Chapter 13: Volteer's Undying Love
"Why can't things get better?" Volteer thought, dragging his tail on the ground as he walked on the paths of Warfang, bored, sad, and with nothing to do. And with his boredom came the thoughts and reasons why he could be in such a mood, "The loss of my parents, losing our best friend, and to know something is out there is... It's so scary to think about. And ever since Oxyn and the others left to go find Malefor, they haven't come back since... which... Ignitus already knows... we all know what has happened... But why... Why must everything be taken away? Why must we lose so much?" Continuing to look downed and depressed as he walked, he didn't hear as others were asking him questions, wondering if he was okay, but since he was in his own world, he couldn't hear anyone as he passed by. The light from the sun was soon blocked out as something had appeared in front of him as he walked into it. What ever it was covered his face completely, almost like a blanket covering his face. Backing up, he saw it was a yellow Dragoness who had stopped him with her wing. She knew he was already confused as to why and giggled, "Walk any further, and you would've been head first into a wall... Well, technically speaking, you wouldn't have gone through the wall as you weren't going that fast but... Sorry... I just get way into how the world works and all. My apologies."
"No no no, it's fine. You are right though. And I've never been someone who really understood such ways of telling things as well. I know it's a metaphor and all but... I get a little too into how things work and how they should. And, I agree with you. I wouldn't have gone through the wall, but I could've gotten a concussion at best if I hit my head too hard." Volteer chuckled as he started to get into the conversation, even for something so simple. She smiled at him and started to get into the conversation as well, "And it could be scary though as you could have too kinds of concussions. One could either be a closed brain injury in which there is no bleeding or opening in the skull, or..."
"Or it could be an open brain injury in which something penetrates the skull and goes into the brain," Volteer happily finished the other sentence, and something about this made him feel the joy in his body once again, something he hadn't felt in such a long time. And with her smile, he was glad to see she was enjoying talking about something so in-depth with him. Seeing him now smile compared to how he was before, she asked him as his attitude had changed so quickly, "I'm, sorry for bringing this up but, you seem so happy now. I love to see smiles all around me and, helping and talking to you is such a dream of mine. But I was wondering, why did you seem so sad? I don't want to bring up bad memories or, what ever else you were thinking about. But, with me talking to you, and seeing you change from sadness to joy so quickly, does your sadness have to do with a female?" Even as she talked about it, he actually chuckled as she asked him that, but did give a small frown as he explained, "Hehe, no, it's... it's not about a female. I've never been with someone before so, it's not that. I just... I once had a friend and... he's gone... My parents are gone and... Please keep this a secret but... Us, the other three Guardians... We know what's happened to the other four... And by that, I mean... their... dead as well." She gave a small frown as well hearing how bad things had been for him, but she saw him smile once again as he continued, "But, I guess my attitude changed so quickly because, I haven't really talked all that much and in detail about something so simple with anyone. And usually when I do, I get yelled at and end up annoying everyone, especially the Guardians."
"What's so annoying about knowledge? Knowledge can save you. Like how we were just discussing what kind of concussion you could get. With that kind of knowledge, you'll know what to do and how to proceed in order to help someone with their concussion. Hehe, I usually have my satchel on me, carrying stuff to help save lives just in case but, everyone seemed to be doing okay today. Well, aside from you of course. I'm sorry to hear about your parents and friend."
"Well, he isn't so much gone as he is... corrupted. After his lover died, he left, and we lost her as well. We all liked her too as she was nice to him, she was funny, and all around someone you could trust. So, because of his corruption, we believe it's because of that that caused the other Guardians to die... And I don't know what I can do to help."
"Corruption? How does it work?"
"I haven't really attempted to test such a thing as I believe their would be no point in trying but... I know that, deep down, maybe it could work."
"Well, their is science to everything. If he's corrupted then their has to be a way to stop it, or a way to control it, maybe even contain it. From the sounds of it, this isn't the friend you now, which means it could work off the brain which is, pretty obvious of course as that's where it could easily manifest, but what if we found a way to make something stronger then the corruption? Kinda like fighting a virus with a virus of the same power to cancel each other out, only, it would be a corruption fighting another... Oh... Sorry, I went off on a rant again."
Seeing how bright his face lit up with a smile, she couldn't tell if she did something right or something wrong. Seeing him smile so wide, and compared to how he looked before, she had hoped that what she said had helped. And for Volteer, hearing how smart and helpful she was, he started to blush a little as he started to wonder in his thoughts, "Would she... Would she really help me out? Would she stay with me to help with such a thing? The hopes of bringing Malefor back, could it... Could she really help me...?! But... it... it sounds like I'm using her... But... in a way, I also just want her around... I haven't felt this happy in forever... What would she say?" He didn't want to wonder for too long as he knew it would feel awkward if he just stood their, blushing with a smile as he looked at her for too long. Instead, he gathered up his strength to ask her, hoping she would say yes, "Um... I... I was wondering if you'd like to... help me... with the tests to bring him back."
"Wh... You... You... But I'm just a citizen. There is probably someone out there who is way better then me and I..."
"Please... I don't want to force you but... I... I really want to get to know you in the process. And you don't have to worry about a place to stay. You can stay in the Guardians Building and we can give you your own room. And since no one else is ever up there because of us being Guardians, you'll have all the building to yourself basically." He was now afraid as he saw what seemed like a face of dumbstruck. She didn't know what to say as she believed she didn't deserve such a life, and it seemed like the dream life she had always wanted. "Being... with a Guardian... In the Guardians Building... working with him... I... I... I can't mess up my chance!" Now more scared then ever, she quickly agreed now that she was back to herself, "Yes! Yes, of course!" She was a little embarrassed from the sudden outburst and even blushed a little. Since she felt her reaction was more of a overreaction, she went to apologise. But Volteer's face lit up once again with the biggest smile he's ever had on his face as he happily said, "You will?! Thank you...! I... I actually just realized, I haven't gotten your name. So far, all I know is of the color of your eyes. Which I've noticed were always shining a beautiful bright blue which... Is very pretty I must say."
"Oh..." She blushed slightly, putting a paw on the side of her face, a little embarrassed as she never knew she would get a compliment by a Guardian, "Thank you, Volteer." He felt a little bad about trying to jump into his experiment to help save his friend, so instead, he wanted to take things a little slower and apologized, "Sorry, I don't want you to think I only care about you because you're helping me. So, I want to take as much time as needed to find out more about you. So, before I show you around the pretty, Hehe, bland inside of the Chambers, may I get your name?" Hearing him say it now, she never thought anything of it and giggled because of the idea, "Well, it most certainly would've worked, and I sure wouldn't have been mad. But, Thank you, once again, for all this. And to finally give you my name... My... My name is, Ersa."
"Ersa? Such a majestic name... I like it."
"Oh... Hehe... Thank you."
Now that he had looked out from the blue gaze of her eyes, he couldn't help but look at her now since he had calmed down a little from jumping up and wanting to do something. As he looked at her, his eyes grew a little wide as he didn't realize how beautiful she really was. The bright blue color of her underbelly, along with her wing flaps and the inside of her tail fins shined with her eyes. Ersa had five horns, two on her head, and three on the back of her head. The first two stood on opposite ends of one another on the back of her head. They went out backwards before curving slightly up. And the other three horns were small and were on the back of her neck. One was on the top left of her head, underneath one of her fins. The other two were slightly down underneath that one, both going off to each side, one on the back left, and the other on the back right of her neck. As her tail fins went from the top of her head and down her neck, he looked at her tail blade which was in the shape of a two similar looking sides with that of himself. Ersa couldn't help but blush as she watched him check her out from each side. Taking his head back up, he forget to see that she also had two small horns, one on the back left, and other on the back right of her bottom jaw line. He also missed the fact that she was blushing while he looked at her, and knowing why, he quickly apologized, "Oh! Sorry, I didn't mean..."
"Volteer, it's fine. I've never been looked at by a Guardian before so, I will, allow it. But only for the first time. Watch were those eyes go mister."
"Oh, yeah, of course. I'm sorry."
"Volteer... I promise you, it's fine. I... I like the fact that you suggest to get to know each other so, please, let's talk some more. But, are you sure I am... worthy enough to be in such a building? And what will the Guardians think of me?"
"Hehe, I guess this is where I step in and say it's fine as well. And, you know what... Ersa, trust me when I say, it's fine. Please, when you walk into the building and see the others, make it feel like home, okay?" Hearing his words in such a soothing way, she gave a small sigh before looking back up at him and smiling, "Okay... I trust you." He couldn't help but smile with what she had said, and he didn't want to break that trust so early on, so he knew he'd have to do everything he could to make sure he didn't. "Alright then, shall I, lead the way, Miss Ersa?"
"Hehe. If you would, Sir Volteer."
