Chapter 12
Lilith yawned and opened her eyes slowly, she smiled when she saw Cynder next to her, her wing still draped over her small body, wow...they're still here, she thought both in disbelief and joy. She carefully wiggled her way out from under Cynder's wing and walked off the bed, she looked out the window and saw that it was still dark, with the sun just barely rising.
Lilith sighed and grabbed her makeshift coat from the floor, "well," she said as she put on her cape made of rags, "I better get going," she whispered as she climbed out the window and made a small jump onto the floor. Lilith was grateful for what they had done for her, so, she figured why not help them out a little as well.
Cynder and Spyro were wearing bandages, which means they must be hurt or something, she thought as she walked down the dark alley ways, throughout her short life she had come to know the back roads of the city fairly well. I really hope they can help me, I really want to help them too, she thought to herself as she made a left turn into a large street.
She stopped in front of a large door, with a design of two dragons back-to-back blowing fire, on a large, silver sign next to the door read: Dragon Town of Scorch, the words "Open To All" had been scratched out, instead replaced by "DRAGONS ONLY!"
Lilith gulped and slipped through a small opening in the now, rusty, old, beaten door.
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The dragon town of Scorch had once been a well known, and friendly town to all, but when the initial attacks began the dragons did their best to defend the city and its inhabitants, but when the army had broken through the walls the first place they attacked was the once proud and powerful town. The dragons fought as hard as they could, and held them off for an incredibly large amount of time. As they fought to defend their town they waited for the help of the rest of the population...but the help never came, many dragons saw the mole and cheetah armies off in the distance and asked for their help, but when the armies saw that other parts of the city were under attack as well, they simply shook their heads and turned their backs to them.
This engulfed most of the dragons with rage and hatred, but one of them above all had had enough, "We help them and in return for all we've done they turn their backs to US!" said Verko, slamming his claw onto a golden table where the dragons had their meetings. Verko was a tall, red scaled dragon, with a large battleaxe tail, many scars and scaleless areas in his body showed that he had been through a lot, "If we should help them, they should do the same in return...but obviously they don't think we're important enough, they think were expandable, non-important!" he yelled to the dragons in the room. After the meeting that took place a war happened within the city, The dragons, being led by none other than Verko, all joined forces and fought to reclaim "their city." The fight lasted for days, while more than half of the cheetah and mole armies fought to keep the enemy outside the walls, the remainder of their army fought to keep themselves from being overthrown by the dragons. Needless to say that the dragons lost, The once beautiful, and large town of Scorch, was now less than one third its original size, but even now you can still find large iron dragon statues spread around the city where the town once resided, and at times even one or two buildings made of iron and steel.
After the dragons lost the war and were forced into the small remainder of Scorch town, most of them left, and the few that stayed sealed themselves from the rest of the city, they built a huge Iron wall and sealed it off with a massive steel door. Among the dragons that stayed was Verko, refusing to give up, he bowed that one day the dragons would reclaim the towns original size along with all of Warfang.
Years have passed since then, and while some dragons gave up their grudges and helped the moles and cheetahs during the war, the majority still isolated themselves within the walls of scorch.
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Lilith shook with fear as she walked the old and worn cobblestone roads of the old town, though she was a dragon and most were proud of the town, she found it scary and unsettling, The old roads were jagged and covered in foliage from years of being ignored and mistreated, and the buildings were old and falling apart, Most buildings that had been too worn and were near collapse had been reinforced with giant chunks of iron, giving the buildings a dark and menacing look.
Lilith gulped as she made her way down the road, being careful and staying in the shadows, just a little further, she thought as she walked towards a large, reinforced building. The building was only one story in height, but took up more than one block, The doors and windows had been reinforced with steel bars while the walls had been covered with iron sheets to keep it safe.
This building for years, even during the war, had been one of the few healing areas around the city, but after the war, this building was the last of them all, the rest had either been destroyed, or repurposed by the moles as a bunker or a storage house. Lilith ran across the street and slowly opened the large doors, she looked inside the large building and could see barely a thing, The candles that had been lit for the night had already gone out, and the sun was still too low to create any real light.
