The Legend Of Spyro: Love And War

by Spyro and Cynder lover

If you loved someone, how far would you go? If that someone loved you back, what would you do? Even after Cynder confessed her love for Spyro, he unfortunately doesn't hear. What would happen if more company showed up and ruined it, or what if they made it better? What if all it takes to tell someone you love them is a War, or just a special moment.

21. Chapter 21: The Future That Came True

Chapter 21: The Future That Came True

"I feel weak, but I have to keep going. If I don't, he could kill Cynder," Spyro thought, breathing heavily. He stood in an open field once again, beaten, and blooded, he tried to find a way to keep himself awake. Beside him was Cynder, but in front of him, was the dark master. Spyro fell to the ground in pain, as loud pops in his bones immobilized him. "Damn!" Spyro growled, looking up to see Malefor walking closer to Cynder. "Stay away from her!" Spyro growled. Malefor ignored Spyro's words, and continued to walk closer to Cynder. Raising his tail blade, Malefor made his attack to kill Cynder. "Cynder!" Spyro cried.

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Spyro threw his eyes opened, and quickly pulled his head up. Breathing heavily, he looked around his room, then beside him, to see Cynder was still alive. Spyro sighed with ease, glade it was just a dream, but his thoughts thought otherwise, What if that could really happen? No, not after what happened yesterday... But I can't rule it out. I need to deal with this. Spyro snarled, as he slowly tried to get up out of bed without waking up his beloved. Jumping off the bed, he thought, I shouldn't take to long. I know Cynder wouldn't kiss me for a whole day if she woke up by herself. Spyro walked over towards the door, reached up, and grabbed the door knob. Spyro raised a brow, and thought, Didn't I pull this off? Guess the Guardians got some moles to fix it. He opened the door, and walked out to the hallway, then over to the other room. As Spyro shut the door behind himself, he realised: The Guardians were nowhere to be seen, causing Spyro to smile, as he knew he was right. And also because he had he hallway back. Spyro shuck the joy out of his body, remembering about Malefor. He reached up, grabbed the door knob with his paw, and opened the door. He growled as he walked in. Seeing Malefor smile, and lay so peaceful, angered Spyro.Thinking everything is alright, thinking you can smile, Spyro snarled, jumping up onto the bed. Spyro moved his tail blade to the side of Malefor's neck, and thought, So much could go right, so much could go wrong. But with killing him, what about Carith? But if I don't kill him, what about Cynder? What should I do? Malefor shuck awake as a cold feeling filled his body from Spyro's tail blade. Malefor picked his head up, and as he slowly opened his eyes, he looked over at Spyro.

"Spyro...?" Malefor grumbled, still half asleep, "What are you..."

Malefor put his paw on Spyro's tail blade, causing Spyro to stiffen, ready to use his weapon. Malefor sighed sadly, and asked, "Can we please take this outside. I don't won't to wake Carith."

Spyro snarled, pulling his tail blade back, and jumping off the bed. Malefor sighed, as he watched Spyro walk out of the room in anger. He looked away from Spyro as he walked out, and looked down at Carith. Kissing her forehead, he whispered, "I promise, I will be right back."

Spyro walked back and forth in his hallway, stressed, confused, and angry, as he thought, Just thoughts of him is enough to make me want to kill him. I know what Cynder said, but that shouldn't excuse him of what he did to her. To my love! Spyro looked back to see Malefor slowly shutting the door behind himself. Malefor looked over to see Spyro walking over to him, and asked, "Now, what..."

Spyro slammed his fist across Malefor's face, knocking him back from the punch. Malefor growled, putting his paw on his cheek, he growled, "Damn that hurt! What the hell was that for?! Ugh... Damn it Spyro!"

"Shut the hell up about pain! You have no idea what you put Cynder through!" Spyro spat, as he continued to pace back and forth throughout the hallway, "You remember what you did! Don't act like you don't!"

Malefor sighed, putting his paw down, he explained, "Spyro, I promised you that I would make it up to you..."

"But you can't!" Spyro yelled, as he stopped, and looked back at Malefor, "There is nothing you can do! There is nothing I can do! I can't get rid of you, I can't keep you here... There's nothing!"

"What are you talking about?" Malefor asked.

"If I kill you, what would The Guardians think, what would Carith think, or worse, what about Cynder? What would Cynder think of me if I killed you?! But I can't just ignore you! The more I ignore you, the more I think of what you did. When Cynder frowns, I think of you, when she cries sadly, I think of you! Of everything you have done, I think about it!" Spyro growled, as his body tensed, trying not to kill Malefor.

Malefor sighed, but tried to get him to understand, "Spyro, I know what you are afraid of, but think of it this way: The monster, the dark master, will never return as long as I have Carith. You know what I mean? As long as Cynder has you, she will never..."

Spyro slammed his fist across Malefor's face again, and yelled, "It's your fault she has that side! Don't bring Cynder into this conversation! She isn't the monster here, it's you!"

Malefor started to feel anger from Spyro's anger, and spat, "You brought Carith into our conversation from before. I'm just stating facts."

Malefor's words fueled Spyro's anger, as he growled, "Bastard!"

Spyro grabbed Malefor by his neck, and slammed him against the wall, with his tail blade against his neck.

"If you really want to try me, I will not hesitate to kill you!" Spyro growled, "I don't care how though you act. Your weak body tells me otherwise!"

"Spyro Enough!" Malefor growled, trying to use his words instead of his fists.

"I guarantee Cynder cried the same words when you controlled her into killing my parents! But you're right about one thing, enough. And right now, enough is enough, and I've let you stay alive longer then you should," Spyro growled, pushing his tail blade more into Malefor's neck.

"Spyro, please... I need the life with Carith," Malefor cried, pulling his head up to reduce the pain from Spyro's tail blade.

"I wanted the same thing with Cynder, but because of what you put her through, she ran away. I missed out on so much because of you, and so did she. The time I could've had with her, the time I could've spent with Ignitus... You took it from me!" Spyro growled.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry for what I did. I don't know what else you want me to say. I'm trying Spyro, I swear, just give me the chance," Malefor begged, starting to feel the pain from Spyro's tail blade

"The longer you're alive, the stronger you can become. The longer you're alive, the more pain you could put Cynder through," Spyro growled, pulling his tail blade away from Malefor's neck, and backing up away from him.

"But then I hit the block once again. If I kill you, what would Cynder think of me?" Spyro mumbled to himself.

Spyro growled, placing his paw on his head, as he felt his headache. Damn it! I don't know what to do, Spyro thought, shacking a little, as he still wasn't a hundred percent. Malefor rubbed his paw across his neck, and watched as Spyro struggled. I don't really know what to say... But Carith's words from before... if me and Spyro don't become friends, she will continue to feel that fear, and I can't let that happen, Malefor thought, as he slowly approached Spyro.

"Spyro?" Malefor whispered, putting his paw on his shoulder.

Spyro shivered, and growled, "What?!"

"I know you're stressed, and I want to make things right. I know what you're scared of, but Cynder helped me through. I was scared I would turn again, but after the thought Cynder put in my mind... I've been so scared about becoming the dark master. And I thank her for that, I know I should do it in person," Malefor whispered, trying to ease Spyro's mind.

"Stop trying to help," Spyro comanded, "All because I can't think straight, that doesn't mean you can use my mind."

Malefor sighed, and whispered, "Spyro, I'm just trying to help."

"No you're not! You're only doing this for yourself, because it hurts knowing that I'm going to kill you one day. Keep trying to tell yourself you're not doing this for yourself, and I guarantee, you will only think about yourself!" Spyro spat, putting his paw back down, and walking away from Malefor.

Malefor sighed sadly once again, at a loss of what he was supposed to do.

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Carith shivered awake as she didn't feel Malefor's body, nor did she hear his heart beat. Carith's eyes shot opened in a fright from her fears, she pulled her head up, and looked around the room. Breathing heavily, she cried in her thoughts, Was... Was it just a dream?! No, no, ancestors please, No! Carith launched herself off the bed, and bolted over to the door.

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Cynder felt around the bed with her wing to find Spyro, but he wasn't there, nor was the sound of his heart beat. Cynder's eyes shot opened, as she pulled her head up, she looked all around the room and the bed. Breathing heavily, she cried in her thoughts, No... no... what if... what if that really was a dream?! What... what if Spyro really is... no... Ancestors, No! Cynder jumped off the bed and ran towards the door.

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As two doors opened, both Malefor and Spyro looked behind themselves. No later then a second, both were tackled to the ground and onto their backs by their respective lovers. Before either of them could say anything, their lips were quickly pushed against by their lover's. As Carith pulled away, she cried, "I thought I had lost you! I woke up... and you were gone! I didn't feel your heart beat, your warmth... nothing."

Cynder pulled away, and cried the same, "Spyro! Thank the ancestors! I thought I was truly having the nightmare I thought of last night. I didn't see you... I... I panicked. I thought I lost you!"

Malefor smiled at Carith, and whispered with a careful smile, "I'm sorry Carith. Me and Spyro were just having a little talk. Nothing to worry about, everyone is fine. And I'm glade to see that you're fine."

Carith let a tear fall off her face, as she listened to Malefor's words, happy to hear nothing bad happened. She climbed off of Malefor, and allowed him to stand, which he did. Malefor pulled himself up off the ground, and brushed off his shoulder. Carith giggled, and joked in a whisper, "Oh, yes, because I haven't tackled you to the ground before."

Spyro felt a little better, as a good kiss from his lover was what he needed right now. In order to make Cynder feel better, he draped both of his wings over her back, and whispered warmly, trying to forget about Malefor, "You'll never lose forever, Cynder. Plus, I promised you I would kiss you good night ever single night. How would that happen if I wasn't there?"

Cynder shivered, remembering the moment from before when Spyro did this. She cried tears of joy, and nuzzled the side of Spyro's cheek, as she cried, "Right! I love you so much, Spyro."

"I love you too, Cynder," Spyro whispered warmly.

Cynder sighed with relief, glade to hear and see Spyro once again. Spyro took his wings off of Cynder, allowing her to back off of him and allowed him to stand. As Spyro stood up, Carith moved her head over to Malefor's neck to nuzzle him, but she noticed blood. Carith quickly backed away and asked, "Malefor, are you okay?! You're, you're bleeding on your neck!"

Malefor put his paw on his neck, pulled away, and looked at the blood on his paw. Must've been when Spyro pinned me up against the wall. I guess I was a lot more scared then I thought, Malefor thought, wiping off the blood from his neck and his paws. Carith looked over at Spyro, and asked, "Spyro... did you... Did you do this?"

Spyro snarled with anger, as he looked over to Cynder. She was frowning at him, as she whispered sadly, "Did you?"

Spyro growled from rage at his actions, and walked away from Cynder, not wanting to show his anger to her. Spyro sat down in front of the training room, with his paw on his head, he thought, Damn It! I knew doing something would hurt Cynder! I knew it, but I did it anyway! And I can't think straight with the headache! Ugh! Cynder frowned at Spyro's condition. She looked up at Malefor, and asked, "What's wrong with my love?"

"He still doesn't trust that I have changed. And he's having headaches because he doesn't know what to do with me. If he keeps me alive, the thought that I might hurt you one of these days, scares him. And he can't kill me, because he's scared of the emotional scar it would put on all of us, but manly you. He's just trying to do what is right for you, and I understand that, but just like him, I don't know what to say, nor do I know what to do," Malefor explained to Cynder, watching as Spyro's body tensed from anger.

Carith walked in front of Malefor, and over to Spyro.

"Carith, wait," Malefor whispered, reaching his paw out.

Carith ignored Malefor's words, and continued to walk over towards Spyro. Maybe... no... What if... no... I can't do that either. I can't do anything right now! I can't even think straight, Spyro thought, before breaking from his thoughts from what sounded like someone walking towards him. Spyro looked to his side to see Carith sitting down next to him with a smile. He sighed happily, glade it wasn't Cynder, as he was afraid he would hurt her from his words. A small smile showed from Carith, as she whispered to help Spyro, "I know what you're struggling with, manly because Malefor just told us. But I'm here to help you, to ease your mind. To be honest, the best option: Let Malefor live."

Spyro growled from hearing the words of Malefor living his life, so he spat back, "Carith, He...!"

"Hear me out...! Please... Spyro, I'm begging you," Carith begged, hoping to get through to him.

He sighed with anger, but he decided he would listen. Carith waited just a little to see what he said, and thought, I guess, I hope, that means yes. Carith stool a peek at Malefor, and quickly looked back to Spyro. He needs to live. If he doesn't... I don't know... I don't know... She thought sadly, quickly grabbing her courage to tell Spyro how she felt.

"Spyro, from what the Guardians have told me, I know what he has done to your lover, Cynder. But as we were landing, they told me what happened to Malefor. Do you really believe he would do such a thing? I'm apologizing in advance, and I'm sorry if I step out of line. But... the Guardians told me, Cynder was like Malefor at one point. And that whole time, do you believe Cynder did the things she did because she wanted to, or because she was forced to?" Carith explained, as she hadn't really understood everything that has happened while she was gone, but she had hopes that it would be enough to help save her lovers life.

"I've already heard this! Nothing has changed," Spyro growled, shaking his head from Carith's words.

"But Spyro, think about it. What would you do if Cynder... passed? You would act out of your emotions, the love you felt for Cynder, it would rip you apart. That's what happened to Malefor. When I died, the Guardians told me, his emotions got the best of him, and the only reason he wanted to destroy the earth was to see me once again," Carith continued to explain.

"But what if he turns again? I can't stop him, I can't, kill him. As much as I want to, I keep thinking: The longer he is here, the more attached to him everyone will get, Emotionally. I can't risk the life of Cynder because of your words Carith, I'm sorry," Spyro responded honestly, starting to feel more open to talk with Carith about this situation.

"Spyro, did you know, back then, Malefor did turn?" Carith whispered, quickly catching Spyro's attention as he looked up over to Carith, "Let's just say, that month that we were in love, it was a lot. Long story made short, Malefor believed I was dead because he hadn't seen me, and the Guardians were avoiding the question of were I was. I was really trying to find him something special for our up coming anniversary. Once he turned, a lot happened, but luckily, no one was hurt. But, what do you think saved him?"

Spyro thought about what could've helped him, and asked, "The Chronicler?"

Carith shuck her head, and whispered slowly, "One. kiss."

Spyro's eyes were wide, completely dumbstruck by her words. Carith giggled, nodded with a smile and explained, "When he saw me, he landed on the ground, and walked right up to me. He saw the fear in my eyes, and started to tear up. I quickly kissed him in hopes it would help, and as I pulled away, I closed my eyes, and put my forehead on his chest, begging for him to return. I felt his claw lift my chin up, and with a smile, he kissed me back. He was completely back to normal. His punishment, which was also a punishment for me, was: We couldn't kiss for a whole day... yeah... it lasted for about an hour. After that, everyone was fine. He apologized, the Guardians accepted it, and everything was back to normal."

"Could it really be that easy? But, what if the kiss doesn't work? What if he turns again, and kills Cynder?" Spyro mumbled to himself, as he looked away, and down to the floor.

Carith smiled at Spyro, and whispered, "Just watch this, and I will promise you something later."

Spyro pulled his head up and looked back to Malefor as Carith did the same.

"You're not getting a single kiss for another hour," Carith told Malefor.

"What! Why?!" Malefor cried.

"Are you ever going to turn again?" Carith asked with a raised brow.

"No! I swear! I promise!" Malefor cried, as he already yearned for another kiss.

Carith and Spyro looked back at each other. She raised her brow once again, and asked, "Does that make you feel a little better. Me and Malefor did have a little talk, but he knows, if he ever tried something like that again, it will be the last time he feels these lips with his."

Spyro couldn't help but chuckle, as he talk with Carith, "Yeah, I don't think I could go an hour without kissing Cynder. Now that we are lovers and all. But... Carith, I'm sorry. I'm still not convinced. I know how important a kiss is, and what it can do for your loved one, but I still don't know for sure. If this was Cynder, I would do everything in my power to protect her, but it's not."

"Then think of it this way. Malefor is you, and Cynder is me. You're trying to defend Cynder for her actions, but you're scared that you could lose Cynder, because of something she never did intentionally," Carith explained, as her words soon began to beg," Spyro, please look at it from where I stand. I need Malefor, and I make you a promise: Malefor will never turn ever again, and Cynder will be safe from him. Please, as my first promise, trust me, and trust the promise I've made to you. Please, that's all I'm asking."

Spyro looked to see Cynder. She slowly tried to smile in hopes that everything would go well. Spyro sighed, as he looked back at Carith, he agreed, "Fine! Fine, I will let him live."

Carith squealed with joy, as she jumped up and in circles. She quickly sat back down, cleared her throat, and waited for Spyro to continue with his words. He couldn't help but smile from Carith's happiness, as he explained, "But I'm doing this for Cynder, no one else. I will trust you, as it is your first promise, and I believe you will keep it. Plus... you've definitely helped with my stress, so, I will help ease your mind as well."

"Thank you Spyro, Thank you! I promise, you won't regret this!" Carith cried, running back over to Malefor, ready to finally live her life with Malefor to the fullest.

Carith sat down next to Malefor, and gave him a long awaited kiss. Cynder watched as Spyro walked back over with a smile. She raised a brow at Spyro, and whispered, "There you go again, being the amazing dragon you are."

Spyro sighed with a blush, as he sat down next to Cynder, he whispered, "Yeah, well..."

He was interrupted, as Cynder's lips covered his. The two quickly pushed into the kiss, and pulled away a little later then the other two. Cynder smiled at Spyro, and whispered happily, "I'm proud of you. I will make sure to do something for how proud you made me."

"Sweet," Spyro whispered, causing Cynder to giggle at him.

"So, does this mean everything is going to be fine? Please Spyro, one of my biggest fears right now is not waking up next to Malefor because he's... Please," Carith whispered, as she still felt the fear of losing Malefor once again.

Spyro waved his paw, and promised, "As long as no harm from Cynder comes from him, then I promise, you will never have to worry about me killing him. Things have been crazy lately, and I know how it feels to be stressed. And because you eased my mind, I want to ease yours. He's going to be fine, I promise."

Carith nodded happily at Spyro's words, and cried, "I promise, you made the right decision."

Spyro sighed with a smile, and whispered, "I know I made the right decision for the one I love."

Cynder smiled at Spyro, and decided to waited until they had some privacy before she really started to kiss him for everything he's done. Malefor looked at Carith with a smile, and whispered, "Ancestors, you're so hot."

Spyro growled from Malefor's words, causing everyone's confusion, so he quickly apologized, "Don't worry about me. There was this guy, Flint, who kept calling Cynder hot. And after that, I hate using that word, I hate hearing it. And he tried to take Cynder away from me with that despising word."

"Someone tried to take Cynder from you? Oh he died, right?" Malefor asked, as he remembered what happened to him when he tried to take Cynder from Spyro.

"Huh, no. Unfortunately, I just broke his arm, and a couple other bones once I punched him into the walls of Warfang. But... I was hoping that, since I did such a good job, and I impressed Cynder, I would get something out of it," Spyro explained, as he moved his eyes over to look at Cynder.

Cynder giggled at Spyro, and whispered, "I could kiss you out here, or, you could wait until we are on our bed. Then we could go crazy."

"Nasty," Malefor joked.

The two quickly blushed as they realized her words.

"Shut up, Malefor. That's not what she meant," Spyro growled.

"Not yet, just give it another year, or even month," Malefor joked once again, fueling Spyro and Cynder's embarrassment.

"Shut up, Malefor, " Spyro growled once again.

Cynder giggled, as well as Carith as the two fought back and forth. Carith pecked Malefor on his cheek, and whispered, "Come on, I'm sure the Guardians are waiting for us in their chambers. What do you say we let these two have their time before they come down as well? We can have our time while we walk."

Malefor sighed happily, and agreed, "Alright, fine. I just wanted Spyro to know that it's going to happen."

"I'm regretting my decision more then you know," Spyro grumbled, trying not to show his blush, as even Cynder herself had one.

Carith walked with Malefor out of the door. As the door opened for the two, Spyro thought, So much for the door only opening up for me and Cynder. Now Malefor, and even the Guardians! So much for this being me and Cynder's home. As the two disappears behind the door that slowly shut behind them, Spyro sighed hugely from the stress that was taken off of him. Spyro turned to face Cynder, and questioned, "Do you..."

