the others could've only paralyzed, burned, melted, or..."

"How long have you been awake?"

"Only a couple of hours. Why?"

"Thirty eight possibilities in only a couple of hours?"

"I was scared, and I'm sorry for preparing for such a thing..." Ersa acted sad and a little scared just to see if she would be able to get a rise out of him.

"Hehe, well, I hope I don't do anything to disappoint you of my chance then."

I guess he might really be as pure as he said, She thought. Making a mental note in her mind, she saw the look on Cynder's face, and was quickly able to tell she was a little scared for what she had said. Easily able to read her emotions, she assured her, "Oh, don't worry, Cynder, I'm not going to hurt him, I swear. As long as he keeps his promise to me and not become, one of them, then we should be all fine and happy."

"You're staying the way you are, right?" Cynder chuckled, trying to stay positive, but she still feared for her lover's life.

"Hehe, don't worry, I promise," Spyro once again promised just to be sure.

"And you thought I was joking when I said I feared her," Malefor chuckled, seeing the fear on both of their faces.

Now that she was able to get that off her chest, Ersa did feel better and hoped this would have a good change in her life. Now that I can try and put my trust in Spyro, I do feel much better, and a lot safer to know he's on our side. Now, I just need to know more about the other females, she thought, remembering exactly what the girls had told her yesterday, so she took the opportunity to ask as she had wondered, "So, when are we going to have our day out? I'm fine if we wait a little bit longer. I have to go and... tend to some more of my projects now that I know Spyro isn't a threat."

"Yeah, definitely do that before we go," Cynder agreed.

"I guess we can leave here soon. It technically all depends on when you feel like going as you are the guest of honor this time around. First it was Claire, and now you, so this is about your day," Carith excitedly said as she was all for going when ever, just as long as she could have some girl time, "I'm pretty excited so, I do apologize."

"Oh, it's fine, I assure you. I haven't really had anyone I can trust to talk to in forever so, this will be a good time for me to try and relax," Ersa agreed as she believed this would be a good time for her to try and relax a little, "I just want to spend a little more time with Volteer before we set off. I hope that okay."

"Don't have to ask, he's your lover now so, take your time, we are in no rush... Well, kinda but, you'll be fine."

"I can also vouch for this day as well, Ersa," Claire spoke which made her look over to see what she would say, "When ever we first had a girls day out, I wasn't so sure myself as I had never been on one before but, even though something happened last time, I still had a very nice time to talk."

"What happened?" Ersa asked.

"Oh that's a story for sure to tell," Cynder giggled.

Smiling now as she was hopeful for the day, she gave out a peaceful sigh as she tried to finally relax. I guess maybe things won't be so bad as I thought it would be, Ersa thought as she now felt comfortable to sit down with her lover and just think, but as she was, she watched as Malefor and Spyro started to talk with one another, joking back and forth. The sound was drowned out as she sat there, thinking about how life could be. It's so strange to, be here now after so long... I... All I want to do is enjoy this time... To forget everything that's happened back then. Looking at Volteer, he looked at her and gave a warm smile. Moving his head down, he gave her a nice kiss to help her keep that smile. Pulling his lips off hers, she did keep her smile from his help. Snuggling her head against the side of his neck, she then proceeded to rest her head on his shoulder while she closed her eyes, trying to enjoy the peace for once. All's right... If I could just figure out how to get myself together and tell Volteer I want to be his mate, then... Then... I can truly just relax... That's all I want to do now after so long. Now with her fears out if the way, she didn't know it, but she started to drift off to sleep on his shoulder, and everyone smiled to see as even Volteer smiled as he looked down at her. Since she was falling asleep, Spyro looked back at Malefor and started to talk more with him, "Just make sure to keep your voice down, just a little, don't want to disrupt the happy couple. But, going back, if you had to give up one power, what would it be?"

"Obviously wind, doesn't really belong with my purple body, and even if I got rid of it, no one would really know since I never use it," Malefor responded, but now he was curious as to what he would choose, "Alright, now you. If you had power to be taken from you, which one would it be?"

"Um... I guess I would say, Lighting. Through my adventures, Fire keeps Cynder warm when it's cold, and Ice keeps her cool when it's hot. Earth helped me make structures for use to live in when it rained. But through my time, I don't think I've ever had to really use lightning for anything... aside from... Aw Damn."

"You're thinking about the lightning in the mouth trick?"

"Yeah... I guess I would have to say earth then."

"Oh come on Spyro," Terrador chuckled, feeling a little bad that he didn't want to keep the ability, "True that lightning does that, thing, but also, think about it like this. What if their is hail? How are you going to protect your lover then? Or what if there is a lightning storm? Earth is a far better ability then any other out there. And true fire keeps her warm, but, so does body heat, so why would you need fire?"

"You are not going to bash my ability," Ignitus chuckled, now needing to give his reasons why his ability is better as he wanted to defend himself, "True that Earth does things to keep you protected, but think of what fire has done for you over the years. It was your first ability, you learned it from your favorite Guardian and father, so there is a lot of emotion and memories too it. So clearly fire is a must have."

"Then we can all agree that ice is by far the ability that everyone would keep," Cyril smiled as he was glad that no one wanted to get rid of ice, "But I'm going to have to go against you, my friend, Terrador. You can easily make an ice shelter without needing earth, protecting you from lighting storms and hail. Best of all, you can see through the ice, so it makes for a wonderful view under the stars."

"Well, on the contrary my dear friend," Volteer now decided to join in as he knew for a fact as to which ability was the weakest, "Ice may be good, but it most certainly couldn't hold up against a hail storm. Earth is made pretty strong, so I would have to say that the most useless ability is going to be ice. Earth does everything ice can do just only better. But that doesn't make you unless, because there are things ice can do that Earth can't."

"Well, I'd definitely agree with you, Cyril, as I believe ice is the best ability to have," Claire agreed with her friend, and seeing him smile made her smile as well, "Think about it like this, if you are an ice dragon, or Dragoness, and find another dragon, say, Fire, it makes for an amazing time together. When it's cold, he warms you up, when it's hot, you cool him down, and both of you work together as lovers."

"I guess that's true," Terrador grumbled as he did have to agree.

"Hehe, well, if you think about it, Spyro, you've already lost your abilities like, twice, right?" Malefor chuckled from memory as he knew that he would be the only one to know what it was like without powers.

"Hehe, oh yeah. First when I saved Cynder, I used all my powers to save her, and then after me and her came out of the time Crystal," Spyro chuckled as well from the old memories of his past, "And to be honest, I felt terrible at one point when Cynder was cold and I couldn't warm her up in the Temple, and since fire really does hold a place in my heart and keeps me warm, I'm definitely going to have to say that fire is a must have."

"Yes," Ignitus cheered with a smile.

"And now for ice. It is very true, and I see both point of view on why ice is good and bad. But, do you all remember when we were heading back to Warfang after me and Cynder came back from our visit with Ignitus? If you remember, it was pretty hot during that time, and my ice ability sure did come in handy while you others were sweating. So, that's two down, as I also agree to having my ice powers."

"Haha, nice," Cyril cheered with a smile.

"Now for either lighting or earth... Huh... Well, I think I have a decider, it's just how I will say it. When it comes to lightning, it does make for some useful stuff, but, sorry Volteer, I'm actually gonna have to give up lightning for one reason, and that's because, naturally loving your lover is the best thing. And the jolt is nice and all but, so is the time I spend with Cynder. Which means I'm going with your ability to keep, Terrador."

"Sorry my friend," Terrador chuckled, cheering in his own mind.

Volteer gave a sigh as he was a little sad he lost, but that didn't stop him from smiling, "Alright alright, you win. But just you wait. Me and Ersa are going to discover something cool or unique with our power and then you'll be begging to keep lightning over Earth. So I might have lost this little battle, but many more are yet to come, and I will rain supreme when it happens."

"Hey, Malefor, speaking of battle," Carith whispered, pulling a wing up to block her view of everyone else, "Do you want to see if you could win one?"

Moving his head close to her face, he gave a smile as he chuckled, "Do you really think you can handle my lips so soon? I'm surprised you've even been able to talk so much after how much we kissed."

"I've learned to deal with your tricks."

"Well then, let's see if you can continue to do so."

Seeing as the two had their wing up, Cynder knew exactly what they were doing and knew she couldn't be bested. Just as she turned her head, everything went dark, and then her lips were pushed up against by her lover's. Giving a slight moan from his sudden the kiss, she quickly gave in and pushed into the kiss, completely concealed behind her lover's wing. Luckily, the Guardians were talking back and forth so they didn't see or bother the four as they kissed their lovers. The only one who did see was Claire, and she knew she couldn't take it any longer as she needed to kiss the one she loved as well. Waiting for the right moment, she watched as Ignitus turned his head towards Cyril and started to talk to him. Seeing this opportunity, she moved her head to his lips. Unable to go through with it, she kissed the side and very back of his lip before quickly pulling her head back. Feeling the kiss, he turned his head back around and looked at her as he wondered what she was trying to go for. But he tried to play it off like a normal kiss, "Hehe, does someone want a kiss in return?"

"Oh... uh... sure, of course."

Seeing him move in for the kiss to peck her cheek, she did give a smile as she thought, I'm getting there... I just need... Before she could think what she wanted to, he felt his lips kiss the back of her lip for only a second before he pulled away. Her eyes grew wide as she wondered what that could mean. Does that mean... He must love me! Seeing as he took his head back and smiled at her before turning back to focus on the other Guardians, Claire bit her lip as she whispered, "I will have you... Thank you, Ancestors, for giving me the chance to be with him."

"So, hey, Volteer, why did it take you two so long to get out here? Usually we would all be out here and we'd have to wait for the others but, it with the opposite for you," Cyril wondered along with everyone else as they wondered if they had told her.

"Oh, that. Well, me and Ersa were talking some about a lot of things, one of which is how she still feared to face Spyro from her fears and other things," Volteer explained, and he saw as they all sighed, slightly shaking their heads at his words, and he wondered what that meant, "What? Is there a problem with me talking to my lover? I hang out with you guys all the time."

"Don't worry, Volteer, that's not it at all. It's something that we will have to tell you later on, but for right now, just enjoy your time with her. We most definitely are not saying you shouldn't," Terrador said, not giving him a clear answer of what they all meant so Volteer had really nothing to go off of.

Giving off a raised brow as he still did wondered, Volteer just tried not to think too much about it as he wanted to focus more on what he really cared about. Looking down at his shoulder as her head laid there, he couldn't help himself, and he gave a kiss on the top of her head. Taking his head back, he didn't know she was asleep as she made a slight mumbled noise, and she snuggled her side up against his once again. Picking her head up and opening her eyes, she yawned loudly, and smacked her lips as she closed her mouth. She gasped as she realised she had fallen asleep, and thought, Oh no! My potions! Taking off from out of underneath Volteer's wing, she ran out the Chambers and to her left, quickly heading back to their room.

"Ersa, is everything okay?" Volteer cried, a little frightened from her sudden jump to leave, so he stood up and ran to the entrance.

Making it out of the Chambers, he turned to his left and saw their door was opened. Making his way over to the door, he looked inside and stood at the entrance. He watched as she started to pour liquids from one beaker to another one that was empty. Some she had to quickly put corks over to keep the gas that simmered from out of them inside the bottle. Walking into the room, he looked at one of the beakers she had closed from the release of gas and saw as the inside started to fog. The fog then started to turn green and the bottle started to burn more and more. Wait a minute, Volteer thought as he looked at his lover and asked, "Hey, my love, do you remember what's in this one?"

"It's... From memory, I put... I believe... Hold on," Ersa tried to explain as she kept running all over the place to get stuff to stop most of her concoctions, and looking over at the beaker very closely, she knew what it was, "Oh, that one. That was one of the lethal one's I was going to use. I was going to use a mixture of about three elements in there but, I had only two so, I couldn't," Going back and making sure everything was well and done, she remembered the two elements, "I'm pretty sure I put... Histaven along with some Exquil, both melted off course."

"What?!" Volteer cried, feeling as the bottle started to warm up to a point that he couldn't hold it anymore and he put it to the ground.

"Wh... Volteer..." Ersa stopped what she was doing and saw as his face turned to fear, "I... Wh..."

"Quick! Do you have anything cold, a mineral that hasn't been melted down like, Ilax or Xver?!"