"hello" uttered Lilith, hoping to hear a response, though this place was for helping dragons, its dark, long hallways and many turns scared her half to death. Lilith gulped, " hello, anyone there?" she asked once again, this time slightly louder. Lilith heard a door creak open and saw a yellow dragoness peek her head out of a room, "yes?" she asked looking around the hallway, as she looked she spotted Lilith's small body next to the main entrance, "oh, is that you Lilith?" she asked as she stepped out of the room and closed the door quietly behind her.
"yes," said Lilith as she looked behind her to make sure no one was outside, "I need a favor," she said as she stepped inside. "well of course, you've been so much help around here, what can I help you with?" asked the yellow dragoness with a smile. "well, I have these two...friends, and they're badly hurt, and well...I was wondering if...maybe you could..if it's not too much to ask that is...let me." " have some healing gems?" asked the dragoness figuring that's what she was after, Lilith looked down and nodded her head, the yellow dragoness smiled and looked down at her, "well of course you can have some sweaty, you've done so much for us why..it's the least I can do for you," she said as she walked down the hall and into a room.
Lilith sat there waiting for her, not long after, the yellow dragoness came out of the room carrying with her a large bag of red gems on her mouth, " here you go darling, will these be enough?" she asked as she laid the bag down next to her. Lilith nearly jumped in excitement at the large bag full of gems, " oh yes, thank you miss really, thank you so much," she said as she hugged the dragoness.
"oh think nothing of it little one, and please call me Livia, miss is so formal," she said as she put Lilith down, " now run along, you know how dangerous this town can be to a little dragoness like yourself," said Livia as she placed the bag on Liliths back and pushed her out the door, "the sun'll be coming out soon, you better hurry," said Livia as she shut the door behind her.
Lilith ran as fast as she could without dropping any gems, even then she still stuck to the shadows, tying to stay as unnoticed as possible, she finally made it to the large doors and squeezed through the small opening she had come in through, putting down the bag as she did and pulling it through when she was at the other side, Lilith panted in exhaustion from running so much, I (pant) really (pant) hate that place, she thought as she made her way back into the alleyways of the city.
Though Lilith was tired and really thirsty from all the running, she was anxious to deliver the red gems, she couldn't wait to see how happy Spyro and Cynder would be when she came back with all the red gems. When she finally got back to the window of their room she threw the large bag unto the windowsill and then proceeded to getting up herself.
When she was on top she grabbed the bag with her mouth and pulled it inside the room, turns out the weight was so much that she ended up falling to the floor along with it, "owwy," she said as she laid upside down on the floor with the bag of gems laying next to her. Spyro's head shot up from the loud thump, "who's there?" he asked, still a little drowsy.
Spyro sniffed and blinked a couple times, while yawning he looked over to where the sound had come from and saw Lilith lying upside down with a bag next to her, "Lilith?" he yawned again as he got off the bed and walked over to her, "what are you doing?"
"oh, good morning dad, look I got these for you," she said as she pointed towards the bag lying next to her, "they're healing gems," she explained further, still upside down. "healing gems," he chuckled in surprise, "how'd you get these?" he asked as he grabbed one of Lilith's paws and pulled her upright.
"I called in a few favors from some friends..I-I hope they're enough," she stuttered, Spyro looked down at the bag and opened it, revealing its brilliant red glow as the new light from the sun hit it through the window. "what's going on?" asked Cynder as she pulled herself up and sat on the bed rubbing her eyes, she looked over at Spyro and saw the healing gems, "when did you get those Spyro?" she asked as she carefully got off the bed and walked over to him.
"I-I didn't, we have Lilith here to thank for that," he said as he passed over the bag to her, Cynder looked inside and a look of disbelief came over her. "how did she get these?" she asked in as much amazement as Spyro, "these might be enough to heal both me AND Spyro," she said as she looked into the bag.
"she said that she called in a few favors, from who I'm not sure," explained Spyro as he saw Cynder reach into the bag, the gems around her wrist slowly began to glow a brilliant red, as the gems glowed more brightly they began to absorb into the skin, the glowing red light seemed shine brightly around her injuries, it wasn't until the glowing red shine seemed to dim away and disappear.
