The Legend Of Spyro: Love And War Book 2

by Spyro and Cynder lover

Continuation Of Book One! With Malefor returned to normal, Spyro and Cynder in love, and everyone now back to their normal lives, another threat, Flint, the new Dark Master will put everyone and friendships to the test, mixing lies and threats against one another. Death is around every corner, lives at risk, and sometimes, not even being dead means you're forgotten.

30. Chapter 30: Side Chosen

Chapter 30: Side Chosen

Using a small bit of her darkness as to call her lover, Cynder didn't wish for this to drag on any longer, "This is the time for you to choose, Flair. Who's side are you on? Do you wish to live, or not?"

Hearing her last couple of words made Flair laugh for a couple of seconds, "Haha! That's cute, Cynder. You're really threatening me, with the position that you're in right now?"

"That wasn't a threat," Cynder snarled, but this was rather good for her as she would be able to clear up her words some, "You do this, you'll never experience what it's like to truly live ever again. And since this is the best example I can come up with; How will it feel going to bed tonight without Cyril?"

"Oh, hehe, don't worry about that. I'll sleep like a new born Hatchling now that I don't have to worry about his constant protection over me."

"So... You know what he does for you, but you still don't care?" Cynder sighed, and now with this being the case, there truly didn't seem to be a way to help her, but that still didn't stop her from trying, "Flair... After what you said, about how you don't wish to lose us... I get you're scared, but you don't have to be... Letting those thoughts eat away at you; thoughts about death... What do you think would happen if you thought in the middle of your life? What could happen that would do so much good for you."

While Cynder had hoped this would get her thinking, still trying to stall as to wait for her love to show, Flair didn't take anytime on it, "Nothing you say matters. Nothing changes the fact that we'll all die one day," Letting off a sigh, Cynder knew now was the time to stop talking and to ready herself for a fight, getting into a fighting stance and facing Flair as she did, "So, you're really going to fight me?"

"No," She was quick to respond, "I... We... Are going to save you."

Flair let off a snarl to her words, tensing up some even as she couldn't handle the fact that she was still trying to protect her, and maybe even the other girls as well, but they hadn't said anything. They all waited for the attack, and for the main dragon calling all the shots to Flair's left, he looked to all the other dragons and waved a paw inwards towards all of the girls, signifying his advanced. With all the dragons taking one step towards the girls, the females all let off sighs to prepare themselves, but for Flair, she looked down but still sighed the same. Am I really about to do this... I shouldn't kill these other dragons but... whatever. She thought, sitting down and sharpening her fins.

"Alright, play time is over."

Hearing a voice approach from above, everyone looked up to see it had been the Guardians and Malefor landing down in the middle of this whole situation. The one whom had spoken had been Cyril, and he continued to speak as he approached Flair, "These females all already have the males that they need," Same as how he made it to Flair, the other four made it to their females, blocking them from the other males, "Now please move along," Making it up to Flair, she was in awe, not knowing he would even be down here, and he apologized for it, "Sorry... I know this was supposed to be a girls day but I... I, missed you."

Flair's eyes went wide once again to hear this, but what was noticed most from her was this sudden feeling of comfort and ease, compared to how she wanted to feel. She tried to shake it the best she could, thinking of anything aside from Cyril, but his standing figure, his body and puffed out chest with the sun light hitting perfectly off him got to her. Not wanting to keep what was going on a secret, Carith nudged Malefor with her shoulder to his backside as he stood in front of her, and this got his attention. Trying to stay quiet and hope no one saw her saying something, she whispered, "These dragons are trying to kill us. They were sent by Flint to retrieve Flair, just like with Claire," Hearing him let off a slight chuckle, she knew why, but wanted him to wait a little longer, "I know you want to fight, but just wait for a second. Once they engage, so can you."

Shaking her head now as to gain some sense of control, Flair was successful and turned her anger against him, "'You missed me'? When I was leaving the Chambers, you didn't seem to care."

"He's sad cause Ignitus revealed Cyril wanted some ass!" Malefor called out from the back, not in fear whatsoever of these dragons, "So now he's trying to cover his tracks."

"What is he talking about?" She growled.

"You remember how you told me not to listen to him? I will just say to do the same thing."

"Flair, we need to hurry," The Dragon to her right spoke.

"Shut up!" Flair snapped at the dragon who had spoken, "Cyril, take the Guardians and Malefor back up to the Chambers! You don't need to be down here for this."

"'This'? What's going on?"

Since her fins had already been sharpened, she swung her blade around to his neck. Even though she knew he could see her fins were ready for use, a tear went down her eye to see he didn't even flinch, as if he really did trust her. But she made sure to keep the aggression showing; teeth and all, "I keep telling you; you don't know who I am! I, and these dragons, are going to kill the females and then leave," This got Cyril to sigh while getting the other three Guardians to gasp, hearing this threatening news, "You want to be helpful? Then don't get in the way, and tell your friends to move too."

Shaking his head to hear that she was in on it, he moved forward, forcing her to bring her blade back some as just contact enough could be enough to make him bleed, "Flair..." Letting off a smile that she saw for only a second as his nose had touched hers, her blade had now moved down beside her, almost in a resting state as she looked him in the eyes as he spoke, "It's okay... They won't hurt you... I... won't ever, hurt you..." Even with how simple his words were, they were still powerful enough for her, making her fins all ease down as she listened to him, "I know you might still be scared, but remember, we still have a night I promised you from this morning... And I will make sure to do all that I can, to help you."

The dragons around her could see that his words did seem to be doing something to her, making her back down from their side, which they knew they couldn't allow. Taking charge, the dragon to Flair's right made his attack quick. Swinging his paw around, he dug his claws into the side of Cyril's neck, causing him to let out a painful cry. The blood that splashed out from Cyril's neck Flair watched in slow motion as it went upwards. Not only did she watch the blood but also what happened afterwards. Since the dragon used force against Cyril, his body hit the ground onto his side. To make sure he couldn't move, the green dragon used his earth powers. Making an arm length rock spear in his paws, he stabbed it through Cyril's arms one by one; stabbing his left arm into the ground before doing the same to his right one as his arms lined up perfectly to be stabbed and pinned through both.

"What are you doing?!" The dragon from the left of Flair asked, "Just kill him!"

"Oh... right."

Forming another rock spear in his paw once again, he made sure to aim for his heart this time. Flair and the others watched as Cyril was about to be killed, but knowing he needed to prevent this from happening, Malefor ran up a couple of steps, turning into his pitch black form, but was stopped at a sight he never knew he'd see. Having enough with what she was seeing, Flair sharpened her fins in pure rage to see what this dragon had done to Cyril. Using her tail blade now, she spun around quick, slitting the throat of the dragon, forcing him to drop the spear as he tried to cover the slit across the front of his neck. The initial blood splatter sent blood outwards before heading straight down below, landing on Cyril. Making things worse, the dragon's claws were now ripped out of Cyril's neck, forcing even more blood to spill out from him.

"Cyril!" Flair cried, taking a couple of steps forward before kneeling down to help him as quickly as she could.

Trying to act fast and get him mobile once again, she was strong enough to pull the spear from the ground, but didn't wish to rip it from his arms. Being successful in her help, the dragon that had been to her left now saw this as an act of betrayal, swinging his own fist around to his her. At the glimpse of her eye, she raised her paw to stop him, but knew her paw wouldn't be able to block in time. Luckily for her, Cyril had brought up his wing fast enough to help. Using the force from his wing, he pushed down on the dragon's arm, exposing him and sending him forward towards Flair. Using this to her advantage, Flair kept her fins sharpened as she headbutted the dragon, stabbing right into his head and even through some of his skull. The force was enough to send the dragon backwards and onto his back, blood spilling down his forehead and knocking him out for the time being. This show of force scared the remaining three dragons, so they backed off from the two. Focusing back on his body, she tried to stay strong after what had just happened to him, "You never should've come out here...! You know! You... know..." Bringing her head down to him, easing her fins and shedding a tear, goosebumps went all throughout his body as she whispered to him, "You know I don't want to lose you..."

Now since she was distracted, the three dragons from before moved in on her, and since the other dragons now wanted to fight when the going was good, they moved in to fight as well. Hearing as they moved in, she heard as they suddenly turned before flying away as the wind whipped around her from the sudden takeoff. This confused Flair as she didn't know why they we've ran away, but once having picked up her head, she herself let out a huge gasp to see who it was. A darkened dragon with dark yellow, shining eyes stood in front of her, looking dead into her soul, showing some of his teeth even as though he was upset with her. Looking to her right and seeing that two other dark dragons were over by the others, Flair knew who this was, and surprisingly, smiled, "Spyro!"

"You wouldn't hurt him, huh?" Spyro growled, making her scales stand up on end, and while he was speaking, Kettu helped heal Cyril with his darkness, "I can't believe I ever trusted you with Cyril."

"What?!" Flair cried, "No, no no no, Spyro, please, believe me! I didn't hurt him, I wouldn't..."

"I don't care what you have to say. You're gone."

Getting back to his paws now, having been healed by Kettu, the first thing Cyril did as he had before was protect Flair. Raising up a wing to his left as he stood to her right, he starred Spyro in the eyes as intimidation, showing he wasn't going to back down. With Spyro giving a raised brow as to what he was doing, Flair wanted to try her best and hope she could get through to him, "Spyro, please. What I said in the morning, I truly meant. I wouldn't, I..."

"Then what was all that stuff about sleeping better knowing Cyril would be dead? Or, how about how you said you were going to kill all the females in this family? I'm assuming there is more to this story that I'm not filled in on, but it's enough for me to know, you don't belong with us."

"I did it as a test!" She finally spoke up.

"A test?"

"I... wanted to see if you all would even cared if I was to betray you all. I was never going to let the girls get hurt. That's why, when one of them told me to incapacitate Cynder as she was the biggest threat, I didn't," Since she was speaking loud enough, the others were able to hear what she was saying as well, "Please believe me... I've... I'm, learning, of my mistakes... And unfortunately, this was another... I wanted to use this opportunity but in doing do... I got Cyril hurt."

"You know you put stress on the others by making them think they'd have to fight you."

"But I remembered back to what I had talked about with the girls. I saw that Cynder had activated her darkness, so I knew every time she spoke, she was both trying to help me and stall for time until you got here, so I engaged the best way I could to keep these dragons believing I was on their side," It made sense to Spyro, but he didn't wish to admit what she had done was the right thing, "But I have to ask; How did you know I said that stuff from the very beginning of that conversation?"

"I arrived as soon as Cynder said, 'That wasn't a threat'."

"But... I thought you left Warfang."

"I did. I just had to save a family and Hatchling before I could make it over here, and now I have these dragons to deal with."

"Hey, Spyro, I don't really want you to but uh, you might want to help those two dragons that..." While Cyril was speaking, he looked to the two dragons that had been bleeding from what Flair had done, but once seeing them, the two had been healed while still being passed out on the pathway, "What...? Did you already heal them?"

"I already have everything under control," Spyro answered, but not directly, "Group up with the others. Make your way back to the Chambers while I deal with this."

"NO!" Malefor yelled, stopping everyone dead in their tracks, even the other dragons who wished to attack, "You are not going to take this from me! I've been itching to fight something, and you're trying to take them on cause you know their weak!" Letting off a sigh as Spyro couldn't believe he was upset about something like this, he went to say something, but Malefor already continued, "I will deal with these dragons while you take the others to the Chambers."

Taking the opportunity presented, one of the dragons to the right building cried out, "Malefor! What are you doing? You send us to help, and now you're turning your back on us?!"

This got Spyro to raise a brow, but to make sure not much was thought of it, Malefor agreed with them, "Hehe, yeah, I mean, I sent you to take care of everyone, but now I can't have weak subordinates in my army. You failed, and for that, you shall pay," Spyro didn't like the fact that he had agreed to what they had said, but he trusted him, of which Malefor had seen, "Good to have your trust, Spyro. Now this means I can start building my army."

Since this didn't seem to work, another dragon yelled to the dragon on the right building, calling his words false, "That's not why we are here, nor who sent us! It was her," Pointing over to Flair now, the dragon used her as an escape goat, "Last night, we had a dark creature speak to her. She said she could get everyone out here so we could kill the girls. If you want to be mad about at anyone, it should be her!"

Giving off a growl as Spyro was starting to get fed up with these accusations, not knowing of what was true or not, he wasn't able to say something yet as Cyril spoke in her defense, "It's funny you say that since she was with me during the entirety of last night, so when could this have happened?" This got the dragon to duck his head as now what he said couldn't have been true, "Plus, she's after my life, no one else's, so her wanting the girls dead is also untrue."

Letting off a sigh of her own, Flair giggled slightly, making sure not to show her joy in her own words, "Never thought I'd be so happy to only focus on the death of one dragon."

Once again to step in, a red dragon next to the one from the right roof slapped him across the back of his head as he now made an accusation himself, only this time, it was the truth, "You idiot! That's not how it happened!" Focusing to Spyro, he knew how to get to him, which is why he wanted to reveal the truth, "Look, truth is, we were sent by our leader to bring back our failed assassin; Flair," Spyro's eyes went wide, shivering even to hear now that they were being leaded by someone, but who, "We don't want to hurt anyone. So if you care about those close to you, give her up to us and we will leave," Since Spyro hadn't responded, this dragon took this as an act of a disagreement, "I'll give you one more chance."