Quickly looking all around her table, she couldn't find what she was looking for, picking up one rock after another as she hoped to find it. Come on, come on! I know it's here somewhere, Ersa cried, starting to shake as she started to feel flash backs of what's happened back then and didn't want the same thing to happen again. Looking underneath her tables, her eyes grew wide with a smile as she spotted a blue crystal, giving off a cool blue aura above and around it. The crystal had frozen the ground around it, along with the small surrounding area around it. Tucking down and going for the crystal, she grabbed it, and yanked as hard as she could to break it from the ice. As it snapped off, her head almost hit the table, but she was successful in backing up and avoiding any contact with the table. With the Crystal in her paws, she ran up to Volteer. Holding out her paw, he grabbed it and yelled, "Stand back!"

She didn't know what to do as she didn't know how serious this really was, so all she could do was take one step back. Reaching down and taking the cork out from the top of the bottle, he dropped the blue Crystal into the bottle in hopes it would work. A loud hissing sound bubbled into the bottle as fizz started to grow up to the top of the bottle. Just as it was about to spill over, the bottle froze, along with everything in it. Picking up the bottle and holding it from the top with only two claws, he saw the fear in her eyes as she shivered. Giving her a smile and a chuckle, he understood why she seemed so scared and tried his best to calm her, "Hehe, Sorry. If that would've gone off, it would've been close, but not as bad as the explosion from before. But the problem mainly is, yes, the explosion isn't as bad, but the effects are just far beyond worse..."

"Is everything okay in here?" A voice called from the door, and as Volteer turned to see who it was, he saw it was Spyro.

"Hehe, don't worry Spyro, we're fine. Thank you for checking on us though."

"You sure."

"You've done enough to help me. Go back to Cynder and enjoy your time."

"I will, take I word then."

Watching as Spyro walked away, he turned his back around and saw she was still in shock from what had happened. Before he could continue his explanation, he had to apologize, "Sorry for scaring you, just trying to make sure you didn't get burned. If this would've gone off, it most likely would've burned your body to the point of shock, which... I won't go into what else it would've done. Hehe, I'm just glad you had some Xver. Luckily, it's a lot colder then Ilax, and we would've had to get some help from Spyro. But we are all good now."

She knew it was all her fault for making him worry so much, and started to feel terrible for almost already destroying everything even though she just got back, "Volteer I... I'm so sorry... I didn't know... I didn't mean to..."

"Exactly, you didn't mean to. Ersa, it's fine, I'm not upset," Putting the beaker on the table, he walked up to her, and standing in front of her, he assured her, "This is just like all those years ago. Remember, your life is more important then any work, piece of paper or, anything else that can easily be made. Remember what Spyro said, 'You only get one life'. Hehe, I'm pretty sure paper doesn't so, I'm fine and so are you," Giving her a kiss on the lips, she did feel better, better then she did before as she thought more about it, and as he pulled away, he chuckled, "And look at that, Spyro came over to check on us. I told you he was just as I know he is. So even if worst came to worse, he's still right there so, we're fine, i promise you, my love."

Giving him a hug as her face rested over his shoulder and her wings over his back, she let a tear go down her face and onto his back. Putting his wings over her back, he did the same as he rested his head over her shoulder and stood their in silence, feeling a smile go across his face from the embrace, I miss this so much. Feeling the loving hug from her lover, she started to chuckle slightly and make fun of what's happened, "You're enjoying this aren't you. Knowing you saved my life again, you're smiling, aren't you."

"I don't enjoy you having to fear so early on already. But, I am enjoying this time with me and you right now... Hehe, and, yes, I am smiling to know that I was able to save you once again."

As she pulled her head and wings back, he unfortunately did the same, but he was a little confused as he looked at her. Watching as she pulled her wings back to her side, she started to blush, looking with her head down, but only slightly to see his chest. Using her eyes, she looked up at him, and in a teasing kind of voice, she made his scales stand up on end, "Let me guess... You want a reward for saving me now, don't you."

Feeling as the shivering feeling went through his body, he blushed as well, and her teasing voice only made it all the more embarrassing for him. Looking up at him, she moved her head up to his lips with a smile, and he gave a chuckle as he tried not to think about it, "Of course not. Just like before, my reward for saving you is knowing you're still alive in this life. The reward is to know I can feel your scales, talk to you, and know you're alive. That's reward enough for me."

Giving a sigh, she giggled, "Hehe, you know, it's very hard for me to sound dirty if you keep acting so nice."

"Oh, Hehe, Sorry. I might've ruined it but, I guess I should say, can my reward be a kiss?"

"Of course."

Kissing one another lovingly on the lips, it was a nice view of fresh air for her as she thought, You will be mine here soon... I know I will be able to tell you. Every time he pulled his lips away, she went right back to kissing him, doing the same to him in a teasing manner even more. And with each kiss, her feelings of fear of what had happened, they started to disappear. Her shaking had stopped, and her smile started to stay on her face once again. Now pulling away from the kiss for good, the two put their foreheads on one another and tried to catch their breaths. Giving out a sigh, Ersa chuckled as she was able to see the frozen beaker, and it made her wonder, "I want to hear you say that you're smarter then me because, clearly you are."

"Hehe, to be honest, I've found you to be smarter then me through the years. For you to have survived through those years, using your smarts and survival tactics, what kept you going? Even when times were bad, what did you do? How did you keep yourself going?"

"Oh come on, you know what it was and who I thought of every second."

"Are you able to... say it?"

"I have no problem telling my lover that I thought of him all those years. Every day I thought about you, and now being back, my thoughts and dreams are coming true, slowly but surely."

Taking his head back from hers, the two looked in one another's eyes as he asked, "What's coming true, 'slowly'? If it's anything I can do right now, I have no problem."

Giving a quick blush, she giggled, "Oh, don't worry about that... Hehe... That's just, something I need to talk with the girls about."

"Does that mean you want to head out here soon?"

"Yeah... I guess since I was able to get a little rest on your shoulder to think I'm... I'm finally calming down. My chest hurts and, I still have this fear in my gut to do the things I love as, I'm afraid to lose them but," Putting a paw over his, and remembering everything that's already been said and seen today, she smiled, "After everything that's happened... I'm starting to trust everyone here... and I believe in the future for us... I... I really do."

"That's fantastic to hear."

"So, come on, let's head back to the Chambers. But, actually, before we do, is that beaker going to be okay just sitting there?"

"Oh, yeah, it's fine. Since the crystal is now in it, and the way it reacts to what you put into it, the Crystal is now basically pointless, and trying to get it out, we would need some serious heat. I'm not surprised you did have that gem though. It's easy to get, but nearly impossible to melt. And now that beaker is made of ice along with everyone else. But if you want it back that badly, we could try and melt the ice."

"It's fine. I just need to find a way to keep it without having to see it because... You know... It's also just in case we need it."

"I think I know someone who would take it. Come on, let's get back to the others."

Turning his back and walking out of the room, she couldn't help but stare at him as he walked away, forgetting to walk herself. As he walked out the door, he turned to his left to look at her, but she wasn't there, so he looked into the room to see she was still standing there with slightly widened eyes. Waving a paw at her, she shook her head and walked up over to him. Walking out of the room and to his side, she smiled once again to feel his scales on her side, and the two continued to walk to the Chambers. Turning the corner side of the Chambers, everyone looked at them and Volteer chuckled, "Don't worry, everything's fine. Just had to stop a, uh, fire, basically."

As they walked back over to where they normally sat, Ignitus explained it all for them while the two got to where they needed to be, "So, as Spyro was explaining, it's true that something was happening, and if it did happen, it would've ended very badly. And, Malefor, this might actually work out well in your favor. You've already got two souvenirs on your shelf and, how would you like another?"

"Hehe, I'm always down for the memories. What is it?" Malefor wondered with a smile, hoping to add something to his collection of memories.

"The beaker that Ersa was using is now completely frozen over so, the gem is still inside of it. Ersa wanted to keep it just in case they ever needed that gem again, but doesn't want to see it because of what had almost happened. So, I was wondering if maybe you wanted to put it up on your shelf as like a souvenir next to the Chains and the door knob."

"Hehe, I forget you kept my old door knob that I ripped off," Spyro chuckled from the memory.

"Absolutely! I will keep it as a memory for how Ersa first came back on her official day," Malefor agreed very quickly, excited to add something new to his collection of pieces.

"Hehe, alright. I will have a clone put it in your room for you for safe keeping. And also the ice won't melt so, you don't have to worry about that at all," Ignitus explained to him, watching as he smiled more and nodded as a thank you, and as he smiled back at his friend, he looked over at Ersa and asked, "So now the only thing that is left is, when are you going to leave to have your girls day so I know to put some powers over the ones that are going."

"Going? Who else is going aside from us girls?" Ersa asked, as she looked at the other two girls and saw them looking at their lovers.

"Hehe, yeah, Sorry, Ersa. Me, Malefor, and I'm assuming Volteer will be going as well. But we will be hanging out in the back, far enough away so we can't hear you, but close enough to help in case someone tries something," Spyro apologised as he couldn't stand here and wait as he once tried to do, and he apologized once again for it, "Once again, I am sorry. Just, I promise, us guys will not interfere."

Then, would it still be possible for me to ask the girls about me and Volteer becoming mates...? Yes! Yes, yes, of course. I'm not holding this off any longer and I will find out one way or another, Ersa thought, letting off soft sigh as to get herself prepared as for what was to come. Now knowing that her lover was going to be right behind her in case anything happened, she agreed and was ready to go when ever they were, "Alright, I guess I am ready then. Now that everything has settled down, I guess we should get going."

"I absolutely agree," Carith very quickly agreed with her statement.

"I guess we just need the go ahead from you, Claire as I am ready too," Cynder agreed to going as well, now just waiting on her other friend to agree with them going.

"Well, with Malefor and Spyro going, I guess I do feel a lot safer. And since even Volteer's tagging along and another female, I'm pretty excited if I do say so myself which, seeing your excitement and especially Carith's, I know I'm not the only one who's excited," Claire was the last to agree, but just like her and the other girls, they were ready to go now more then ever.

"Well then, come on girls! Who's ready to have some fun?!" Carith happily cheered out, taking a couple steps out from her lover's wing, and raising a paw into the air for excitement.

The other girls giggled, but they all did the same and raised their paws into the air with smiles. Now with all the girls being on board with everything, Carith walked to her left, passing right by the front of Malefor as she did. Using her tail, she groped his neck, following all the way to his chin. She watched the entire time she did this, and saw the blush and smile on his face as his paws moved on their own, making him come closer and closer to her as her tail went off his chin. Standing up and walking over to the entrance with Cynder, Spyro looked behind himself and asked, "So, Volteer, you going to join us or not?"

Looking at his lover, Ersa gave a quick sigh before smiling. Looking at her lover and giving a slight head jester towards the doorway, she happily nodded with a smile. With the two walking to the door, Claire was the last one to walk towards the door. As she got up to walk over, Ignitus stopped her as he spoke, and she turned to listen to him, "Hey, Claire... I promise tonight will be different. I... I really do look forward to seeing you tonight... My love."

Still unable to say it, he did blush, and gave off a little sigh as to not catch her suspension. Giving a nod and a smile as well, she believed in his words and hoped she knew what he meant by that. Turning back to the others, she thought more about it as she continued to walk over to the others, but she was soon met by a warm body that gave warmth to her left side. Looking to see who it was, everyone looked to see Ignitus had joined along with all the others as they waited at the doorway. She blushed a little and he explained, "I mean... since everyone else is going with their females, why can't I go with mine?"

"Hehe, I have no problem with that," Claire giggled, enjoying the feeling of having him come along.

"I... Ignitus! You... You aren't going to leave us... Just us two...?" Cyril cried, feeling a little betrayed and lonely.

"Yeah, Ignitus. Nothing against Claire but... Not having you here is really going to be a bummer," Terrador agreed as it didn't feel right with it just being the two of them all alone in the Chambers.

"Sorry guys, I really do want to stay but, since everyone else is going out, and since I haven't really been out in a while myself, I thought it'd be best to just get some sun," Ignitus said, making the two only feel more sad as they knew their would be no way to persuade him to stay, "But if it makes you two feel any better, you could always tag along. We guys talk in the back while the girls have their conversation up front. But if you two stay here, you could always bond a little more, discuss what you think of life or what ever."

"Yeah... no. No offense, Terrador..."

"And no offense Cyril but, it would get a little awkward with us two just kinda, chilling out and, being really uncomfortable when we try to start a conversation so, if it's okay with the other girls, I would definitely like to come along and uh, get some sun as well, right? You're not the only one who hasn't been outside in a while," Terrador chuckled as even he knew they haven't felt the sun on their scales in days.

"Not really much of a girls day out if all the boys are coming along but... I guess it can't be helped," Carith sadly sighed as now everyone was going to be out and about, and she knew what that meant, "The only problem with this is, now everyone knows the Guardians are on the paths, along with the purple dragons, one of which most don't know and hopefully shouldn't, along with their lovers. So, I'm pretty sure us running into someone is very... very highly."

