Chapter 4: Dahlia
A Dark green young adult dragoness flew through the skies the sun reflected off her unique light blue belly as she pulled and aileron roll, as she pulled out of the roll her red eyes scanned the forest and came across a small village.
"Finally." She thought. "Maybe I can get some rest before I return to Warfang."
She closed in on the village but landed a far enough distance out to be spotted walking to the village by the sentries.
Venik stood beside the other sentry, he watched as the dragoness walked up. He turned to notice the other sentry dragon that was asleep.
"H-hey wake up." He said as he poked the sentry.
The sentry blinked then shot up when he realized his situation.
"Why did you not wake me earlier?" He asked.
"because I know you never get any sleep." Venik answered. "We have a visitor anyways."
Venik pointed to the approaching dragoness. The sentry moved to address her but she cut him off.
"Hello My name is Dahlia, I am a traveler and am seeking shelter, if it is alright with your leader I would like to stay in your village for a while, and am willing to help out or at least pull my own weight, if not I will move on." The dragoness said.
"Venik go get Tixir while I stay here and watch her." The sentry spoke.
Venik trotted off while the sentry kept a watchful eye on Dahlia who just sat there, a few moments later Tixir approached with Venik in tow.
"Greetings poison dragoness." Tixir said with a low bow, which Dahlia returned.
"You must be this villages leader, it's an honor to meet you." Dahlia said.
"You may call me Tixir, would you honor me with you name?" Tixir asked.
"My name is Dahlia." She said with a kind smile.
Tixir smiled back and motioned her in.
"Feel free to stay as long as you like." Tixir said cheerfully. "I will find you lodging for now."
Dahlia followed the dragon into the village. Her appearance made her a welcome member of any group in the village.
"only secondary element dragons here?" Dahlia inquired.
"Indeed and it has been that way till Spyro arrived." He said his tone changing slightly when mentioning Spyro.
Dahlia stopped.
"Spyro is here?" Dahlia asked.
Tixir nodded.
"if you wish to meet him I will take you too him." He said.
Dahlia quickly nodded, and both dragons set off for the center of town.
Cynder sat with Chi patiently waiting for Spyro to approach them at the moment he was busy at a stall that had fruit he was in a conversation with the lead hunter over what would be good for a large meal for the dragonesses.
"So you think that dragon fruit will be a good addition to the platter." The Lead hunter said.
"Yup." Spyro said reaffirming what he was just saying. "So erm…"
Spyro paused for a second.
"I never did ask you your name, did I?" Spyro asked.
"No." The lead hunter confirmed. "It does not matter to me but if you must know, my name is Kobor."
"Thank you Kobor." Spyro said with a gracious bow.
"I will get the fruit we need why don't you go see to your lovely dragoness." Kobor said.
Spyro nodded and walked over to Cynder who stood up and nuzzled him when he got close. They stood there in close proximity nuzzling for a few minutes until a voice made them separate.
"Hello Spyro." A female voice said.
Spyro turned to see a dark green dragoness with light blue belly scales standing with Tixir behind her.
"Dahlia!" Spyro said shock apparent in his voice.
The shock quickly settled and both dragons bowed to each other.
"You know there is no need to bow to me." Dahlia said with a giggle. "You are of higher stature then me."
"Still you are the Elemental guardian of poison." Spyro stated gaining Tixir's eye.
"wait she is a guardian?" Chi asked causing multiple dragons to turn their heads.
"Yeah, me and two others were picked to become guardians for the Poison, Fear and Shadow elements." Dahlia chimed.
Many of the dragons began whispering among themselves.
"This is in Warfang correct?" Tixir asked.
"Yes." Spyro answered.
Tixir turned and began to walk away.
"I have some things to think on." He called as he walked towards his hut.
Dahlia turned towards Cynder.
"You must be Cynder." She said with a bow.
"Yes I am." Cynder said returning the bow.
"I must say Spyros description of you made you sound like the goddess of beauty." Dahlia said with a sly smile as Spyro looked away under Cynders gaze. "I can see that he is right if there is a goddess of beauty I am surly in her presence right now."
Cynder turned to Dahlia with a look of shock. Dahlia just laughed and walked over to Spyro. Using one of her front paws she turned his head to face Cynder.
"Don't hide in shame for the one you love." She said with a smirk. "Kiss her and tell her that its true."
Cynder giggled.
"I though you would be trying to go after Spyro yourself." Cynder snickered.
Dahlia gave a sly smile.
"Originally me and fade tried to compete for his affection, but when we snuck into his room and read his journal we found out about you and that he would only love you." Dahlia said with an evil snicker. "He wrote about almost every day."
The girls burst out laughing except for Chi who was comforting an embarrassed Spyro. Chi gave a sly smirk.
"Spyro you should know that Cynder does not have a clean slate, her time here has had its share of embarrassing moments." Chi said.