Cynder tackled Spyro to the ground with her lips on his. Spyro's back hit the ground, but as he pushed into the pleasure filled kiss, the pain quickly disappeared. The two closed their eyes, as their bodies shivered happily, glade to finally kiss each other once again. As the two pulled away, they breathed heavily, quickly trying to catch their breaths. Cynder rolled her claw around Spyro's chest, and teased, "You know, Malefor and Carith could tell the Guardians that we are fine while me and you spend some time together. I wouldn't mind doing this for a while."

Spyro draped his wings over Cynder's back, and teased back with a smile, "That sounds amazing. Just me and you, in love. I knew it would happen one day, I just didn't realize how amazing it would be to be with someone so perfect. I guess I should've expect that from my beautiful dragoness."

"Beautiful? What are you trying to say, what are you implying?" Cynder asked with a raised brow, trying not to tear up as this was something she had almost always dreamed of having: Someone who loved her.

Spyro rolled his eyes slowly, and whispered with a smile, "Well, it's just... I'm glade things turned out the way they did. I wish I could've stopped Malefor before he hurt you so bad, and I'm sorry. I'm sorry you had to go through so much yesterday, and I wish I could've taken more then I should've. I hope you're not mad at me for my actions."

"Spyro..." Cynder cried softly, "You're apologizing for a small little mistake? And it wasn't even a mistake. Your body has limits, just like everyone else. You broke past your limits, and in doing so, you protected me, saved me, and made me smile. Why should you be sorry, I should be sorry for being so useless to you. It's because of me that most of your pain happened."

Limits? I need to find a way to break past my limits one day. But enough about that, this is the perfect time to be romantic with Cynder, and I know just how to do it, Spyro thought, as he frowned and took his wings off of Cynder's back, causing her to back off of Spyro with a frown. Spyro stood up, brushing himself off, and walked a couple of steps away, and murmured, "I did protect you Cynder, and in doing so, I broke so much of myself. My bones cried out in pain as I tried to protect you. It was such a painful moment... Cynder... I can't... I can't keep doing this..."

"No! Spyro, I will try to get stronger! I... I can make it up to you!" Cynder cried, taking a step forward, as the way Spyro acted, she was unable to tell he was joking with her.

Spyro turned around, trying to hide his smile, he murmured, "And how can you do that?"

Cynder walked up, stood in front of Spyro, and cried softly with tears, "I... I can do this..."

At first, Cynder slowly pushed her lips against Spyro's. But the thoughts of Spyro's words caused her to push more into the kiss as she closed her eyes. Spyro slowly fell to his back and onto the ground as he pushed into the kiss as well. What do I say to Spyro? This kiss feels so amazing, and I can't help but think that Spyro's telling the truth, Cynder thought, as she slowly pulled away from the kiss, and looked Spyro in his eyes, as he and herself breathed heavily. No! I know Spyro, he just wanted a kiss from me. That innocent looking smile, his handsome face, his beautiful... eyes... his... warm tasting lips... Ugh! Cynder's thoughts were quickly taken over by the desire to kiss Spyro once again, and so she quickly did. Putting her paw on the side of Spyro's cheek, she pushed into the kiss, just as much as Spyro. Once she pulled away, she wiped away a tear, and whispered happily, "I know what you were trying to pull... I love you so much Spyro... And I will give you so much more, I promise. I just... but you're right... I put you through so much: The power you gave me, you saved my life, you made me smile, you broke every bone in your body... I don't... why... why do you need me?"

Cynder took her paw off of Spyro's cheek, as she cried, she tried to back off of Spyro, but he draped his wings over her back, and wrapped his tail around hers as well. I love you so much Cynder. Cynder's eyes widened as she could somehow hear into Spyro's thoughts. If you think I would stop loving you for anything, then I need to spend even more time with you. Even though I should be doing that now. Broken bones can be healed, but if you left me, hated me, you never loved me...? I could never heal from that. So I need to stay strong, so I can keep you happy. A kiss from you is amazing, but all I need is you... Spyro thoughts were cut short as he saw Cynder looking at him with wide eyes of sadness. Oh no! I was to busy thinking of how amazing Cynder was, that I forgot to confront her. I need to do so! Spyro thought, as he already had words that he wanted to tell Cynder to soften her heart. Cynder wanted to stop Spyro, as she had heard enough of his heart warming words, but yet, she wanted to her more, so much more.

"Cynder..." Spyro whispered, putting his paw on the side of Cynder's face, "Thank you for worrying about me, that just shows how much you love me. That's why I worry so much about you, is because I love you so much, and I don't want anything to happen to you. I struggle out there, but when I had you, I knew I had to push through it, for you. To be honest, I broke my whole body to save you, because that's just how much I love you. And I would do it all over again if it meant that you would stay happy, that you would stay with me."

Spyro pulled his head up, and with a small smile, he kissed Cynder's lips with his. The tears she shed, the feelings she felt, only made the kiss so much more enjoyable when she pushed into it, causing Spyro to slowly put his head back down onto the ground. As Cynder slowly pulled away, she struggled to say, "But... Why... you're..."

"This is what life is like when you're with me Cynder, and I'm going to keep it this way. So, I'm going to take you up on that offer on going to our room. But let's check in with the Guardians just in case. There is no telling what Malefor could be telling those three down there," Spyro whispered softly, as he could only imagine what he was talking about.

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"Oh! It was terrible! I woke up, and they were died!" Malefor cried, shacking his head side to side.

"WHAT!" The Guardians all cried in unison.

Malefor rolled on the floor with laughter from the Guardians expressions, as he cried happily, "Oh my... oh my ancestors, that was hilarious. I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I had to do that. But... Haha... the look... the look on Terrador's face... haha..."

The Guardians all growled at Malefor for his actions.

"Who plays like that?" Volteer asked.

"Only my lover," Carith responded, as she rolled her eyes with a smile.

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Spyro went to stand up, as he unwrapped his tail around Cynder's, and took his wings off of her. As he went to stand up, Cynder put her paw on Spyro's chest, and lightly pushed him back down to the ground. Spyro's eyes were wide from Cynder's actions, but he wasn't able to say anything, as his lips were quickly covered with Cynder's. Why is Cynder so amazing, Spyro thought, as Cynder heard, causing her to hold onto the words for another kiss. As the two pulled away, they looked at each other, breathing heavily.

"Spyro... thank you... thank you for everything... I just... I don't know how to repay you," Cynder cried, taking her paw off of Spyro's chest.

"Cynder, you don't need to repay me. Having you in my life is enough, it's all I want... well, that and for you to be happy, safe, alive... there is a lot, but I'm going to make sure it stays this way. I love you, Cynder, and there is nothing that will change that," Spyro whispered honestly, but then, he decide to tease Cynder, "But, I mean, if you want to, my lips feel pretty lonely without yours."

Cynder smiled, as she licked her lips, she purred, "I can fix that."

As Cynder kissed Spyro, both quickly pushed into the kiss, enjoying the pleasure that shocked their bodies. The two slowly pulled away, as the pleasure still surged through their bodies, as they begged for more. Spyro smiled warmly at Cynder and her actions, and whispered, "Let's get this done fast. I would feel better if we kissed in the comfort of our own home, well, room. Kissing in a hallway doesn't exactly sound romantic."

Cynder moved her face closer to Spyro's, causing him to smile with a cute face.

"You better be ready," Cynder whispered, as her breath made Spyro beg to kiss her.

He refrained from doing so, as he knew how much more enjoyable it will be once the two have some real privacy. Cynder backed off of Spyro, allowing him to slowly stand to his paws. As he did, he draped his wing over Cynder's body, and whispered, "Shall we?"

Cynder giggled, as she wrapped her tail around Spyro's, she whispered happily, "We shall."

Spyro smiled at Cynder's words, and whispered, "I love you, so much, Cynder."

"I love you too, Spyro," Cynder whispered, "And... thank you, for not giving up..."

"Wait," Spyro comanded, placing a claw on Cynder's lips, "Save your words until we are in bed. I know that my words will make you smile, and I can't exactly tell you out it here, because I know you'll probably tackle me to the ground and give me another, amazing, warm, kiss."

Spyro pulled his claw, as Cynder nodded. I hope my words will make you happy. After everything that has happened, that's exactly what I'm trying to strive for once again. I hope, that a kiss does come from this. But, it's not a kiss I'm after. I'm actually after, me and Cynder, laying down together, as we snuggle up, telling each other that we love each other... Thank you, Cynder, for staying with me... I never would've been where I am today without you... I love you, Spyro thought, as he looked over to see Cynder wiping away tears with a smile.

"Cynder, are you okay?" Spyro asked.

Cynder smile happily, and cried, "I just, I love you so much Spyro, and I feel like saying it isn't enough. I promise, I will make it up to you. I know what you've said before, but I have to. It's just something I need to do."

Spyro nodded happily, as he was unaware that Cynder was listening to his thoughts this whole time. I'm going to make it happen! But, why is that all Spyro wants? Even after how amazing a kiss feels, he just wants to snuggle up with me... You know what... I'm looking forward to it! It's what I want as well, Cynder cried happily in her thoughts, ready for the night to take over the sky. Spyro walked towards the door with Cynder. As the doors opened, they walked out, and headed for the Guardians chambers.

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"You think you can pull something like that, and get away with it?" Terrador asked, giving Malefor a noogie.

"Alright, alright, I won't ever do that again! I swear!" Malefor cried, pushing Terrador off of him.

Terrador smiled, as he walked back in between the two Guardians. Cyril stood to Terrador's right, and Volteer stood to his left. Malefor was confused, as he didn't see Ignitus, so he decided to ask, "So, I'm, do any of you know where Ignitus is? I want to see if that poor guy is still single."

The Guardians all frowned, as they looked at each other on what to say.

"Um... Malefor... he died," Terrador murmured.

"WHAT!" Malefor cried.

"Got you!" Terrador joked.

"You son of a..."

"Well, he did die, but he's fine. He will probably show up at some point... I hope, seems how he didn't show up in the middle of the battle when we needed him the most!" Terrador called out all over the chambers, hoping Ignitus would show his red face again.

"What's the matter, you couldn't holed off against a couple of those dark forces?" Malefor asked with a raised brow.

"A couple, you brought hundreds, thousands!" Terrador defended himself, as he knew Malefor was trying to call him weak.

"What? What do you mean? I only brought a couple, like maybe a hundred. I just needed them to distract you all while I took care of Spyro... but please... please understand that this was the dark master's plan, and not mine. I would never hurt Spyro, or Cynder, or any one close to me," Malefor explained, begging for their forgiveness.

"Malefor, it's okay. To be honest, it's actually kinda good to know what the dark master was thinking. Now we know why he did what he did," Terrador comforted Malefor, assuring him he was safe, "But, are you sure it was only about around hundred? Because there was so many, we needed the civilians help to fend them off."

"I'm sure of it. From the way you described it, It's like, someone else was controlling my dark army... nah, I probably just brought a lot more the I thought... I hope. But we shouldn't worry about it. Now that the dark master is gone, so should the dark creatures. So, we shouldn't really worry to much," Malefor explained, somewhat fearful, as he knew for certain that he only brought a few dark creatures.

"Oh please, there is plenty to worry about with you," Cyril joked, straying away from the conversation of the dark master, "I can only imagine what kind of pranks you have planned. And now that you have Spyro, there is no telling what kind of trouble you two will get into."

Malefor chuckled, wishing it were true, but he explained sadly, "I wish that would be true, but my had Spyro aren't exactly the best of friends. Our friendship is complicated, but I hope that we can move past the, well, past, and become friends. What do you guys think, will Spyro one day see me as his friend?"

"I think maybe you should be asking yourself, why hasn't Spyro put my head through a wall," Volteer cut in, "Honestly, if you two weren't friends, he would've hurt you a lot worse then he has."

"My jaw begs to differ," Malefor grumbled.

"Well, it could be worse," Cyril smiled with positivity.

"Yeah, what could be worse then waking up to almost getting murdered," Malefor explained, causing the Guardians to listen with wide eyes, "Yeah, let's just say, I didn't wake up to Carith's tail blade. Once we got out of the room, I took a pretty good punch to the side of the face... Wait... Carith, whose side are you on?"

Carith looked at Malefor with a raised brow, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"He punched me, twice, and then you threaten to leave me? Like... Ouch. In my head, I was like, 'Oh yeah, my love totally has this covered', 'You won't get kissed for an hour'. What? I thought we had something... But apparently you had a change of heart last night," Malefor murmured, as he looked away from Carith with a frown.

Carith put her paw on the side of Malefor's face, and faced him back to her. She quickly kissed Malefor with a smile, causing the Guardians to all blush, but they were glade they were once again able to see Malefor so happy with Carith. As the two pulled away, Carith pulled her paw down, and smiled at Malefor. Malefor tried to keep his frown, but the smile on Carith's face made him smile.

"No, I'm mad at you," Malefor shrugged, trying not to smile, but he failed.

"Come on, you know you want another," Carith teased.

"No I don't," Malefor grumbled, looking away with a big smile.

"Then I guess you don't want me," Carith purred, causing Malefor to turn back and face her.

"You know I want you. I want you very badly," Malefor whispered, as he nuzzled Carith's cheek with his.

"Nasty, just nasty," Spyro called out, as he walked into the Guardians chambers with Cynder to his right.

Everyone focused their attention over to Spyro, happy to see he was alive and well with Cynder. Malefor looked over at Cynder, and explained to Spyro with a smile, "You know Spyro, one day, you're going to he doing the same to Cynder. And I'm sure you're going to enjoy it."

The two blushed as they sat next to Malefor, so Spyro growled, "What me and Cynder do is none of your business!"

"What you two do? Spyro, what are implying?" Malefor joked with him, knowing how embarrassing it was for the both of them.

"Shut up, Malefor! It's nothing like that. Me and Cynder didn't do anything," Spyro growled, looking Malefor in the eyes, trying to tell him to shut up before something else happened.

"Not yet, but when you do..."

"You won't be alive to see it," Spyro growled, placing his claw underneath Malefor's neck.

Everyone shivered, scared as to what Spyro would do, especially since they know how much he hates Malefor. Cynder placed her paw on Spyro's shoulder, hoping he wasn't serious. Spyro watched as Carith looked at him with a hopeful smile. He chuckled, and decided it was his turn to get his revenge, "Speaking of, Malefor, I read about your past."

Spyro pulled his claw back down, causing Cynder to pull her paw away from Spyro's shoulder. Everyone looked at him with confusion, knowing there was nothing in Malefor's past that was embarrassing. Spyro stole a peek at Carith, before saying to Malefor, "That reminds me of something that I read. When everything was said and done, and me and Cynder went to sleep, at one point, I actually woke up. I was curious to know about your thoughts, so, I looked through some of the pages from the months you were with Carith. And the thought I found... Oh, they were good."

"Spyro, wait. I didn't say anything about you and Cynder, I only implied," Malefor explained, as he thought he knew about what Spyro was talking about.

"Yeah, you implied, but I'm not going to," Spyro shrugged off Malefor's words, and continued to explain with a smile, "At one point, you two were sleeping in bed, and as you two were kissing, Malefor had thoughts. Malefor, would you like to tell Carith, or should I? Oh, I wonder."

Malefor started to sweat from Spyro's words. He even started to chuckle nervously, as he asked Spyro with a deep, deep, whisper, "You're... you're not talking about the night I thought of... you know... mating?"

The word made the two blush, but Spyro smiled, and responded, "Oh yeah, those thoughts."

"Spyro, please, that's something I want to discuss with Carith. I know we were only together for about a couple weeks at that time, but we and Carith were hitting it off so quickly, I was thinking to far. Plus, I was twenty-five years of age," Malefor begged in a whisper, hoping there was something he could do.

"Well, someone is going to pay, and I know what you said to Cynder," Spyro whispered.

"What did I say?" Malefor asked with a raised brow.

"You told Cynder to say goodbye to me," Spyro growled.

"That wasn't me, honest," Malefor quickly defended himself, causing everyone to look at him with confused looks.

Spyro sighed, and looked at the Guardians, and asked, "So, who was the one that decided it would be a good idea to make Cynder say goodbye to me,"

"Terrador!" The two Guardians quickly responded, as they quickly back away from Terrador

"Mother... Spyro, I can explain," Terrador quickly said, as sweat quickly formed all over his body, "I knew what could happen if Cynder would've turned, and I was just trying to prevent that."

"Okay, Cynder gets an excuse, and Carith, but the rest of you: Not once did you bother to see if I was breathing, and, Terrador, I know the other Guardians were in on it. But, I have to say, I'm disappointed. You weren't trying to help Cynder, you were trying to help yourselves so you wouldn't have to deal with Cynder," Spyro pointed out, causing the Guardians to frown from their mistakes.

Spyro looked at Malefor, and said, "And you... well... I don't know to say to you. You just cause most of my problems in life, and trying to point all of them out would take away from my time with Cynder. Just, don't be stupid next time and leave your love. Because if you do, I will break your jaw. Just be lucky I was holding back."

"You were holding back?!" Malefor cried.

Spyro was confused with his words, and explained, "Well, yeah. I was even holding back during our fight. Part of me wanted to save you, so I had to holed back. Why, did the punch hurt? Because I wasn't really trying."

Everyone looked at Spyro with wide eyes, but Malefor quickly responded so he didn't look weak, "No, it just stung... a lot."

Just how powerful is Spyro, Everyone thought. Spyro looked back at everyone, and explained with a smile, "Look, everything, and everyone is fine. Just learn from your mistakes, that's all I'm saying. I forgive you all. But who I don't forgive, is my father! Come on, party's over you little wuss! I need to have some words with you!"

"Father, but, I thought..."

Malefor's words were cut short, as a voice echoed throughout the hallway and into the Guardians Chambers, "I'm sorry, but I swear, I will make it up to you!"

Everyone looked over to the right side of the Guardians Chambers to see a big blue Dragon emerge from out of the darkness. He smiled at everyone, and said with hope, "I hope everyone is okay. I swear I will explain everything, but I'm glade to see you all are fine."

Everyone smiled at Ignitus's arrival, except for Carith, as she was confused why the Chronicler was here. But Malefor, his emotions on the situation were much worse. Why... Why is he here! Malefor growled in his thoughts, as he slowly walked up to Ignitus. Malefor's body tensed from anger, as he growled, "You Bastard! After what you did, you walk up without a care in the world! After what you did!"

"Malefor, wait!" Terrador cried.

Spyro clenched his teeth, and growled, "I knew he was still evil!"

Spyro walked over to Malefor, but was quickly stopped by Cynder's cry, "Spyro, wait!"

Malefor raised his paw to the Chronicler, causing the Guardians to cry, "Malefor" "Wait" "He's Not..."

"Malefor!" A voice cried.

The voice echoed all through the room, causing everyone to freeze and look over at the source of the voice. Malefor turned his head around to see Carith shivering like crazy. Malefor shivered as well from the sight, as he watched Carith's tears fall down her face and onto the ground.

"Not again... please... never again," Carith cried, stuttering from her fears that consumed her mind.

The thoughts she remembered of the dark master only made the fears inside stronger. Carith looked to the ground, closing her eyes to try and not think of the dark thoughts. Malefor wanted nothing more then to kill the Chronicler, but the need to comfort his beloved was stronger then any of his other emotions. Malefor snarled, not looking back at the Chronicler, he walked back over to his beloved. As he sat down next to her, he draped both of his wings around her body, and put his head over Carith's, causing her to move her head down to his heart. Carith listen to his heartbeat, and then, his words that he whispered with soft ease, "I promised I would never leave you ever again. It's going to be alright, Carith, I'm here for you, and I always will be... I love you."

The room was silent, as the only thing that was heard were the cries of Carith. Malefor closed his eyes, shedding a tear from his mistake. Damn Chronicler! He tries to take Carith away from me again... Damn it... I can't do anything! Malefor growled in his thoughts. Spyro took a step towards Malefor, but Cynder whispered, "Spyro..."

Spyro looked at Cynder with a smile, and whispered back, "I'm going to make you proud. I just hope that me making you proud will get me a reward. A kiss perhaps?"

Cynder nodded happily at Spyro's words, and whispered happily, "Then a kiss is waiting for you."

