Chapter 11
That night, Cynder slept better than ever. After she had started to wear the necklace that Spyro had made for her, she relaxed more than ever. Mostly just because of his soul being there. Same could not be said about Spyro, though. He had a nightmare. After a while, that hit Cynder too.
Spyro was in a cave. He wondered where he might be, so he decided to look around. That was when he grasped the environments. The cave was huge and ragged, looking older than the dragon temple did when Spyro first saw it. It was filled to the brim with weird things. In one end of the swiss-cheese like tunnel, the exit was. He quickly saw that he was in Avalar, around the place close to the cheetah village. In another end of the cave, there was a big and glowy patch of... Mushrooms? He just had to check that one out. He walked over to the place and felt the normal fungi-like smell that mushrooms normally had. He then walked over to one of them and just bowed and ate it. He was hungry and didn't care about getting sick. The scratches he had gotten by laying on the cave floor, had dissapeared.
"Glowing mushrooms that heal... Gotta note this place down." Spyro thought to himself. He walked back into the main chamber, going down another one of the holes. This one led into a room with a huge table in the middle, with pillows laying around it.
"A meeting room... How peculiar." Spyro thought to himself and took a mental note of the room.
"Quickly, we have to plan this well, and there is no time to lose!" An angry voice said. Spyro tensed up and searched for somewhere to hide. The most welcoming hiding place was a very dark corner in the right side of the room. But he couldn't sit down there. What if the creatures noticed him? That couldn't be good. He just ended up running into a decently dark corner that was right before the entrance. Just as he had hid, three dragons ran by the hiding place, and Spyro tensed up. Luckily, they didn't notice him, as he was hiding.
"Sir, the dragons have arrived at the dragon city! What do we do?" A scared voice said with shivering.
"First you need to fill me in with the details. Now explain yourself." The angry voice answered.
The dragon started explaining how the dragons had gotten into the city, where they were greeted by the purple dragon himself, as he at the same time proposed to the black dragoness he recognized as Cynder. He also told them the number of the dragons that had come.
"Oh my..." A female voice said. "That cannot be good at all."
"Trust me, we will be okay. We just need to be strategic." The angry voice said as it settled down.
"Mercynus, do you still plan on capturing them?" The female voice said. "I think it is a bad idea now."
"Yes, I do still plan on capturing them. They need to be punished for doing that to our Master." Mercynus answered. "I need you, Icarnia, to go with Ocollunos, find some more of our allies, and capture the young dirtbags that defeated our master without they knowing."
"Allright sir. So, how do you think we should do it?" Icarnia asked.
Mercynus then explained his plans. When he was finished, Spyro felt himself fall unconscious.
When he woke up again, he sat on his balcony with Cynder. They stared at each other lovingly until Spyro decided to break the silence.
"How are you, my love?"
"I'm just fine. Atleast as long as I am with you."
heard something. He turned his head to see what happened when he heard a dump thud beside him. Something had made Cynder go unconscious.
"Cynder!" Spyro shouted as he got to his feet. He then felt something hard hit him in the head.
When he woke up yet again, he was back in the cave. The first thing he saw was Cynder being lashed at by a dragon while she was in a crusified state. Spyro watched in horror as he saw his bride being lynched by the dragon, which weirdly enough, didn't have any wings.
"Stop that right away!" He shouted. He tried to move, but he quickly noticed he was chained too. The wingless dragon only leered at him before sending a powerful lash at Cynder's chest, knocking her breath out of her, making her scream loudly. Spyro couldn't hold the darkness inside anymore, so he let it out.
"I said, STOP!" Spyro bellowed as his scales turned black. He fired a beam of black convexity, only to have it sended back at him with a tremendous force. The death beam knocked him out.
When he woke up this time, he was in his room, with Cynder almost standing at him, with tears going down her face. His head was pounding, and he quickly saw why. Cynder had rolled him off of the bed and in the process, hit his head in the stone. Under the confusion she didn't notice that though.
"What happened Spyro? I just saw you roll over in your sleep and all, and then suddenly you turn into your dark self again?! What is happening to you?!" She shouted, almost bellowed at the purple dragon.
"Did I do anything really bad?" Spyro asked as he pushed her gently off.
"No, but one of the beams almost hit me!" She said. She was scared out of her mind when Spyro looked at her. He walked up to the dragoness and gave her a loving hug, to calm her down.
"I'm really sorry, Cynder. But I have to talk this up to the Guardians. It is really important." He whispered in her ear
"What is really important, Spyro? We're goddamn engaged! You could atleast tell me!" She shouted as she jumped out of his reach. Spyro ended up explaining what he had seen in his "dream".
"Well, I am not sure that it was a dream after all... I actually think it was a sighting of something going to happen. And that is why we need to report this to the Guardians! And by the way, you don't have to be so agressive." Spyro said.
"Do you really think they are going to try and capture us?" Cynder said with a scared and shivering voice. Being captured by evil again was the worst thing she could think off. What if she attacked Spyro again? She wouldn't be able to live with herself at all after that.