"Well, while me and Volteer were looking for Ersa, he scooped out the places with the least amount of dragons so, all we have to do is go to that side like we did last time, and we will be fine," Spyro suggested, remembering what his friend had told him.

"So then I guess Volteer is leading the way?"

"Well, for now I guess. Then we will let you ladies walk ahead and we will back up and talk amongst ourselves as well. Sounds like a plan to me. What about everyone else?" Volteer agreed on a plan and everyone agreed to it as well as they all nodded when they had looked at him.

Thank goodness we are able to come along, Terrador sighed happily, glad no one else was keeping them from staying cooped up inside the Chambers any longer. It's going to be nice to finally stretch my wings once again, and it doesn't have to do with battle. With this thought in his mind, he gave a smile just thinking about going outside once again. Similar to him, Cyril was also having joyful thoughts just thinking about going back outside, It's pretty sad for me to be excited to go outside when I could literally do it any day but... I feel like today will definitely be a nice day. Hopefully we done attract too much attention to ourselves so we can enjoy our time. Both of them were already ahead of leaving as they walked up to the group that had all been standing in the front of the Chambers, talking amongst one another. The first to go out was Volteer and Ersa, then following behind was everyone else with Terrador and Cyril in the back. With everyone heading down the halls, Malefor thought to himself as he was all alone for the time being, Since Carith is talking with Claire, I don't really have anything to do. And I don't want to push talking with Spyro because I know he wants to spend time with Cynder. So what should I do? While in his thoughts, he felt a rush of air go past him, and picking up his head, he saw Cynder had ran past him. Watching as she started to talk with both Claire and Carith, he was a little confused as to why she would be doing such a thing.

"You okay?" Spyro asked, causing Malefor to shake as he looked to his right, "Whoa there. You doing okay?"

"I... I uh... Yeah, of course, I just... Why aren't you with Cynder?" Malefor asked feeling as though something was happening and he just didn't know about it.

"Cynder has been, proud, of my performance so far, and I promised to keep doing as good of a job as I am now so, I thought it would be a great of time as any to come talk to you. It also didn't help that I kept wondering what more we could talk about, and since she saw that well, she thought it would be best if we split up for a while."

"Split up?!"

"Hehe, yeah, and what are the odds that Malefor caused us to spilt apart."

"No, no no no. We are not doing this, and you are not going to cause me to have a heart attack! If you are being serious, I'm backing out of this conversation right now..."

"Malefor, calm down, I'm only joking."

"Are you sure?"

"The first thing I said was true. Cynder's happy with my love for her, and I just wanted to talk with you some more. I also felt pretty bad that you were just hanging your head low while everyone else just talked and laughed away. I thought it would be nice to talk about something."

"I mean... since we are on the subject, I was wondering how you would feel about maybe talking about a power increase."

"Of course. What do you need help with? Dark Power, Your abilities, or maybe some other trick?"

"I was wondering if you knew how to use your other elements, like, the other color version of them?"

"The other colors? Oh, that. Well, I haven't figured out exactly how to do it, but when I'm in my dark form, I believe that I can use the power."

"How so?"

"Think about like this. I've already mastered my elements, same as you. And since I had a talk with Ignitus, I now know there is more to my power then before. So, I try to look deeper into advancing my power, which is a little more difficult then it sounds. I've only really been able to use blue fire when I'm in my dark form, and I've even been able to condense it when I helped you with your dark power."

"So I'd need my dark power if I would want to use my other colored elements?"

"No, not exactly. When I was going to help Volteer and Ersa, he somehow managed to use his blue colored lightning to protect her."

"Great, which means like everything else, it's going to take some form of emotional break down for me to get?"

"I could always ask him and find out what he was feeling at the time."

"Sounds like an idea."

Seeing as the girls were all in front of the group, they pushed open the doors to the outside of Warfang, and everyone followed out into the open. Standing outside along with everyone else, Ersa got a nice breath of fresh air as she smiled wide just thinking about life as it is now. Seeing all the color in the world now with both her eyes, the sun, the clouds, and the beautiful blue sky, she couldn't help but think of the joy that she had once felt way back in her past, and it was all coming back to her in the short time she was with her new lover, No more anger, no more sadness, and no more fear... And it's all thanks to Volteer. There is just one more thing in this life that I need, and the girls will help me find the answer, I know they will. Turning around and looking at her lover, Volteer smiled at her as she did, and giving a smile back, she asked, "Well, were to my love? You know where we are going, don't you?"

Seeing her smile, along with her body shining from the sunlight that stayed over her, he couldn't help but blush and try his best to recall what he had said, "Oh... Hehe, well, um... Ahem, sorry. We should head to the left side of Warfang from memory. But if you're really feeling adventurous, then the middle has the most populated place of out of all the areas. But of course, it's all up to you."

"Yeah, I think we'll stay to the left side. I already found my male to spend my life with," Ersa said with a smile on her face, only making Volteer's blush grow more as he smiled at her, but she didn't see that smile as she had looked over at the other girls and asked as she opened her wings, "Are you all ready to go then?"

The other three girls all nodded at her, opening their wings as well, and soon following were the guys. As the girls took flight, flapping their wings and flying up in the air, the others followed behind and did the same as them. Heading to the left side of Warfang, everyone knew to stay low as to hopefully not be spotted by anyone as they made their way to the paths. Everyone landed at different times, each with a click from their claws as they touched down on the ground. Once the girls had landed, the guys had landed only seconds later. Ersa looked back behind herself to see everyone had landed, and looking at the other girls as they stood in a line in front of her, she called out their names from closest to her to the furthest, "Well, Cynder, Carith, Claire, what do we do now? And I do apologize in advanced if I say your names often, just trying to get accustomed to all your names to help me not forget."

"Please, there is nothing wrong with that," Cynder assured her.

"Hehe, yeah, do you know how hard it was for me to keep track of all the Guardians? Along with now Spyro, three other females, and my lover. No one would judge you," Carith giggled, remembering her first time trying to remember all their names.

"Yeah, even for me, I'm just lucky I have good memory so I was able to remember their names pretty easily in the beginning. But I'm sure someone as smart as you will catch on to everyone's name very quickly," Claire agreed with the other two girls, making Ersa feel already comfortable around the others as they spoke, "And as for what we do now, well, we walk and talk. When ever we feel like going home, we can go home."

"Oh... Okay," Ersa said, never having done such a thing before, but seeing as the girls started to walk, she walked with them as well, staying right by Cynder's side as they did.

Now with the girls walking, the guys had to give them a couple of seconds of space before they started to walk with them. Now with everyone walking, Carith was the first one to speak as she had to know, "Alright, Ersa, we didn't jump into this right away with Claire, but you, I want to know exactly what you're thinking."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm talking about you, and Volteer. Long lost lover's finally reunited and you fell in love with him right then in there. I'm very surprised by that, which, congratulations to you for being able to do something like that after what's happened. Poor Claire over here is begging to lock lips with Ignitus but those two still haven't even gotten close. And to be honest, Claire, it's getting sadder then a rainy day."

"Well... Me and Ignitus made, some progress," Claire grumbled with a blush, still feeling bad she hadn't kissed him yet.

"Progress?"

"I... Wanted to go in for the kiss and, when I did, I... backed out and kissed the side of his lip. He then looked at me and, to my surprise... he kissed the side of my lip as well... and even though it was short lived I... I wanted him just to move closer to the center of my lips."

"Claire... How much more obvious do you need this to be? Ignitus went for your lip, come on girl, you can't let him tease you like that, tease him back, go for it."

"I know, I know, it's just... It's really difficult for me. It's just one of those things where I still wonder why he picked me. The Chronicler, a, above all Ancestor basically and yet... I'm also a little embarrassed, and I know this sounds weird but, it's both another reason I... want him, and other reason I am scared."

"Sounds a little... Wired when you say it like that."

"Not like that! What I mean is, he showed me him flexing out his muscles with the help of his Chronicler power and... Well..."

"Are you biting your lip?" Cynder giggled as the girls all watched as Claire bit her lip with a blush.

"I am...?" Claire said with confusion, and since she didn't realise she was, it only made her feel more into telling her love to him, "And this is something that just happens to me! I started to feel all happy inside just thinking about him and, I can't control what I do. I feel like I'm still under the control of the darkness that infected my mind and I just... Ugh... You are probably the luckiest, Ersa. As soon as you saw him, only minutes later, you were already locked into a kiss with him."

"It's... A little easier for me though. I've known him for about a mouth. And, through all that time, I still dedicated myself to him. If anything, I'm the least luckiest Dragoness here right now. Unlike you all, and you Claire, I'm sure you won't have to wait more then a decade to finally know what the feeling of a warm loving kiss from your lover is, or that feeling of just... sitting there... laying your head down on his shoulder while he protects you with his wing even as you sleep so peacefully... and... you start to feel all the trust again..." Feeling as that emotion started to kick in again, she felt a tear starting to form in her right eye, and feeling a wing over her back, she saw it was Cynder's, and she also saw the smiles on the girls faces which made her smile as well, "Don't worry, I'm fine... And, it's funny how I'm talking about Volteer and, here I am, with a tear in my once damaged eye... But even now... I hate myself because of how stupid, and irresponsible I was when I first came back."

"What do you mean?" Cynder asked, taking her wing back to her side and watching as Ersa's joyful face turned sadness as she frowned.

"I... I just... Ugh! Look, I... I trust you all. Even with you, Cynder, Volteer is who I still trust even to this day, and coming back, it took some time, but... I will never feel truly happy unless I, get this last emotion out, this, thing, that has been holding me back, and if I can't say it, it's going to put me in shut down because of all the emotions from the years, and the promise I made..."

"Ersa, clam down. Everything's fine. We promise that what ever it is, we keep it to ourselves as girls. I mean, today marks the one week anniversary of sorts of Claire telling us that she loved Ignitus but still hasn't told him. Which is actually funny to think about but, just a week ago, the whole thing with Claire happened for our girls day, and now with you."

"Cynder's right, Ersa. When I had first met him, all I wanted was to not make any emotional attachment. My, previous, self, wanted one of them died, and I wanted to leave. But when Ignitus help calm me down by walking into my room and, helping me through my tears, we ended up laying with one another that day. But even to this day, Cynder and Carith have kept their promise, and they haven't told Ignitus I love him, because they know that's my job. So what ever is bothering you, maybe something about Volteer, just tell us, we won't make fun of you," Claire assured her as well, and all the helpful words from the girls were helping her once again feel the confidence that she needed to say what she wanted to.

Taking a deep breath in, and then out, she blushed, and started to clench her teeth as she fought back the fears. Instead, she looked to what this could mean for her, and started to think more on the future as Ersa spoke, "I... Never got over Volteer. There was no way I could and, from the very beginning, when I lost him, I wanted nothing more then to love him, and that was a promise I made to myself... But over the years, that emotion grew, and I cried thinking that maybe my heart was drifting away from him or, I'd never see him again but... It wasn't any of that at all... It was the feeling that something would've changed. He would've changed, or, he wouldn't have cared about me because of everything that has happened over the years... After all, the war has left scars on all of us..."

"What scars? Last I checked, our bodies are as clean as a freshly new coat of scales," Cynder happily said, looking at her paw as she did so.

"So your telling me that, nothing happened during that war that forever changed you?"

"Well... there were a... couple of times but... Spyro's always been there for me when it came to what's happened... I guess the worst thing that happened was when the Dark Master forced me to attack Spyro. I did feel terrible about it, and it haunted me even when he said it wasn't my fault but... I slashed at his wing pretty badly, even knocking him to his side... But, he never blamed me for it. He always kept a smile when he thought about it, because he was proud I was able to fight it..."

"How did you fight it? The Dark Master always had control over you through the years."

"I grew feeling for Spyro very early on, even though I left him out of gilt for what I did, he still helped me. So, when I was forced into attacking him, the darkness in me wondered why he wasn't fighting back. And as he laid on the ground, he frowned, and sadly said... 'Because you've left me nothing to fight for'..."

"Aw," All the girls teased her in unison of the moment.

"You all are horrible," Cynder sighed with a smile as she had remembered the moment, "I hope this will always help and show you that Spyro really isn't a bad guy. He's just as normal as all of us, even though he's a legendary purple dragon with abilities and powers that can even challenge that of the Chronicler but... He has promised that he will always be my Purple Guardian... But if we start talking more about him then we would have to make a stop so I could make out with him for what he's done. So, we need to get back on track. This is about you, Ersa."