Spyro smiled happily, turning around to face Malefor, he quickly changed his attitude from happiness to being serious. As Spyro approached Malefor, he opened his eyes hearing his steps. Malefor looked at Spyro, sighed sadly, and cried softly, "Spyro, I'm sorry... please... I just... I need to comfort Carith... please let me do so."

"I'm not hear to judge you, or even to hurt you, I'm here to help you," Spyro explained, with a small smile to make him feel a little better.

Malefor looked at Spyro with wide eyes, feeling as if he was being lied to. So instead of letting his feelings bother him, he asked, "But... Why help me?"

Spyro sighed somewhat, as he didn't really want to explain, as he knew Malefor would pick on him.

"Well, just like you, this situation is like the situation I'm having. The Chronicler is basically you, and because my anger flares up when I see you, I hurt Cynder... kind of like how you hurt Carith. But I'm not saying it was your fault. I'm helping you out, because Carith helped me, so I want to help her back by helping you. You see the help?" Spyro explained, somewhat chuckling at the amount of helping that was involved in his sentence.

Malefor chuckled with him, and thanked, "Thank you Spyro. But, how are you going to help me?"

"I know you're still angry, and if you were to talk, you'd only growl in the process, which could scare Carith. So, just tell me what you what me to ask the Chronicler, and I will make it happen," Spyro explained.

Malefor nodded, and whispered to Spyro, causing everyone to get suspicious. Carith didn't care what they were whispered about, just as long as her beloved didn't turn once again, she was fine. After Malefor was done whispered to Spyro, Spyro looked over to the Chronicler, and asked, "Why are you here now?"

The Chronicler cleared his throat, and explained, "Well, Malefor, I'm not actually the Chronicler."

Malefor looked up at the Chronicler, confused, he tried not to fall for his tricks. Ignitus rolled his eyes with a smile. Raising his paw up, he snapped his finger. His body began to glow white, then to red. As everyone watched, his body transformed back into his original self. His blue scales flipped over into red ones, while the rest of his body followed in the transformation. Everyone was wide eyed, but mainly Malefor, as he had no idea it was Ignitus. Carith slowly moved her head over a little to look at Ignitus.

"Ignitus...?" Malefor mumbled.

"Malefor...?" Ignitus asked with a small smile, "So, now that I'm back to myself, I'm sure you will have no problems in asking me any question. But just to get one out of the way, no, you can't kill the Chronicler because he's already died. Well, he fused with my body, that's why I look different."

"But why show your face now!" Cynder cried, walking up to Spyro's side, as she couldn't hold back her thoughts any longer, "You could've easily saved Spyro, you could've saved him, and Volteer, but you didn't! And we had to live through hell because of it!"

Ignitus frowned, as he apologized, "I'm sorry, to everyone, and I swear I will make it up to you all."

Spyro pecked Cynder on the cheek to try and calm her down, which worked just a little, as she knew she still had him.

"So, the reason behind all of the failures in the future, was actually all because of me," Ignitus explained, as everyone looked at him with wide eyes and different emotions, he continued to explain, "My emotions to keep my son happy, which is Spyro by the way, Malefor. He's not my real son, but he still is to me."

Malefor smiled at Ignitus, and said happily, "Well, I did tell you to have a family, and I guess having a son counts. But of everyone to have, how come I couldn't be your son?"

"I was in almost the same age as you, and if I had a son that was almost the same age as me, that would get strange real quick. Plus, I thought at one point, you said you didn't want to be my son. I even asked if you could help me in how to raise a son, and you said Volteer is the biggest hatchling of us all, try and ask him," Ignitus explained, chuckling at the memories.

"That's why you asked if I could play your son for the day?" Volteer asked with a raised brow, "Oh, and Malefor, bite me. You were a little hatchling crying all over the place from our training, which wasn't even that hard."

"Terrador dropped a boulder on my arm! Cyril pierced my skin with ice shards! And you stopped my heart! The only thing you probably did to Spyro was, Oh, fight this, and Oh, fight that, which wasn't even that difficult!" Malefor fought back, feeling offended by his choice of words.

"You're right, you weren't that hard to fight, Malefor. They totally gave me the easy job," Spyro joked, raising a brow at Malefor as he smiled.

Malefor looked over at him, scuffed, and quickly tried to change the conversation, "What does this have to do with what Ignitus was talking about? Ignitus, please continue with your words. I'm sorry, almost everyone around here is so rude."

Some chuckled, while others rolled their eyes with smiles. Ignitus was one to chuckle, but after he was done, he continued to explain, "But, because I wanted to protect Spyro so badly, I would actually end up killing him or someone else. Here is an example: You saw how mad you got when you saw me, correct? Well, how would you feel if I just showed up in the middle of the fight, without Carith?"

Malefor sighed sadly, knowing he would have to bring up his other side, "I probably would've killed you."

"And that's why showing up was a bad idea, and no other Ignitus would sit back and watch the hell that happened. When you saw me, the anger you felt quickly boiled up to the maximum, and you tried everything to kill me, and that's why there is a different Chronicler for every future. It's either Cyril, Volteer, or Terrador, that became the new Chronicler. And, the reason Carith was never alive in any of the futures was my fault as well," Ignitus explained, catching his breath at the explanation, wishing Volteer was the Chronicler so he could shorten his sentence.

"And how is that?" Malefor asked, "How did Carith come back? Carith died. She had... no heart beat... no breath... no anything. And we couldn't do anything."

Carith pulled her head back, as she heard Malefor struggling. Malefor looked at Carith, and the two smiled at each other, before pushing into heart warming kiss. Spyro blushed as the two kissed, and so did everyone else. Cynder shrugged, as she quickly looked at Spyro, and kissed him. The Guardians as well as Ignitus, looked in opposition direction to not look at them kiss. Unfortunately, Volteer looked in the same direction as Cyril. Cyril caught a glimpse of Volteer, and blurted out, "I'm not going to kiss you!"

Volteer blushed even harder, as he decided to quickly look down. The four pulled away, and looked at each other with smiles. The Guardians looked back, but they were surprised to see Spyro and Cynder had kissed. Terrador was the only one who really saw this coming, and since he already knew, Cyril decided to ask, "So... when did this happen... and how? I mean, if you don't mind me asking."

Cynder looked at Spyro with a raised brow, a blush, and a smile, remembering the entire moment. As she remembered thoughts of wanting to tackling Spyro to the ground and kiss him floated all around her mind. But she tried not to let her emotions take over, as the Guardians were standing right there, along with everyone else. Spyro blushed, and with a small sigh and a smile, he explained, "Well, the worst part was finding out that you all told Cynder to let go of me. But the best part, was when me and Cynder laid there together: She wanted to know why I would risk my life to protect her, and as I told her, I kissed her at the end of my sentence. Love is pretty amazing... especially now that I can kiss Cynder to sleep, and tell her I love her every night."

"Oh, look at you, mushy mushy," Malefor teased, causing the Guardians and Ignitus to chuckle.

"Says the one that said that, 'Oh let's be evil tonight. And once we do, I'm going to tackle you to the ground so you can't escape...'"

"Alright! Alright, you made your point," Malefor cried, as he interrupted Spyro.

Malefor put his paw on his face with embarrassment from Spyro's words, he knew everyone now remembered that moment. Carith giggled, and whispered, "You know, you don't have to be embarrassed. To be honest, I was looking forward to it."

"Woo, hold up," Spyro stumbled, blushing at Carith's words just as bad as everyone else.

Cynder smiled, and whispered to tease Spyro, "You know, now that we are in love, I would love to see if you can be romantic. Maybe doing something like that would be pretty romantic, and I know, we would have a lot of fun."

Spyro blushed, now putting his paw on his face.

Cynder giggled, and asked, "What, you don't want to be romantic?"

"Ancestors, this is awkward," Terrador whispered, feeling just as embarrassed as everyone else.

"Cynder, is it okay if we talk about this more in our room. Talking about something that personal right now is really embarrassing for the both of us. I can see the blush on your face, but, if you want to, we can talk about it more now," Spyro whispered, putting his paw back down, trying to stop the conversation, but to also try and make Cynder happy.

Cynder quickly nodded, as she realised her words.

"But... can we?" Cynder whispered, as she was looking forward to looking in Spyro's eyes, and kissing each other as the day went by.

"I promise, we will talk about this more in our room," Spyro promised, causing Cynder to nod once again, as she knew a promise from him would stay true.

"Carith, you know how to embarrass me," Malefor whispered, not actually being rude, so he smiled to try and show her.

Carith giggled, and whispered back, "And you know how to make me smile. To be honest, I didn't mean for it to sound like that, but, I'm not lying. Hint, hint."

Malefor rolled his eyes with his smile and his blush, and whispered, "If you won't embarrass me like that for the rest of the day then I think I can make your wish come true."

Carith let a tear fall down her face, as she thought, Thank the Ancestors... I... I miss him so much. As Carith was in her thoughts, Ignitus joined in, "I know why you embarrassed him Carith, you just miss him, and having all of this back, you don't want to lose it," Ignitus said happily, "You were always the one who didn't really care about saying things like this, because you want Malefor's love." "Yeah, it was embarrassing, but, the thought of losing him again... I don't ever want it to happen again. I love him so much," Carith cried, not realising that tears were failing out her eyes. "It's because of you he is happy. Don't worry Carith, now that I'm the new Chronicler, I'm going to try and fix the mistakes the other Chronicler made. And look at it this way, there is another very, very powerful purple dragon in this room that can protect you when Malefor's away... which... I know for a fact will never happen again," Ignitus assured Carith, getting her to smile. But instead of smiling, she had other thoughts that she had to ask Ignitus, "Ignitus, will, will Malefor ever turn again? Even if he is with me, what if the dark master comes back, what if I can't save him?" Spyro and Malefor were laughing amongst each other, until Spyro saw sadness and tears run down Carith's face.

"Malefor..." Spyro nudged his head towards Carith, causing Malefor to look at her with confusion and sadness.

"Carith...?" Malefor whispered.

She broke from her thoughts from her lovers words, and looked at him in the eyes. Malefor smiled warmly at her, and whispered softly to calm her down, "It's going to be okay, I promise. I'm never going to leave you like that ever again. You're back, Ignitus is back, everyone is back. And now, we even have two new additions, amazing one's at that. There is nothing to worry about, a promise."

Malefor placed his paw on Carith's cheek as he spook to soften her heart with happiness. "I don't know Carith, you tell me, will Malefor ever turn again?" Ignitus asked with a smile. Carith giggled at Malefor, and responded to Ignitus, "No, of course not! He knows what would happen, he knows, how to make me happy. I love him, and I trust him."

Malefor smiled at Carith's giggle, but something in his gut was scared of the truth. He turned to look at Ignitus, and asked, "Ignitus, I'm as scared as everyone else, but, this feels like a dream. Going back, there is no way Carith was able to survive. I'm not complaining, Ancestors no. But, what if this is like before? I was at the dragon temple, and Carith appeared, and just as soon as she appeared, she was gone. What if... what if this happens again?!"

"Malefor, I was the one who caused that fake Carith you saw. I had hopes it would calm you down, which it did, for a little. And it showed me just how easy Carith could save you. So, I tried everything I could to bring her back, but, here is the funny thing, it's actually Spyro who saved Carith," Ignitus explained.

"What?!" Everyone asked, looking over at Spyro.

Spyro chuckled as he joked to Malefor, "Looks like you owe me another one."

Everyone looked back at Ignitus, desperate to know how.

"Here is another funny part... huh... Malefor, you were never very good at paying attention were you?" Ignitus joked.

Malefor raised a brow, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"When you tried to save Carith, you didn't fully twist the hourglass, you only twisted it sideways by like seventy five percent. You were supposed to completely flip it all the way around," Ignitus explained, "So, the time power the Chronicler gave you, well he took it, I'm sure you know of this. Well, that power he took from you, he gave to Spyro, he lost it, but then I gave it back to him. Although, he didn't completely take all the power away. Because you were so close to Spyro, the time power in Spyro's body was reacting to yours. And because of this reaction, your power got to Spyro's time power. So, every time he healed someone with the time power, the half tilted hour glass would tilt more and more. When Spyro healed Cynder, it twisted up to about eighty five percent. Then, when Spyro healed Sparks, it completely twisted. It seems that the time power was ready to finish it's job."

Everyone took in the information, but something still didn't seem right, as everyone knew what it was.

"But still, Carith wasn't breathing, there was no heart beat. That means she... she didn't... I can't say it. But you know what I mean. How did the time power work, even though at that point, there was no way?" Malefor asked, somewhat struggling to ask, but he needed answers to be sure.

"When the time power is tilted to the side, your body is placed into a coma. And because it does this, the power makes the body look died. So, the only one who knew that Carith was still alive was herself. It's supposed to work as a defense. Think about it, If you see a dead body, sorry for the image, would you keep hitting it, or run away from it? It's dead, you think your job is done, and that's what the time power was supposed to do. So, that day you healed Carith, she was never dead, she was just in a coma. And, because of this defense, you couldn't hear nor feel Carith's heart beat, or even breath," Ignitus explained, taking a huge sigh at everything he was explaining.

"Need me to take over?" Volteer asked with a raised brow, "You know there was an easier way to shorten that story of yours."

Ignitus chuckled at Volteer's offer. Malefor was excited, glade to hear Carith was going to be alright, but fear completely consumed him, as he quickly asked, "Wait, so that means, if Spyro uses his time ability again, the hour glass will keep moving inside her body, and it could place her back in a coma?!"

"No, no, no, of course not. Here, think of it this way. When you're twisting a door knob, it can only go so far before it stops. That's basically what the time power was doing: Spyro was twisting it until it finally wasn't able to twist anymore. And plus, if that were true, then that would mean that Carith would be in a coma right now, because Spyro also had to heal Volteer with his time ability as well," Ignitus explained, seeing Malefor's face light up with joy, glade to know everything was alright.

"Thank the ancestors! But... I just can't help but feel as if this is a dream. Everything turned out okay, but... OW!"

Everyone shivered at Malefor's random out burst. Malefor looked behind himself to see Spyro stabbing him with his tail blade into his tail. Malefor whimpered, and cried, "Ow... why... what did I do."

"Does this pain feel like a dream?" Spyro asked with a raised brow.

"No! It feels like pain! It feels like some purple idiot is stabbing my tail!" Malefor growled his response.

"You're way weaker then I thought," Spyro joked with a smile.

Malefor growled, and jumped out of the way. As he avoided Carith, growled, "You want to go!"

Spyro couldn't help but smile, as he jumped back. He avoided Cynder, and growled at him happily, "Sure, come on, throw down! I beat your face into the ground last time, and I can do it again!"

The two growled at each other, as small smiles appeared on their faces. Cynder and Carith looked at each other, as they giggled, they smiled. The two walked next to their lover's side, and whispered to them.

"If you fight, you will miss out on this, kiss," Carith whispered, pecking the side of Malefor's cheek, "If you fight, a kiss on the cheek is all I can give you, but, if you come with me, I'm sure I will be doing you, and your lips, a favor."

Malefor eyes widened at Carith's words

"Spyro, now that we are in love, I was hoping me and you could cuddle up together in our bed, kissing each other on the lips while we tell each other we love one another," Cynder teased, already seeing Spyro had made up his mind, "But, if you fight, none of that will happen today."

Spyro chuckled with a blush, as he walked up to Malefor. Malefor walked up towards Spyro, and the two stood in front of each other's with smiles. The two moved their tail blades up, and placed them one another's chest.

"There is, uh, sometimes more important that I came up. We shall continue this later," Malefor said with a smile.

"Yeah, same here. Let's finish this some other day," Spyro joined in, knowing there was no way he would miss time to spend with Cynder.

As the two pulled their tail blades back down to the ground, Spyro chuckled. He looked over to Ignitus, and joked, "You know, this is the second time you've let me bleed out on the floor. I kinda feel like you owe me one."

"What could I possibly give you? You have Cynder already," Ignitus said with a smile.

Spyro chuckled with a blush, as he agreed, "Yeah, Cynder is pretty amazing."

Cynder looked at Spyro with a raised brow and a smile, and asked, "Pretty amazing, huh? What are trying to get from me you purple handsomeness."

Spyro looked at her with a cute looking face with smile, and his tongue hanging out the side of his mouth. Cynder giggled at his actions, and moved up to kiss him on his lips. As they were kissing, Malefor looked to Ignitus for some answers, "So, Carith really is alive? But, there is so much I'm afraid of Ignitus. What if it happens again, what if there are after affects, what if... what if I lose her again?"

"Malefor, breath. I know what you could be feeling right now, but I assure you, Carith is fine. Like I said, it was just a coma. And trust me, I would've loved to help, but the anger you had towards the Chronicler would've gotten everyone killed, no matter what I did," Ignitus explained, trying to get Malefor to breath, as Spyro and Cynder pulled away, and listened to his words, "I know it's hard to believe, trust me, from where I was, I didn't believe it either. Just, if you don't won't that to happen ever again, don't ever leave Carith ever again."

Malefor nodded, taking in, and learning from his words. He knew he would never leave Carith ever again after what happened, but it still helped to soften his mind to ease. Listening to Ignitus's words, he wondered, why didn't he save Carith himself, "Ignitus, if you knew Carith was put into a coma by the time power, why didn't you just save her?"

"That, I can't tell you. When I asked the previous Chronicler to help, he was able to use his time power to bring that creature back. But when I tried, not even an hour glass would appear from Carith's body. But I watched back as the time power lit Carith's body up for a couple of seconds and she woke up. I need to do some more research," Ignitus explained, as even he didn't have a straight answer for Spyro's question.

Spyro yawned, and as he stretched out his body, he asked, "So, what now? Because honestly, sleep. And I'm pretty sure after the butt kicking I gave Malefor, I'm sure he needs one as well."

Malefor rolled his eyes at Spyro's words.

"Well, for once, this just might be a free day off to do nothing but hang around. I'm going to stay as well, as all the work I needed to get done is, well, done. So, if any of you want to talk to me, I will be right here with the others: Catching up on a lot of missed time," Ignitus explained, walking over towards the other Guardians.

Volteer moved over a little to allow Ignitus to stand next to him and Terrador. Everyone smiled, glade to see everything was finally fine, but as silence filled the room, thoughts filled Spyro's mind. And since Ignitus was there, he decided he would continue to ask more questions in order to clear his mind, "Wait, Ignitus. That actually makes me think. Before, you told me: If by killing Malefor, I would also be killing someone else's life. What did you mean by that? Did you know Carith would come back to life, or, awaken from her coma?"

"The thought crossed my mind. I didn't know Carith was in a coma. The only thing I knew for sure, was Malefor was still alive. I was hoping of the possibility that I could find a way to bring Carith back, so I needed to find a way for you to not kill Malefor. So, I told you of Carith, hoping that you could at least find a way to help Malefor long enough for me to find a way to bring her back... well, enough time to wake her up," Ignitus explained, remembering back to the old times.

"You do realize, all you had to say was: If you killed Malefor, Cynder would hate you forever. I'm sure that would've convinced Spyro. Especially since I'm guessing you two weren't in love at that point," Malefor joked, knowing that Spyro would do everything to not let that happen, "The Guardians, and that other old bastard were in on a joke: If I spent more time training then I did with Carith, I wouldn't be so weak. Needless to say, I still kicked everyone to the ground."

Almost everyone chuckled, as Spyro and Cynder weren't their to live that memory. It felt good to Spyro, knowing he could finally sit down and have a conversation with the Guardians, but he never expected to be having one with the dark master. He shook the dark master out of his mind, knowing that he needed to start trusting Malefor more, and to start calling him by that name, and not his other, more difficult, name. As he was done with one thought, he moved into another, and asked Ignitus, "There was a lot I wasn't able to ask you before, as seeing you again was really the only thing I was thinking about once I saw you again. But, back then, Cynder's nightmares. How exactly was I able to prevent them?"

Ignitus chuckled as he explained, "Well, I know you were trying to be romantic with the whole, protecting Cynder in your dreams, Speech. But I actually gave you that power. But only when you are with her, will it be able to work. As your bodies... touch, so does your mind, allowing you to see and feel what Cynder is feeling. That's why when the Guardians split you up, Cynder had a nightmare that you couldn't help her with."

"You split them up? Come on guys, didn't you learn from when you did that to me?" Malefor asked with a raised brow, sad that it had once again happened to someone else, "Let me guess, you guys are still on about the whole, 'we were to lazy thing'? I remember when you had an inspirational speech, and you still used that same bull excuse."

