Chapter 4

Sparx woke up to his mother knocking his door. "It's breakfast, sweetie." She said to him as he stretched, reaching the end his bed. His room was in the inside of a huge mushroom, but that didn't make it any less comfortable. His bed was made of leaves, which were wrapped around two branches that went through the lower middle of the mushroom. His mother and father had been very lucky in finding a hospitable mushroom for their son to live in, but Sparx was rarely inside after waking up, since he was playing games like tag with his brother all day long. Sadly enough, Spyro had not been seen after the world was repaired, which bothered Sparx greatly. He missed having someone to mess around with, he missed to have someone to play jokes on, he also missed someone to make fun out of as well. But most of all, he missed having a friend at his side.

"Coming mom." He said as he left his room, going down to another capped mushroom where his mother and father was waiting for him. "I hope it tastes good." Nina said as she served him a small leaf filled with breakfast. Sparx shrugged as he ate his food in silence. "I know you miss Spyro, but don't worry too much about it, okay? He will probably show up sooner or later anyways." Sparx shrugged and said "I guess you're right. I shouldn't worry too much." He raised his head slightly and went outdoors. "The food tasted great mom!" He shouted as he flew towards the silver river. As he went over to the glossy green water, a couple of female dragonflies saw him. "Hi Sparx!" They shouted to him. When it came to female attention, Sparx had made his way to the top, because of his heroic actions. That, and the fact that he had been best friend with the guy who saved the world from complete destruction. "Hey there, girls!" He shouted back. They came over to him. "So Sparx, are you up to something?" They asked. "Not really. Why do you ask?" He said, waiting for an answer. "We've got nothing to do, so we would like to ask you if you could tell us the tales of you and Spyro." They said, with interest glowing brightly in their eyes. "Sure, why not? I've got nothing better to do anyways." He and the girls went into the forests behind them.

"Wake up, Spyro." Cynder whispered. Spyro twitched his eyes open as he tried to focus on the black dragoness before him. "It's breakfast time now." She nuzzled his cheek. This woke Spyro up, as it usually did. Spyro streched as he heard the loud sounds of his joints snapping inside him. "That felt good." he said as he rose from the stone floor. He had fallen of his bed, because of his lively dreams going too far. Cynder just smiled and walked out of the room, going for the dinner hall. Spyro ran after her with a smile on his face. He loved all the freedom of not having to fight. He could finally rest without being worried about being killed during his sleep, and that brightened his happiness a lot. Cynder had noticed this, and she felt the same way. They could do practically everything they wanted now that it was finally safe around them. She was just thinking things through when Spyro caught up to her as they entered the dining hall. The room was huge and brightly lit, with huge windows and nice looking statues inside. Moles were preparing the breakfast for the dragons that were holed up in the city, making sure it tasted well and good. "Smells good. Will be good to finally get something else than sheep, huh?" Spyro said with a smile. Cynder just laughed and agreed. They found themselves a table, which wasn't that hard, because of the small amount of dragons in the city at the time, and waited for the waiter. The mole asked the dragons what they wanted to eat. There was six different things on the menu. Spyro didn't bother to look it through, though. He just chose the first thing he saw. "Some pork would be good." he said as he closed the menu. Cynder was a bit unsure herself, so she only said "Surprise me. But please, no sheep meat. I have eaten way to much of that lately." She said as she smiled towards Spyro. "Very well then. I will see what the chef's can do." The waiter then went back to the kitchen itself, leaving the dragons for them self. "I wonder how many will come when the colonies has regrouped here." Spyro pondered out loud. Cynder shrugged as she said "I guess there won't be very much space for us anymore, then. There will probably be over at least 100 dragons, as far as I know." The scout team had come back the day before, and as far as they knew, there was four colonies, the southern one, the northern one, the eastern one, and the western one. "Will atleast be good to see some new faces." Spyro said. "Sure will." Cynder said, while she hung her head a little. Spyro noticed and asked "What is it Cynder? Is there something wrong?" He asked. Cynder decided not to hold anything back this time and said "I just worry about how they will react when they see me. I was, after all, the one that divided Warfang into these colonies." Spyro just looked at her with that. He took his paw and put it on her shoulder. "You don't have to worry. If anything goes wrong, I'll be there to protect you. And you know that." Cynder just looked at him. "I can't believe how nice he is to me. I hope he is the right one for me, if not I might just not make it." She thought for herself. However, as Spyro had aquired the gift of seeing visions, he could also read thoughts. He heard what Cynder had thought, and looked at her. "I sure hope so too." He thought for himself as he retracted his paw.

