Hello again! Well here is my next chapter! Please enjoy! Once again I apologize for it being so short.
"I was not courageous enough to have you in life, and I cannot have you in death. It is far too late. I should have professed my love for you years ago, before I left for Rome, but I could not. I was too much of a coward. You are but a dream of my darkest desires that I lust to have. A dream of a memory long passed is all you are. Farewell, my tacitae veritas."
"Ember! Ember!" Silas cried, rushing after the dragoness.
"Wait! It is too dangerous!" Silas yelled, his voice echoing among the forest.
Silas paused for breath, huffing as he looked around the forest, the sun being blocked out by the darkened clouds and thick pine trees.
"Ember! Ember, I am sorry! I am sorry!"
Frustrated, Silas clanked his sword against his side, sighing deeply as his steel eyes glanced around the forest.
"How could she have gone so fast?" Silas muttered, wiping the sweat from his brow. Looking around, Silas noticed a small pink blob hiding against a tree, Ember curled up in a small ball as she used her wings to shield herself.
"Ember?" Silas asked softly, slowly approaching the dragon.
"Go...Go away..." Ember whimpered, voice quavering as she sobbed quietly to herself.
"I am sorry, Ember. I am at a loss for words on what to say, for that is all I can say. I shall not begrudge you if you deny me." Silas spoke, bowing his head as he tore his eyes away from the dragness. He felt far too ashamed to even look at her.
Ember refused to answer the man, burying her head into her paws, eyes downcast and leaden with tears. Silas waited anxiously, fearful for the dragon's judgment.
"I-" Ember paused as a man laughed, Silas on edge as several other men approached from the shadows.
"Here the beast is! Knight, come to kill the dragon, huh?" A man asked, chuckling.
"No! I shall not let you harm her!" Silas spoke, voice strong as he readied his sword and shield.
"Hahahaha! Is that so? One on five? Stand down, boy, and let us slay this creature unless you want us to run our blades through your stomach."
"Rather my life than that of an innocent!" Silas hissed, Ember looked up at the human, fearful.
"Truly?" A man asked, laughing cruelly. "Come, boys! Let us make this knight beg for mercy!"
"Ember, go! Get out of here!" Silas cried, fear overwhelming the dragon's blue eyes.
"Silas...you can't. You can't take on that many!"
"I intend to try."
"Bu-" A shrill roar filled the air as a great shadow was cast upon the ground, the sound of massive wings filling the air overhead.
"Good Lord!" Silas breathed, the foliage breaking and crashing down to the ground as the massive beast landed, breathing a wall of fire in its wrath.
"N...No...it can't be..." Ember whispered, eyes wide, watching in terror as the men were burned alive, screams and burnt flesh filling the air.
"Spyro..."
Spyro landed in the center of the flame, eyes burning and mouth smouldering as he roared, the cry echoing throughout the forest.
"All you humans shall suffer! Such a horrible race you are for murdering my Cynder!" Spyro bellowed, body hidden with smoke and ash, blasting a jet of flame that had set several trees alight.
"Cynder...oh, no!" Silas whispered, heart pounding in terror as he coughed, having lost Ember in the attack. Looking around, Silas was sure all the men were either dead or dying a horrible death by fire.
"Ember! Ember!"
"Silas? Silas! It's Spyro, Silas! It's...It's Spyro!" Ember cried, getting up as she coughed from the smoke, desperate to find the young man.
"Ember! Ember, where are you?!" Silas screamed, desperate as he looked around, seeing nothing but smoke and flame.
"Ember?" Silas asked, seeing the figure of a dragon emerge from the smoke. Silas' eyes widened in terror as he saw that the dragon appeared dark, like a shadow with a golden hue.
"O...Oh, Lord..." Silas trembled, the dragon's lilac eyes darkened with shadow and rage, the beast opening it's maw which burned brighter than the fires of Hell.
"P...Please, dragon...I mean you no harm. Mercy!" Silas cried, terrified as the dragon looked at the human coldly, eyes burning with hatred.
"No. My mate was shown no mercy after being slain. You shall receive no mercy just like the others!" Spyro roared, and in rage lunged at the knight, Silas barely dodging as the young knight tried to flee.
"Silas! Where are you? Silas!" Ember cried, trying to find the human through the smoke, her head jerking as she heard a cry through the ash filled air.
"Oh, no!"
Silas cried in pain the knight landed on his back, skidding to a halt. The young man's sword was knocked out of his hand, shield dented from absorbing the blow from the dragon's attack.
Silas coughed as he struggled to breath, blood bubbled past his lips as he struggled to focus. The thick smoke burned at Silas' eyes, his vision slowly fading to black.
"S-Silas! Silas?" Ember cried, voice laden with worry as she coughed, eye watering.
"S-Spyro! What are you doing?! What's gotten into you?!"
"Ember?" Spyro asked, wide eyed. "Get out! It's too dangerous here!"
"You killed them! You-You killed all of those humans!"
"Humans hunt us, Ember! It's no less than what they diserve!" Spyro hissed, Ember's eyes widening upon noticing Silas lying on the ground, lifeless.
"Silas..." Ember whispered, voice shaken.
"What did you do to him?! Spyro-this-this isn't you!"
"Isn't me? You have no idea what I have been through, what I have lost! You actually feel pity for these humans?!"
"N-No! I mean, not all of the humans are evil, Spyro! Are you saying that even the women and children are evil?"
"All humans are evil, Ember! No one in their right kinda would be so cruel to another, would kill a dragon as viciously as Cynder just for being what she is!" Spyro cried, tears of rage and sorrow slowly streaming down his face.
"A...Anaya..." Silas whispered, eyes unfocused and glazed as silent tears made their way down his face. Shaking the knight reached out towards a force unseen, as if struggling to reach for something unseen.
Spyro glanced at the human, barring his fangs as the purple dragon approached the human.
"Spyro, no! Don't! This isn't you!"
"I'm not who you once knew, Ember." Spyro replied, a hint of sadness in his voice as his talons were brought down upon the knight, Silas groaning, struggling to breath.
"Spyro-" Ember begged, torn between aiding one of her own race or saving the human. Tears from smoke and emotions ran down her snout.
"E...Ember...forgive me." Silas begged, eyes blurry as he looked at the dragoness. "I do not...see you as a dragon, but...as a friend."
Silas paused to breathe large gulps of air, feeling Spyro's talons slowly pierce his armor, the armor becoming sharp and jagged.
"Please...my Duchess...forgive me. Know that I have always...always...loved you. Loved you more than a measure beyond words..." Silas paused, eyes focused upon the woman in white among the pyre and ash. Even while Anaya was standing among such destruction, her beauty could never be tainted by such horrors.
"Farewell, my tacitea veritas-unspoken truth. God willing...I shall see you once more..."
Thank you for reading! Spyro finally showed up and I apologize if he seems out of character. I'm unsure of Silas' fate, and I am not quite sure if Ember should save Silas(or even if they are friends, though Silas still views her as one) and stop Spyro, or forsake and Silas and allow him to be killed by Spyro. Since I am not sure, I will put a poll up on my profile on Silas' fate. You can also leave your opinions in your reviews. Thanks! :)