Chapter 3: Rekindling
Spyro found himself wandering among the forests alone the birds from tree to tree. Bees pollinated flowers around him.
"I can see why they settled here." He voiced aloud. "This place is absolutely beautiful."
He continued wandering through the forest, when a beautiful voice caught his attention. He followed it mesmerized by the sheer beauty. He could recognize it anywhere. He came to a clearing and saw Cynder sitting by a lake she was looking out over the water her attention was focused on something far out of reach. For the moment she had stopped singing, Spyro flattened himself to the ground not wanting to disturb her. She sat there for a moment looking around then she closed her eyes and began again.
Down in the darkness I sit her alone
With no one to comfort me and no one who knows.
My savior disappeared, he faded away.
So now I'm all alone but I'd rather he'd stayed.
Oh I was such a fool, I turned him away.
So he has left me and faded away.
Spyro stood up and walked out of the bush towards Cynder. It was time for him to add his own piece to her song a piece which he was sure belonged in the song. Cynder the rustling of a bush and turned to see Spyro approach her, she opened her mouth to speak but Spyro cut her off when he began to sing
Follow the light out of the darkness.
And there I am waiting for you.
You are never alone, I am right here beside you.
This is where I will stay as long as you let me.
We have a chance to remake that which we lost.
Just give me a chance to make it up to you.
"please." Spyro said putting his forehead against Cynder's.
"Do you still truly love me?" Cynder asked.
Spyro looked at her.
"You are my everything; I would go from one end of this world to the other for you." Spyro said.
Cynder and Spyro moved apart but kept close to each other they looked across the lake satisfied just with each other's presence, for now it was all they wanted.
"This would have been more romantic at night." Cynder said.
Spyro turned to her.
"If you want I could leave and we could redo this when it's dark." Spyro suggested with a grin.
"Nah, we should be heading back though." Cynder said snickering at Spyros suggestion.
Spyro nodded and they both got up.
"So?" Cynder asked.
"Prove you truly love me." Spyro answered.
"How?" Cynder asked with a frown.
"You will figure it out." Spyro answered.
They walked back to the village Spyro was casually humming while Cynder was deep in thought. They passed the village guards who gave both dragons polite nods which both returned. They head for Chi's hut and entered it to find her sitting in the middle of the room muttering about her ingredients.
"She does this when she is done sorting out her ingredients." Cynder said noticing Spyros confused look.
Spyro nodded to her and went over to his cushion and settled down in a comfortable position to sleep. Cynder nudged Chi which made her jump.
"Cynder don't scare me like that." Chi whined.
"I just though you needed a distraction, you had stopped mumbling about your ingredients and started rambling about stuff that confused even me." Cynder stated.
Chi looked at Cynder and noticed the slightly gloomy look on her face.
"Walk with me." Chi said motioning to her door.
Cynder followed Chi out into the night and they walked around the empty village roads.
"Something happened between you two." Chi said.
"It's that obvious is it?" Cynder said with a snicker.
"We have been friends for four years and in that time I have learned to read you, I have also been here to help you if you need it so, tell me what happened and I will help if I can." Chi said with a look of confidence.
"Spyro caught me singing near the lake." Cynder started.
Then she went into detail about how he sang with her and how he admitted his feelings.
"What did he do then?" Chi asked.
"We just sat there together." Cynder answered.
"That is what left you disappointed?" Chi asked with shock and confusion written all over her face.
"After that he said I had to prove I truly love him." Cynder answered her voice cracked as she finished the line.
Chi sat there for a moment then smiled.
"He wants you to make the first move." Chi stated.
"Like what, you don't mean." She started but Chi interrupted her.
"No, no not that I mean, be spontaneous." Chi said. "When we return to the hut don't go to your cushion go to his and curl up with him."
Cynder stopped for a moment.
"you think he will react well to that?" Cynder asked.
Chi stopped and turned to Cynder.
"He loves you don't he, and he knows you love him he is just playing this out to be sure that you really love him and that he is not just grabbing at a false hope." Chi answered.
"So he's just acting like he doesn't trust me." Cynder said.
"Exactly." Chi stated before giving Cynder a dumbstruck look. "How did you not figure this out yourself, you know him better than anyone?"
"I was sort of busy, trying to think of ways to prove my love to Spyro, but you have a point." Cynder said feeling sort of foolish.
Chi snickered.
"Shall we head back so you can try my suggestion?" Chi asked with a smile.
Cynder smiled back and nodded. They continued there walk through the village till they wound up back at Chi's hut. They both entered and Chi head to her bed while Cynder went over to Spyro who was sleeping peacefully. Cynder managed to move his paws with her tail so she could put her back against his chest, she then let his paws go back where they were but this time they were holding her body in an embrace. Spyro then pulled Cynder into a tighter embrace while still being asleep and smiled. Cynder then nodded off to sleep thankful that Spyro was a heavy sleeper.
Spyro awoke feeling warmth against his chest. He opened his eyes to see something blurry black figure curled up against him. He moved his front paw that was not trapped under the figure and felt scales as he went to rub sleep from his eyes. He blinked and noticed Cynder curled against him. He remained motionless savoring the moment. Cynder yawned and opened her eyes she shifted herself so that she could see Spyro gazing at her with a smile on his face. She smiled back.