Cynder took her wrist out of the bag and took a deep breath, she grinned as she extended her wings and her tail, popping a couple bones as she did, "ohhh," she said as she moved her shoulders and cracked her neck, "ohh that feels sooo much better," she said as she jogged in place, "your turn Spyro," she said as she passed the bag over to Spyro.
"don't mind if I do," he said as he reached inside the bag, the few gems that were left over from Cynder's recovery didn't take long to shine brightly and disappear into Spyro's skin, he looked over to where his injuries were and saw that they were glowing a bright red, apart from the block staining the bandages that is.
The glow lasted a bit longer than Cynder's but it disappeared all the same within a couple minutes, Spyro sighed and took off the bandages that cover sections of his body. Cynder did the same and to both their relief all the injuries were gone, of course they still felt minor pain when they touched the areas where the injuries used to reside but that wasn't anything out of normality.
"were they enough?" asked Lilith as she walked over to the bag, she had never really seen the whole healing process with gems, and so wasn't sure if it had worked or not. To all of their surprise there were still two gems left inside the bag, "enough, and more apparently," said Cynder as she grabbed the bag and placed it inside a drawer next to the bed, "might come in handy later," she said as she closed the drawer and looked down at Lilith.
"Thank you," she said as she bent down and nuzzled her, Lilith giggled as she felt that and squirmed as Cynder continued to nuzzle her. "uhm excuse me," asked a voice coming from the other side of the door, Cynder stopped nuzzling Lilith as she saw Spyro walking over to the door and open it, "hello, uhm, the Elders wanted to see you as soon as possible," said the mole from the reception, handing Spyro a yellow piece of paper. "oh alright," he said as he took the small slip of paper from the moles extended hand, "thanks..uhm."
"oh pardon me, I haven't even introduced myself, my name is Bartholomew, but most just call me Coggwin," he said as he extended his other paw to greet him. "uhm hello..Coggwin," said Spyro as he shook his hand, "uhm, why Coggwin, if you don't mind my asking."
Coggwin smiled and looked up at him, "oh I...I don't mind at all, see they call me Coggwin because I was one of the few moles that repaired things around here during the war, now I'm not saying I was the best but I am the one that did the best job, I actually was the official repair mole of the cannons that defended the wall for some time," he explained as he pointed towards the wall outside the window, "anyway, like I said a message came in saying that the Elders would like to see you over in town hall as soon as possible," he said as he smiled back at Cynder and Lilith, he waved them all goodbye as he walked back down the hall towards his desk.
Spyro looked down at the paper and scratched his head, "so much for relaxing right," said Cynder as she walked up beside him. "yeah, it would seem so," he answered as he gave Cynder the small paper to look at, "still, it's not like we didn't know this wouldn't last," Cynder sighed and put down the paper slip. "yeah, still though, wish it would've lasted longer," she said as she walked towards the door.
Cynder stopped when something grabbed onto her hind paw, she looked back and saw Lilith grabbing on tightly and looking up at her with a look of sadness. "you're not leaving me alone here...are you?" she asked, tears almost dripping down her face, "y-you said you wouldn't (sniff) please don't go," she pleaded, nuzzling her paw while tears ran down her face.
Cynder smiled and pulled her off with her tail, "who said we were leaving you?" she asked rhetorically as she raised her up and placed her on her back, "you're coming with us." Lilith sniffed and cleared away her tears, "r-really?" she asked, excitement in her voice, "y-you mean it."
Cynder nodded and walked out of the room, "what kind of parents would we be if we just left you here alone?" asked Cynder as she waited for Spyro to close the door behind them. Lilith's heart skipped a beat at what she said, "p-parents," she whispered, almost inaudibly, did...did, she really...say that, she wondered, wishing with all her heart that she heard her right.
"P...p-p-parents?" she asked once again, stuttering this time at the thought of her hearing them wrong, "did...d-did you say..parents?" she asked, her breathing increasing in speed with her heart beating faster and faster. Cynder smiled nodded, "yep, we'll be your parents," Lilith bit her lip while tears ran down her cheek, "if you let us," said Cynder in a more serious tone.
