Chapter 10

"Seriously, what is he up to?" Cynder asked herself when she was walking in the corridors, going for their room. "I can't wait to find out." She just kept talking to herself, over and over again until she met Spyro in their room. When she came to the room, Spyro was waiting for her.

"Oh hey there Cynder. Just the dragoness I was waiting for." Spyro said with a loving voice.

"Oh really? Well, thanks for that. What are you up to?" Cynder asked.

"How many times must I say it? It is a surprise." Spyro said with a bit of a loud voice.

"Okay then. I'll let it go for now, but sooner or later, you'd have to show me." Cynder said sternly.

"Don't worry. All I need to say is that you will see in time." Spyro said.

Just as they finished their talk, Cynder felt a bit light headed.

"I think... I'm about to pass out." She managed to gasp as she fell unconscious.

"CYNDER!" Spyro shouted. He saved her from falling onto the hard stone, making sure nothing'd happen to her.

Cynder just lifted her head and gazed around. She was in a cave of white stone, with ornamental markings on the wall.

"Where am I?" She pondered out loud.

"Well hello there Cynder. Long time, no see." A familiar voice said.

"Who'se there?" Cynder asked as she immediately tensed.

"Why does everyone tense up when I talk to them? First Spyro, and now you?" Ignitus' voice said.

"Oh sorry, Ignitus." Cynder said. "Hey, hold on for a second... IGNITUS! Oh my god you're alive! So it is true what Spyro said to me!" Cynder shouted as she ran into the retired fire guardian's front leg, hugging it with her wings as hard as she could. A few tears could be seen when she said "You are the new Chronicler, aren't you?"

"I sure am, Cynder. As weird as it may be, I was chosen. And that makes me able to take contact with you. But, I didn't summon you here without a reason." he said.

"Well, tell me why you summoned me here, then. I think Spyro got a bit desperate when he just saw me fall unconscious."

"Well, I'm sorry for such a bad timing. Anyways, I have summoned you here so that you may be warned. When Malefor broke the planet apart, it wasn't supposed to be fixed. But as Spyro did just that, an ancient disturbance got woken. The immense power of his mending broke the seal between the light and the dark. Before this happened, darkness and light lived, althought not together, in harmony. But as the seal was broken, they can now clash. This doesn't do anything to you now, but I recon that after about five years, this conflict will hit the plane of the earth. When that happens, everything, both dark and light, will turn evil, because of the rage inbetween the two rivals."

"Then why don't we just stop them at an instance?"

"This might sound a bit deep and advanced, but I will try my best to explain. Without light there can't be dark. Without dark there can't be light. Do you understand what I am saying?" Ignitus said.

"Oh my. This can't be good at all. That means that without light or dark, there will be nothing?!" She said desperately.

"Yes. And the ironic part is that they depend on each other, but at the same time, they hate each other so much that they can't live with each other at all. This means that you have to seal them away again."

"But, how do we do that?" Cynder asked.

"That, I do not know. But I know one thing, and that is that you and Celicia are central in this."

"What? Am I for once important?" Cynder asked. This made the guardian look sternly at her.

"Cynder, you always have been important. If it hadn't been for you, Spyro wouldn't have made it. But you and Celicia are the keys of fixing this issue. Also, I think that there is other dangers waiting for you three. As I said, remember this. You and Celicia are both very sentral, so be careful." He said as Cynder slowly fell away from the place. "I say goodbye to you now. Remember, I will always be there for you when you need me." his voice faded.

"Goodbye, Ignitus." Cynder answered.

As she woke up, she was in a haze. She could hear a desperate voice over her, but she couldn't figure out who it was. She slowly managed to focus as her eyes caught a glimpse of the purple dragon. He looked desperately at her for a second, then he let his head fall on her neck as he cried.

"Oh my god, you're alive!" Spyro said as tears were dripping from his eyes like a fountain. "I thought I lost you there, for a second!"