Letting off a whistle, it took a couple of seconds before more dragons had appeared from all around. To add to their numbers, five more joined each group; Five to the left building, five to the right building, five from behind, and five more joining the front over by where the three dragons had been. Now adding up in numbers, Malefor got a little more serious as he didn't believe he could take them on now without someone being injured. As for Spyro, he was still stuck in his thoughts, paying no attention to the dragons that surrounded him and his friends, Who is their leader... Who... could it be?! Is it really Malefor?! No... No, it wouldn't be... could it? Rather then keep it to himself, Spyro out right asked the dragon, "I have a quick question to ask."

"Does it have anything to do with surrendering?"

"Ha. Nice joke, but no. Actually, it's about this leader. Who is it that is in control over all of this, and also, is this dragon the one that's controlling the darkness? Like with the Destroyer?"

"Hehe, you want an answer so bad, ask Malefor, he knows more about his own operation then we do. But I can tell you who is above Malefor in all of this," Spyro didn't give a response, which this dragon knew showed how desperate Spyro was to want to know what was really going on, so he made him a deal, "Tell you what; You give over Flair to us, we promise you won't ever see or have to deal with her ever again, and I will tell you exactly, name and color, of the dragon that's running this whole operation."

Spyro's eyes grew wide to hear such news, now knowing that all the information he's ever wanted was right in front of him. All he needed to do now was go through with this deal or not. Not wishing for Spyro to think too hard on something that should be an obvious no, Malefor stepped in, "Spyro, don't listen to them. You clearly know I'm not with them, so why trust what he's saying, or what he could say if it's already a lie."

"But... what if it isn't," Spyro questioned as he was really thinking about it, "If I know his name and color, then... then that's it. I can deal with the problem straight from the source and end this war all by myself," Looking behind himself and straight to Flair, she backed up, fearing for what he might do, what he might say, "Flair..." As he always had, Cyril stood in front of Flair, wings extended out fully as to protect her from view and what he might do, "Cyril...?" Since this was seeming to become a problem, Xvar had walked away from the group and over towards Spyro in case he needed help with this, but once reaching his side, he stopped him, "Wait... Xvar..." This wasn't going to be easy for him, nor the others, but he had to say it, "Cyril... You know in an instant, I could take Flair up to him and this would all be done."

"What?!" The girls as well as the three Guardians all cried out.

In case something like that did happen, Cyril wrapped his tail around Flair's left arm of which she looked towards and noticed. Giving a frown to see what he was doing, how he still wished to protect her, Flair gave off a sigh as she knew, maybe it was time to leave, as she knew she would've had to sooner or later, "Cyril," Walking up to his right side, she put a paw over the top of his wing, making him let them down as did her paw once he looked to her, "I... told you... I don't belong here."

"No, Flair, you...!"

"Cyril!" She yelled his name, but didn't look to him as she couldn't say it to his face, "Just let go of me," Her words only made him tighten his grip around her arm even more which made this even more difficult for her, "Cyril... I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me, not anymore. With these dragons around, there's just... no way we can take them all on, even with how powerful everyone is. Spyro and Ignitus may be fine, but not the rest of you."

"I said I'd die to protect you, and that's exactly what I'll do!"

"Clock is ticking, Spyro! I don't have all day! And to make things even more stressful on you," The red dragon from the right building looked behind himself and waved a paw for someone to come by, "We'll be adding a life to this."

A dragon to the left of the one speaking moved over now to let another dragon join the group of overwhelming dragons, but only this time, this dragon had something in his paws. Letting off gaps as they all saw what it was; It was a Hatchling, crying out as the dragon held it's stomach, pinning the little one's back against his chest and blade right to its neck. Not seeing this as necessary, Spyro didn't wish for that Hatchling to have to suffer for anything, "There's no need to bring a Hatchling in this. Put the little one down or else we really will have a problem."

Now this problem proved Flair right, and she didn't wish for that Hatchling to die because of her, "Cyril!" Sharpening her fins, she brought her blade to his tail that wrapped around her arm, threatening him to move it now, "I'm not going to let that Hatchling get killed because of me! Let me go or I will force you!"

"Wait! There... There's another way! You don't have to leave!" Cyril cried, stressing out now as he wished there was more time to think about something, "Spyro, please! She's family to us, and if not then, then at least me!"

"I don't know," Looking at what she was doing now, Spyro didn't see it that way, "She's made no attempt to stay with you, and seems rather ready to up and leave..."

"Because she's scared to get attached to anyone!" He quickly tried to defend her, hoping that he could get him on his side within what ever amount of time they had, "I know you don't want to hear this but, hear me out! If Cynder died, you'd never wish to feel love ever again! If Ignitus died, you'd never wish to have another father figure ever again! You don't wish to experience those emotions ever again cause of how powerful they are, and that's exactly how it is with Flair!"

"If you're bringing this up, then someone in her life, she's lost. But who is it?"

"I can't tell you, but please, help me in proving her wrong. We can be there for her; our family, will protect and care for her."

"Spyro!" Knowing her voice would be the nail that needed to be hit to make everything right, Cynder spoke up, getting his attention, "As I said, we're here to save her, and right now more then ever, we need you to help and do the same... And, you remember what I said in the morning; something or another about a subject that has the word 'bottom' in it? If you make me proud, as you said you would, I'll let that word turn to 'top', for the entire night."

While most didn't understand what was happening, including those in the family, Spyro knew exactly what she was saying, sending shivers down his spine as he stuck up straight. Giving a sigh, he now smiled, wishing now more than ever to make her proud. For one last time, Spyro turned to face Flair, and rather then continue with his own test, he spoke clearly to her, "Well, I wouldn't call what I was doing a successful test but... I need to know something from you, Flair."

"And, what's that?" Flair asked.

"Do you really care to be with any of us? Or even for Cyril for that matter?"

Since her fins were easing down, same for her tail as she took it back, Flair gave off a sigh as she was honest, "Spyro... I'm... Sorry..."

"Flair..." Spyro whispered, but brought up his voice some once he got her attention, "I just want to know if you're with us or not. I appreciate you keeping Cyril in check and having you around is growing on me. So... If you stay, I, and my family, will be there for you. And even with all that we can do, I'm sure that Cyril can do much more for you. But that's if you stay. So... what will it be?" Already knowing of her fears of what was happening, he assured her, but made sure to bring his voice down some so the others around couldn't hear, "Protect Cyril as you did before, and I'll be sure to take care of everything else. I promise."

Wishing to give it more thought of what she wished to do, her thoughts of saying no kept being shut out almost immediately, and after only a matter of seconds, these thoughts were completely diminished. With her mind made up, Flair gave off a sigh at first, still seeming bumped for what she was about to say, what she was about to do, "Cyril... please... take your tail from around my arm," Immediately she heard his lips smack as he opened his mouth wide, but now she was able to face him, stopping him before he said anything, "I didn't say to let go," She saw as he swallowed hard, still skeptical of the situation, but he did as he was told, "Thank you," Even as his tail unwrapped from her arm, his wing flung over her back to make sure he was still able to have someway of keeping her safe, which now, to make it official, she got close to him, blushed, and whispering, "It's okay, Cyril... You didn't leave me... and... I'm not going to leave you either,"

Surprising him, she nuzzled the side of his cheek which made him not only blush, but smile wide to feel the smoothness of her scales rubbing against his own. Even as she pulled back from the nuzzle, he couldn't get the smile from his face which now felt permanent, and with this stuck smile, Flair giggled to see how happy he was. Seeing this now, the red dragon knew what was chosen, and so, he went through with what he said he was going to do, "Fine then! You!" Pointing to the dragon with the Hatchling, he gave the order, "Kill it!"

"What?!" He was rather surprised, "I... I didn't think we'd actually go through with this!"

"Kill it!"

Swallowing hard, the green dragon did as he was told, bringing his tail blade some to the side of the Hatchling's neck before going full force to slice at its neck. Gasping to see he really was going to kill the little one, Flair took a step forward and yelled, "Wait! Don't!"

To her surprise, it seemed as though the dragon really did obey her command. But something seemed off about him as, even with how far she was from the dragon, it was like he was struggling; not fighting against to kill the Hatchling, but against something that was holding him back from doing it. A chuckle emerged from someone from around her. Trying to find out who it was as she looked around, her eyes focused to Spyro as he had a smile on his face, speaking after a couple of seconds of silence, "Never thought you would've stay... But since you did, I would like for you to know how we do things around here," She, just as everyone else, we're confused as to what he meant, but once he elaborated with his words, they wished he hadn't, "You've met my friends Kettu, and of course, Xvar. While everyone was focusing us, I had my friend Kettu back there put a little bit of darkness in each of the dragons in the surrounding area. Which means, you can decide what happens to them."

"I can... what...?"

"Well, with my darkness inside of them, I now have complete control over their bodies."

"Oh, dude! Are you talking about like, bloodbending! Like from that one book?" Malefor asked with a wide smile.

"Hehe, actually, yeah. Only, much, much more lethal," Spyro happily answered him, "So, to demonstrate what I mean, why not focus on the dragon who threatened the Hatchling," Focusing him, the dragon's breath kicked up as he could feel something wrong with him, but he couldn't tell what until Spyro had spoken, "I'll have Xvar help the Hatchling, but for my show, why not crush his lungs till he bleeds blood from his mouth? Hehe, I mean, hell, I could destroy his body from the inside out and heal it with the darkness, allowing me to do the same thing all, over, again. So, would you like a show?"

"WAIT!" The dragon cried out, getting everyone's attention, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I... I didn't want to do this, but they'd kill me if I didn't!"

"Who's they?"

"I... I can't... say..."

"You don't have to be afraid. You tell me who it is, and I might let you leave with your life."

Trying not to look at the red dragon to his right, the green dragon's eyes still drifted off to the one beside him, getting him to growl, knowing he would snitch him out for it, "You say anything, and I'll make sure you're fed to the dark creatures."

"So then it's you," Spyro spoke as he walked over to the right building some, away from the other two, "The dragon holding the Hatchling; if you come down here and give me the little one, I will take the darkness from you and you'll be free to go," Swallowing hard on this decision, the green dragon wished to take it, but the red dragon to his right swung at him, "Nope," Bringing up a claw, the dragon's body stopped midway through the swing, keeping the other one safe, "Great job digging yourself your own grave, dumbass."

Now with the dragon having the confidence he needed, he opened his wings and flew off the building towards Spyro. Once making it over, he held the Hatchling in his right arm as he landed in front of him. Being careful with his movements as to not provoke Spyro, he eased his arm down to the ground before letting the little blue Hatchling down to the ground. Feeling the ground below it, the little one ran behind Spyro before turning and cowering behind him. Now with the Hatchling safe, Spyro waved a paw for the dragon to leave, "You're now free to go. But if I see this, mistake, ever again, I won't be so kind."

Nodding, the green dragon opened his wings rather quickly before flying up to the air and somewhere into Warfang. With his culprit now out in the open, Spyro now made a proposition to this dragon, "So, you threaten me, bring a Hatchling in all of this, and wished to help and kill the females," Suddenly, the dragon spat out blood to the side before kneeling down, coughing up even more blood as his body felt as though it was folding in on itself, "So now you're in no position to make decisions! You're going to tell me who this dragon is before I crush every bone in your body!" Now falling completely down to the roof of the building, his head hung over the side of the building as blood dripped down his mouth, but this didn't faze Spyro as he wanted answers, "ANSWER ME!"

Taking one step to stop what was happening, Spyro saw this dragon take his step from the left side of the building and was immediately met with the same fate. His body nearly crushed inwards as the blue dragons body fell down on the roof of the building, head hanging on the edges of the building. The sounds of their bloody, gurgling voices made some uncomfortable while making the rest fear for what he was doing. Using the second dragon as an example, Spyro gave them their warning, "Unless you all want the same thing to happen to you, I suggest you leave!"

His voice and display was enough to get all the dragons to evacuate. Opening their wings and flying in all different directions, Spyro eased up on the second dragon he had injured, letting him do the same as the others and quickly getting up before flying away. The other two dragons who had been knocked out were helped by two of the dragons in the back as well, clearing up any mess that was left from the street. Knowing he wasn't going to go easy on this dragon, Spyro called for some help, "Cyril, Flair, come here."

They didn't question his words as they simply did as they were told. Walking up to his right side, the two looked at him before looking down at his side to see he pushed the Hatchling forward some with his tail, "Grab the Hatchling, group up with the others and head back to the Chambers. If you want to find its parents, you can, but don't be here for this."

"What are you... going to do?" Cyril asked, a little fearful of his words.

"Just some integrating is all. Nothing you should be worried about since you won't be on the side of this," Bringing up a claw and snapping his fingers, Kettu and Xvar disappeared in a zip of darkness before reappearing beside the lifeless body of the red dragon on the building, "Just hurry up and get out of here," Just as his paw touched the ground from having brought it back down, the dragon's body now laid in front of Spyro to his stomach with Xvar and Kettu to his side, "And don't worry, Flair. For what he did to you as well, I'll do some justice for you as well."