Lilith sniffed and nodded her head, "yes (sniff) I will," she said as she hugged Cynder's neck from behind, "(sniff) I will." Spyro walked up behind them and patted Lilith's head softly, "that's good, would've been weird if you didn't want to, considering you already called me dad and everything," he said, laughing and making Lilith blush lightly.
"what?" asked Cynder as they started walking down the hall, "you called Spyro dad, but you wont call me mom, that's a little rude," she said, teasing Lilith and making her even more uncomfortable. "no! It's not like that, I-I'm sorry," she said, nervous that she might be angry at her. Cynder laughed and shook her head, "I'm just teasing you Lilith, don't worry about it," she said as they walked out of the Inn and into the streets.
"hmmm, don't do that...I...I really thought you were angry at me," said Lilith as she grabbed onto Cynder's back, trying not to fall off while they walked through the busy streets. "I'm sorry," said Cynder, gigging at how cute Lilith sounded, "hmhm, you grabbing on tightly?" she asked as she and Spyro both unfolded their wings.
Lilith grabbed on tightly, "yeah...w-why?" she asked, already knowing what was about to happen. "oh...no reason," said Cynder as she got low to the ground and leaped into the air, Lilith screamed as Cynder's wings caught the wind and began flying, "having fun?" she asked as she looked back at her. Lilith shook her head and burrowed onto her back shaking.
"afraid?" asked Spyro as he flew upside down next to her, Lilith looked up at him and lightly nodded, still shaking, "you wanna come with me, I'll hold you tightly," he said as he flipped over so that he was right-side up again. Lilith nodded her head and Spyro flew over her and grabbed her small body with his paws, "hang on," he said as he pulled her up and held her against his chest tightly.
Lilith did as he said and tightened her grip around his paws, she held her breath and closed her eyes as Spyro flew in the most active way possible, doing flips, barrel rolls, and at times even doing tricks with his breath, like going through a ring of fire or boosting himself forwards with his wind ability.
Lilith was yelling throughout most of it and by now she could swear that either she had lost her voice, or she had gone deaf. "hang on," screamed Spyro as he began to fly further up, Lilith held her eyes tightly shut as she felt herself rise even further.
"okay, you can open your eyes now," said Spyro, in a peaceful/reassuring voice. Lilith could no longer feel herself rising and so thought that they had landed, she received one nasty surprise when she finally opened her eyes and noticed that they were above the cloud level, she wanted to scream but the look of her paws passing through a sea of clouds made it hard to.
"cool isn't it?" he asked as he maintained just the right height for her to grace the clouds with her paws, "this was always my favorite part about flying, whenever the elders weren't looking or if they gave me some free time I always went up here, something about it just always put me at peace," he explained as he flew lower and covered Lilith in clouds.
"ahhh," she screamed as she felt the slight puff of the clouds against her face, Spyro chuckled and began descending back towards the city, Lilith coughed and spat out remnants of clouds that had made their way into her mouth. "having fun?" asked Cynder as she flew up next to him, she looked over at Lilith and noticed that she didn't look as scared as before, "flying's fun isn't?" she asked Lilith while she was still coughing.
Lilith groaned and shook her head while she closed her eyes, both Spyro and Cynder laughed at that and glided back down to the ground. Spyro glided towards the entrance of the Town Hall with Cynder behind him, the surrounding area was quiet and clear of any life, "where do you think everyone is?" asked Spyro as he hovered above the road and put Lilith down.
Cynder looked around and noticed nobody was around, "I'm not sure," she said as she walked up the steps towards the large doors of the Town Hall. "everyone's working right now," said Lilith as she ran over next to Cynder, "most of the town is busy trying to repair the damage that was taken, I think right now their trying to repair the damage done to the buildings that were hurt by that large monster."
"how do you know?" Asked Spyro as he flew up the stairs next to them. "The big dragons talked about how we should all help with repairing the city, I actually helped with bringing supplies or delivering messages," she explained as she looked up at the broken-down building ahead of her.