"What's wrong? I swear they are very nice," Volteer assured Ersa as she now wasn't so sure about going into the Chambers and meeting the other Guardians. As they sat right outside the doorway to the right, she was now shaking a little as she apologized, "I'm sorry, I just... What if I say something wrong or, I do something they don't like and I get kicked out of Warfang? I don't know, I just..." Putting a paw over hers, he assured her once again, "Ersa, don't worry. I know it's only your first couple of hours you've been with me, but I promise, I'd never lie to you. Trust me." Giving out another sigh, she remembered what she had said, and she believed she could trust him, so she put her trust and hopes into him. Putting her paw over his now, she nodded and said, "Okay... I trust you." He smiled at her trust. Taking a small peak into the room, he saw the three were all in there, talking in a row as they were discussing something. Looking back at her, he nodded his head into the doorway and proceeded to walk into the Chambers with Ersa following behind. The three Guardians looked over to see their friend had walked in with someone behind him. "Hey guys. What are you three talking about?" Volteer asked as he hoped this would get her to see they are pretty normal dragons. "Just wondering about the future, that's all. We've wondered how we are going to keep the Hatchlings safe at the Dragon Temple while also keeping the citizens safe here. But, we have an idea of how we can easily do that so, we aren't worried. We are just worried about... Malefor..." Volteer smiled from the idea of being worried which confused the other three entirely, but he explained, "Hehe, don't worry about that. I have an idea on how we can get our friend back. Even after what he... did to my parents... I will just have to make him pay by forcing him to undergo some... heart stopping, experiments." The three all chuckled from his words, but they still wondered what he meant by him having a plan. Looking behind his back to make sure she was okay, she did seem to have warmed up a little to them. Taking her final sigh, she walked out from his side and the three Guardians looked at her, somewhat causing her to blush. "Guys, I would like you all to meet Ersa. She said we could find a way together to bring Malefor back, and from the sounds of it, all it takes is us trying and we can do it. There is nothing science can't explain, and we know the corruption works by messing with the brain. And even if it doesn't, as long as he can control his thoughts, he can control his actions, and hopefully we can bring him back."
"What?" The Guardians all were in disbelief to hear such news, but they didn't want to get their hopes up just yet. Ersa wanted to make herself feel at home as the two once discussed and decided to talk with the other three about their idea, "It's true that one's mind can easily be manipulated in a way through force, hypnosis, or other means. One of my many theories in order to help your friend is by making a virus similar to the darkness, there by the two will fight for control but kill each other in the process, hopefully freeing your friend all together. And that's just one of many ideas to help save your friend." Seeing their faces all light up with smiles, she smiled as well as it did seem they were just as normal as she was. Looking at Volteer, the two smiled together, hopeful for what was to come.
"Huh... I don't remember it making that color," Ersa talked to herself as she sat in front of a table holding two beakers, one in her left paw and another in the other, "Maybe I'm missing something..." She paused as she looked down on her book on the table, but papers were scattered over the top of the book, blocking what she needed to see. Putting one of the beakers down on the table, she moved the papers off the book and was now clearly able to see her notes. Picking up the beaker once again, she looked at it and read as what she had wrote, "'Unknown combinations to be cautious of...' Ah, here we go. 'When combining two elements, we've found what to and what not to mix. As of working in progress, we've found... Histaven mixed with... Oxfin... Desven...' Huh... nothing on mixing Histaven with Cerven. This is a work in progress so, might as well try it out." With a beaker out in front of her, she poured the two into it. At the same time, the two big doors opened at the front of the room, revealing Volteer as he walked into the room. "Hey, Ersa... Wait... What are you mixing?"
"Well, I went through our book and saw we hadn't tried mixing Histaven and Cerven, so..."
"Ersa! Run out the door!" Seeing the chemicals start to bubble and boil over very suddenly, she quickly did as she was told, dropping both beakers, and running out the door passing right by Volteer. "Oh hell..." Seeing as the table lit up on fire, he bolted out the door and the Guardians looked over from where they sat in the training room and were about to ask as they watched Volteer slam the door shut. "Run over by me!" Volteer yelled, running over towards the right side of the wall where Ersa sat, heart pounding and scared as she had no idea what she had done. The Guardians all ran over to Volteer and stood behind Ersa in a row. Putting his wings around Ersa as he faced her, Volteer braced for what was to come, and it only took seconds for it to happen. The explosion was loud enough to make even the Guardians fear. The building shuck, the walls from the other side sounded as if they had cracked, and the door was blown out from the back wall that separated the two rooms. With the doors hitting the floor, they crumbled into pieces with rubble rolling all over the floor. Volteer turned his head to see smoke coming from the room. Taking his wings off of Ersa, he looked at Cyril and said, "I need your help." His friend nodded and the two ran over towards the room. As the two reached the front of the doorway, Volteer pointed into the room and said, "You know what to do. Where ever there's fire, just put it out with as cold of ice as you can make. Just be careful as you still need your oxygen. If you feel light headed, run out here and I will help you." Cyril nodded and started from the doorway and made his way into the room as he blew ice from his mouth to extinguish the flames. "What happened?" Ersa heard Terrador ask which made her fear for her life as she knew what happened and who caused it. Her body froze for a second as she knew it was her fault, and hearing what had happened, she knew the worst had happened. Taking each step very carefully as she made her way to the doorway, it took her a little bit as she saw the look on Volteer's face. It seemed as though he was angry, disappointed, and even upset. As she stood beside him, she gave out a slight gasp as she saw the devastation. Everything they had worked on was now covered in melted ice, watered over and burned. Everything was destroyed from the looks of it, and even the room was nearly broken up and close to falling apart. She watched as Cyril went around the room, using his ice to freeze over everything where fire was. Volteer let out a sigh, like a stressful sigh, and Ersa knew what she had to do. "I'm... sorry... Volteer..." Ersa whispered. A chuckle emerged from Volteer's mouth as he joked, "Well. That's definitely going to be one for the books... Hehehe, well, after we get some books back. It's going to take a bit to make paper again but..." Turning his head to look at Ersa, she was gone. Turning around and looking behind himself, he saw Ersa running towards the front doors. "Ersa!" The other two Guardians watched as Volteer ran after Ersa as the main doors opened and she ran out. With those two out of sight, Cyril emerged from the room, covered in black dust and dirt, coughing as he walked over to the two. The two looked at him and he grumbled, "What the... hell... was that..." The two both shrugged and Ignitus said, "We are just as confused as you are."
Running out to the outside area of the Dragon Temple and standing on the outside balcony, Ersa opened her wings but couldn't bring herself to fly away as she heard Volteer cry out, "Ersa! Wait!" She struggled as to what she wanted to do, but she didn't want to leave him, not after everything they've been through. Running up to her side, she closed her wings and looked at the ground as her tears fell to the ground. "Hey, what's wrong? If this is about what's happened, you have nothing to worry about." He seemed calmer to her, but she knew this was almost how he always was, and couldn't tell if what she saw was towards her or not. She couldn't bring herself to thing he would hate her, so she had to find out in a simpler manner, "I... I saw that look... How upset and angry you were at me... It's all my fault... All of our work... all of our research... Everything we've done... gone... I'm sorry..." Volteer gave a slight chuckle which confused her, and she looked at him to see he had a smile on his face. As she sat down, she was both scared and confused. She didn't understand why he would be chuckling at something after what's happened, but she knew this was just how he was. He seemed so normal even after everything that's happened, and she begged to know why, "I... I don't understand... After what I did... Why... Why do you seem... So calm? You seem... like yourself... Why...?" Walking in front of her, he sat down and looked her in the eyes as he whispered to her, "Do you really think any of the work would ever come close to becoming as important to me as you are." Hearing those words, her eyes grew wide as she mumbled, "W...What..." Once again, he smiled as he chuckled which gave her that heartwarming feeling as he comforted her, "It's paper, and materials. It's not a living thing. If anything, what you did was a good thing."
"Why...? I destroyed everything! Everything we've worked on! And now, because of me... you can't save your friend... I'm a failure..." She stopped as she felt the warmth of his wings cover her back, and she looked at him, wondering why he was being so calm and helpful, but deep down, past her fears, she knew why. "After all this time, you don't trust me?" Volteer let out a small sigh with a frown, and she couldn't tell if he was playing with her or not, so she took it seriously as she apologized, "No... Volteer... I..." Once again he chuckled. Putting a paw to the side of her face, he assured her of everything she feared, "That ring we were working on to save Malefor, Ignitus has it. Don't you remember? I went to go and find it and I found Ignitus had it. He was training to figure out a way to safely put it on him without being killed. And as for our other work and our other experiments, well... I guess I will just have to work another lifetime with you to get everything back together. Which... I look forward to... I very much do." Now feeling like herself again, she looked past her fears and all she could do was cry. Putting her arms around his neck with her head over his shoulder, she whispered, "Volteer... I... I don't know what to say..." Putting his paw on the top of her head, he whispered to her as well, "It's okay, Ersa. The fact that you can still breath and talk is all I want. I didn't care about our work when everything was happening. All I knew is that... I needed to protect you... I was scared to think of what would happen to you if you took that explosion head-on." Pulling her head back while he placed his paw back to the ground, she wondered how he knew about the explosion, "How did you know those two chemicals would explode? We never had it written down, and that was new to me. And I had chemicals at the ready that I could've put in to stop it."