Spyro pulled his head up while Chi whispered into his ear. Cynder whipped the tears from her eyes and calmed down after the laugh riot she had just had. She turned to Spyro to see him smirking evilly with Chi whispering in his ear.
"Oh dear." she voiced.
Chi finished and Spyro fell to the ground rolling around with laughter. Cynder was both panicking and blushing furiously.
"You did not tell him?" She squeaked in panic.
Chi nodded.
Cynder looked down with shame. While Dahlia sat there confused.
"She described her dreams of Spyro to me in great detail when she needs someone to talk to about them." Chi said. "Too much information, if you know what I'm saying."
Dahlia snickered.
"Well enough with all the embarrassing stories why don't we find something to do." Chi said as she motioned for the group to follow her.
The group quickly suppressed any snickers or laughter to move on. They turned to leave the center of town being eyed by some of the dragons who saw the ordeal. Once they left these dragons returned to their daily business. The walked passed Tixir's hut when Tixir came walking out.
"When are you planning on heading to Warfang?" He asked as he walked up to Dahlia.
"Tomorrow." She answered.
Spyro sighed.
"I guess I will be heading back tomorrow as well." He said with a sigh and a disappointed look on his face.
Cynder felt like she had just been stabbed. She had just gotten the love of her life back and now he would walk out of her life. She felt tears appear in her eyes.
"You have to leave me?" She asked her voice quivering as she talked.
"I have to be close to Warfang so the guardians and the council can find me when there is need of me." Spyro answered.
Cynder burst into tears and ran for Chi's hut. Spyro stood there with a look of disappointment. His look turned to one of Anger.
"Damn it!" He shouted smashing his front left paw into the ground kicking up dirt as it made contact.
He quickly ran into the hut after Cynder.
"She is in luck if she wants to stay with him because I plan on going to see Warfang to see if what I hear is true." Tixir said.
"What do you mean?" Chi asked.
Tixir turned to Dahlia.
"You say there is a Shadow and Fear guardian along with you correct?" Tixir asked.
Dahlia nodded.
"That must mean that secondary element dragons have a place in society." Tixir said smiling.
"Yes we do have a place in society and we are treated as equals to prime dragons." Dahlia chimed.
"I have to see this for myself so I will be taking a few dragons with me to Warfang." Tixir said.
Dahlia nodded.
"Let me know when you are ready and we can set off." Dahlia said turning and walking off with Chi.
Cynder dug her head into her cushion and let tears flow. Her sobs masked Spyros approach as he walked in the door. He slowly approached her and put a paw on her shoulder. She lifted her head and looked at him, she sniffed in a futile attempt to calm down. Spyro wrapped his wings around her and pulled her into an embrace. Cynder then hear his sniff.
"I don't want to leave you." He said struggling to hold back tears. "I would ask you to come with me but I know you have a duty to this village like I have a duty to Warfang."
Cynder pulled him tighter into the embrace.
"I don't want you to go but I don't want to leave." Cynder cried.
"I can't live without you Cynder now that you just came back into my life." Spyro said quietly before letting himself cry.
Chi entered the Hut and Found Cynder and Spyro locked in an embrace, both were sobbing and unable to leave the others embrace for fear of losing each other. Chi waited for them both to calm down which took a good hour. Both dragons reluctantly separated when they noticed Chi.
"Tixir has decided that he is going to take a group with him to Warfang and see what it is like." Chi said. "If all goes well we might pack up our stuff and head for Warfang, or maybe they will do something over here like give us citizenship or something."
Spyro and Cynder looked at each other and smiled.
"Looks like it might all work out." Cynder chimed.
"Indeed." Spyro agreed happily.
Dahlia strode in with a smile.
"If all works out you will get what you want." Dahlia said with a smile but her face then turned serious. "Expect some heat during the next few days though because the council is having some trouble with some of the other provinces and there are foreigners from distant lands in the city."
Cynder nodded happily, she really could not care about trouble at that mattered now was the purple Dragon that was sitting with a glorious smile on his face.
"Care to join me on my cushion this time?" Cynder asked.
"I would be a fool to say no to you." Spyro said.
Both dragons curled up and embraced in a passionate kiss before both drifted off to sleep.
Tixir and Venik walked through the streets.
"Y-y-you w-w-want m-m-me to a-accompany you to W-W-Warfang sir." Venik stuttered filled with anxiety from the request.
"Yes it may help you get over your little fear of the unknown." Tixir said. "I worry about you, my closest friend since I started this village."
Venik nodded reluctantly.
"Go find Shudder and Shake they will be my guards for this trip." Tixir said.
Venik walked off to find them while Tixir turned to his hut.
"Tomorrow is going to be a long day." He sighed.
Author's note
I really think this chapter went well but That is up to you to decide. I enjoy reading through the reviews and will keep writing this story and trying to keep it interesting for you.