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.

31. Chapter 31: The Long Night

Chapter 31: The Long Night

"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."

Out into the hallway, Cyril turned to his right, making his way two doors down and to where he had hoped Flair would be. Though the closer he got, the more afraid he got as well, Everything will be fine. I will just walk in there and things will just... Turn back to normal? Reaching the door, thoughts of Flair popped into his mind, with one such thought being of her fins sharpening. Swallowing hard as he remembered what she did to the dragon's skull that she headbutted, a shiver went down his spine. Hehe, that guy got destroyed... And I could be next if I'm not careful. Doing as he did normally, he first made sure to knock on the door, however, he didn't realize just how soft not only the knock was, but his voice the same, "Flair... May I come in?"

Not getting an answer, his first thought was that maybe she really wasn't in the room. Spyro said she made it up to and in the Building... But not in her room. Since fear had taken over, he didn't think twice about opening the door and did so. Grabbing the door knob, proceeding to do the usual before opening it, it was like slow motion for him as he scanned the room from the doorway to see if she was in her room. For the first half as he opened the door, she didn't seem to be on the left side of the bed, or even the left side of her room. But once the door was pushed halfway open, he started to make out something red, and focusing more on it, it looked like red scales. Now opening the door fully, he smiled wide to see the red scales were in fact from Flair, and the first glimpse he had gotten of her was from her backside. Entering the room, he saw how she laid to the bed. Her body curled to a ball as her back faced to the back wall, and her right side and belly was visible to all. He was able to see her tail as it rested to the bed, close to her face, and the anger that normally always showed to her as her eyes rested close. To keep quiet, he turned to shut the door with his paws, rather than his tail, Wake her, and you die. With one paw to the middle of the door, and the other one on the door knob, he eased it closed, standing up on two paws to support him the best he could. Just as it had clicked shut, he turned back around to face her, brining his paws back down to the ground as he did. For a second as he walked up to her, watching her side go up and down as she slept was calming to him, making him permanent with a smile. Making it halfway to her though, Flair growled in her sleep, showing her teeth even, forcing him to freeze dead in the middle of the room. He watched in horror as she picked up her head, turned straight to face the wall to the left of her and yawned wide. Once she had, her eyes had opened, though she still hadn't seen Cyril standing in the middle of the room. Resting her head outwards now, she looked to the wall, thinking about something of which he wished to know. After some time, she let off a sigh, turned her head, and went to curl herself back to her tail, but as she made it halfway, she looked to her tail, but then straight to Cyril, now seeing him in the room. Chuckling with not only fear, but pure panic, Cyril tried his best to stay calm, "Hehe... He-Hey... Flair..."

Hearing and seeing him now, Flair clenched her eyes shut, showed her teeth, and stood up from the bed, extending her wings and showing off all her body as intimidation. Opening her mouth to yell to him, Cyril ducked his head as he was prepared for it. Seeing this head duck, she scuffed, shutting her mouth now and not saying anything. Since he hadn't heard her yell to him yet, he eased up before looking back up to the bed and watching as she laid back down. Though, this time, her back faced the door as she curled back into a ball. Taking up a paw to his chest, he let off a sigh, thankful that she didn't attack him. So far so good... All things considered. Not having been yelled at gave him an indication that maybe he could stay, and so, he made his way up to the bed. Trying to make conversation as to not make things awkward between the two, he chuckled, "Hehe... What a day, am I right?" With one paw to the bed, he pulled himself upwards before being fully on the bed and to her right, "You know, I keep thinking back to what you did, and now thinking about it, that headbutt that you did on that dragon was pretty damn brutal, hehehe," Still having nothing out of her, he thought maybe it was how he phrased his words and corrected, "Ahem... I uh... I don't mean you were brutal, I'm just saying it was crazy to watch is all. Hehe, I mean, I have my brothers in arms out there but, having you protect me was pretty... cool."

Laying down to her right on his belly, Cyril waited to see what she would say, but still, nothing. He didn't want to force her to say anything for the night, or at any point for the matter, and made that clear, "It's okay, Flair. I don't want you to feel forced to talk to me," With his wing coming from his right, he extended it outwards before placing it over the top of her, though, feeling her shiver, he brought it up for a second as he was afraid she was to attack, "It's just my wing... It's just, my wing... I promise," Resting it back down on her, much more slower this time, he was successful, "Hehe, you missed out on Malefor being an idiot, even though that dragon is always dumb. And if you are interested in what the girls talked about in your absence, Cynder was rather sad when Spyro said he didn't have any plans for a Hatchling. And Spyro was rather surprised I've given you so much power over my life when he and Cynder have access to one another's hearts. Hehe, it's just... funny how things turn out around here."

Still having nothing spoken from her, he just kept a smile to see that she was at least here. Laying his head down to the bed, he just tried to get some sleep at the least, closing his eyes and wishing her a goodnight, "Well, I don't wish to bother you too much. If you need me during the middle of the night just, wake me at any point and I'll help... like how I always have..." Now not knowing if it was his words or not, he felt as she had moved from under his wing, making him raise his head back up and open his eyes to look to her, "Flair...?"

She had moved away from him, sitting down on the bed now with her back facing him so she wouldn't have to see him. Sitting up the same, he brought his wing back, but this time, reached a paw out to her as he spoke her name, "Flair... Are you...?"

"What the hell do you think you're even doing in my room?" Flair finally spoke, growling to him as her fins all sharpened, which he noticed and decided to bring his paw back down to the bed, "You didn't agree to that promise, and I don't give a shit that you didn't, but keep your wing off of my back! I told you to leave me alone, I told you, CONSTANTLY!" Her sudden yell made him duck his head back, and now as she turned to face him to yell at him, he swallowed hard, "So what part of leave my the hell, ALONE! Don't you understand?! Or do I need to drill it into your head the same as I did to that dragon?! The one whom I was so, brutal, with?!"

Scared to speak as she now took some steps towards him, Cyril brought up the courage to speak, "I... was on the fence for a while about this though..." Bringing his head back forward, he frowned as he spoke on it, hoping she would understand, "I didn't know by leaving you alone, that would upset you to know that maybe I didn't care. But I also knew that by coming by and talking to you, it could only upset you more as you really did just wish to be left alone..." Hearing his words at least got her to ease down some, "And I... remember what you said during the morning... I promised you this night, and I'm here to deliver."

"Will then congratulations, you've made it. Now get out."

"Flair..."

"CYRIL!" Flair yelled at him once again, approaching him to the point that she was next to one step before being on his paws, "Enough of this shit! I'm tired of you coming into my room, I'm tired of not being left alone, and I'm tired of dealing with all of you! I came here to kill one of you and then leave, and because of you, you made my life worse! Because of me, I lost everything! And now because of you... If I kill you... It will feel like I'm just reliving my past all over again!" Seeing her struggle once again made this difficult for him as all he wished to do was find something, anything to say or do to really help her, but it didn't seem like anything would help her, "But maybe that's why I'm here... Maybe I'm just meant to have the worst life not only here, but in hell too, and I'll forever be forced to just burn for everything that's happened to me!"

While he frowned, she showed her teeth for how she thought about things, but to help get her to smile, he did so as well, "Well... As long as I'm with you, you'll never have to worry about such heat as I will be there to cool you," His words only frustrated her more, though he didn't really see this as he continued with what he was saying, "Hehe, and, don't worry, I can take Malefor's life so I can join you in such a place as well. Though, I don't ever see you ending up there since... well... you're not a monster."

"I'm not a monster?" Flair hissed, "Ignitus was right about one thing; I've killed many, many dragons over my life! I will have no problem adding you to the list, and you act like you have immunity over that?! If I'm going to burn in hell for my mistakes, why not just add on to what I've done cause why does it matter to me? Why should it affect me?" Thinking about it now made her really wonder why she should even care about repercussions to her own actions, "I take your life, what does it matter? Hehe, what does it matter to me?"

"Because you don't wish to lose another family?" Cyril spoke up, and as he did, he saw her scales stand up on end, "You know... Flair... I've thought a lot about what you said, about what happened during the time up to your mother's death..." Showing her teeth as she readied her blade for what she believed he was to say, what he did say was a surprise to her, "Why didn't Argus go with you, knowing where you were headed?" Her eyes widened some to his words, "I mean, when Warfang was under attack, even though Spyro didn't wish for Cynder to fight, she still helped because she wished to protect the one she loved, even at the expense of her own life. So... if Argus knew you were headed out of Warfang, why didn't he help you? I mean... if he would've been there... None of this would've ever happened..."

"ARGUS NEVER LOVED ME!" Flair finally spoke out about her lover, "You think I didn't ask the same thing too?!" Looking down to the bed as to not face Cyril, she brought up more from her past as to what's happened afterwards, "After my mother died and my dad and I had a falling out... Argus found me in a new home... I cried... and was so happy to meet him, and as I hugged him, he didn't hug me back... But instead, he pushed me off of him," Turning her body now to face the door, she looked up at it, continuing her story with a frown, "I didn't... understand why... But apparently... my dad told not only my friends of what had happened, but the love of my life as well," To help position himself better, Cyril turned to face straight along with her, not using his wing just yet, "Argus said he was... disappointed in me... He couldn't believe he loved someone so weak and that... he expected more from me... I... I cried... begged for him to listen to the truth, but he said he already knew what happened... The only thing I knew to fall back on was to tell him how... I wanted us to be mates..." Clenching her paws on the bed, as well as her teeth, tears dripped down her eyes as she spoke of what Argus had said to her, "He said... 'How could I trust our Hatchling's life with you if you couldn't even protect the one that was closest to you?'..."

Cyril's heart nearly sank to hear her attacked by not only her father, but her own lover just the same. He wished to ask more about what had happened, but he remembered, during a time like this, it was best not to. Trying to ease herself, Flair spoke more as to what had happened, why it made sense to her as to why Argus felt this why, "I later learned from Argus's father that... my father told a completely false story, twisting what had happened and what I had done... He said that, while he was fighting, I ran away and hid from it all, and that I blamed him for our Mother's death... He said that, while he later tried to calm me, I attacked him... and that's why my father has a massive slash to his left eye..." Now bringing this up, slashing her paw to her right, this sent out a massive line of fire to the wall, and as it clashed and exploded against the wall, she yelled, "I WASN'T EVEN THE ONE WHO CAUSED THAT SCAR! I WASN'T THE ONE WHOM FOUGHT AGAINST HIM! IT WAS ALL HIM!"

Frowning from her reaction while she breathed fire from her nose to calm herself, she kept her back to Cyril as she continued the story, "I tried all I could to calm my dad down, to go back to how things were, but he didn't wish it... So when he found where I lived, he did everything he could to destroy my life... He yelled at me, attacked me, and later forced that scar onto himself to show that I was beyond saving... And the worst part... everyone believed him... everyone... believed him... Everyone saw me as a cowered... an aggressive monster for attacking him... and everyone believed it was my fault..." She went silent for a second before letting off a sad giggle, and the pain that Cyril heard from this giggle continued to attack his own heart, "You know, I even tried to convince Argus's father that my father was lying, but even he didn't believe me... After time, I became what my father said I was; an aggressive monster with sympathy for no one but themself..." Turning herself back to face straight, she gave off a sigh to reveal what else she went through, "I later started to ghost my previous friends, to see how their lives were going... Two of them were pregnant, another just became mates with the one she loved, and the others seemed happy and content with the ones they loved... And I... I looked to see the life I could've had... But since everyone saw me as a Monster, even with those that I tried to get with afterwards... My father spoke to them behind my back... telling them what I had done... And when I came home... they never did... I was alone... and nothing I could do would ever change that."

Now feeling as though it was time, Cyril brought his wing up and over the back of Flair, hoping this would take away this feeling of loneliness. Surprising him, as his wing draped to her side, she snuggled up to his side. Not only had she snuggled up to him, but she rested her head to his shoulder as she continued to let her tears drip down her face. Still not wishing to talk unless he was given the okay to do so, this still proved to be the right move as she had continued to speak, "It makes me wonder... I told you of what's really happened... But if I told you what my father said, would you have believed me? After what I said... what if I really was the crazy one and I saw it differently when I really was the bad one?" Even with all that she had spoke of, she noticed the entire time he hadn't said anything, so now, she wished to see if he was paying attention, "Countless times, you had my back when the others didn't... You saw the good in me even when I hurt you, even when I nearly cut you in two... And... I have to ask... Why? Ignitus said it himself that I was beyond saving... So... Why...? Why continue to help me when you know that's true?"