"Hehe, well, I will surely remember this moment for sure. It's crazy to think of someone who looks so manly such as himself to be such a sweetheart," Ersa giggled and seeing as the other girls giggled as well and seeing Cynder blush with a smile, she started to feel better and better, and knew that this was the time she would have to say what she wanted, "Alright, I guess I can't stall, not that I want to because... I need to know... I have to know from you all... This is about... my love for Volteer... But more."

"Yes!" Carith happily cried, feeling as though she knew what it was, which caused Ersa to giggled, "Oh, sorry... Ahem, continue."

"You're fine, Carith, I promise. But, going back to the decades where I felt terrible, I started to feel more and more, attached to him. Through the years I didn't see him, I felt that feeling grow more and more. I promised myself years ago that I would call him my lover but... When I finally made it to Warfang... I promised myself that... I would call him... my mate."

"What?!" The three other girls cried along with Ignitus, but since the girls cried over him, they didn't hear him.

"What what? Why are you yelling?" Malefor asked, putting a paw over the right side of his head from the sudden yell.

"Yeah, Ignitus. You need to take a chill pill," Terrador chuckled, putting a paw over the left side of his head.

"He's probably doing a little peaking on the girls conversation. That's a bad little Ignitus, you shouldn't invade a girls conversation like that, you should know better," Spyro chuckled, now just wanting to pick on him, but in a way, he was a little curious as to what was said, "But, just for the record, that doesn't apply for what Cynder says about me... please tell me I've been doing good and she gave me a really good complement."

"No trust for your lover, Spyro?" Cyril asked.

"No trust for your lover, Cyril? Oh, never mind."

"Whoa, what was that for?"

"Hehe, I don't know, just having fun."

"By punching him in the gut?" Volteer chuckled.

"He's not Malefor, I'd never do such a thing."

"But you would leave me on the ground while I die," Cyril chuckled.

"Oh not this again."

"To be fair, you did leave him to die," Terrador agreed, putting his paw back down to the ground.

"No, we all already established that was Ignitus's fault. He was going to heal him and didn't," Malefor helped in Spyro's defense, and as he spoke, he put his paw back down to the ground.

"You would defend him."

"Uh, Damn right. What would you do against two purple dragons? Win the fight, we win the battle baby."

"Don't ever say that again."

"Hehe, what are you going to do, stop me?"

"Do not try me. You may act high now, but Carith, Spyro, both those two, I could have you crying on the ground in minutes, begging for forgiveness."

"You're a bitch for trying something like that. How about you fight me like a man."

"Ladies, you're both pretty. Now are you done?" Cyril tried to break the two up but only made things worse.

"Shut up, Cyril," Both Malefor and Terrador growled at him.

"Don't you find it a little sad that we are all getting aggressive with one another while the girls are being so peaceful and giggling?" Spyro asked the others, and both Malefor and Terrador grumbled as they looked away from one another, "Look, I don't know why you two are so pissed with one another but, get over it. Lay it on the ground right now."

"Oh, I'm not upset. It's just funny seeing Terrador get upset," Malefor was honest.

"What about me being upset is so funny to you? It wasn't funny when you made me upset and I trapped you under earth for a good couple of hours back then," Terrador grumbled at him.

"Because, when I think Terrador, I think grumpy and never happy. Now I know how Spyro feels when I smile, because I feel the same way to you. Seeing you smile makes me feel... uncomfortable. You're like the grinch."

"Um, hehe, yeah, I already made that joke," Cyril chuckled.

"What?"

"Hehe, when we were playing rock paper scissors..."

"You said it didn't you?!" Malefor cried happily with a big smile on his face, "Alright, on three, lets say it at the same time."

"Hehe, Alright."

"One, Two, Three..."

"You're a mean one, Mister Terrador," Both Cyril and Malefor spoke in unison.

"Yes! Hahaha!" Malefor cried happily once again, still keeping the big smile on his face as tears of laughter started to form in his eyes, "Oh my goodness... Hehehe... Alright, this is officially one of the greatest days of my life, hehehe," Wiping away the tears in his eyes, he looked to see the grumpy look on Terrador's face, but then a small smile started to form as he looked away with a slight chuckle, "Oh, come on, you have to admit, that was pretty good."

"I admit nothing... But it's good to see these years haven't changed you a bit," Terrador was honest as it did feel good to him to see him in such a way as before.

"Hehe, neither have you my friend. Guess some things are as good as they are."

"Guess that means I shouldn't be your friend and we should stay enemies?" Spyro chuckled.

"No, no no, bad dragon. I said some things."

"Ah, you got me. Guess we still have to wait that week then?"

"Thank goodness."

"Call him your mate? Did I... hear you right?" Carith asked in complete disbelieve that she would say such a thing, but as she thought about it, it started to make more sense to her, "That would make sense though. I knew it, from both seeing Claire and the way Cynder acts when Spyro is off doing something else, us girls have the look, and I saw it in you... No no no, enough about me talking. I want to know more, so please... Even if you've already said it, when, where, and why... And I want to hear you say it again."

"You all don't really want to... hear all that..." Ersa blushed even just thinking about it, but she was surprised at the support the girls all had for her.

"Yes we do!" The girls all agreed in unison, making her smile and giggle, still having that feeling in her stomach that started to feel permanent.

"Ersa, this could be your chance after so long. You deserve him, and you deserve to be with him, as your mate, if you truly believe and know this is what you want!" Cynder agreed with her becoming Volteer's mate, and she pushed it a little more in hopes that her words would help as she didn't know they really did help as much as she had hoped, "Volteer has never been this happy before in his life. From the time me and Spyro came back to Warfang, he was always bummed out, always on edge, wanting to kill the Dark Master when ever he could, but now with you back, we haven't seen him so happy, we've never seen him want to laugh so much just in the day you've been back."

"I can definitely agree with Cynder," Claire stepped in to help as well, "When I came here, a couple of days later, Volteer went on and on about you, hoping you were alive, and because of this, it started to stress us all out when Volteer started to get a little forceful about if you were alive or not. But ever since you've come back, he's been nothing but a happy, smiling dragon. You've really helped him a lot more then you know."

"Yeah, well... He's helped me a lot more then he knows," Ersa sighed as she started to think about it now, and with her words out in the open, and the way she felt, she wanted to be as open and honest as she possibly could, "I need to know what to do. I want to make him my mate, I know I should, I know I will but... I can't go any longer. I should've already been his mate, I should've already had a Hatchling with him but..."

"Wh...!" The girls all gasped once again to hear her so open and honest about this situation, and just as before, Ignitus had gasped as well, but he was able to conceal it so the guys wouldn't say anything.

Even though I gained the information from her, it's crazy to hear her so desperate to become his mate even up till this point... I was also able to see what she went through when she came back, and the dedication that she had for him. I really hope you make him the happiest dragon, Ersa... I know you're scared, but I believe you can do it, Ignitus thought to himself on the situation, surprised and hopeful on what she was saying.

Seeing the girls reactions, she now started to feel as she should back out, now feeling a little unsure of herself form their sudden reactions, "Look... never mind it's..."

"No!" The girls all once again cried together.

"Ersa, remember what we've all said. Please, please, we are begging you to continue," Cynder begged, and seeing all the girls nod, she once again tried to hopefully continue her rant.

"Alright... Like I've said, those years without him were difficult for me, and even as I saw other males throughout my travels, there was always something about them that I didn't like, and even when I would make the mistake and think Volteer would've moved on, and I tried to do the same, I would run... I would curl myself into my wings and cry as I thought about him... I couldn't let go of him, and I couldn't forget him... Even as my body did, my mind fought stronger, and I was able to fight through it... I was always able to remember everything about him," Ersa started to feel a stabbing pain in her heart that ached at her, remembering and feeling the emotions that she once had back then, and it even made it a little difficult for her to breath, but she had looked past it as much as she could to continue her words, "Volteer was my driving force... And all I want to know, what I've thought about so much is... What would he do, how would he react... if I told him to be my mate...? That thought kept me awake for days when I came back to Warfang."

"So is that why you were awake a couple of days ago? When a clone of Ignitus's heard your conversation about how you'd kill Malefor and be with him again, was this because of your thoughts?" Claire asked as she remembered almost everything the clone had said that night.

"Yeah... It kept me awake for a long... long while... And all I want to do is rest my head on Volteer's shoulder like I did yesterday and today... I was so scared last night... I was so tired, so warn out from everything that my body started to shut down now that I was with him... But I was so scared... so scared he'd be gone in the morning... I tried to force myself to stay awake but... I couldn't..."

"Ersa, we've all been through that experience," Cynder assured her.

"You all have?"

"Of course. For me, after me and Spyro had supposedly defeated the Dark Master, that whole trip I was scared. When I kissed him on the cheek, I was scared, and even after I kissed his lips, and he said he loved me, I was afraid. You are not alone when it comes to such a feeling."

"My experience was when Malefor first came back after the whole War and everyone wanted him died. I, and just like him, were afraid Spyro would kill him. It kept us up for most of the nights, and Malefor was so afraid... it wasn't the greatest time for us, but it's thanks to Cynder's help that we were able to survive, along with Ignitus using his powers to keep us awake during those sleepless nights," Carith giggling as she tried to keep a smile, but remembering how bad those first couple of days were, she felt terrible to even think about it.

"And I was the same way," Claire spoke, causing the girls to all look at her as she did, "With my previous lover, I felt his warmth as he hugged me during the rainy night... and then he died... When Ignitus helped me, I was so afraid as I started to grow attached to him for his help. I was scared for a while because... I felt that warmth... and the rain when we first met and I... I held onto him. That night, I started to grow to love him more and more, and until I tell him a love him, I still fear even now."

Hearing everyone's stories, she was surprised she really wasn't as alone as she once thought she was with this feeling, and hearing everyone's words about everything that has happened, it made her feel like she was at home with how open everyone was. I really was scared for no reason with these three... They are all just like me, experiencing the troubles of life as time has gone on... So now I need to know the truth, Ersa thought to herself, feeling the joyful feeling in her stomach, and she blatantly asked the three if they knew anything, "I'm still so very scared about losing him, and I know it's stupid for me to think he would leave but... Has he said anything about me and him becoming mates? I don't care if this ruins things for a, surprise but... Hearing that he has talked about us becoming mates... That's all the surprise I want."

"Are you sure you want to know because... the answer might disappoint you," Carith sadly said, playing Ersa to make her believe she was lying.

"He... He really hasn't... Has he...?"

"If by, hasn't, you mean a lot, then you'd be correct," Cynder smiled as she said, and seeing Ersa have wide eyes from her words, the girls all giggled as her smile grew wide as she thought about it, "Oh yeah, he's said it plenty of times. And you are right, the surprise for each of you will still very much be there if you tell him but... I believe all us girls wanted to tell you the truth just to make sure."

"Yeah, you've gone under enough pressure as it is, so I agree with Cynder. Telling you to help get some of the pressure off is much better then you having to worry about another fear," Claire agreed with telling her the truth as she's been in the situation before, "But now there is one thing that we are all wondering... What will you do now that you know he wants to be your mate just as badly?"

"What... Will I do...?" Ersa talked to herself, and looking down at the ground, she had to think about it, What will I do... To know Volteer has talked about us becoming mates... And I trust the girls, and they wouldn't lie to me... No one is that cold hearted... especially not Carith from what Volteer had told me once before... Then I know what I should do.

Just as she had stopped, so did the other girls as they looked to see her with a somewhat serious face. The guys had also stopped as well, but since they didn't know why, Spyro and Malefor walked up just to make sure everything was okay. As the girls backed up as well to reconnect their line, they all looked at her as they wondered what she was thinking. Looking straight, then looking over at the other girls, she smiled as she thanked, "Thank you all for this... I know we could continue our time but, we must go back to the Chambers. I'm not waiting any longer... I need to tell Volteer... He needs to be my mate... he has to be..."

"What?!" Malefor and Spyro cried in unison, causing Ersa to jump as she turned her body completely around and saw the two.

"Spyro?! Malefor?! What are you two doing?"

"We were coming up to make sure everything was okay... and then we heard... well..." Spyro stumbled on his words as he was in disbelief as to what he had just heard.

"Please don't say anything! I... I want this to be a special moment for us two. Please, you would understand, wouldn't you?"

"Hehe, he would, but me..."

"Malefor," Carith murmured his name, making his scales stand up on end as he looked over at her, and seeing her point a claw at him, he cried.

"Not the claw."

"Keep your mouth shut then."

"Of course... Yes, my love."

