Chapter 28: Sudden outbreak
"Synthia! Have you seen my books?" Malefor ran up to the Dragoness, who shook her head, she knew he was referring to the books which revolved around Magic studies.
"Darn...they just vanished into thin air." He snapped his fingers and the two walked together, with Synthia coiling her tail around Malefor's.
"I'm sure you'll find them soon." She smiled optimistically as they walked through the courtyard.
"I wish I had your optimism..." He responded and they continued to keep on their current course.
"Hey...how's Froststorm?" Synthia asked him, he shrugged.
"Same old: He doesn't stop talking about "The Guardian" and every time I see him, he seems to have more coffee with him than the last time." Malefor explained while Synthia nuzzled him.
"I know that this whole ordeal is frustrating, but it'll be alright, why don't you spend some time with me? I'm going to the market to pick out some new Bracers. Could be fun for both of us." She suggested, and Malefor nodded.
"Sure, why not?" He became more cheery when they eventually found the marketplace, and stepped inside to reveal the other Dragons crowding the place, Hazan knew perfectly well that this Temple was used by other students, but he knew it would suffice.
"Now, I'm looking for a specific set. So we gotta keep our eyes pealed." Synthia informed the Purple Drake as they started looking around, being sure to keep his eyes trained on anything that seemed like this jewelry Synthia told him about...although he had no idea what to look for, he caught sight of some kind of Bracers, but he wasn't sure of whether those were what his lover was looking for or not, apart from that, the Market was filled with all kinds of smaller stores of stands, particularly food and drink of varying kind, alongside that, there were shelves that were present in the middle of the Market, presumably housing other goods and more personal items that Dragons might want.
"Malefor?" He turned to see Ignitus, in some kind of uniform.
"Ignitus? What're you doing here...and what in the Ancestors are you wearing?" He asked the Fire Dragon.
"I work here, I just got a job managing the food market...I know it's not exactly what you'd call orthodox, but...I figured why not give it a try?" Ignitus explained as Synthia walked up to them.
"Hey, Malefor. Ignitus...what're you wearing?" She asked in confusion.
"Oh, I work here." He replied in a shorter answer.
"Hey, I forgot to ask you: When will Incendia arrive?" Malefor inquired.
"Probably later today." Ignitus confirmed and he bid them adieu.
"Well then, oh wait, I think I see the Bracers." Synthia pointed at a set of Jewelry that was hanging from a display, only for another Dragoness to take the Bracers, leaving Synthia disappointed, but Malefor walked up to the Dragoness.
"Excuse me, do you think you could let my girlfriend have those Bracers?" He asked kindly, but the Dragoness declined.
"Why would I give such exquisite things to a Dragoness like that?" She pointed at Synthia very accusatory.
"Hey, that's not very nice." Malefor replied, but she scoffed.
"Why should I care? It's not like she can hear me." She retorted, causing Malefor to get a little more irritated.
"Listen, I just was hoping that you'd-" He was cut off when the Dragoness pushed him back.
"Stay away from me! You've overstayed your time with me." She snapped, but Malefor stood up, looking back at Synthia, who pleaded for him to let it go in her expression, he started to walk away when the Dragoness made another comment. "Yeah, that's what I thought: go and sulk with that poor excuse for a lady." She had taken it too far, making slight insults was one thing: but he held Synthia close to his heart...and as far as Malefor was concerned: she was perfect. If someone had hurt her..he'd have no remorse for them, it didn't help that Purple Dragons were very emotionally volatile in certain situations, but most of the time Malefor was able to keep his emotions in check. But that particular comment made him snap, he turned back to face the Dragoness, his eyes vibrantly glowing purple.
"Take that back..." He trailed off, the Dragoness paid no mind to it.
"Yeah? And what'll you do to me if I don't?" Her smug retort caused Malefor to push her against the wall, at this point, numerous other Dragons were watching the event unfold.
"Take. That. Back." He growled, but the Dragoness seemed to recognize him.