"Hehe, don't worry. Nothing we had would've stopped it. A dragon like me once tried it and... it didn't go well for him. He was a friend of my dad's, and I looked up to him and wanted to be as smart as him. And as for why nothing would've stopped it, well... When those two chemicals mix, the substance burns at a temperature hotter then any element out there that would be a able to cool it down. He did find such a substance but... It's a little down to earth to get in a location from what he's found."
"So... how do they work?"
"Well, The Histaven is already such a very heated substance, and when melted in such a way, it becomes very dangerous. Cerven is similar, but not as deadly, unless combined with a super heated substance. With those two combined in liquid form, they ignite, and there is a substance in the Cerven that catches fire when it gets too hot, causing it to heat up and explode. And combined with Histaven, well... You got yourself one powerful bomb. Good thing we keep our other substances out of the way in that room though or else... Well... I wouldn't be talking to you."
"Volteer... I..."
"Ersa... To be honest, I've never been happier. With the work gone, we still know so much more from memory. With our memory and our knowledge of what we've already done and learned, we can learn and grow together once again as we work, possibly making something even better. We can make something amazing! And now, we can even have the fun adventures once again of us going out and getting what we need to work, all over again... and the best part... It's all with you... I... hope that's okay..."
"Hehehe... well... When you put it like that..." Ersa paused as she closed her eyes and put her nose against his, "I look forward to our lives once again..." Volteer closed his eyes as well and the two shifted their heads so now their foreheads were touching as they sat in front of one another. After everything that had happened, Ersa needed to make sure that he truly wasn't angry with her, and even apologised for questioning it, "Volteer... My fears blocked me from seeing the real you... I know who you are, and I like everything about you... But with my fears... I need to know, one last time..."
"Fears? Of me? The only thing you should fear is how we are going to get some of those elements back. We had to go nearly to the second layer in the earth to get those." The two shared a small laugh with one another which made her feel even better, and as she thought about it, the entire time, he was always keeping his smile, always joking, and trying to show her that nothing was wrong. "Volteer... Thank you... for everything... And... I'm sorry for doubting you... I will never do such a thing ever again... I trust you..." Putting his paw over hers, he chuckled as he whispered, "I'd never lie to you. Trust me." She giggled as she got her other paw and placed it over his, whispering with a big smile, "Okay... I trust you."
"I know the world isn't at peace but... It's times like these where, it sure does feel like it," Ersa whispered very calmly, breathing in the fresh air as she was snuggled up and happy laying down next to Volteer. The warmth from his body and the wing draped over her, along with the cool breeze that was outside as they laid on the balcony, they both balanced each other out which made her as comfortable as she's ever felt. "Yeah... it sure does... But, don't worry, I'm sure that the world will be at peace here soon. With the gem to capture Malefor at the ready in case anything happens, and with the ring, I know we can save him. The Darkness will go away, we can deal with the apes afterwards, and we all go home happy. Aside from the loss of Carith but... We... We will find something to do."
"With us together, I'm sure we will," Ersa happily agreed, looking up into the sky and watching the starts shine with the full moon gave off a sense of peace. With the two looking up in the sky, they both were able to catch a shooting start that went across the sky. Ersa and Volteer both gasped and he said, "Quick, make a wish." She smiled as she knew that he would give her the wish. Closing her eyes for a second, she opened them back up and he asked, "Well, what did you wish for." Ersa giggled at him, "You know I can't say, or else the wish won't come true... And so far..." She paused as she snuggled up to Volteer, putting her head over his shoulder and whispering, "The wish is already coming true."
"I... I can't keep going on like this," Volteer thought, keeping his eyes open and waking up from his sleep. He looked at the Guardians first to see they were all sleeping around the floor in the training room. Looking over to Ersa as she laid sideways on the floor, passed out and asleep, he stood up and thought, "Just say it... You know you should, and you can, so why am I holding back from saying it? I love her, with all my heart and soul I do and... I guess it's... it's that reason why I can't say it. Because I'm scared she would leave, and all of that would be destroyed." Walking around the front of her body and looking at her as she slept, he growled at himself as he struggled on what to do. With a couple of seconds going by, he told himself in agreement about what he would do, "Tomorrow... I... I will kiss her tomorrow. I will tell her I love her, and our lives together, as lovers will be... amazing... perfect. But... I... I can't help myself but wonder..." Leaning his head down, his lips were right in front of hers, and he knew he shouldn't, but he couldn't help himself. Kissing her lips with his, his eyes shot wide, and he felt warmth and joy shoot through his body. Pulling away from the kiss, he had to catch his breath as if he had forgotten to breath and thought to himself, "I... I've read about what it's like to kiss but... that... She... She didn't even kiss me back... So... how would it feel if she did...? Damn it! I'm so stupid for doing that... I... I have to tell her tomorrow. I can't wait any longer." Walking back around and laying behind her back, he draped his wing back over her and laid his head down on his paws that laid in front of him. Closing his eyes, he didn't see the tear that fell down Ersa's face. A smile crept across her face as she thought, "He... He... really does... love me... He... I... I have to tell him tomorrow then! I can't believe I didn't kiss him as well. It felt... amazing and I... No... don't think about it, you'll never get any sleep... I will tell him tomorrow, that way, we will be able to kiss all we want... Me and Volteer... in love... I... please... Ancestors, let this be true."
Volteer's body teased, his body shivered, and tears ran down his eyes as he cried, learning of this information that he had received. She... She really did... love me... I... Ersa... He cried in his thoughts, unable to make out a full sentence as his mind was filled with all kinds of emotions as he remembered and learned more of the past. Having now seen everything once again, having learned of what he missed out on, he let his body go limp as he laid his wings and tail flat on the ground while ducking his head into his paws and cried. I'm a failure... She knew... And before I could tell her... before... She could tell me... the attack happened... but... why...? What did I do...? Why... Ancestors... please... Please tell me... please... I need to know... I just want to know. All he wanted to do now was just lay down and give up as there was no reason for him to stand up, no reason for him to keep on living. Thinking about about what's happened in life, and everything he's lost, he remembered back to what Ignitus had said to him when he had lashed out.
"Those ten years, when you all were captured... I was all by myself for so long. I had no one to turn to, no one who loved me, no one to care for me. But... I did have my family. My mother and father were survivors of the Dark Master's attack. If she is... died, we are here for you. We are the family you can come to if you feel lonely. Please believe me when I say that... I know what it is like to feel lonely," Ignitus murmured.
Even as I want to give out... there are still others out there who care and love me. Because of what's happened with Ersa, I really have become nothing but a monster to everyone who wishes to help me. I yelled at my friends even when they tried to help me, Volteer thought sadly to himself, remembering back to what happened when he found out she was died.
"You act like you're high and mighty, but you can't even accept what you did to us back when you last left us. You didn't care. Carith was dead and you got out of there the first chance you got. Didn't stay, didn't let his, supposed, friends and family, to help him. But you know what, it would be funny to see the future. Aw yes, I can see it now, 'Malefor kills his Hatchling because his lover died and that's all he cared about'. Wouldn't be your first adventure doing something like that."
I was being a hypocrite when I said that... I called him a monster, said he turned his back on friends when... I'm doing the same thing... Just like him, I lost someone I loved, and it drove me mad. And now that I'm going through the same thing... I understand what happened... I understand why he couldn't fight it... and he's right... And then I yelled at Spyro... the main one who supported me... who had my back through this entire adventure... And all he wanted was to help me... And I turned on him too, Volteer continued to think to himself in his thoughts, remembering back once again to what he had done to his friends, along with everything Spyro said to him.
"Go ahead then, hit me! Show me who I'm talking to! I'm sure Ersa would be proud looking down from above to see such a monster that she fell in love with! You were so nice to her, and if she were to see you now, you think she'd just accept you for turning your back on your friends?! She knows you could probably do the same to her, and to think the one she would've loved, to be a mate for, turned out to be another aggressive male," Spyro spat.
"Volteer... I'm sorry I got your hopes so high. Like I said, all I wanted was for you to be happy. I held the truth because I didn't want to believe it, and I knew you wouldn't want too as well. We are your family, and we all care about you. Malefor may be a stubborn ass sometimes but, hehe, sometimes, when a family is that big, you have to learn to deal with one another, and to just have fun. I don't want her death to be the end of your world. I don't want you to go out the walls of Warfang and kill yourself for what's happened... Please... stay in the comfort of our home... let us help you..."
"Why be alone? We are all here now..."
