Chapter two- The Temple Garden

Cynder walked through the differant corridors of the temple, and came across the gaurdians, having breakfast in the eating area. Cynder lowered here body to try to sneak by them, when a voice shot out and suprised her.

"Where do you think you're going, young dragon?" Ignitus asked her with his back turned.

How did he know it was me? She thought to herself. She then giggled and stood up to her normal, straightend posture.

"I was just going for a walk Ignitus. Why?" Ignitus turned around to look at her.

"This early in the morning, where could you possibly go for a walk?"

"Out in the garden." Cyril then jumped in.

"Oh, while you're out there Cynder could you pick the berries off the trees? They are ripened." He said raising his paw for her attention.

"I will Cyril. I'll put them in a basket in the kitchen." She said turning to leave.

"Excellent, and one other thing?" Cynder stopped, feeling a little irritated. Cyril always had a way to get under her scales. She turned to face him.

"Yes?" She asked in a passive-agressive tone. Cyril didn't notice.

"Please be sure to, if you see him, tell Flame to come inside?" Cynder bobbed her head a yes and walked out of the room. Ignitus turned back in her chair.

"Children. Always having something to do." He let a small laugh and continued eating.

"She won't be a child for long." Terrador said. "Neither will Spyro. It's almost time to tell them Ignitus."

"Let it wait a while longer. I'm sure they can spare a little bit of time not knowing." Terrador ate his food again, and the rest of the room went quiet. not even Volteer, the most talkative of the bunch said anything.

It was absolutly beautiful out in the garden. The flowers were in bloom, the sky had no cloud in sight, and a nice, cool breeze rubbed against Cynder's scales. She let out a sigh of relief and he walked into the garden more. Their was a small stream running through the garden. A few dragon statues were perched on a block in the water, and each of them poured water out of their mouths, depending what time it is. In the morning, the one on the left poured water out of it's mouth, in the afternoon the middle one, and at night the one on the right. She slowly walked over to the river, taking in her surroundings as she went to take a drink. She then shot her head up as she heard a noise coming from one of the trees in the corner of the garden. She growled loudly and advanced slowly toward the tree. The leaves started shaking, and just as Cynder got up close to it, Flame fell out of the tree, scaring the crap out of Cynder. She fell backwards and slowly climbed to her feet.

"Damn it Flame! Don't scare me!"

"Idimtmenoo" Flame said with a mouth full of apple.

"What did you say?" Cynder asked lowering an eye ridge.

"I said I didn't mean to. I suppose Cyril sent you out here to fetch me, huh?" Cynder nodded with a soft smile.

"And to collect berries. But I really just came out for some air."

'Oh, ok. How's the man?" Cynder laughed a little.

"Who?" She asked with a smile.

"Spyro? The man? YOUR man?" Cynder laughed even more.

"Oh, haha, he's fine. He was arguing, well not really arguing, more like... disputing with his bug brother." Flame also laughed at this remark.

"Well I can see you and Sparx are warming up to eachother. Ever so slightly." He said with one eye almost closed with his fingers only an inch apart. He then took another bite of apple and swallowed it, following by another bite until the apple was gone and he used his fire breath to burn it away.

"Why'd you do that?" Cynder asked quizzically.

"It's better than just throwing it onto the ground." Cynder nodded her head in agreement.

"What's up Flame? Hey Cynder." Spyro said giving her a peck on the cheek. She blushed and Flamed 'Awed' making her blush more.

"You two are perfect for eachother, you know that? I hope you do." Spyro chucklede a little bit then turned to him and said,

"Thanks Flame. What's up?"

"Oh, nothing much. Climbing the trees to get the fruit falling back down to scare your girlfriend."

"I was terrified when he fell. I didn't know what to expect, all I heard was the tree moving and I thought it was a bad creature. It wasn't bad though, in the same way anyway." Flame laughed.

"You know it." Flame said winking at both Spyro and Cynder. " Hey, you guys seen Lanie? I can't find her anywhere."

Lanie was a purple dragon, like Spyro, only she wasn't a 'purple dragon'. She was more violet than purple anyway, and she was Flame's girl.

"No, as a matter of fact, I haven't seen her Flame." Spyro said. " You two staying out of trouble." Spyro returned the wink. Flame let out a loud 'Ha!' " Now, where's the fun in that?" Flame has not mated yet, along with Spyro and Cynder, but they hoped to soon. They just didn't know how soon.

"Hey Spyro, would you mind helping me collect the berries? Cyril told me to get them, but since you're here... please?" Spyro laughed at her girliness in the question.

"Of course I'll help you. Flame, if you find Lanie tell her I said hi ok?"

"You got it Spyro." Flame was Spyro's best friend, other than Sparx and Cynder was more than any friend. They were going to become mates when their age permitted. Flame was always there for him since he was a kid and defeated Gnasty Gnorc. Which was around the time he met the most annoying, pesky, most flirtatious girl in the entire realms: Ember. Cynder was also very flirtatious, but not in the way Ember was. Cynder was a major, all-star tease. She was constantly talking about making love, and sometimes even moving her body in a sexy sort of way that just made Spyro want to scream.

After the two succesfully picked the berries off the bushes, while eating some, they were all put into a large whicker basket with two handles on it. Cynder grabbed one handle with her mouth, and Spyro got the other. As they hoisted into the kitchen, they sometimes stumbled and laughed about how heavy the basket was. Flame was right. They were the perfect couple. And it wouldn't take either of them long to notice that.

As soon as they dropped the basket off in the kitchen and got dismissed by Cyril, they immediatly went to the place where they loved the most: the temple swimming pool.