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Ember walked out of the dining room with Cynder and Spyro right behind her. "It was nice to meet one of your old friends, Spyro," said Ember.

"Yeah, she's cool. She's pretty funny too," Cynder said.

Spyro said, "Yeah, when we played catch with her back in the swamp, she would always toss the ball somewhere that only she could toss it. Example, one time she threw it at me, but it somehow missed me by a mile and landed in a nest of frogweeds! I swear she has two left wings." The three of them laughed as they walked.

"Hey, Spyro, I'm going to go to my room so I can grab my dictionary," Ember said.

"Okay then. Cynder and I will be in the library. Let's go, Cynder."

"Don't keep us waiting!" Cynder said jokingly as they parted ways.

"I'll try to hurry!" Ember happily trotted to her bedroom door and pushed it open. She entered and closed the door behind her. The happy pink dragon sighed and said, "It seems I made a new friend today! This is great! Now where's that book?" She went to her dresser and pulled the drawer open. "Huh? That's wierd. I thought I left it here. Oh well. I'm sure it's here somewhere." She looked in the other drawers and didn't find it. She pondered and decided to check her messy bed. "Didn't I make my bed this morning?" She checked under the blankets and didn't find it. "Maybe it's under the bed." She dipped her head under the bed and found a brown book sprawled underneath as if someone had thrown it. "Hey, being upside down feels funny!" she said as she giggled. She reached under and pulled the book out. "There we go!" As she got back up, a slip of paper fell out from her choker. "Hmm?" She picked it up and sighed. "I forgot about this. I don't know why I still have it. It's not like anyone can read it anyway." She opened it expecting to find an incomprehensible language, but was surprised. "What the? This... I know these letters! This isn't in another language. Why did Spyro lie about that?" She examined the paper and tried to read. She opened her dictionary and used to help her. She struggled. "I-If yow ari..." She shook her head. "No. That's not right. Okay. If you... are..."

Meanwhile:

Spyro and Cynder sat in the library. Spyro was tapping his foot impatiently. "Where's Ember? She should be here by now."

"She probably just needs to do something," said Cynder. "So, Spyro... Have you been feeling closer to your friend?"

"My what?"

"Your friend you were talking about two monthd ago. Have you gotten closer?"

"I think so. It's just a matter of time now." A smile appeared on his face.

Cynder smiled too. "That's good to know."

An ear-shattering yell came from the hall. "SPYRO!"

"Ember?" they both said at once.

Ember stormed into the library with the note in her hands. Her eyes burned a firey red and she stomped up to Spyro. She tried her best to hold back tears. Her feet were far apart and her tail was level to the ground. Her wings were high in the air making her look bigger. "You lied to me, Spyro! I can't believe you would lie to me!" she screamed so loudly that everyone in the library could hear her.

"Lied?" Cynder asked. "What did he lie about?"

"Oh God..." was all Spyro could say.

"About this letter!" Ember waved the paper in Spyro's face. "You told me the letter was in another language, Spyro! And I believed you! How could you lie to me about this?"

"Ember, I did it for your own good!" Spyro said in defense.

"So you decided to just sprinkle a lie over my head and took me into your house? This is the worst thing anyone could ever do to me! You're way worse than all those people I met before you!" She angrily swatted away the books that Spyro had on the table.

"How could I be worse than them?"

"Because at least those people were honest! But you kept this from me for four months! I told you I wanted to know what that letter said! I told you! And you lied about it!"

"What does the letter say?" Cynder asked.

"IT'S ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD!" Ember shouted at the top of her lungs.

"Ember, obviously you read the letter. So by reading what it says, you should know why I kept it a secret!"

"THAT'S NOT THE FUCKING POINT!" The angry pink dragon pushed over a bookshelf, causing five more to fall in a domino effect. "I wanted to know! I told you I wanted to know! Just because my dad hated me, that doesn't mean you can toy with me! I wanted to know!" She broke down crying and buried her face in her paws. "I wanted to know! I wanted to know! I wanted to know. I wanted to know. I wanted to know. I wanted to know... Wanted to know..."

Spyro put his hand on her shoulder. "Ember..."

Ember got back up and stopped yelling. She no longer tried to hide her tears. "I though you were my friend, Spyro... I thought you cared. But you're just a dirty lier. I don't know who you are. You've hurt more than anyone else could have." She spit out the next words like poison. "I hate you." She dropped the letter and walked out of the library crying.

Spyro was so shocked by Ember's words that he didn't react until she was long gone. He snapped out it and ran after her. "Ember! Ember, wait!"

Cynder stood all alone. "What could that letter have said?" She picked it up and started reading. "Oh my God..."

-If you are reading this, then it seems that you learned to read. Know this, you disgusting filth, you are not my child! You may have been a product of myself and your lier of a mother, but I will have nothing to do with you. You and this, this, this mutt are abominations! The Dark Master... I can't believe that bastard could reproduce. I have killed your mother. I'm leaving you in the forest. If you live, then you really are a demon. If you die, well, no one will find out. I'm leaving you with your mother's pendent. It represents that you are nothing to me!

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