"What do you mean?" Spyro asked.

"The Guardians told me why they did it to me. They said that they didn't want me getting to attached to Carith, because they were afraid that if she were to leave me, I would turn into him. But what I want to know, is what their excuse was for you two. So, what is it?" Malefor asked, feeling as if the Guardians weren't as helpful as he thought.

Spyro looked at the Guardians, angry, as the memory of that moment still haunted him as Cynder's words were just as much painful. The Guardians looked at each other, sad to answer. Ignitus spared them the pain, and decided to answer for them, "They were afraid that Cynder was her old self. And actually, Terrador told them that, and Volteer and Cyril didn't know the real reason. After that night, Terrador started to feel worse and worse. So, once you guys returned from your trip from my place, he woke them up and told then the truth."

"What? Why? You both saw me walk in with her, and we were both fine and happy. Why would you think of that?" Spyro asked, now wishing he could change that moment with his words before something happened.

"Well, Spyro, I knew you two were going to fight the dark master, but I also knew what kind of holed he has on Cynder. So, when you came back, we didn't really know everything that had happened. What if some kind of darkness was in her mind that would cause her to change over time? What if Malefor poisoned Cynder to the point of killing her, even though she has her own poison ability? I needed to be sure, and I'm sorry Spyro, deeply, I am," Terrador explained, as he cleared up the confusion, knowing that all those times, they had to lie to each other, as well as Spyro.

"And why didn't you just tell me that?" Spyro asked.

"Because I saw the emotions you had towards Cynder, and by telling you that, I had feared that I would only make things worse. And while you were gone, I came up with the idea to tell the other Guardians a different plan, instead of telling them the truth behind it. I knew that I had to choose the wrong option, but it was to make sure of your safety," Terrador explained, shaking his head sadly from his past actions, knowing that either way they put it, he still messed up.

"Forget my safety, what about Cynder's? Come on Terrador, if you saw the emotions I had towards Cynder, then you should've known that putting me with Cynder would've been the best option. The only think I can say is: You should be lucky I have Cynder. I was planning on putting you all through a painful session, or, I guess a training session. After all, apparently I would be doing Malefor a favor, seems how everything you guys put him through, well mainly Terrador," Spyro stayed calmed as he uttered his words to the Guardians, showing that everything as still fine between them.

"I promise Spyro, I'm very sorry. It will never happen again," Terrador promised.

"Huh, that's what you said to me and Carith. Somebody is lying," Malefor joked.

The Guardians rolled their eyes with smiles, remembering the same mistake, as well as the actions it took to get everything fixed. Spyro looked away from the Guardians, and to everyone's surprise, he looked at Malefor, and started to ask him question, "So, tell me, do you remember things about being the dark master?"

Malefor frowned, but responded, "Unfortunately... I do."

"I wanted to know something, why did you put that chain on me and Cynder? If me and Cynder were split, you probably would've had a better chance to win. Why is that?" Spyro asked, wondering if his thoughts on the situation were correct.

"Well, even when the dark master was present, I was still as well. When making the chain, it was meant for Cynder in order to keep her in my chambers, so I could control her to... kill... once again. But, as he was making the chain, thoughts of Carith clouded my mind as I watched you two frozen in the crystal. So, instead, I made it so you both could work together to survive. In the little time I took over, I convinced a couple dark creatures to make sure that you two were together. Once he took control again, it was to late for him to do anything, so you two were now together," Malefor explained, shivering at the moments that he had to relive in his thoughts.

Carith calmed him down a little by giving him a small peck on his cheek. Malefor smiled, and thank warmly, "Thank you, Carith."

"There is plenty more to go on your lips later. I know it was difficult for you, and I'm sorry you had to go through all of that alone. But I'm here for you now, and I promise, I'm not going to go anywhere," Carith whispered softly, calming Malefor down, as the two smiled at each other.

Malefor looked at the Guardians, and decided it was finally time to make his apology that he wanted to make sure to make to everyone, "I'm sorry, to you all. I know I should've never put you through the times I did. Volteer, I'm sorry for the loss of your parents, and I wish, and hope, there is something I can do to make it up to you."

Volteer sighed sadly at the memories, but he quickly shared his demand, "Be as amazing as my parents were. I've lost my parents, but I don't want to lose my brother's, and your one of them. Just don't do the things you did before: Don't let the dark master take over."

Malefor nodded happily, and continued with his apology as he looked over to Cynder, "I'm sorry to you most of all Cynder, for everything that I put you through, the pain and suffering of everything, everyone, that I made you kill. Please don't hold that to yourself, you never did it over your own actions."

Cynder smiled at Malefor, as she stole a peak at Spyro's face, she assured him, "Thanks to a special purple dragon named Spyro, I've been doing a lot better with everything. He helped me through it, and with his wings around me, and his soft words, it made the pain from my past disappear."

Spyro looked at Cynder with a smile, but still the thoughts of what the dark master did still haunted his mind with rage. Malefor nodded with a smile as he continued his apology, "I also wanted to apologize because it felt like I used you to get back with the Guardians, and it made me feel terrible. I don't want to do that anymore, and I never should've done it. I hope you can forgive me stupid actions towards you helping me."

"It's alright, I promise. I wanted to help you, and in doing so, you took the chance you had to get back with the Guardians. I don't holed you against it," Cynder comforted Malefor with her words, causing him to smile, glade to hear.

Spyro wasn't so glade, as the apology that Malefor gave to everyone made him remember everything that he put everyone through. I shouldn't be mad, I know it wasn't him, but it happened! And it happened from him! He started all of this! I know I should trust Carith's words, but he got off to easy. I should've shot my convexity at him when I had the chance, Spyro growled in his thoughts, causing a small growl to escape from his mouth. Cynder looked over at Spyro, wondering what was bothering him so badly.

"Spyro, are you okay?" Cynder asked.

listening to Spyro's thoughts, Ignitus knew what he was thinking, but rather then saying something, he wanted to see what would happen. Strange, I wonder why Spyro is acting this way. I know he probably still has hate towards Malefor, but he would never scare Cynder, Ignitus thought to himself. Spyro growled, clenching his fist, as he thought, He's right in front of me, I should just do it! A nice punch to the teeth to knock him out... But, what about Carith? What about, Cynder? She's standing right beside me. Spyro eased off, as he still wasn't feeling a hundred percent.

"Spyro?" Cynder whispered.

Malefor knew what it was about: It was about him. Spyro sighed sadly, and murmured to Cynder, "I'm sorry, I'm just, I'm not feeling like myself... Cynder, I know what has happened, and the whole thing with Malefor, and Carith... it's a lot. I think it would be best if I just took a break."

"What?!" Everyone cried.

"Spyro... what do you mean?" Cynder asked, trying not to think of it.

Something isn't right, Ignitus thought, although, from the sounds of everyone else's thoughts, he knew he wasn't alone. Spyro turned away from Cynder, and murmured again to her, "I've just been in a lot of pain, and I think having sometime to myself is what is best. Just for all of today."

Cynder stood stiff, as Spyro's words echoed throughout her mind, Alone, for all of today! No one knew what to do, as Spyro's actions were rather shocking, even Ignitus couldn't quite figure it out, and he knew all of his thoughts. Spyro slowly started to walk away, which was short lived, as the first step he took, he was quickly tackled the ground, and embraced into a kiss. Everyone blushed at the sight of Cynder on top of Spyro, but they wanted to know what was wrong with him. As Cynder pulled away, she begged, "Spyro, please, not a day! I can't even go a minute without seeing your handsome face. Especially after today, I need you. Don't..."

Cynder's words were cut short, as Spyro was the one to pull her into a kiss as he raised his head up. Everyone was still surprised, unable to see what Spyro was planning. As Spyro pulled away, he saw Cynder's face of confusion and sadness. He chuckled softly, and whispered, "Got you."

"W... What?" Cynder murmured.

Spyro chuckled, and explained, "I just wanted another kiss, and you tackling me to the ground and giving me a kiss is always so romantic to me. I just needed to find a way to do it, and in order to do so, I had to fool everyone: Including Ignitus."

Cynder slowly backed off. Spyro stood back up, and continued, "That thought that you heard was just a decoy to make you confused. I knew you were going to try and read my thoughts to figure out what was wrong, so instead, I just filled my thoughts with punching Malefor in the mouth... which might happen, but not the point. Point is, I got a kiss, and I loved it."

Cynder sighed hugely, as she warned, "Do that one more time, and that will be the last kiss you ever get."

Spyro looked over at Cynder, with a raised brow and a smile, he asked, "One last kiss? Doesn't that mean that I can't kiss you no more, which also means that, for the rest of our love life, we will never kiss each other ever, ever, again. I guess we better start now."

Cynder didn't have to think twice, and quickly changed her words, "Well, I mean, you can do it again. After all, I like knowing that only I am the one that can face the purple Guardian Spyro and win every single time."

"You know how to win my lips over," Spyro purred, nuzzling the side of Cynder's cheek.

Cynder giggled at Spyro's actions and words, as the feeling felt amazing. The Guardians tried to make conversation, but quickly failed in the attempt to do so, as them and Malefor talked at the same time, making it even more awkward for them. Spyro pulled his head back, put his nose and Cynder, looked her in the eyes, and whispered, "Cynder, I love you so much. You know that, don't you?"

Cynder giggled, and responded softly, "After so long, I finally do. And it was better late then never. And it was also a good thing I didn't have to wait as long as I thought... So... Spyro... what do you say we take this upstairs. I was hoping me and you could cuddle up together, kissing each other, and telling one another that we love each other."

"Really!" Spyro cried, jumping back in excitement with a smile.

Everyone was surprised at Spyro's out burst, but Cynder was glade she said what she said. The sight of Spyro's smile, his happiness, the kiss Cynder now felt on her lips from him, made everything so much more to her. Spyro shuck his head, but he couldn't act like he was excited, because he really was. Cynder giggled, as she watched Spyro walked back up to her. Cynder moved her tail blade up Spyro's neck, and to his chin. As it reached his chin, Cynder looked Spyro in the eyes, and whispered, "So, will you join me?"

"Will my lover allow me to join her in such an amazing moment with her?" Spyro asked humbly.

"He shall. But only my purple lover. Any one else shall be dealt with by force," Cynder hinted, looking at the Guardians and Malefor with a raised brow, earning quick nods from the both of them, "Let us cuddle together then. But, I ask that my purple lover gives me an kiss from his lips as we lay down."

"Your wish is my command," Spyro humbly whispered.

Cynder giggled at Spyro, and pulled her tail blade down. Cynder walked to Spyro's side, and put her body up against his, and at the same time, she whispered with a tear, "Shall we?"

Spyro nodded with a small smile, and as he draped his wing over her body, he whispered warmly to her, "We shall."

The two walked out of the Guardians chambers, and up to their room. The Guardians smiled, as they remembered when the two had first met. And to them, a lot has changed, for better, and they had high hopes that it would stay that way. Malefor looked at the Guardians, and admitted, "Man, those two really hit it off. I mean, I know Carith kissed my on the first date and all but, back then, it took me a day or two to really show my love for Carith. I was scared she would hate my love."

"You were so wrong," Carith whispered, remembering the moment Malefor finally opened up.

"Yeah, it was an amazing day; month, from there on out. It's just, I wish I could've given you a better life. After seeing your body, laying on the ground, lifeless, I... I can't believe all this happened because of me, and unfortunately, it's something I'm just going to have to live with for the rest of my life," Malefor grumbled, knowing the memories of everything he did to Cynder, The Guardians, and even his own lover.

"Don't do this to yourself. It's true that it was you in that body, but come on, you know as much as I do that you would never do such a thing. I mean, look at it this way: You probably saved more lives then the dark master took," Ignitus comforted him, causing him to raise his brow with curiosity, "If it wasn't for you taking control back then with that chain, those two never would've stopped you, they never would've fell in love, and Carith would've never been saved."

Malefor eyes widened at Ignitus's words as Ignitus continued to push him to seeing the bright side, "With out Cynder, Spyro would've failed, the destroyer would've destroyed the world, and every single living thing on this planet would've been destroyed. I don't know if Spyro and Cynder never would've loved each other if that chain wasn't there, but I'm sure if it wasn't, they wouldn't have had such a strong bond as they do now."

Malefor smiled happily, agreeing with Ignitus and his words. Ignitus words actually sparked some curiosity in his mind as he thought, I wonder if there is a way to show, or, live, my example? A: What If, example. I should look into that. Carith growled in pain as she grabbed her head with her paw. Malefor snapped over, and quickly asked, "Carith, are you okay!"

"Yeah, I'm just, I'm still not a hundred percent after yesterday. After all, I did wake up from more then a ten year nap. I just need to lay down and get some rest," Carith whispered, trying to calm him down, as she knew Malefor was going to be on edge about her safety for the rest of her life.

It's wasn't a bad thing at all to her, but she didn't want him to worry, and accidental start something. Malefor looked at Ignitus for a check to make sure she really was okay. Ignitus nodded at him, and told him the truth, "She's fine Malefor. The headaches are just like Spyro's. They are being caused by stress, and right now, all of us are getting over some kind of headaches. Some just worse then others. Some rest will be best. If you need me, I will be there, I promise. Carith's going to be fine."

Malefor sighed gladly, putting his paw on his chest at the same time as Carith put her paw back down. Looking back up, he was scared that he wouldn't talk the Guardians again if he left. He was shacking as he thought of everything that could go wrong, What if we walk up stairs and Spyro still wants revenge? What if there are dark creature ready to kill... Carith?! What...

"Malefor, calm down," Ignitus said, causing everyone but Malefor to be confused as it seemed he was just talking out.

Malefor focused on Ignitus as the red dragon spoke, "I know you are scared, and I know there is a lot going on right now, but you have nothing to fear. You protected Cynder while Spyro was gone... Let's just say, it a good thing Cynder gave you so much of her kindness to back you up. And because of that, Spyro has trust for you now, so don't worry. I am the Chronicler after all, I know everything, and from how today is looking, you should, you will, be fine, to sleep the day and night away. Trust me, Malefor, I had to hold your paw a lot, so you should know I'm right."

Malefor nodded, as he really did trust Ignitus, but he had to make sure one last time, "So, everything is fine today, nothing bad will happen."

"Here, how about this, If something bad does happen, I will be sure to warn you all right on the spot. Trust me, after everything that has happened, just like you all, I don't want to lose this time of peace. And because I'm the Chronicler, I'm going to try everything within my power to keep it so, but I'm sure you and Spyro have it handled," Ignitus assured Malefor with a smile, causing him to sigh gladly once again.

Glad to hear the news, he decided to trust Ignitus, as he was now finally able to concentrate on the one that matters to him the most of all, Carith. Malefor looked to Carith with a smile. She looked at him and smiled back. Malefor nuzzled Carith on her cheek, bringing back all the warm and peaceful memories of what life was back then. The two put their foreheads on each other. Malefor chuckled, and with sadness and joy in his voice, he whispered warmly to her, "You know what that means? That means me and you can enjoy each other's company once again! From now on, and forever."

Carith shivered happily from the new thoughts that formed in her mind of her and Malefor. Carith didn't hold back on her words, as she wanted to make every moment with Malefor memorable, "I would love to enjoy your company once again. It's just the most of that, company, is coming from your lips on mine."

"You know me well," Malefor teased.

The two pulled their head's away and looked at each other with smiles. Malefor chuckled as he looked back over to the Guardians, and with a smile to warm everyone's heart, and explained to them, "You know, I think we will spend the rest of the day in our room. After all, I trust you Ignitus. Plus, I need to pay Spyro another visit, even if he doesn't want us to interrupt him. I need him to know that the dark master will never return, and I hope that we can live the way we did before."

"Oh joy, more shards to the back of the head," Cyril joked, rolling his eyes with a smile.

"Not anymore, for now on," Malefor paused, stealing a peck at Carith, he continued, "For now on, I'm going to spend all the time I have with Carith. After all, I've missed out on about ten years with my love, and it's time I make up for all of it... and so much more."

"Then I guess we will see you two, you four, in the morning. I'm pretty sure Spyro's not going to come out of his room at any point, knowing him, he's probably going to pass out on his bed. You might even as well, Malefor. Stress can make you very tired, and we are all victims of that," Ignitus explained, somewhat chuckling, as he remembered the amount of stress he was under during the fight.

"Then I guess I will see you guys tomorrow," Malefor paused, as he looked over at Carith, he asked with a smile, "Would you like to be evil tonight my love."

"You better not be teasing me," Carith whispered happily.

"Maybe I am, but once we are in a place of privacy, you will know soon enough," Malefor teased once again, sparking Carith's body full of energy as the desperation to get to her room alone with her lover was to much for her.

"Oh, get a room you two," Terrador joked.

The two looked at Terrador, and with nods from their head, the two turned away, and walked out of the Guardians chambers and up to their room. Ignitus took a step, but before continuing, he turned his head around to them, and told the three where he was going, "I'm going to join up with those other two real quick. I need to apologize to Spyro. I knew Cynder was going to get hurt like that, and I couldn't tell him."

"What are you talking about?" Volteer asked.

Ignitus sighed, and explained to them, "Well, in order to meet the Chronicler, you have to face your fears to open the door. The fears aren't just fears, they can also be your future... Let me explain a little better. Back when Spyro met the other Chronicler, he has to face his fear, which was facing Cynder. The same thing happened: Spyro faced Cynder, but back then. But this time, instead of facing a fear he already fought, he had to fight his fear of losing Cynder. Which, he almost did, and just like before, he didn't accept it. Same scenario, just at different points in time."

Terrador, as well as Cyril were scratching their heads at Ignitus's explanation, so the two questioned him.

"So, it tells of the future and the past?" Terrador asked.

"So does that mean my nightmare are like my futures because I have to face that fear?" Cyril asked.

Ignitus slapped his face with his paw, and as he pulled his paw down his face and back onto the ground, he answered, "I will answer you both in order: Yes to you Terrador, Cyril... why? I'm just going to leave it at that. Here, I know Volteer is dying to explain it his way, so I will leave it to him."

Volteer quickly jumped on the opportunity, and explained, "Basically, the fears Spyro has to face are real life situations. So it doesn't grab your darkest fear, it grabs the fear that you need to over come first!"

The two clapped at how much better Volteer explained it. Ignitus rolled his eyes with a smile at the three, and thought with happiness, Im glade everything turned out alright... I miss you guys. As the clapping died down, Volteer joked with Ignitus, "How does it feel knowing that, even with all the power in the world, you will never be as smart as me?"

Ignitus chuckled, and answered with a smile, "It feels good knowing that, you all are alright."

The three smiled at Ignitus's words, glade to hear that coming from him. Ignitus turned away, and walked to join up with Spyro, but as he took a step, Terrador ran up to his side, and his words caused him to stop, "Ignitus, I know you've made a pretty difficult promise to make, but... can you make one more?"

"Of course," Ignitus responded happily, turning his body to face Terrador.

"Just, promise us you will come back. We might not have been away from you for a while, but we all miss you, and we don't want you to leave once again. With you back to your red self, and now that Malefor and Carith are back, it feels like the good old days, and back then, the good old days was all of us, hanging out, and having a good time," Terrador explained, as he knew just as much as the other two, they deeply wanted to have Ignitus back.

Ignitus reached his paw out, and whispered, "I promise."

Terrador smiled happily, as he grabbed Ignitus's paw, and the two shuck on it. Terrador walked back over to the two, and sat back down in his original spot. Ignitus walked around the corner, and up to the bedroom that Spyro rested in. Cyril didn't want to admit it, but he had to thank Terrador, "Thank you for that, Terrador. I couldn't have said it any better myself."

"I could've, by shortening his words a little more," Volteer joked with a smile.

Cyril chuckled, but he had to disagree, "Yeah, he could've, but I feel like Terrador's words touch Ignitus's heart more then yours would. I know you are happy he is the Chronicler, because now he knows almost every single vocabulary word you could possibly think of."

Volteer gasped, and said to himself, "That's Right!"

Cyril rolled his eyes, but just like Terrador, he chuckled.