"Wh...What happened?" she asked.

"I don't know. Its just that your heart stopped beating and you stopped breathing." Spyro answered, shaking and crying. "I had to put an electronic shock in you to get it started again!"

"Oh my... Well, then I'd probably have to explain what I've been told." She said as she started explaining to Spyro.

After she was finished explaining the case to the purple dragon, he looked at her with a scared face. He wanted to lift the mood a little by being a bit loving.

"Well, that only gives me one more reason to protect you and love you." He said as he gave her a passionate hug. Still, after trying to rise the mood, he couldn't let it be. "But please, never do that again. I love you too much to lose you." He cried softly into her ear.

"Don't worry, Spyro. You are the reason I live, and I am the reason you live. So why would I end both our lives like that?" she said reassuringly.

"Good question." was all he said before giving her a deep kiss. Cynder enjoyed the kiss thorougly, and she delved into it herself. Before they went too far, they heard a guard shout. "The dragons have come!"

"Oh my, we need to get ready!" Cynder shouted as she broke the kiss.

"Yeah, and I need to see Terrador! We'll meet up in the temple, okay? See you later!" Spyro shouted as he took into the air, flying right towards the temple, with Terrador's room as his destination. He saw the huge earth guardian sit at the balcony, eyeing all the dragons that had come towards the entrance of the city. Spyro decided to approach him at the second he came in, as he was having a hurry.

"Terrador! Where is the necklace? I need it now." Spyro said.

"It is on my desk. Have you thought to propose for her at the speech you were going to hold?"

"Yeah, Terrador. It would be a very good thing, seeing that Cynder probably is going to be hated. After I have told my story, I have decided to tell them Cynder's too. Also, proposing to her after that, would grant me a bigger chance to have her heart, as well as making the rest of the dragons see how much I love her, thus making them see how nice a girl she is." Spyro rambled quickly.

"You are a bright and resourcefull dragon Spyro. Those who says anything else are just straight up stupid." He said as he looked at the purple dragon with proudness in his eyes.

"Thank you, Terrador. Also, after I have held the speech, and hopefully have gotten engaged with Cynder, I was thinking, maybe you'd back us up, if it didn't go as well as planned." Spyro said.

"I surely will. Now get yourself ready, as they are eager to hear what is going on." Terrador said.

With that, Spyro flew into the pond in a side room that was their bath. He quickly washed himself, making him look more respectable before he flew back to Terrador's desk, picking up the necklace, and flew out of the room, ready to meet the crowd. As he hid the necklace effectively under his wing, Cynder landed at the entrance right before him.

"There you are, Cynder. Are you ready for this?" Spyro asked.

"I'm scared, but yes, I am ready." She answered with a slight shiver.

"Good. Now lets go and meet the dragons eh? I am guessing they'd easily forgive you. If not, I'll be there for you." He said assuringly.

It worked too.

"Yeah." She answered. She felt better after Spyro's reassuring words, and she felt readier than ever before. The dragons flew towards the entrance of the city. Spyro let out a heavy sigh as the doors got opened.

"It'll be just fine." Spyro said to himself. The massive crowd before his eyes was seemingly never-ending, with dragons of all shapes and colors. He felt his heart beat up to about a doubled speed as he walked out on the platoon, with Cynder by his side. The publicum cheered as they saw the purple dragon come to their view, but the cheering subsided when they saw Cynder. On of them were brave and stupid enough to ask

"What is that MONSTER doing here?!" a big, red dragon said.

Spyro growled angrily at this. He charged his voice up, trying to sound happy as he started his speech. But at first he answered the dragon. "She is here because she deserves it. She is just as much a hero as I am." Spyro answered. Incredibly enough, the red dragon retreated back into the crowd.