Now having the go ahead to speak, Cyril spoke straight from the heart, not needing much time to think about it, "Ignitus has been wrong about plenty of things before, and when it comes to being the Chronicler, it's just another stepping stone for him to be even that much more wrong," Having been asked by her to answer in a way, he hoped he wouldn't disappoint, "I think... all of us have been supposedly beyond help at one point or another..." Letting off a sigh, she took her head off his shoulder and saw as his face turned almost angry, but also sad, "One of my toughest moments in life was when I lost my brother to a yellow dragon... and after that day, I hated all of them, and it made my friendship with Volteer very... sour... But one point during my life that broke me just the same, maybe even more... was with my... mate..."

"What?!" Flair cried with wide eyes as this brought back something that the girls had spoken of, "Claire... did speak of the fact that you were all in relationships that didn't go well... What... happened with you?"

Letting out tears of his own now, though he tried to stay strong, Cyril growled as he spoke on his story, "My... female... I met before I even met Malefor. For about a year we had been together, and for that long, we had been lovers. So technically, we had been together for almost two years. As time went on, I knew I wanted to be her mate, and so, one day, I asked her, and she said yes... Though I didn't notice this until late, and I didn't wish to say anything, it seemed like she had put on some weight throughout our time being in love. After about a month, I started to get... frisky with her... wanting to do as mate do as I wished to have a Hatchling with her... But she stopped me... And I didn't understand why..." The same as Flair before, he clenched his paws onto the bed, showing his teeth even as he tried to stay calm, "She said she didn't want to hurt the Hatchling that was already in her."

Letting off a gasp, Flair already knew what had happened but still spoke about it out loud, "She... was already pregnant... But... if it had been at least a month when you wished to mate, and you were in love for at least a year... That..." Giving a frown, once saying it out loud, Cyril growled, "She got pregnant when you two were in love, and never told you that she cheated with someone else..." Not having seen him in such an upset mood before, it rather scared her, but she had to ask from curiosity, "What... happened... afterwards?"

"I never saw her again," Cyril was quick to answer in a growl, "I asked her why she would do such a thing, and her response was that she was talking with one of her male friends. One thing turned to another and he got her pregnant... Even after what had happened, I felt terrible for leaving her, so, I later went out to find her... But only just the next day, she already hooked back up with the guy and completely forgot about me entirely..." Now feeling nothing but sadness to this event, he couldn't understand why she didn't say something sooner, "I loved her... and she never even told me... I went through my life thinking we'd be together forever... and she took my blade and stabbed me in my own heart with it..." Having gone quiet, she now felt terrible for him, something she never knew she'd feel for anyone ever again, "So if you were ever scared about me trying to seduce you or love you... don't... cause I'm done with this relationship shit too."

After what she had heard, it made her wonder why, after such an event, he would still do all that he has for her, "Then... How come you were depressed when I wasn't in the Chambers?" Bringing up herself now got his mind somewhat off of his previous mate, which helped him calm down, "How come you've continued to help protect and comfort me throughout all that I've been going through? Even with what that dragon did; causing you such pain, it was my fault they were there, so... why did you even come by tonight when even I've caused nothing but problems for you?"

Shedding another tear down his eye, he was honest with her, "Because I miss having someone to protect..." Flair frowned to hear this, "I miss draping my wing over the female close to me, I miss comforting one, and I miss... talking... to someone close to me..." It surprised her at how tough he really did have it, not knowing his life was just as terrible as hers, if not, maybe even worse, "After all the mistakes I've gone through in life, I wished to at least succeed in something for once... Protecting you from the pains of this world is all I wish to do in life now; to help give living a meaning for me."

"But... why protect me from the pain, even after the pain you've endured; the pain you'll endure in the future?"

"Because with the hell in this world, taking on the pain for someone else to have a life is what I will do no matter the cost of my life," Not having seen her reaction from his words, Flair smiled to hear him say such a thing, "As I've said back with a Hatchling; It's a parents job through thick and thin to protect them. As a father, as whom I wished to be, I will protect those close to me at any cost of my life... Even though I'm not your mate, I will show you the love and care you deserved since the beginning unlike those before you... I promise..." Not seeing now that Flair had shed a tear from his use of words, he once again gave a sigh for all that had been spoken about, "Flair..."

"Cyril..." Finally speaking his name, he looked over to see her smile had faded and now turned to a frown once she had sighed, "I'm... sorry... for what you've gone through... But, look on the bright side in all this; I'll be... leaving here tomorrow anyway so... You don't need to worry about me."

"What?!"

"I've over lived my stay here, and I'm pretty sure it's time that I've... Moved on... I guess..."

"But, why?! I thought you were getting along with the girls! I thought that..."

"You thought what?!" Flair started to get rather defensive against him to see him trying to convince her to stay, "No matter what you thought, you thought wrong. When I came back up here, I thought about it for a while of what I wanted to do, and leaving this building is by far the best decision I will ever make."

"But... why...? I thought... I... Know... You felt, protected, up here. So... Why?"

"Because I have the right to choose what I want in life, and if you have such a big damn problem with it, then banish me. See if I give a shit," Even though he genuinely wanted to know, she didn't seem to be giving him the answers he wanted, though she did give off small amounts of information as to why, "Listen... After the talk about what happened in my past; with my father and my mate, it made me remember just how damning life can be, and I had forgotten for some time what I've really wanted in life. So, instead of taking someone else's life, I'll just try and kill my father, and even my previous lover before I just off myself."

"But you said you froze up..." Cyril brought up, getting her to widen her eyes, "You said you'd freeze up from the emotions from the life you had, what you lost... And that it would be impossible to kill him because of this... And even hearing that he slapped you across the face, I was ready to jump in and help take him out with Spyro."

"You act like killing someone is so easy!"

"When someone hurts the ones closest to me, even I'll become a monster to do the right thing."

"Crazy how you say that yet, even when the world was being set on fire with war, you all sure took your sweet ass time defending all of us. If anyone here is to blame of what's happened, it should be all of you," Flair turned her aggression now to what the Guardians had done, or at least, what they hadn't, "Maybe if you would've done a better job at protecting your citizens rather then procrastinating, maybe my family wouldn't have been destroyed for your failures."

"Don't pin that on us," Cyril now defended what the Guardians did to her surprise, "The whole point of Warfang is to keep those within it's walls safe. I'm not an Ancestor, none of us are, and we still deal with real world problems: Depression, Pain, Anger, Rage, it's all that we went through during the war. And since you've spoken of how this all happened about a year ago, you want to know where we were?"

"Enlighten me," She hissed at him.

"We were fighting from all fronts to keep the threat as far back from Warfang as we could. Even having my brothers back, now, I didn't just have to wonder what pain they went through from the time they were captured, but now, I got to experience it," Talking about the three year war afterwards with Spyro and Cynder having been gone, it was tough to have to relive such memories, "Our bones would shatter, our vision would blur, our blood would turn everything around us red as we fought to keep everyone safe. Without Spyro or Cynder's help, having to not only deal with the Dark Master, but his army as well... There were days where we wished death on ourselves as we couldn't handle going through the pain of war any longer."

"Then why didn't you act like a good dragon and just die."

"Because of what we were protecting," Cyril backed up now some from Flair as he didn't appreciate what she was saying, which she noticed, "Even with our condition, having that one Hatchling come up to us, having that one dragon, parent, sibling, or loved one walk up to us, it made the pain all the more easy to fight through. Ignitus still has his parents and so does Terrador, and if we didn't fight to protect Warfang, where would you all be?"

"Probably dead, like all things will be in the future anyway so, why should it matter to me."

"So even if your mother had her Hatchling, you wouldn't have even cared for its life, would you?"

Bringing up her dead mother enraged her now as she showed her teeth before sharpening her fins, "I beg your pardon!"

"You know, it's funny; Even a man like superman can make a mistake, but don't you find it funny, no matter how much good he does, it's that one failure that makes him the villain?" Cyril wasn't intimidated by her show of anger and kept going with what he had to say, "It doesn't matter what we've done, does it?! Because even with all the good we do, it's always the bad that others focus to!" Now raising his voice, Flair backed off, a little scared of him now, which he noticed and apologised for it, "Sorry... I'm... Not... Going to hurt you, I just..." Sighing as he eased himself down, he continued, "Everyone disregards who we are because they expect us to be the heroes of this world, forgetting we are flesh and blood, just the same as them."

"Your point?"

"When my parents died, I didn't get that chance to say goodbye... I didn't get the chance to fight and save them... I didn't get the chance... To continue my story, my journey, with them... But because I'm supposed to be a soldier and protect the world, I didn't have the time to heal from my parent's deaths..." Shedding tears down his eyes as he spoke more from his past, it seemed like two completely different lives from the one he had then compared to now, "Having Spyro back, having Cynder back... They protected us... Continued to fight the good fight for us and... After all that we went through... I never knew we'd ever get the break we needed... And with all this talk... all I wish to do now is hold everyone close to me and cry for what the past did to all of us; physically... and mentally..."

Seeing as his body had eased up some from his aggression, she herself did the same as the entire time he was speaking, she didn't trust he wouldn't try something against her. Letting off a sigh once again, Cyril turned behind himself to look out the window from above the bed and straight to the cool blue midnight sky. It was calming to him to see such a sight, to see where he was now, and it got him to smile, "You never know how good you have it till the thing you lean on the most is gone."

The way he spoke, and the way he looked out the window as he did calmed her for some reason, but she still growled as normal, "Can you not act like a creep right now."

"Hehe, sorry, sorry," She didn't understand why he apologized, but she took it anyway, "You know... back in the day, war use to be the worst thing to happen to this world, but now... Hehe, Spyro's made it more of a punchline to a really long joke..." Focused back to her, this was something he knew he could smile on, "Do you remember when Warfang was attacked during the attack with the Destroyer?"

"Which one? There's been two."

"Hehe, indeed there has."

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Flair didn't appreciate that he would be laughing at such an event, "Do you not understand just how many dragons died on those days?!"

"None," Cyril spoke up, and to hear this, she didn't believe it.

"Bull Shit! You're just lying to ease yourself."

"Hehe, I'm not joking, Flair. Because of our efforts, we were able to keep everyone safe those days. Hehe, well, of course, unless you weren't killing dragons those days, but... Every time Cynder and Spyro showed themselves, life became so... So very easy for us. With their help, Warfang was protected, and so were the citizens. When it came to the second attack, hehe, we flew past that with flying colors!" Cyril smiled as he laughed, going back to his self now which Flair in a way rather appreciated, "With us; The Guardians, we would've died if it was just us, but imagine this. When Warfang was attacked with the Destroyer being present the second time, three holes were blown into the walls of Warfang..."

"I know what you're talking about. I was there."

"Oh, yeah, hehe, sorry. But going back, even with the Destroyer being present, it was such a sigh of relief for all of us at the time. Not only did we have Spyro and Cynder, but we also had our dear, old, best friend back... That being... Malefor... and we even had his lover fighting along side us as well. Hehe, we also had Ignitus and Claire, and even the one whom helped me was Terrador. Volteer and Ersa helped work on healing our wounds and what not but, because things went so well, hehe, we didn't even really need the help."

"Why are you so happy about all this?"

"Because life is finally in our favor," Cyril smiled, "Before, it use to be me, Ignitus, Terrador, and Volteer. But now, hehe, It's Ersa, Trish, Malefor, Carith, Claire, Spyro, and Cynder. And I even forgot to add the three, or, sorry, should I say, four friends that just add to our army. And adding you would be fun as hell!" Flair blushed some to hear him say this, and with him describing it, it did seem rather calming as such, "I mean, you saw what Spyro alone did to that group of dragons. Now imagine us all fighting, together, to protect one another!" Laughing as he was so happy with how life was now, she showed not only her teeth, but even a small smile herself which she tried to keep contained, "Flair, you really don't understand how amazing you are, how nice it is to have you around, and just how much in life you're missing out on. We could have so much fun together!" Seeing her growl as she blushed, he corrected, "And I'm not talking about mating! I'm just saying stuff like, I don't know, anything you wish to do to enjoy life basically," Walking back up to her and sitting down almost nose to nose with her, he chuckled as he was as happy as could be right now, "Just like how Ersa went through hell, we all have, but where we are now, I'm glad we finally got the life and the break we deserve, even... if there was a cost..."

"Yeah, smile about that," Flair growled as she believed he would've, and for some reason, he did, but not for the deaths.