Spyro was always there for me... He tried his best to calm me down, he wanted nothing more then for me to be safe and... all I kept doing was wanting to push myself to be alone, to hate and deny everything that they all said... And... He was right... love is a powerful weapon... able to destroy someone's heart if something ever happened... So... what should I do next... Do I talk to Ersa in the afterlife... or do I keep living my life with my friends...? Taking his head out from his paws as he thought about it, he felt tired now from all the tears he had shed. His eyes were open, but not completely. He watched as the sun was getting close to going away, and the moon would come up in the next couple of hours. He wished he had more time to think about it, but he was sure of one thing, I guess for now, I should go back and apologize to everyone. And after what I did, I know Ersa probably saw that so... facing her now, after doing what I did... She wouldn't want to talk to me... I wouldn't want to talk to myself either if I was like that. Standing up and dusting himself off, he turned his body turns the Guardians Building and opened his wings. But as he did, something caught his eye just at the very corner. It was only there for a split second once he had turned, and as he turned back, the dragon he thought he saw was gone. He felt wired for some reason, and turning and looking back, he saw a dragon flying out the walls of Warfang. Is this dragon crazy?! He could get killed. Turning his body around, he flew into the air and chased after the dragon. I guess before I return, I should at least help get this dragon back before something happens. Flying over the walls and over the trees, he was able to see a small glimpse of the dragon touching down in the forest, and he immediately followed. Landing a couple of trees away, he moved through the forest as quickly as he could. He got to an open clearing and heard what sounded like a joyful cry.
"Yes! It worked! I... I can't believe it worked!" The voice cried out joyfully.
Volteer was suspicious as to what it was, along with something that felt odd to him, but he couldn't figure out what. Before he looked at the dragon, he focused his attention on something in front of him. It was a small storm cloud. It gave out small rumbles with rain coming down from it. Volteer was in shock at seeing such a thing. How... How could anyone know how to do such a thing?! And, to do it in this atmosphere... Who... Pausing in his thoughts, he looked away from the small storm cloud and looked up to who the dragon was. A loud gasp escaped his mouth and everyone emotion he had once felt before was all coming back to him. His sadness and tears started up once again, but more confusion then anything else. It... No... No... I'm... I'm still dreaming... Walking out into the open field, his eyes grew wide once again, seeing the yellow and blue he had once seen before. The dragon looked over at Volteer and gasped as well, now both looking at one another eye to eye. E... E... Ersa... Ersa blushed with a warm smile as she didn't think she would be meeting him once again in such a way. She didn't know what to say to him, and all she could do for the time being was giggle as she tried to say something, "Hey, Volteer... Hehe, long time no see."
Hearing her voice, he knew something was familiar about her. But his sadness grew more and more as he looked at her body, seeing cuts, bruises and scars all over her body. But what made him tear up the most was her left eye as he faced her. Straight down the middle with what looked like three claw marks made a scar in her eye, preventing her from seeing, and by the looks of it, he knew it must've been painful from what ever happened. He shuck his head as his teeth clenched, and he ran up to her as quickly as he could, throwing his wings around her as he stood in front of her. Sitting down in front of her with his head over her shoulders, he cried, unable to really get out a sentence, "Er... Ersa... You... I... How... I'm... I'm so confused... I'm... I'm so scared... Please... please... this... this isn't a dream... is it...? Please Ancestors..."
She started to tear up in her left eye as well, but she didn't understand why he was hugging her, and why he still had so much emotions towards her. I... I don't understand... I thought... I thought he had moved on... I saw... I didn't see wrong, did I?! Ersa thought, only making it more painful for her to think about as she now believed she had made a mistake. Moving her wings over his and placing therm over his back, she hugged him as well, resting her head over his shoulder and giving out a slight gasp as she remembered this feeling. His... scales... He looks so handsome... And his scales are so smooth, just as they always have been... I... I don't want to question it but... Why does he seem to care about me? I... I thought he moved on... What... What if he did...? What if I'm still right...? Damn it...! Now that I'm here, hugging him with his head over my shoulder I... I... I don't won't to let go. Both held each other close, more scared then ever to let go of one another another out of fear of losing one another once again. And it took some time for one of them to say something, and Volteer was the first one after trying to get his composure back. Pulling his head back, she felt his head move off her shoulder, so she did the same. Looking at him, she saw the look on his face, and it was like he wanted to smile, but he couldn't, like something was holding him back. She felt the warmth of his paw as he placed it over her right cheek, and he begged for an answer, "I... I don't understand... after all this time, why... Why haven't I seen you... Where have you been, where were you...? But... most importantly... are you okay...? What happened with your eye... Your body, you're... cut and hurt... I'm... so confused..."
"Hehe, you're confused. So am I. I thought you... I thought you moved on from me. I thought you didn't care about me anymore... Why... why does it seem like the exact opposite?" Ersa asked, hoping now more then ever that she really was wrong with what she had saw and had high hopes that she would have the chance to be back together with him.
"What? What would make you think that? I've always stayed true to us being together. Why would you think I didn't care about you anymore?"
"Because... After the war, I found you walking around Warfang. You seemed sad until you met up with a another female. After you talked with her, you two started to walk away and continue your conversation. So, I followed and saw that... you were smiling... with a Hatchling laying over the tops of your head... And she was smiling too so... I thought you moved on... I thought you had another family so... I... I didn't know what to think anymore."
"Ersa... You..."
Before he could assure her about what had happened, he heard a crack of a leaf behind him and turned around to see a silver shine from in the forest. Taking his wings off of Ersa, he looked all around to see the same silver shines all around. It didn't take him long to figure out what they were and who they belonged too as the apes stepped forward with their weapons ready. Ersa gasped as she looked all around as well, seeing they were being surrounded by apes. No... No... I'm not... No! Volteer's anger grew as he knew what could happen, and seeing her now once again after so long angered him, I... I can't... I won't, let them hurt her! Hearing what sounded like the whooshing of an arrow going through the wind and toward them, he knew it was behind him. Ersa was ready to block, but for her and Volteer, it was sudden. His anger pushed him to protect her. He knew he couldn't turn around in time, so like a flash of lightning, he appeared in front of her and knocked the arrow out of the air with his claws. Ersa breathing grew heavy as she was confused, scared, and ready to fight all at the same time, and seeing Volteer do something she had never seen before, she had to ask, "When... when did you learn to do that...?"
"I... I haven't..." Volteer said as he was just as confused as she was.
Seeing the apes close in, he knew they wouldn't be able to take them all on and win, so instead, he had to ask for help and hope Ignitus would hear him. Ignitus...! Ignitus, I really need some back up right now. The response was quick as he heard back from Ignitus, "Why did you leave Warfang?! And more importantly, where exactly are you? Is everything okay?" Looking around as the apes closed in, Volteer gave a nervous chuckle, No, not really. Listen, we are being surrounded by apes, I need you to send Spyro here as quickly as possible. Please. "Volteer, if it's something small, you have to deal with it. If Spyro sees that darkness, he will probably turn on Malefor. Which, be careful, I can't see much but it looks like there is a dark creature right behind you." Volteer quickly turned his head only to see Ersa panting slightly as she was wondering what they were going to do, and since she couldn't think of anything, she looked and saw him looking at her and asked, "What are we going to do?"
Ignitus, don't scare me like that, Volteer growled at him. "What do you mean? Was there no dark creature? Because from what I'm seeing, it's still right behind you." Look, there aren't any dark creatures! Please, me and Ersa are in trouble and I need Spyro's help! "What?! Ersa?! Volteer, I know what's happened is difficult but..." Ignitus, please! I'm sorry for what I've done just, please send help! "Al... Alright. Just hang on for a couple of seconds for him to get there." Thank you. Coming from out of his thoughts, he gave her the plan for them to survive, "We just need to hold out here for a couple of seconds before my friend gets down here. He can take care of all these apes without difficulty."
"Is your friend really that powerful?"
"Hehe, surprisingly enough, he's more powerful then Malefor, which... we have a lot of catching up to do."
"I'm looking forward to ever second of it."
With the information he had now, Ignitus looked at Spyro and quickly gave him all the information for him to quickly help and as soon as possible, "Spyro, Volteer is in trouble. He went out the walls of Warfang and is now being attacked by a horde of apes. I know this is a lot to take in, but apparently he is there right now with Ersa, and they need you now."
"What?! Ersa?" Spyro cried, and hearing that his friend was in danger, along with the fact that his friend's long lost lover is alive, he knew how important this was.
Taking his wing of his lover, he gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before running towards the door, but he stopped before he could run out. Looking at Malefor, he begged him with every bit of trust he had for him, "Malefor, please, keep everyone safe while I fight these apes. I need to know this so I won't have any distractions when I fight. I need to know that you have my back. Please."
Everyone was completely dumbfounded by his words, especially Malefor, but they all knew for what reason. Malefor took it very seriously and to heart as he assured him, "I promise, I will protect everyone while you are gone. You have nothing to worry about. You have my word."
"Thank you, Malefor."
