Chapter 7

Morning broke, sending a wave of light upon the majestic city, putting it in an almost celestial glow. However, it took a couple of minutes before the city itself woke up, with Cynder and Spyro being the first ones.

"Good morning, Spyro." Cynder whispered into Spyro's ear. The purple dragon twitched a couple of times, before waking completely up.

"Morning, Cyn." He answered. He felt his body waking up as he remembered something. He closed his unharmed eye. Still he could see. "Thank the Ancestors. I didn't get permanently blinded by that facepunch Sparx gave me."

"Well, that is great. I still wonder why he was so angry." Cynder said with a puzzled look on her face.

"I guess he couldn't take the look of you being with me. He probably felt it was wrong that he didn't get the attention he wanted." Spyro answered. The throbbing pain was still in the eye, but it was almost completely gone.

"Well, I guess he gets used to it after a while. I mean, he IS your brother, after all." Cynder said. She understood if he was angry. But for some reason, Spyro felt okay with it. As a matter of fact, he kind of found it funny.

"Care to come and sit beside me, Cynder?" Spyro said as he walked out on the balcony.

"Sure thing, Spyro." She said as she walked to him and sat beside the dragon. Spyro felt her scent reach his nostrils, and he immediately relaxed even more.

"Wow, Cynder. Have you done something to how you smell? It feels great!" Spyro said as he sniffed the air.

"Not really. What are you getting at?" Cynder asked.

"Well, maybe... Oh wait, my smelling senses have come back! After all these days, my smelling sense has finally come back!" Spyro hopped in happiness.

"What do you mean? Have they been gone all the time?" Cynder asked, a bit concerned.

"Yeah they have. After I froze us in that time crystal, I lost them. And finally they are back." Spyro answered.

"Well, that is great. That only gives you another reason to be with me." She said with a smile.

"Yeah. Although, anything else was never really the plan." Spyro said with a small touch of flirt in his voice.

"Aww you, stop it!" Cynder said with a blushing smile. She was beginning to feel something new too. Then she noticed something with the dragon. "Spyro, has these stumps been here before?" She asked as she stared at his neck. Horn stumps had grown out of the sides, making the purple dragon look even more badass.

"Wow. I have been maturing, it seems." Spyro said as he felt the stumps in his neck. "That is cool!" he said as he saw them in the mirror.

"Yeah! I can't wait until my adult horns come." Cynder said. Then she realized something. "Or maybe, they already have? I have no idea." She said.

As she pondered about this, someone was closing up behind them, without them knowing.

"Well well well, if it isn't the love birds again." A well known voice said. Spyro was the first to realize who it was.

"Oh hey Terrador. Good morning." He said as he turned to the earth guardian. "Next time, maybe you'd knock on the door before sneaking up onto us? It felt a bit awkward."

"Sorry for coming without an invitation. But I just wanted to see how you two were doing when you were alone. Its just so beautiful to look at young love." Terrador said with a peaceful smile. The young dragons blushed before looking into his eyes.

"Well, other than that, was there anything else you wanted?" Spyro asked.

"I have an idea for you, Spyro. If you'd come and meet me at the library, I'd show it to you." Terrador said.

"Can I come with?" Cynder asked. She had always been a curious dragoness.

"For once I have to say no. This is a private thing between me and Spyro." Terrador answered. Cynder grew suspicious at this, and eyed the dragon.

"Okay then. I'll let you go for this time, Spyro. But you'd better hurry back when you are finished." She said as she looked sternly at the purple dragon.

"Fine with me. I wanted to spend most of my time with you anyways." Spyro said. "Well, Terrador, shall we move?" Spyro asked as Terrador and he rose from the floor.

"Okay, you eager little hatchling." Terrador teased with a smile. "First to reach the library, eh?" He asked as he took off from the balcony.

"Heck yeah!" Spyro answered as he flew after him. Cynder just looked at them and laughed.

"He really acts like a father to him." Cynder thought to herself. "Maybe he is trying to fill in the place of Ignitus?" She pondered. She sat around until her stomach growled loudly. "Time to get some food." She said to herself. She rose from the floor and walked towards the balcony, ready to take off and fly to the mess hall. She flew towards the amazing building and landed lightly at the entrance before she walked inside, as graciously as she could. Showing respect was always a good thing too, so she bowed to the guards of the mess hall as well. She found herself a table and decided to have a meat steak with a delicious salad at the side. Just then someone came sneaking up to her.

"Hello there." An unknown yet familiar voice said towards her. She jumped and looked towards where the voice came from. What she saw was a white dragoness standing in front of her. She looked almost exactly like her, except from the color and the lack of bracelets and markings. "My name is Celicia. It is good to finally be able to meet you, sister."

"What!? You're my sister?" Cynder exclaimed.

"Yes, Cynder. That I am. And I must say, I never thought you'd make it after the corruption of you as a hatchling. But you survived nonetheless. And I am glad you did, because that means I have a little sister!"

"But... Linnea said you were dead!" Cynder shouted. By now, the rest of the people in the mess hall were looking towards them. "How can you have survived so much trouble?" She asked.

"Look at yourself first, then ask that again. I were never corrupted, so I grew up with my mentor, Gina. She taught me everything I needed to know, including some ways to get out of trouble."

"Like what?" Cynder asked.

"Like making a copy of myself with all that's laying around me. That way, the apes thought they had killed me. But enought about me, how about you?" She said as she sat down in front of Cynder.

"Well, what do you want to know?" She asked. Now that Cynder wasn't that suspicious, she felt more at peace with the dragoness that claimed to be her sister.

"I want to know how you were freed and how it went after that, for instance." Celicia answered.

With that, Cynder explained how she had been freed by Spyro and how their relationship had grown.

"Whoah... I never thought my sister would be the girlfriend of the purple dragon himself. That is awesome! I hope we all can be friends." Celicia said when Cynder finished explaining how their life had been the last four years.

"I guess he won't have a problem with that, atleast. And neither will I, as long as you don't push yourself onto him and try to make him yours." Cynder answered. She began to like her sister more and more as she saw how closely related she and Celicia were, both in looks and in personality, except for the fact that she was white.

"Let's go and find him, shall we?" Cynder asked Celicia after she ha eaten her lunch.

"Great idea. Let's go find him."

Meanwhile, Terrador started to explain his plan to Spyro.

"You see this cyan-colored gem here?" Terrador asked. Spyro nodded as he looked at the hypnotizing cyan gem. "This, my young friend, is a soul-gem. These gems are the rarest kind of gems you'd be able to find. Their name explains their special treat. These gems can store a piece of your soul in them. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?" Terrador asked Spyro, winking towards Spyro's room. Spyro slowly understood what was going on."Do you mean that you want me to make some kind of jewelry with one of these, store a piece of my soul in it and then give it to Cynder as a way to show how much I like her?" Spyro asked.

"Exactly, young dragon. You actually got it right on the first try. For creating your bond even stronger, you still need Cynder to store a piece of her soul in another one and give it to yourself. When this is done, you both can send thoughts and words through your mind to each other. However, I must warn you, that if one of you die, the piece of the soul will break. That means that not just your heart will be broken, but also your soul." Terrador said.

"I understand. I still think it sound like a great idea, though, so let's get started." Spyro said.

"Great to see that you liked the idea. To get started, I need you to find something that fits for her. So without further ado, could you go to Cynder and get her to help you find some jewelry that fits for her? That way, part one of the plan is finished." Terrador said.

"Yes sir!" Spyro nodded. As he ran out of the temple, he thought to himself "Maybe now I can show her how much I love her."

With that, Spyro took off into the distance, looking for the black dragoness he so desperately was in love with.