---

Sparks slowly opened his eyes, and grumbled. He rubbed his eyes as he slowly flew off the ground, and tried to avoid the sun that beat down on him. Lucky for him, clouds slowly started to cover the sun's light from his eyes. Lucky me, but, were is Spyro... Malefor! Sparks thought, as he desperately looked around for Spyro or Cynder. Sparks quickly flew up and out of the hole above the door. As he looked around, the doors to the main entrance opened. Sparks saw a bit of purple, and thought, I don't know if it's Spyro or not, but either way, it's a win. Sparks flew straight at the purple figure, closed his eyes, and screamed, "Fight me demon!"

The purple dragon moved out of the way, and instead of hitting the purple dragon, he hit someone else. Sparks slowly opened his eyes, and looked up to see the new dragon he hit, wasn't purple, but blue. Sparks backed away, waved his paw, and chuckled nervously, "S... Sorry, Carith, was it? Wait! If your Carith, were is...!"

Sparks turned to see the purple dragon, was Malefor. Malefor glared at him, causing Sparks to chuckle, and sing nervously, "Swing low, sweat chariot... Oh Ancestors! Spyro, Help! He's going to eat me alive!"

Sparks flew up and into the hole of Spyro and Cynder's bedroom. Spyro pulled away from the kiss he had with Cynder, quickly stood up, and asked, "What's wrong Sparks!"

"Malefor... he's coming for us... I can her his stomping!" Sparks cried, hiding behind Spyro.

Spyro didn't know if what Sparks was saying was true or not, but he didn't want to take any chances. So he opened his left wing in order to protect Cynder, and prepared himself. But as he opened his wing, a small crack was heard from his wing.

"Damn it! Still?!" Spyro growled softly, but Cynder still heard.

"Still as weak as before?" A voice asked from behind the door.

The door slowly opened up, and revealed Malefor.

"I hope I'm not interrupt anything, but if I am, I apologize," Malefor apologized in advance.

"He has come for my blood!" Sparks cried.

Spyro shuck his head at Sparks's actions, and asked, "Sparks, what exactly did you do?"

Sparks flew to the side of Spyro's face, and explained, "Well, I thought Malefor was evil, remember? So, I thought I was going to die, and im not going out without fighting. When they entered the door, I tried to punch Malefor, but I ended up punching the blue one... um... Carith! Yeah, that one. But I'm sorry, I swear!"

Spyro shuck his head once again, and slowly retracted his wing. But with every small move he made, little cracks could be heard from his wing, causing everyone to shiver. Spyro slowly laid back down, and breathed heavier then normal, as he now felt the pain more then he was able to before. The stress Spyro felt didn't really help him either. Cynder kissed the side of Spyro's cheek. As she pulled away, she whispered, "Are you okay my love?"

Spyro chuckled weakly, and as he looked at her, he responded, "I've been better. Thank you, Cynder."

Cynder smiled happily from his words, and whispered, "I'm here for you."

Spyro nuzzled the side of her cheek, and whispered, "Thank you. I promise I will make this up to you."

As Spyro pulled away, Cynder smiled at him, and whispered, "That nuzzle felt nice. But I will take another kiss or two."

Spyro nodded with a smile, and agreed, "I promise."

"Oh, that's adorable, but we have more pressing matters to attend to!" Sparks interrupted, causing Spyro to growl just a little bit.

"Malefor, is Carith okay?" Spyro asked, trying to settle the situation.

Malefor waved his paw, and with a smile, he responded, "Of course. Carith said the punch was like getting hit by a leaf that feel from a tree. So, since Carith wasn't really hurt by Sparks, he should be fine."

Sparks sighed, glade he was weaker then he thought, but then he felt tears of sadness in his eyes, but he tried to stay strong, as he thought to himself, I will get stronger one of theses days, and when that day comes, everyone will kneel before me! Spyro was glade everything was okay, but something about this felt like before, back when he was in that place. Getting defence, he asked, "Where is Carith? Why aren't you with her?"

"Spyro, relax, Ignitus caught up to us, and I asked if he can watch Carith while I'm in here. Plus," Malefor stopped, and looked behind himself to see Carith giggling at something Ignitus said, "I can see her from her. I already asked if Ignitus would warn us of anything and he said yes. I trust him, and I know for a fact you trust him. Especially since your his son, and you call him your father."

"Alright, but, don't make the same mistake you did before!" Spyro commanded, grabbing his head with his paw as he felt light headed.

"I promise Spyro. I'm never going to lose this feeling ever again, and I'm going to make sure of it," Malefor gave Spyro his word on that.

Spyro sighed, and said, "Then I guess we're good... I hope."

Spyro looked sad, as he laid his face down into his covers. Malefor thought it was about him, and he made sure if it was, he would fix it, "Spyro, you know I will never hurt you, nor the one's closes to you ever again. Carith has me on a chain on that. And if you still want me to pay for my actions, then I would be happy to go through it to be friends."

Spyro shuck his head throughout the covers, as he whispered a response, "It's not that."

Cynder pecked Spyro on his forehead, and told Malefor, "I will talk to Spyro."

Malefor nodded with a smile, and thanked, "Thank you Cynder."

A knock came from the front of the door, causing everyone to look over to see it was Ignitus with Carith next to him.

"You going to keep talking to him, or are you going to make up for that lost time?" Ignitus asked with a raised brow.

Malefor smiled at Ignitus, as he walked over to them. Ignitus moved out of the way, and watched as Malefor walked out of the room and to the middle of the hallway with Carith following his side. Malefor wrapped his wing around her, while Carith wrapped her tail around his.

"I miss you so much..."

Carith put her claw his his lips, and whispered, "Save it for when we are in our room. Out here, I can't exactly give you a nice kiss on your lips. Plus, I miss just curling up to you without anyone else here. Let's enjoy this time, my love."

The two let a tear roll down their eyes, as they walked with each other to their room. Ignitus watched as the two walked into the room and shut the door behind themselves. He chuckled as he turned back around, remembering those two doing that sort of thing from the past, and with Spyro feeling bummed, he tried to cheer him up, "You know, that could be you two: All loving to each other, never leaving each other's side... well, never mind, you've already got that down."

"At least Malefor was able to protect the one he loved," Spyro grumbled into the covers.

The three didn't really hear what Spyro had said, so Sparks decided he would try and get him to talk. He flew down to his face, looked at him in the eyes, and commanded, "Tell me what is bothering you my son, or, my brother. I'm here for you."

Spyro looked away from Sparks with a grumble, not wanting to really tell him why, as he knew he would just try to make a joke of the situation. Sparks flew over to the side of Cynder's head, and told her the valuable information he received, "Okay, so what I've gathered is: Something is bothering Spyro. I could be wrong, but I definitely could be right."

Cynder put her paw on Spyro's shoulder, hoping it would do some good. Spyro looked at her with a frown. She smiled at him, laid her head down beside his, and whispered, "You know you can talk to me Spyro. I'm your lover after all... it feels so good to say that. Just knowing that I'm finally your lover."

Spyro couldn't help but chuckle from her words, causing Cynder to giggle.

"You know, the sooner you tell me, the sooner we can kick those two out, and me and you can just enjoy our time together. We can cuddle together, and kiss each other until the next morning," Cynder hinted with a smile, along with a kiss on Spyro's forehead.

Cynder pulled away, and looked at Spyro with a smile. Spyro smiled back, and agreed, "Okay. But only because I can't say no to you, my love."

"Yes," Cynder cried happily, pulling her head up along with Spyro.

Spyro sighed, but decided to give the explanation, thanks to Cynder's help, "Ignitus, one day, I need you to train me, break me, to the point I can learn from, and grow from. Just seeing the fact that the dark master hurt Cynder, and everyone else. And all because I used my time power, I wasn't able to do much after... I could've protected Cynder better, and I didn't."

"Spyro, what are you talking about? Do you not remember that you literally broke your bones to help Cynder. When you extended your wing, your bone wasn't straight anymore. The fact that you pulled your wing out to help Cynder impressed me, and I'm the Chronicler," Ignitus asked, as the efforts Spyro put in were extraordinary to him, "You were just trying hard for that kiss from Cynder, weren't you?"

Spyro chuckled with a blush, causing Cynder to smile at him as she definitely remembers giving him the kiss he desired, but she wondered what Spyro thought of the kiss. I better get ready to give him another kiss, as he's probably going to make me smile with his words, Cynder thought, holding off on kissing Spyro for a little longer.

"Yeah, it was pretty amazing, I never knew how amazing of a kisser Cynder was until she kissed me. And now that me and her can finally enjoy each other's company together feels amazing for my lips, and my heart," Spyro explained with a soft voice, making Cynder smile as she knew she would keep the memory for the next kiss she would give him, "But, I just need to get stronger. The power I had before, it felt amazing! But, I had to trust my convexity in order to protect Cynder. Instead of using my convexity, I need to use my own power. Ignitus, if you could give me that one book with all of the moves, I could become stronger. Combined with that other training day, it could be enough to help me get stronger to protect Cynder!"

Ignitus thought about it, but he knew what kind of training Spyro was asking for, and knew that that day would be the hardest day of his life. So, Ignitus made a deal with Spyro, "Alright, I will give you the book, but not today. We are all going to enjoy this time of peace. Once you think you're ready to go through my training tell me. But remember, this will be worse then any of the battles you have fought, any of the fears you have faced."

Spyro chuckled nervously, and agreed, "No rush. But I do promise."

"Then I guess I will leave you both to yourself. Sparks, care to tag along? I know that these two won't want you in here," Ignitus asked, knowing it probably wouldn't work, but he had to try.

"Nah, I'm good. I'm going to do what I do best," Sparks declined, as he knew it was the perfect time to mess with the two.

"Okay, just try not to die. See you soon, or tomorrow, Spyro. Have this time with Cynder. After everything you've done to get here with her, you have definitely earned this time," Ignitus whispered warmly to Spyro, straying away from his conversation with Sparks.

"Thank you, father," Spyro thanked with a smile.

"You're welcome, my son," Ignitus whispered warmly back.

Ignitus turned away from the two, but before he was even able to get half way, Spyro quickly remembered that he had other questions, "Ignitus, wait! That place that I was in when I was injured, what was it? And why did they want me to sleep so badly?"

Ignitus growled under his breath just thinking about the place Spyro spoke of. As he turned around, he gave Spyro his answer, "That place, unfortunately, I can't tell you about. But what I can tell you is, if you would've fallen asleep, you would've never woken up. I know of the place, and those... spirits, we don't exactly get along very well."

"How do I know I'm not still in that place?" Spyro asked, just to be safe, even though he knew if he was still in that place, they would say what he would want to hear in order to keep him there.

"I know what you're thinking, Spyro, but believe me when I tell you: You're no longer in that hellish place. Those spirits that you saw, those fake duplicates, they are only like that to make you feel more comfortable in order to get you to sleep. Their real bodies... they would put the dark master to shame, and the real way they act could even give him nightmares," Ignitus warned, as he started to growl a little here to here in his sentence, "And I'm glade you slammed that other fake me into the wall. Ancestors knows that made me smile."

Spyro understood Ignitus's words, but what he didn't understand was the hate he had towards these spirits, so he tried to get more information on them, "These, Spirits, why exactly do you hate them so much?"

"For one good reason, they tried to take you. And for another, think of it like this: Life is living and death is dying. Life hates death because it wants everyone to live. Death hates life because of that reason. So, think of those spirits as death, and me as life," Ignitus explained, hoping he was making more sense than he was.

Spyro nodded from his explanation as he understood what he was saying. Ignitus sighed, and gave Spyro some advice, "Spyro, don't worry about that place anymore. Ancestors know that I've probably told you more then I should, and I will probably get yelled at about it. But don't worry, just enjoy the day like everyone else."

Spyro nodded once again, glade that he got that off his shoulder. Once the two were done talking, surprisingly, Cynder had questions as well, "Ignitus, you two were talking about a place that Spyro was in when he was injured, and I was wondering, how did my lover make it out of there."

Spyro smiled at Cynder because she used the word lover to describe him. Ignitus tried to forget of the pain that everyone had to suffer through, especially Spyro, but he quickly remembered the past, and explained, "Well, it's actually your words that helped Spyro. When he heard you cry for him, he knew something didn't feel right, especially because of the way everyone was acting. That's why when you were holding Spyro's body, he went limp at one point. It was because he was about to sleep, but like I said, once you cried his name, you actually saved him."

Spyro looked at Cynder with a smile, and teased, "So, my lover saved me once again. I wonder how I should reward this act."

Cynder giggled at Spyro from his words, and as she waved her paw, she said, "Please, I've saved your life like twice. You've saved my life way more then that. Like the arrow, the destroyer, the dark master, the dark master again, the cheetahs. I know I'm missing more, but if anyone deserves that of a reward, it is you."

Spyro raised a brow, and whispered warmly, "And what could that be?"

"Once we have some privacy, I will give it to you rather then tell you," Cynder whispered back, causing Spyro to shiver with anticipation, especially since he hadn't kissed Cynder in a couple of minutes.

Ignitus respected their privacy, and agreed, "You're right, you do deserve some privacy. After everything you two have done, you deserve it. I will let you two enjoy your time together. And just remember, the rest of the day, you're safe to do what ever, well, inside the broken walls of Warfang. If you go somewhere else, tell me, just in case."

"Thank you for this, Ignitus," Cynder thanked kindly.

Ignitus waved his paw as he told her, "No, it you who I should be thanking. If it wasn't for your love for my son, he might have never survived, he might not even be himself. But thanks to your love and care for him over the year, I thank you."

Cynder blushed with a giggle as she looked at Spyro to see him blushing.

"Alright, alright, you made your point. I'm supposed to make Cynder happy, not you," Spyro felt offended Ignitus's actions, causing him to chuckle, "But, I do have to ask, what exactly will you be doing on this... rainy day off."

"I'm going to go check on those other two and make sure they are doing all right. Then after that, I'm just going to hang out with those other three at the Guardians chambers. So, if you need me, I will be down there. I would say Cynder could ask for my help, but she always has you protecting her, so I'm sure she's fine," Ignitus explained, but as he continued, his words made Cynder smile once again with a blush.

"Are you ever going to leave, gosh," Spyro joked.

Spyro quickly smiled as he felt Cynder start to nuzzle the side of his cheek, and as she pulled away, she whispered, "Don't worry, no one will ever be as amazing as you are, my love."

Spyro looked at Cynder with a smile, as she did the same, the two looked into one others eyes, ready to kiss one another at any point. Ignitus smiled at the smiles that were on the two's faces, glade to see that everything turned out okay. As he turned to walk out of the room, he tried to get Sparks to leave one last time, "Last time Sparks. You could either stay with these two, or, come down with me and talk like men."

"No thanks, there is uh, somethings I have to do," Sparks declined, but Ignitus wasn't surprised, as he knew why he declined.

Well, almost everyone made it out today. Sparks is so dead, Ignitus thought, rolling his eyes with a smile. Now that he knew for sure, he walked out of the room, wrapped his tail around the door knob, and shut the door behind himself. As he shut the door, he walked over to Malefor and Carith's room. Once he was at the door, he politely knocked, and waited for a response.

"One... second..." A voice came from the door.

The voice sounded muffled, as the two words that were said were delayed in between one another. A thumb came from inside the room, as someone opened the door. Malefor popped his head around the door, but didn't fully open it, and asked, "Ignitus? Is everything alright?"

"Of course, um, is it okay if I come in?" Ignitus asked.

Malefor looked back behind himself, and told Carith who laid on the bed, "It's Ignitus, should we let him in?"

Ignitus rolled his eyes with a smile. Carith nodded with a smile, causing Malefor to fully open the door. Ignitus patted Malefor on the shoulder as he walked by him, and he joked with him, "Malefor, you do realize I'm the Chronicler, and the Chronicler knows everything. Like how I knew you two were smooching up a storm, and that's why it took you so long to get to the door."

"Come on man, do you have no decency?" Malefor asked, blushing hard from embarrassment, as he shut the door behind him with his tail.

---

Sparks floated above the two, crossed armed and tapping a finger on his arm, watching as the two looked at each other with smiles. Why are they acting this way? There is no way my brother is actually going to tell Cynder that he loves her... But let's see if I can't push him to do something embarrassing, Sparks thought, as a grin formed across his face.

"Ugh, would you two just kiss all..."

Without even being able to finish his sentence, the two quickly moved in and kissed one another on the lips. Sparks's eyes were wide, both disgusted and disproved of. The fact that his brother was kissing her blew his mind, and he couldn't stand for that. As the two pulled away, Sparks cleared his throat, flew down in front of Spyro's face, and glared at him.

"What? You did say to kiss already, and we did. Which was super enjoyable," Spyro defended himself with Sparks's words.

"I know what I said, and I totally don't stand by my words. But, come on man! Of all the dragons you could've fallen in love with, the one's you could've kissed, you kissed Cynder?" Sparks grumbled, waving a finger in front of Spyro's face, he continued, "You don't do such a thing. You do realize there are others out there, right? Like, that pink dragoness from before when you were young, she seemed to be all over you."

Pink dragoness? Cynder thought, but she quickly dropped the thought as she wanted to hear what Spyro's words were going to be.

"Well, to bad, I'm already in love with Cynder. What do you want me to do about that?" Spyro asked with a raised brow.

"You... you could always cheat on her," Sparks suggested in a whispered, but Cynder still heard.

"Cheat?" Spyro asked, wondering what he meant by that.

"Yeah, think about it. There are plenty of dragoness's out there. All you have to do is fine one you love, and slowly ease your way into her life. Once you do that, just break the bad news to Cynder. Trust me, it's for the best. I mean, have you seen Cynder lately? I mean, how much more do you have to do for her," Sparks midway realised a great way to back up his words as he remembered the words Cynder had before to Spyro, "Think about it, with someone else, no more bone breaking. I mean, you've saved her like ten times. But, with someone else, you won't have to."

"I won't have to save Cynder anymore?" Spyro repeated back Sparks's words.

"Exactly!" Sparks quickly cried happily, finally realizing Spyro was getting it.

Spyro looked down to the ground, causing Cynder to shiver a little, but she tried not to let it bother her. She knew Spyro would never think of something like that, he would never leave her. But her words and Sparks's were right, he did do a lot. Spyro looked at Cynder, and confessed, "Cynder, Sparks told me something... and, I think I just need to think for a little bit. I'm sorry."

Spyro stood up, and walked away from Cynder, and towards the other side of the bed. He laid down, on his side, facing away from Cynder. Cynder's eyes were wide just as much as Sparks. He didn't truly mean to give Spyro that kind of idea, he just wanted to embarrass the two, and joke around. Cynder laid her head down her paws with a frown, she thought, What do I do? Cynder sighed sadly, but she wasn't going to just give up on Spyro. I just need to talk to him. After what happened, he wouldn't abandon me... right? Cynder thought, as she stood up, and walked over to Spyro. Cynder laid her body down over Spyro's, and wrapped her tail around his. She sighed sadly, and whispered to him, "Spyro, I'm sorry for being so weak. I can get stronger, I really can. It's just, I'm not use to having someone care for me, and protect me. I know I shouldn't rely on you to protect me, and I'm sorry for thinking like that. I just... please..."

Cynder watched as Spyro's lips formed a big smile, showing his teeth. Cynder eyes were wide, as she quickly knew she was tricked once again. Spyro quickly moved his head up, and kissed Cynder on her lips. She definitely pushed into the kiss as the stress she had felt, she needed to get rid of it. As the two slowly pulled away, Cynder whispered, "You always get me on that, don't you, my love?"

Spyro chuckled softly, and whispered warmly back, "Well, I'm just trying to show my love that I don't have hate towards her. And thoughts of cheating on you, or leaving you, is about as slim as me turning blue and you turning green."

Cynder's eyes widened as she remembered Spyro's words from before. Spyro knew the words he whispered to her made her heart feel warm as she started to have tears form in her eyes along with a small smile. He chuckled happily seeing her face, and continued to warm her heart with his words, "There's nothing I will leave you for, and saving you will only make me love you more, it will only make me want to get stronger, to protect you. And every second with you makes up for everything."

Cynder didn't know how to respond, aside from placing the side of her face next to Spyro's, and start nuzzling him with tears that rain down her face. As she slowly pulled her head back, Spyro looked at her with a smile, and asked, "Did you know you looked beautiful when you cry?"

Cynder chuckled, and joked, "Oh, so I only look beautiful when I cry?"

"You may think that, but I believe you are beautiful no matter what," Spyro whispered warmly to her, causing her to quickly kiss him on the lips, as she had no other option.