Running out of the doorway, he ran to try and get to the two as fast as possible. Everyone was in awe from all the information that they had gathered, and seeing the two Guardians look at Ignitus, he knew they wanted to know more about what was happening, and even for him, he didn't know all the details himself, "I don't know if he is delusional or not but... apparently he is with Ersa. I can't see her, but I'm scared as I see what looks to be a dark creature, but Volteer swears that's not what it is. We won't know what all is happening until he gets back. So for now, we all just have to wait and hope... I... I don't know what to think but... from what's happened in the last couple of hours... it might be her... it just might be..."
With the two fighting for their lives, they were holding out pretty well for themselves. Volteer was easily able to take out some of the enemies while Ersa did the same thing. Watching her fight was amazing to him as she did it so well and with ease, but it also made him feel terrible as he had an idea why. It didn't take long for the apes to get a little more aggressive, and with their aggression grew more of a problem. The apes that attacked them with swords were now getting pierced by arrows. What? Even with their comrades out here the apes are going to use their arrows to try and kill us while we are being attacked by the ones with the swords?! They must not care for their kind. Volteer growled as it now made problems worse. Trying to dodge the arrows while also fighting the apes with swords, he started to grow tired already. Damn it...! I should've trained more... I knew I should've trained more. Just as he was getting tired, it seemed as if the attacks were getting more violent and fierce. Just as he felt like passing out, he heard a cry, and look over to see blood coming from out the side of Ersa's arm with an arrow stuck in it. Volteer felt that sudden energy once again. He didn't know where it had come from, but it was like everything around him froze. His body flashed a yellow light before he zipped past everything in the form of like a lightning bolt. As he appeared in front of her, he saw her arm and growled. His body started to now spark from yellow to blue lightning. The lightning formed around his body before exploding outwards. As it did, time continued to move as normal. The blue lightning traveled through and around them, disintegrating the arrows, and chaining the electricity through each arrow before electrifying an ape. The electricity continued as it shocked one after another. But before the blue ball of lightning could make it's way to the forest, it disappeared and dissipated. Volteer's body locked up on him as he nearly fell to the ground, but Ersa caught him as he fell to his back on her wing, and she cried, "Volteer!"
The apes started to close in and she had no idea what to do, but a dark figure appeared suddenly, like a cloud of smoke, and then disappeared. As the dark figure appeared in front of an ape, it, along with the ape, would disappear. Ersa watched as more and more apes started to disappear, and she couldn't tell whether or not this thing was on their side or not. But she was about to find out as a dark dragon appeared close to the front of her with pure white eyes and a very serous face. She feared it would do the same to her and Volteer. Looking away, she ducked her head wrapped her other wing around the front of him, and hoped no harm would come to them.
"Ersa... It's... really you..." The Dark Dragon spoke, and hearing his voice, Ersa looked over at the dragon and saw his pure white eyes were now normal, just purple eyes and a pupil, "I am so going to rub this all up in Ignitus's face! Hell yeah! This is amazing! I knew it, i knew someone like you would be alive! Volteer talked about how smart you were, how amazing of a Dragoness you were, and I knew for a fact you'd be alive!"
Ersa looked away from him and at Volteer as she heard those words and he gave her a weak smile as he felt like passing out. She gave a small smile as well and she remembered what Volteer had said about their plan. Looking back at the Dark Dragon, Ersa asked for confirmation, "You're Volteer's friend, correct? He said that we needed to wait until you arrived I'm presuming."
"I knew I was still Volteer's friend," Spyro said happily as he walked closer towards the two, and looking down on Volteer's body as Ersa moved her top wing, Volteer looked up at him and chuckled, but Spyro wasn't having it, "Don't you chuckle at me mister. You are going to get a long yelling at for what you just did. Coming out here without getting me first was stupid and dangerous."
Placing a paw on his chest, Spyro transferred some of his energy towards Volteer to help him stand, and as he did, he explained everything, "Once I give you some of my energy, both of you stay close to me as I will run you two up to the Chambers. And as for you, Ersa, you don't need to worry about your injuries. I've already taken care of the arrow in your shoulder along with the blood. As for the rest of the scars on your body, I don't know how to help."
"What?" Ersa asked as she looked at her shoulder.
Her eyes grew wide as he was right, both the blood and the arrow were gone. How... who is this dragon? How could someone move so fast? Ersa thought to herself, hoping that she would learn more about everything that she had missed. Taking his paw off of Volteer, Spyro backed up and let him try and stand to his paws. With the help of Ersa, Volteer fought through the pain and was able to stand up. The feeling of weakness was still taking its toll as he couldn't stand up for long. Putting one wing on Volteer, and another wing on Ersa, he asked the two, "Are you two ready to go home now?"
Volteer looked at Ersa as he wondered what she would say, and he wondered how she would respond, "What do you say, Ersa? You ready to meet everyone once again?"
Walking closer to him, she put her wings over his back and kept them high enough so she didn't go underneath Spyro's wings. As Volteer did the same, she gave a slight sigh, trying to prepare herself for seeing the others once again. Giving a hopeful smile, she nodded. But it was hard for her to keep her smile as she knew what she would see when they went to this home of theirs, Why am I even getting my hopes up... I know she's going to be there... And as much as I love Volteer... I feel like I know... I know he'd never leave his mate and Hatchling... And... And I wasn't fortunate enough to have that life with him. Volteer saw as her smile slightly faded, and he couldn't figure out why. He wasn't able to ask as Spyro said, "Alright, we are going to go pretty fast so, similar to Ignitus, close your eyes you two."
Ersa did as she was told and frowned as she did. Seeing her frown in such a way, almost as if she didn't want to return with him, he closed his eyes with a sigh of sadness and a frown. The two felt a rush of wind with the light from the sun disappear very quickly before another light showed up, only darker then that of what the sun had given off. Hearing gasp coming from other dragons, the two knew they were back and opened their eyes together. Spyro backed away from the two and walked over towards his lover's side and sat down beside his lover. Turning back to his normal purple self, him, along with everyone else, looked at the two as they starred at one another. Volteer smiled at her and knew that she was probably just unfamiliar with how things were around her, so he gave her the quick run down, "So, while you were gone, we had a couple of more dragons join us. Of course you have the three behind me, and the female standing next to Ignitus is Claire, very kind Dragoness."
Claire waved with a smile, and since she wasn't with Volteer, Ersa smiled and waved back. Focusing his attention over towards the other two to the right wall, Volteer said, "And these two are Spyro and Cynder. Spyro was the one who helped saved us with a dark mode version of himself that makes him the strongest dragon in the universe, and the Dragoness Cynder is his lover."
Similar to Claire, Cynder waved at her with a smile and Ersa did the same. Looking over at the left wall with Ersa, Volteer wrapped up everyone that was here, "And, I know this might sound crazy, and trust me, we will explain everything, the purple dragon over here is Malefor. And as for the blue Dragoness, her name is Carith, the lover of Malefor. Hehe, I know you might be wonder, 'But how, she was died and he was evil'. Well, I will get into that soon, I promise, but for now..." He paused as he moved a little closer to her and sat down with a smile, keeping his wings over her back the entire time, "I want to know what's happened with you. I want to spend that time we once had together... That is... if you... still want to..."
Everyone looked back and forth at the two as they had talked, wondering what was going to happen next. Ersa looked around at everyone and didn't see the supposed mate that she thought he had. It confused her as she was sure of it, but since she couldn't see anyone around, she wanted to straight up ask him. Opening her mouth, she thought of a better idea and used this to her advantage to really see if he still cared for her or not. This way, I will know if he still cares, and it will bring out the emotion in him for sure... Or at least... that's the hope. Giving what felt like a uncomfortable sigh as she rubbed the side of her arm which made everyone believe she was uncomfortable, she broke his heart with her words, "Volteer... This is... difficult for me to say, and you even just saved me and all but... I thought you moved on... so I did too."
Volteer's world shattered into pieces and everyone gasped, looking over at him to see his reaction, and the light from his eyes had faded very quickly along with what looked like the color from his body. Raising up a paw, it trembled viciously and knew it would be pointless to try and get his paw up to her cheek or shoulder, so he put his paw back down, lips sealed on what to say. Even as she watched him tremble, it gave her very high hopes that she really was wrong, but wanted to go all the way with what she had in mind, "When I saw you, and I asked about that female you were talking to... I thought that really was your Hatchling and she was your mate... So... I moved on. I have a lover now or... mate, and me and him are trying for a Hatchling so... I thought you didn't care for me anymore... I... I'm sorry... Volteer... Volteer?!"
Ersa didn't realize it at first, but in the middle of her sentence, everything inside of Volteer felt as though it had died, unable to be recovered now after hearing of such a thing. He stumbled from one side, and then to his other before giving up and falling to his side. Running up and catching the side of his body with her wing, Ersa looked down on him as a couple of tears ran down his eyes. But it was difficult for her now more then ever as it looked like he had died. His cold, lifeless eyes. His mouth hung open only slightly, and it seemed as though he had stopped breathing all together. Feeling tears form in her eyes once again, seeing his upper half of his body lay on her wing completely lifeless, she couldn't continue to lie any longer. Everyone else was just as sad, seeing Volteer in such a state, and to hear her words, taking them as the truth was hard for everyone. Ignitus couldn't tell what she was doing was the truth or not, but murmured as he told her, "Ersa... Volteer... Volteer never left you. That Dragoness that you're talking about, he was walking around in hopes of finding you. She was already happily in love with another mate. She wanted to cheer him up, and to tell him everything would be alright... All he ever wanted... was you to be alive and healthy..."