"Don't worry, Ersa, you have my word that neither of us will say anything. Malefor's just being dumb," Spyro promised her, and while she smiled at him, Malefor grumbled at what he called him, "But hearing you say this now does give me high hopes that you will tell him. I don't know if the girls have told you this but... Well... I don't really know if I'd be appropriate to say but..."

"Is this about how he's said he'd be my mate?" Ersa asked as she believed that was what he was trying to say, and she was right.

"Oh, so you do know. You probably don't need to hear it from me then but, I also can back up the fact that he has said multiple times that he would make you his mate as soon as you returned. I'm guessing since he's seen you now, he's now more scared then ever to say something, or do something that might cause him to lose you. I hope you don't hold it against him."

"Of course not. I'm scared out of my mind to tell him even though I've heard what you all have said. But, I trust you all, and I will go off your words and hope that everything turns out the way I want it to," Turning her head a little to the side to face the girls, she continued, "And I do apologize for cutting this day short. We haven't really been out here for all that long and, I wish we could've left sooner but... I need to tell him... I have to tell him."

"Ersa, there is still hundreds of thousands of years for us to catch up," Cynder assured her.

"Yeah... except... we can't wait that long. There's always tomorrow, or the day after, and every day we end up in the Chambers with everyone so, we'll always be able to talk then too," Carith was next to comfort her, and she made the girls giggle a little as she wanted to correct Cynder's words about how long it'd take.

"And from how things have been, girls day has just been a way to help the new female into getting back or feeling the love for someone their with. First, it was me and Ignitus, now it's you and Volteer. And from the sounds of it, so far, we have a one hundred percent successful rate when it comes to these things," Claire felt good in saying as she knew she would soon be able to have the same feeling of love as everyone else.

Since everyone was so supportive of things, Ersa gave a nice sigh as she felt relieved to hear everyone's support. She wanted to think about how nice everyone was being to her, but instead, she said it out loud as to help them now their words were helping, "You know, back then... All I had was my mind to comfort me when things were bad... But now I have the support of you five, and I know the others would help as well but... Hearing helpful words from someone else either then my self is... a breath of fresh air and... I thank you all for your help," Seeing them all smile with nods, she smiled back at everyone, and since she felt happy, she joked, "Well, I guess I should say, four of you helped. All of you expect, Malefor. He was worthless."

"Wh..."

"The first thing you did was come over and say how you would snitch me out. Now try and change my mind," Ersa quickly interrupted him as she watched with a raised brow as he tried to defend himself.

Seeing how he couldn't think of something and could only frown, Spyro gave a nice chuckle as well, "I find it funny how you use to be feared by all, but now you're feared by no one and constantly picked on with nothing to do. That's pretty sad to think about."

"Can you blame me?!" Malefor cried out as if he finally had broken down, "I used to be feared! I had the respect of others in a way where it was like, hey, you don't want to die, then don't cross me! But now I keep taking this... Disrespect, from everyone! I'm like one of those dragons where, it's funny in the beginning, but just wait till I snap, we will see who's laughing then," Taking a deep sigh in, and then out, he tried to compose himself as he talked more about how he hated how life was now, "And I had all the power in the world, I could've done anything, or defeated anything I hated. But no. I can't mess with Claire because of Ignitus, I would never mess with my lover, Cynder would slap me across the face, and knowing Ersa, she would do a one two tap on my pressure points and kill me... I miss being feared."

"Are you being serious?" Ersa asked as she raised her tail blade to her side as she wondered.

Seeing this, he smiled as he was finally able to try and let lose for once without someone telling him not to, "You know what, why not! I'm not going to take anything anymore. Even though you're knowledge about dragon's pressure points, it wouldn't matter if... you can't touch me. So bring it! I'm done being a joke. I'm changing right here and now!"

"Maybe you shouldn't yell so loud about things like those out in public... especially since you're scaring a whole group of dragons behind us," Spyro whispered to him, making him shiver ever so quickly, "Yeah, they don't know you're Malefor so, if you start this now... others will start to get suspicious."

Slowly turning his head behind himself to see how many dragons were behind him, his face instantly turned to confusion as he saw only the confused looks on the other Guardians faces. Once again his scales turned cold as he felt a paw rest over his shoulder, and he knew very quickly who's it was. Swallowing hard and turning his head back around, he saw the smile on Ersa's face as she knew she had him. Looking at her paw, then back at her, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Welp, I'm dead. See you all later. Give all my belongings to my cat. Oh, better yet, give it to that hunter guy from Avalar, he's close enough to a cat."

"We could be doing so much more with our lives, but instead, you want to do this? We could already be home if it wasn't for you," Spyro shook his head, letting out a slight sigh as he was already starting to feel tired.

"Well, sorry friend but, I'm either going to die here, or live on to be who I want to be."

"What if Carith leave you because of this."

"No! No, we aren't doing that. We've done that joke way too much. It's stressful and scary. Plus, Carith, I want you to look at everyone right now and tell them that you wouldn't want the Aggressive, tough, and fierce Malefor that would stand by and take nothing, but when it came to you, I'd be the opposite: Passive, Gentle, and Calm. And I would be all muscled up too."

Everyone wondered what she would say to it, and unfortunately, the way he spoke and smiled with a teasing raise of his brow, she bit her lip as she blushed. Spyro sighed to see she feel victim to his words so easily, and even more unfortunate for him, the more he spoke, the more everyone had to agree as it did seem right in his own way, "Claire, you know I would never hurt anyone you care or love anymore, so you're fine. Cynder, you are the same, and you do trust me. And as for you Ersa, you'll have your time with Volteer. As long as none of you cross me, we can all be friends, agreed?"

"Shut your Damn mouth," Spyro growled as he was starting to get a little flustered, "We could already be back in the Chambers, and me and Cynder could've have our time together while you kept being stupid with what ever the hell this faze is. So this is what's going to happen, we are going back now, or," His body quickly exploded into his dark form, and he even kept the white eyes as to intimidate him more, "I'm going to drag your crops up there myself. I won't hurt your feelings either way, and no matter what you choose, I will still stay true to my words and say you have one week to keep impressing me. So what will you do?"

"Mother F... You would bring that up... But... I don't know... I do kinda feel like fighting," He paused as he thought about it, and looking at Ersa, he saw she was getting a little worried as she wasn't completely sure as to what was happening, and for now, he admitted defeat, "Alright, let's not make this about us. This supposed to be Ersa's special moment! So, what do you say we put a pin on this fight for later? Maybe we could learn a thing or two. What do you say?"

Hearing him finally come to his senses, Spyro's body slowly let the darkness flow off his body and into the air, and with his eyes returning back to his purple color, he gave a nice sigh, "Thank you. Now you're coming back to your senses," As he spoke, Ersa took her paw from off of Malefor's shoulder while everyone listened to him speak, "But I think the worst part is... I'm kinda all for a battle. Fighting the apes yesterday, I haven't been put into a situation I couldn't handle for a good week. Last time was with Ignitus, and that was pretty fun too."

"Didn't you like, two days ago, push yourself to the point of nearly killing yourself in the training room?"

"Yeah but, that had nothing to do with someone I know and can talk to. When we fight, we learn, grow, and see what we need to improve on, and we talk about it which makes things a double the amount of what I'm learning. So, what do you say, maybe before the week ends for our, maybe friendship, we should have a massive fight? Friendly fight of course but, get all of that anger out one last time."

"I don't know... Sounds like we'd bring up some bad memories."

"Just guessing. Come on, let's talk about it while we walk up there..." Just as he turned his body to walk away, he very quickly stopped, and turned his body to his lover, "Hey, Cynder," Her head had been looking slightly down at the ground when he called her name, but hearing her name called, she picked her head up, wondering what he had to say, "I've talked enough with Malefor for one day. What do you say me and you get a head start to the Chambers so we can have some alone time?" His words worked quickly as her face lit up and she quickly ran over to him, and with her at his side already, he looked at Malefor as he opened his wings and said, "Make sure everyone gets back safely, okay."

"Hehe, can do. You two go have fun," Malefor promised with a nod as well.

Giving a nod back, Spyro then looked at his lover and asked, "Race you there?"

"Really? You call me going up against you a race? That's like saying you bet your life the sun will come up in the morning. You'd always win," Cynder giggled at him for the challenge as she knew no matter how fast she went, she'd lose.

"Hehe, I guess you're right. But, you know, us going up there together does sound like a way better idea."

"Then let's hurry before they do."

Opening her wings, she took to the skies as she flew up to the Guardians Building, and following very close to her side was Spyro as he flew up to the air. With the two flying towards the building, Carith walked up to her lover, and seeing him look at her, she asked with a raised brow, "So, the Dark Master is gonna to make a return?" Putting a claw on his chest and circling it around on his chest teasingly, she wondered, "And if this is true, what happened to, Master Malefor. He knew what the word Master meant, especially when he was able to Master the art of kissing me, and keeping me happy."

"Hehe, don't worry, I didn't forget that. Just wanted to feel open once again without having to worry. I feel bad for saying but, I feel like the Dark Master may make a return sooner or later," Malefor chuckled, but for Ersa, it made her face turn to fear very quickly as she took a step back from him, and seeing this, he quickly acknowledged her fears and apologized, "Oh, no no no, sorry Ersa, that sounds wrong and, I forgot you're still new. Don't worry, I will keep the promise I made to you and Volteer, and the Dark Master will never return. But at some point, I just feel like going all out against Spyro, and hopefully, I will have my Dark Powers mastered so we can go all out."

"Oh..." Ersa murmured, trying to forget it as she's been having such a good day so far, "But, you do know that... You promised me and Volteer, and probably everyone else but, one day... I will need you to promise to me and my mate's Hatchling."

"Whoa Ersa. That's predicting the future really, really, early. You haven't even seen his reaction to you asking him to be your mate."

"Malefor, let's get one thing straight. Me and Volteer will have a Hatchling, do you understand?"

"Um... Kinda... And by kinda I mean kinda uncomfortable... But your enthusiastic about it so... Go Ersa, you go... have fun with... Volteer... Uh Ancestor I hate myself..."

"Well, like you said, I do still want to see his reaction. So, the sooner we get back, the sooner I will ask him."

Watching as she walked past his left side, he turned his head around and asked, "When you mean sooner, you mean, get scared, and then wait another week before you say something?"

"Today! It's happening today Damn you!"

Hearing his lover randomly yell out of nowhere towards Malefor, Volteer chuckled as she walked up to him as he wondered what she was yelling for, "So, am I able to ask what that was about, or, are we going to find out some time later before the day ends."

"Oh, well, it's uh... Damn you, Malefor... I'm going to prove you so wrong. Don't worry my love, it's not really a we thing as it is a, us, thing," Ersa stayed cryptic as to what it could mean for the the two of them which worked as Volteer was still confused as to what it could be, "And before you say anything, no, it's nothing bad, I can assure you of that. Just... When we get up to the Chambers, I will tell you. It might not be the best place to say it here so, let's just wait a little bit longer."

"Hehe, alright. If it's about me and you, and it's not bad, I am a little excited... Could she be thinking about asking me to be her mate?!"

"This is either going to be really sad, or really, really sweet to see your reactions," Ignitus sighed as he could hear both of their thoughts.

The two could only look at him as they wondered what he could've meant by that, but thinking nothing if it, the two went back to talking with one another. While the two talked, Ignitus chuckled as he thought with a smile, Smartest in the world? Yeah right. One of them is playing dumb, but it's only a matter of time before one of them says something. Malefor walked up to the others with Carith by his side, and seeing the smile on his face, Terrador questioned his expression, "Someone seems happy even after he was about to be attacked by Spyro, dark form and everything. What was that about?"

"Oh, that? Don't worry about that. We were just having a, friendly, fight against one another," Malefor proudly said even though he knew his friend would see right through his lie.

"Uh huh. So do you mind if I ask Spyro about this friendship?"

"You can, but, only a week later. Which, technically, this counts as one day so, yeah, a week from now."

With everyone back, Ignitus saw that everyone seemed to be ready to go and asked, "Would you like me to teleport us all up there or, do you all feel like flying up there yourselves?"

"Definitely teleport. Mainly because I'm lazy."

"Yeah, I guess I'd agree to that as well. Sooner we get back, the sooner... well, Ignitus, it makes me a little mad that you already know what it is, so you should know I want to get back as soon as possible," Ersa also agreed to teleport, but it made her a little flustered as she saw a smirk on his face as she spoke as he knew why she'd want to go back as soon as they could.

"Hehe, alright then. Everyone, close your eyes."

"We sure haven't heard that a thousand times. You don't have to say it over and over again, we already know what to do," Malefor said to him as he did as he was told and closed his eyes.

"Malefor, how about you keep your eyes opened?"