"Spyro... You don't need to do this," Flair said, almost in a low tone as she didn't want to feel bad for something like this, but she knew what that dark form was capable of now more then ever, "Look... maybe I do know something more that I can help you with, so why not just let me say what I know rather then someone you know you can't trust."

"And what makes you think I can trust what you have to say?" Spyro growled, surprising her and Cyril as it seemed rather sudden.

"Spyro. The darkness," Kettu warned, feeling as it was starting to become unstable.

"I... know... But I need answers from him. Calming myself down will make me feel sympathy for this bastard."

"Spyro," Flair once again stepped in to help, "It's not, Malefor... As much as I'd love to say it is so you'd kill him... It's not, him," Seeing as she was getting to him in some way, she wished to keep helping the best she could, "I know you might not wish for this but... can we all just go home? And before you say anything, yes, I did, call it home."

Growling once again, Spyro finally let off a sigh before waving a paw off to the side, "Get this dragon out of my sight. I don't care where you put him, just make sure it's out of Warfang. And as for the little one," Picking up the Hatchling from the ground with his paw, Kettu extended out his paws and was given the little one by Spyro, "Take him to the moles. They should be able to know where his parents are," The two nodded at him, disappearing in a cloud of dark smoke; taking the body and the Hatchling with them as they did, "I know it's not Malefor, it's just... Who is it then...? And from what I gathered, why would he or she, want Cynder? Unless this dragon knows what she's capable of," Once having returned, Kettu and Xvar appeared behind Spyro before walking up and entering back into his body, returning his full power which seemed to help him control it better, "Why does everything have to be so difficult?"

"Don't worry, Spyro, everything's going to be okay," Cyril wished to assure him, but he chuckled as he didn't know what he was assuring him on, "Then again, I don't really know what's going through your mind and all, but we'll be there for you. But one thing did surprise me," Nudging Flair on the shoulder, she looked at him as he looked her in the eyes, "I'm surprised you're so calm. Hehe, I mean, I thought you would've at least killed one of those dragons. And to spare one is beyond what I thought you'd do."

"Is that a problem?" Flair growled, bringing back up her anger now, "Sorry if I was being threatened. Sorry if I was about to be executed as I watched everything be taken from me once again!"

"They wouldn't have executed you."

"Uh-huh. And what makes you so sure?"

"I clearly would've stopped them."

"Your ass was on the floor before anyone else, and you even nearly died."

"Hehe, Damn, Cyril! You and your weak ass," Malefor laughed.

"I still protected you from that punch, did I not?" Cyril defended himself at least a little.

"Just try not almost dying on me like that again, you understand?" Flair growled.

"You know me; I promise."

"Isn't that like, the second time he's almost died just in Warfang though?" Malefor asked the others.

"We three almost died when trying to defend Warfang before the friends showed up," Terrador brought up that time.

"Oh yeah... Holy hell. Dude, Cyril, how many times have you almost kicked the bucket?"

"Hum," Thinking about it some as Cyril walked up to the group with Flair and Spyro, he was surprised at just how many times he did experience death, or at least came close to it, "That doesn't even call in for the times I trained with the previous Guardians. As well as the three years of war, and even times before war was even a thing... Though, I'm pretty sure I've almost died more times in Warfang then out."

"Hehe, oh yeah! Now, with Flair, you almost died a couple of nights ago too. She tried to kill you in the Chambers yesterday, and apparently, she even rested her blade against your heart?"

"That was such a nice time," Cyril gave a smile which confused everyone as they didn't understand why something like that would've been enjoyable.

"Cynder," Walking up to her lover and standing before her, she looked to see something was wrong, but knew sooner then he could tell, "I can't... Shake this feeling, and I just... I need help coming out from my dark form."

"Hehe. Why are you asking me to kiss you when you could've just done it?" Cynder giggled to see he was being so calm with her, so easy.

"I just... didn't know if you wanted to or not so, I didn't want to force a kiss onto you."

"Well, since you are asking..." Getting up close to him, almost nose to nose, his eyes widened as she purred to him, "I want you to beg for me to kiss you," Her sudden seductive mode send shivers through his spine which he rather enjoyed, "And I don't want a simple please, I wish for you to get on your knees and beg for a kiss from yours truly."

Giving off a sigh, but still smiling, he had to ask, "Are you really going to make me do this?"

"I'm guessing you don't wish for a kiss then?"

"No...! Ahem... I mean, of course I do."

"Then beg."

Letting off another sigh, he did as he was told. Sitting down in front of her, Spyro moved his paws to his chest, held them together, and begged, "Please, Cynder, let me get the sweat love and pleasure from those lips of yours."

"Little louder."

"You're enjoying this aren't you," Spyro chuckled.

"Oh very much so. But I want to see how desperate you are to partake of my lips."

Getting back into character, he continued, "Please. Please... Cynder... May I kiss you?"

"Ugh. You males are all the same; after my beauty. I think I'm going to have to decline."

"Decline huh?" Spyro smirked, giving off a growl as he stood up, extending his wings and showing off his dominance, "At this point, how about I just take the kiss I deserve by force then?"

"Uh, actually, Spyro, this is my time for my lover," Malefor spoke up, breaking the two's moment which only made the darkness in Spyro more flustered, "Ignitus and I made a deal; If I stayed quiet for a full minute, I would be able to have my time with Carith; uninterrupted once I met back up with her."

"You stayed quiet for a full minute?!" The girls and Spyro were surprised.

"You all act like that's some big revelation."

"Well I mean, you never, shut, up," Flair growled.

"Hehe, yes the hell I do. It's called sleeping. I never talk when I'm sleeping, which means I've stayed quiet for hours before."

"Oh what a life that sounds to live; Malefor shutting up for almost a full day," Cyril thought with a smile, and knowing he could get some help, he looked to Flair as he whispered, but was still easily heard by everyone, "Flair. What can I do for you to take Malefor out of the family for at least a day?"

"You know I'd end up kill him," She already knew this outcome, but apparently, so did he.

"Hehe, and that's the part I'm most hopeful about too."

"Oh?" For some reason, to her, Flair rather enjoyed hearing him say what he did, "It's times like these when I'm glad I haven't killed you... well, yet, that is."

"You know, one day, I'm gonna make a come back, and you'll all be sorry," Malefor growled through his teeth.

"I hope that does happen one day. It'll just give me a reason to kill you."

"Aw, but, Flair... I need him," Carith whimpered.

"Doesn't matter either way. You'll lose him along the way anyway," Her words got everyone to come down from a rather joyful tone of which she noticed, and to the surprise of the others, she apologized, "Sorry... I, didn't mean to say that. I'm still... adjusting to what ever the hell life is again."

"Well, like you said; we can head home. Though," Once done speaking with her, Spyro looked back to Cynder as he blushed, "How loud do I need to yell? Because I... really do need your help."

"How about you make out with me right now?" Cynder suggested, almost as if she had another idea in mind, which she revealed to him of what it was, "I can see quite a bit of dragons around us, some being female, and I wish to show them that you belong to me. So you better make sure to wet those lips of yours, cause I want to make them bitches jealous."

"Hehe. That's pretty evil... Maybe I should be nice and start a kissing booth."

"You know almost every female will be running up to kiss you. Which is a real shame as the population of Warfang will be cut in half if that happened."

"Why... would Warfang's population be cut in half?"

Bringing up her tail blade close to his eye, Cynder smirked, which made Spyro swallow hard as he understood why now, "Why so scared, my love? I know you'd only ever kiss me. And trust me; I know the taste of your lips, very, very well, so I'd advice against it."

"I feel like we're going to have to leave some of our group behind if you wish to return home, Flair," Ersa spoke up, seeing as love was in the air for most of those around her, "So, to give those who are staying behind some privacy, would you like to continue back?"

"I'm... surprised your letting me back with you after what happened," Flair was a little surprised, still feeling as though they didn't trust her.

"Flair... honestly, your test, worked out way better than I think you believe it did," Claire said, getting her attention, "It was mainly when Cyril showed up that you really shined for personality. Watching you protect Cyril, crying to see how damaged he was, and even you two working together was rather sweet to watch," This got Cyril to smile, and the same as Flair, it also got the two to blush, "Even not being lovers, you get that sense of what it's like; protecting someone as they do the same for you. it's nice."

"You live with a man who can snap his fingers and destroy a mountain. I'm sure he doesn't need your protecting."

"Oh! Yeah, but I mean, it's still nice."

"Yeah, for you. He has to do all the work."

"Crazy question, but why is it called, 'Snapping your fingers', when your thumb isn't a finger?" Malefor asked, already getting the others to sigh, "That wasn't even a dumb question...! Look, all I'm saying is, it should just be called snapping your digits. Haha! Yes! I'm super smart. But also-why is Spyro biting Cynder's tail blade?" Having pointed it out as, while he was speaking, he noticed it, and as everyone looked over, Cynder and Spyro had been flirting with one another, and just as Malefor pointed out, her tail blade was sideways in Spyro's mouth as he had bit down on it, smirking at her, "Do it, Cynder. Go for the kill!"

"Hey, Carith, you know Malefor's in his dark form right now," Volteer pointed out to help get Malefor away from the other two.

"Oh yeah!" Carith smiled wide as she now looked to his body, realizing it now with things having calmed down compared to the fight, "Malefor, against the wall, now."

"Wha..."

"Don't question me!"

Ducking his head, he swallowed before agreeing, "Yes ma'am."

Seeing how calm those around her were, not only did Flair realize it, but so did Trish as it was rather a surprise for the two to see. Those smiling and laughing after such an event, how quick it was over, and how easy and safe it seemed to be around those that she was. It was something that Trish wished to speak with Terrador about too. It didn't take much to get his attention, only a simple, soft use of his name, "Terrador..." Looking behind himself just a bit to see her, now having his attention, she continued, "Is this usually how things turn out around here? I mean, usually after a fight, similar to Ivan, it would scar us for years. But here, it seemed like dust; just brushed off and not thought that much about."

"Hehe, yeah, that's pretty much how things go on around here," Terrador responded, and his response got her to smile, "After a battle, we laugh it off, Malefor doesn't shut up, Spyro does all the work and then we go home. Though, the fight with the Destroyer the second time was much more of a different story, but we pull through because we protect each other... And, hehe, once again, because of Spyro."

"And what happens when you one day lose that leverage?" Flair asked, breaking up the moment from the two, turning their smiles to slight, uneasy frowns.

"Flair, we will no longer be having any of that negativity," Cyril took charge, smiling as he believed what he was saying would help her, "For now on, you shall smile on the future rather then have such thoughts. No longer will you..."

"Are you telling me what to do?" Flair showed her teeth, but it was her growl that got him to shut his mouth, "Cyril, what did I talk about when it came to telling me what to think and do?" He didn't need to be reminded, but having been, he swallowed hard not only from her bringing up his words, but her blade as well as they curved perfectly around his neck, waiting to be sharpened, "First, I get told your looking for some... ass, by Malefor. And now you're telling me what to do? I don't appreciate this side of you."

"No no no, that's not it at all! I was rather, sad, not being with you. In fact, I was... rather depressed."

"Now you're lying to me?"

"Flair," Hearing a voice speak, she looked to her right to see it had been Ignitus, "I know after what I said, you're probably still upset with me, and I am still sorry. But he's telling the truth. Cyril really did get depressed with you not being around, with you not under his wing," Another thing came to mind that he had remembered which made him turn his attention to Trish as he spoke about Terrador, "And Trish. Terrador's been wishing to talk with you as well. After your nightmare, he said he never wishes for you to see him like that, and he wishes to be the man that he can for you."

Having revealed some personal information that the two had spoken about, both Cyril and Terrador blushed, so much so that it turned their cheeks red enough to show through their scales. While embarrassed, Ignitus's words still seemed to help quite a bit for the others. For Trish, she smiled, only making Terrador's blush show just that much more, but what really kicked his heart into gear was her words, "That's really sweet of you, Terrador."

Her smooth, easy voice as she thanked him made him stand straight up as he couldn't understand what was happening to his body, and it seemed as though there was no way of fighting back against it. Even more to his surprise, she moved her head some, just enough to have the side of her face line up with the side of his. Giving him a nuzzle to his cheek, his body now completely froze as everything focused towards the feeling of her scales, rubbing up against the side of hers. Pulling back from the nuzzle, Trish blushed, but still giggled to see his reaction, having been turned completely stiff. Chuckling some from his reaction, Volteer had to be the one to joke about what was happening with him, "Aw, Terrador... do you like her?

Trying to open his mouth to yell at him, all Terrador could do since his mouth wouldn't move was to just look down as he struggled to even breath, let alone get his blush away from his face. As for Flair, she focused deeply into Cyril's eyes as she looked at him, intensely enough to get him to sweat, but he tried to keep his composure. Her thoughts didn't stay contained as she thought out loud to herself, both speaking to herself, and him, "You got depressed without me being under your wing?" Giving a nod as he didn't know if she was talking to him or not, she once again said something out loud, "What are you after?" Going to open his mouth as he wished to once again tell her, she stopped him as now she spoke to him, "So if I left right now, Cyril, what would you do?"

