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So Hunter's had a pretty darn bad past. He cried for a few minutes, but then managed to gain control over himself. But the just of that blade slicing through the front of his mother's neck…it was just almost too much for the feline to bare. Jus the memory of his older sister being trapped, being burnt to death…it brought tears to the cheetah's eyes. Hunter is the only one remaining out of his entire family…no sisters, no brothers, no cousins…he's the only one.

He's the last.

Spyro's past is a lot different. His parents were driven away from their home when the Dark Armies attacked, and as you all know, Spyro's egg was sent down the Silver River. He then grew up with a family of dragonflies, thinking for his whole life that he was a dragonfly. When he learned to breathe fire, that was when he realized he was a dragon instead. No one really knew what became of his parents and his sister, but they were somewhere out there.

Cynder had the second-most brutal story.

Fuyuko's story was so much different than all of the others. It started off with her being sent down from Heaven a hundred years ago. When she was sent down, she became the Sanctus Espiritus, or Holy Spirit. She's lived in the mountains for all of this time and still remained the young age of twenty one. She became the 'Ice Queen' and has protected this mountain range for a hundred years. The reason being? To protect it from Malefor, Cynder, and Gaul. Her raw power of being the Holy Spirit forced other intruders with black hearts to go away, and if they didn't listen, then they would freeze to death. Fuyuko knows of everything about the mountains, and it was really the only safe haven when Malefor was taking over.

She controls the weather and can cause avalanches when she wants to, but in this case, she's enjoying Spyro, Cynder, Sparx, and Hunter's company. So she caused a blizzard to rage outside so that they would stay for a little while. After all, they don't know that she can control the weather. But once she leaves these mountains, she's practically powerless. She can't control the nature, and is sustainable to illnesses.

Eventually, Hunter finally calmed down and tried to fall back asleep again. For some reason, he felt safe with Fuyuko, and didn't want her to leave.

"Come with me then." She said to Hunter, who gladly followed her, his arms wrapped around his chest. He was shivering slightly.

"This is my side, that's your side." Fuyuko said, pointing to the right side for Hunter. This wasn't really his idea of her staying, but he wouldn't complain. He did what she said and went the farthest on the edge of the bed, wrapping up in a blanket. This felt very awkward….

"What?" Fuyuko said, going closer to him, into the middle of the bed. (Well, she more like rolled into the middle instead.)

"This just feels awkward." He said, regretting that he even asked her to not leave.

"I don't think it does. If you're cold then more blankets is better." She turned over and now had her back facing Hunter.

Hunter then realized that he was too close to the edge and had to back up a little bit, but when he felt Fuyuko's warmth, he went back a little farther until he was nearly touching her.

"I know that you're the Sanctus Espiritus, Fuyuko, but…why were you sent down?" Hunter asked.

"I…I don't really know why. I've been protecting this mountain for about a century…maybe Allah wanted me to protect it." (A/N: For those who don't know yet, 'Allah' is Arabic for God. I learned that in school. XD)

"Perhaps He did." Hunter rolled over and was now facing her back. Fuyuko did the same, so now they were facing each other. Fuyuko put a hand on the side of Hunter's face.

"You were so young…and now you're so much older. So much older now…you've matured fully through, I see." Hunter just looked into her eyes.

"Times change quickly." Hunter responded.

"What's it like to be the last one of your family? Without any cousins, aunts, brothers or sisters?" Fuyuko asked, changing the subject.

"It's…lonely." Hunter closed his eyes and buried his snout in the blanket. He shivered a little more as his thin tail wrapped around his scaly feet. Hunter knew that he was officially half-dragon, but he had to learn to hide the scales somehow…like make them retreat back into his skin in some way. He would have to think of that later, though. "I wish that I had my own daughter…that would make things better." Hunter said in a quiet voice as he sighed.

"Who knows, Hunter. Maybe your wish will come true."

"I hope so…" Hunter said in a muffled voice, pressing closer to Fuyuko. She was so much warming than these blankets.

When Hunter woke up, Fuyuko was gone. There was laughter coming the living room.

"That's putting it mildly, isn't it?" Cynder said, still laughing.

Hunter stood up and walked out to where they all were.

"Hey look! Cheetah-man's up!" Sparx said, flying in front of Hunter. "You know, I never noticed that your left eye is half green and half blue…" Sparx said, only to have Hunter walk past him.

"You were dreaming again, Hunter." Spyro said. "Except this time you were screaming."

"Screaming?" Hunter looked at Spyro inquiringly.

"Don't worry…it wasn't very loud." Spyro said with a small flash of a reassuring smile.

"Not very loud? Are you kidding me? It sounded like he was being murdered!" Sparx said.

"SPARX!" Cynder yelled, looking at him angrily.

"Don't worry about him…I've had my fair share of nightmares, as well." Spyro said, walking up beside him.

"What was I screaming? Any words?"

"Not really…more like just a…scream." Spyro said. Hunter's ears went down. He didn't remember screaming in any of his dreams last night.

"Well, on a different subject, looks like the storm is getting too bad outside for any of us to go out." Fuyuko said.

"Guess that means we're stuck here." Cynder said.

"I'm afraid so." Hunter sighed and sat down on the couch. "Look, Spyro, Cynder, there's something I have to tell you."