He... He really never left me?! He... He stayed true to his words...?! Ugh... Damn it... Why I'm I acting surprised? I know who he is, I know how he acts but... after the dragons I've meant from the times out there... I lost trust in everyone... I'm so sorry, Volteer, Ersa growled at her own self in her thought, now mad as she made him go through and listen to such an awful thing. Knowing she needed to turn things around to bring that smile back to his face, she was straight honest with him about what was really happening, "Volteer, please look at me... Please... Please trust me..."
It seemed as though he wasn't responding, and it took him a couple of seconds to come back to reality. Clenching his eyes to let his tears roll down his face, he didn't know if he could hear this new life she had. But he still believed and trusted her, so he opened his eyes as he looked up at her, still cold and lifeless, and Ersa hoped her words would turn that around, "I'm sorry... I lied about it all... I wanted to see if you really had moved on and, I didn't know who I could trust. Even you I... I've not had the best experiences out in the world, and I lost trust in everyone. This was the only way I would know if you truly did move on from me or not. I'm so sorry for making you feel the way you do now... It's because of me that you lost your smile."
Everyone saw instant results to her telling him the truth. His color came back to him, and his eyes didn't look cold and lifeless anymore. And even with her words came a smile across Volteer's face and he truly did believe her in what she was saying. He now had high hopes that he still had a chance to be in love with her once again. The feeling of joy he felt in his body once again was immeasurable. But the feeling of joy slowly faded as he saw her slashed eye and wished there was something he could do to help her. She doesn't deserve to have her body cut and bruised... it's all my fault... but... how can I help her... If I could, she might actually fall in love with me once again! Volteer thought, wondering how he'd be able to help her out, and luckily, he had a little help from a friend. "You know, I could always make her look like her young self again like I did for us. It would get rid of everything that's happened in the last year's, and..." Yes! Please! Volteer cried, interrupting Ignitus. "Hehe, Alright but, you still need to apologize to everyone." I swear, I promise! "When ever you are ready then." Standing back up to his paws, Ersa backed away and took her wing back. Looking at her eye, he asked as he wondered what happened, "Ersa, your eye... who did that to you?"
"Oh, this..." Ersa sighed, putting a paw over her right eye, "Let's just say, I was surrounded by a group of apes. When I was attacked, a dragon came out of nowhere to save me. After he did well, he wanted a reward for him saving me. When I said no... He attacked me, clawing out my eye mid battle. I was lucky enough that after I clawed at him, I cut his nerve and paralyzed him. Dark creatures swarmed in a little later and killed him. So... that's just one of many injuries."
"Oh, look at me, saving Ersa for you Volteer," Malefor happily said as he was glad he could help even back then.
"How long has it been that way?" Volteer asked, ignoring Malefor, but not on purpose.
"About ten years, maybe more... it's been so long, I've lost track of time... I've tried everything I could to try and fix my eye but... I gave up after five years of trying... I remember you telling me you helped out Ignis and his mate but, I don't remember what you did as we never tried anything to recreate it. So... I've been at a loss on what to do..." Ersa sadly spoke of her past, putting her paw back to the ground as she looked away in shame.
"Well... I can fix your eye for you, if you'd like."
"Thanks but... It's impossible. It's probably gone beyond the point of healing. I've tried everything, and I don't want you to also waste your life trying to help me. I will just have to be blind in this eye for ever..."
"Ersa... What if I told you that I knew of a way to heal all your wounds, to make you look young again and to have smooth scales where those cuts and scars are? What would you say to that?"
"Impossible... right...? Are you getting my hopes up because of what I did to you so you can crush them later on?"
"Ersa..."
"Sorry I just... I haven't really calmed down in years... I've forgotten what trust is even like anymore."
"Then please... Close your eyes and trust me. When you open your eyes again, you will see through both, and you will look as shiny and new as you did when we first met."
"Alright... we can try."
Sitting down, looking straight, and closing her eyes, Volteer looked over at Ignitus, wondering what he should do. Ignitus pulled a paw up along with his other one. Flattening out one of his paws, he then used his other paw, but only used one claw from it. Touching the middle of his paw with his claw, he saw the light spark within Volteer's mind as he knew that his friend knew exactly what he meant. Turning around and facing Ersa, he raised his paw up, but first, he needed to get a feel of her scales first. What would her scales be like before and after? How would they feel? Volteer wondered, moving his paw up and going to touch her cheek. Feeling his paw touch her cheek, she moved her head away from his paw, still scared and untrusting of anyone. He pulled his paw back and gave up on the idea, but he still needed to assure her she was fine, "Ersa... Don't worry, it's just me... I promise I won't hurt you."
She growled at herself as she knew she could trust him, and she hated that she was treating him like some kind of villain. Sitting straight once again, she put her paw over his other paw and said with as much trust in her voice as she could, "I... I trust you, Volteer."
He smiled at the trust she put in him and knew he couldn't mess it up. Pulling his claw up to her eye, he very gently put his claw above her scar as to avoid actually touching her eye. She shivered from the touch but didn't move, and instead, she grabbed his paw that she held a little harder just to be safe. A white glow emerged from his claw and made it's way onto her body. The glow became a circle and moved from the top of her head all the way down to her tail. As it did, it cleaned off her body of any dirt, scars, blood, and anything else that kept her from looking like herself. Everyone's eyes widened to see such a change to her body, and even for Volteer, seeing her body once again, he had to blush. As the white circle reached her tail, it disappeared as it had finished its job. Taking his claw back down to the ground, and with a smile on his face, he said, "Alright. We are going to take this slow. So first, I want you to open up your left eye for me."
She did as she was told and opened up her left eye. Now that that was done, he nodded at her and said, "Alright, now open... your right eye."
"Volteer, this isn't going..."
Putting his other paw over hers, and keeping that smile on his face, he assured her, "Ersa... please... trust me."
Giving out a small sigh, she closed both her eyes and braced herself for what was about to happen. Instead of opening one eye at a time, she looked to the floor once she had sighed. And once she was done, she looked straight and opened both of her eyes. She gasped as she was able to see so clearly now, much more clearly then she's even been able to see in years. Touching around her eye, she didn't feel the scar, which then led her to look all around her body. As she looked at herself, going in little circles as she did, she cried as she looked at Volteer, "H... How... I... I can see...! I... I can... cry out of both my eyes again...! Hehehe... This... Volteer...!"
"Hehehe, well, I couldn't have done it without the help of my friends. Thank them for me being able to do this. But, I do wonder, how do you feel?"
"I... I feel amazing...! I feel...!"
"Perplexed," Ersa and Volteer said in unison.
"They did the thing," Malefor squealed.
The two looked at one another as they tried to see if they really did still think alike, and with the four words they spoke that were synonymous to amazing, they spoke in unison with each word, "Stupefying, Confounding, Prodigious, Extraordinary!"
Everyone looked at the two with wide eyes, similar to how Ersa was looking at Volteer with wide eyes as well, completely dumbfounded that he really was still the same Volteer she had fallen in love with. And after everything he was doing, everything he had done for her just in the time they were together, she couldn't keep it together. Volteer knew it would be time to finally say what he wanted to say, and he knew he shouldn't screw this up, but he only got one word out before being silenced, "Ersa..."
Being tackled to the ground by her, she put both her wings around his back as he fell, and she laid him down, locking lips with him and crying tears of joy as she did. Volteer pushed into the kiss, just as desperate as she was to feel the long awaited pleasure they had wished to share with one another. Even as he tried to push up into the kiss, she was much more forceful about it, keeping his head to the ground. And at the same time, Cynder found this as an opportunity to get what she had to wait for. She hinted at it, but it didn't take Spyro long to figure it out, "You did say we'd make out once you got back, with Ersa... and you did so..."
Putting his wing up very quickly in front of her, she blushed even from the smile, and look in his eyes as she looked at him, "I've been waiting for this too you know."
As they kissed behind his wing, covered from the the others, Malefor looked at Carith as he blocked the two with his wing and asked, "Should we?"
"Quit asking," Carith grumbled, but still glad she was able to have time with her lover.
With the three kissing their lovers, it made it awkward for the other four as they tried to either look away or not listen, which was very hard as they weren't quiet about it. It was difficult for Claire as well as she was now more desperate then ever to tell Ignitus the truth about how she felt, and it tore at her just thinking about, To think I could be one of them getting kissed by there lovers... Damn it, Ignitus, I don't even care if you are just using me at this point, all I want to do is kiss you...! But don't fear, we aren't in the dream world yet... just a little more time. For Terrador, he sighed with frustration, but still kept his smile as he said, "If we have to hear this during the night, I'm going to break my back over a rock."