"Uh, yeah, no. I'm not doing that again."

"Then shut up and be glad I'm warning you rather then just doing it."

Malefor made a couple of grumbling noises through his mouth as to mock his friend, and all while the two were arguing, everyone else had closed their eyes. With everyone ready, Ignitus used his powers and transported everyone into the Chambers.

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So, Ersa's going to be Volteer's mate... I wonder how things will be in the future now. I'm trying to get use to this peace but, there is always that one moment where everything could go wrong, like when we first learned of her, when the past of someone was brought up, it still caused problems so... What if something like that happens again? Spyro thought to himself as he sat on the right side of the Chamber walls. As he was thinking to himself, he looked down at his sleeping lover as her body was slightly curved towards him as she slept, and his wing rested over her. I feel like I'd be ready but... What about everyone else? I'd be ready for anything but, not if I lost someone. Hearing what sounded like wind, he looked over to his left and saw that everyone had returned from their talk outside. Everyone was where they normally were with Malefor and Carith on the left wall and the Guardians all lined up in the back of the Chambers. Seeing they had appeared so suddenly, Spyro knew already what had happened, but wondered why, "That was fast. I'm surprised you all didn't just fly up here and come back normally. What was so important that you all wanted to teleport up here?"

"I'm just lazy," Malefor was honest.

"I think it was because of Ersa," Cyril responded as he had heard what the two were talking about.

Everyone looked at her as they wondered what exactly it could be, and at first, she started to feel a little shy, even blushing as everyone had focused on her. Looking to see Malefor's reaction, he had a raised brow as he smirked at her as to tell her that he knew she couldn't do it. I really, really want to kill you, Ersa thought to herself as she looked at him with a glare. Giving off a sigh, she walked away from her lover's side and walked to the middle of the room. Moving her hips side to side as to hopefully make Volteer smile, she needed to stall a little for time, and she knew this was the best way. Volteer couldn't help but look at my body, which will hopefully make him drift off for a couple of seconds to get me prepared. Turning her body around and seeing her lover, he was already blushing, so she knew she had those couple of seconds. Do I say it or don't I, do I say or don't I?! Ugh... I've already come this far, I'm already standing her... Ugh... What do I do...? It will haunt me if I don't. "Don't worry, Ersa. I will help you out by stalling. I will give you a way that you can chime in when ever you want." Hearing the voice in her mind, she knew who it was, and saw as Ignitus smiled at her. Looking at the other Guardians, he spoke, "Actually, before Ersa says anything, I would just like to say something to you all which you might not have known. When the attack on Warfang happened, if you all hadn't responded when you did, and they got too far into the city, there would've been at least one Hatchling death, but you all prevented it?"

They were all a little confused from this sudden fact, but Malefor was quick to call him out for what he was doing, "Stop stalling, Ignitus. Ersa has something she wants to say, and trying to interrupt her important moment for yours isn't very nice of you," Seeing the slight anger on his face towards him, Malefor knew that they must've talked with one another, but when they did was what he wondered, "You talked in her thoughts, didn't you? You did smile at her, and then turned to the Guardians, which means..."

"Well, if he is stalling, I'd like to help out," Spyro interrupted him which was lucky for the other two, just not Malefor, "Ignitus, we saved a Hatchling a while back. Is she still doing okay?"

"Or, you mean Cora?" Ignitus asked, but the name confused Spyro.

"Cora?"

"Yeah, the parents changed her name as to show they wanted to start a new. They've been the best parents they could possible be ever since then..."

"Speaking of being parents..." Ersa spoke out, and everyone stopped what they were saying or doing and focused on her very quickly, "I... I have a... q... question, Volteer," Seeing as her body started to trembling, Volteer wanted to stop what ever she was saying, but in a way, he knew what ever it must've been, she seemed very passionate about it, "When... Damn it, grow up, Ersa! You've waited nearly two decades for this, now tell him like you mean it!" Taking a deep breath in, she softly let her breath go out her mouth as she stood up straight and asked as she normally would in her voice, "When we become parents, what do you think we should name our Hatchling?"

Some gasped while other looked at her with wide eyes as she actually went through with what she was saying. Ersa didn't see anyone else's reaction, only Volteer's, and her heart started to beat against her chest in fear as she saw the reaction on his face. His eyes were wide, but only for a couple of seconds as he started to tear up. Once again, he felt as though his world had been turned upside down, and just as Ersa, his body started to tremble as he felt like his life was all coming together, and it felt like a dream. Taking a step forward towards her, he stumbled as he asked, "W... what...?"

She started to tear up as well as she saw him start to smile as he took another step towards her. Ersa couldn't help but giggle as her emotions got the best of her, and she apologised to him, "Oh... Hehe... Sorry, I... I guess I missed a step... Volteer... Would you walk into the future with me? Would you continue to care and protect me through our lives together as more then lovers... but as mates...? Will you, Volteer... Take me to be your mate?"

Seeing his smile grow wide, she giggled once again as she went to wipe away her tears. Picking up her arm and moving it across her face, she wiped off most her tears, which proved to be useless as she only made more. Just as she had pulled down her arm, she saw the back of Volteer's body, but felt the warmth of his neck and wings. Her eyes once again grew wide as she felt his head over her shoulders, and with his wings wrapped around her, he cried, "Yes...! I... I do!" Taking his head back, he looked at her and tried to reenact his way of asking her, but he couldn't find the words and all he could do was ask her, "And does this mean... That Ersa... Will be my mate as well."

"Hehe... I... I do."

Hearing her words, he once again smiled wide and started to nuzzle the side of her neck for a couple of seconds. Once he stopped, he let his head rest over the side of her neck as he cried over her back with tears, chuckling from here to here as he thought more about it. Ersa started to do the same as she started to giggle with him, and putting her wings over his back, she held him tight as she couldn't even think straight. Malefor sighed as he was a actually impressed the two had when through with what they said they'd do, "Well I'd be damned. I never thought either of them would've had the guts to do it."

"It's a little sad to see that Cynder isn't seeing this moment though," Carith felt a little sad, but she couldn't help but keep her smile as she saw the two in the middle of the room hugging with a loving embrace.

"You think it'd be this emotional when those two ask one another to be mates?"

"None of my business... But, I don't know. Which one sounds more emotional; Lover's who were finally reunited after a more then a decade war, but enduring hardships along the way, or, a lover who saved his female from the Dark Master, saved her and the world, and kept being a symbol of peace for him, his lover, and the world?"

"I guess it just all depends on how you look at it. But, I'm proud of him. Seeing how far he's come... It's... it's a little sad to think about. I remember when we were training in the training rooms back then in the Temple... and now he's... he's now Ersa's mate... and... I feel like I've missed so much... I guess thinking about what you've missed isn't exactly healthy but... I don't know..."

"But you were there for him before this happened. You were able to talk and joke with Volteer for more then a week. I know that's nothing compared to how much of his life you've missed, but this has show us so much more, and it shows what we all can accomplish together as we move with one another. Him being her mate won't change him, and you can still hang out with him as you normally do."

"Thank you, Carith... I... I guess I just need to talk more about it with Spyro and Volteer because... I don't know... I won't let it get to me for now though. This is there moment, and I want to wish them the best, especially with everything they've had to go through... Hehe, I do wonder if this means that Volteer's going to, 'Catch some tail now'."

"Malefor," Carith blushed as she slightly elbowed him which made him chuckle.

"So, one of them had the guts to ask?" Terrador chuckled as he tried not to tear up as he watched the two cry with one another.

"Hehe, I'm surprised Volteer didn't ask her first but, what does that matter? At least they are finally as they should be," Cyril smiled as he spoke, and the same as Terrador, he tried not to tear up as he spoke, but he wasn't as strong as he had a tear going down his left eye as he watched the two.

Spyro watched as everyone smiled at the two as they had their moment, and just as everyone, he also had a smile. Seeing the two so happy, it made him think even more then before of things to come then ever before. So, Volteer and Ersa are now mates... Hehe, just to think... they fell in love just yesterday and their already mates... Time flies by pretty quickly nowadays. Pulling his paw up, he flipped his paw over so he could see the front of it and started to form a small ball of fire in his paw. This means I need to be even more vigilant, and to stay on alert to make sure everyone stays safe. The ball of fire started to spin in his paw very rapidly. The Guardians started to notice as they watched the fire spin, and Ignitus seemed a little worried as he watched his son. I shouldn't let my training intervene, not like before. But how far have I come? The spinning ball of red fire started to get engulfed in a blue fire as it continued to spin in his paw. The heat started to fill the room even with how small it was, and it even started to catch the attention of the two new mates as they now looked over to see what he was doing, then soon followed Malefor and Carith as they looked past the two. The fire started to pulse outwards which made Spyro slightly struggle to contain it. I can't use my dark form. I need to get use to this power myself. If I keep waiting, I might not have enough to use the purple version... but how. Struggling to think about it, he saw a purple spark in the fire which gave him hope, but as he tried to do what he just did, nothing happened. Damn. Unable to hold the fire any longer, he squeezed his paw over the fire with a loud hissing sound as he tried to extinguish the fire. Opening his paw up, he had burned his paw with some black scorch marks on his paw. Great. The darkness from his body came from out of the scales in his body and circled around his paw before encasing it in darkness. As the darkness consumed his paw, it made it's way down his claws and to his wrist before disappearing back into his body. The darkness had completely healed his burn mark, and making sure his paw was fine, he opened and closed it a couple of times. Letting off a sigh, he put his paw back to the ground and picked his head back up. Seeing everyone staring at him, he quickly felt bad as he apologised, "Ersa?! I'm so sorry, I, I didn't mean to ruin your moment! Please tell me I didn't ruin your moment."

The two mates looked at one another, and their way of comforting him was by laughing at one another. The others all sighed to see they weren't mad, especially Spyro as he believed he had done something wrong. With the two's laughter dying die, Ersa looked at him with a face he had never seen her make before. Her head was slightly ducked with her eyes looking up at him with a smile, and she seemed flirty towards him. Now with the two being mates, she didn't feel a care in the world as she spoke so freely about the two, "Don't worry, Spyro, me and Volteer are doing just fine... But... now I feel like we should go back to our, Hatchling, question," She paused as she started to roll a claw around his chest, and even though she tried to whisper, everyone could hear, "When exactly is it going to happen?"

"Ersa..." Volteer blushed hard, but not as hard as everyone else as they even backed their heads up a little as she said that.

"Ahem... Wow... Ersa, it's not my relationship and all but uh..."

"I know I love him, and we are mates now. I'm not going to keep lying to myself and holding myself back from what I could and should be doing," Ersa quickly interrupted Malefor, and hearing how she talked made him quickly shut his mouth, "If I know we are mates, I know what's next, and I'm not going to fear my life with him. And I know for a fact that you, Volteer, can't look me in the eyes right now and tell me no. Now I understand that talking about it now may be inappropriate but, I'm not going to let that stop me."

"Hehe, well, in Malefor's defense, Ersa, you make it sound that at any point you'd just say out of nowhere how you'd want a Hatchling so... Saying that randomly, especially out in public... It could be a little uncomfortable for the others around you," Claire defended Malefor's words, and as Ersa calmed herself down and tried to get control over her emotions, she understood and apologised for the way she had acted.

"Oh... Yeah, that does make sense. I'm, sorry for saying that... and, I'm sorry to you as well, Volteer. I want us to be mates, and I don't want you to think that I only want... that, and then to be done with you. I really mean it when I say that I want us to be mates, and I want us to feel free to love one another without being afraid anymore... All I've known is fear... And... I don't want that anymore..."

"Ersa, it's okay. I understand what you're feeling. I wanted to ask you to be my mate because... I was afraid that the same thing would happen again. I was afraid that, I wasn't going to be able to say what I wanted to... and then I'd lose you... Hehe, and even though I'm supposed to be the male and tell you... you beat me to it... twice," Volteer chuckled as he felt bad for not saying something sooner, but he was still glad it had happened to begin with.

"It's almost like I cared about us being together more then you did."

Everyone gasped to hear her throw such a jab at her new mate, and even for him, his eyes grew wide. But he knew exactly how to get back at her as he gave a smirk, and whispered next to her, "Looks like your Hatchling dream is just going to have to wait then."

Now she was the one to gasp, but then she quickly giggled as she flirted with him, "Oh, is that so."

"Hey, clap clap to you all, but you have a room," Malefor suggested as he started to feel a little uncomfortable.

"Shut up, Malefor," Both Volteer and Ersa said in unison.

"He's not completely wrong," Spyro spoke, causing the two to look at him, "It is getting late so, maybe we should all just go to our rooms and call this a successful day before something happens."