Spyro let out yet another sigh as he started his speech. "First of all I am happy that you all are here. It means a lot to me to see that so many dragons have survived the war. It is great to see that many of you have been thriving too." he said as he looked over the crowd. Many of the females were holding a child. "I thought there'd only be 16 of them, but there are much, much more." He thought. Then he started speaking again. "Now, right to the case. As you might have seen, peace is here, at last. Many of you'd probably think it was just me too. But that isn't true. Many others have been with in the fight, and they have done just as much as me. This is my story." Spyro said. He then explained how he had been born with a family of dragonflies, how he had found out he was a dragon, the saving of the Guardians and Cynder, and the raging war after this. He also explained how he had saved the world, and what happened before that. Cynder noticed that he hung his head in sorrow, so she quickly gave him a slight hug. Spyro smiled towards her and just started at his speech again"And now, at last, the war with Malefor is over. But, this is where Cynder" He said as he gazed lovingly at the dragoness, who shared the same gaze, "Comes in. First of all, I must say that without her, I wouldn't have made it. When I lost Ignitus, my mentor and father figure, she was the one to support me, stopping me from giving in for the grief of my heart." Spyro said. He saw Cynder shed a loving tear towards him. With that, Spyro explained Cynder's past, how she had been corrupted by the dark master, how Spyro had saved her, and at last how much trouble she had because of her past. And of course, how their life had been after. Most of the dragons that had been tense had now loosened up, and many were now crying at the young love between Spyro, the purple dragon, and Cynder, the former terror of the skies. "And now, after all that, she still is with me. She is my best friend in the world." Spyro concluded the story. The dragons cheered and shouted words like "Thank the ancestors" and "What a hero" And much, much more. Spyro then signalled them to be silent. He turned to the black dragoness, scared, but ready, to ask the question that had been on his mind since the day he was finished with the fight against Malefor.

"And now, for the most important thing to me. Cynder, when I felt down, you helped me up. When all hope was lost, you gave it back to me. When I lost something dear to me, you would stand by my side, and comfort me until I could hold on myself. When I fell into the darkness of my heart, either in grief or hate, you would stop me, and bring me back up. The time I have spent with you has been the most wonderfull time of my life." Spyro said. The crowd was starting to understand what was going on. "Here goes nothing, I guess." Spyro thought. "Cynder, would you like to marry me?" Spyro asked as he dragged the necklace up from under his wing. Cynder saw how beautifully decorated it was, with Spyro being depicted, kissing with a dragon she presumed was herself. The necklace had a gem of utmost brilliance, carved into a heart shape. It had an icy blue color, something that surprised her. The crowd went all silent at this.

"it all makes sence now..." Cynder thought to herself. Her mind was filled to the brim, so she couldn't think of anything to say. The crowd was cheering her to say yes.

"I...I don't know what to say..." was all she managed to get up with. The cheering from the crowd was now louder than ever. She delved into the courage of her heart and said; "Spyro, there is nothing else in the world that I would want more than this. YES I WILL! I LOVE YOU!" She shouted for the crowd to hear. And she gave Spyro a gaze he never had seen before. This one was of joy, love and just pure ecstasy. She felt like it was not a sorrow in the world anymore.

This cracked the whole crowd up. Spyro was now crying in joy, as he stared at the dragoness that had just said yes. "I love you." He said as he gave her the most loving kiss he had ever done before. After what seemed like hours, he broke the loving kiss, looking deep into her aqua-green eyes, before putting his gaze at the crowd, and then, relaxed, as he was readying for the act he was going to put up. He jumped up into the air, and he hovered about half a metre above the ground. He felt his feelings develop further as the part of his soul was taken out and given to the dragoness he loved so terribly much.

The whole crowd murmured at the purple aura that surrounded the purple dragon. A white mist flew from his body and into the crystal that was embedded in Cynder's engagement necklace, filling it with a beautiful, white glow. "I give you a piece of my soul, to make you see just how much I care for you." He said.

