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Natalie and Logar walked down Butterfly Effect street. Natalie kept the egg under her wing while they walked. "I can't believe she lied to us!" she said angrily.

"Natalie, be calm. It's no use crying over spilled milk. There's no way of leaving and we have to accept that," said her mate.

"I suppose that's true. At least now we have a nice home to relax in."

"That's the spirit! Speaking of which, here we are!" They reached the corner of Butterfly Effect and Random. Just as Celia promised, a gorgeous mansion with steel gates stood before them. There were many trees, shrubs, and flowers in the twenty three acre yard. "By the Ancestors..."

"It's amazing!" Natalie took out the key and used it on the steel gates. The gates opened inward and the two lovers were amazed. "We could live here forever..."

"It's the perfect place to raise our child..." They both walked up the cobblestone path to their new home.

Back to Spyro

Spyro slept in a small cave by a river. He had himself curled up in a ball with the purple and pink egg pressed against his chest for warmth. He would do whatever he could to raise his child right. He had made a promise to Ember that he would not fail as a father. He had used his fire powers to build his body heat for the egg, then dispersed in short breaths to keep from overheating. His wings acted as blankets for both himself and the egg.

Cynder however could not sleep. She sat outside of the cave and looked up at the night sky. "The stars are so beautiful tonight. I just wonder how many different worlds are out there like ours... Thinking of how large the universe is makes one feel so small. Could there be life on other worlds? I think so." She sighed and looked down at her reflection in the river. "Why didn't I tell him?"

'What's wrong, Cynder?'Cynder's reflection asked her.

Cynder sighed and responded. "I just wish I had told Spyro that I love him. That way, Ember would still be alive and I would have Spyro. A win, win I guess." She closed her eyes and let a single tear fall. "I'm so pathetic..."

'Don't say that! You're not pathetic at all. Look me in the eyes, Cynder.'Cynder opened her sad eyes and looked into the eyes of herself. 'Cynder, you need to tell yourself that you are beautiful, smart, and strong young girl! Go ahead. Say it.'

Cynder sucked in her tears and did as her reflection said. "I am a beautiful, smart, and strong young girl."

'There you go! Never call yourself pathetic. You are more important than you know, and Spyro needs you.'

"But... But Spyro doesn't love me..."

'Maybe not now, but maybe he will in the future. Spyro cares about you, this much is true. With time and with healing, he may grow to love you.'

Cynder looked at her reflection curiously. "Did you just rhyme?"

'To ryhme is sublime, to need is to bleed. Power is best used in the hands of a fair dove, only a fool ignores something as powerful as love.'

Cynder snarled at her other self. "You are an illusion. A figment of my imagination. What do you know about love?" she asked angrily.

'Ahh, it is true, I am merely you, but I what your mind, tries to keep confined.'

"Would you stop with the rhyming? It's giving me a headache!"

'Keep your voice down! Do you want Spyro to wake?'

"Sorry. I just... Hey! You did it again."

'Hehe, sorry. Anyway, I am your subconscious mind, Cynder. I am the part of your brain that processes memories and I am who you are when you dream. Without me, you wouldn't survive a day.'

"Like I said, what do you know about love?"

'I only know what you know. I take the love you feel and process it. I do not love Spyro, but that is because of my nature. Your concious mind loves him, because you feel emotions with it.'

"So... what must I do?"

'Show Spyro your softer side. Treat him fairly. Let him see that he loves you.'

"Don't you have anymore advice?"

The reflection smiled. 'The rest is up to you, Cynder.'

Meanwhile

It was late at night. Logar and Natalie slept soundly in their bed. The red blanket was thick and kept them nice and warm. The egg was in the corner of the room, wrapped in a blue quilt. Neither of them heard as the egg began making a chipping sound. It slowly wiggled around and cracks began to form. A single hole was made in the top of the egg and a tiny tooth poked out. The hatchling inside the egg pushed as hard as it could and the hole grew bigger. The baby's egg tooth broke through completely and the child pushed with its skull. Cracks form around the whole egg and it eventually broke apart. A baby dragon sat in the quilt with eggshells stuck to its scales. The baby was unusual. It is blue all around with green wings. It has four horns, two on the left, and two on the right. It has green eyes that barely opened due having just hatched. The interesting thing was that the baby has four wings, two normal wings were where they should be and two slightly smaller wings were on the baby's waist. Another odd characteristic was that it had two tails, one on the left hip and one on the right. The left tail had Logar's jagd tail blade, while the right tail had Natalie's smooth mirror-like blade. The baby looked up to see its parents sleeping on the bed. It stood and wobbled as it used its legs for the first time. The baby walked slowly to the bed and climbed up happily. It walked across the bed to its parents' heads and sat on one of the pillows. It tried nudging its father awake with a tiny paw, no effect. It then tried waking its mother. Natalie opened her mouth and let out a soft yawn. The baby yawned in return and gave up. It was tired from all the effort it took to hatch. It curled into a ball and fell asleep on the pillow, in between the unsuspecting parents...

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