"Flair... My parents fought to keep me safe, and see me grow into who I am now, and because of their help, their teachings, I am who I am now. That and, because of the help from my very helpful friends. And... Flair... I know I might be stepping out of line here but, If you don't wish to live... Why not try and live the life your brother or sister couldn't have had?" Flair first gave wide eyes to his words before turning into full on murder mode as her fins sharpened to their deadliest points, "Flair... What I mean by that is... What if you were able to talk to your sibling? And if they wished for you to live your life to the fullest, would you?" Hearing how he said it now, unfortunately, it was a rather true statement, "Ignitus is an amazing dragon... and because of him... he helped me see what I couldn't. My parents wanted me to have the best life possible. If I just, killed myself for what's happened, then their death would've been in vain... And all that they worked to do would've been for nothing... Ignitus helped me understand that, and now, I wish to pass on his teachings to you."

"You want me to go after thoughts of my parents?!" Flair yelled as she backed off from him.

"If not your father, just think of your mother," Cyril tried to help keep her calm, and mentioning her mother caused her to stop with a shiver, "What would your mother, have wanted? If she already lost one of her Hatchlings, do you really believe she would've wanted to lose another?" Compared to her usual self, Flair's faced turned to pure depression as her breath kicked up from what he had said, so much so that she started to look around the bed as her fins eased, "She fought, to protect you. She wanted the best life for you. Am I wrong?"

Shedding tears as she now thought of her mother, she looked down at the bed as a memory popped into her mind, remembering something her mother had told her.

"Hey... Mom... is everything, okay?" Flair asked her mother, landing down on a building inside of Warfang. As she landed, she saw her mother laying belly down and overlooking Hatchlings as they played in the paths, along with the parents talking amongst themselves. Seeing her daughter approach her, the blue mother smiled, "Of course, Flair. I just... I... Look, can I... trust you with a secret?" Flair giggled as she didn't know what it would be, but she joked as she laid down next to her mother's right, "I mean, you trusted me not to tell dad when ever you accidentally froze over his mouth in his sleep cause you were making out with him without him knowing." Letting off a laugh, the mother remembered, "Hehe, well, you got me there."

"Hehe, you're lucky I was able to melt the ice off his mouth before he woke up. It also made for good practice too. Been wondering how I can heat up my paw in a way to be rather know, just in case Argus wants some heat with my paw when I use it on him, if you know what I mean?" Flair giggled, and since the mother knew what she was talking about, she gently pushed her daughter on her arm. "Bad girl," The mother laughed, getting Flair to do the same. Once the laughing had died down, it went quiet for a second before the mother finally spoke up, "Well... I do trust you on this, and I wanted to tell you sooner then your father to see your reaction first." Confused as to what this could be, Flair wanted to know, "Okay, now I definitely want to know." Using her right paw, the mother rolled to her side some and started to rub her belly as she showed it off. Flair was a little confused, but once the mother smiled, she gasped, "You're pregnant?!" The mother smiled to her daughter, giggling as her voice stayed low, "Here soon... We'll have someone else joining our family." Shedding tears just the same as her mother, Flair jumped with joy as she couldn't believe she was hearing this, that something like this was really going to happen, "Mom! That's amazing! That's, that's! Haha! I'm going to be a big sister here soon then, aren't I?!" Happy to see her daughter in such a joyful mood, the mother giggled, "Hehe, you indeed will." Trying to control her breaths as she jumped up and down and the building, Flair cried in a soft voice, "Mom, I'm... I'm so happy for you... I'm... Hehe..." Calming herself down, this now brought up her lover, Argus, "You know... Being almost halfway through my thirties, I've also contemplated having a Hatchling with someone I love too."

"Hehe, oh trust me, I know. The amount of times you told me about your, dreams, with Argus."

"Okay! Moving on!" Seeing the embarrassment on her daughters face, the mother giggled, but it died down rather quick which made Flair worry, "Mom? Are you okay?"

"Oh, yeah... I just... Can I talk with you a bit about something," Flair was rather afraid as to what was wrong with her mother, but she still made her way back to her mother's right. As she laid down, the mother brought up her paw and formed a small cube of ice and gave it over to her daughter, "Here you go. Just so you know I'm doing okay and since I did kinda scare you, I wish to calm you." Smiling at the ice cube, Flair picked it up from her mother's paws before putting the ice cube in her mouth and sucking on it before later crunching and eating it. The cold feeling sent pleasure and ease throughout her body, now feeling cool and relaxed. "Thanks, mom," Flair thanked her mother for the ice cube. "Of course," Getting down from her joyful self, she tried to stay positive, "Flair... Listen, my love... I... won't... Always be here."

"What?!" Flair immediately cried out, but the mother quickly stepped in. "Flair, it's okay... It's okay... Just... please... listen to what I have to say," Swallowing hard as she was afraid to what this would be about, she obeyed her mother's commands, "With the war going on, I know even men like the Guardians will break after awhile, and if that day ever happens and I'm not around, I want you to stay strong, Do you understand me?" Shedding a tear at her words as it made sense for her to say, Flair nodded at her mother, "I hope to have a happy life with our hopeful new born, but as I will tell the soon to come little one..." Pausing, she reached a paw up to her daughters cheek, rubbing a claw on the side of her face to calm her as she spoke, "Stay strong no matter what. Continue to fight and live the best life possible. Even if I am to die, you should know I'll be watching down on not only you, but this little one as well. I want to see you grow and thrive throughout time, and make sure that the one you love, whether it be Argus or not, treats you right. Please, my love, continue to be the strong and loving daughter I know you are." Shedding more tears to what she had to say, Flair murmured, "But what if I fail... What if something does happen that makes me want to give up? Like if I lost Argus?"

"That's what your friends and family are for," The mother smiled to her daughter, "You will never be alone, I promise you that. In the time of need, there will always be someone out there who will love and take care of you through it all, no matter what. I have hopes that you'll make plenty of friends and find the love of your life. Hehe, and then, hopefully, you'll have some little ones of your own for me to cry over..." Shedding more tears for what her mother was saying, Flair still giggled as she had hopes that everything would be okay, "Hehe, I won't... let you down then. And I believe since things are going so well, what do you say I'll have at least two little ones of my own for us to both cry over?"

"Hehe, is that a deal?" The mother smirked. "I love you, Mom, and you know I'd never disappoint you," Flair cried with a smile. Moving her paw from the side of her daughter's cheek, she put it to the back of her head and moved her forehead closer. As she ducked her head as well, the two rested their foreheads on one another's, closing their eyes and shedding tears for what was spoken of. Showing her teeth as to try and control herself, Flair whispered, "I love you... Mom... Just please... Please don't ever leave my life." Giving a smile to her words, the mother tried her best to calm her, "I will always be with you. A piece of my heart belongs with you as well." Taking her forehead off her mother's, Flair reached her wings around and hugged her mother, wrapping her head around the back of hers. "I will make you proud... I swear I will..." Giving a smile, the mother whispered to her, "I know you will..." Trying to stay strong for her, the mother couldn't hold back her tears, her cries as she spoke these words, "I love you... so much... Flair..."

"MOM!" Flair cried out with tears, coming out from this memory rather aggressively.

Getting her surroundings, she was still shaken up from the memory, and even though she knew where she was, she didn't wish to believe it, "No... No no NO! Mom... MOM!" Turning all around on the bed as she looked all around for her mother, her heart slammed to her chest as he breath skyrocketed to a rather painful amount, "Mom... Mom..." Seeing Cyril look at her with a frown to see her condition, her now showing her struggles with her past to an even higher degree, it stabbed to his heart for what she was going through, "Cyril...?"

Running up to him to his suprise, she wrapped her wings around him and cried over his shoulder, so much so that she even through her arms around him as she cried. Crying tears of his own to how she was struggling, Flair cried over his back as she spoke, "SHE'S GONE...! She's... She's gone... But, why... Why... Why did the world have to take her... Why... Cyril, please, I... I don't understand... I don't understand..." He didn't known what to say to her, so for now, he kept quiet, "Everything was so peaceful for us, everything... was perfect... So why... WHY...! Why did the world turn against her...? Why did I lose her... why... did she have to die..."

Maneuvering his wings up through the openings of where she hugged him, he rested his wings the same over her back as he hugged her. Unfortunately for him, he didn't have the answers she was hoping he would've had as, these were questions he's also searched for throughout his own life and his own experiences with those that he's lost, "I'm sorry... Flair... I'm so... sorry," Nuzzling her cheek to the best of his ability, he was easy about it, taking his time as to not be too quick, but also not too slow as to keep her from possibly feeling uncomfortable, "I've asked the same questions about everyone that I've lost... My parents never did anything wrong in this world, yet... They still died... I... I will never understand why the world does what it does either."

Feeling as she started to push against his chest some with her own chest, Cyril knew what she wanted. Easing himself down onto his back, she followed him down with the help of his wings. Laying down to his back, his focus was up to the ceiling while she nuzzled the top of her head against the top of his neck. With both her paws rested to his chest, she laid her head sideways on his neck as she closed her eyes, continuing to cry over him. Doing as normal to help, a paw was brought up by him as he started to pet the back of her fins. With her resting to his body, the feeling it gave off to once again be able to confront her and pet her fins, it brought a sense of comfort to him to know he could at least do something. Though he wasn't able to think much on it as ideas started to float in his mind on what to do, what to say, or if he should stay quiet about what was going on or not. It's scary to think... All these bottled up emotions... She's never had anyone to talk to about them... Which explains just that much more about what she's going through, Cyril thought to himself, forcing another tear down his eye. Being in his thoughts, he hadn't realized Flair had stopped crying as she had fallen asleep on his chest. Mom... Dad... I made a lot of mistakes in the past, and all I wish to do is make up for that... But how? What can I do? As he stopped his paw over her fin, the thoughts he had seemed endless now as from tonight alone, life seemed like such a big question to him. Because he had stopped, those woke Flair from her slight slumber as she recovered from what had happened. Opening her eyes but not moving, she just looked to the door, and in what seemed like a slight blur, she saw what looked like a blue female near the middle of the room. As she focused up, she made out a smile, and the face. Gasping, she picked up her head and closed her eyes tight before shaking her head. Opening her eyes back open, her vision cleared, but there wasn't anyone there. With slightly widened eyes, Flair murmured, "Mo... Mom...?"

Focused to the ground for a second before looking back to her left, she saw Cyril laying there to his back in his thoughts. But once having noticed she was looking at him, he broke from his thoughts to try his best to smile for what's happened. Seeing this smile, Flair let off a sigh as she tried to frown, but for now, she just simply stayed neutral, "My mother... Always, wished the best of me..." It was good to hear her speak so calmly once again, even if it was still on something that pained her to talk on, "When I would have an off or bad day, my mother was always the one I turned to... She was always the one I knew I could trust... And... You know... she kinda sounds like... You... Cyril," This got his eyes to widen, "Before I got here, I've had nothing but terrible days, weeks... months... but when I made it here... And I met you... that started to change... And even with what we've talked about, what I've done... to you... I know... I can still turn to you cause I... trust... you..."

Hearing this sent his heart into a flurry of joy, though he didn't want to show it as, he knew if he did, she would've showed her teeth, so he kept strong and acted calm. Nodding the best he could at her words, he still wished he could do more, "Thank you... Flair... But I... Do, still feel horrible as I wish there was something I can do, something more for you to know that I'll always be there for you... If there's anything else I can do to comfort you, anything at all that I can say... Please... just let me know."

She simply turned her cheek to him as she didn't know what else he could change to be a better dragon. However, to him, this showed she wanted something else, taking what she was doing out of context. Picking his head off the bed, Cyril, just as he had done before, was easy with his actions. Kissing the side of her cheek, he made sure to keep it short while it being long enough to be something to savor. With the kiss, and the cool feeling of his lips on her cheek, Flair's heart kicked to her chest. With the smack of his lips coming off from her cheek, she looked to him with wide eyes as he eased his head back down to the bed. The widened eye expression was confusing to him, but he still tried to keep a smile as he believed that this was what she wanted, "Anything to help you," She still hadn't said anything which made him fear that maybe he had done something wrong, "Flair...?"

Backing off and to his very far left now rather suddenly, she backed far enough away to the point where she wasn't even within reach of his tail. Tucking his wings back to his side and rolling to his side, Cyril turned around to face her as she stared to him with still widened eyes. While the confusion stayed for a while, seeing her fins all sharpen as her sadness burned down into anger, now he knew he had done something wrong, but he didn't know what. Once again saying her name, he hoped he would be able to calm her, "Flair...?"

"WHY DID YOU KISS ME?!" Flair exploded out with her voice, forcing him to duck his head.

"What...?" He asked with confusion, "I... I thought that's why you turned your cheek to me..."