"Oh my..." Cynder said. She was nothing less than impressed at how the dragon had confessed his undying love to her. "Like creating a beautiful necklace that I would cherish all my life weren't enough, you are actually giving me a piece of your soul..." She said and just stared at him.

The whole crowd cheered and simply went crazy when this was done. Many of them just simply couldn't hold themselves, and they shouted things like "May the Ancestors be with you two!"and "Ancestors bless you two!" and "Cynder, we all forgive you. You deserve this!" And more. Even better, the red dragon which had called her a monster just cried out loud in forgiveness and self-loathing. However, none noticed that a couple of wingless dragons had walked away.

Spyro and Cynder was smiling and crying when Terrador came behind them. "Well done, young dragons. I cannot believe you two just did that in front of the whole world's population of dragons. I am really proud of you." he said.

"Thank you, Terrador!" Spyro said.

"Spyro, how about I do the same for you? That would at least be fair." Cynder said. "Do you have another necklace?" She asked.

"I sure have. Terrador was nice enough to make a copy of yours, except this one depicts your colors on it, instead of mine." Spyro answered. Terrador handed him a pretty much opposite necklace that was at the same time, just like the other one. This one was made with gold, with silver coated markings on it, opposite to Cynder's. The gem was the same, however.

"So, what do I do?" Cynder asked towards Spyro.

"Just delve into your feelings and let them flow around. The soul gem will capture a part of your soul in itself." he answered.

"Seems like it is time to see just how pure my soul is." Cynder said as she relaxed and delved into her feelings. The purple aura of convexity glowed around her as her pure-white soul entered the gem, leaving a pure-white glow in it. Spyro gasped.

"Seems like the evil of the past is completely gone now." Terrador said, watching in awe. That was when a big, red dragon entered the room. He looked like he had hit a child, and then regretted it.

"I am sorry for what I said earlier. I just couldn't hold myself, as I lost my wife, my son and my sister in that war." The dragon apologized.

"You know what. I'll just say that we didn't expect anything less." Spyro instantly said. "Cynder has done a lot of bad things indeed, but she has a pure soul now. She now has no evil intentions at all, and I doubt she will ever have them either." He said as he pushed his chest forward, showing off the beautiful, gem-imbedded necklace that held a part of Cynder's soul. The soul that resided within was of the purest of white you'd ever find.

"Oh my..." The red dragon said. "My wife and I did the same thing you two did, but her soul was more grey-like than that. This is just amazing. I cannot believe that someone that had been corrupted could be so...Pure."

"Neither do I." Cynder said, as she hung her head a little.

"Cynder, you have to forget the past. If not, it would almost surely kill you. And I don't want that to happen to my bride." Spyro said, putting extra weight on the last word as he smiled lovingly to her.

"I will try my best." She answered as she nuzzled his cheek, sending a tickling sensation through Spyro's body.

The rest of the dragons were still cheering over the speech and Spyro's confession of his love. So were the cheetah's and the moles. This was when the guardians opened the hall they had been working on for the last three weeks. It was made for the welcoming of the dragons, but they had expected something more. That ended up being a engagement ceremony. A huge party was held that night, where one of the teenagers, a fire dragon at the exact same age as Spyro and Cynder decided to make a fiery heart in the sky, and write "May the Ancestors be with you." under it.

Cynder had never felt this good before, when she went to bed, together with her soon-to-be husband, the purple dragon Spyro. "I love you more than anything. You are everything to me." They said in unison as they cuddled each other close, into a hugging position. Spyro felt like he'd never been so close to her before, and he enjoyed the feeling thorougly. He felt her soul being filled with happiness, and she felt his being the same way. Both of them were fast asleep in a couple of seconds. However, this wasn't going to last.

DUM DUM DUUU! Plot is now coming, guys :) I guess you have been waiting a long time for this, so I won't delay it anymore. In chapter eleven, the plot will be started yet again. Anyways, thank you for reading this story, it is greatly appreciated.