"Oh...you're the Purple Dragon everyone's talking about. Must be hard, I heard your parents died in an attack lead by the Apes. How does it feel to not have any family?" The Dragoness seemed to believe she was immune to him in some way, but Malefor didn't hesitate to to show his rage as his body erupted with purple flames.
"You don't have the right to speak of them!" He snarled and began to tighten his grip on her neck, the Dragoness had dropped the Bracers awhile ago. Now she was simply trying to not lose air.
"Malefor!" He turned back to see Synthia, she was horrified with tears in her eyes, then Ignitus walked in. Seeing what he was going to do, Malefor let go of the Dragoness's neck and looked at his own hands. He grew fearful of himself.
"Stay back!" He cried and ran out away from the market, as he himself had tears flowing from his eyes.
"Malefor!" Synthia called after him, but he kept running. She looked at the Dragoness, who tried to reach for the Bracers, but Synthia picked them off of the ground and gave them to Ignitus. "I hope for your sake that this blows over lightly." She glared at the Dragoness.
"Ignitus: hold on to those for me." Synthia told the Fire Dragon and ran out of the market, trying to see where Malefor went.
"Some idiots just take things too far." She sighed and began to try and find the Purple Drake. She had searched through the gardens, the courtyard. Even the Training Dojo, she had found no sign of him.
"Young Synthia, whatever is the matter?" She turned to see Hazan walking up to her.
"It's Malefor, I've been looking all over for him." Synthia responded to the Elder Dragon, who seemed concerned.
"Why is that?" He asked.
"Some Dragoness said some stupid things that got to Malefor emotionally, and now he's run off." She explained.
"I know Malefor, and so do you. Follow your heart, and you will find him." Hazan instructed Synthia and left her to herself. Follow her heart? What did that have to do with anything? Then she realized that there was one place where Malefor would've gone. The same place she too went when she needed to think: The Lakeside. Once she had arrived, he saw Malefor claw at the dirt.
"Malefor? Are you okay?" Synthia asked him, he didn't turn around and instead crumbled the dirt in his hand.
"I...I don't know what happened to me...I just..lost control." He looked at his paws, he seemed mortified by his actions, but Synthia walked up to him despite his desire to keep his distance in fear of harming her. "Never in all of the scrolls I've read on Purple Dragons have ever done what I did...they never burst into flames. Synthia, what's happening to me? I'm terrified of this...this rage, what if I lose control? What if I hurt you? I can't be willing to take that chance for your safety." Malefor explained as Synthia coiled her tail around his.
"Malefor, what happened to you was out of your control. It is possible that your skills with magic had something to do with it, maybe it was just natural. Whatever the case: We're going to solve this together." Synthia leaned against him as they watched the sunset together.
"I'm just afraid of what I might do, I don't want to hurt you...or anyone I care about." Malefor shivered at the thought, but Synthia gave him a loving kiss on the cheek.
"Malefor, nothing you do to me unwillingly could ever make me fear or hate you. I love you with all my heart and I would rather die than watch you suffer with something you can't control." Synthia grabbed Malefor's face with her paws and had him face her. "I swear to you, I will help you, no matter the cost, and we will get through this together." She finished and passionately kissed Malefor, who was surprised by how fast it all went by, but eventually returned the kiss as his eyes closed. They stayed there for awhile, occasionally breaking away for air, but then going right back at it. Finally, they were forced to break away, but they still rested their heads against one another.
"I love you, Synthia..." Malefor smiled and they pulled away, he stared into Synthia's glowing purple eyes, he searched for any false promises that she had made when she spoke to him, there were none.
"And I love you, Malefor. We'll figure this out, one way or another." Synthia and Malefor left the lakeside and returned to the Market, where fortunately the same Dragons who were there to witness his outburst were not present.
"Hey Malefor, Synthia. You okay?" Ignitus walked up to them and asked with intrigue.
"Malefor will be fine, did you keep a hold of those Bracers?" Synthia asked and the Fire Dragon pulled out the set and handed them to the Shadow Dragoness.
"Don't worry about payment, it's on the house. I'll cover it by working double tomorrow...but I need to get ready for Incendia, she should be arriving soon." Ignitus walked out of the market, leaving Malefor with Synthia, he looked over at the wall he had slammed the Dragoness into earlier, and saw some workers patching up the damage.