"The night? These two just got back. We will probably hear this all day and night," Cyril chuckled at first, but then as his chuckle started to die down, he then knew exactly what this meant, "You got room on the rock for another dragon?"
"Hey, Ersa," Ignitus spoke, interrupting the two as he did, "I'm sorry but, it's very important that I figure out how you're still alive."
Taking her lips off hers and resting her forehead on his, the two were able to catch their breaths, still eyes closed as they wanted to cherish the long await moment she wanted with Volteer. Even same for him, and even as angry as he wanted to be for being interrupted, the kiss, and the feeling of having Ersa back once again, and now as her lover, he couldn't feel the anger he thought he would feel. Giving out a quiet slight sigh, Ersa opened her eyes and moved over to Volteer's side to allow him to move. Rolling over to his left, he stood up, opened his eyes, and stepped to his side to have the side of his body touching hers. Draping a wing over her back, she looked at him with a smile and asked, "So you really did love me...?"
"Hehe, well, I found out just a couple of hours ago that, you woke up when I kissed you so many years ago, and you loved me then too. I will explain more about how I know later but... I'm just glad I'm finally able to kiss you, after so long," Volteer smiled as he spoke, keeping his wing over her back with a little tension on his body as he was ready to protect her at any point.
"Well... We are going to have a long talk... We need to catch up..."
"Even if it takes all night. I will stay up with you."
"Thank you, Volteer... And, as for you, Ignitus, this is a really long story. Are you sure you want to hear of all of what has happened?"
A small grunt emerged from both of the two other male lovers in the back. Both Malefor and Spyro pulled their wings down after they were done kissing their lovers and said in unison, "Yes."
"Hehe, well, with that, I guess it would be better if you told it rather then me taking all the information from your mind," Ignitus chuckled, but Ersa had a confused look on her face about what he meant, "Don't worry, I will explain everything when the time is right, or, I could just give you all the information to your mind in a easier and quicker manner with a claw to your head. But enough about that. What happened for you to still be alive? The Ancestors, the all knowing Gods... They didn't even know you were still alive, so... how?"
Seeing as everyone focused on her, desperate to know as of what has happened, she gave out a sigh, knowing she'd have to remember and relive everything, but she tried to keep things simple and to the point, "Well... The main reason I survived... Was because of you, Volteer."
"Me?" He asked.
"I'm guessing you might have noticed it but, the ring, on the top of my horn. It's the ring we were working on to control the darkness from Malefor."
"The ring...? Wait! Isn't that the ring... from the piece of paper! Was that you?!"
"Hehe, yep. When I was walking through the forest as I remember their was a rare material over there from our previous work, I found the Dragon Temple had somehow been rebuilt. Or, at least it was decently rebuilt. So, I flew in, hoping you'd be there but... you weren't. So, I walked to our little hidden spot, saw the brick still hadn't been put back, and grabbed out the book from my satchel. I tore the page out and wrote that I was alive, and placed it in the hole. Then I placed it back and hoped you would find it... It was actually thanks to the ring that I was able to even get the book in the first place."
"Wait... You... Ignitus...?"
Pulling a paw up, a white bright white light had appeared, and as the light died down, a book appeared in his paw. Using his other paw, he opened the book and saw the first page was the same page he recovered and kept for Volteer in his book. As he flipped the page over, he wanted to slap himself as he saw the message she had wrote written on the back of the page. She gave out a slight giggle as she asked the two of them, "Did you seriously never notice that message?"
"No... I... I was too busy crying from remembering what that meant."
"I guess that explains why the brick was so easy to take out from the ground, it's because it was already moved," Spyro said, feeling just as dumb for not realising it, but he played it off, "But, when you're strong, everything feels weak to you."
The white light once again consumed the book, and as it died down, the light disappeared. With that out of the way, there was still one question that everyone wanted to know the answer to, and Volteer asked, "I guess the biggest question we all have is... how did you survive that day...? When I went there after all those years, you were gone, so... what happened?"
"Well... Like I said, it's all thanks to you... I luckily brought my satchel with me and, after I ran into the forest on the brink of death, my back was against a tree. Just as the dark creatures were about to finish me, I thought very quickly about what to do. I knew you gave the ring to me and decided to use the gem instead to trap Malefor because the ring would've been pointless. So, I quickly took the ring out, put it on my horn, and the dark creatures just, stopped."
"What?"
"The ring is full of darkness. When the put the ring on, it's like it's a virus, like how I said way back then. I can even selectively control a couple of them if I wanted to which, I learned later on to get our book back, so it only took me about a week or two to figure out after the attack."
"So that's why the book was gone... And I forgot The ring would be a virus that can take out a virus."
"Well, we did it. And that ring infected me with the darkness with no visual affects to my body. The dark creatures saw me as their own and left me alone. I did realise that meant that, if you put the ring on Malefor, the darkness from the ring would kill the darkness inside of him, and infect him with the darkness from the ring. And if he took the ring off, he'd be darkness free afterwards."
"So... you really made it out... I'm really not dreaming..."
"Hehe... I... I thought the same when you approached me..."
"But... why... after all these years... why did you never come back... I..."
"I promise you I have a reason."
"Please then... start form the beginning."
"Alright... First, it took me a while to figure out where they were holding you as you were moving from place to place after a good while before you ended up in the Freezer. So, after the ten years it took, I flew after you as quickly as possible. I found everything was died, and when I went to where you were being held... you were gone... and all I saw was blood... I thought you had died as well."
"Whoops... sorry... that was my blood when I rescued Volteer," Spyro chuckled.
"And after that?" Volteer asked, wanting to know of what happened.
"Well... I was never able to really find you afterwards. Once the world went to hell and Malefor was released, it was a pain just trying to walk a mile. So, I set up in places all around the world, trying to stay alive all I could. I ran into many who were effect by the war, trying what they could to, get what they wanted, before they died. So, once the world had split apart, I thought we were all dead, but over time, it came back. And as I made my way to Warfang, it took me a while but, when I finally made it, after all those years of, deaths, blood, sweat, and tears... I... saw you... With someone else... I thought it was over... and all I wanted to do was give up..." Ersa murmured, remembering and feeling everything she once had before and up to this point.
"Ersa..."
"But, I didn't give up. Not after everything I went through. So, I thought of a way to hopefully win you over once again by making something that would impress you. Many times I thought it wouldn't happen because you already had a mate and Hatchling, but... I kept trying. Then Warfang was attacked again and I was sure we'd all die... but I saw you, fighting once again. You three flew off after the citizen took over, and I had high hopes you were still alive... And then, out of the joy in my heart, I heard that you were asking about someone named Ersa. I was so confused but, hopeful. So I quickly finished my work, ran out to test it before I met you but... you seemed to have found me first."
"Wait... win him back... That was you wasn't it!" Ignitus blurted out and she was confused by what he meant, but she then remembered what he was probably suggesting.
"Hehe, well, first, I want to know what you were doing outside my door. I tried calling for you but you flew away."
"It was you! But... I thought... How do you have so much information on us?!"
"Well, Volteer of course. I used all that information to help me just in case you all tried to keep me from him for what ever reason. And since he was so kind to tell me all your weakness, it was pretty easy."
The three Guardians all looked at him and grumbled, and all Volteer could do was give out a nervous chuckle. Trying to ignore his anger towards his friend, it all made sense to Ignitus now, "That makes sense. You were the one who sent the dark creature for the book. And the reason I didn't see Spyro's name in there was because you never knew of him up until now, so his name wouldn't have been in that book! And the reason the Ancestors never knew you were alive was because of that darkness ring. They could never see you because you always had it on, and darkness clouded and protected your mind!"
"I don't know how the Ancestors work so... I guess so...?"
"That would also explain why the Ancestors were in such an uproar. When ever I asked if there would be anyway to bring you back, they said they wouldn't. But I kept pushing and pushing, hoping there was something they could do, but they said they didn't have your soul. Then, we all realised, you weren't died! But it was the question of how? Sorry to force you to answer and break the moment but, the Ancestors weren't happy not knowing what happened to you."
"Why, what would they have done?"
"Well... since they believed you were died, and you didn't explain, they would've made it so history was as it was told..."
"No no no! Stop... We are fine, everything is fine. So please tell me the Ancestors are happy," Volteer quickly stepped in knowing what that meant.
"Hehe, don't worry, Volteer. My clone talked to them and they were impressed with her smarts. So, they are giving her a chance to live her life once again."
"Thank the Ancestors."
"Literally," Ignitus chuckled, "But before you do anything else, Ersa, I need to record all your memories and store them in your life book. And at the same time, I will give you the memory of what everyone has asked me so far about my powers, and any question you would ask would already be answered for you. I'm just going to have to ask you to remove your ring."