Listing to his words only made her want to cry more tears of joy, and kissing her lover was the best thought she had to give him. As she slowly pulled away, she wiped away her tears with her claws, and looked down on Spyro's handsome face. Spyro looked at the position she was in over him, and he admitted, "To be honest, I don't mind this at all. You know, you being over me and all."

Cynder blushed with a giggle, and whispered, "Well, to bad my love. I want to sleep with your wing over me tonight. Plus, I'm starting to get a little cold with it raining and all. So, I'm going to need my purple Guardian to help me through another cold night."

"Ugh, I have to protect you again. What do I get?" Spyro joked with a smile as he rolled his eyes.

"What do you want?" Cynder asked with a raised brow and a smile.

"I will tell you later," Spyro whispered, keeping his plans to himself.

Cynder wondered what it could be, and she kept the thought in her mind as she got off of Spyro. She keep her tail blade on Spyro's, and tugged on his tail a little with hers and whispered, "Come on lazy bones."

Spyro chuckled, and slowly stood up. Cynder laid down on her underbelly in the middle of the bed, and waited for her lover to do the same. He also did the same as he laid down on his underbelly. Cynder quickly took her opportunity and moved her body back up against the side of Spyro's. He smiled at the feeling, as he couldn't lie, he definitely missed it. Draping his wing over Cynder, she moved her head down on Spyro's paws that laid in front of him. Spyro laid his head down on Cynder's, and warmed her body up slightly. Sparks sighed hugely, glade to know that the two were okay. If Spyro would've left Cynder from my words, I would he the first to go, Sparks thought, moving his hand across his neck. Sparks flew in front of Spyro, and asked, "Hay man, I know you're trying to be romantic and everything, but how do you warm Cynder up without burning her?"

"When ever you love someone Sparks, you'll understand. It's just basic knowledge: If Cynder sweats, I know she is hot. If she shivers, I know she is cold, easy as that. Plus, I don't use all the heat in my body. If I did, I would probably burn through this bed," Spyro explained, chuckling at the end of his example, causing Cynder to chuckle as well.

"Wait, you two are going to bed?" Sparks asked, surprised.

"I'm pretty worn out Sparks. Even from all of those gems, my body still needs time to heal. Plus, when you were messing with Malefor, you made me thing we were going to get attacked, and I snapped my wing bone once again," Spyro explained, as he could still feel the pain.

"If your wing still hurts, how were able to cover Cynder with your wing right now?" Sparks asked with a raised brow.

"Well, for one, I did it slowly. It's not like I launched my wing out. And plus, I'm resting my wing over Cynder's body, so I don't really feel any pain," Spyro explained, as he thought it was simple knowledge for Sparks, but he was wrong.

I should've joined Ignitus, but I guess I can take another nap as well. After getting stabbed in the gut, I need it, Sparks thought, as the thought of sleep caused him to yawn. Because Sparks yawned, soon did Spyro, then Cynder. Sparks flew down to the end of the bed, and laid down. As Cynder closed her eyes, Spyro whispered something to her, "This is what I wanted Cynder. Just me and you, curled up together, in love. Thank you, my love."

Cynder giggled happily with a tear, and whispered, "Just wait until I'm free of this wing of yours, and I'm going to get you back."

"I'm looking forward to it, good night Cynder," Spyro whispered happily, as a tear formed in his eye.

"Me too. Good night Spyro," Cynder whispered happily, as the tear fell down her face and onto Spyro's paws.

Spyro closed his eyes, and in doing so, let the tear roll out of his eyes, down his chin, and onto his paws, just barley missing Cynder's face. I love you, so much, my love, The two thought in unison as they fell into a peaceful sleep. Sparks laid there, wondering what he wanted to do. He was both tired, and wide awake. He sighed, and told himself, "Welp, time to go annoy the Guardians."

Sparks flew off the bed, and towards the Guardians chambers.

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"Ancestors, you have no decency. Now I don't know if I can even kiss Carith without thinking of you watching us. You're creeper then Volteer now," Malefor joked, walking past Ignitus and jumping up on his bed, and laying down next to Carith.

Ignitus chuckled as he admitted, "I wasn't watching you two, I was just wondering why it took so long for you to get to the door. I knew you two were probably kissing for lost time, but just to make sure you two were safe, I played it safe as well. After all, I'm just trying to look after you two."

"Okay... fair enough," Malefor admitted as well.

Ignitus chuckled slightly, causing Malefor to chuckle a little bit as well. Since Ignitus was in the room with just the two of them, Malefor thought it would be best to get some more answers from him that he couldn't have before, "Ignitus, you're kind of an expert when it comes to Spyro's feelings and his life. I wanted to know: does he still have hate towards me?"

Ignitus didn't really know how to respond, but he tried to, as he wanted Malefor to feel better about the whole situation, "Malefor, it's not you who he is mad at, it is the dark master. And unfortunately, you became him. He now knows that you would never do such a thing, but you had his body, and you were him, so Spyro blames you for what happened. He blames you for Cynder's misery."

"But he is right, it was all my fault. I trusted the Chronicler, but he had other plans apparently," Malefor growled, just thinking about that Chronicler made his teeth grind together from anger.

"I had the same talk with Spyro, but either way, you couldn't have saved Carith," Ignitus explained, catching Malefor's attention as well as Carith, "If you would've stayed, Carith still would've died. The amount of forces we faced, were to much even for me and the Guardians. But, just in case, the apes had just as many waiting at Warfang. So, if you never would've left, Carith would've died, and me and the other Guardians probably would've died the first time you attacked. The reason I say that is: That battle, I learned my fire fury, and because I learned it, I help the other Guardians learn about their fury as well. We grew stronger. But, I do wish we could've grown stronger together."

To Malefor, it still didn't make sense, "So why didn't the Chronicler just help?"

"The Chronicler is not meant to mess with the world. Talking to you all is just barely cutting the limit of what I can do," Ignitus explained, only raising more questions.

"And who can tell you want you can or can't do with your powers? And if that is so true, then why did the Chronicler give me the time power, why did he give Spyro the time power? That messed with what ever you're talking about, right?" Malefor asked, waiting for his few questions to he answered before he asked more questions.

"You ever wonder who the Ancestors were? They were the first dragons ever to gain abilities... Ugh..." Ignitus growled, as he grabbed his head from some sort of pain.

"Ignitus?! Are you okay," Malefor cried, quickly standing up, ready to help.

Ignitus put his paw up, pulling his paw down from his head, he explained, "It's nothing, it's just the Ancestors telling me that in not allowed to release that kind of information. They have a plan for everything as they say, but you have to question their plans some times."

Malefor sighed, glade to hear Ignitus was okay. Ignitus chuckled, and joked with Malefor, "Oh, I didn't know Malefor cared about me so much, how sweet."

"Shut up," Malefor grumbled, "I just wanted to know if you were okay. Jerk."

Ignitus chuckled at him, causing Malefor to chuckle back.

"Well, at least the Ancestors aren't keeping you away from us. But then that kinda frightens me: Is there something else they aren't telling you that could end in a disaster?" Malefor asked, feeling as if Ignitus wasn't being told something super important.

Ignitus waved his paw as he explained, "Don't worry, we are fine. Like I said, if anything does happen, I will be sure to tell you. And so you know I know everything, i can tell you what everyone is doing. Spyro and Cynder are now sleeping peacefully, curled up together. The Guardians are... those idiots... they are apparently telling girls about how they took on the dark master and survived."

Malefor laughed, "Classic Guardians. Ignitus you should join in. After all, you promised me you would fined someone."

Ignitus smiled at the thought, but he knew he wouldn't be able to, and murmured sadly, "Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to. I'm the Chronicler, and I don't think the Ancestors would allow someone like my girlfriend in the Chronicler's house."

"Okay, then, when ever you have to go do your little writing stuff in your books, we can keep her company until you return. A, that sounds like a pretty good idea," Malefor hinted out, causing Ignitus's eyes to widen, but then he quickly remembered something else.

"Malefor, I don't think I can really get into it. But, let's just say, I would be breaking a rule made by the Ancestors," Ignitus murmured sadly, causing Malefor to grumble under his breath from anger towards the Ancestors.

"You actually obey those rules. You remember back when you had a rule that I had to train at that time or this time at the dragon temple? I never once obeyed that rule. All I did was set traps out in the forest when you all came looking for me," Malefor said happily, remembering those times.

Ignitus chuckled as he remembered the times as well, "Oh yeah. I branch that you bent back came back around and slapped me in the face. Even for a red dragon like me, you could still clearly see that red spot on my forehead."

Malefor chuckled as well, but he remembered Terrador getting the worst of it, "You thought that was bad? Don't you remember what happened to Terrador?"

Ignitus laughed at the memory, "Oh yeah. First that tree feel on him and rolled him down into a river. Then the river took him down to a huge cliff side, and as he moved the tree, he jumped out of the water into a pile of mud. And a couple a cute girls saw Terrador all muddy, and they giggled at him. He was so embarrassed. He was pretty mad, but you remember: I so gave you a fist bunt for that."

Malefor chuckled a little as he remembered his punishment, "Yeah, but then Terrador made Cyril ice over my entire body, and I had to wear that for a weak. You know how embarrassing it was to talk to a girl with a full body of ice on? Ugh, one them asked if it felt cooled in here, or was it just her. I laid in my bed all day after that embarrassment."

"Dang, with a burn that bad, you would think the ice would've melted off," Ignitus joked.

Malefor chuckled at his words, but then he decided to turn a bad situation to a better one, "Well, I would say rather go through a situation like every single day if it meant I was able to stay with Carith."

Carith looked at him with a small smile, and whispered happily to him, "You don't have to do something like that for me to stay with you. All you have to do is: hold me tight with your wing, and promise me with your smooth, loving voice, that everything will be okay."

Malefor raised a brow, moving his head down, he nuzzled his nose on Carith's, and promised, "Then I guess: I promise, everything will be okay."

Carith placed her paw on the side of her lovers face, and whispered, "Much better."

Ignitus smiled, glade to see everything was finally going back to the way it should. Even if Spyro did slam his fist into Malefor's face during the morning, he was glade that the two made up and became friends. Ignitus decided to give them some privacy and said a few words before he left, "Well, I know that you all haven't seen each other in a long time, and I don't want to interrupt any longer then I have. Just make sure Malefor, I know she is back and all, but keep those uh, hatchling thoughts, at bay."

"Hatchlings Thoughts?" Carith asked herself.

"Ignitus! How... how do you know about that?!" Malefor growled, feeling drops of sweat from his embarrassment falling down his face.

"I've read your past, I heard you and Spyro. But hay, I understand. Just give it some more time before you think more like that," Ignitus embarrassed Malefor with his words, and more confusing to Carith.

"Don't give me relationship advice. Once you have someone you love, then you can, but until then, you can't talk about personal stuff like that, agreed?" Malefor both warned, and asked for an agreement, as he wanted to push the fact of getting him a girlfriend.

"Okay, okay, I promise," Ignitus agreed, "Sleep tight Malefor, Carith. I hope you two will be wide awake in the morning. Just remember, you're going to make up for lost time for both Carith, and us, the Guardians."

Malefor nodded happily, and agreed to his terms as well, "Agreed."

"Then I bid you two a goodnight," Ignitus humbly said, as he turned away from the two and walked over to the door.

As he opened the door, Malefor felt sad, as he thought this would be the last time he would see him. Negative thoughts about him turning or Spyro killing him were able to back him up on those thoughts, only fueling his fear. Ignitus looked back with a smile, "You know, it's real hard for you to think of something romantic to tell Carith if you keep having all of these negative thoughts."

Malefor eyes widened a bit, as he wasn't to surprised that Ignitus read his mind.

"Malefor, don't, worry. I know you've been gone for a while, but like it or not, we are not going to lose you again, or Carith. If your still not trust worthy on my words, talk to Spyro. To be honest, he is the reason Cynder has been cleared of her fears... most of them. One fear will forever stay: Can you guess?" Ignitus comforted him, hoping his words would be of some use.

Malefor thought about it, and once he had his answer, he gave it, "Me?"

"Losing the one she loves," Ignitus gave him the answer, causing Malefor to look at him with wide eyes, "After she finally figured out who you were, she realised that you went through the same thing. It wasn't you in control, it was just that damn convexity. She doesn't fear you as much as she did as before, but even still, Spyro helps with the fear. Now, what if Carith has a fear, and you fear the same thing? That's when you have to step up, become the man Carith needs you to be, and you break free of that fear."

Malefor nodded, as he realised: Most of the fears he has, Carith has the same. He held onto Ignitus words, ready to do what he needs to do in order to break free of his fears and live a happy life with his lover. Ignitus smiled, as he felt the change in Malefor's attitude and thoughts, as they were all focused on keeping Carith happy and safe. Ignitus looked at Carith, and with a smile, he said, "You sure did pick one lucky dragon, Carith. Thank you."

Carith smiled happily at Ignitus for his mind words, and agreed with a smile, "Oh yeah. Those lips of his really know how to turn your world around and make it better."

Malefor looked at her with a raised brow, and asked in a playful whisper, "Do you want me to turn your world upside down?"

Carith giggled as she placed her nose on Malefor's, and whispered, "You know I do."

Ignitus knew he shouldn't stay any longer, and quickly walked out of the door. He slowly shut the door behind himself with his tail, and sighed happily, glade to see everything was going well now with those two. Okay, so Spyro and Cynder are sound a sleep, Malefor and Carith... ugh, that's gross. And the Guardians... are grumpy? What could make them so grumpy? Definitely don't want anything to change, so I better get there quickly, Ignitus thought, as he quickly blinked, and appeared behind the Guardians inside the Guardians chambers.

"I mean, I was stabbed in the stomach, and no one was even worried. I don't know if you guys knew that or not, but the only one who talked to me was Cyril, and even then, I had to fly over to him so he could know I was even there! Then you guys all flew away like nothing happened to me. But no, you made conversation with Cynder all because she was going through a tough time? What part of I was being stabbed did you all not understand?!" Sparks rambled on and on about how he was stabbed and no one helped him.

Terrador growled, squinting his eyes, and rubbing his eyes with a finger. Ignitus walked up next to his friend, and asked, "Are you okay?"

Terrador shuck a little at his random appearance from behind, but he was to angry to ask, and instead, had hopes that his friend could help him out, "Sparks has been talking like this for the longest time. Is there anyway you can help us out?"

Ignitus didn't understand why they were so bothered by Sparks, as it didn't really bother him to much. He tried to remember the Chronicler's past thoughts to see if something would help, and lucky, there was just such a power to help. Ignitus snapped his fingers, shutting Sparks up. Sparks continued to move his mouth, even though nothing was heard from him. Terrador looked at him confused, and asked, "What did you do?"

"Simple snap and shut. Basically, the power shuts the victim out from any conversation. No one can hear him, and neither can we. Even though he is talking, he's basically just listening to himself. But from his point of view, we are just moving our mouths without saying anything," Ignitus explained, causing Terrador to smile, as the thought of Ignitus being able to do that every time Sparks talked, it would make his life so much more easier.

Sparks waved his head, and said something to the Guardians, but of course, they couldn't hear him. He didn't know it, but the more he talked, and yelled, the more he somewhat understood what was happening. The Guardians watched as Sparks flew up, and slapped Terrador lightly on his cheek. Terrador raised a brow, hoping he would do it again.

"Do it again," Terrador dared.

Sparks said something again, but still, no one knew what he was saying. Ignitus snapped his fingers once again, allowing Sparks to talk.

"I will eat your hatchlings if you don't answer me!" Sparks growled, putting a finger on Terrador's nose.

Sparks looked at everyone's expression. The expression they all gave him made he realize that they really heard him, which then provoked a fear inside of Sparks's mind, If they heard me, then so did... Terrador. Sparks swallowed hard as he said Terrador's name, knowing his words could get him crushed by a boulder. As Sparks looked at Terrador, he chuckled nervously with sweat of how nervous he was drip down his face. Terrador raised a brow, and asked, "So, your going to eat my hatchlings? Is that what I heard?"

"Of course not," Sparks chuckled nervously, "You're my main man, my Terrador, dude. You know I would never do such a thing. Plus, you don't even have any hatchlings, so you should be fine... Not that I'm implying that I would if you did have hatchlings, in just saying that you don't have any hatchlings which isn't bad, but isn't good either... I think."

"What on earth are you talking about?" Volteer asked, as even for him, that was a lot of nonsense.

Sparks looked at Volteer, and explained his fears, "Look, if Spyro were full on dark mode because you hurt Cynder, you would be scared to. It's kind of easy for someone like me to get scared easy because I'm... a man! And men get scared by things on purpose so they can take those fears head on! Yes! Ah ha!"

"Nice save, dude," Volteer joked, rolling his eyes at Sparks's words.

Sparks looked back at Terrador, rubbed his cheek softly, and asked, "No hard feelings?"

"Yeah, we're good. Plus, that little attack of yours was like getting hit in the face by a falling leaf," Terrador joked, causing the other Guardians to oh from the burn.

"Why does everyone say that? First Carith, and now you," Sparks grumbled to himself, thinking he should get some lessons from Spyro as he flew back a little from Terrador.

"Wait! You hit Carith?" Cyril asked, causing all the Guardians to look at Sparks with wide eyes.

Sparks chuckled nervously once again, and explained, "Yeah... and Malefor was right there. I didn't know who it was, and I thought I had a half and half chance to hit the right purple dragon. But I didn't, I hit a blue dragoness instead. Do you know how hard it was to look Malefor in the eyes after hitting his girlfriend... Luckily, I was brave enough to look him in the eyes and apologize."

"Bull once again," Cyril said.

"You're not wrong," Ignitus explained, "Sparks was so scared, he hid behind Spyro for protection. And in doing so, he thought Malefor really was evil again, and in an attempt to protect Cynder, he nearly almost popped his wing bone out of place."

The Guardians all shuck their head's at Sparks actions.

"Come on Sparks, he's been through a lot. He has a lot on his mind, and the fear of Malefor turning now, especially at how weak he is, I know he is under a lot of pressure, I know it scares him. I understand you were joking, and I know you were scared, I mean, you hit his girlfriend, but keep the whole, 'Malefor turning into the dark master on the down low'," Terrador explained, feeling bad about Spyro, as he felt like he understood the amount of pain that he could be in, and the amount of stress he has on his mind.

Sparks didn't really fight that fact, as he felt bad for doing what he did to Spyro. Terrador decide to try and change the conversation, in order to keep everyone happy, so he asked Ignitus, "Ignitus, Where exactly did you learn to do something like that?"

"I didn't, the old Chronicler did. Apparently back then, Malefor had a lot more questions then he thought he would've had. When he wanted some piece and quite, and found out about this ability while he was training. Felt like it would've been a little better if he just told him to shut up, but hey, it came in handy," Ignitus explained, somewhat feeling bad for Malefor, because as he looked back through those thoughts, he did it a lot to Malefor.

"You got any powers that can help fix up Warfang?" Cyril asked.

"Oh Yeah!" Terrador blurted out, gaining everyone's attention, "I was going to ask Spyro if he could help with the repairs of Warfang, but, now that I think about it, after what happened, there is no way he would leave Cynder. I mean, can't exactly blame him. Speaking of, how are those two?"

"Well, after having a romantic moment, the two fell asleep together. And as for the other two, well, they are about to go to sleep, after they are done kissing for another hour or so," Ignitus explained.

"It's good to see everyone is safe and happy," Terrador said happily, but his words were cut short, as the two dragons from the fight entered the Guardians chambers, but one was missing, the yellow one.

The red dragon looked mad, as he asked, "Where were you? What happened?"

Terrador looked at the other two, as he knew something bad had probably happened while they were gone.

"We had to deal with the dark master, as he was responsible for the attack," Terrador explained himself, hoping the red dragon would understand that he didn't mean to leave them, but he had to.

"Do you know how many dragons died when you left?! You remember the yellow dragon, my friend, he's died!" The red dragon growled sadly.

Death? I don't recall a death? Ignitus thought to himself. The Guardians all looked the ground sadly, as they didn't know what to say, as what had happened, they wouldn't be able to change. A yellow dragon cut around the corner, and asked his red friend, "Sorry, had to make sure my mom and dad were safe. So what did I miss?"