"NO!" She yelled out once again, making him back up from her, "You dumb son of a bitch! After all that I've talked about, after everything I was going through, you thought kissing me would've helped?! After what you promised you said you'd NEVER, do!" Approaching him now, he swallowed hard, shivering even as he realized he had broken the promise he made to her, "'No love, no kissing, just COMFORT'! Do you remember that?! BECAUSE CLEARLY YOU DON'T!"

As she now approached him to where she looked down on his ducked down feature, Cyril murmured out a cry as he apologized, "Flair, I'm... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... Please, I..."

"SHUT UP!" This immediately got him to shut his mouth, and even with how pissed off she was, seeing him shivering so badly to her made her feel like a villain, but she tried to ignore this, "You have plenty of time to make up for what you've done in the after life! Now get on your back so I can see the fear in your eyes when I slit your throat," It took him a couple of seconds to obey her, and while he didn't need it, she pushed it a little more, "Fine then."

Reaching down with a paw, she grabbed his neck rather hard, causing him to cough as she raised him. Swinging her arm down now with his head raised, his body flung backwards with the back of his head hitting the bed before the rest of his body followed. The strength she put on his neck made it rather difficult to breath, and even as his paws neared hers to pull her paw back off of him, he resisted it the best he could. Easing her grip as she felt how much force she was applying, Cyril let out a large gasp, coughing some as he was finally able to breath. Reaching her tail around, she softened her blade as she cuffed it around his neck. Just to make it scarier for him, she explained of what she was to do, what she could do, "In an instant, I could sharpen my blade and fill you lungs with as much blood as I please! But to make sure you suffer, I will slice your body in two; from the bottom of your lip to the tip of your tail," He didn't seem as fazed by it as much as she was hoping he would've, "I knew you would've messed up at some point, and since I said I was going to leave tomorrow anyway, this is perfect; I can leave and die happy knowing you're dead!"

Tearing up some from his failure, he once again tried to apologize in his cry, "Flair... Please... Please, believe me when I say... I'm... So, So... Very... Sorry..."

"YOU KNEW WHAT YOU PROMISED! YOU CONSTANTLY TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU'D PROVE ME WRONG!" Making sure to rub the wound deep, she wished for him to know of his faults, "Now look at you! Rather then die on the front lines, you'll die, here, where you should've days ago," Seeing his tears and hearing his pleas as he constantly murmured he was sorry, she hissed at him, "So then why?! Why did you kiss me?! Is there any other reason aside from the one you've already given me?! And I EXPECT you, to be honest with me!"

Swallowing hard as he didn't wish to say it, with where her paw was, she was able to feel his swallow, and could tell he did have other reasons, though the reasons he gave were not what she thought, "Because... I didn't know how else to comfort you..." Looking at him in the eyes as he spoke to hopefully sniff out a lie, he continued, "It is... true... that I honestly did kiss you cause I thought that's what you wanted, but I also did it cause... Like i said... I want to help you so, so very badly... And without me having any idea of what to say or do... I thought... Kissing you would... Help you..." Showing her teeth to him as she didn't believe this; She believed there had to be another reason, and he answered what she wanted to hear, "No... It wasn't because I was trying to seduce you... But to continue being honest with you... I do more... Then just... like... you..."

"Oh? So you love me?" Flair tried not to spit.

"I care about you... Always have, and always will..." He murmured, "I knew at some point, one of my failures would be the end of me... I just... wish it was never to someone close to me..." While Flair had heard enough, Cyril still tried to make the best of a bad situation as he made her a promise, "To... make it up to you... maybe I could talk with the Ancestors once I'm dead. If I could talk with your mother, then I could talk with them, and Ignitus could tell you how she's doing," Hearing this got her to gasp, and while she tried to show her teeth to him, she couldn't believe he was still tried to help her in anyway he could, "Hopefully you being able to hear your mother is safe and happy, maybe... That would help you as well... Maybe... She could help you more then I ever could..."

"Shut up..." She murmured.

Frowning from his failure, he saw that she now looked to his chest, tensing as if she was fighting with herself, or something he had said. Rather then fight against it any longer, Cyril sighed as he laid his head back, ready for her to punish him for what he's done. Looking to the ceiling as if it was the last thing he'd ever see, something came over him as he had to tell her, "Hehe, you know... Something about this is... funny, to me..." Since he had spoken, she picked her head back up to look at him to hear what he had to say, "Malefor always keeps joking about how you'd kill me, and I just keep laughing every time someone says that cause... Hehe, well... I trust you... And don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to get out of my death but... If I'm to go... Hehe... Make sure to take his life too. That would make me smile so wide."

"You want me to kill him?"

"Well... As you've told me, I don't tell you want to do, so what you do is up to you..." Since he was to die here soon, he decided to spill how he really felt now, "Flair... Since I'm to die, I'll just be honest with you about something..." This really grabbed her attention as she was more curious then she's ever been in a long time, "This might help you sharpen your blade around my neck but... I... I really do, like you... Maybe even love but, I'd never have the guts to say that... After what I've been through; The war, the pain, the loss of my own sanity at points... Having you here; the time I was with you made up for all of it... And I enjoyed every, single, second of your company... Your... comfort..."

"And what if you did love me?!" Flair hissed, "What makes you think I wouldn't just do what your mate did and cheat on you?! Is it cause you know I'm easy prey for you to take advantage of?!"

"You're nothing like her, Flair... Hehe, you're just, amazingly fun!" Cyril smiled, chuckling even as he enjoyed his time with her, and he thoroughly enjoyed talking about her to high regard, "There's never a dull moment with you.. You're fun, you're exciting, and the feeling of your fins on my paws... It feels like I'm truly in the presence of a beautiful, and power, Ancestor... And you say you're easy prey yet, I know if it wasn't for your... father... you would've already had a mate, someone you would've already loved... I was just lucky enough to help as much as I could before my death..." Letting off a pleased sigh, he kept a smile even as he thought this would be his last words, "Hehe... I'm honestly... jealous... To who ever you'll end up with... But I hope that... I was able to help even a little."

Closing his eyes as readied himself for what she was to do, he once again swallowed hard to which she felt from her paw. While he did start to sweat, he didn't wish for her to notice. So, using his ice, his body cooled down some to help control the heat of his sweat, trying to stop it from going any further. But even as he tried his best to control his sweat, his left cheek suddenly lit up on fire. Though, it wasn't a burning feeling, but rather, a very calming, pleasuring, and comfortable one. This comfortable and warm feeling sent shocks through his body as he opened his eyes wide from the feeling. Hearing the smack from the side of his cheek, he watched as Flair backed her head away before turning her body and walking away from him. In complete shock for what she had done, Cyril reached a paw up to his cheek, still feeling the warmth from his cheek from where she had kissed him. She... kissed me?! Cyril thought as his body suddenly lit up with joy and excitement for what she had done. Now his entire body felt warm as he blushed for what she had done. Looking over his chest now to see what she was doing, she herself was also blushing as she sat near the end of the bed, looking down to the ground as she did. In case she needed help, he rolled to his side before getting himself back up onto all fours. From how she looked, Cyril couldn't tell what to make of her emotions, but in case she did need him, he slowly made his way over to her. Making it to her left side, he sat down next to her, staying quiet as he did. The two sat there in silence towards one another for what had happened, but because it was still such a joyful shock for him Cyril had to speak up, "Hehe, so..."

"Cyril..." Flair murmured, and compared to her usual self, she was much more calm with her voice then he thinks he's ever heard from her, "I'm serious when I say; If you break my heart, I will do the same to every single bone in your body," Hearing her speak out on such a topic was rather nice to hear, "I've lost enough in my life, and I've suffered through enough scars..." Sighing for what she was saying, nothing held her back from saying it, so it flowed off the tongue for her, "I trust you not to hurt me the same, or ever at all for that matter..." To hear her say now sent another shock of excitement through his body as it seemed everything was coming together, "Listen..." Showing her teeth now, she went back to herself for a second, "If you don't wish to be in a relationship with me, just say it! I don't want to be hurt to know that, later down the line, you never cared! So just say it now!"

Relationship?! Cyril cried with another huge smile, With Flair?! Since he hadn't said anything, and since she wasn't looking at his reaction, she tensed up as she feared he was thinking against it. Now as her calming mode turned to pure burned rage, she turned to him to yell, but he spoke up before her, not even noticing her anger, "You'd really let me be in a relationship with someone as Ancestor like as you?!" Now seeing his smile, she also focused to his tail as it wagged on the bed, "Bu-Bu-But, I... I'm nothing compared to you! I was just here to help, but now I get to stay, with you?! Live my life... With you?!"

"IS IT A YES OR A NO?!" She finally yelled out as she wanted a definitive answer.

Even after she yelled, the smile stayed permanent on his face as he cried happily, "Yes! YES! ABSOLUTELY!" Laughing with a smile as he jumped back away from her, he jumped in circles as he was excited for what was to come, for what he knew he'd be able to do to really turn her life around, "Flair! This, This opportunity you've given me! I, I won't disappoint you, I swear!" Laughing once again out loud, she couldn't help but smile as well, and since she didn't fight against it, she felt so happy to do so, "Just think of all we can do now, all that there is to do! We can go to the beach! We can play games, tell stories, eat that dessert that Ersa was going to work on! I mean, there's just, so much we can do now! Hehe-Haha!"

While she did wish to keep the smile she had for how he was acting, unfortunately, she had to change up her attitude for the time being, "Cyril..." Speaking his name in somewhat of a growl, he looked to her, but hoped it wouldn't be anything too bad, "Listen... If this is... really happening... There's going to be some rules to this relationship. Do you understand?" Swallowing hard and even shivering as he was afraid of what they were and how bad they were, she assured him, "Don't worry... It's not going to be like the rules I made up before I flew back up here," This helped him sigh rather heavily, "Now, it's only going to be a couple hopefully simple rules for you to follow, okay?" Nodding at her, he was ready to hear these rules, "Rule One; If I say I want to be left alone, I mean it."

"But..." Already scared of this rule, her interrupted her, which was a bad idea.

"Cyril!" Flair growled, making him zip his mouth, "You've... helped me... okay. Now when I say this, I really do mean it. So you don't need to worry about disappointing me," He was still scared of what this rule could hold in the long term, but he obeyed, "Rule Two; If you have a problem about or with me, take it up with me, and don't hide it behind my back. Argus use to let some issues bottle up which made things rather annoying from times even when I asked him. Rule Three; You try and cheat on me, and as I've said before, I will break every single bone in your body before force feeding them back down your throat. Lastly, the big one, Rule Four; When I ask for something or tell you to do something, there will always be a yes, and never a no. If I tell you to lower your voice, it will be a yes. If I tell you to fetch me something, it will be a yes. Now are we all clear on all of these rules?"

After hearing this, he was rather confused for a second as he didn't expect this to be so easy for such a high value, "That's it?" Cyril chuckled as he saw this as child's play, but seeing Flair starting to show her teeth, he quickly corrected himself, "I mean! Yes ma'am! Yes, Flair!"

Backing down from her anger, she continued some as she wished to add what she was saying, "Your promises are still included, and since I'm the one controlling this relationship, I shall control if you're punished for what you failed to do. For this, no love, no kissing, promise, I shall turn a blind eye to it, understand?" Even though she told him some good news, he still frowned for what he had done, but since she didn't understand the frown, she asked, "What's wrong? I said you were free."

"I... I know..." Cyril murmured, "I'm just... I'm still sorry... for breaking that promise to you."

"Cyril..." Letting off a sigh, she was still rather glad he felt bad about it, "Thank you, for admitting you're wrong for what you did, but you don't need to be. If you hadn't done what you did... I... might've never made a move either so... Like I said, you get a pass, alright? So stop being so upset about it and show me this new life I can have."

Smiling at what she had said as if this was a test, Cyril chuckled, "'Rule Four; When you ask for something or tell me to do something, always a yes, never a no'," Smiling the same as him to see he really was paying attention, he chuckled to see this smile, "Hehe, I was listening. And since you told me to do something, I shall, my Flair."

"My Flair?"

"Hehe, I mean, you are mine now, are you not?"

"Don't push it."

"Hehe, sorry. I just, since we aren't you know, in love, I don't know how to say something without saying my love to the female I'm with."

"Well..." Looking away from him as she said this, she wish she hadn't, or at least, she wished he wouldn't have heard, but it was said, and heard, "Maybe if this life you're giving me is as good as you say, and you are the same, maybe that could one day, change," Once having said it, she looked to see the redness that passed his blue scales and lit up his face, and to hide what she had said, she growled about something else, "LISTEN! As time goes on, I might come down from my rules as it should just be common knowledge even for an idiot! I don't want you to feel... trapped... being with me. I want you to feel comfortable."