It was something he didn't wish to think about, but was easy to know once having thought about it for a second, "I'd probably lay in the last place I saw you, or maybe even the most memorable place that we spent most of our time together..." This got her to raise a brow from his answer, and feeling as though it was the wrong answer, he had something else to say, "But more then likely, if it was something that I can do to help save you from, I'd do anything to get you back," He didn't know what he had said, but his words got her to move her blade down from his neck to his chest as, not only did her blade rest there, but so did her eyes as she gave off somewhat of a frown, "You... know... If we do get home sooner, we could head back to your room and... cuddle..."

Since he had said it out loud, she looked around to see the other reactions of the others, and react they most certainly did. It was mainly those that had been talking to them, such as Ignitus, Terrador, Volteer, and the females they were with. Seeing their shocked faces, she showed her teeth, bringing her head back up along with her blade, covering his neck once again, "We will never do such a thing! And if you ever suggest a thing ever again, then that wing of yours will just have to enjoy the rest of its life alone!"

This got fear to not only shut his mouth, but the mouth of the others as they looked away, either to those they were with, or just at the sky. Having them look away, she got a little closer to him, scaring him as he didn't know what she'd do, "If the night goes well... I'd... like it if you'd stay the night with me again... okay...?" This much more soften voice made him smile wide as it seemed as though she really did enjoy her time last night, which made him feel even more ecstatic as he felt like he was doing everything right, "Thank you... for showing up when you did," With the others looking back over to her as things had gone quiet, she pulled her head back and went back to her normal self, growling at him, but with much less of a show of anger, "The only ass you better be watching is your own, you understand?"

"Hehe, as you wish."

"Hey, Cyril, next time you say that, let Flair push you down a hill after she says, 'You can die for all I care'," Volteer chuckled, bringing up a reference that both Cyril and Flair looked at him for, confused to what he meant by, "Then, once you say, 'As you wish', Flair will follow down the hill as well, realising you were even still alive."

"What the hell are you even talking about?" Cyril asked in complete confusion.

"Are you seriously making that reference?" Ersa giggled as she knew what it was from.

"Reference to what?" Flair now asked as she was interested.

"Not surprised you know what I'm talking about, my love," Volteer smiled to his mate, glad she was at least the one to figure it out.

"Hehe, well I mean, literally anything you think of, I can think of the exact same thing so..." Ersa smiled herself as she knew of what he was to say before he even said it.

"That's impossible," Flair called her out on it, knowing something like that couldn't be real.

"Flair," Cyril spoke her name, getting her attention, "These two are rather... bonded through space and time. Ask them anything and some how, they really will answer with the same answer at the exact same time," This got her to raise a brow, and seeing her disbelief, he thought of something for the two mates to answer to show her, "Here, I'll show you. Ersa, Volteer, what's your favorite season?"

"Winter," Both Volteer and Ersa answered in unison.

"Why?"

"Best time to cuddle," Once again, both were spot on with their words.

"Who's your least favorite dragon?"

"Malefor."

"Well that was a stupid easy question... Okay, here's a difficult one; What is a synonym for the word joy?"

"Delight."

"Another one."

"Ebullience."

"And one more. Even more difficult then that one."

"Joie de vivre!" The two mates got each and every word down to the tone, perfectly aligning each other with their words.

Flair was completely shocked how they really had done exactly as Cyril said they would; perfectly lining up with each other as if they were one in the same. This shock got her to ask as she couldn't believe such a thing was even possible, "There's... no... There's no way! There's beyond so many more synonymous you could've used for that one word, but you two brought up the same word?! Are... you two like, related or, actually cosmic beings?"

"Hehe, me and Volteer have always done something like this ever since we met. I mean, I brought up some of my past, but I never even told you and Trish how me and Volteer even met," Ersa giggled at the memory as she remembered it clear as day, even with how long it's been, "It's been about fourteen years since this last happened, but I stopped him from walking into a wall. I laughed and said, 'Well, technically you wouldn't have walked into a wall as you didn't have that much force, but still'. And I later apologized for talking the way I did to him."

"Why?"

"Well, for one, he was a Guardian. And for another reason... A lot of dragons didn't care for me acting so smart about things all the time. Hehe, but it turned out, Volteer rather enjoyed it. After some talking, we brought up the different kinds of concussions when it came to either a closed or open brain injury. Let's just say, after that, things kinda took off."

"Wow... You two are literally the definition of, 'Great minds think alike'. So I guess that means the universe knew no matter what, you two were just destined to be mates."

"That's definitely not what I thought the universe believed with the time I was away from him, but like I said, after the time I've already spent with him, it more then makes up for all of it. I never, ever, wish to lose him ever again of course, and I hope that things will stay... decently peaceful."

"I would... very much like that as well, but unfortunately, I do have to start a fight with someone real quick."

"Oh no... Who is it?"

Focusing her attention to Ignitus, Flair showed her teeth to him, and having an idea of what it could be, Claire stepped in, putting a wing out in front of her lover, "Now now, Flair, we don't need to start a fight."

"What did I do?" Ignitus asked.

"You... Um... Ignitus... When you spoke of her killing a dragon and licking his blood, you didn't tell us why she enjoyed killing him."

"Oh... Yeeeaaaahhhh..." Ducking his head back some, he knew now what this was about and felt bad as he could see the disappointment not only in Claire's voice, but also on her face.

"Why didn't you tell us about that? And be honest."

Giving a sigh, he wished to do as he was told, "Because... it... wouldn't have helped my point of trying to get her kicked out."

"I sure hit the nail on the head with that one," Flair growled as she had called him out for this before he even said something.

Giving her own sigh which made Ignitus frown, Claire gave a shiver as she was afraid to speak on what the girls had spoken of, "Look... I already said Flair can choose your punishment. And don't worry, it's not death..."

"That's... not what I'm afraid of..." Ignitus murmured.

"What? Then what is it?"

Bringing up his own wing, he draped it over his lover's back, which showed now what he was afraid of, making this even more difficult for Claire. Hoping maybe he could do something to stop her from punishing him, Ignitus once again apologized for what he had done, "Flair... I'm..."

"Stop with your mushy shit!" Flair yelled at him, surprising those around her as they didn't expect this kind of reaction, "You already apologized, and you haven't said anything about my past, so, I'll let you off easy. But don't take what I'm doing as sweet. I just feel pitty for dragons like you. But if you ever do something like that again," Bringing her blade up to Cyril's neck, she didn't look at him as he looked to her with wide eyes, confused as why she was threatening him, "I'll gut him faster then you can blink."

Already seeing the evil smile go across Ignitus's face as he had plans to say something, Cyril chuckled in fear, "Hehe, oh no. Ignitus, please... don't do it man."

While he did plan to something, Ignitus eased off as he had better plans, "Eh... I guess I'll let her spare you," Looking to his lover, he smiled as he hadn't done what he wished in quite some time, "You know, we were all pretty depressed not being with you all, and one thing that was brought up was when you froze over my mouth to kill me, and I got super depressed about it," While he smiled from the memory, she didn't; frowning even as she ducked her head, "No, Claire, it's okay," Easing his tail around, he picked her head up by applying some force to the bottom of her chin which she didn't fight against, "I love you, and unlike the others, I haven't show that yet today. So... What do you say we have our own fun?"

"Oh...?" Now supporting her own head, he brought his tail back down as Claire spoke, "And what do you have in mind?"

"Well, since I know I've been rather bad as of late, how about... I let you have top, and you can have your story your way."

"Really?! You'd let me have what ever story I wanted?!"

"Hehe, oh no. Why? What story do you have in mind?"

"The story of how Claire and Ignitus had a Hatchling!" Malefor happily cried out, throwing his arm around the back of Ignitus's shoulder as he stood off to his left, getting him to growl, "Oh man. It's times like this when I'm glad I have my own room. I'd get to do what ever I want, but you two? Damn. How uncomfortable it must be to have others in the back with you. But don't worry, I have a plan. Just need help hiding the bodies."

"You saying you're glad you have your own room so you can bang Carith in peace?" Ignitus growled.

"What?!" Carith blushed, getting back to where she was at the far left of the group.

"Oh ho ho, Ignitus. Using a word such as, bang. It's below you. But unlike your words, I'm sure Claire would love to be below you."

"He's not wrong," Ersa giggled as she whispered to Claire, remembering what she had said to her and the other girls.

"Hush!" Claire hissed through her teeth, trying to control her blush.

"Malefor, can you not take another year off the life of my father," Spyro finally spoke up, getting everyone's attention to see he was finally calmed down and back to his normal bright purple scales, "What Claire and Ignitus does is none of our business, even though... I'm sure it would be brought up sooner or later... kinda like with Volteer and Ersa... But that's besides the point. You're acting like Sparks, and that's a big no-no. And you didn't answer Ignitus; is that why you like having a room or not?"

"Hehe, yeah, I'm not going to answer that. My hopes and dreams stay private," Malefor didn't say yes or no, but the way he made it sound was more of a yes then he thought.

"Hopes and dreams?! You totally do wish to mate with Carith, don't you!" Claire was purposely loud as to get all of their attention, and it most certainly worked as Carith now blushed red enough to look related to a red dragon.

Waving a paw in front of Claire's face, he wished for her to forget everything he said, "These are not the droids you are looking for..."

"Really?" Volteer and Ersa grumbled.

"Hey, can we like, head home now?" Malefor diverted the conversation, which worked out in his favor as he knew this was something they had been wanting to do for a while, "Since we are the males, we shall take the lead in case something happens."

"You think we females can't handle ourselves?" Flair growled at him.

"What I meant is, if we walk in front, you don't have to worry about Cyril looking at your ass."

"Stop with that shit before I hurt you!" Cyril blushed, yelling at him as he didn't like being pinned as a creep.

"Oh ho ho, dude, you're so mad. You're thinking right now, "Damn, I could've looked at her backside all the way back to the Chambers'."

"I'm going to make you eat your own teeth if you don't shut up!"

"How could I if I don't have any teeth to chew?"

"I'm gonna stick them down your throat, like with my fist!"

"Your hate has made you more powerful. Fulfil your destiny and take your father's place at my side."

"Flair, please, please! I will forever be in your dept if you kill him," Cyril begged.

"One day, Cyril, one day, we won't have to worry about him any longer," Flair sighed, understanding his frustration.

"Come on, Malefor, leave him alone," Spyro helped stop Malefor from speaking, which was a nice sigh of relief for most of the others, "Plus, I need to walk and talk with you about what the dragons had to say," With the smack of his lips, Malefor was ready to defend himself, but Spyro made sure he couldn't say anything yet, "I'm not blaming you! I just need to talk with you," Looking back towards the girls, he asked all of them," So, if it's okay with you girls, can we take lead back to the Chambers, or do you wish for us to follow behind."

"Well, here's a dilemma; I want Volteer to look at my backside so..."

"You can walk ahead of us," Flair stepped in, blushing the same as most as she stopped Ersa from saying anything else.

"Aw," Volteer cried with quivering lips.

"Damn, Volteer. Then again, I'm not really surprised. You always thirsty for Ersa, you sad dragon," Malefor chuckled to hear what Volteer said.

"Please don't say, thirsty, ever again," Flair grumbled to his use of words.

"But what if I need water? What do I say then?"

"How about I poke a hole in your throat so you can swallow your own blood for the rest of your life, so you'll never need to worry about thirst ever again?" This got Malefor to finally shut up, even some of the others ducked their heads back as they were afraid of her now more then ever, "Now I suggest you turn your ass around and start walking."

Moving out of the way for the others to walk by and to the front of the group, Malefor was the first to get away from her as he now feared for his own life. Now with the guys in front of where the other girls were as they made it a couple of feet away from them; far enough so they knew they wouldn't hear the girl's conversations, but close enough in case they needed to turn and help. With the girls turning themselves around to face inwards towards the Guardians Building, Cynder was now on the far left of the group while Carith now walked on the far right. With the guys starting to walk back to home, the girls followed along as well, keeping the same pace as the others as to not get left behind. Since things had calmed down; being back to normal and everyone back to where they should be, Cynder didn't wish to bring this up, but she still smiled as she hoped Flair would admit it, "So, Flair. Does this mean we saved you or, are you still thinking about trying to leave?"

"You all didn't save me," Flair growled, and while that confused some of the girls, the blush made them smile as they knew what that meant.

"Hehe, Oh, sorry. What I meant to say was, did Cyril, save you?"

"I'm only coming back because I choose to!" Flair growled out, only able to look down some as she wasn't able to look to her left, or even her right as to not see the blush from the others, "If I so please, I could run away right now if I wanted to! But I'm choosing not to."

"Or is it because Cyril said he wanted to go back home and cuddle with you tonight?" Claire giggled, now getting Flair to show her teeth as her blush was only growing more and more as the girls kept picking on her.

"One more about me and Cyril out of any of your mouths, and I'm gone!"

"Alright, alright, let's get off topic then," Ersa stepped in as she could see she was starting to get a little frustrated with them constantly teasing her, "But now that we can't tease you, Flair, we're going to have to put you in the cross fire, Trish," Speaking her name, Trish already knew exactly what it was going to be about before she even said anything, "That was a real sweet nuzzle you gave to Terrador," Just the same as Flair, Trish blushed immediately, "He seemed to enjoy it too."