The Guardians all looked up, confused on what happened, as they remembered that he said his yellow friend died. The blue dragon softly punched his side, and asked, "Why did you have to do that to the Guardians of all dragons. They were dealing with the dark master, obviously they had it way worse."

The Guardians were dumbstruck, not really understanding what happened. The Dragon chuckled, and then soon after, he started to laugh with his words, "I'm so... I'm so sorry, I had to. When you guys left, there were only a good hundred more which we quickly cleaned up. After the fight, my first thought was making sure everyone was okay. My second thought was: How am I going to tell the girls how heroic I was during the fight? I mean, I'm a guy, give me some credit. But my final thought was: How am I going to trick the Guardians with my words. The looks on your faces, Haha, oh man, it worked perfectly."

Terrador grumbled at them happily, but he tried to mess with him now.

"Cyril, Volteer, I want to make a decision to exile this red one, what do you think?" Terrador growled, trying to hide his smile, and the fact that he was joking.

"What?!" The red dragon asked nervously.

"You went and did it now," His blue friend said.

Volteer nodded, and the two looked at Cyril. He nodded, causing the red dragon to sweat nervously. Terrador looked back at the red dragon, and opened his mouth to say something, but Ignitus put his paw on Terrador's shoulder, and asked, "I'm a Guardian too. Don't I get a say in this?"

Ignitus knew Terrador was playing, but he also knew he had to join in. Terrador looked back at Ignitus, and asked, "And what is your say?"

"You remember the destroyer? Well, I found a way to resurrect him from the dead, and I feel like his punishment should be to fight the destroyer by himself. Victory goes to the one that lives," Ignitus joked, trying to keep the serious attitude to keep this going, which was way harder then he thought.

"Wait!" The red dragon begged.

"Yeah, um, me and Volt are going to leave you to this. We would love to stay and help, but maybe it's one of those things were: If you have friends, they have to help, and there are things I will do, but fighting the destroyer, that's a purple dragon deal. Like that, Spyro guy. So, good luck," The blue friend joked, patting his friend on the shoulder.

Before they could take a step to walk away, the red dragon quickly asked, "Wait! Is there anything I can do?!"

The Guardians all looked at each other, wonder what they should do. Terrador decide it was time to give him some good news, as he didn't want more stress to he put on others, "I think it's your lucky day. We will let you go with a warning for now. After yesterday, getting a girl with your words and heroics shouldn't be to hard."

"Wait, so, you're not going to exile me?" The red dragon asked, holding in his sigh of relief.

"No, we weren't actually going to do such a thing. If it wasn't for you help, we probably would've died. The last thing we would do is exile you," Terrador happily explained, causing the red dragon to let out his huge sigh of relief.

The yellow dragon shuck happily, and said, "Dude, you're getting a praise from the Guardians! That's so cool!"

The Guardians chuckled lightly at his words, glade to see that everyone made it out okay. The red dragon nodded his head, and thanked kindly, "Thank you, Guardians. I promise, I will make sure to never pull a fast one on you all ever again. But I do have to ask, everyone said the Fire Guardian had died. What happened?"

"My death was, exaggerated. A couple flames never hurt me before. Let's just say, I took a different route to get home, and it took a lot to get to where I am, to were we are, today," Ignitus explained.

"It's good to see the talks weren't true," The red dragon happily said.

The yellow dragon had an idea pop in his head, as he whispered something to him. The red dragon's eyes widened as he listened to his words. As his yellow friend backed away, he asked, "So, I know this is terrible of me to ask, but can I ask you all of something?"

The Guardians all nodded, curious to know what it could be.

"Well, I'm, is there, any way we can see the purple dragon Spyro? We don't have to see him today or anything, it's just: I want to thank him. If it wasn't for him, my friends would've died. When the land was splitting apart, we tried to fly to another island, but a tree hit the back of Volt, the yellow one. He actually has a nice scar from when the tree branch snapped on his back. But, from what we've heard, Spyro fought the dark master, and saved the whole plant, and I was hoping we could thank him," The red dragon asked, hoping him and his friends could see that of the likes of the purple dragon.

Terrador thought about it, but he knew if he interrupted Spyro's time with Cynder, it would be worse then the destroyer coming back to life. So, he sadly had to shack his head as he explained, "Sadly, he was the main one who was fighting the dark master, and he took quite a betting. And just to correct something, Cynder helped Spyro. Without her, Spyro never would've been able to beat the dark master."

"Yeah, what happened to her? At one point, she was evil, then the next, she was completely normal as she walked into Warfang," The blue dragon asked.

"Yeah, normal and hot," The red dragon said with a smile.

The Guardians all looked at him with wide eyes, even Sparks, as his words caused them to look at him with fear. He was confused from their faces, but Terrador cleared his throat, and explained, "Yeah, um, Cynder is in love with Spyro. The two are lovers now."

The red dragon now had wide eyes as he swallowed hard. Sparks chuckled, and joked, "Oh man, I'm so going to tell Spyro about this. That would be the greatest thing to see unfold."

"Sparks, don't!" Ignitus quickly interjected.

His voice was enough to shut Sparks up as he knew something was wrong. Sparks decided to keep quite until they were finished talking. Terrador was confused as well, but he knew Ignitus would explain, so he didn't let it bother him to much.

"Well, let's just say, she was more normal then we all thought. She was being controlled, and we all felt bad for her, but manly Spyro. He did a lot for her, and after those two were chained together for a while, they haven't left each other's sight form what I know of," Terrador explained, "Except when I made a mistake and split those two up."

"Well it's good to know that they are alright, I didn't mean to interrupt. I will just ask later. I hope that you all will have a great day. I was going to meet back up with my parents after all, and I know my friends here would love to chill out as well... Oh yeah!" The red dragon quickly blurted out, causing the Guardians to look at him with wide eyes, "You guys don't need to worry about the repairs of Warfang. We said we would help the moles, but they said they hadn't had this much fun since they started building Warfang. They said since Warfang has been finished, they haven't had much to do, but this was the best day for them."

The Guardians nodded at the information that the red dragon gave them. The three nodded back at them with smiles, and turned away, and walked out of the Guardians chambers. Once they left, they were all very curios to know why Ignitus was so serious towards Sparks's words. Ignitus saw them all starring at him, so he explained, "Think about it. Don't you all remember the red dragon named Flint?"

"Of course, Spyro broke his arm because he called Cynder hot and kept making comments about her," Terrador answered, still not completely seeing the connection.

"Think about it: Red dragon, calling Cynder hot, you think Spyro will take kindly to that? He's already had one bad experience, and if he heard a red dragon called Cynder hot, he will think of Flint. Especially now, Spyro would not spare him so easily as last time," Ignitus explained, causing everyone to finally understand, and with them understanding, they realized just how bad of an idea that would be.

"What happened to that guy?" Cyril asked.

Ignitus sighed, as if he was scared, but he answered, "I don't know. After what happened, the last thing I remember was him leaving Warfang to go somewhere. After that, it's all just one dark image. And what scares me is: Those dark images I usually got when trying to find the dark master, that's why I could never track him before. Luckily, he was thinking more about Carith then before, so it was easier to track him."

The Guardians all shivered, as they feared the worst, but Sparks waved his hand, and said, "Come on guys. We've been going at enemies and adventures left and right. Don't you think it's time to just rest now. I mean, come on: We have two purple dragons that could easily take care of any problem."

"But think Sparks: Spyro is heavily injured, and Malefor is as well. Spyro could use his time power to completely heal Malefor, but know he has fears, he wouldn't do it," Volteer explained, causing the Guardians to nod in agreement.

"You know as much as I do, if it meant protecting Cynder, Spyro will do it, and so will Malefor," Sparks said, knowing they would be completely fine of someone did attack.

"Sparks, put your self as Spyro. One day, he could push himself a little to much, and that could kill him. If he fights someone now, that day could be soon, so we have to make sure that won't happen," Cyril explained, knowing that their only defence really was them and the other civilians, but they knew they couldn't put them in that kind of situation.

Sparks started to understand, and it caused him to frown, as he realized how much pain his brother has been through already. And with the pain in his thoughts, soon came the thoughts of Cynder, and the thought of those two loving, Sparks knew he had to do something, "Ignitus, I need your help. Those two are in love, and we have to break them up!"

"What, why?" Ignitus asked.

"You're Spyro's father, and I thought the best dragon to split those two up peacefully would be you. Spyro will listen to you," Sparks hoped that Ignitus would be on bored with his idea.

"A Father wants what is best for his son, and Spyro having Cynder as his lover is the best thing that could've happened. If Cynder never would've loved Spyro, if those two never would've meet, there is no way Spyro could've accomplished what he did. Splitting those two apart now will he harder then trying to split the galaxy into another galaxy: it can't be done," Ignitus explained, but as he explanation went on, he started to think of how sad, how broken she was, when she saw Spyro almost die, "And plus, Sparks, Spyro is the first one to every care about her, the first one to love her, save her, and take care of her. How do you think she felt when she thought that she was going to lose all of that? Cynder will keep loving Spyro, and she will keep caring for him no matter what happens. You can try to push those two away, but when they push back, you're only going to make their love even stronger."

The Guardians all nodded happily in agreement to Ignitus words. Sparks didn't believe what he was saying was true, but he knew one thing was for certain: he was going to try. He decided to try his luck by pretending that he was tired, so as he yawned, which everyone knew was obviously fake, Sparks grumbled, "Well, it's getting pretty late, so I'm going to go lay down with my bestest of pale."

The Guardians all raised their brows, knowing Sparks was up to something. Sparks knew they were catching on, so he just smiled, and quickly got out of there before they got anymore suspicious. As he zipped out of the Guardians chambers, he thought to himself on the way to the room, How am I going to get Cynder to see the bad side of my brother? He doesn't have many bad habits, he's not a slob... this is a lot more difficult then I thought.

"Sparks is so up to something," Cyril pointed out.

"Really? What was your first clue captain obvious?" Volteer joked.

"You think we should do something about it, Ignitus? I mean, last time Sparks had a plan, he made us all think Spyro and Cynder were died," Terrador asked for advice, "I'm just asking because he could pull something stupid that could tick Spyro off. We don't exactly need more problems."

Ignitus shuck his head, thinking of what Sparks could do, "I'm sure we are fine. After all, you three tried to push those two apart, and look at them now. If Sparks tries, he's going to fail as well. He's like Malefor: All of his plans will always fail, or back fire on him."

The Guardians couldn't disagree on that, but as Volteer yawned, they could all agree that they were tired as well from everything that has happened. Cyril nudged Volteer on his shoulder with his, and asked, "What do you say: Next morning we wake up, you want to start over?"

Volteer looked at Cyril with a smile, glade that he was finally getting along with his friend.

"Careful Cyril, you know how Volteer is around other guys," Terrador joked.

Everyone chuckled except for Volteer, as he said, "If I wasn't as weak as I am now, I would slap that stupid smile of yours."

"Just do it now, nothing is stopping you," Terrador asked for it, knowing that Volteer would just make up an excuse, but Volteer's next excuse, was surprising to both Cyril and him.

"I would, but I would rather spend my time catching up with an old friend, Ignitus," Volteer disagreed to Terrador's words, cause the other two to agree with what he was saying, "I know we have our scuffle and all, but, I feel like spending more time together then wasting it would be best."

Everyone looked at Ignitus, knowing that they were wasting time, when they should've been catching up with an old friend, so they all had questions for him.

"What is it like being the Guardians?" Cyril asked.

"How many books do you have on powers, oh, and, how is your vocabulary?" Volteer asked.

"How did you appear behind us?" Terrador asked.

"Ladies, please, hold your questions," Ignitus joked, causing the Guardians to have a nice chuckle together, "Cyril is right about one thing, tomorrow, we should start over, back to how things were before. Malefor's back, Carith's back, everyone is here, and now that I can change my scale color back to its original state... things can be like how they were before. So, what do you all say: Should we all start back to the way things were?"

The Guardians looked at each other, as if things were to good to be true. But they knew one thing was for sure: They had to agree. The Guardians all looked at Ignitus with a smile and a nod. Ignitus smiled, and nodded back, glade to see everyone was on board.

"But, one thing that still needs to change is us getting attacked by Malefor's games," Cyril suggested.

"Agreed," Everyone agreed, as they looked at each other and laughed.

---

Malefor pulled away from a kiss with Carith to her dismay as she wondered why he keeps pulling away, "Is something wrong? I honestly thought you would be kissing me a lot more then this. And, I was looking forward to the, evil side, of yours. And by evil, I mean your lips."

Malefor chuckled as he admitted, "Sorry. Trust me, I would be all over the whole me being evil, but I keep thinking that Ignitus is watching us, and it's so embarrassing... and creepy."

Carith giggled at Malefor's words and asked, "Do you not trust Ignitus? He said he wouldn't do that anymore."

"Maybe. I mean, the fact that he did it at all is creepy enough, even if he was checking on us. I'm just thinking that maybe he's waiting to knock at the door just to fuel my embarrassment," Malefor explained, as he really wish he didn't have this embarrassment so he could kiss his lover more, "Then I'm also afraid Spyro's going to come bursting in the room ready to kill me."

"Well, since it's getting late, I need you to promise me something," Carith whispered.

"Of course. What is it?" Malefor asked.

"Since you're so scared, tomorrow, or when ever you feel ready, talk to Ignitus and Spyro about what you feel should be discussed. But, before we do go to sleep, I at least want you to give me the best kiss from today. Forget your fears, forget everything else, only think of me. And also think: If this kiss isn't good enough, she will dump me, okay?" Carith explained with a smile and a raised brow at the end of her sentence.

Malefor chuckled at her words, and agreed, "Well, when you put it like that, I don't really have another choice... I promise. I need to make you proud after everything that has happened."

Carith smiled happily at Malefor's agreement. He sighed for some reason, so she whispered to him with a smile, "I'm..."

Carith's eyes widened as Malefor pushed her into a pleasure filled kiss. Malefor's kiss caused Carith to roll on her back as Malefor stood above her as he continued to push into the kiss. Carith couldn't believe how amazing this kiss felt, and with the pleasure, she thought, this is nothing like before. Was Malefor really this scared that he couldn't kiss me this well? As he slowly pulled away, Malefor breathed heavily as he looked at Carith to see her looking at him with wide eyes. Malefor chuckled, and nearly out of breath, he said happily, "That, was Amazing!"

Carith definitely didn't disagree, as it took her some time to get back to her surroundings. Carith blinked a couple of times, and breathed heavily, realizing she was out of breath as well. She wished every kiss was like this one, or even better, so she wanted to knew what kept him from doing so, "Malefor, your fears of being watched, and Spyro killing you... those fears are holding you back from... this amazing, pleasurable, fantastic kiss?!"

"It, it was that good to you. I mean, it definitely was to me, but, it was for you as well?" Malefor asked, as he actually started to smile even more, and Carith took notice to that.

"If you would've given me a kiss like that on our first date, you better believe I would've stayed with you all night. Parent permission or not, I would much rather get in trouble then miss out on a kiss like this," Carith admitted, as she breathed out, still trying to catch her breath from that kiss.

Malefor chuckled with embarrassment as he admitted, "Not seeing someone for years can make that kind of kiss I guess."

Carith wished she could have another one, but even she didn't know if she could handle it. She wondered why Malefor never kissed her like that while she was here, and decided to ask, "Malefor, these fears of yours, are they what is holding you back from something this amazing?"

Malefor sighed, as her words caused his smile to disappear, and he admitted, "Well, it's not so much Ignitus as it is Spyro. I know we were joking around and laughing in the Guardians chambers, but I'm still scared that maybe, just maybe, Spyro's still out for my head for what happened before. After all, he nearly knocked my teeth out, and almost killed me in my sleep."

Carith understood the fears that he was having and she felt bad that her lover had to deal with these fears on his own, so, she quickly jumped on board to help, "Malefor, this kiss was amazing and all, but if you need help, you know I will help you. If you're this stressed out, we need to get rid of that stress."

"Thank you Carith. That's another reason this kiss was so intense. I needed to relief a lot of that stress, and thanks to you, you helped a lot. So, if you really want to help, I actually need to ask you something that has bothered me," Malefor paused as he sighed sadly, and murmured, "After what I did, why do you still care for me?"

Carith put her paw on the side of Malefor's face, and whispered warmly to him, "I lost my parents, yes, but I'm not going to lose you. I know you believe what someone else did was you, but your wrong. Don't think about what happened as your fault, because I don't blame you for what happened. I blame myself. If I never would've left, you wouldn't have had to see my, life less, body, and that dark master never would've stolen you away from everyone, away from me."

Malefor let a small smile escape from his lips from her words, but he wished Spyro was like Carith, "I wish Spyro would see it like that. But because he doesn't, I feel like it's my fault, and it was. I'm sorry Carith."

"It's okay my love. That's why you should talk to him. While you talk to Spyro, I'm going to talk to Cynder. After all, being with you is nice and all, but a girl wants to talk to another girl every once and awhile. All you guys is to much," Carith joked, causing Malefor to chuckle a little, which made her smile as well, "I believe you and Spyro could soon be best friends, and then you two can have time together while I have time with Cynder."

Malefor yearned for that to happen, seeing him and Spyro getting along while Carith jokes around with Cynder. Malefor smiled at the thoughts, as he knew he needed to do everything to make sure that happens, "You're right! I need to do everything to make sure that I fix everything. Thank you, my love."

Carith raised a brow, and joked, "That's all..."

Once again, Malefor was quick to give Carith the kiss that she wanted. She pushed into the kiss, and was glade to see the Malefor was being romantic without a worry. As he slowly pulled away, he whispered warmly to her, "No, that's not all. There is still so much more for me to do for you. And... I'm happy that I get to have a second chance with my love, you, and I'm not going to waste it."

Carith watched as a tear rolled down his eye as he slowly got off of her. Carith rolled over on her underbelly as Malefor laid on his to the side of Carith. She looked at Malefor with a smile and a blush as she flirted, "You know, I actually liked you being on top of me."

Malefor blushed hard from her words, but he chuckled as he saw that even his lover had to blush from those words. He raised a brow, and whispered warmly to her, "Well, tomorrow, I will be sure to try and make everything right, so maybe, I will be able to turn your world upside down."

"With a kiss like that, shouldn't be so hard," Carith whispered, hinting to another one.

Malefor chuckled as he draped his wing over Carith's body, and whispered, "I will be sure to give you another tomorrow. I just hope to the Ancestors that everything will be okay tomorrow. But I know since you're going to be there, I know I will be fine."

"You better believe it, my love," Carith whispered, as she pecked him on the cheek and laid her head down on his paws, "Good night my love."

Before Malefor laid his head down, Carith put her head against his chest, and whispered, "Your voice isn't the only soothing thing about you."

Malefor chuckled, as he laid his head down on his lovers, he whispered, "Thank you Carith. You've helped me a lot since what happened, if there is a way I can make it up to you, please let me know."

Carith giggled, and responded, "Well, a kiss like one of those every night wouldn't hurt, but I will let you know in the future, I promise."

"I look forward to it. Good night, my love," Malefor whispered and the two closed their eyes.

As the two were about to fall asleep, Carith placed her tail over Malefor's, and thought, The darkness took you from me once before, and I will never let it happen ever again. Malefor noticed Carith's tail rest over his, and thought, Never again, I will never lose this, I will never lose her. The two thought of one another as they drifted off to sleep with the sound of the rain and thunder echoing through their minds.

---

Cyril opened his mouth as he yawned, and suggested, "Well, since it's getting late, and because tomorrow sounds amazing, what do you all say that we just call it a night? Plus, we should end the day off on a good note before something happens, which hopefully, it won't."

The Guardians all yawned as Cyril finished his sentence, so they all nodded in agreement. Cyril was the first to walk back to the door, followed by the rest. When the door was opened by Cyril, he quickly jumped back as a loud crack of thunder slammed to the ground. As he jumped back, he fell, slamming his back into Volteer's nose. Volteer growled, while Cyril quickly tried to stand back up and faced Volteer. Cyril looked at Volteer, and chuckled as he asked, "No hard feelings?"

Volteer held his paw over his nose as he responded, "Of course not, the only hard feeling was your bony behind back slamming into nose."

Cyril chuckled slightly as he scratched the back of his head. Ignitus rolled his eyes as he walked past Cyril, and joked, "What a hatchling. Can't even handle a little thunder."