"Hehe, Flair," Walking up to her, she looked at him, and standing nearly nose to nose, he brought up her other rule, "Rule Two; If you have a problem about or with me, take it up with me. To be honest, I like these rules. You're scared, and I will always understand that. You want to test the waters around me, and what better way then to set some boundaries?"

Smiling some to hear he was so understanding, she thanked him, "Thank you for... Understanding... Cyril."

Now finally able to do this, he reached his head around and kissed her on the cheek, making her smile as she let off a blush. Once having pulled back, he saw this smile, and even though he did, she didn't do anything to take it away. Wanting to bring this up now rather then later so she wouldn't be upset about it, he had to ask, "I want to bring this up now as I don't want to upset you but... Can I, complement your smile?" It was a confusing question to her, so he elaborated, "Well, back with when I said I saw you smile, you attacked me for it, so I switched it up and said it was a tail blade I saw, not a smile. Can I now speak on your smile?"

Thinking about whether or not he should, she sighed as she agreed, "Yes... But! Do not attack me on it when I say I wasn't, alright? You'll just piss me off if you do something like that."

"I will learn everything I can to make sure I don't upset you. I have a good idea on some things, others, not so much. Just because at some points, it seems fine, been then others, it doesn't. So I hope if it's okay that I test the waters as well."

"Just make sure when you do, you don't make the water boil from aggravating it too much."

"Hehe, I will try my best not to," With the two now smiling to one another, Cyril wanted to speak on this as he was still a little frightened of something happening, "Flair... Don't take this the wrong way as I trust you..."

"But?" Flair was a little afraid of what he was to say.

"The same as you... I don't want my heart to be broken... You have no idea how amazing it feels to now be with you, and to think that maybe you'll find someone else or something else is just..."

"Cyril," Speaking his name in a low tone, he stopped talking and allowed her, "This is one of those situations where, because you're scared, even though I'm scared of the same, I know I have nothing to worry about... There are still many things I'm scared about, like... Now that we are together... Would you hate me if I yelled at you or, attacked you as I have before."

"What?" Cyril chuckled which confused her, "You be who you wish to be, Flair. I love your evil and good side. Hehe, though, trust my words when I say, I've checked you out, and you have nothing but good sides," While he chuckled, she showed her teeth to his words, and he quickly apologized, "Sorry! Sorry... That was... Ahem... Inappropriate..."

"No, it's... It's fine..." Flair cooled herself down, though his words after did help, "You know... Cyril... The girls day today really helped me see a lot that I kept pushing away."

"It did?" He was glad to hear.

Staying quiet for a bit, she backed up from him which caused confusion to him. As she laid down on the bed facing the door, she looked to her left and patted the spot next to her. Understanding of what she was doing now, he obeyed and followed down. Going low with his head first as to nuzzle the side of her cheek, the rest of his body followed before he was now fully laid down to her left. The sigh she had given off made it seem like she didn't want to speak on this, but her smile kept things warm in a way, "The girls teased me a lot when it came to being with you, and it was crazy to me cause... No matter how much I tried to reject that I liked you... Your damn smile wouldn't leave me alone, your words would, tackle, my other opposing thoughts, and I just... didn't understand why," Thinking about today's events and what was spoken about got her to giggle, which Cyril very much enjoyed, "I learned of Winter, the assassin. And here I am going through the same thing and all... And then the whole situation with the Hatchling being used as a hostage or a, bargaining chip... I knew my life was once again over, and yet... You always stood strong... Hehe, even if you did cry and beg for me not to leave."

"Hehe..." Cyril chuckled nervously, "I mean, I knew Spyro had to power to do something and was scared he wasn't just to have you leave. Thankfully, he now sees that you really are an ally, as I've said countless times before."

"I really wouldn't call myself an, ally, to you all just yet," She was honest, "Like I said, I'm testing the waters, and the main thing that helped change my mind was a thought... a memory... of what my mother had said to me... and... you were right," Resting her head down on the bed as she spoke, she continued, "But I'm just... so confused... and sacred of... well... you... Cyril," Picking up her head to see the frown from her words, she wanted to say why, "My father was a nice man. He respected my mother and was very caring to me... but that all changed in an instant. I'm scared that, in the future, you'll turn against me the same. Like Argus; Us being in love or, even mates... He gave up on me..." Already knowing what he was going to say, she unfortunately shot him down, "And you promising that won't happen will not help."

Shutting his mouth as now he didn't have an answer to help her, he brought a claw up to his chin as he hoped he'd be able to think of something that would be able to help ease such a thought. Glad to see he was trying his best, Flair wished to bring up something he had spoken of during their talks, "You said you wished to be a great husband, a great father... Just continue to show me that..." Since he heard her speak, he stopped thinking about the topic and continued to listen to her, "You know... It's rather... nice, to know in the morning, everyone will regroup in the morning like how it's been for the days I've been here. But I have to ask, why do you do such a thing?"

"Because we wish to know everyone is safe and sound every morning and night."

Hearing a voice, the two's scales stuck up on end as they heard the deep growl. Looking to the middle of the room, a dark dragon walked up to the bed, and as he came into the moonlight, his body showed with shining yellow eyes. Giving sighs to see it was just Spyro in his dark form, he continued what he had to say, "Every day, we wish to start happy and end happy. Even for someone like Malefor, during the beginning, I welcomed him to the Chambers cause I knew, just like for me, it was home to him."

Smiling at what it looked to her now, while she was focused to that, Cyril chuckled as he had to ask, "Hehe, well, you beat me to it. But I have to ask, what are you doing down here, Spyro?"

"Once again making sure if I was going to be right about Flair," Spyro answered honestly, getting her to frown while Cyril sighed, ready to defend her, "Before you attack me, just hear me out, alright," Hoping he wouldn't get interrupted while he spoke, he looked to Flair as he continued with more of a growl then anything else, "Listen, Flair, I get we've had our differences, but I'm simply trying to make sure everyone around here is safe. Everyone's already been through enough shit to have to deal with more, so if you're still going to be a threat, then you better personally, take it up with me."

Understanding as to why he was doing this, since she was much calmer then she's ever been before, she was able to approach this situation much more easily, "Spyro, I'm... sorry... I caused so many problems having been here... But like you said, 'We've all been through enough'... The same is for me... But I know, after tonight, things will change for the better, I promise," He didn't seem fazed by it, which she wasn't surprised by at all, "The only time I'll ever do something you won't agree with is Cyril's death. But that's only if he breaks his promises to me, or even... my heart..." With Cyril putting his paw over hers, Spyro raised a brow as he wondered what this was symbolizing, "I'm guessing you weren't here for this, but... Me and Cyril are now in a... relationship."

"What?!" Spyro now responded, giving wide eyes to this, but he didn't trust it, and if anything, it made him more defensive, "Oh, so that's what this is."

"What?"

"You know Cyril likes you, you know he'll turn against us to help protect you, and you wish to use that?!"

"What?!" Flair cried as she picked up her paws and waved them in front of her face, "No no no, that's not it at all! Spyro, me and Cyril as we did last night, we connected on a rather, emotional level. I wish I could bring up some of my past or something to help you understand how bad it was but... I'm just... not ready to share that yet," His darkness still hadn't come down from being flustered by what he believed was true, so it took some convincing, "I really... really, want this life, Spyro. I've been pushing it away and acting like my life was over... But... by accepting that... I would've disappointed and destroyed a promise I made to my mother... It just... took someone helping me rather, immensely, to show what life meant for me again."

Spyro still hadn't seemed fazed yet again by what she was saying, though he did go back to a resting position, which, while it seemed calming, Cyril chuckled, "You know, Spyro, even with you just sitting there, it's rather, scary for us. Hehe, I mean, in a instant, this room could explode just from your movements. So just, please, what ever you do, let's just talk about this before another fight breaks out."

"I'm not here to fight," Spyro growled to him before looking back at Flair, "You know, Flair, this is difficult for me."

"Difficult?" She questioned.

"Cynder rather enjoys having you around and gives trust to you. Even though I was scared of what you might do to Cyril, she said she trusted you," Hearing Cynder saw her in such high regard made Flair smile some to hear she did have those trusting her, "I hate it when I go against my love's words, and it makes me feel like an ass for thinking I'm right when I know I'm not. I just... needed to know... One last time from you... Are you going to be a problem around here?" Already knowing of how she was going to respond to him, Flair opened her mouth only slightly before Spyro continued, "I'm not going to lie, having your rather, defensive and aggressive attitude is rather, enjoyable, to me."

"What? Why?"

"Because I trust you can do as you have; Keeping Cyril in line and protecting him as you did. We watch each other's backs around here, and it would be rather nice to know we do have someone like you as an ally," She was once again glad to hear that even Spyro did have respect for her in some regard, "I like to fight wars on my own so no one would have to get hurt, but... I'd be lying if I said that the support wasn't rather... comfortable... Like during the attack on Warfang."

"Did you think you'd be alone?"

"After what I said to everyone, yes... But as only seconds past, I knew it would be rather... impossible. But as Cynder joined, then the Guardians and their lover's, it became much, much more simple," Not wishing to reveal this, it was the only way he believed it would help bring out more of her other side then the one he knew, "Even for me, I can't handle... the stress... and having you attack us during battle would make things a struggle for sure..."

"Spyro," Saying his name, this got his attention, and now having it, Flair continued, "You remember the morning when you told me to tell you the truth about what happened that night?" Spyro gave her a nod, "Then trust me when I say, I'm a close friend to you all now. As I told Cyril, I'm not an... ally... yet... I'm scared of betrayal, but... After hearing what Cynder said about me, it has... helped..." Since Spyro was here, she decided to ask him about his opinion on such a situation, "Hey, Spyro, speaking of betrayal, I'm scared Cyril would do such a thing to me; like, yell at me or, turn his back on me. What do I do to help coup with such a fear?"

"Oh, something like that? Well, if he's that much of an ass to you, I guess I could understand you killing him."

"But I'd never!" Cyril quickly defended himself, "I would never do such a thing to her."

"Hehe, yeah, cause your yelling is too busy directed to us," Spyro chuckled, coming down out of his dark form as to feel more comfortable.

"And with that show to your friends," Flair spoke up, "I'm afraid that side of you will one day turn against me, so..."

"Eeehhhh," Cyril grumbled with a blush as he understood, but he snapped a finger in the air as he had an idea, "Tell you what, to show you what I'm really like, even though I guess the previous days do count, how about I make tomorrow the best day of your life?!" Getting a raised brow from not only her, but even Spyro, he cleared his throat, "Okay, yeah, killing me would be the best day of your life, But! This can still be, 'one', of the best days of your life. Hehe, I know when you first saw me, you tried not to fall head over paws for me so, you can add that day to your best days as well."

"I don't think you understand just how terrible that day was for me."

"What? How come?"

"Oh, hum, let's see. I didn't get to kill Terrador because of you, you wouldn't leave me alone, I drank something to make me a liar to life, you wouldn't leave me alone, and because you wouldn't leave me alone, I tried to kill you, and failed. And because of your dumbass, even though there were others still sleeping, I was too focused on the fact that you didn't snitch to Ignitus about how I was the one who tried to kill you! So, I didn't get to kill you, or anyone else for that matter."

"Oh," Cyril chuckled with a frown, "Well... if you could, go back and change that day to where you did succeed... would you?"

"Shut up about that day!" Flair yelled out against him, sharpening her fins some which put Spyro in a defensive position, "I don't want to think what would've happened if I killed you or anyone else for that matter! I said that day was terrible, but I didn't say I didn't enjoy it," Easing down her fins as she looked away from him, Spyro himself eased up too, "Every day since I've been here should've been the worst days of my life, or at the very least, one of them..." Letting off a sigh as she looked straight one again, though down at the bed, she remembered the days like they were today, "So, no... I wouldn't change anything about that day. You didn't leave me alone like I repeatedly told you too, so it's your fault for instigating my anger."

"Oh..."

"Do you have a problem with that?!" She hissed as she looked over to him.

"What?! No no no, of course not," Ducking his head back from her, Cyril frowned as he wished he didn't ask what he did, "Sorry for... asking such a question..."

Feeling bad now for turning against him, she didn't understand it herself and calmed herself, apologizing even, "No, Cyril, I'm... I'm sorry..." Knowing the best way to help him, she reached her head down, peaking him on the cheek, which was enough to at least get a smile from him, and as she pulled her head back, she felt bad about it, "I'm just... this is what I'm talking about; I'm just scared that you were going to turn against me so... rather then wait for you to attack, I was the one to bite first."