"Sleep well?" Cynder asked.
"Better than I have in years." Spyro said with a chuckle. "Having you so close makes me feel like the luckiest dragon in the realm."
"Nice to know we share that thought." Cynder whispered. "With you I am the luckiest dragoness in the realm."
Spyro chuckled. He released Cynder allowing her to readjust herself. Their muzzles met in a light kiss that only lasted a moment.
Chi feinted sleep and watched the two with a slight smile.
"Good to see those two are rekindling the fire that once burned." Chi thought to herself before leaning closer to hear their conversation.
"I did not mention this before but I am glad that you got to see Ignitus again." Cynder said with a smile.
"He says hi by the way." Spyro said with a chuckle.
"I would have gone with you, but you were all like this is something I have to do alone." Cynder snorted in a sarcastic tone. "Now we missed eight years together."
"Dragons live for hundreds of years, we have plenty of time to catch up." Spyro said.
"yeah but you want to take it slow." Cynder accused in a sarcastic tones.
"with you haunting my dreams almost every night I think I should get some satisfaction out of watching you squirm." Spyro retorted in a similar sarcastic tone.
"Hey being evil is my job." Cynder said poking Spyro in the ribs.
"You got over that whole Cynder Terror of the skies thing?" Spyro asked.
"I can't escape it so why not just accept that I was once an evil bitch but now I am the dragoness that helped save the world, and captured the heart of the legendary purple dragon." Cynder said with a confident smile.
Spyro nuzzled her.
"Its hard to think that that stuff used to bother you." Spyro said smiling.
"I guess a few years with it on your chest can help you learn to deal with it." Cynder said with a shrug before turning to him with a look of confusion. "Wait haunting your dreams?"
Spyro just looked down and blushed slightly trying his best to hide it. Cynder just smirked.
"Have you been fantasizing about me in your sleep?" She prodded him with one of her paws.
Spyro just turned away while giving a look of shame.
"Yes." He confessed.
She snickered.
"I figured that a few nights ago when I watched you shift in your sleep while growling and calling my name." Cynder said with a smirk.
Spyro gave her a look of shock that became shame and he lowered his head to the cushion. Cynder looked at him.
"You got even more sensitive over the years." She said with concern. "To tell you the truth I have been fantasizing about you over the past few years."
Spyro stopped moping and turned to her in surprise.
"Really?" He asked with surprise.
"It is why I never settled down with another dragon here, I could not get you out of my head." Cynder said. "Maybe it is because we never said our proper goodbyes."
"If we tried to we would have never said goodbye." Spyro said as he pulled Cynder close to him. "And now we never will."
Cynder looked at him she paused for a moment, before Spyros words popped up in her head.
Prove that you truly love me.
Cynder pushed Spyro onto his back, even though he was slightly bigger and stronger than her he was caught off guard by this. Cynder pinned Spyro down and put her muzzle to his. His eyes told Cynder all she need to know, enveloped him in a passionate kiss. Spyro closed his eyes and returned the kiss. Cynder closed her eyes, she felt satisfied that she finally found the strength to prove to Spyro that he meant a lot to her. They slowly separated and Spyro smiled.
"I was hoping you would have done that when I asked you to prove your love." Spyro said.
"Better late than never." Cynder chimed.
They both place their muzzles together and sat there for a moment.
"Am I interrupting something?" Chi asked smirking to herself as she feigned just waking up.
"No, we were just rekindling our relationship." Spyro said in a cheerful tone.
Chi gave them a sweet smile.
"Shall we go get breakfast?" Chi asked.
Spyro and Cynder nodded to her and followed her out of the hut. They stepped into the sunlight and entwined their tails as they walked to the Hunting cabin. Most dragons noticed this and gave curious stares while older dragons smiled at seeing a young couple walk by almost radiating the love they feel for each other. They approached the hut and noticed the four hunters awaiting them. The hunters noticed the two dragons with entwined tails and gave grins to each other. The lead hunter gave them both a low bow.
"Good to see you two are getting along." The lead hunter chimed.
"We are fixing something that was once lost." Cynder said.
The Hunter stood for a moment in thought before snapping back to reality.
"Ah yes the saviors of the world there was a rumor that spread like wildfire through about the relationship you two once held." The lead hunter said. "I see even time can't keep you two apart."
"I guess not." Spyro said with a chuckle.
"Anyway we just brought in our haul and Cynder's." The Lead hunter said.
"Sorry for not coming out today." Cynder said apologetically.
"No problems at all the forests are plentiful and we don't need too much." The lead hunter said as his hunters brought out the food.
They all sat down to enjoy the meal and talk about daily activities.
"If you like Spyro we can take you out to hunt with us one of these days." The lead hunter offered.
"I would be very grateful, to learn how to better my hunting skills." Spyro said with a smile.
"Perhaps tomorrow?" The lead hunter suggested.
Spyro nodded. They went back to eating their meals and after finishing them they left the hunting cabin and set out for the village.
Author's note
I am not really good at doing songs so i'm sorry if the song does not make sense i will try to fix it if need and if worse come to worse i will rewrite that part of the chapter removing the song entirely and fluffing the living hell out of the scene.