Vexx yawned as he woke up. He sat up in his bed and blinked a few times. He looked around and jumped a bit when he saw Spyro, but after a bit he remembered last night and calmed down. I really wish Spyro didn't insist to be on the floor… Vexx thought as he sighed seeing his savior sleeping on wood. Vexx got up and quietly walked to his bedroom door to not wake Spyro, he then slowly opened the door and stepped out into the hall before slowly shutting it. Vexx walked down the hall to the staircase that went to the main floor, but as he was walking down the stairs everything started to shake. Vexx yelped as he tumbled down the steps and landed on the main floor with a groan, the earth then stopped shaking.
"What was that!?" Frost yelled from upstairs, running into the hall.
Mark walked out behind him. "Earthquake probably." He said with a yawn.
Vexx got up and walked back up stairs. "Whatever it was knocked me off the steps."
Everyone else was woken up by the earthquake and had all met in the kitchen after a few minutes.
"Whatcha making mom?" Spark asked her mother.
"You'll see." She replied. "You'll like it."
"So that was a decent sized earthquake." Vexx said to everyone.
"It was, though it didn't last too long." Spyro said, eyeing the cooking food with a hungry gaze.
"I'm going to see if it caused any damage outside." The dad spoke up.
"Be careful Valen." The mom said.
"There's nothing out there to hurt me, Stia." Valen chuckled as he walked outside.
"After breakfast we need to talk to the elders." Cynder said. "Would you guys be able to take us there?"
"Yeah, it's a few houses down." Frost said, paint still covering his body. Giving him quite and exotic look.
"Frost, you'll need to wash that off today." Stia said to her son as she cooked.
"I'm not a kid mom, I can wash it off when I want to." Frost said back to her.
Stia sighed but didn't reply.
Soon Valen returned and told everyone nothing had been damaged, and shortly after breakfast was finished. Everyone quickly got their food and ate.
After everyone was done eating Vexx and his siblings were left in charge by their parents to guide Spyro and Cynder to the elders.
"If what they say is true, this is very important. Do not stop to give them a tour and anything. Go straight to the village hall." Valen told Frost.
Frost nodded. "I won't disappoint you."
"Good, now get going." Valen said, nudging his son playfully.
The group set out, and was immediately gazed upon with shock and surprise. Well, mostly Spyro and Cynder were looked at. It was hard to get past the forming crowds and awestruck dragons that seemed to want to stand in the way, but after minutes of endless pushing and shoving they made it to the village hall.
"Wow, you two cause quite the chaos." Mark said with a sigh to Spyro and Cynder after he closed the main doors to the building.
"I wish we didn't." Spyro sighed. "That was horrible."
"Oh it wasn't that bad." Spark said. "Wait till you get to a major city."
"What major city?" Cynder asked with a sigh. "Remember me?"
"Oh…" Spark said, sighing a bit. "I forgot that we just finished a war."
"Dear Ancestors." A shocked voice came from deeper in the building. Everyone looked to see the fire village elders looking at Spyro and Cynder. "You being here must mean one thing."
"The war is over. We won." Spyro said.
The elder sighed in relief. "Finally… Peace." He said with a smile. "Thank you young one."
"Cynder helped too." Spyro said, nudging the black dragoness next to her.
"Then I thank you as well." The elder said, smiling at her as well.
Cynder smiled back. "Thank you."
"Elder Magnus, we came here looking for a map, like a big map." Vexx said. "You have one right?"
"I'll just be a moment." He said before walking down a hall. The group could hear more voices deeper in the hall, they definitely sounded excited.
After a minute or so, all 4 elders showed up. Elder Magnus had a map folded up with him. "Come here." He said as he started to unfold it on a table.
Everyone gathered around the table to get a look at the map. It was very big.
"This is us." Magnus said, pointing to a small dot on the map that seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. "Warfang is down here." He pointed to a small illustration of a city with the words Warfang next to it. There were various other villages he pointed to, most farther north as Cynder had predicted. "Now last I knew Fountain Hall was destroyed near the end of the war. After you were freed Cynder, so it wasn't you." He said pointing to another city on the map. "This river is the natural barrier between the gryphon and dragon kingdoms. I'm not sure how the gryphons fared during the war, I would assume the same as us." He went on for a while, giving them all the information he knew.
"You need to go to Warfang quick and let the guardians know everything we have told you." Elder Magnus said. "This is important if we are to reunite our race."
"I understand." Spyro nodded. "We will need some food and water for our journey before we go."
"We can take care of that." The lightning elder said as him and the other 2 that have yet to speak left with him.
Spyro then looked at Cynder. "Can we talk in private for a minute?"
Cynder nodded and the two went to a corner of the room. They talked for a little bit, occasionally glancing at Vexx and his siblings.
They walked back over. "We want you four to come with us to Warfang." Spyro said.
"You serious?" Mark asked, surprised.
"We are." Cynder said.
"We'd have to ask our parents first." Spark said. "I'm not sure if they'd say yes."
"Trust me, they will." Spyro said.
They waited, talking about the trip and how long it should be when the other elders returned. "This is everything you should need for the trip." The electric elder said.
"Thank you Elder Amp." Frost said respectfully.
"Let's go talk to your parents now." Cynder said to the 4 siblings.
The group walked outside to see most of the crowd had dispersed, probably due to the elders saying something. Now that everyone was doing their own thing, getting to the house was easy and quick.
"Mom? Dad? We have a question." Vexx said as he walked into the house.
"Yes?" Stia called from the kitchen.
"Could we go with Spyro and Cynder to Warfang?" Vexx asked, still at the entryway.
"What!?" Stia asked in surprise. She walked into the room quickly. "What for?"
Spyro and Cynder looked at each other briefly before Spyro walked over to Stia. He lead her to another room and talked to her quietly. After a little bit Stia sighed and nodded. The two walked back into the room. "You can go, but please be careful." She said as she hugged each one of her children.
"We will mom." Spark said. The four siblings seemed happy that they were finally able to leave the village.
"Where's dad?" Mark asked, not seeing him.
"Dad is working, I can tell him you guys should go." Stia said with a smile.
"Bye mom." The 4 siblings said before the left the house, followed by Spyro and Cynder.
"Next stop, Warfang." Vexx said as the group took flight.