"Oh..." Now understanding her more, this helped him smile even more as this was something he knew he could learn from, "That makes perfect sense to me then, Flair," Getting back his cheerful attitude, she noticed this, "I said I wished to learn more about it, and now this just helps that much more. I hope to one day cure you of this fear, but for now," Draping his right wing over her back and cooling her down, she shivered as she breathed, reveling her breath as she did so, "I shall continue to experiment with my temporary methods for you."

"Well... If I do, turn against you... There is... One thing you could do for me."

"It's gonna take me a second to walk up there but, I can kill Malefor for you."

"Hehe. Let's put a pin in that. But... This is... something important to me, something my mother use to do," Ready for what ever it might be, he believed maybe it would be something difficult or even time consuming, which made him fear as he wished to help her now, but it proved to be neither of those things, "Could you... please... form an ice cube in your paw that I may eat?" It was not only odd for Cyril to hear, but Spyro as well, and luckily, she spoke on her past in front of both of them, "When ever I'm, scared or, upset, my mother always use to let me eat the ice she made to help cool me down..." Since Cyril still hadn't responded, she felt like maybe it was a no, and she understood why, "I... get it if it's a no... I did just... yell at you..."

"What?!" Seeing her frown as she started to look away, his sudden cry got her attention, "No no no, Flair! I can absolutely do such a thing for you!" Raising up a paw and flipping it upwards, as he formed a small to medium sized cube of ice, he hoped to ease her, "Flair, I'm not going to hurt you. Like I said, I can't say it yet, but I'm very much more on the love side for you then just simply caring," She smiled to hear him say, and as he adjusted his paw and grabbed the ice cube between his two fingers, he hoped this would be the perfect ice cube for her, "This is something else I'm going to have to study on but, hopefully I can get the right ice cube for you to eat. Hehe, I mean, hell, hopefully, by training with Spyro, I can make a more powerful and hopefully better tasting cube."

"Hehe, if it's more powerful, wouldn't it break my teeth?"

"Well, that's a rather, difficult discussion," Spyro spoke up, and while he was talking, Cyril gave the cube to Flair before she threw it into her mouth and started to eat, "For my fire for example," Raising up a paw and facing it upwards, he formed a medium sized red flame in it so they could feel the flame, "You can feel how hot this flame is, right?" Getting nods, he slowly grew into his pitch black form, and as he did, the fire was engulfed into a blue flame now, "Now, with the blue flame, it's much, much hotter. This flame helped save Ersa when she almost died from a disease," Seeing the two were backing their heads up from the flame, he chuckled as he understood, "Hehe, yeah, it's pretty uncomfortable being honest. But then, there's the purple color to the abilities."

"Wait. You can't, show us, can you?" Cyril asked, but this got Spyro to smirk, "Wait... What?!"

"I mean, I've never tried before, so what a better time then now?" While Spyro transformed in his dark form, the two others looked at one another before looking back to see he had transformed, "If there's any ability I can turn purple, it'd be the one I've grown very fond of. I haven't been able to use the blue colors to the other three yet, but from Volteer, I know the blue lightning will, kick, your, ass. That shit is no joke. From what I've learned, level one to the power is standard; not too bad, but not great. Level two is just much, much stronger. But then, you have level three to the power. Are you all ready to feel the purple flame."

"Cynder's going to be pissed if you hurt yourself, you know that, right?"

"I'll be fine," Spyro didn't seem worried, but as he thought about it, he chuckled, "Hehe, okay, let me just attempt it, nothing more."

Closing his eyes and focusing his flame, the two watched closely, or at least, as closely as they could as his flame was still rather hot. As they watched, the flame moved from side to side, as if it danced in his paw. For the time he closed his eyes, the air became rather dense, as if he was absorbing the power from even the air to help himself. Suddenly, they watched as his entire arm flexed, and his paw tensed, desperate to close. While Spyro continued to growl against it, he wasn't to give up on this. This proved successful as, though he couldn't see it, the two watched as the purple flame started to form in the middle of the flame. The heat from the flame started to subside and become soft to them. This feeling made them widen their eyes as they now approached the fire, closing in with their faces to get a closer feel to the flame. Just as the blue flame was almost completely changed to purple, as it neared the tippy top of the flame, Spyro couldn't hold it any longer and clenched his paw shut. As he did, his paw hissed with steam, and growling, he backed up from the two. The two gasped as they watched him look to his paw, shaking it as he looked at it, seeing he had scorched his paw.

"Damnit," Spyro cursed, upset at himself for not being able to do it, and while his darkness healed his paw, he hated that he wasn't able to do it, "Even with this new power, I'm still just as worthless and weak!"

"No!" Both Cyril and Flair cried out to him which got his attention, and Cyril followed up, "Spyro, that flame... Ha... How did you... Why... why did it feel so comfortable?! I mean, the blue flame was rather powerful, but that, purple flame felt so... soothing... But it's fire! So how... how and why did it feel so good? Like something you'd wish to curl up to?"

"Because it's the most tamed and purest forms of our abilities," He explained, "But it's also the most pain in the ass to obtain and control. Maybe with a little more training, I could possibly unlock such power but... Ugh..." While he sighed as he never saw himself ever improving no matter what he did, he remembered what Cyril said to him, "Then again, you said you wished to train with me. I'm guessing you now have someone you wish to protect in your life?"

"Hehe, of course I do," Cyril smiled, "Then again, she could kick my ass any day but, that won't stop me from trying to be the best I can be for her! The best, I can be, for Flair."

"I see you added her name."

"He just wants me to kiss him," Flair giggled.

"Well, with you all having females now, maybe we should all get together and train again. Hopefully, which this won't happen, I will go easy on you all. But, after the day me and Volteer trained during the night, I don't see that happening. So, if you're going to train, you might be breaking your bones to the point of paralysis. I hope that's okay," Seeing as this didn't affect his decision, Spyro had to question him, "What? You're not scared?"

"Please. The only pain I'd ever be afraid of is losing Flair," Smiling to hear Cyril say this, so did Flair, "But I know I can get stronger, I've seen the power you have and I wish to do everything in my power to prove to Flair I can be the one for her!" Getting excited about it now, he had enegry once again to jump up and take on the world, "Seeing her smile, her laugh, her comfort to know I can care for her! It just, sends power, excitement, and pleasure all throughout my body, and I wish to provide for her, for my Flair!"

"Alright!" Flair yelled out, and once he stopped talking, he looked over to see she had shed a tear, "I said I'd stay with you, and that we would be in a relationship! What more do you want?!" Seeing his smile, she brought this up just to hope and hear him prove her wrong, "If you think I'd ever mate with you, you're more stupid then I thought."

"No, it's not mating with you that I'm after... But your trust in me," Shivering as a smile went across her face, he whispered to her, "I will push myself now more then ever to show you that I care, to show you that there's nothing to be afraid of," Reaching his head down and kissing her cheek, she clenched her teeth as her smile started to grow more, and backing up, he saw this, "I will show you the love and care you've deserved since the beginning... I promise..."

Not able to hold back any longer, Flair flung herself to him, wrapping her arms around his neck as she cried over his shoulder. Doing the same to her, Cyril shed tears of his own as he hugged her. Seeing as everything really was alright between the two, Spyro smiled, Welcome to your new home, Flair. Turning to give the two some privacy, he disappeared out of the room in a cloud of smoke as he headed back up to his house. Staying in the embrace with him for a bit, Flair tightened her grip some as she hugged him, not wishing to let go. I will keep my promise to you... Mom... And, here's to hoping that, maybe Cyril... Really would be an amazing partner, With her thoughts, her grip around him loosened some before finally backing up from him. Before she focused to Cyril, she looked to see Spyro had left the room at some point. Now with Spyro gone, she looked back to Cyril and decided to have a little fun. Bringing her blade around and cuffing it at the front of his neck, he raised a brow to what she was doing.

"Now with Spyro gone, I really wonder what would come of me killing you," His face turned to sadness as he started quivering his lips as to mess with her, and unfortunately for her, it worked, "Yeah yeah, I know... I know," Moving her blade back, she felt sleepy now after all that's happened tonight and moved her head down to rest over Cyril's paws, "Just making sure you're still on my side," Hearing him chuckle before he rested his head over the back of her neck, she sighed, still smiling, "Once again, Yeah yeah, I know... You trust me... Hehe, I mean, I'm surprised you're laying your head right on one of my fins. You know that could sharpen at any point during the night and go right through and into your mouth, possibly splitting your tongue in two."

"Hehe," Chuckling, but not from fear, he nuzzled the fin his head rested over with the bottom of his jaw just to have fun, "You think that scares me, cutie?"

"Cutie? My Flair? You are really pushing it."

"You know you love it," Realizing almost immediately what he had said, Cyril changed his words, "I remember what you said though! Don't tell you something that isn't true and or force what you disagree with."

"Didn't say I disagreed, nor did I say it wasn't true," His words got a gasp from him as he never expected her to agree with him, and hearing this, she nuzzled her head to his chest as she closed her eyes, "Thank for... for tonight, Cyril. And just know, I'm holding you to this, best day, tomorrow. But for tonight," Pausing for a second, she yawned, and once her jaw came back down, she smacked her lips, "If you wish to make it perfect for me... Protect me as I sleep... Do you understand?"

Feeling a tear drip down onto herself, she smiled as she knew why, but couldn't say anything as he answered her, "Of course, my Flair," Closing his eyes, he wished her a goodnight, "Sleep well."

"With you... Might be one of the best nights I've ever slept."

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Should I talk to him about it...? No... No, he's seemed happy ever since I've gotten here, and with what the girls spoke about, maybe I should just, leave it alone. Laying with Terrador on his bed in the Sleeping Chambers, Trish laid awake to his right as she wondered if she should bring up what was spoken of to help him in anyway she could. Does he still feel bad about what's happened? Mentally slapping herself for such a question, it was an obvious one. Of course he does you idiot! But... Because he does, could I hopefully help him go through such a time as well? Listening as she came out from her thoughts, she looked to her left as Terrador laid there, listening if he were to snore or show any signs of him being uncomfortable. Aside from his resting face, he seems fine. Now sighing to what she was thinking about, Trish couldn't hold her words back and wished to help him. He's already told me once before that he wouldn't be upset if I woke him... Swallowing hard, this was the moment to test his words. Well... here we go. Using her paw from the bed, she laid it over his and shuck it some, whispering his name as she did so, "Terrador...? Hey, Terrador..."

Getting his attention, he shuck as he woke, and with his head having been in between his paws, her shaking his paw some also shuck his head a bit. Groaning as he picked up his head, he looked to his right as he asked her, "Trish...?" Letting out a yawn as he paused, he stretched out his claws forward and his leg backwards as he was halfway through the yawn, and once done with the yawn, he was done with his stretch, "What's wrong...?"

Taking her paw back, she watched as he started to rub his eyes as she spoke to him, "Sorry to wake you..." As she said this, he took his other paw and raised a claw as he was ready to comfort her, but she spoke first, "I know what you said, and that's why I'm... waking you now... Hehe, and it's actually pretty, cute, to see how tired you are," Terrador chuckled as he was rather tired, "You know, I've come up with a name for such a time like this when you're acting so adorable."

"Hehe, oh yeah? And what's that?"

"Hehe, I will say that you're, 'Terradorable'."

"Haha," Laughing from how cute that did sound, he rather enjoyed it, "That's actually really creative; You combined my name, with adorable, and get..."

"Terradorable," The two laughed in unison, smiling as they did so.

With her giggling and him chuckling, this kept the smile for the two, and for Trish, she hoped this would be a perfect time to ask him what she wanted, "Hey, Terrador, can I ask you a question...? It's rather, personal, to you, but I was hoping maybe I'd be able to, help, with what you could still be going through."

"Personal?" He wondered, "Hehe, I'm kinda scared but, sure. What is it?"

"Okay..." Taking a sigh as she didn't know how he'd respond to this, she still had hope her help would keep that smile of his, "So... When I was talking with the girls, it was brought to my attention that you had uh... Previously been in, two other relationships before me," Just the thought of it for him was enough to get his shivers to shake the bed which she had noticed, and now not knowing how he'd respond, she backed her head up from him, "Whoa... Terrador, are you... okay?"

Now having this brought up, his smile and any sign of his joy disappeared. Now, his face rested to a rather aggressive once, which had scared her, and his rather pissed off sounding voice didn't help ease her from what was happening either, "Just continue with the question."