The two did look at one another and had agreed as they both nodded at one another with smiles. Turning her back on him, she used her tail to grope his chest before making her way to his neck, and finally taking her tail blade off as it reached the top of his chin. Seeing him smile as she turned her head, she then cut the corner of the Chambers and ran to their room, and soon quickly followed Volteer as he chuckled with big smile, chasing after his lover. Seeing how Volteer was in that moment, Malefor shook as he started to joke, "That's the saddest thing I think I've ever seen him do, especially with that creepy, face, thing, he did. But does this mean I get to bring back the third base thing?"

"No!" Everyone disagreed very quickly.

"Fine! Sheesh..."

"Hehe, I do find it funny how you call him creepy, yet you're so quick to say someone did something, naughty. Naughty or nice, Malefor, none of your business," Spyro chuckled as it seemed a little wired to him that he was bringing things up like that constantly.

"Yeah but, let's be serious, that lightning joke about Ignitus and Claire was pretty funny."

"Malefor!" Both Ignitus and Claire yelled at him very quickly about it.

"I said let's end this day off on a good note, and you're making that quiet hard for us," Spyro said to himself as he shook his head, seeing as Malefor was already starting trouble for everyone, and he knew he needed to get him out of here quickly before something else was said, "Malefor, come walk and talk with me. And before you say something stupid about how you'd be alone, we are going up to the house, so clearly you'd want to bring Carith."

"Damn it," Malefor cursed, hoping he wouldn't have caught on to what he was thinking about, but he did.

"Thank you, Spyro," Spyro heard in his thoughts as his father thanked him. He's difficult, but not impossible. While the two lovers walked out of the Chambers, Spyro turned to his lover and gently moved his wings under the side of her body. Feeling his wings move her body, she slightly grunted and opened one eye only a little to look to see who it was. Seeing it was her lover's, she grumbled, "Spyro...?"

"Don't worry my love, everything's fine. Go back to sleep," Spyro whispered to her as he was finally able to get his wings under her side.

It only took his words and she had already fallen back to sleep. Picking up her body with his wings, he looked back at the other Guardians and thanked them, "You know, it's been crazy but, I'm glad things have turned out the way they have. I'm glad I've been on this journey with you all and, I hope you all find mates as well. And in the future, we can all laugh about the adventures we've had. But don't rush it, but don't let me stop you from being happy."

The four all nodded at his words, and Claire watched as Spyro winked at her before turning his head and walking out of the Chambers. The three looked over at Claire to see that she was now looking down at the floor, wondering in her thoughts of what she should do as most of his message felt as though it was towards her. I hope you all find mates, but don't rush it... I could be wrong but, in a way, it feels like that's what's going on with me. I do want to rush being his mate, but his lover... And what Ersa said, about being sure... If Ignitus didn't love me, he still wouldn't be with me. Picking her head up and resting it sideways over Ignitus shoulder, she continued to think about it. Then again, he does love to make sure everyone is okay... That's why he made sure I was okay first before he continued his search for someone he could live in love with... To hell with it. I've waited long enough. I just need to find a way to get us back into that dream world, which shouldn't be too difficult. She didn't hear that the other two had talked with each other and had headed to the back room, but hearing her name called, she looked at Ignitus as he spoke, "Hey, Claire... Do you want to go in the back and sleep? Or, are you comfortable as you are right now? Hehe, I have no problem either way, just making sure you are happy."

"Damn your kindness you handsome dragon... Oh, yeah, of course... The bed I meant... That sounded bad... or did that sound bed... What am I saying?"

"Hehe, I don't really know either. Well, aside from bed."

"Yes. That way."

"Oh, Spyro, real quick question," Malefor spoke as the three walked back up to their house, "You can have all the power in the world, but you can no longer set yourself on fire, would you do it?"

"Um... What kind of question is that?" Spyro asked, a little confused on what his question meant.

"Well, let's think about it from your perspective. You use your fire to set yourself on fire as a defense, like your fire armor. But, for others, setting yourself on fire would be pretty cool because of the cracking and popping sound it makes so most would want to be set on fire. Well, near water of course but, they look pretty funny when ever they run around like that... I'm sorry, I'm a horrible dragon. Long as it isn't happening to me, I feel like laughing."

"Well, let's see. Since that popping and crackling sound is made from the wood, the other possible thing that could make that sound is on my body, which would mean the thing cracking and popping would be my scales so, I'm pretty sure I'd take all the power in the world very quickly... And from the sounds of your question, sounds like something only the Dark Master would want to see."

"No, Spyro, we aren't..."

"Being serious, I know, calm down. But hey, it does sound pretty cool if your on fire with that crackling and popping sound. Doesn't have to have significance but, it would still sound pretty cool. Especially if I could figure out how to make my armor with blue fire, and maybe even purple fire. I can only hope."

"And I didn't even get to ask Volteer about his blue lightning. Oh well, I will let him have his fun today. There's always tomorrow."

"But, be honest with yourself. Do you really feel like getting up and doing anything tomorrow?"

"Ah, you got me there."

Even as the main doors opened, the two continued to talk with one another as Spyro was the main one who kept talking, "And being honest with myself, I don't really feel like doing anything either," He agreed, walking with the other three to the middle of the hallway, he continued, "I think I've had enough adventure for a week," Pausing once again, the other two had stopped near their door, and turning around as he walked a little more towards his door, he sighed, "But it was definitely well worth it... I really don't like that I put off so much time from Cynder but, now that everything is how it should be, we have no more surprises... At least, I hope."

"Well, hehe, even if we do, we'll be ready... right?" Malefor gave a slight cry at the end as he wished it to be true, and even as he thought about it, he smiled.

"I was hoping you'd smile," Spyro spoke, shocking the two as they didn't know he'd say something like that, "Hehe, don't get your hopes up too high. I'm only saying that because I'm glad all my efforts, and all your efforts, into making this soon to be friendship work... and I would... possibly... make you my friend now but... Maybe if I feel that you're some how improving more, I'd like to rush it but, I don't want you to feel that pressure so... Just forget it. Let's just all go to bed, nice and cuddled with our lovers."

"Thank you... Spyro. And, yeah, you're definitely right about one thing... Well, a lot of things for that matter but, mainly about how we should just do nothing tomorrow. Volteer and Ersa will hopefully spend time with one another, The Guardians will hopefully get some work done around Warfang for once, and we can all just sit back and relax on this week."

"Then, see you the day after tomorrow?"

"Oh no, you'll see me tomorrow. Trust me, we have how many dragons that can bother us... seven of them. One of them having the capability to literally read our minds... Sorry, just felt like using, complicated wording... Also I'm tired so, I'm acting dumb..."

"What ever happens happens. Long as it doesn't have to do with a heart shattering truth or, reveal or... Never mind. I will, talk to you in the morning, Malefor. And goodnight to you as well, Carith."

"Goodnight, Spyro," Carith spoke as she nodded at him while smiling, "And thank you again for all that you've done over the time we've been here. I will be sure to tell Cynder, as well as letting her know how nice and easy you were with your wings when you held her."

"Hehe, thanks Carith."

With the three now decided as to what they wanted, they all headed for their rooms and beds. Malefor and Carith were the first to go into their rooms, and then soon followed Spyro as he walked into his room. Shutting the door behind himself, he gave out a slight sigh as he felt comfort and relief, and walking up to his bed, he thought about it, It sure does feel nice to not have a threat anymore. And today went, very well. Carefully making his way onto the bed, he was successful in doing so, but just as he was about to get his back paws up onto the bed, his wings shifted to the left side of him. Cynder's body easily slipped right from his right wing, and just before her head could fall off his left wing, he repositioned himself up right on the bed and used his tail blade to support her head. With how fast he flung his tail blade around to her head, he gave another sigh as he was glad he didn't cut her. Laying her down gently over the bed, she laid on her right side with her wings a little sprawled out over her arms and legs. Laying himself down as well, he tried his best to get the most coverage over her using his right wing. He gave a little frown as he thought, Wish I could cuddle with her, and I could wake her... but... she's happy, and so should I. Closing his eyes, crossing his paws in front of him and laying his head down over them, he closed his eyes and went to sleep.

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Rolling Ersa onto her back with his wings, the two giggled and laughed with one another as they continued to flirt with one another in bed. It went slightly silent as they only starred at one another, and as they did, their breathing started to kick back up again. Trying to get herself out of the trance that she felt he was putting her under, she blinked a couple of times before a huge smile crept across her face. Throwing her right wing up and hitting his side, he wasn't prepared, and didn't know she'd use so much force. His body hit the bed, and as he tried to roll over to his left to get up, but she was already on top of him, and he was surprised at her agility. Now on his back, he smiled, and raised a brow at her, wondering how he'd get out from underneath her. Thinking of an idea quick, he looked to her left and gasped, while also touching his tail on her back tail, "Ignitus?!"

She fell for his bait and looked to her back to see if he really was there. Seeing a glimpse of a yellow tail zip down underneath her stomach, she knew she was fooled. Feeling the sudden rush of wind on her side from the air, she was now on her side, almost in an instant. Looking from her right as that was where her head dangled to, she looked up to she her mate now standing above her. He saw the smirk on her face once again, and he knew how to stop her. Laying his body down over hers, her wing stopped with a twitch as she looked at him. Feeling his body slowly move down her chest and stomach made her shiver as the feeling was indescribable. Once he stopped, she watched as he laid his head down on her chest, making his lips quiver while also showing her how sad he was. Giving him a giggle, she put a paw over his head while also putting her wing back down on the bed, still sprawled out and ready for use. She watched as he started to blush for some reason, and taking her paw back as he stood up above her, she was now ready to use her wing. He moved a little forward so his chest now lined up with hers, and seeing him move his head down, she thought he was going in for a kiss. I can handle a simple... Letting out a gasp, she felt his teeth cover her neck, and the sudden feeling made her claws curl. It only felt better for her as she could feel his tongue moving around both sides of her neck, and his tail wrapped around hers as to restrain her tail movement. He's... He's not... but... Unable to agree with herself, it became hard for her as all she could think about was the feeling on her neck, with the urge to not do anything and to let it happen. His teeth backed off from her neck as she now felt as though as she was coming back to her senses, and she wanted to say something. But once again he was too quick for her, already locking lips and making her once again feel a sudden burst of pleasure to keep her from saying anything. I... I... Must... fight it... Feeling as though she couldn't, she started to make her lips dance around his as she started to get into it. But as she stopped, fighting back with horrible memories as to stop herself, she felt his lips slide off hers, and quickly tried to cry out in a both pleasing, and desperate cry, "Volteer..."

To him, the cry sounded painful, so he immediately stopped himself, unwrapping his tail from hers and standing straight up while still looking down on her. Seeing her trying to catch her breath, he couldn't do anything as he believed he had taken it too far, and instead, awaited what he believed would've been his punishment. As she caught her breath, she looked to see a tear starting to form in his eyes, and now that she thought back to the sound of her voice, she understood why. But she was able to react as quickly as he once did, putting a paw up and over his cheek, he rested his head on her paw and Ersa was finally able to speak, "You listen here right now... I'm not afraid, nor am I scared to go through with this for any reason. I love you, and if it weren't for a single thought, then I would've been the one on top... Trust me. But, when Ignitus gave me the memories of you all when it came to his powers, I learned that he is able to tell of our lives, and to write them down and... that makes me... uncomfortable as... I feel like we're being watched."

"What?" Volteer asked her, a little bit in disbelief as he thought he gave her every memory that she needed, "So he gave you the fact he writes down of our history and life, but he didn't tell you what he could and couldn't write down, or even see?" Seeing her shake her head, it did make some sense to him as he pieced everything together, "I guess that makes sense. Ignitus didn't really need for you to now that he couldn't see such things since you were... not exactly in a great place for you to want to know something like that. Basically, the Ancestors, yes, I know this is crazy, but they write down things like that for him so he doesn't... well, you know... have to see or hear... But wait..."

"Yeah, wait. Doesn't that mean the, Ancestors are always watching... and listening...?"

"Yeah but, their dead so, what does it matter to them? And would you really want something dead to stop you from having a good time?"

"You're right..."

"Then, shall we, continue?"

"No!" Ersa quickly stopped him as she could feel his head slipping off her paw, and from her words he quickly stopped himself from his head going any further down, "Sorry, I..." Taking her paw back to her side, she looked at his body and the way they were, and it frustrated her as she bit her lip, begging to just continue, but she couldn't, "Look... I said I wasn't afraid or scared to go through with this. If it were up to me, you wouldn't be walking straight for the next week, and I'd make sure," Hearing how open and honest she was being, he had to give a chuckle as he did have a question.