Cyril glared at him as he walked past him and into the room. Terrador walked with Ignitus, but stopped, and whispered, "Don't worry, the thunder even scared Ignitus. He jumped a little and hit my shoulder. But, I comforted him by patting him on the back."

"Can you not," Ignitus joked, looking back at Terrador, "Look, I may be the Chronicler, but that doesn't mean I can predicted everything. The weather does what it wants, and I can't control that. And plus, you said you wouldn't tell them I jumped."

"Oh please, you knew as soon as something like that happened, I was going to tell everyone," Terrador chuckled as he talked with Ignitus, glade to feel this feeling once again, which caused him to smile.

Ignitus rolled his eyes with a smile, knowing Terrador was going to say something like that. Cyril couldn't help but smile as well, but he quickly looked back to make sure Volteer was okay. Terrador put his paw on Cyril's shoulder, and as he walked in to the room, his paw slipped off his shoulder. Cyril looked over his shoulder, and smiled at Terrador, knowing he was giving him good luck. Cyril looked back over, and apologized, "Sorry, once again."

"Heh, it's fine, Rather be hit by your back then your fist. Plus, it was a pretty loud blast of thunder. I might not have looked, but I knew Terrador was scared as well. I wasn't because, well, I saw the flash from the window. I wouldn't be surprised if those four woke up from that," Volteer comforted him, as he knew that even though he saw the light, it still scared him.

Cyril smiled happily, glade to see he was okay. Volteer moved his paw away from his nose and back to the ground as he asked, "Does my nose look okay?"

Cyril chuckled as he joked, "Nope. But then again, your nose always looked as broken as your face."

Volteer balled up his fist from Cyril's words as he was about to threaten him, but then he remembered that Cyril experienced what it was like to have something broken, "This is coming from the guy who actually had something broken. Remember, when Terrador broke your ribs? Ha, you got punched in your side like a wimp."

Cyril growled at him with a smile and admitted, "Alright, Alright, fine. No, your nose isn't broken or bleeding. But you try and wake me up tonight, I will make sure it doesn't stay that way. I said we would start over, I never said anything about not hurting you."

Volteer put his paw back down as he chuckled, and understood the point Cyril was making, "Okay, I promise I won't wake you up. I will try, mind you, I'm saying try, because there is absolutely no guarantee that I won't, but I will try not to snore."

Cyril sighed with a smile, "Okay, fair enough."

Cyril turned away from Volteer and walked into the room, with Volteer following behind. As Cyril walked in, he saw Ignitus on his bed in the middle, along with Terrador to the left of him in his bed, and he was greeted with the best from his friends, which was, embarrassment from Terrador's words, "How cute of you two to be helping each other out. But come on Cyril, I thought you were just talking about how nice that I've dragoness looked. Don't tell me Volteer is turning you over to his side."

"I hope lighting strikes you tonight," Cyril growled with some what of a blush and a smile as he walked over to his bed, "You know I am a civilised man. I keep my word for what I said: She was beautiful, and she had a lovely voice. I don't know how much more proof you need."

"You still don't have a dragoness," Terrador pointed out.

"Neither do you," Cyril pointed out back, as he jumped up on his bed next to Ignitus, "Your point?"

Volteer shut the door, and walked over to his bed. As he jumped up on his bed, which laid next to Terrador's, he told everyone, "I don't think anyone can be talking: We all don't have girlfriends. And if Ignitus can't get one, we are screwed."

"Ignitus never tries. If Ignitus actually tried, he would get more women then Spyro... maybe. But what I'm saying is, Ignitus, you have to at least try. I mean, to be honest, I would feel a lot better if you had a dragoness by your side. You'll always be smiling, and laughing, just a lot more then normal," Terrador stated, hoping that his words would push Ignitus to try and get a dragoness.

Ignitus chuckled with a blush, and thanked kindly, "Thank you Terrador, but as a Chronicler, I can't really live a normal life. Malefor told me I should try as well, but I can't. If I really did have someone I loved, I would have to consistently leave her, and I know what it's like to do that, as I do it with Spyro almost everyday. He's not a dragoness, but, I know what it feels like. And to have to leave two of the ones I love, I couldn't."

"And who says you can't do your work here?" Volteer asked.

Ignitus thought about it, and he actually didn't know if he could do that. Cyril's eyes widened as he realised Volteer was right, "Yeah! You have all of this room back here that you can fill up with books, and your work! When ever we need you, you will be right here!"

Ignitus still didn't know if he would be able to do such a thing, as other factors still played a rule in if this would work.

"But, there is no way to supply all of the work in this one place. There is still a pool of visions over there, and I can't exactly move something like that," Ignitus explained sadly, as he understood they just wanted to help, but there was still no way.

"Then teleport here, or what ever you did before," Terrador suggested, causing Ignitus's eyes to widened, "If you can teleport to us, you can obviously teleport to that place and back. So what's stopping you now? And if you need a bigger place then this giant room to work, I'm sure the moles would be happy to help expand the place."

Ignitus looked at the excitement in Terrador's eyes, and as he looked at the other two, he saw the excitement in their eyes as well. He sighed sadly, not knowing if the Ancestors would let him do such a thing. But that fact that he could live a happy life with someone he loves does sound pretty amazing. Ignitus smiled as he looked up, and raised his paw before explaining, "Don't get your hopes up, but, maybe, maybe... I can live here once again. I will just have to ask the Ancestors."

"Yes!" The three cried happily, getting the hopes completely up, despite what Ignitus said.

Ignitus rolled his eyes, but he couldn't help but smile with hope as well, and dug into his thoughts, I mean, if the Chronicler loves someone, I would be messing with the way things are. But even the Ancestors had someone they loved, so they would know what it's like. I hope they understand. Terrador tried to control his joy as he asked, "So, what do you mean you have to ask the Ancestors?"

Ignitus waved his paw, and said, "Don't worry about that. Let's just say, tomorrow, I will have your answers for sure."

"So we have to go to sleep, like, now! The sooner we sleep, the sooner we wake up, the sooner we can enjoy the day!" Volteer quickly explained to himself, "Oh this is going to be amazing, outstanding, fantastic, marvelous, stupendous, exhilarating! Oh, I can't wait for tomorrow!"

The Guardians all chuckled at Volteer's joy, but they couldn't lie, they were definitely excited for tomorrow as well. As the four laid down in their beds, they all slept different ways, but they all closed their eyes with smiles for tomorrow. Terrador grumbled as he closed his eyes, as something was on his mind that he had to make sure of. He pulled his head up, and asked, "Ignitus... can you promise me something?"

Ignitus opened his eyes, looked to Terrador, and responded with a smile, "Of course. What is it?"

Terrador rubbed his shoulder with a small blush, but he let out his words, "I'm no good with the whole mush thing, but I just need to know before we go to sleep. Can you promise that, no matter what happens, you will be there in the morning? It really would be a great help, as it would make tomorrow even better with you by our sides once again."

Ignitus didn't know what to say, but he knew that Cyril and Volteer wanted the same thing. He smiled, and agreed happily, "I promise Terrador. I haven't spent anytime with you at all, and I might not have been able to be there for you all then, but I will now, no matter what happens. Don't worry about a thing Terrador."

Terrador sighed happily, glade to hear that his plea was agreed upon. As he closed his eye and laid his head back down, he thought happily, Thank you, Ignitus. With you here, with all of us, I feel, I feel better. Spyro's here, Malefor's finally back, and everyone's happy. Thank you, Ignitus. Ignitus smiled as he closed his eyes, and thought You're welcome my friend. And with each smile, and every thought, made Ignitus shed a tear. Goodnight everyone, Ignitus gave his thought to everyone as he fell to sleep. The three smiled, and the four fell to sleep.

---

As another loud crack of thunder filled the sky, war between the apes and the dark forces was about to break out in the Avalar forest. On the left stood the dark forces, ready to spill the blood of the apes, while the apes stood on the right, weapons ready to attack.

"Without Malefor, there's no need for any of you!"

"All because Malefor's gone, that doesn't mean you can do what ever you want!"

"Malefor's died, how are you monsters still alive?!"

The apes continued to yell at the dark forces while the dark forces growled back at the apes. An ape in the front pulled his sword above his head, and launched his arm forward to throw it, but as lighting struck the ground, so did a fist. The apes all staggered to stand to their feet as the ground beneath them cracked. Everyone ceased what they were doing and all looked to the source of the fist that broke the ground. It was hard to make out from all the rain, but it didn't matter to that of the figure as he started to give off a bright red and black burning aura form around his body. The rain that touched his body hissed from the fire the aura gave off.

"Who is that?!"

"It's a dragon, but who?"

The apes whispered to themselves, wondering who this dragon could be. The Dragon walked in between the dark forces and the apes, and in doing so, the apes shivered as they watched the dark forces kneel down before him as he walked past them. As he made it down the row of all the dark forces and apes, he raised a paw to the dark forces, and they all raised up. The apes looked at one other, wondering what to say.

"And... Who are you... supposed to be?"

The red Dragon chuckled at his question, and growled at him, "Who the hell gave you permission to speak to me!"

The ape shivered, scared as he saw the red and black aura around him spark for a bit. As he breath in the air, he calmed himself down, and breathed out. The red dragon wondered how he would explain this in words, but he didn't care what anyone thought, and asked them a question, "By a raise of hands, can anyone tell me who Cynder is?"

"She's the evil darkness that Malefor had..."

The red dragon snapped, and shot in front of the ape that dared to disobey his order. The wind wiped forward as well as the rain, almost knocking all of the apes to the ground. He grabbed the ape, and as he grasped for air, he begged for mercy. Unfortunately, the begging was the last thing he said, as a loud snap cracked from the apes neck. The red dragon continued to squeeze on his neck until his head was separated from his body. The Dragon tried to control himself as he slowly let the apes body go. As the body hit the floor, and the dragon put his paw back on the ground, he disappeared and reappeared back to his original spot. The apes all shivered as he made it clear with a menacing growl, "Let me be more clear! With a raise of hands, can someone tell me who is Cynder?!"

The apes were afraid to raise their hands, but as the dragon started to growl, they all quickly raised their hands. He sighed, and as he pointed to one of the apes, he asked, "Tell me, who is Cynder?"

"Um... she was the dragoness who served along side the dark master... sir," The ape answered, as he swallowed hard, hoping he got the answer right.

"Very good, she was the beautiful dragoness who served the dark master, and now, history shall repeat its self. What we will do is get that beautiful self of hers, and return her back to my side like she always should have been. And while we are at it, will will crush that bastard Spyro. Stealing her from me, humiliating me, breaking my bones, ruining my life!" The red dragon's anger lit the sky red and black with his aura and rage, but he quickly tried to calm himself down as he continued to explain, "Now, Malefor unfortunately survived, and my attack on Warfang did fail, but we can fix that with more help... boys, please step forward."

From the trees behind the red dragon walked out even more dragons: about a dozen. The dragons were all scared to say anything, but they had anger inside of them that the red dragon liked. As they walked next to the new dark master, he continued with his speech, "The one thing the dark master never did was have dragons as his companions! The dark master ruined their lives, and we shall give that life back to them! We shall kill Malefor, we shall kill that bastard Spyro, and return Cynder to her rightful place: Beside me, as my love. Now who is with me?!"

The apes and the dark forces raised their weapons and cried out into the night sky with battle cries, ready to follow in the footsteps of this new dark master. As he turned away from the dark forces and the apes, one bravely said, "Wait sir!"

He turned around and growled at the ape. He swallowed hard from the dragon, but he stuttered to ask, "What... what is your name... my Lord?"

The red dragon smiled at the ape, and responded, "You will call me the dark master from now on, but once Cynder returns to my side, you shall call me Flint. I want to make sure Cynder feels at home when she returns to my side. Get use to her being around here soon. But, she will never be turned into a monster! Not that she ever was one. When she returns her beauty to my side, she will stay as she is... Understood!"

"Yes... Yes sir," The ape quickly agreed, nodding his head at Flint's words, "And... Um... and where exactly shall we go? That purple dragon destroyed every place the dark master ever built."

"Yes he did, but there is one place none of you know of, as the dark master made this place when he attacked Warfang. It's was the only way he could easily study the Guardians and all of the dragons inside of Warfang, as well as Warfang it shelf. Follow me, all of you, and we shall set up our new operations," Flint explained, as he looked away from the ape and walked towards the mountains.

The apes as well as the dark forces and the dragon followed behind Flint. Flint growled as he thought, Cynder, my love, I will have you soon, and not even Spyro can stop this power that I have. He can try, but I will just have to kill him!

---

Cynder there her eyes open from a loud strike of thunder. She breathed heavily as the sound reminded her of her past. Silence filled the room after the thunder aside from the rain that still hit Warfang, and her heavy breathing which she tried to control. Cynder moved her head out from Spyro's as she put her paw on her chest, and thought, Everything is going to be okay... I know it... But... I have to hear it from Spyro. Looking at Spyro, Cynder shuck her head and growled at herself, and thought, No, I can't. He has to be tired after yesterday... I shouldn't wake him... But... ugh! Cynder couldn't tell herself everything was going to be okay, as Spyro was the only one should knew could help her with that. So, with not many options, she moved her paw to Spyro's side, and whispered, "Spyro, can... can you wake up for me?"

Spyro slowly opened his eyes, and asked, "Cynder...?"

He slowly picked up his head and rubbed his eyes with his paws. As he put his paws back down, he looked to Cynder, and asked, "Is everything okay my love? Did something happen."

"I'm sorry, I just, I needed to hear your voice again. A loud strike of thunder woke me up, and it just reminded me of the past," Cynder admitted, feeling bad for waking up Spyro, "I'm sorry to wake you up, I didn't want to I just, I needed to talk to you again. I hope I didn't disappoint you."

Spyro smiled at Cynder, and whispered warmly to her, "Cynder, it's okay. The only way you could've disappoint me was if you needed help and you didn't wake me. It's okay, Cynder, everything is going to be okay. You don't need to worry about a past, you have to worry about the kiss that I'm going to give you tomorrow once I tackle you to the floor."

Cynder giggled at Spyro's words, completely taking back the hate she had for herself about waking up her love. Spyro nuzzled the side of her cheek, and whispered, "Now, come on, let's get some more sleep. It's going to be hard to protect you against Malefor now that everyone is so fond of him once again."

As Spyro pulled away and stopped nuzzling Cynder, she asked, "You still hate him?"

Spyro sighed, and responded, "No, I don't. I really should have my hate towards the Chronicler for doing such a thing. I just hate the fact that Malefor left the one he loved. I'm going to try and continue to think that way, but I'm sure, as long as he keeps his life straight, and my love doesn't get hurt, I'm sure we will be fine. Oh, and everything will be okay with you kiss."

Cynder chuckled at Spyro, and thanked, "Thank you Spyro. Some things of the past I'm glade to bring back up, like back at the Dragon Temple, thank you for your help."

"You can thank me tomorrow with a kiss," Spyro hinted with a smile.

"I will try. After all, I still owe you for so much more," Cynder whispered happily, and with a smile.

Spyro laid his head down next to Cynder's as she did the same. The two closed their eyes and fell back to sleep, but this time, Cynder slept well after hearing Spyro's words, as she thought, Everything has to been fine, Spyro said so himself! And I believe in him, I love him... thank you my love... I will remember this moment for sure... But what to do I wonder?

---

"Malefor, hay, Malefor." Malefor slowly opened his eyes at the sound of a voice that echoed through his room. As he picked up his head, he asked, "Spyro, is that you?" The voice growled, as he spat, "Shut the hell up. I was nice enough to give you some time with your love, now, it's time to leave everyone's life." Malefor quickly stood up and blocked his body with his wings, and begged, "Spyro, please, I thought you understood!"

"The only thing I understood was the fact that you need to die!" Spyro growled, as disappeared, and reappeared in front of Malefor. Malefor shivered as he looked at Carith, then back at Spyro, and cried, "Spyro, please, what do I need to do?! I love Carith so much, what can I do?!" Spyro pulled his tail blade up to his face, and growled as he threw his tail blade at Malefor, "Die!"

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Malefor launched his head up from the dream and the sound of thunder. He breathed heavily as he grabbed his head with his paw, and thought, I have to talk to Spyro. I can't keep acting like everything is going to be okay. I have to face my fear. Malefor took his wing off of Carith and tried to move the rest of his body off and away to not wake her up. He jumped off the bed, walked over to the door, and opened it with his tail blade. As he walked out to the hallway, he looked over to Spyro and Cynder's room, and walked over to their door. He knocked softly, and whispered, "Spyro... Cynder?"

As Malefor opened the door, as saw the two laying with each other with a yellow dragon fly laying on the bed. Malefor walked over to Spyro and thought, I have to talk to Spyro, but I need to wake him up as if I'm trying to hurt him. If I wake him up normally, he will now it's me. Malefor swallowed hard, as he stopped in front of Spyro and put his tail blade on Spyro's neck. Spyro's tail blade launched up and at Malefor's neck, and avoided hurting Cynder's tail blade.

"Wait, Spyro, it's me!" Malefor tried to whispered, as he placed his tail blade on Spyro's chest.

Spyro opened his eyes to see sweat dripping down Malefor's face, so he pulled his tail back and put it on top of Cynder's. Spyro sighed, and asked, "What are you doing in here, and why were you placing your tail blade on my neck?"

Malefor pulled his tail blade back down, and answered sadly, "Spyro, I keep having fears that you're going to kill me and I can't even sleep, I can't even kiss the one I love, and it's bugging me so badly. Spyro, please, I will do anything, I just need you to trust me. We laughed down at the Guardians chambers, and Carith was laughing to. I know my anger got in the way, but... I can fix that. The Chronicler was the only thing that really made me turn, but he's died, and I'm fine now. But, I need to know, are we find?"

Spyro sighed, and his words caused Malefor's eyes to widened, "Yes."

"Wh... What?" Malefor asked, at a lost for words.

Spyro sighed again, wishing he wouldn't have to tell Malefor, but he wanted to make him feel better, "Look, I'm sorry for what happened, I was trying to protect Cynder. I know how much Carith means to you, I mean, she didn't even have to kiss you to bring you back. If that's all it takes, then I believe in Carith's promise that you won't turn again. And plus, we are kinda bad when it comes to kissing the one we love."

Malefor chuckled as he agreed, "Yeah. Every time I think of my anger, Carith kisses me, and just like that, I completely forget about what evil even means."

Spyro chuckled with Malefor, knowing that he understands as well. Malefor smiled, glade to see him and Spyro were getting along, but he just had to make sure, "So, we are good?"

"Not completely, but, yes. I guess I should have my anger towards the darkness for what it has done to everyone. So, if I ever see the darkness again, then we are going to have some problems," Spyro explained, causing Malefor to swallow hard as he remembered what happened when he got Spyro mad.

"Now, can you leave? Can't you see I'm trying to sleep with my love?" Spyro joked, waving his paw, telling him to leave with a smile.

"You know, there is a nicer way of doing that," Malefor joked, as he turned and walked towards the door.

"Malefor," Spyro called out.

Malefor turned back and, and Spyro admitted, "I promise, as long as you keep your promise, and Cynder continues to be happy, and she isn't harmed by you, then sleep well. I promise I will not harm you, well, I will try not to. After all, you're the only one who can take one of my attacks and survive them."

Malefor chuckled with a smile, and thanked, "Thank you so much Spyro. I promise."

Malefor walked out of the room and shut the door behind him with his tail blade. Spyro sighed, and said to himself, "Man, I wish Cynder was awake. I would've made her so proud. But, I would rather her sleep well. I will just give her a loving kiss tomorrow, after the other hundred I will give her."

Cynder smiled at Spyro, as Malefor's cry actually woke her up. He laid his head back down beside Cynder's, closed his eyes, and the two fell back to sleep.

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Malefor shut the door behind himself in his room, and tried to control his joy as he cried, "Yes."

He walked back over to his bed, and thought, I can't believe it! Ancestors, thank you! Malefor jumped up on his bed, laid down next to Carith, and draped his wing over her body. As he put his tail down on Carith's, he whispered to her, "Carith, I did it. I can finally love you like I should. Tomorrow, I promise, I will give you a kiss even better then the one from today."

Carith shivered happily, as she actually scared her self awake from the absence of Malefor's body. Malefor laid his head down next to Carith's, as he closed his eyes, the two fell to sleep.