With how he was acting now, she felt like maybe she should just leave things as they should be, not wishing to start a fight or something, "I... I'm, Sorry... Terrador, I... Didn't mean to upset you..." He didn't respond to her, but since it was out in the open now, she hoped with what she would say, it would help ease him, "I heard what they had done to you... Especially with how bad that last female broke your heart... But I just, wanted to tell you that, I'm not like them," Smiling with hopes of it helping, he just looked to her as he listened, "I won't break your heart, nor would I ever hurt you. Hehe, and ever since I've gotten here, you've always showed so much support for me..." Putting her paw back over Terrador's, she blushed as she started to talk about her feelings for him, "The girls told me that all the last female wanted was sex, but you showed her nothing but love as, you wanted a loving, caring relationship... And I... would like the same as you... Which is I guess why, we get along so well... Or at least, I hope that's how you see it too."

Sighing as he could see she was trying, he unfortunately broke any chance she wished to be with him, "I'm done with relationships, Trish..." This got her to frown, and while he spoke, she took her paw back from his, "I've already been hurt enough, and I'm just not, and never will be ready, for another relationship... I like you... I do... which is why I'm not against you laying with me. It helps me be there in case you need to be protected, or if you need someone to talk to. I'm just trying to help you get back on your paws, and I'm, sorry too... Because if there was any feelings you had for me... I'm just... I'd have to decline."

Looking down at the bed as she frowned now, an idea came to mind which got her to turn back and ask him, "Do you not, trust me?"

"What?"

"If you trusted me to be someone you'd love, would you take another chance to have that feeling again? To have someone in your life? And we don't even have to be lovers, I'm just... I want to know what I can do to help tame, or even destroy this fear you have..." Seeing as he sighed, she still stayed strong as she was hopeful, even if he wasn't, "I told the girls just how helpful you were during my nightmare, how sweet and caring you were. Spyro said that you were smiling, laughing, and being way more engaging in conversations... That's the Terrador I've seen ever since I've gotten up here, but they said after what's happened, you had changed... So what can I do to keep your heart beating, to keep the smile, to keep the joy in your life?"

"There's nothing you can do," He answered honestly.

"Then why have you been so amazing since I've gotten here?"

"Because I forgot about such an event when it came to those... females... I was with," It felt like a stab to the heart for her as, now with how he was acting, she knew it was her fault in the first place for even bringing it up, "But I guess now is as best of time for me to just, wake up from what has been happening..." Turning his head back to face the door, he laid his head back down on his paws, "Listen, Trish... After that nightmare you had, about me and Ivan... Maybe even you know that I'm not someone to be loved... But feared..."

"You're wrong," She fought against how he thought, "You're a strong man with an even stronger heart, and I know I can be what those females never could've been to you."

"Even strong men break after a while..."

"And so can a heart, but just like every wound, you can heal from it, no matter how deep it cut," Trish continued to fight for him, even if he didn't wish to fight for himself, "You have helped me more then you realize... With you, having your wing, I've stopped shivering from the constant fears of being attacked. I've smiled and looked forward to tomorrow every time we've laid together. And while I might not have been here for that long, I don't see my life ever taking a turn for the worst when I'm with you."

"Because you think I'd protect you?"

"I know you would! Because even with how badly those bitches hurt you, you still have a heart that wishes to care for others! I've seen it, your loving side, I've experienced it, and I loved it!" Her words got a tear to start forming in his eye, and to see she was getting to him, she wished to continue, "Even if you say you don't have a heart anymore, I still hear it beat during the nights. And if you didn't have a heart, then why is it, when we were about to be attacked by those dragons, you came by my side? You wished to protect me from harm, and only someone with a heart would actually care to do such a thing."

"I did that out of reaction... Cause as a Guardian, it's my job to protect those in danger."

"Then what was that about how you missed me? The nuzzle I gave you, and how happy you were that I did? Did you... Did you..." Ducking her head once again, she started to feel a pain in her heart as she spoke on it, "Did you really not care...?" Seeing if he would react, his body simply tensed as he tried not to show how he really felt towards the situation, "So then... Now... When you think back to that... You're wishing it never happened... aren't you...?"

"I can't... Answer... That..." Terrador murmured, "If I say yes, it will get your hopes up that we could be more... That we could be something other then friends... But if I say no, it'll only hurt you to know that maybe I really didn't care... So I can't... answer that..." It made sense to her which only made this tough for her, though, it also made this tough for him as well, "Trish... I'm... sorry... But from now on, I shall continue to do as I have: Protecting you and what not... But any kind of... Love... between us... I will have decline..."

Clenching her paws on the bed, Trish shed tears as she wanted him to answer this, "So if I had never woken you... If I would've just kept my mouth shut... You'd still be happy, wouldn't you...?" Terrador shuck his head as he didn't want this to be on her, but she knew herself that it was, "You were smiling and laughing as I woke you, but does this mean now, I've ruined your life... Just like... those other females...?"

"What? No, Trish, you didn't ruin my life," He wished to ease her now as she was getting herself down, "Like you said, it was because of those... females... that I was with... That's what ruined my life... And I'd be lying if I said you didn't... make my life better..." To see her tearing up now, Terrador felt a stab to the heart himself, but for some reason, the stab helped kick his heart into gear, fueling his words, "Trish... I... I do, like you... But I just... I'm scared of getting attached to someone else and have them betray me for one reason or another..."

Gasping now as she heard his words, she looked to him and put two and two together, "So then, if I could show you that I care, that I really do wish to... Have a relationship with you... That I really am trust worthy to you, will you give me the chance to... be the one... for you?!" While Terrador wished to say no, he kept his mouth shut as, the thoughts of saying no were painful to him, "Terrador, please, please give me this chance! I know I won't disappoint you, I know I won't hurt you, and while I know you might not trust me, I know I can build that trust!"

"Just to later destroy it?"

"To later use it as a way to show you that I can be the one for you!" Trish immediately rejected such a thing ever happening, "Look, I'm not going to lie, I've always wished to, be, with a Guardian... And after you saved me from that building, our talk, and even up to now, learning about what's happened, I know I can turn your life around for the better, just as you did for me," While Trish was breathing rather heavily, Terrador tried not to smile as the passion she had in her words was rather comforting to him, "What will it take for me to have that chance...? Please, Terrador, anything..."

Not sure on what he should say, he wished to keep it in the middle; Not giving her a yes, but also not a no, "And how do I know you really do care?"

Without hesitation to his words, she ducked her head down and kissed his cheek, widening his eyes from the feeling and sending a pleasure filled shock throughout his body. Once again, he was in awe for what she had done to him, just as before with her sweet, gentle nuzzle. This kiss finally kicked the tear that's been resting in his eyes down his eyelids and onto his cheek. Backing up from the kiss, she saw his reaction, how he stared at her with uncertainty, but also in a way, hope. Giggling as she herself let a tear down her eye, she was still hopeful, "I hate to say this so early but... I have much, much stronger feelings for you then just simply liking you, Terrador... And I wish to have the second chance at life you've given me... But... I guess that is... Up to you if you... also wish... to take that step with me."

With how she acted towards being in a relationship, even after the one she's been in, he had to ask her, "But... how...? After what you've been through... why would you trust that I could be the one for you?"

"Hehe, well, it's mainly because of... your fears," This confused him, but with her explanation, it made sense, "What you fear, I fear the same. But because of your fears, I know I don't need to be afraid. You're scared to be betrayed by the one closest to your heart, and I'm the same. But because I know you'd never do something like that, it helps calm me. I know you wish for a loving relationship, and I wish for one as well, so it helps calm me to know that... Being with you is... really, what I want... The only real fear I have is ones you're uncertain about... Like the one about trusting me to be in a relationship with you..." Swallowing hard as she was afraid to say the wrong thing, Trish still tried her best to ease not only him, but herself, "Terrador... You are... Amazing... And I know, I know for a fact! I can be the one you searched for... For all your hard work, all the pain you went through during the war, you deserve the best possible..." Giggling at herself, she felt like that was a screw up, "Well... I'm not... Hehe, the best possible... There's probably someone else out there for you, but..."

"Even if there was... I wouldn't trust them the way I do to you," Terrador spoke out loud which caused a rather loud gasp to escape from Trish's mouth, "Trish..." His body tensed up as he was afraid to get his hopes up on anything that had to do with his future with a loving female, so he made her a promise, "I won't lie... You're rather... Ahem... Hot... And... maybe... Maybe... I will... try again to find love with... you... But just... Give me some more time to think on it. Let me see if I really can... trust you... to be someone I'd call the love of my life... or even... my mate... Okay?"

"Deal! Absolutely! I promise!" Trish cried out rather loudly, getting Ignitus and Claire to groan in their sleep while it got Terrador to look to her with wide eyes, "Hehe... Maybe I should... tone my voice down..." Shivering with excitement, she wondered out loud what she would have to do now more then ever to get his trust, "So, now the question is, what can I do for you to trust me, for you to love me, to be... My Mate...? Do I keep doing what I'm doing, or is there something more that I can do?"

"Trish..." With Terrador calling her name, she stopped talking and looked to him, "Please understand... This could take many months, maybe even years before I even decide that we should be lovers, and it may be even longer especially if I ever say something as strong as us being mates."

"But after those months or years, we'll still end up together with you trusting me now won't we?" Trish smiled wide, getting him to chuckle as he saw what she was doing, "Haha, exactly," To help ease him, she went down and nuzzled his cheek with the side of hers before backing up and resting her forehead to his cheek now instead, "I will not disappoint, I will not stray away from you, and I will be the one you've been searching for... I promise."

"You... want to hear something... weird," Terrador whispered, almost as if he wasn't completely sure he should say or not, but with her pulling her head back to look him in the eyes, he spilled what he thought, "In a way... I really do... trust you..." Hearing this kicked her heart into gear as she gave him wide eyes, "I'm... sorry... I scared you a bit in the beginning... Just... Please... I know you already very much agreed, but... I just need, time..."

Throwing not only her wings around him, but her arms as well, she hugged him with all that she could, shedding tears as her head curved around the front of his neck. Feeling light, Terrador hadn't felt so good, so comfortable with anyone in so long, especially not to a female. Hugging her back the best way he could, he used his arms to wrap around the back of her neck. Don't screw this up! Don't screw this up! He could be your lover, your mate! for Ancestors sake, don't mess this up! Trish thought in her mind, yelling at herself to not make a mistake and mess up this second and rather once in a life time chance. Backing up from the hug, she saw that now only was she shedding tears with a smile, but so was he, which she giggled towards, "There's my smiling dragon, being adorable as always."

"Don't you mean..."

"Terradorable?" The two laughed in unison, finally bringing things back to the way they were, and Terrador continued, "Hehe... Thank goodness I have a better nickname to be called. Malefor came up with the joke of, 'I'm a mean one, I'm mister Terrador', which to this day I still want to hurt him for."

"Hehe, why is he calling you the Grinch?"

"Because I always sound like and act like him."

"Hehe, and you're even green," Trish giggled, and her innocent giggle always made him smile, "But that will forever change now. I shall do all that I can to make you smile, to help you enjoy life as you've always wished to do. So, first things first, to help you, I want you to tell me what I can do to help you. And, thank goodness Malefor isn't here cause he'd say something like, 'Oh, if it's anything, you should tell her to mate with you, Terrador'."

"And what if that's what I want from you?" With a red fire blush and wide eyes, Terrador chuckled and apologised, "I'm joking, I'm joking, I swear. I'm sorry for saying such a thing," This got her to growl for reasons she would never say to him so early on, "Honestly... The best way to help me is just... you, being there, for me... as you have been since you even got here," She smiled to hear him say, glad he was accepting her back into his life, "Hehe, I may be a... big guy, but... Even I wish to have that sense of love... you know?"

As he was talking, she was already ready to show her love for him. Going back to how she was, she nuzzled her head underneath his, getting him to groan with a pleased smile. Nuzzling down his neck before making it down to his chest, she rested her head against his chest. Picking up his right wing now and throwing it over her back, she giggled to this, "It's about time. Making me go to sleep without that wing of yours over my back is going to be a no no from now on."

"Hehe, yes ma'am," Terrador chuckled.

Laying his head down over the back of Trish's neck, both closed their eyes, and to once again apologize for such a turn, he spoke to her, "Trish... Thank you for... Continuing to take a stand and help me... And to answer your question from before..." Shivering as he was still afraid to admit it, he knew he was taking a risk, but it was one he was once again prepared to take, "I... thoroughly enjoyed... the nuzzle you gave me... Hehe... And if I'm... being honest... that... kiss... was all the more satisfying... Which, reminds me..." Picking his head back up as he opened his eyes, Terrador looked down on her before going down and kissing her forehead, sending pleasure filled shivers throughout Trish's body now, and once pulled away, he whispered to her, "Just so you know... Your efforts really did help me."

