Volteer paused for a moment. He leaned in a little closer.

"Now, to become pregnant a female and male must mate" He said.

"Yet, if you're not ready or uncomfortable you can always adopt baby dragons."

Spyro and Cynder looked at each other.

"I'm not going through with that…." Cynder said.

"That's just teen talk…." Spyro thought to himself. Spyro was then confused with mating or adoption.

"What were not going to do?"

"I just don't like adoption or the idea of it. I mean you just don't know what the youngling might be like."

"So your just saying-" Spyro was cut off by Cynder.

"Yes, I'd rather mate than to adopt. That's just my opinion."

"Wow." Spyro once again thought to himself. "This was an unexpected answer. I thought it would be like… NO WAY I'M MATING UGH…." Spyro stood there for a second. "Maybe her personality had changed ever since we started going out. Either that or I'm just not too sure."

Spyro brought his attention back to Volteer.

"Mating is the couple choice. They can either raise their own baby or adopt one."

"I already know the answer…" Spyro whispered to himself.

"What?"

"Oh… nothing." Spyro said. Cynder tilted her head. Then she turned back to Volteer.

"Usually the couple should become mates. This means they are committed to loving each other and take care of one another." Volteer paused. He looked around the room for any whiners. He only spotted a couple mumbling. After that he continued.

"To become mates two dragons may hold a Matehood Ceremony or silently announce their matehood to us."

Bolt thought about it. He'd seen one before. They are usually held in Town Square. He imagined him and Aqua standing in the center. This thought was short lived.

"Bolt, snap out of it!" Scripted Aqua.

"Huh… oh sorry." He tilted his head sideways and made a nervous face jester.

"Alright… let's just listen to what Volteer has to say."

They leaned in to Volteer.

"These ceremonies are usually held in Town Square Park." He said.

He then realized he was off track.

"Anyway, back to um… mating." He made a funny look. "I just get trailed off explaining things."

"Now then, The female produces small sand sized eggs. These eggs need to be fertilized." He tilted his head.

"And… that's our jobs the males."

The females in the building laughed or giggled looking at their male companions.

"Ooh… it's not funny… We do all the work and you girls just stand still and do nothing." Volteer joked.

"But we carry the baby!" Linder chuckled.

"Yea… but however-"Volteer was cut off.

"Let's just go on and not argue." Coal said.

"Ok, it takes at least a day for an egg to start forming. It takes about a total of nine months to produce an egg and an estimated two and a half weeks to hatch."

Down the hall aways….

Steve and I were walking in the hallway. We talked about fixing the T.T.P. but that's was impossible. The state of that plane was beyond wrecked. Then Steve noticed a sign. He grabbed my shirt's shoulder and pulled me back from going any further.

"DT, the library is there."

I looked at the sign.

"Yes, it is lets go back."

Steve nodded. We headed back towards the room.

By now Volteer finally finished the topic of mating and moved on to the traits of babies.

"…As soon has it hatches you may notice it has something in common with the parents. Most likely their color, power and features."

He turned to Linder and Coal.

"An example of this is… Well, look at Linder and Cynder." He pointed to the two.

"Cynder inherited Linder's color, six of her nine horns and her body markings."

Linder then walked next to Cynder so the couples could get a better look. She walked back to Coal's side after a couple of minutes.

"Let's use a couple as another example." Volteer looked around and noticed Ember and Flame.

"Ok let's say Ember and Flame had a child. The youngling may inherit Flames color or his appearance like his horns perhaps."

The couple's cheeks got red with embarrassment. They looked at each other and smiled slightly. Volteer then looked around again. Yet, he decided he already embarrassed the heck out of Flame and Ember so making other couple 'examples' would just make everyone feel awkward.

"Traits are also inherited or passed down from the parents. Let's say a dragon was nice and kind and the mother was witty. The father's kindness could be passed down to the young one. The mother's wittiness may also be passed down."

Spyro all of a sudden realized something; Cynder was witty and smart as Spyro was kind and caring. He thought about this for a moment. He smiled to himself. Cynder realized this too.

"Spyro did you notice that-"

"You're smart and witty and I'm kind?"

"Yea."

"Yea I know."

Spyro and Cynder smiled. They were about to kiss when Flame noticed.

"Oh no, Spyro. Wait till you get home."

"Right… thank you." He said.

"Yea… thanks." Cynder said gravely. "For ruining the romantic moment." She whispered to herself. Spyro heard this.

"Yea… don't worry we can try again at the tower."

"I'd love that." She said smiling. Now she could not wait to get home.

"Now we are almost done. Now is the time to ask your questions."

One dragon raised her paw.

"Yes young one."

"What's the minimum age set to be able to…" The dragoness choked on her words.

"…Mate?"

"Great question. The age to be able to mate is fourteen. The age to be able to enter Matehood is fifteen. That's the minimum ages."

The dragoness nudged her beloved.

"I can't wait till I'm fifteen." She said.

Volteer looked throughout the room for more raised paws. He saw none.

"No more questions?" He looked once more. "Okay you're dismissed."

Many of the dragon and stretched and sighed.

"Finally" Cynder exclaimed. Spyro nodded. The two walked up to Volteer.

"Thanks Volteer." Spyro cheered.

"Yes, this helped with the mood swings."

"Any time you two." He smiled.

Cynder ran up to her parents.

"Ready to go, sweetie?" Asked Linder. Cynder and Spyro nodded. Flame and Ember walked up.

"Hey, Spy, Cyn, Want to come to our place?"

"Why don't you come to our tower instead."

"Ok."

Spyro looked to the side. He saw Bolt and Aqua.

"Hey, Bolt and Aqua come here." He exclaimed. They ran up.

"What?" Aqua asked.

"Want to come to our tower?"

"Sure, is that okay Aqua?"

"Alright, I'll need time to lay down."

"Okay let's go."

"Wait a minute Spy." Bolt announced. Spyro and Cynder looked behind them.

"Didn't you come here with DT, John and the green dude?"

"Yea…" Cynder said looking at Spyro.

"Where is DT?"