"Wait. Cyril spoke about how she wanted to cuddle with Cyril, and Trish; You nuzzled Terrador?! Where was I?" Cynder asked as she didn't remember any of this happening.

"Girl, you were too busy making out with Spyro."

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Trish tried to deny such accusations, but since Flair was there as well, she was able to back her up on it.

"Then, I hate to bring this up Trish as I hate being picked on as well, but I have to wonder now as well if you like him or not,," Since she had spoken up, this got Trish to shiver as she knew there wasn't anything she could say to get out of this situation, "After you said how sweet it was that he wished to protect you, once you nuzzled him, it practically broke him. I mean, hell, when ever Volteer asked if he liked you, he didn't deny it."

This was rather odd now that Claire had thought about it, especially with what's been learned of from the past, "That's rather... odd, for him though, don't you think?" This confused the other girls as they didn't understand what she meant by this, but she understood their confusion as most didn't even know this, "As much as I don't wish to get your hopes down, Trish, even if you have any when it comes to being with Terrador, but I don't think he'd ever, fall in love with anyone ever again."

Picking up her head, Trish had to ask out of suspicion, "What? Why?"

"Well, because... He's already been in a couple of relationships before and they... didn't go well."

"He has?!"

"Yeah..."

"Did they leave him or, did he leave them?"

Now being on the subject of past females that Terrador had been with, Claire felt it also be appropriate to bring up not only his, but Cyril's past as well, "Since we're... on this subject... I also wish to tell you the same thing, Flair," This got her brow to raise, not understanding how this conversation could also be important to her, "Not only has Terrador been dumped by two females... I... believe Cyril has as well. And while I don't know for sure, Ignitus did say that they've all tried to be in relationships before but... They just, didn't work out."

Flair scuffed as she didn't see why this needed to be known, "And why do I care if Cyril's been through a relationship before?"

"Because I don't know how bad it was. But like Terrador, it changed him... So just, please... Tell him now that you don't wish to fall in love."

"I already have. And plus, he already promised that there will be no love of any kind between the two of us: No love, and no kissing. And he even promised too, which, as I believe I've said before, if he breaks any of the promises he's made to me, it give me full access to his life."

"Just out of curiosity... What, would you do if you fell in love with Cyril?" Already seeing she'd reject her words, Claire wished to correct, "Forget Cyril then! I'm just saying; if you fell in love with someone, what would you do? Or... If it's, okay for me to ask... have you, already fallen in love with someone before? And is that why you don't wish to be with Cyril?"

"My life is my own!" Flair grew aggressive over what was being talked about, "As I've said, I get to have control over my life, and what I say or do is none of your concern! Or anyone else's for that matter!" This got the other girls to frown from her show of frustration and teeth, and after what had already happened, she puffed out fire through her nose and calmed herself, "Sorry, okay? Let's just get back to Terrador for the time being."

As to not make matters worse, Claire went back to the other story, "To start off, Terrador's first female I'm guessing was rather nice. I don't know, all the details, just what Ignitus had told me. From memory, she ended up leaving him for someone else, and it turned out, she was actually rather abusive. So it was a good thing this separation had happened. But the second one... completely destroyed him... turned him into something I'm guessing he never thought he'd be..."

"Turned him into what?" Trish asked as she wanted the most out of this conversation, "Cause from what I've seen and talk to, there's been nothing wrong with him."

"You've been, helping him more than you think, Trish... Before I say why, I'll take a step back and talk about this other female," Taking a second to remember back to the conversation she had with her lover, it clicked into her mind, "He really loved this girl, and it seemed like she really loved him as well. They had kissed one another back and forth for some time, and it sounded like things were going great. But... One day, when he went out to search for her... he... found her, making out with another dragon."

"What?!" Trish cried, "But why?!"

"Because he took too long to give her what she wanted. She never wanted a relationship, she wanted... ahem... sex... But he wanted to be in a loving relationship... Even when he asked, he stayed calm; questioning why she would do this to him, and she just... shrugged her shoulders basically at him..." Since the other girls hadn't heard this story either, not only did it hit Trish in the heart, but so did for the others, "After that, he became rather... bummed... While I don't know the full story after that, or even how long it's been since then, I just know that... He's struggled with it ever since."

Now having information on such an event, this made a memory come to Ersa, "That would explain why he said there were two reasons he wouldn't ever be in a relationship ever again: One for the first female, and the second for the other..."

Trish now felt rather bummed even herself, feeling a little more sluggish as she felt some of his pain was now coming from her, "It... doesn't help that he's trying all he can to help me out, yet... I'm adding on to his stress by telling him he caused me pain, he caused my nightmares, and that he didn't help me in my dream..." Letting off a rather deep, depressed sigh, now all that she had done made her feel even worse then before, "I'm... not going to lie... I like Terrador... I really do... But maybe It'd be best to back out before I grow anymore feelings for him and hurt him just as those other two did."

"Whoa whoa whoa!" The girls all interjected, getting her to look at them with wide eyes.

"Trish, you didn't even know about any of this. We've all had nightmares one time or another about something that isn't true," Claire continued to speak up as she had the most knowledge on Terrador, "To help you out here, last night was the first night ever since the almost full month that I've been here has Terrador not snored," It was rather confusing for her to bring up as she didn't understand the significance to it, "The Guardians use to all snore. Trust me; when I was an assassin going in to kill Ignitus, they all wouldn't shut up. But one by one, they all stopped. I joined Ignitus, Ersa joined Volteer, and now you joining Terrador," Looking past Trish and over to Flair, she wondered, "I do have to ask as well as I hope this proves my point but, did Cyril snore last night when he was with you, Flair?"

Thinking back to the night, Flair blushed some, growling even as she didn't wish for the girls to say anything about this, "Listen! I don't want to hear anything about what I'm going to say! Just know that...! I... I... Enjoyed... last night... I couldn't tell you if he did or didn't as I was... happy... and comfortable... But I'm sure if he was snoring, I would've woken him up and cut his lung in two. So no, I don't think he did snore."

"Trust me. You would've known. They snore very, very loudly."

"Well, to add on to this, Malefor also snored when I wasn't with him. Like if he went to bed early or something and I wasn't with him," Carith added in the fact that her lover did the exact same thing, "Oh! But now I have to wonder," Ducking her head forward to look past all the girls and down to Cynder, she asked her, "Tell me, Cynder. Have you ever caught Spyro snoring before?"

"Hum..." Thinking about it, she didn't remember a single time ever hearing her lover snore before, "Now that you mention it... No... He's, never snored before. Then again, ever since me and him survived the volcano after fighting the Dark Master, there wasn't a single day we slept alone... Well... aside from that one day where the Guardians separated us," Growling from the memory, she even showed her teeth as it was one of the worst times of her life, "Then again, we didn't stay separated for long so... I don't know."

"The Guardians separated you two from one another?" Flair asked, "But why?"

"Because they were afraid of the cycle continuing. Malefor finds a love, the one he loves dies, and then he goes on to destroy the world. With Malefor supposedly being dead, Spyro would now take over in a way. So, Spyro finds love, I could die, and then he would go on to try and destroy the world. Their original reasoning was that they needed help to have the rooms checked and were too lazy to do it themselves."

"How was time for you all back then?"

"To be honest, hell. If it weren't for Spyro, I'd either be dead or somewhere else... dead."

"That bad?"

"To give you an idea, I had an annoying ass dragon fly constantly bussing about how I'll never love Spyro, I'll never be his mate. Then I had the Guardians trying to separate me from him, I thought I had hurt him one day, he almost died by being stabbed in the lungs, we learned Malefor wasn't actually evil which sucked cause I really wished death upon him and still do..."

"What about now?" Carith whimpered.

"Partial... death..."

"Hehe, well, better then full."

"And also worst of all, I wasn't even in love with Spyro during any of this. So during a nightmare or something where I really needed that feeling, he couldn't help me as much. And it also didn't help that he wished to see his parents but I was forced to kill them so I thought he'd never love me and I just..." Letting out a hefty sigh from all that had happened back in the day, she still smiled, looking down the line of all the girls as she spoke about them, "But... times were also really bad cause... I didn't have any of you... Carith was the first and then Claire, Ersa, Flair, and even you, Trish... I... never knew I'd have this life... I mean, look at what I use to be; a murderous demon with no heart or soul... But now... I have everything I could've ever asked for... And I even ask myself some days... do I really deserve it after what I've done?"

With the girls felt sympathy for Cynder, even Flair as she gave a frown, feeling as though this in some way was how she felt too, they all wished to say what they wanted, but surprising them all was Spyro. Jumping back to her, he turned around as he faced her, walking backwards and chuckling as he spoke, "Hehe, my love, I have to know," Hearing his voice already got her to smile, though she still shed a tear from the thoughts she had, "Malefor and the others don't believe me, but if I asked for you to kiss me for an entire hour, use of abilities of course, would you do it?" Before she could even answer, the sun shined perfectly to her scales, shining the tear that went down her face, "Whoa whoa whoa, my love, what's wrong? Why the tear?"

"Oh..." Using her own claw, she wiped it off her face, giggling as she made a joke, "Sorry. Someone we passed by brought up my past and started calling me my... previous name."

"What?!" Setting off his darkness, while he wasn't in his dark purple form, his voice still turned deep, "Who?! What color was the dragon?!"

The sudden quick and defensive change always brought a smile to her face which all the girls had noticed. Though while she wished to have more fun with this, to have that feeling of protection, she didn't continue to scare him, "Don't worry, Spyro. I was just saying that to see your reaction," This got him to raise a brow, but also got him to calm down as to release his darkness, "You already went through enough when fighting those dragons. Also, you know me; I can handle myself. I would've called you back if there was a body that needed to be buried."

"Hehe, sounds like something Flair would do. Which, speaking of," She raised a brow at him, but so did he as he asked, "Hehehe. Me and the guys were joking some and of course, you were brought up. They said, while they know Cyril would've enjoyed the view of you in front, how do you like the view of Cyril's behind yourself?"

"WH...?!" Flair ducked her head back, at a lost for words as to why someone would say this, "Who asked that?! I want a name! Cause now I'm out for blood!"

"While I wish to say Terrador, I want to say Malefor just so you'd kill him. So... It was Malefor."

"Haha!" Ersa laughed while the other girls giggled, "Alright, Spyro, I have to give that one to you. That was pretty good."

"Speaking of Terrador," Trish spoke in a low tone as she normally did, "Is he... is he doing okay?"

"Actually, I have some questions I'd like to ask regarding his... health," Spyro changed up his tone, both scaring and confusing her, though it was also enough to make her shiver, "What did you say to him? What did you do to him?" His questions, along with his rather pissed off sounding voice made her sweat, now showing even more visually that she was afraid, but luckily, Spyro saw this and assured her, "Whoa, Trish, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. Well, not that bad anyway. I'm asking this because we all swear we saw Terrador smile."

"You... You did?" Trish now eased up, turning her fear into hope.

"Hehe, oh yeah. He keeps denying it, but he's also been very engaging in our conversations, even throwing in his own jokes from time to time which is unlike what we've, or at least I, have ever seen of him," This got her now to smile wide, feeling as though what she had done really picked up his spirit, "Oh yeah, also, the guys of course wanted to know if you all were doing okay back here. We're almost to a point where we can fly up to the building so, thought it would be a good idea to check up before paw."

"You better tell Malefor to watch his ass!" Flair hissed through her teeth.

"Hehe, why? Cause you're too busy watching Cyril's?" Spyro laughed.

"WH...?!" Blushing red enough to show through her scales, she turned her anger into fuel as she knew what to do, "CYNDER! You better control that lover of yours or else I will!"

Giving a giggle as Spyro looked to her, Cynder knew exactly what he was thinking, "It seems I was wrong about you, Spyro..." The way she had said his name, in a rather teasing, seducing manner made his scales shiver from his head to his tail, "My darkness is losing effect on you, which means you need more... I shall require you to come by my room and we shall make a... transaction... you give me your love, and I shall give mine. But only, if you behave."

"Why does you using the word, transaction, sound way more sexual than it needs to be?" Spyro chuckled as he wasn't the only one thinking about it.

"Would you rather me say we trade saliva?"

"Ewwwwwww," The girls all blushed, grossed out as now they knew what she meant.

"Ooooohhhhh," Spyro purred, "I shall behave then."

"Of course you would say that," Flair shuck her head.

Now done talking with the girls, Spyro turned back around before running back up and joining the other guys ahead of them. Shedding another tear of which she wished her lover could've seen, Cynder went back to looking at the other girls, continuing with what she had been talking about before, "Hehe... This, is... What I mean... Without you all, nothing would be the same... And for the short time we've known you; Trish, and Flair... I've enjoyed this girls day out by far the most out of the other two. Of course that's because we have you all but... I remember when it was just me, Carith... Hehe... And Winter."

"Winter? Who the hell is Winter? Like the season?"

"Hehe, no. Cynder's talking about my assassin name given to me so Ignitus wouldn't look to see who I was," Claire giggled from the memory, "Damn. That feels like so long ago too. Hell, I remember meeting you all too, and how absolutely terrible I felt when I sliced Ignitus past his cheek trying to stop the darkness from killing him... Hehe, it was also the day I learned never to piss off Spyro."