His words, his kiss, and his actions made her snuggle up to him even more as she continued to smile with tears in her eyes. Letting this slip, Trish bit her lip on it before finally letting her words slip, "You know... It's a real struggle for me to not let slip and burst out the fact that I love you... Hehe, even though you already know I even want to be your mate..."

"Hehe..." Terrador cried with a smile himself, "One day, Trish... I... believe in you," Laying his head back down over the back of her neck, he closed his eyes and whispered one last thing to her, "I trust you."

Shedding one last tear before she herself went to sleep, Trish nuzzled her head upwards against his neck as she whispered too softly for him to hear, but she needed to say it, "And I love you..."

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Dun dun dun, duna dun dun dun dunna, dunana! Dunana! Dunana! Duna, Humming to himself as Spyro made his way to his room from the hallway of his house, he tried to stay stealthy with his approach back to his room, though he didn't need to. Making it up to the door, since it was shut, he let his dark form take over his body some. With the darkness, first his head went through the door before his body followed, then finally, his tail blade. As his body made it through the door, he came down from his dark form and gave wide eyes to see Cynder laying in the middle of the bed, crossing her paws and raising a brow to him. While he chuckled, she asked him out right, "So, I'm guessing I was right, and there was no reason for you to wake up tonight?"

As he made it to the middle of the room, Spyro cleared his throat and got into character, "Oh my goodness! Cynder, it was horrible! There was blood, blood everywhere!" Pretending to cry, she smiled as she rested her head on her paw, watched as he went about with his act, "Damnit! Why couldn't it have been Malefor?! Why was it someone we actually cared about?!" Laying the front of his body low to the ground, he took a peak to see she still was just watching him as he joked, "Hehe, alright, alright, fine," Sighing as he knew she was right, he knew she wanted him to say it, and as he brought up his head, he admitted, "You were right, my love."

Smiling to hear this, she wasn't surprised, "Oh, wow. I was right again?" Chuckling as he made his way back over to the bed, she was at least glad for a couple of reasons, "Thank you for waking me though. I was thinking you could've let me talk with Kettu or Xvar but... It would've just made me miss you more," With a paw to the bed, he pulled himself up, walked forward a couple of steps before turning around to face straight with her and laid to his belly to the left of her, "Well, is there anything else I should know? The least you could do is give me some spicy details I and the other girls could pick on her about later."

"Hehe, Well... Those two are in a relationship now."

"What?!" Cynder cried with wide eyes, backing her head up to look him in the eyes to see if he was telling the truth, "Bu-bu-but... How?! After what we saw happen with her flying away, I surely thought she would've slept in another room or, somewhere away from him but..."

"Oh... So you were wrong about something else?" Spyro smirked.

"Oh?" She raised a brow to him, "What are you playing at here, my love?"

"Well, you thought you were a monster which wasn't true, you thought no one would love you and that wasn't true, and now you're over here saying I won't make out with you?" Licking her lips to see what he was doing, Spyro chuckled as he knew he was getting to her, "I did bring up the fact the we should try and kiss for like an hour straight, but then again, I haven't taken a nice bite from your neck in so long," Every time he spoke of what he was to do to her, her scales stood up on end, extremely hopefully he'd do it all, "Or I have my darkness, or maybe you'd like me to lick your neck? So much to do..."

"Then do it all you damn tease," Finally speaking out again him, she wanted all of it, "After giving me all this hope, all these options, I want all of it."

"Hehe, you know, if we do this, we're going to get like, no sleep."

"So then we sleep during the day."

"And what if the girls wish to do something tomorrow that you'll miss out on?"

"Spyro," Growling at him now, she wanted something, "Don't you dare give me hopes on such things just to back out on what you promised me. But if you're going to be like this..."

Standing up from the bed, she turned to face him, and using her wings, she pushed his backside and his right shoulder, spinning him around on the bed. Now with him spun with his backside towards her, she used her right wings to flip him over onto his back. Walking over his body, she pushed his wings outwards from his body, and to make sure they wouldn't be used, she stepped on the flaps of them. Now standing over his body and face to face with him, Cynder knew what she needed to do, "Since you're not going to make a move, I'll just have to, seduce you, until you do."

"Hehe, now now, my love, you know I'd do what you wish when ever you ask it."

"Ah, but, where's the fun in that for me?" Cynder smirked, taking control of this situation, "If you have a problem with what I'm doing, then go ahead, stop me," Getting close to his neck, she was able to see his eyes for a second before whispering to him, "But I know you'd never hurt me, so it seems like you're stuck here now, aren't you?"

"Hehe, where did this frisky control come from?"

"Well, how else am I going to repay you for what you're going to do for me?"

"Cynder, you don't..."

"Ah! Zip it... Just lay back and enjoy yourself..."

With the seduction she gave off to him, he had no choice but to obey what she said. As to first tease him as he did to her, she started to his neck, giving small kisses from the bottom nearest to his chest before moving her way up. In a way for herself, she started to enjoy it more and more as Spyro started to let off small groans for what she was doing to him. Making to the middle of his neck, she turned her small kisses to small licks. Licking up on his neck now made his groans more powerful, and with how smoothly she did, his claws curled as he enjoyed every second of what she was doing. But something inside took over as now he wished he could do the same to her. With the help of the darkness, where her paws rested to his wing flaps, he fazed through her paws and arms before wrapping her wings around her back. Flipping her over onto her back, she didn't expect this, and was completely defenseless to hold her ground. Rolled to her back, Cynder looked to see Spyro blushing as he looked down on her. Still using his darkness, he fazed his wings through her arms as he tucked them back to his side, and once done he focused to her neck. Seeing as though he was struggling with something, breathing rather warmly with a blush, Cynder asked with concern, "Spyro... Are you... okay...?"

Not able to hold himself back, he ducked his head down towards her, opened his mouth, and clamped his teeth over her neck. The entirety of her body froze from the feeling, and with his mouth being sideways as he bit her, he licked her neck as if to ease her scales. With every movement she made or even just a simple shiver, his bite would once again freeze her as he would put the same amount of pressure as he did before, and with each bite came another moan as now she didn't see a way for her to even move. His bite gave pleasure, but what made it more enjoyable was how she knew he'd act on it, how ease he wished to be with it. As her body once again shivered, he let down a bite, but not like the others. This one stopped her for a second as her body stayed in a shock of pleasure as he continued to lick her neck as if he was trying to soothe her scales as he bit them. Giving wide eyes to this bite, her body grew limp as her arms fell down to the bed compared to their normal resting position. Coming back to his senses, Spyro growled as he eased his teeth from her, sighing, and backing his head up to see what he had done. Letting out a gasp, similar to what Volteer did to Ersa, there were clearly visible bite marks in her neck that looked rather painful to him. While he stood in fear, Cynder herself came back as she rested a paw to her chest, letting a very pleased sigh, "Spyro that was... Amazing... Hehe, from how I'm saying it, it sounds like we just did it or something... Hehe, which, I mean... I wouldn't be against that right now at all..." Seeing his fear, she raised a brow and questioned, "Spyro... What's wrong?"

Using her other paw, she felt around her neck, and once coming across the teeth markings, she felt it and remembered what had happened with the two mates. Wait?! Did Spyro do that... bite? With how he feared for what he had done, Cynder knew she had to act before he ran out the door or something else that could make this day take a turn for the worst. First, she distracted him by speaking in a low tone, "Spyro... Listen to me and trust me..." With him distracted, she eased her tail up and around his, trying to get a secured grip on his tail, "You have nothing to be afraid about... You remember that talk I had, about how your lover can sense how much pressure to put on your neck?" Seeing as he took one step back, her next best option was to use her darkness, and once having heard his heart beat, his eyes widened some to hear hers as well, "See... I'm calm... I'm very, very happy with what happened... So please... Just breath."

She could see it was starting to work on him as he took his step back, though he couldn't get his eyes off of the teeth marks. An idea popped into her mind as she knew how to get this situation all over with, "Wait, Spyro, your darkness, or even your time power. If your scared of these marks, just use one of those two powers to heal me," Hearing that he would have to use either of those two powers to heal what he's done made his shivers shake the bed, "That doesn't mean you hurt me!" She quickly cried out, "That doesn't mean... You hurt me... These marks are dirt, and I need them to be cleaned... Okay?"

Swallowing hard for what he had done, he was at least able to hear what she was saying and acting as she told him to. Rather then use his paws, he used his tongue instead. Going down to the left side of her neck, he first started there. Licking the side of her neck, he controlled the darkness to his tongue and slowly, easily, licked at the marking he made. This pleased her even more as his tongue to her neck felt incredible, making her let off more moans to what he was doing. Backing his head to see the left side was now completely healed, he moved over to the right side or her neck, and just the same as the other side, he proceed to lick her neck. Accidentally letting slip, she moaned his name, "Spyro..."

Trying his best to ignore this, he backed his head up once finshed with the other side of her neck to see he had healed her back up to her normal light black and grey color for her scales and red to her chest, and from his tongue, her colors shined more especially in those areas. Still shaken up from the whole situation, while Spyro struggled with what he had done, Cynder once again let out a very pleased sigh with all that had happened, "And here I was hoping to get a moan or something from you... Hehe... That was lovely, Spyro," With him still looking to her neck, she took action, reaching up and putting both her paws to his checks, she focused his eyes right to her own, "Spyro, listen to me you sexy sweet muscular of dragon meat you!" This got his attention now, "You're going to be biting me like that a lot more now, and no! I didn't feel pain! No, it didn't hurt, and no! We are not ever going to not do it ever again!" He finally let lose a small smile to hear how much she was trying to help, and how passionate she was being about it, "Please, Spyro, after that, this night... Everything about the start of today and yesterday, you've been amazing! And I love everything you've been doing to help me. But if this is still about that whole yelling situation yesterday, stop, worrying about you. Hehe, I'm not upset, my love."

Taking her paws away from his cheeks, he sighed, but luckily to her, he smiled, "I just... Ever since that point, I have been trying my best to make up for it... And I want to... keep going... If you really did love that... bite..."

"Which I really really did!" She quickly once again assured him.

"Hehe... Well then..." Having looked to her neck, he shivered, but looking to the raised brow on Cynder's face as she saw him look to her neck, he swallowed hard, "I will... continue to be as loving to you as I possibly can... I mean, I kept making mistakes where I'd put training before you, and I still have to make up for that too so... I just... I'm sorry... I'm trying all I can, I swear."

"Spyro," It felt nice to be the one to comfort him for once rather then the other way around, "Keep being you... Hehe, I mean, also keep being this sexy loving side as well but... Don't feel so bad. Honestly, you've already started today off as such an amazing memory for me. First, we now know Cyril and Flair are in a relationship, and that hopefully means she should feel more comfortable to talk with us. Then, you wishing to get information on my parents which was yesterday but, I'm the one keeping track so... Yeah... And now this... neck bite..." Seeing her shiver with a perfect smile got him to chuckle as he was glad she was so happy, "Hehe, you know, that was like a, mate, bite... You weren't trying to mate with me, were you?"

"Ah-haha! I think it's time for bed!" Spyro dodged the question as sweat started to form on his head.

Raising a brow, she decided to leave it alone for now since he already had a rough time dealing with the bite. Not really able to back up too much as her tail was still wrapped to his, Cynder took her tail from around his to allow him to back up. Once backed up off of her, she rolled to her stomach before shifting herself to face forward. Climbing over the back of her, he laid back down to her left, facing straight the same as her. As he was going to drap a wing over her back, Cynder nuzzled her nose under his jaw in a loving manner, making him purr as he was happy to feel and hear just how much she enjoyed herself. Laying her head down over his paws, she rested the side of her head against his chest and listened to his heartbeat. From before, his heart was kicked to nearly a hundred miles an hour, but now feeling it starting to rest, she giggled, "Hearing your heart and how slow it is... I'm guess that means you really did trust what I said?"

"Hehe, of course I did... That and, if I would've left... I would've dealt with your tail blade and not your voice so... Thank you for... Everything during what happened," Spyro was thankful to her, and as his head came down to rest over the back of her neck, he whispered to her as he closed his eyes, "Thank you... Cynder... My love..."

"Hehe, Thank you for this night," Closing her eyes, she giggled as she was excited for tomorrow, "Man! The girls are going to be so jealous knowing I have the greatest lover in the world!"

"Hehe... I'm... Very glad to hear your excitement."

"It's all thanks to you... my love," Cynder happily whispered, drifting off to sleep with her lover afterwards.