Chapter 10: a hero's burial
Incendia's body was placed into a grave within the ground, as this was happening, Ignitus was tearful alongside Flare and Spyro, who had Flame and Cynder at their respective sides, Spyro felt the most guilty about the whole situation, he ran away, and caused her death.
"She was the closest thing I had to a mother...and now she's gone..." he trailed off as Ignitus looked to him and leaned down to his level.
"Young Dragon, she will always be in our hearts..." he paused for a moment.
"I'm...sorry for not telling you about your parents, or the imprint, or any of it" he said as Spyro nodded, and Cynder's tail coiled around his.
"It's alright, in terms of the Imprint, it's good know that there's something special about us, as for my parents, they may have been related to me...but I already have a father" he looked up at Ignitus, who smiled.
"And while I am a little hurt, I can understand why you didn't tell me" he continued as Ignitus stood up straight again.
"You know, your parents were much more special than you realized, had they survived, they would've been assigned positions as Guardians, but they didn't make it, and seeing you so...alone and fragile, I couldn't stand by, so I took you in, raised you as if you were my own son, and I'm so proud of the Dragon you've become, Spyro" Ignitus explained as Spyro smiled, but it soon faded as he watched Incendia's grave being covered.
"Maybe...but I still couldn't save her" he replied as Cynder leaned against him.
"It wasn't your fault, she'd be proud to know that you managed to beat Malefor..." her statement made Spyro flinch a little.
"But I didn't beat him, he only left because of convenient timing from the others, he was right, I have a long way to go" Spyro informed her, he then gazed to Flare, who appeared a little sad at the sight of Cynder leaning on him.
"Cynder is right, Young Dragon, Incendia would've been proud no matter what...take a look at the sky, the stars are coming out" Ignitus gestured for them to look to the sky.
"Each time a new star ignites, it is said that the star is the spirit of a new Dragon" he explained, just then a star lit up in the dark.
"That one must be Incendia..." Flame pointed out as Ignitus nodded.
"Yes, she's watching over us now, and I suggest we all get some sleep, as for you Young Dragons" Ignitus looked at them.
"I will allow you to sleep together if that is your wish, I cannot stop love this powerful, and I have no intent of doing so" he said to them as he walked off with Flame, and Flare gave Spyro a look of longing, and walked off with the rest of them, he understood why she made that look, but he couldn't provide his affection for her.
"Come on, we should go" Cynder was about to leave, but then noticed Spyro made a move towards Incendia's grave, she turned and followed.
"I promise you, I won't let Ignitus die...mom" Spyro teared up a little as Cynder lovingly nuzzled him.
"Spyro, come on, she's watching us from the stars now" her statement made Spyro feel more comfortable and he followed her, eventually they made it to the courtyard.
"So...where should we sleep?" She asked as Spyro shrugged.
"We can sleep in my room, it's closer" he pointed out as Cynder nodded in agreement, and followed his lead, eventually they made it to Spyro's room, and he opened the door, lighting the candles with his fire breath, and closed the door, he immediately crashed onto his bed.
"Ancestors, I'm exhausted" he groaned as Cynder giggled, and made an interesting move, she advanced on top of him and laid there.
"Goodnight, my hero..." she whispered in his ear, causing him to smile.
"And too you as well, my love" he said as he blew out the candles, and they fell asleep...
Janne strolled through the fields with a bit of nervousness.
"What if Shard says no, or...enough of this!" She scolded herself harshly, and she made an advance on his quarters, she knocked on the door, and to her surprise, Shard was still awake, his candles were lit, he seemed to not have a desire to sleep.
"Janne? What are you doing here?" He asked, which surprised her.
"You...know my name?" She asked in confusion as he nodded.
"Of course I do, I'd be a fool if I didn't, everyone knows you, you've gotten the highest scores on all of our tests, Well, second place to Spyro, of course" Shard replied, which made her blush.
"Now, back to my question: what are you doing here?" He asked as Janne blushed even harder.
"I...I just wanted to check on you, I heard about Rose...I'm sorry about that..." she explained as Shard sighed.
"It's fine, thanks for that, but...I'm not sure a pep talk will help" he was about to turn, but Janne stopped him.
"Then how about this?" She asked as she kissed him on the lips , which surprised Shard, a look he retained as she pulled back.
"Janne...I can't..." Shard replied as he stood up and began to walk away. "Why not?" Janne asked in confusion as he turned back.
"I...I need time, to forget...Rose...she meant a lot to me" He said through slight tears, and left Janne to herself, to ponder...
So we did it, guys (we reached a quarter of a million subscribers, the fact that we made this number in such a short amount of time is phenomenal -Pyrocynical), the lemon was wiped from existence, finally, good grief, I can write PG-13 shit again, feels good, bye.