Just then, the waiter came back to them with two steaming platters of food, one for Spyro and the other one for Cynder. "I hope it tastes good. We sure took some time to make this." He said as he looked at Cynder. "As you are the heroes of the city, you won't have to pay at all." Spyro smiled at those words. "Good, because I don't have any gems to pay with anyways." He laughed. The waiter laughed with him as he went to another bowed her head and started eating the meal she had. It tasted very good, but was also very spicy. Almost to the point of being uneatable. She ate most of it in one go before getting up and panting heavily. "This sure is spicy!" She said as she started gulping water from a bucket-like glass beside her. That only made it worse. "Cynder, drinking water won't help. Take this instead." He gave her a piece of the salad that came with his pork steak. She quickly ate it and found her mouth starting to calm down. "How did you know?" She asked. "When I lived back at the swamps, I found a red paprica like thingy on a bush. I saw that it was eatable, and I was hungry, so I just ate it in one go. However, as I ate it, my mouth began to burn. I was desperate to make the burning go away, so I ran towards another plant that was eatable. This plant was the same one that was used in the salad. As I took it, the burning instantly went away." Cynder nodded at the explaination. "This does actually taste good though. Want a taste?" She asked as she shoved the plate towards Spyro. "Yes please. I love spicy things." He bowed his head down and ate a little of the stew. It was seemingly something that he had tasted before. "Cynder, I think this is called Chili-con-carne. My mother used to make this all the time when I was younger." He quickly went back to his own platter and ate some of the salad. Cynder's bowl was now empty, but she was still a little hungry. "Could I please have some of that steak, Spyro?" she said. "Well of course! Here you go." He cut half of his steak with his claw and put it over to Cynder's empty bowl.

Meanwhile, Sparx was talking about his adventures with Spyro to his new friends. "And that is all I was with on. I still don't know what happened afterwards, but when I see him again, I will ask him." He concluded his story. The females stared at him in awe. They could only dream about something like that happening to them. "You are so cool Sparx!" They both said in awe. "I hope Spyro and his friend is okay. Atleast I hope Spyro is okay." Sparx only shrugged. "She did promise me that she would take care of him. So hopefully he is okay right now. Oh well, see ya later, girls!" He said as he went back home. "Goodbye Sparx!" They both said in unison. Sparx flew as fast as he could back home. Now he had gotten enough of waiting for his brother to come back. As he went inside he asked "Can you please make me something to eat, mom? I'm hungry." He asked. "Okay, is there something special you want, sweetheart?" Sparx shrugged. "Not really, I just want to be full when I leave for Warfang." He said. His mother looked at him in confusion. "If you wonder, mom, I just can't wait for him anymore. I just can't." Nina only shrugged and said "Well, if you must, you must." She hung her head a little. "Don't worry mom, I will come back. And when I do, Spyro will come with me. Hopefully I can show you his new friend to." Sparx said. "Here is your food atleast. Remember, you are always welcome back." Nina said with a sigh. "I will be back in no time." Sparx said as he ate his food. "I'll miss you, Sparx." Nina said, with a little tear dropping from her cheek. "I'll miss you too, mom." With that, Sparx flew towards the great dragon city. If he flew fast, he would reach Warfang withing three or four days.