"It sure sounded like it..." He answered. He really hated to see Cynder scared, but he had to let it go for now. She still were a bit angry at him, though.
"Cynder, calm down. You know I never would intentionally hurt you, especially now that we are engaged. I love you too much to do anything bad to you." Spyro said with a comforting and honest voice.
"I'm sorry, Spyro. It is just that you are really scary when you are in your dark form. Especially when you aren't awake." Cynder said as she hung her head.
"Perk up, Cynder. I'm not blaming you for anything. At all. Even if you did try and kill me again, I wouldn't care as long that you'd come back to me afterwards." he said. Cynder felt a bit better, but she couldn't get the icy white eyes of her fiance out of her head.
The two dragons took off from the balcony and flew towards the dragon temple, where the guardians were having a good night's sleep. Spyro went to wake up Cyril and Volteer, while Cynder went to wake up Terrador. The old dragons were confused at first, but when they saw the young dragon's faces, they knew something was wrong.
"What is it you have gathered us for, young dragons?" Terrador asked when they had gathered into the room where the Pool of Visions were.
Spyro turned towards Terrador, and started explaining what he saw in his so-called "dream". After a brief explaination of what he had seen, he also remembered the location of that cave, so he told them that too.
"Huh... Seems like you have run into the Dark Master's drakes. They are just like us, except for their wingless bodies. They also have five claws instead of three. These foes all wield more than one element. So you should be careful around these." Terrador said.
"Yeah, and I found out that they had the power to block convexity too." Spyro said.
"Oh no..." Cynder said. "That means we have lost the advantage of it too!"
"I know. But we have made it before, so we'll make it now too." Spyro said, trying to calm the dragoness. It worked, sort of.
"I guess you are right." Cynder said. She then turned to the guardians, and asked them a question they did not expect from someone like her; "May you keep us safe? We have been through a lot of things and I still need rest."
"Well, that wasn't exactly expected, but we will try our best. This night and the upcoming day is yours, and I sure hope it will be a spectacular and amazing weekend." Volteer said.
"Thank you all. This means very much to us." Cynder said as she gave them all a hug, to signalify her gratefullness. She then turned back towards Spyro.
"Now, lets enjoy the rest of the night, shall we?" She asked him and gazed lovingly at him.
"Oh yeah, that sounds good. My head hurts after that little "incident" just then." He answered. Cynder had managed to headbutt him in the floor when she rolled him off the bed.
The couple then started to walk back to their room. As Spyro was climbing back up the stairs, partly because he felt it was needed and that it would make him sleepy, he just came up with something.
"Hey Cynder, should we warn Celicia about what is going on, or?" He asked.
"Well, it would be a good idea... I mean, she is... Oh my! I nearly forgot! She is just a big a part of this as I am!" She exclaimed.
"Yeah, that's true! I forgot too!" Spyro said. Just then, a young fire dragon opened the door to his room and looked at the two dragons with a sleepy and annoyed look.
"Will you two take it easy? You two woke me... Oh my, Spyro and Cynder! Sorry, I didn't notice it was you!" He said, ashamed that he was about to scold on the two dragons that had saved the world.
"No, we are the ones that should say sorry. You have been through a long day, and you should rest now. We are sorry for waking you." Cynder said while she hung her head in shame.
"Oh, no problem. I have wanted to be friends with you, if I'd ever get the chance, and what better chance is now?" He said with a smile.
"Oh, well that is okay by me. So, what is your name?" Spyro asked.
"Yeah, my name is Flame. I am about the same age that you are." he said. "Minus one or two years."
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Flame. I am glad to be your friend. It would be good to have more than one guy in the world I could trust, althoug the one I have is the one I love the most." Cynder said as she gave Spyro a loving gaze. Flame smiled at them, thankfull to see that the two heroes that saved the world were more than just simple friends.
"Yeah, by the way, I am the dragon that spewed that fiery heart for you. I thought it fitted to the moment." He said. Cynder smiled at him and gave him a friendly hug.
"Thanks, Flame. That was very sweet of you." She said. Flame blushed at the gesture, but he didn't complain. No one else than his parents had done something like that to him before.
"N-No problem." He said sheepishly.
"I'll just go to our room, okay? See you later, Spyro." Cynder said, understanding that Flame and Spyro wanted a little chat.
"Heh, I see that Cynder has a deep impression on most of us." Spyro said with a goofy voice and smile. Flame blushed even more now. "Hey, don't worry. She just wants to show that she is a friendly dragoness."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Now, I should probably get back to sleep. It is an important day tomorrow." Flame said.
"Oh? How?" Spyro asked.
"You don't know!? It is being held a seremony tomorrow, at who'll be the new Fire guardian." Flame said with an dissapointed voice. He had thought Spyro would know this.
"Oh, sorry for my ignorance. It's just that I have been very busy at the time. At first I made the beautiful necklace for Cynder, and then it was the preparations to propose. So I haven't had much time to spare." Spyro said.