"Let's go, Malefor, it's getting late." Malefor was tugged by his lover and they left the Market.
"Hey Synthia, I don't know if I'll be able to sleep on my own tonight after what happened. Do you want to sleep with me tonight?" Malefor immediately realized what he said could've easily been taken the wrong way, and was about to explain, but Synthia silenced him with her finger, making sure he understood that she knew what he meant.
"Sure." She smiled and they walked to his quarters, once inside, Malefor activated his bedside lamp and got himself ready for bed, he brushed his teeth and then settled into his bed with Synthia. They embraced one another and got comfortable underneath the bed covers.
Just to clear things up, it was about 6 PM when they went to the Market in the first place, Synthia looked for Malefor for 2 hours at least, and by the time they had returned to Malefor's quarters, it was night, there ya go.
"Goodnight, my Sapphire." Malefor smiled lovingly at the Dragoness and they soon drifted off to sleep.
"Malefor, I...I didn't know that happened to you, I'm so sorry about Synthia." Spyro seemed felt sympathetic for Malefor as he shed a small tear.
"Some things...are beyond our control, she told me that once...still, I never could forgive myself for what I'd done. She was lost to me...and our unborn hatchling." Malefor trailed off, Spyro seemed confused.
"Unborn hatchling? You never mentioned she was pregnant." He pointed out to him, and he nodded.
"Indeed she was, shortly before my corruption, she was due to lay our egg or eggs...we were unaware of how many we'd have at the time...but once I was corrupted and started my conquest on Eclasia, she sided with Ignitus's Dragon resistance while I had gained control of Gaul and the Apes. I spent two years trying to get her to join me, or at least, the Dark Master tried. But it was unsuccessful, and she died." Malefor had explained Synthia's death to Spyro, he knew it was gruesome, but more tragic really.
"What I never found out: was if she had laid our eggs or not? But it was possible that she most certainly did...but I couldn't seem to figure out if they hatched or not. Eggs take two full years to fully form a Hatchling inside approximately, only then is it possible for the Dragon to hatch from the egg, otherwise: you'd get plain egg yolk, something the Apes loved to feast on. It made me sick internally, Synthia spent those two years on Ignitus's Resistance...wait...I remember, the night we raided that village for the Amethyst egg: your egg...Synthia was there: guarding the egg. She was defending the egg, and I had also learnt that she had left the Resistance to settle down peacefully. The night she died, was the same night I saw Voltea retrieve your egg...and when Synthia died." Malefor was clicking certain puzzle pieces together.
"Spyro. Ignitus told you that your parents were killed, right?" He asked, and Spyro nodded. "One of them was certainly killed." Malefor added on.
"Wait...what're you saying?" Spyro asked.
"Spyro...I think you're my son."
Yeah yeah, I know: "Oh No He'S iNtErJeCtInG wItH tHe StOrY aGaIn!" I get it! Stop mentioning talking about it! Please! Dear Notch...everytime a critical review comes in, they dedicate an entire portion to this, it's just how I tell people things and clear stuff up (and also make jokes that relate to memes). People do it all the damn time in Fanfictions! This is simply me venting real quick about how irritating this is getting. I've been critiqued on doing this four times in a row, seriously! It's getting annoying! So just let me add in small details through Author's Notes, please! Anyways, despite how small this particular interjection about the timezone was, I know I'm gonna get shit for it because I always get shit for it nowadays. but yeah, there's that...how fun, my Lord...this is not meant to grind people's gears, just take it as a sign that I'm getting tired of being critiqued on Fucking Author's notes, now...I need a break...seriously. That being said, hope you enjoyed the cliffhanger, I was listening to Instruments of Destruction while writing this: a song which featured in the 1986 Transformers film, which actually made me curious. I'm wondering on whether or not I should make a story which is that film: but with Spyro characters. Leave your thoughts in your reviews...but don't give me shit for this review, I ain't in the mood for that. Anyways, bye.