Town hall had been hit hard, almost all the walls had been destroyed and the entrance was in no better shape, "this was the first place that was fixed actually, although it doesn't look as good as it used to," Lilith pointed out. The entrance had been replaced with thick iron doors and earth-enforced Ice walls, as for the walls some of them were replaced with stone or steel, some were even reinforced with Iron, but most of it was simply covered up with large tarps until they got the resources needed to actually rebuild it.
"so, what do you think they want?" asked Cynder as she walked over and pushed open one of the doors. Spyro followed with Lilith not far behind him, "I'm not sure, but I do know that they wouldn't ask our help unless it was important," said Spyro as he waited for Cynder to shut the door behind them.
"yeah," she said as she closed the door and walked up to them, "I guess you're right about that." "uhm, mr. Spyro, are you the purple dragon that they say saved the world?" asked Lilith as she walked closer to him. Spyro looked down at her and smiled, "yeah, that's me, and of course you know my trusty side kick Cynder," Cynder's head rose and glared at Spyro, "I'm kidding I'm kidding, actually if it weren't for her I wouldn't of gotten as far as I did."
"you better believe it purple boy," she said as she looked back infront of her, "I saved your tail more times than you could count," she said with pride in her voice. "cool, my new parents are heroes," giggled Lilith as she bounced around Cynder, "that's soooo cooooool," she said as she kept circling Cynder.
"the mere thought that they would be able to obtain water by such means is simply amazing, astounding, unbelievable, impeccable, inconceivable, implau-" "okay who gave this guy back the thesaurus?" asked a certain familiar, yet annoying, voice down the hall. "I agree with Sparx, maybe Spyro should've left you back at the ice cave, maybe then you wouldn't be be subjecting us to that electric tongue of yours," said Cyril as he rounded a corner into view.
"oh my apologies Cyril, but the mere thought of such ingenuity, brilliance, dexterity, resourcefulness, it's just beyond my belief," ranted Volteer as he walked down the hall next to Cyril and Sparx. "I think I have a headache," said Sparx as he held his head, "oh hey Spyro how ya doing, anyway, what's so amazing about a bunch of moles and a...uhm...Spyro!" yelled Sparx as he flew towards him and hugged his muzzle.
"hey Sparx, nice to see you too," said Spyro as he pulled the small dragonfly off his snout, "how you been?" he asked. "oh I've been great you know, I've eaten well, slept well, oh and also worrying sick about where you were! how do you think I am?" he said in his usual sarcastic voice.
"oh Spyro, you're finally here, about time we were about to go get you," said Cyril as he looked down at them, "considering the circumstances I would've expected you to have arrived a lot sooner than this." "circumstances, why what's going on?" asked Spyro as he sat down, "did something bad happen?"
"oh nothing of the sort, actually quite the opposite, something extraordinary, exceptional, remarkable-" "mommy, the big yellow dragon is giving me a headache," said Lilith as she swayed her head back and forth, Cynder giggled and got down next to her. "yeah, me too," she said laughing lightly.
"I agree with the small dragoness, Volteer you simply must learn to sh-," Cyril froze and looked down at Lilith, "what did you say?"
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Another chapter up and running, that's good, took a while but I'm still going, I'm already planning the next chapter but you know me, might take a while for it to go up, sorry. Anyway that's one heck of a way to end the chapter right...sorry I uhm...ran out of ideas...buut, but, they're finally healed ahahaha, that..that's good right, come on you know you wanted that to happen a long time ago right.
Anyway, ahem, that's one heck of a history with the dragon's right? Poor guys, oh and, sorry if I did a bad job with Lilith, I'm not really that good at coming up with a personality...or a background...or much of anything actually...than again that's just my non-confidence talking, you know me...I'm a horrible person-_-'
I really feel like getting some confidence would be an improvement...naaa, well as always this will be all for say a month or so..maybe two, who knows, hey genius can't be rushed right, so for now I bid you all farewell, and good luck with...life and such...yeah that sounds right, peace out dudes.