"Ah, I understand." Flame said. He felt a bit guilty for being so ignorant. Spyro noticed.
"Perk up, Flame. Everyone does mistakes, and that is a good thing. Seriously, if you make a mistake, learn from it, as it will only make your life better." Spyro said with a perk-up like smile.
"Thanks! You know, you're the first friend I've ever had. Except for Ember, though. I'd wish we were more than friends." Flame said.
"Well, don't be afraid to hide your feelings. I'm sure that if you say it on the right timing, she'd most probably accept you." Spyro said with a smile.
"Thanks for the advice. I guess that is the way you got Cynder, eh?" Flame asked.
"Not really. Cynder confessed her love to me first. Although I have been in love with her from day one." Spyro answered.
"Yeah by the way, what do you think of her?" Flame asked.
"Cynder?" Spyro asked.
"Yeah." Flame answered.
"I think she is kind, smart, pretty, funny, adorable, cool, friendly, compassionate and most of all, loving." Spyro answered.
"She sounds like the perfect mate." Flame said. Then he noticed the necklace Spyro was wearing. "Oh hey... Is that a part of Cynder's soul!?" Flame asked as he saw the necklace. The soul inside was of the purest white he had seen.
"Sure is." Spyro answered.
"That is soo cool. I know this might sound very personal, but might I try it? I've heard that you feel just how the other one feel when you wield it." Flame said.
"I would let you, but I swore to myself I'd protect it and never cease to wear it." Spyro said as he hung his head. Spyro was an emotional person, so he would do such.
"Then I understand you. Now you perk up. It is your love, not mine." Flame said.
"Thanks. Oh well, see you tomorrow. I really need some sleep now." Spyro said.
"Yeah. Goodnight, Spyro." Flame said as he yawned.
Meanwhile, Sparx was flying in the treetops. He was angry at Spyro for falling in love with his enemy, but he also missed his brother. Very much, in fact.
"How could he fall in love with that evil she-devil? She tried to kill him!" Sparx said to himself. Just as Sparx said that, a familiar voice entered his head.
"Hello there, young dragonfly."
"WHOSE THERE!?" The dragonfly shouted.
"Now that is just bad. Spyro and Cynder only tensed up, and then you come and shout at me? Don't you remember the old master Spyro had?" Ignitus' voice said.
"Oh, is it you. Weren't you supposed to be dead?" Sparx asked, in a slightly disrespectful manner.
"Yes, but now I am the Chronicler. I came to you for a reason. Also, you don't talk like that to an elder. Just a friendly tip."
"Okay, but where are you? I cannot see you."
"I am in your mind. No, you aren't going crazy."
"So, what were you going to tell me?"
"I came to tell you that if you ever want to see your brother again, you have to become friends with Cynder. She is a nice dragoness, you know. You just didn't give her a chance."
"But she tried to kill him! I cannot let that go!"
"If Spyro could, you could too."
"But why do I have to become friends with her anyways?"
"Because she and Spyro are soon going to be married. Their love is stronger than anything I've ever seen before."
"WHAT!?"
"Yes, I am sure this comes as a shock. But it is a nice thing! Cynder isn't evil anymore, and if you don't trust her, you are missing out on a big thing. If you never become friends with her, you might never be able to call yourself an uncle."
"H..Have they mated!?"
"Not yet, but it is just before."
"How do you know anyway?"
"I know because I have all the information in the world. I can see both the future and the past, as well as the time being. Although it'll take a few years, they are going to be a family. Withless they don't get the support they need."
"Well, thanks for the chat Ignitus. I'll see what I can do." Sparx concluded the chat, but Ignitus weren't finished yet.
"I am not finished yet, young Sparx. You also need to know that Cynder is of great importance now. She and her sister are the only ones that can save the world now."
"Okay? How?"
"A great war between the Light and the Dark is about to engage. Cynder and Celicia are the only ones that can fix this issue. You have about five years before it starts, so I suggest you go and find out if there is anything you can help with."
"Allright. I just hope they accept me when I come back." Sparx said to the voice in his head.
"Don't you worry, Sparx. They will, and you know your brother is forgiving. If not, he wouldn't be engaged, and he wouldn't have a piece of Cynder's soul in his necklace."
Sparx took off into the distance, going back to the city. He didn't like what he had to do, but he did it anyways.
So, this was chapter 11. My almost longest one, am I right? Anyways, I am gonna explain a bit here. The dark masters drakes thingy was inspired by Age of Heroes by Spartan-029. Go read it if you want some good literature.
Now, to the way that soul necklace thing works. When you put a piece of your soul into the crystal, the crystal would be as a second head. You'd feel what is going on around you, including emotions of those nearby. You can also communicate through the soulgem, as long as there is another soul near it. When two lovers shares each others souls, they can talk to each other everywhere. Thus, the love gets increased between each other, as the feelings that one has for another multiplies when they feel how the other one feels for them. But there is a limit to everything, so you don't lose yourself completely in the love. I hope you understand what I mean. Also, thanks for all the 1317 views ;)