Spyro looked at Hunter curiously. His friend's ears were down and his eyes showed the emotion of sadness.

"What?" Spyro asked.

"I'm not actually from Avalar…I'm from the Dragon Mountain Range."

"What? But you said you were from Avalar!" Cynder expressed.

"I lied…to all of you. Really, I'm from Dragon Mountain…but my village was invaded and everyone was slain. My parents were murdered and my brothers and sister were executed. I only know that my older sister, Seema, burnt to death in a fire. I don't know how my other siblings were killed…."

"Wait, so you mean to say that all of your family…your parents and brothers and sisters…they're all…gone?" Spyro said, sorrow coming deep inside of him.

"They are…I have no cousins or family…I'm the last. I think that once I'm gone, then my family is completely erased from this world. I was the only survivor, but I was captured and enslaved for three years. Then I escaped and made it to Avalar somehow, but I was too depressed so I ran away. That was when I was captured again and forced to compete with others on Skabb's ship. Then once you burnt it down, Spyro, I was freed, but I fell into the ocean and washed ashore on some deserted island. I then managed to trek my way back to Avalar, and then I was blamed for the death of Prowlus' daughter when the Dark Forces attacked. Like I said before…I am the last…and it's terribly lonely…." Hunter looked back down to the ground.

Cynder jumped up beside him on the couch and sat down, licking the side of Hunter's face.

"You're not alone." She said in a loving voice.

"You're lucky." Spyro said. Hunter looked over at him in confusion.

"Why?" He asked.

"At least you got to know your parents. I never knew mine. I spent my entire childhood growing up, thinking I was a dragonfly when I was really something completely different. I just thought that I was a big purple dragonfly. A really big one…" Spyro smiled. "…so you're lucky to have known your parents." There was a silence for a while.

Fuyuko could see the sadness in their eyes, and a raging snowstorm outside doesn't really do any better. When they weren't looking, she moved her right hand in certain ways and the storm started to thin out. Within a little while, the storm should be almost done.

"I wish that I could at least see Seema one more time…." Hunter said in a very mournful tone.

"Yeah, why is her name 'Seema?'" Sparx said, a hand behind his head.

"She was the first child born from my parents, and they loved her so much, that they gave her a name meaning 'treasure.' So Seema means 'treasure,' and if I remember correctly, it comes from the Hebrew origin." Hunter said.

"So Seema means treasure? What does Hunter mean?" Sparx said, wondering if Hunter's name is something different from what he was thinking.

Hunter just looked at him in a funny way.

"My name means 'one who hunts.'"

"Oh…that what I thought."

Hunter flashed Sparx a fake smile and looked back down to the ground.

"What about my name?" Spyro said. "What does mine mean?"

"Spyro means…Gift from God and friend of Jesus." Hunter said.

"Really?" Spyro cocked his head at him. "I always thought that mine meant something that has to do with a…spiral."

Cynder laughed at him. "What about mine, Hunter?" Cynder said. "What does mine mean?"

"Yours mean 'the fire from a dragon's lung.'"

"Are you kidding me?" Cynder said, making everyone's mood brighten up. Hunter was actually smiling a real smile this time.

"Hey, what about mine?" Sparx said, fluttering in front of the cheetah.

"Yours means, 'the light in the darkness.'"

"Are you freaking kidding me?! You must be making that up!" Sparx yelled.

"No!" Hunter said, laughing, shaking his head. "C'est vrai!" Hunter said.

"What?"

"C'est vrai means It's true in French."

"Dude, English. Please." Sparx said.

"Luu encasha bien tu laco top!" Hunter said.

Eventually, the storm started to stop and it became safe to venture outside again. Hunter stood up and put his hood over his head, looking back to Fuyuko. She was all wrapped up in her white cloaks, and Cynder and Spyro had their own little 'blankets' wrapped around their backs.

Now you might all may ask, where is Sparx? He's wrapped up in Fuyuko's scarf at the moment.

"You guys ready?" Fuyuko asked before she opened up the door, grabbing her white staff.

"Yeah, yeah…just open the door." Sparx said in a muffled voice.

When the door opened, it was like a frostbitten chill that just hit hard like rock. Cynder gasped slightly at the sudden feeling before they actually went outside into the snow and wind.

From the moment that they stepped out, Hunter just put his hood over his eyes so that the whipping winds wouldn't make them sting as much as they should have been.

"We should go north. It will lead us to the Imperial City in the Dragon Mountain Range. Hunter, I know what you might be thinking right now, but that was in the past. There's a large city in the Dragon Mountains and they could tell us more about the Golem. There's also something that you might want to see…but I can't tell you until you get there."

Hunter just cocked his head at her. Despite the whipping winds, he was able to comprehend what she was saying.

"If we travel quickly, we should reach it by dusk. You don't want to be caught out in this stuff during the night. Trust me, I can't actually make it any warmer here."

Now that was the truth. She could control the weather…not the temperature. So it's normally -20 degrees below zero (F) during the night.

"There's two 'Ice Queens' and whenever the second one wakes up, life is taken away. And I don't mean that I'm going to kill you. The temperature is something that I honestly can't really do much about." Fuyuko said.

This could be a relatively long journey.

I hope that wasn't too boring, but trust me, it's all worth it! There's going to be a really big surprise in the next chapter. You'll have to wait to find out!

(You won't have to wait very long!)

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