"You hurt Ignitus?" Flair spoke up some, curious as they hadn't talked about this yet, "What did he do?"

"Oh well, after I ran away, feeling as though I didn't deserve another chance at life... he stopped me... I cried about how I had hurt him but he just simple, used his powers, took the slash away and chuckled... asking why I was so scared when I never even hurt him..." Looking forward to see Ignitus as he was looking back and forth at the others talking up front, smiling the same as he did, she smiled herself, "I love that dragon so much..." Taking her attention away from her lover and over to Cynder, she had to thank her, "It's... really thanks to you, Cynder..." Now turning her attention over to Carith, she thanked her as well, "And you, Carith... If it hadn't been for the help from the two of you... I... might not be where I am now."

"Hehe, same for me," Ersa giggled, "Well, of course I'd be here, but because of the help from you girls during my first girls day, I wouldn't have had the guts to tell Volteer to be my mate, even as badly as I knew I wanted to. Also because Malefor kept teasing me about it, and proving his ass wrong is always something to smile on..." Bringing back these memories made her smile to what she had, what she's always wanted, and it got her to focus her attention back over to Cynder, answering her question that she had for herself, "Cynder... I believe, with all that you've done for this world, to help fix wounds that you couldn't before, by saving the world and helping those around you... I believe you deserve the happiness that this world has given you."

"I can agree to that," Carith happily smiled.

"Same here," Claire joined along.

"You've never shown anything I dislike about you so far, and... I've grown rather fond memories already being with you all," Trish smiled her own, "I agree as well."

Now they all waited for what Flair might say, the one they knew would be the hardest to get through to. It even took her a second to figure out what she was going to say, and Cynder wished for her to know something, "Flair, you don't have to agree..."

"I know," Flair growled, trying to show her anger, but she was rather calm for the time being, "Hearing the memories you all have, even as bad as they could seem... you all make the best of it... Even laughing about how Claire almost killed Ignitus... which makes me think that, all that I'm doing now, would just be laughed at in the future..." This got her to think more then just the end, which even she called out herself on as she could see the smile on Cynder's face, "Yes! Fine! I'm thinking about the middle, alright?!" Cynder didn't say anything as she knew this might upset her, and since she hadn't, this got Flair to sigh, once again being honest with them, "Listen... I have no plans on staying with any of you. Cyril's dumbass wouldn't leave me alone, and that's the only reason I even stayed last night. If I up and leave, don't come looking for me..."

"You know that wouldn't happen, Flair."

"Cynder's right. I'm sure Cyril would do anything and everything to get you back," Ersa agreed, only getting Flair to growl more as she believed it to be true as well.

"And if you do leave... We'll miss you," Claire murmured, "But if you ever do wish to join back to us, we will always welcome you with open arms..."

"I'm not leaving! Alright?!" Flair finally spoke out, trying to hide the tear that was starting to form in her right eye, "You already heard what Cyril said about tonight, and I'm hopeful, alright?! I just... I... I just don't... want things to take a turn for the worst as they always do... I'm scared... I'm just... scared... I feel like the day I try and get attached emotionally is the day I lose it all... all, over, again..."

Things had gone quiet for the time being after what Flair had said, ducking her head even as she didn't wish to show this side of herself. Just as the guys in front had stopped, they turned around to face the girls, which they had in turned stopped as well. Instinctively for her, since she had seen the paws of the other girls stop at the corner of her eye, she did so as well without thinking as to why. The condition that he saw Flair was in made Cyril frown. He took a step forward, reaching a paw out to open his mouth and say something to her, but she continued with what she was saying, still having no idea of who she was speaking to, "I'm serious... when I said I didn't want to lose you all... And after that night with Cyril... I'm scared to lose that too..."

The guys all gave wide eyes to what she was saying, not having seen this side of her unlike with what the girls had seen from today. This sound of pure fear from her voice was all the more chilling to the others as she seemed sincere about what she was saying. While they were all shocked to hear her speak out in front of them, no one had said anything, making all the sound around go quiet for her. This finally got her to raise her head as she didn't understand the silence, but what she was meant with was something she'd never knew to happen. Her eyes grew wide as something sudden went over her, both rather cold, and comforting. A feeling on the back of her head eased her down to a more resting position as her head hung over a shoulder, and even for her, she could feel that cold, but still comforting feeling on the side of her cheek as someone nuzzled her just before resting their head next to hers. Flair was in shock as she now knew who it was and who had heard of what she had said. The cold feeling on her back had been his wings. The feeling of something on the back of her head, helping rest her to his shoulder was his paw. And the feeling of a nuzzle had been from his cheek to hers. Letting a smile go that she couldn't see, Cyril whispered ever so gently to her, helping in any other way that he could, "I will always be here for you, Flair... No matter what happens."

It took a second for her to come to the reality of what was going on, but even as she did, Flair didn't see what her body was doing as a reaction. The others watched in awe as her own wings acted themselves, moving ever so slowly to bring them to Cyril's back as well, almost as if they wished to embrace this feeling the same. Reaching halfway, her body froze stiff. Realizing now what she was doing as her shiver shook everything out of her, she took control. Showing her teeth and taking her wings back, she raised her paws and pushed him off of her, staggering him back while she herself backed up off of him and away from the others. Getting his footing, Cyril looked to see the fear in her eyes as she backed away from everyone. Flair inspected those that looked at her; The family of whom she's already made so many memories with; whether it be from the girls, or even the guys, she looked to all of them, seeing the concerned looks on their faces as they each had taken a step forward towards her. Cyril himself took a couple more extra steps, reaching a paw out to her, but only getting halfway as he spoke, "Flair..."

"Stay the hell away from me!" Raising her wings outwards, sharpening her fins, showing her teeth, and kicking up a gust of hot air that whipped through the streets, it seemed as though she had enough, "I know what you're doing, and you're feeding off of it! Like a damn leach!" Cyril had taken his paw down from her as he listened to her speak of what was on her mind, hoping he would be able to help later on, but that didn't seem to be the case, "I WISH, to stay this way, I WISH you'd stay the hell out of my life and let me be who I wish to be! Why is that so hard for you to understand?!"

Since no one else had said anything, Malefor gave a chuckle as he was glad he was the one to say it, "Alright, well, you got one more wish. What shall it be?"

"For you to go to hell!"

"Hehe, well, I'm not a genie so... Sorry for asking."

"Your annoying ass I won't be missing."

"Missing?" Cyril murmured, widening his eyes some, "W-w-w-What do you mean? You aren't leaving... Are you?" She didn't respond to him, only tensing her body some as if she was readying herself for the decision she was about to make, "Flair, please, I only wish to help you, that's all," Just as she had done with him, she opened her mouth to speak, but he interrupted her, "You can be and act however you wish! But that doesn't mean I can't still help you! Flair, if this is another test, we are all your friends. We all wish to help you, and we will be there for you."

"I don't need any of you," Flair hissed through her teeth, "Listen, Cyril, you will make me a promise right now or I will leave right now!" Cyril swallowed as to what he would have to promise, but if it meant keeping her to stay, he would do almost anything, "You will no longer talk to me during the nights. You will only talk to me when I say so, and you will keep that filthy wing of yours to your side and nowhere near any part of my body. Do we have a deal?" Seeing as he was thinking about it, it was much more of a difficult decision than he would've liked, and her words only hurt that much more, "If you don't promise this, then me leaving will be on you..."

"But if I do promise this... You'll have no one to turn to in the time of need..." Shedding a tear as she remembered what his words were from; from what he had said to her, about being alone, "I use my wing to comfort you. I cuddled with you last night to cure that loneliness. I talk with you when ever, so you know you're never alone. Everything I do, is for you to know, I'll always be there..." As hard as it was for him to do, it stabbed at his heart hard enough for him to hold a paw to his chest, "I'm... sorry... Flair... But I don't wish for you to ever be alone again... So... I'm sorry... But I can't promise that, nor do we have a deal."

Clenching her own teeth from his words, she knew he made his choice, so now she needed to make hers. Keeping her cool, staying calm even, Flair looked to him, giving off her last words, "Then goodbye, Cyril."

"Flair, wait...!"

Trying to cry out to her, she didn't listen to Cyril as he tried, but instead kicked her wings to the ground below her to get her airborne. Up to the air, flapping her wings backwards for a hard push forward, Flair flew up and over the others, making most duck as the guts of wind was rather powerful as she had flown over them. Cyril was one of the others whom had ducked his head some to the ground. Picking his head back up, he quickly turned his body around, watching as she flew away. About to open his own wings to hunt after her, something he noticed was rather odd yet calming. She hadn't flown away from the others, but rather it seemed she had flown up to the Guardian's Building, to the front door even. Giving a sigh as he believed that was where she headed, it helped calm him some, though he still wouldn't feel completely satisfied until he knew she was safe. Looking to the other girls, he wished maybe they would have some advice to help him, "You girls wouldn't mind helping me know how to help Flair out, would you?"

The girls all sadly shuck their heads as they didn't know anything to do for help, and Ersa elaborated some, "Cyril... You're really the only one who's gotten anything from her. While she did say some things to us... It's been because of you that she's even felt comfortable talking about such things..." Cyril gave a sigh as in a situation like this, he didn't know what was the best thing to do, "Just... Whatever you're doing, keep at it I guess. As for if you should leave her alone or help her, well... That's up to you."

This was a rather tough decision for him to make as either could end up really bad, or really good, but he mainly focused the negative as he thought about it, "If I leave her alone, she'll probably think I really don't care, and if I'm not with her tonight, she'd be all alone... And she shouldn't have to be. But even if I do show up to her room, which, I hope to Ancestors she's in, what if this turns her against me because she really does just need space...? What if that really would make things worse?"

"Well, to help you out some, I can confirm thanks to the help of Kettu and Xvar that she did make it in the Building," Spyro happily helped him out as he was doing his own things behind-the-scenes, "Now, if she's set up traps along the way to kill you before you get to where you need to go, well, I wouldn't know. So you're kinda on your own about that."

"Hehe, well, thanks for the help at least, Spyro."

"Hehe, thank goodness Carith was easy," Malefor chuckled, immediately getting his lover's attention, wondering what he meant by this, "Hehe, I wouldn't know what to do in the situation. And when it came to Carith, she was a sucker for the legendary purple dragon, so it was easy to get her on my good side."

"I was easy, huh?" Carith grumbled to her lover, "I hope the next female you're with is just as easy as I am then, right?"

"Hehe, Now now, Carith, I was only joking."

"That's rather odd," Volteer meant to think to himself for what he had in mind, but since he ended up saying it out loud anyway, he continued to, "From my memory it was you who was easy for Carith, not the other way around."

"Volteer, don't be bad... No one likes a bad dragon."

"I know I do," Ersa purred, rubbing up against Volteer's side.

"How bad was it for Malefor?" Claire asked since the two started flirting.

Just from memory itself, the Guardians all let off a laugh as to how bad it was, getting Malefor to blush with a grumble as he ducked his head. Coming down from his laughter, Ignitus wished to be the one to talk about it, "Oh ho ho. Let's just say, he was very, very similar to Volteer once he thought Ersa had died. After meeting her, it was nothing but sad faces for him and just pure depression," Ignitus gave off another chuckle as he thought about it, "Hehe, I mean, hell, just imagine the Dark Master, but like, always hella depressed. There were days where we begged Carith to spend time with him even though she was already going to."

"Haha!" Spyro laughed to hear this, "Damn, Malefor! You're more pathetic than I thought you were."

"Oh, go to hell!" Malefor growled back, "I have so much fuel to the fire of all the times you cried about Cynder not being with you."

"Hehe, yeah but, you were a grown ass adult. I'm still only sixteen."

"I'm gonna make sure you don't make it past seventeen."

"Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen-oh! Well. Looks like you failed there."

"HA!" Ignitus laughed, "He got you there, Malefor."

"Alright! Alright!" Malefor called out, sighing even as it felt like the universe turned against him even though it was his fault, "Carith," Calling her name, he looked to her as she did to him, but while Malefor frowned, she smirked, wondering what he was to say, "I'm... sorry... And if I'm being honest... I was a rather... easy target... not you... For reasons I don't wish to get into as I would like to continue to smile but..." Giving a smirk off of his own, now she really wondered what he was planning, "When I meant you were easy, I wasn't talking about you loving me. I was just talking about how easy you are, to me." She still kept her smirk as she hoped he could do better, and since he didn't get her to smile, he knew just what to do, "Would you... Feel better if I use my dark form against you...?"

"I lay on my back, you do all the work, and you better make sure that I know I love you," Carith was rather quick to what she wanted, as if she already had this planned out, surprising all of them, "You're really surprised that I fantasize about you and me?" It was still a surprise to him which kept his mouth shut, but she took this as him not agreeing with her, "So then we don't have a deal? Because if we don't, you seemed rather happy without me back in the day..."

"He tried to blow up the planet... And succeeded," Spyro grumbled.

Giving a giggle to what he was saying, Carith agreed, "True..."