"How would you do that?"

Using a claw and tapping him on the nose, she pulled her claw back as she knew what he was doing, "You're really not making this any easier on me, you know that right?"

"Hehe, Sorry. Continue, my mate."

"You're Damn right I want to continue..." Ersa grumbled, as seeing him blush with a chuckle, she give a giggle as well, "If not today, then tomorrow. I just want to make sure with Ignitus of such a thing just to be sure," She was almost cut off as she heard heard him blurt out a word, but she cut him off, "I know, what you said. I believe you, I do. I just want to make double sure so that way we can... continue but..." Her voice started to sound sad as she looked away from him, but only for a second, almost as though she was thinking, "Volteer," Calling his name, she looked back up at him and was honest, "If you really want to know what I want... There are books over on the shelf that I'm hoping Ignitus brought... I haven't had to use them since I got back but... I want you to read them... Can you, go get them for me?"

"Yeah, of course."

Getting off her body, he walked on the side of the bed as he got off her and later jumped off once he was clear of his mate. While he walked over to the mountains of books that laid on the book shelf, the floor, and books that laid in the racks, Ersa rolled herself back onto her belly and moved herself to face forward towards the door as she watched him look for the book, not knowing she didn't tell him which one. Putting a paw around her neck and circling it, she grumbled at herself as she thought, Damn me... I should've just laid there... Even I was wanting to get into it. She was broken from her thoughts as she looked at him and heard him ask, "Um, which book am I looking for? Or, like the title, I mean."

"Oh, yeah, kinda important... There's, three books, I want you to look for. Each one is titled... 'My Time Away And Alone'." Hearing the book title, Volteer stopped looking for the book all together and saw the sadness on her face as she said that, "Don't worry, my love. Like I said, I haven't had to read or write those books since I got back... And it's all thanks to you," Seeing her smile did make him feel better, and her words did stay true when she had said it the first time, "Now the main books I want you to grab is book one, book ten, and book fourteen. They have about a million words in them for each year, and when a new year rolled around, I would make another for each year I wasn't with you..." Hearing the depression in her own voice, she quickly stopped herself once again, "But like I said! I'm all fine now. When ever you find them, bring them back over."

Searching through the pile of books, he slowly started to disappear into all the books not even realising it. Ersa started to giggle as she watched him disappear and the only thing left for her to see was his tail. His head popped out from the middle of the pile, once again causing her to giggle as she watched him look for the books. Once again he disappeared, and as he popped his head back up from the books, a book laid on his head as he looked at her and asked, "I found books four, seven, eight, and nine... What the hell... I feel like if I wasn't looking for what I need, I'd find it the next day, but when I need it now, I can't ever find what I need."

"Giving up my love?"

"Absolutely not. I haven't barely scratched the surface of all the books we have."

"I wonder what else you'd find."

"What else is in here?"

"Well, hehe, aside from a yellow dragon, I'm assuming more books."

"Ha ha, very funny," Volteer chuckled as he pretended to laugh, once again disappearing into all the books in his search.

It took him a couple more seconds until he resurfaced with a big blush. Seeing him look at her then the book, she wondered what book it could've been that he found. Clearing his throat, he looked at her as he read the title of the book that he had found, "'Learning Everything I Can About Volteer'." He paused as he had only opened the book to the Table Of Contents, and she quickly gasped as she knew what that books was, "Chapter One: What I Like. Okay. What's this, Chapter Thirteen: Volteer's Underbelly?" Seeing her blush more and more as she ducked her head, he chuckled as he read one more, "Chapter Fourteen: I'm Going Mad... Hehehe... Was this when we were uh, together in the Dragon Temple?"

"Yes..." Ersa murmured, ducking her head down on the bed as she had forgotten about that book, "It's been so long I... I had forgotten I started to develop feelings for you so much so after you saved me from my own work that... I had to write something down about you or else I was going to blow my cover and kiss you... Or... you know."

"And what if I would've found this book?"

"I don't know, you're asking me who wouldn't have known, but you did. So what would you have done?"

"Oh, I don't know, hid you out back while I made out with you."

"Uh huh. Says the one who couldn't kiss my lips while I was awake. You wouldn't have been able to do it."

"Wh... I..."

Seeing him blush while she looked at him with a raised brow, he disappeared back into the pile of books as he searched for what he needed to find. She felt a sigh of relief, but felt a little bad as she thought about what she had done, Making Chapters about his body?! Ugh... I feel like he feels wired about how I was so in love with him... He probably thinks I'm crazy for what I've done... Seeing him swim in the books, she let her smile take over as she believed it weren't true at all, But then again, here I am now... And he doesn't have any complaints... and neither do I. Coming out from the pile of books, she saw he had three books tucked under his wing, and as he walked closer to her, he chuckled at himself, "Not gonna lie, I'm a little pissed that Ignitus, tail blocked, me. But I guess, like you said, theirs always tomorrow."

"Aw, what's the matter? You sound like all you want is to get some and then leave," Ersa teased him as she watched him jump up onto the bed.

"Hehe, yeah right. You saw what happened when I couldn't be with you. Which I'm still pissed off about him showing you that memory as well."

"Why? It is another reason why it was so hard for me to stop you. Seeing how aggressive you got because of my life, but seeing how soft and smooth you can be when you love me," Her body shivered just thinking about it, and as he laid down next to her, she saw him blush with a chuckle, "So we can both agree that we're very much happy, but that shouldn't stop us from being happier?"

"I've definitely never suggested that. But from memory, it was you who stopped us from being happier."

"Don't push it. I'm going to hate myself for a while because I stopped you."

"Well I wouldn't think too much about it. If we keep thinking about it, we'll be up all night. And like you said, you can always ask Ignitus himself. Which, is also making me even more flustered because he knows we are talking about him and he isn't doing anything to comfort us about the truth!"

"Maybe he's taking some time off."

"Which means we could have some fun?"

"Would you rather have me feel awkward and not kiss you or do much else, or have me feel safe and do what ever we want? Remember, when you were kissing me, I joined in for a second. So would you rather have that feeling, or the one before?"

"That was you?! I was wondering why I felt like I was going to pass out."

"Foreshadowing about what I said early, about you not walking straight?"

"Hehe, we'll see. Which this makes perfect timing for me to trail off into what we should talk about, these books," Laying the books down off to his left side away from where she laid, he picked up the first book, being Book One, "So what did you want me to read from this one?" As he opened up the book, his eyes grew wide as he saw the hundreds and thousands of words just on one large page alone, and she thought that meant he didn't want to read it, but his words quickly made that not so, "Ersa, you really wrote all this?! I know it might be inappropriate for me to ask but, can I read all of it?"

"You... No... Volteer, you really do make me smile, you know that. I don't want to remember what I've been through, and I don't want you to know either. It would only make you feel as bad as I did, and I want to start a new Chapter in our lives. I only want you to read specific parts in the books to give you somewhat of an idea... and also to show you what I felt..." She started to shiver as she remembered what had happened, and felt like doubting that he should even read what's happened, and putting a paw over her right eye, she second guessed herself, "Never mind, maybe reading would be a bad idea..." Feeling a wing over her back, he pulled her as close as he could to her so they could cuddle, and taking her paw off her eye, she nuzzled his neck for a couple of seconds, and feeling slightly better as she did, she stopped and sighed, "Volteer... I'm..."

"Ersa, New Chapter, New Life, I get it. I will only read what you want me to, and that's it. If you really aren't comfortable with me reading, then I won't. Please tell me now if I shouldn't, and if you want me to, I'll get Spyro to burn these books so you'll never have to remember," Volteer suggested to her, making her wonder if she should have those books burnt, and it took her a little bit to really know what she wanted to do as her past started to come back to her, causing her to shiver more, "Ersa... It's okay... That life is over. I can just put the books away and we can just cuddle as we sleep."

"No... I... Well, yes... to the cuddling... Absolutely," Ersa agreed, nuzzling her body up against his to make sure she was as close as she could be to him, "Just... I'm going to say it quick, so I can get it out there in the opened so you can know... Page One in that book, Pages four thousand fifty four and fifty five in the other book, number ten. As for Book fourteen... the very last couple of pages... Book One is to show you my first day alone... Book Ten is to show you why I never healed my cut... And Fourteen... was the last book, and the last pages until I finally comforted you... And I'm glad you comforted me first... my plan probably would've taken me another day to get everything prepared to face you once again."

"Are you going to, stay awake with me and read?"

Shaking her head, she disagreed, "I do want to forget, but not completely. I want to understand that, what I went through wasn't for nothing. I want to know that, I can help anyone else who goes through such loss, even if it was a day or for years..." Laying her head down over the top of his paws, she let a tear run down her eyes and she spoke in a softer tone, "I want to feel the joy, love, and satisfaction of being with you... And now more then ever, I feel like I can understand what Cynder went through... and to have Spyro being with her... I understand why she is so happy... Which also helps me understand that... Spyro really is a good guy... And all I can hope for is that nothing goes back to the way it was."

"It never well... We all will make sure of that. Us as Guardians, and the other two as Purple Dragons... Hehe, but I do wonder, what do you think of Malefor now? He went through the same thing in a way?"

"Still wish I could've pushed a little harder on his pressure point."

"Why's that?"

"Oh, no reason. Side from the fact it would've paralyzed him and made his abilities useless for the next eight hours."

"Sweet Ancestors."

"Hehe, yeah. He didn't know how lucky he was."

"That's actually... pretty sexy for me to hear."

"Why?"

"For one, everyone hates Malefor."

"Really?"

"Hehe, no. We just like hating on him now because it's fun, and sometimes he's dumb. But, it's crazy to hear that you knew this kind of, move, that I wish we as the Guardians could've known. When did you learn to do such a thing?"

"I ran into a lot of, dragons who liked my beauty as they say. Of course, none of them succeeded in even trying to kiss me as each time I was able to knock them out. And I was lucky enough too as each time I did, the Dark Creatures would swarm my location and kill them off. With the ring, I was able to easily control some of them, and get out of any situation I needed to... That's even how I was able to control the Dark Creatures to grab our book from the Temple so easily."

"Oh yeah, I remembered you talking to us about that."

"It was all thanks to you... That ring saved my life so many times... So, hehe, I do feel even worse now that I think about how I stopped you."

"I'm still up and awake."

"Ugh, is that all you dragons care about?"

"Oh, no, Ersa, I..."

"Clam down, Handsome. I'm only playing with you. I just... Thank you... I would thank you a thousand times over for what you've done, and I will continue to do so because... It's all thanks to you... And I'm glad I was lucky enough to finally come back... with you..." Ersa started to cry more tears as she nuzzled his chest, and unfortunately for her, she started to feel that tired feeling once again, and cursed at herself for feeling it once again, "Damn it... Not again..."

"Ersa," Volteer softly spoke to her, moving his wing more up over her body as he tried to calm her down, "This is just like last night, but now, you have nothing to fear, I promise you. Sleep well, please. I will do exactly as you instructed me to do. You need this sleep. Even when you came back, you still feared... but you're safe now... Hehe, if you still feel bad that I didn't, get any, then help me by sleeping well. I will feel much better if you can do that."

"Hehe... Damn... I choose... The greatest dragon... in the... world..." Ersa slowly cried as she drifted off to sleep, now passed out over his claws.

He chuckled at himself as now he was stuck, Now I can't read the Books... Then again, her head is rested all the way to my chest, so I can move my paws, just not very well. I am only turning pages after all. Carefully moving his paws up and over the book, he pulled it towards him and started from the very top, but before he could read, he looked down at his lover to see her head laid down against his chest. Moving his head down, he kissed the top of her head which made her stir in her sleep. Her head turned sideways onto his paws, along with her body now laying out on her right with her legs and arms stretching. With her body now laid out on her side, he was now easily able to see both her body and head. Seeing her sleep with the soft sounds of breathing, it was comforting to him. Thank you... Ancestors... even though you didn't know... thank you, for not taking her away... I will continue to protect you, my love... I promise... But I do still wonder what's going on with you, Ignitus...? Still not going to answer...? Since he still hadn't gotten an answer, it scared him a little as he was afraid something had happened, but he heard a voice speak to him in his head, "Don't fear, Volteer. This is a clone in the Temple. Ignitus is occupied in a dream as of right now with Claire." With Claire? Is he! I mean, you! Are you going to ask her?! "I don't know. All I know is that she wanted to be in a dream very badly with him... or, me, or what ever. You get the point." Volteer sighed with a smile as he thought to himself once again, Come on Claire. Ignitus doesn't have the guts to do it, but you do. Coming out from his thoughts, he now focused his attention on the book and started to read.