Vexx smiled as he watched his older brother stand up in front of the whole village, his blue body covered in all sorts of tribal paint to signify the special event. The village elders talking to the crowd about how special this event is in a dragon's life. "That's going to be you next year." He said, nudging his brother Mark who was beside him.
"And you in two years." Mark said back to him.
"I can't believe how old we've gotten." Vexx said with a sigh, looking back at the old days for a brief second.
"Mhm." Mark hummed back. "Makes you wish we were still kids."
"We are still kids." Vexx reminded him. "For a little bit at least."
Mark nodded but made no reply back. He was too busy watching Frost, no doubt he was nervous for next year when it would be him standing up there.
Vexx got up and started to walk back to his house, his sister was still there and he wanted to make sure she didn't miss Frost's big moment. On his way back to the house he caught sight of 2 dark shapes descending on the outskirts of the village. Vexx frowned. Who could that be? He thought before going to investigate. He quickly made his way through the dirt paths between the houses and buildings before arriving at where he thought he saw them land, but when he arrived nothing was there. "Must've been imagining it…"
"Excuse me." A feminine voice said from behind him.
Vexx nearly jumped out of his scales. He yelped and turned around quickly, his tail slashing at whatever scared him. He gasped when he saw a purple dragon holding his tail inches away from a black dragoness' face.
"We don't mean any harm! We're just looking for shelter." Spyro said quickly.
"You're a purple dragon!" Vexx said, his eyes wide and jaw agape.
Spyro nodded, "Yes I am, now do you have any food? I'm starving…"
Vexx blinked in surprise. Here in front of him was the most rare thing in existence, and it was asking for food. "Uh… Yeah, sure. Follow me." He said before walking back into the village, looking back at the two every couple seconds.
"I'm Spyro by the way. She's Cynder." Spyro said as they walked.
Vexx nodded. "I'm Vexx." He then stopped and looked at Cynder, "your name sounds familiar."
"It should, I did some back things." Cynder said with a quiet sigh.
"Are you still doing bad things?" Vexx asked, his tail twitching a bit.
"Not for a long time." Cynder said back.
"Then we have no problems." Vexx replied before turning back around and leading them to his house. Upon arriving Vexx led them inside and to his kitchen, where his sister still was.
Spark gasped upon seeing Vexx walk in with a purple dragon behind him.
"Don't scream!" Vexx said quickly, causing his sister to close her maw. "It's a purple dragon." She said quietly, obviously excited. "A very hungry one." Vexx said back, "do you have any spare food from the party?"
"Plenty." Spark said before turning around grabbing a few things. "I'll bring them to the dining room."
Vexx nodded. "This way." He said to the two dragons before walking into the adjacent room that had cushions surrounding a flat piece of wood that looked like it was used to place food on while eating. "Lie down on one of them if you want."
Both Spyro and Cynder did so immediately, tired from hunger.
Spark brought out two bowls for them, both full of leftovers from the day.
"Thank you." Both Spyro and Cynder said before digging in.
Spark nodded. "I'm Spark by the way." She said before walking back to her brother. "What's their names?"
"Spyro is the purple one, Cynder is the black one." Vexx said.
"Wait… Cynder? Thee Cynder. Terror of the Skies Cynder?" Spark asked in a whisper.
"Ooooooh! That's why her name was familiar." Vexx said causing both Spyro and Cynder to look at him curiously.
Spark gave Cynder a weary look, causing the black dragoness to sigh. "I'm not like that anymore…"
Spark looked her over for a few seconds before nodding. "I'm trusting you."
Cynder smiled. "Thanks." She said before going back to eating.
Once Spyro and Cynder were done eating, Spyro walked up to Vexx. "Is there a map somewhere we could use?"
"I'm sure the village elders have one, but they're a little busy." Vexx said.
"Busy with what?" Cynder asked, walking up to Vexx as well.
"My brother's adulthood ceremony." Vexx replied. "He turned eighteen today."
"When will it be over?" Cynder asked.
"Tomorrow." Vexx said.
Spyro nodded. "We can wait, it's not like we need to go save the world again any time soon." He said to Cynder.
"Again?" Spark asked.
"Malefor is dead." Spyro said, this caused both Spark and Vexx look surprised.
"So what was that big earthquake?" Spark asked.
"The world being ripped apart, and Spyro putting it back together." Cynder answered.
"No way." Vexx that. "That's so cool."
Spyro chuckled. "Thanks. Just doing my job."
"So we can stay here for the night right?" Cynder asked, hoping they wouldn't have to sleep outside.
"Oh yeah, my parents would love this." Vexx said, his voice confident.
"You can sleep in my room." Spark said to Cynder.
"And you could bunk with me." Vexx said to Spyro.
Both smiled in appreciation. "Thank you." Spyro said.
"Oh Frost and Mark are going to… Frost!" Spark gasped before bolting out of the house.
"Oh shoot! Please stay here, don't move I'll be back!" Vexx said to Spyro and Cynder before bolting after Spark.
The two siblings ran down the streets of their village, hoping they wouldn't miss when Frost was officially named an adult. The two arrived just in time to see one of the elders putting a line of paint across Frost's forehead and a half circle above it. Both siblings sighed in relief. "That was too close…" Spark said.
Vexx nodded in agreement before looking in the crowd to find his parents.
"Maybe we should go back home and wait for them." Spark suggested.
After Vexx looked for a few more seconds he agreed. The two went back to their house too see Spyro and Cynder waiting near the same spot they were when they left.
"Did you make it?" Spyro asked.
"We did." Spark said. "Barely." She added.
"Well that's a relief, I would've felt bad of you missed it because of me." Spyro said with a slight chuckle.
"Alright, so my parents should be back soon. So we just need to sit here and wait." Vexx said as he looked at the front door.
After a few minutes of silence the door opened to reveal Frost. He had dark blue scales with a black underbelly. Ocean blue eyes, black horns that zigzag upwards and back. 1 small horn stub on each side of lower jaw, also black. He stood in the doorway looking at Spyro and Cynder.
"Nice look." Spark said, looking at all the paint that was on his scales.
"Who are they?" Frost asked as he walked into the house slowly, not sure if he was believing his eyes.
"We can explain everything once everyone is here." Spyro said to Frost.
Frost gave a nod. "Uh huh…" He made his way next to Vexx, but continued to look at the two.
After a little bit longer both Mark and their parents walked in, and also were surprised to see a purple dragon.
"Don't say anything." Vexx said, "just come inside and let us explain."
After a moment of hesitation 3 did so.
"My name is Spyro, and this is Cynder." Spyro said. He then went on to tell the story of what happened to them since the start of the final battle with Malefor up to them arriving at this village. After it was done. "So… Any questions?"