"Hey, Malefor, can you just stop being a depressed man and hurry the hell up," Cyril spoke up which was rather odd for him to act in such a way, as though he needed to be somewhere, "You literally have an amazing lover who loves and supports you, and you do the same to her. Just watch your mouth next time, let her fix it for you, if you know what I mean, and let's just get back to the Chambers already," It wasn't hard for them all to realize just why he was doing this, and he didn't need to say it, but their reactions almost forced a response out of him, "Yes, I want to check on Flair. Yes, I wish to talk to her. And yes... I'm getting the feeling you all have towards your females... And I... understand it now..."

They were happy to hear he was open with how he was feeling about Flair, and with what the girls had to go off of, they smiled as they felt as though they knew what was going on. As to make it easier on everyone, Ignitus wished to step in, "Don't worry, Cyril. I will teleport us back into the Chambers so you can see her sooner," Getting a smile from Cyril as he looked to him, Ignitus did wish to give him a warning, "Though... I don't know how she will respond, just make sure she doesn't stab you or something. Even for my clones, constantly having to clean your blood off the ground doesn't sit right with them."

"Hehe... I... I don't think she'll ever hurt me again so, I'm not worried... But thanks for the heads up."

With everyone except for Trish closing her eyes, Terrador caught it rather quick as he opened his eyes to warn her of what was to happen, "Oh, Trish," Once speaking her name, he got her attention, "You should close your eyes as well. We travel rather fast and will appear in the Chamber in seconds. Malefor once tried his luck by keeping his eyes open and it... didn't go well," Seeing as she swallowed hard, she could only imagine how bad it must've been, "So when ever you're ready, just close your eyes."

Nodding to his words, Trish followed Terrador as the two both closed their eyes. For a second, things seemed fine. But once feeling a gust of wind, her scales felt as though they stood up on end as it was a rather fast and much more different sound from the wind then she's ever heard before. Once opening her eyes as the others did the same, Trish let out a gasp to see they were back in the Chambers. Looking around to make sure everyone was in order, they were all put back exactly how they normally sat; with Malefor and Carith to the left wall, Spyro and Cynder to the right, and all the Guardians lined up as normal. Now feeling much worse about what he had said from before, Malefor wished to apologize to his lover, "Carith... I uh... I'm sorry... about what I said."

It was strange for him to seem so sad in a way, even though he'd normally joke about which got Carith wondering, "Hehe, Malefor, it's okay, you were just messing around. And it's not like you pulled a Spyro and yelled at me for how horrible of a dragon I am," Immediately Spyro's scales shot stiff before he went to duck his head after frowning, but she was quick to apologize, "I'm joking! If you still feel bad, which you shouldn't, just talk with Cynder."

"I mean... After what's happened today, I see no reason I should be mad at you, Spyro," Cynder thought to herself, and at least with some good news for him, he picked his head back up, "Honestly, you've, really turned things around today. And I was... thankful... very much so that you helped save that Hatchling's life..." Blushing some, rather too much after saying, she tried to make it a rather innocent question, "You know, just uh... Out of, curiosity, I uh... Ahem... What would you do if say... Me and you... had a uh... Hatchling?" Just him raising a brow was enough to throw her in full panic, "Hypothetically speaking!"

To him, Spyro saw this as a trick question and raised a brow, slowing his voice as he spoke, "I would... take, care, of, it?" He could tell this wasn't really the answer she was looking for, but unfortunately, he didn't really have much to go off of, "Sorry... I just, don't really have any ideas of what I'd do with a mate and a Hatchling. Hehe, I mean, for many reasons, one of such is that I still have two years until something like that should happen, and also..." Getting a little down about what he was going to say, once he did, it stabbed her heart to hear, "I... Don't really know if I'll even be around by the time I wish for a Hatchling... or even after my mate has one..."

It went quiet for some time as Cynder frowned even herself, making the atmosphere around them rather dim. But feeling like things needed a rather change in pace, Malefor stepped up first to be the one to sort things out, "Carith," Taking her attention away from the other two, she looked to him, "I know I've said this enough but I'm... sorry... I guess thinking back to those times... they were... rather terrible... And if it wasn't for you, being my beacon for joy, hope, and of course, love... I might've never made it here."

"I mean, I did save you from the Dark Master so, you're not wrong," Carith took the credit for saving his life.

"Hehe, that you did. But unfortunately..." Giving a smirk, she smiled as she already knew what he was to say, "You can't save me this time..." Letting some of his darkness show, Carith shivered in excitement for what was to come, and he gave her hopes, "How about, you lay on your back, I do all the work, and I make sure you understand why they call me, Master Malefor..?" Going to open her mouth to say something, he chuckled and said it before she could ask it, "Yes, I know, I gave myself that name... But I find it funny how your already salivating," Shutting her mouth quick and blushing, he still saw what was going on with her, "Hehe. You excited...?"

"Is there a reason for me not to be?" Carith questioned him, now more ready then ever to have some fun.

"At least I know I can make up for what I said. But now," Looking to see Cynder and Spyro were still down after what was said, Malefor tried to bring up their spirits, "Spyro, you confuse me some days, you know that, right?" It was enough to change his frown to a face of confusion, "You're literally more powerful than Ignitus right now who has the power of the Ancestors yet, you are the most sacred to die? If anyone should be, it's Cyril."

"Hey..." Cyril grumbled.

"Bro. You're slow, you're weak and almost died like, three times in a week," Realizing what he had said and how well it rhymed, Malefor made a beat from it, "Yo! Did anyone else hear that?! It all came together! 'Bro, you're slow, you're weak, and almost die like three times a week!' A! Haha! I should make that a song!" Clearing his throat to see Cyril frowning, he got back on track, "Any way, you do still have Flair to deal with. Which, now thinking of her, you've almost died more then three times. I've already said this so you know what I'm talking about."

"She's not going to kill me."

"Then she could..."

"She's not going to hurt me either," Getting defensive over her, Cyril let off a sigh as he knew he couldn't take being away from her any longer, "I'm going to show you all that I'm right, and while I know most, if not all of you, do believe me that she's innocent, I'm still going to push to show that."

"So you've made your decision to speak to her tonight?" Claire wanted to make sure this was what she was hearing.

Letting off a sigh, almost as if to prepare himself, Cyril also gave off a nod as he was sure of what he wanted, and even hoped Flair would want the same, "She's right there... And I know with the right amount of help left, I can help bring her back... During her first day here, if what happened during that fight in Warfang were to have occurred then... she might've actually... killed me... But she didn't... And she even whispered with tear that she... she didn't want to lose me..."

This got the others to all gasp as this was clear indication of much more, which Malefor called out, "Then what the hell you on the fence about this for man?! Clearly she wants you then, and I'm not talking about mating, hehe, no no. Because I mean... come on... your Cyril... Just look at yourself," Getting off track, this got Cyril to growl at him, which Malefor corrected himself for, "Ahem! What I meant was! Don't screw this up. She was out for blood in the beginning, which was rather stressful to know that she wished all of us dead. But now that you've calmed her, you, in a way, saved our lives."

Once again having left off another sigh, Cyril didn't understand what this feeling was to him, "Is it... weird to say that, it feels like, being with her has, in a way, saved my life as well?"

"Hehe, Damn Cyril. Might as well tell her that you love her," Volteer chuckled as this was rather obvious with how he was talking about her.

"Little too early for something like that, Volteer. And I also promised her I wouldn't kiss her, and if I broke that promise, she'd have full control if I live or die."

"You gave her that much power?" Spyro was a little skeptical, "What if she just up and said, 'You broke, a, promise, but I won't say which one'?"

"You and Cynder literally have each other's darkness around one another's hearts, and could easily end the others life in seconds if you wanted to."

"Hehe, well... You got me there."

"Also... I know Flair wouldn't do something like that, for reasons I can't discuss until given the okay to do so..." Another thing stabbed at his heart, but even still, it got him to smile, chuckle even for his thoughts, "This is crazy for me to say but... That was one of the first times I've slept good in years... Many, many years... And before you all say, 'Well she cuddled with you, obviously you'd have a good time'. To be clear, she only cuddled with me so her fins would all line up with my body. She hoped she would have a nightmare or something, or I'd give a reason for her to sharpen them all. This was so they would all stab through my entire side as I slept, possibly even puncturing my lung."

"Hehe, yeah, my clone told me about that and It took every, single, bit of fiber in my body to not give Flair a slight nightmare just to mess with you," Ignitus chuckled as he had to be honest with his rather evil intent, and seeing the raised brow from Claire, sweat started to drip down his head, "Which is why I didn't do it! She was already having a tough time, you were happy, and I'd never disappoint Claire because of something so childish."

This got Claire to smile, which was enough to get Ignitus to sigh. The more the previous night was spoken about, the more Cyril smiled on it, elaborating more on what had happened since Ignitus talked about it, "Not only would my entire body have been poked open, but so would my tail too. To... show trust... I wrapped my tail around her completely which..." Shivering with all kinds of feelings, remembering how she reacted from the moment of rest to waking up, he couldn't handle being without her any longer, "Sorry, I... I have to see her."

While Cyril made his way to the Chambers entrance, Malefor smirked, "Boy really want some ass though."

"Shut up, Malefor," Cyril was quick to growl at him, "Stop talking about, ass, when you don't even get any."

"HA!" Malefor laughed out loud, and just to make sure Cyril was wrong, he did something dangerous, of which he didn't know of what the outcome would be, "I'll prove it to you," Reaching his paw around and grabbing Carith by the back end, she shot up straight, blushed, and let out a short gasp, "Oh, Sorry Cyril. Couldn't hear you over how wrong you were," This got Cyril to roll his eyes, but he still smiled even as he left the Chambers to go meet back up with Flair, "Haha. Sucker."

"Did you really just grab Carith by the back end?" Spyro asked Malefor, even though he had already seen what happened from where he was sitting.

"Hehe, of course I did. Though, I feel like Volteer right now where he'd be like, 'I'm gonna go grab my girl by the back end," Malefor chuckled from memory, "Oh yeah, Spyro, going back to what Cynder asked you, I can help give you plenty of ideas of what to do with your Hatchling."

"Oh yeah? And how would you know?"

"Hehe, bro, I've been planning for this since the day I met Carith."

"WHAT?!" Everyone cried out while Carith's face turned beat red as her eyes grew as wide as they could go.

"Can you all chill out?!" Malefor growled to them all, realizing what he had said; what he had slipped up in saying, "I was being a guy, alright. I had thoughts that I shouldn't have had with Carith," This now turned all her excitement and anticipation to sadness as the way he phrased it made it seem like he didn't want these thoughts, but he was quick to catch on to somewhat of what she was thinking, "And by that, my love, I mean like how, when we first met, the day after, I was like, none stop thinking about making out with you which I... shouldn't have been thinking about."

"Malefor," Ersa giggled as she spoke, "You're really crushing Carith's dreams right now. Maybe you should've just left it where you were at."

"Ersa!" Carith growled as her face once again turned red with a blush, but with the girls giggling for reasons the others didn't understand, she cleared her throat, "I get what you're saying, Malefor. You act like I haven't fantasized about the same thing with you too. But now I do have to ask; You have thoughts about what to do with a Hatchling in the future, but what about a mate? Who was this, fake mate of yours that you thought of to basically, practice with?"

"Why does that sound so dirty," Malefor chuckled.

"Does sound pretty dirty doesn't it."

"Hehe... Hehe... well... it... it uh... was, you..." Malefor revealed the truth as to not possibly make her feel worse by thinking of someone else, even though he didn't, but this only got his lover and him to blush more to the point of being uncomfortable, "BUT! I never went overboard and thought of us like... you know... doing... it... Just what would happen if we did have a Hatchling..." This didn't prove to help him too much as now he was laying on more of how he really thought, close enough to even revealing his true feelings, "I... Hehe... Hehe... Uhhhhhhhh..."

"Look, Malefor, it's fine," Spyro interjected, mainly to help Malefor out as the the two lovers seemed to be getting more red in the face then a fire dragon, "I'm not going to say I've never ever had a thought of such a thing before, just... Haven't put much work into such thoughts..." Letting out a sigh as he knew revealing this would help, he looked to his lover, already red in the face, "There were a... couple of times that I did wonder where I'd be if I... Did have a Hatchling. Mainly like with Cora; I wondered what it would be like if I was a father to her, which, I know that she does see me as one so... It has got me thinking."

The eye contact and smile Spyro was giving to Cynder made it just the more embarrassing, and the silence didn't help either. Letting out a yawn to break the silence at least, Volteer smiled wide as he was happy to say, "Hehe, well, sucks for all of you as I can plan anything, knowing I get to have anything I want now," Turning some as he rubbed his backside against his mate's side, Ersa giggled, which made the others a little uncomfortable, and once he was done, he took shoots at Malefor, "How does that make you feel, Malefor? Knowing you were a purple dragon and never got any? Yet I was the first in the group to get some?"

"I don't give a shit, dude," Malefor grumbled.

"Mad?"

"No, but I'm grossed out. And plus," Reaching his arm over and to the back of Carith, he knew this was his time to shine, "I respect my female. Unless we ever break up, I'd never betray her love," Carith enjoyed this a little too much, smiling even at him for what he said and did, but it was short lived as he took his arm back down and continued to fuss with Volteer, "Now if you don't shut your mouth, I'm going to shut it for you!"

"HA!" Ersa laughed out loud, "Sounds like something Volteer said to me when we were having fun."

"WH...!" Everyone cried out, nearly spitting up even from that statement.

"YO! WHAT THE FU...!"

"His lips!" Ersa cried out, stopping Malefor from saying what he had to, "What the hell did you all think I was talking about?"

Raising up a claw to say what he wanted to, Malefor brought that claw to his mouth, shushing himself as to not say a word about what he thought, even though he wasn't the only one who thought the same thing. Keeping that claw to his mouth, he walked a couple steps forward, turned to the entrance, and walked out of the Chambers, stepping quicker then normal. Following behind him was Carith as she didn't have anything to say either. Ersa was rather confused as she didn't understand what she said that made everyone feel so uncomfortable, so she asked once again, "I don't get it. What did I say?"

Since she really didn't seem to understand what was going on, Ignitus tried his best to explain, blushing red enough that it passed his scales, "Ersa... I really, really don't want to explain this but... Uh... Sweet Ancestors, I'm going to erase this from my memory... Ahem... We thought you were talking about... A... Not going to say Volteer... But a... um... Gem... Yes! A, a gem!"

"Please just, stop..." Terrador grumbled as no one was safe from embarrassment, "Cause now I'm imagining... No... Nope! I'm just going to go to bed."

While Terrador made his way to the back room with Trish, the others still remained out in the Chambers, still talking about a rather uncomfortable situation.

"A gem?" Ersa asked.

"Hehe, just say, Volteer's, gem," Volteer chuckled.

"You know what... I think I'm going to let Malefor kill me now," Spyro murmured, taking one step before nearly falling over for how awkward this was.

Luckily, Cynder was there to help support him. But since she had no idea what was going on, to her, it was like everyone was just simply acting strange, I guess I should ask Spyro about this later. While they made thier way back up to their room, the remaining two still suffered. Since Volteer had already gotten it, Ignitus growled as he didn't wish to say anything any longer, "I'm going to bleach the shit out of my eyes... Ugh... Look, Volteer, since you get it, can you just... Explain it to Ersa so I don't have to?"

Giving him a nod, Volteer ducked his head down and whispered what he knew to Ersa. After a bit, she blushed, and her eyes went wide as now she understood what was being talked about. Once Volteer backed his head back from her, Ersa let off a giggle, "Well, I mean... That's true too."

"ALRIGHT!" Ignitus cried out, "BED TIME!"

Thankfully for the other two, the door behind was already clearly opened. Running to the back room, Ignitus made it first before Claire, but once she had, he ran back up to the door and slammed it shut, leaving the two in the Chambers all by themselves. Letting off a chuckle, Volteer was rather happy with himself, "Feels nice to know just how much power I have. But, hey, after all this talk, would you like to go back to our room cuddle?"

"Only cuddle?" Ersa whimpered.

"You should know what cuddling leads to, my love."

"Hehe. Well, when you put it like that, hell yeah."

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Just don't think about it, just don't... think about it, Spyro gave off a sigh, pushing the door to his room shut. With the sigh he gave, his head rested against the door, body faced away from his bed as he tried to stay calm. While he was still recovering, Cynder already made her way to the bed, climbed up on it, turned around to face the door, and laid to her belly. Letting out a cry at the door, Spyro's face slid down, with his back side sticking straight up, while the front of him laid to the floor, "Uuuuuuggggggghhhhhhh..." Supporting his body up using his front two paws, even as he tried to not think about it, it just made it harder for him not to, "It's times like these when I wonder what life would be like if Ersa and Volteer never even became mates," Since it sounded a little bad, while he made his way over to the bed, he rephrased, "But, with that being said... I am still very glad that those two did get together. For the good of it, everyone seems to be doing a whole lot better," Making it up to the bed, he jumped up on to it, walked to the back of the bed, turned, and finally laid down to Cynder's left, "I mean, obviously Ignitus now can't live without Claire, and what ever Trish is saying or doing, it's really turned Terrador's attitude around. And then you have... Flair," Thinking of her name, his scales stood up on end as he thought about her, "I have no idea why Cyril has the hots for her, but it better not get him killed."

"She's not going to kill him, my love," Cynder defended her.

"Oh yeah?" This sparked his attention, "And why do you say that?"

"She was a completely different dragon out there, you saw it. She just needs time to... adjust to, this way of living I guess. Honestly, from what we've gather since she's not said much, I think she's at least had someone she's loved, or at least cared for. As for her parents, Well... She hasn't gone to them I don't think, so... That would also mean she's lost them as well."

Letting out another huge sigh, Spyro brought up his right paw and rested the side of his head on the opening in it, "The war wasn't easy for anyone... But even still, that means that she's also unstable..."

"Just like how I was after the war," Cynder once again spoke up to defend her, and each time she did, it grabbed his attention, to the point where he brought his paw back down to the bed to face her fully, "If I didn't have anyone to help me through such a traumatic event, do you really think I'd be the way I am today? Hehe, I mean, hell, do you remember back to the very first day we woke up from coming out of that Volcano?"

"Hehe, of course I do. You tried to kill me."

"Those were... definitely the times," She smiled, shivering even as she still feared for the times of the past, "There were multiple times where I was ready to turn against you, or not so much that but, against the world. Every time I thought you left me, I... gave up... Then at that point, with nothing left, my darkness would just take over... So, that's how I view this situation with Flair; She has no one, and without help, her darkness takes over... And if it wasn't for Cyril, I'm pretty sure one of us at this point would've already lost our lives."

"I wouldn't have let that happen."

"And neither would Cyril... Which is why I'm thankful for him trying his best to fight to help her... If anything... he reminds me of you, and Flair, is like me. You're always doing the best you can to help me, through the dark, through hell and high water. Then as for me being Flair, I was, a little more scared then aggressive but... Just like her... I hurt the one that only wished to protect me..."

"Cynder..."

"I know, I know, I just... I may never get over that day... Of course you weren't there but, when we asked Flair how she felt about Cyril, she finally broke and gave us at least some, information... But it seems like the more she's with him, the better and better she's gotten. So we have to hope that, maybe tomorrow, he'll have been able to completely turn her around. Hehe, I mean... She's honestly become someone I hope that will stick around with us girls as her personality is unlike any other."

"Just, make sure to be careful around her, okay?"

"Spyro, she's fine. I promise," Spyro still wasn't so sure as he was still on about what Flair has done, but to get his mind off of it, she now wished to talk about something else, "Going off subject, I have a question as I wasn't quite understanding what was going on in the Chambers with what Ersa said," Getting back on this subject made Spyro's scales once again stand up on end as he blushed hard, growling with unease, "I still don't understand what exactly was happening so... Is it okay if you told me?"

It was a struggle for him to even open his mouth, let alone speak of something to this volume, but he still tried his best, "Cynder... do you... not know what happens between two mates when they have their fun?"

"Of course not," She answered honestly, getting the blush off his face as he was confused for a second, but felt dumb for not remembering, "As amazing as life is right now, I was still taken as a child and corrupted, remember?" Feeling a little awful now for not catching on sooner, he wished to apologize, but she didn't need one from him, "Spyro, it's okay. I mean, what ever this was, it must've been so embarrassing to the point that it's all you can think of now, which is why I'm asking."

Clearing his throat, now, instead of telling her, he had to ask her, "My love... Do you, know... How Hatchlings are even... made?"

"Well... not... really... The most I know is that it takes a male and a female, something happens, and then later on in life, the female has the Hatchling. That's pretty much all that I know..." Now this made Spyro feel even more uncomfortable to know he'd have to tell her, but at least it got his mind off other things, "Hehe... Funny how I wish to have a Hatchling when I don't even really know how... Hehe..."

Trying to gather the strength he could to tell her about such things, he just couldn't bring himself to do it, no matter how hard he tried, "Cynder..." Letting off a huge sigh as his face started to heat up to the point that he needed to cool himself down with his ice, Spyro had the perfect idea, "Honestly... This... Talk... would be better to have with the girls, especially Ersa as she knows everything when it comes to this sort of thing... My adopted parents gave me a, sort of, talk... But dragonflies and dragons while sounding the same, they are two completely different species."

"Hehe, well, did you know, during mating, when the male bites down on the neck of the female, the male will know the right amount of pressure to put on the neck of the female? This is of course if you're lovers, but I found it rather romantic as it gives off another sense of pleasure. I learned this after that whole incident where Ersa showed small holes on her neck."

"Hehe... That's, actually a sigh of relief for me then since I'm rather powerful."

"Hehe... Hehehe..." Not knowing if she should bring this up or not, she hoped maybe something would come out of what she said, but once she did say it, it was too late to turn back, "It was... Funny cause... The reason it was brought up was because I wondered what would happen if you ever bit down on my neck if we ever mated..." The expression Spyro gave off made her heart nearly stop: The wide eyes, the red blush, the dumbstruck shown across his face, and the near frozen stiff body that he couldn't move, "Just as an example!" Cynder cried out, "I was just wondering what would happen, if I ever did mate with someone, would my neck be crushed from the pressure! That's it!"

Even still, from her words previously, his eyes stayed widened for some time. Why did I say that?! Cynder yelled at herself, realizing now just how stupid it was for her to even bring such a thing up. An idea popped in her mind as a way to transition away from all this embarrassment and more into a rather, deep, mood, "Hey... Spyro..." With her voice changing up to a little more softer, and lighter tone, Spyro was able to immediately gain control over his body and focus his attention to her, "I... Wanted to ask... a favor..." Raising a brow at her, she frowned, but this was something she knew she had to bring up, "I know, I know... You never ask for anything, yet you give me so much... You can... say no if you want to... I'd understand."

"My love," The warmth from his paw as he placed it over hers, it at least got a slight smile out of her, "Please, tell me what it is."

A little hesitant on it now, the warm feeling from his paw helped her ease herself back into what she had to say, giving off a sigh at least to prepare, "You were... talking to your parents, and... You said that your dad was there with my parents..." Biting her lip, she pushed through with what she wanted to say, "Could you... get something more... from my parents?" At first, it was a little confusing as to what she was asking, so she clarified, "I... want to know what they were like. What they did, how their relationship was, who do I take after, what did they go through in their past time... Stuff like that... But... I just... Don't wish to take away from the time you could have with your parents... so..."

"Cynder," He whispered her name, "If these really are my parents, and your parents are really with them, that just means that soon, we will be able to talk with them about any and everything... So I have no problem whatsoever asking about your parents over mine. I already had my time to talk with my dad today, and... I still wish to make up for what I did in the morning... I..." Letting off a shiver, it was a nightmare for him, "Knowing that I hurt you was... Never something I wished to do... So I... hope this can make up for it..."

Instead of getting an answer, he was hugged by her instead. With her wings going around his back and her head resting to his right shoulder, she rested it there, shedding a tear even. Giving a smile himself, he curled his head around the back of her neck, hugging her the same. Once done with the hug, she took her head back only some as to be nose to nose with her lover's. Now finally able to see her tear, he smiled as he understood why. To her surprise, she suspected she would kiss him first, but he already closed his eyes to prepare for the kiss. Covering his mouth over hers, Cynder gave a pleased moan, closing her eyes and kissing him back the same as he did to her. To savor the kiss, as with most, the two slowly slid their lips off one another till the front of their lips let go of one another with a wet smack. With both smiling as they opened their eyes, Cynder decided to give him the closure she believed he was searching for, "It would make up for it and more, even though I said you already did make up for it. I feel bad though cause no matter what you do, and no matter how much I smile, you'll still always feel bad about what happened when you don't need to..."

"Hehe... Well, you got me there," Spyro chuckled while she giggled, "I will do all that I can to make sure I get enough information to satisfy you."

"Information to satisfy me is nice, but your lips will always do the job well enough."

"Oh," He smirked, "Then, how about, I will talk to your parents if you lay on my chest and we kiss the night away as we have done so far?"

"You want to be on your back, and not me? Who are you?"

"Hehe, I just feel like holding you tonight is all. Even though we'll end up next to one another during the night anyway but..."

"Spyro... I get it... and to be honest... I'm actually pretty excited now more then ever."

"Hehe," Rolling onto his back, her wings slid off his sides and back to her side while his wings extended outwards, ready to hold her once laid to his chest, "I said I love you, didn't I?"

"Hehe," Getting up from the bed to stand, she smiled, "You did... And you definitely show it," Climbing up on top of him before resting her body down to his chest, his wings closed around her back, and with this comfort, with the help and immediate yes to get information on her parents, Cynder had to ask, "Spyro I... I don't understand something... I took your parents lives... I took all that time away from you and them so why... why help me? Why not just ignore my request and make me wait until I could possibly see them again?"

Seeing it was rather tough for her to say, not only from her voice, but from the shivers she gave off as she thought about it, it was easy for Spyro to help her as it was something he didn't need to think twice on, "What you want and your needs will always come before mine. I already had parents growing up, but you... You had no one. Putting you first will always be my priority, even when it comes to something like this," Her claws curled as she closed her eyes, letting her tears drip down from her cheeks and onto his chest as his words to her were beyond helpful, "I love you, Cynder. And I will do anything for you."

Ducking her head down as she nuzzled the top of her head to his neck, she wished to lay her, protected, and comfortable, before only able to let off a few words with a cry, "I love you... Spyro..."