She was a little scared to remove what she had believed was now apart of her as she's had the ring for so long. Taking the ring of her horn and looking at it in the palm of her paw, she shivered a little as she was a little scared to have lost what has protected her over the years. Goodbye old friend, She thought, and looking over at her now lover, Volteer, she smiled more as she knew what this meant, I have a new protector to keep me safe from now on. The ring grew white as she looked at it, wondering what was happening. As the light died down, the ring disappeared and Ignitus explained, "Don't worry, you still have it. I just placed it in a room for you on the shelf of a bookcase. And if you want me to, I can also teleport all your stuff into this room all at once. But, with all that stuff, I would have to combine two rooms into one big room."
"All I want for now is Volteer. I'm going to hold off on the idea for now at least. So, for right now, I just want to get this over with."
Walking up from out of the safety and comfort of Volteer's wing, she felt exposed now more then ever. It felt to her as though she still couldn't trust everyone, Malefor's in this room, I don't know these other females aside from what was said, and I remember Cynder being evil. And I don't know who Spyro even really is. As for the Guardians... I remember them, and I can easily remember why I should trust them. But everyone else, I'm not so sure. As she stood in front of him, he placed his paw on her head and chuckled as he had heard her thoughts, "Don't worry, Ersa. Cynder, Carith, and Claire, you will easily be able to get along with. Spyro is all about protecting everyone, and Malefor, well... You can kill him if you want. None of us trust him."
"Hey... You do realize she might actually do that you know. Also because, you know, she doesn't know all about who I really am, you idiot," Malefor growled at him as the last thing he wanted was another enemy to hate him.
She did take his words to heart and was very on edge about how she really felt towards him, but she was also very confused and asked, "How did you..."
"Don't worry, I will give you all the memories while I see all that's happened from your past up until now."
As he looked through all her thoughts and gained all the information about everything that has happened, he chuckled, and felt a little bad for saying, but he had hopes it would bring light to the situation, "Ersa, I'm not picking on you, I swear. Hey, Malefor, you remember how you said Spyro and Cynder cried a lot? Well, Ersa takes that by a mile."
"You think I'm going to comment on that? You just called me a horrible dragon, last thing I want is to prove you right. Screw, that, my guy," Malefor declined, waving a claw as he knew he should stick with picking on the other two, "At least with Spyro and Cynder, I know that my death won't happen overnight when I talk about them."
"You talk so freely about death yet, when you thought I'd kill you, you busted out into tears begging me not to," Spyro chuckled.
"First impressions are everything. Can we refrain from saying anything that isn't how I would normally act?"
"And how would you act?"
"Like a total flexing male badass, that's how."
"I just took out an army of apes, what did you do?"
"Uh, took out an army of twice the amount you had to deal with while you were gone, and did it faster then you."
"Uh huh. Cynder, can you give clarification from this."
"Hahaha! I just realised that. Claire, then we have, Claire-ification. That's awesome. I wonder who else's name goes with something... I will have to think more about it, but all bets say it's going to be me picking on the Guardians first before I go to you two."
While the two were talking, all the information had been received with some information of what's happened sent to Ersa's mind. As she received the information, one of the things he gave her from the past of memories was how Volteer had reacted when he found out she was supposedly dead. Seeing the way he had acted, she turned to look at him and gave a small smile. She responded by giving him a raised brow as she wondered how he would react once she told him of what she had just seen, "So, Volteer. Care to explain what all that anger was when you found out I was died? You seemed pretty angry when you found out, and I was just wondering why."
"Ignitus..." Volteer growled at him, blushing a little and later giving a frown as he wished she would had never seen that side of him.
Walking up next to him on his right, she bumped her backside up against his which made him wonder if she was mad at him or not. Cuddling up to his side was a good indication she wasn't, and her words made the truth so, "I think it's pretty hot for you to stand up for me like that. It's good to know you really do have a lot of emotions towards me. But if you ever show that side again, especially with me around, you're in trouble mister, understand me?"
"Hehe, yes ma'am. I promise," Volteer agreed, very surprised as to how calm she was, but he could understand why, and he would've been the same if the roles were switched.
Before she could do anything else or go any further with her new lover, she had to make sure of a couple of things before she did. Looking over at Malefor, his face quickly grew to fear as she approached him. He didn't know what she was capable of, so he didn't know if she would hurt him or not, She probably still only knows the Dark Master version of me! And probably wants me dead! As she stood in front of him, she was surprised to see such a change from his dark form to his original form, "Seeing you now, I guess I'm not surprised you found a lover. But the real question is, why would someone stay with you after what you've done?"
"Don't worry, it's a long story, and it's nothing bad," Carith assured her which made her come up with an idea, "If you want to, you could have a girls day out with us to get to know us girls along with what you've been missing. And if you're afraid of being attacked well, Spyro and Malefor won't let us go anywhere to be alone outside this building so, we will have back up in case someone tries something."
"A girls day out... Maybe I could trust them with how I'm really feeling right now... And this would help me... Alright, I will agree. But I do have to make sure of something right now in order to insure the safety of Volteer, and myself."
Putting a paw up to the bottom of his neck where his chest and shoulder meet, she took some of her claws and curved them back into her palm while leavening two claws on his neck: One on the front and one on the back. He started to sweat a little as he didn't know what she was doing, and as she applied a little bit of pressure, he gave out a painful yelp as his body became stiff, trying not to move at all. Hoping she wouldn't apply anymore pressure, she gave him simple rules to follow, and somewhat testing him as to make sure everyone was safe, "Do you promise that I won't be separated from Volteer ever again because of the Dark Master inside of you?"
"Yes... Yes, I swear," Malefor answered, scared he would answer wrong in some way and make her hurt him.
"And you are sure you are back to your normal self?"
"Yes, I swear. I've been back for more then a week, and I feel fine."
"So I shouldn't threaten you any further?"
"No... please... I understand... My body feels like it's locking up on me."
"Okay... But, what does Volteer think?" Ersa asked, looking over at her lover for confirmation.
"Volteer! Volteer, buddy, please... You know me, you have Ersa back, I promise I won't ever be stupid again... Please... I'm begging you."
Hearing his desperate cry, remembering what he had already said to him, and since Ersa was alive and smiling, he gave out a sigh as he agreed to let him go, "As much as I would love to see what happens when you use all your strength... I said some things to him... that I regret saying. I'm sorry, Malefor, and considered this my apology for what I did."
"Agreed! I... I one hundred percent agree...!" Malefor agreed out of fear of wanting to joke, but he knew she would've hurt him if she did.
As she pulled her claw back down, Malefor let out a huge sigh, wiping the sweat from his forehead. Looking over to Carith now, Volteer felt and knew that he should apologize more for what he had said about the two, "I'm sorry that I tried to hurt Malefor. I'm sorry for the way I acted, and the way I lashed out... Everyone tried to help me and I was... I wasn't myself... I hope you forgive me for what I've done."
"Well, Ersa did agree to go out with us girls and have a girls day out again so, I will forgive you. I know what you must've been going through, and I know I shouldn't worry about you now since, well, Ersa will keep you in line," Carith accepted his apology as she hoped this would also help in bring his smile back, which it very much did, "Also, hehe, I did punch you so, I guess we're even."
Looking over towards Spyro, his friend already waved a paw at him, "Please, you don't need to apologise to me. Seeing Malefor almost get choked was pretty funny, but I am glad you didn't. Carith already summed up what I was going to say so, I guess you're free from what's happened. But... there is one thing that I have to get out there that has been bugging me for a while. I just... I need to hear what Ignitus has to say."
"Is it... about what I did...?" Volteer murmured as he asked.
"Don't worry. Just go sit where you usually do, only this time, with Ersa by your side. I need to take the center of the room real quick."
He did as he was told and walked over towards the Guardians with Ersa following by his side. The two sat down together with Ersa laying her head down over his shoulder. Snuggling up together with Volteer placing his wing over her back, she gave out a comforting sigh, wishing she could fall asleep now, but something kept her awake, and she quickly knew what it was. I know I will be fine but... everything is so new... what if I close my eyes and... this is all a dream... And then I lose him... Ignitus, you can hear my thoughts right? And I know you control dreams so... will... will everything be okay? She couldn't see it, buy Ignitus gave a warm smile as he talked back with her in his thoughts, "Ersa, I thought you were another dark master out there about to kill us. To hear the news that we have nothing to worry about, to know you are alive... All the fear and anxiety I felt is washing away. I do control dreams, and I promise, I won't give you one. I just want you to know what life is like around here. Do not fear, Ersa. I saw what you had to go through, but we are all family, and we all care for one another. Just watch what Spyro does and you'll see what I mean." She listened to his words and watched as Spyro started to talk about what was bugging him, "Ahem. So, I just wanted to say, Thank you to the new happy couple for being here today, congrats to you two. So today, I wanted to talk about something very important. Something so important that it breaks the barrier of importance."
"Cynder?" Carith asked.
"Let me rephrase. This is the second thing in the world that has broken the importance barrier with Cynder being the first..."
"Where do we fit into this?" Terrador asked.
"Ugh... Okay, never mind, forget it. The whole point of this is, I want to her it, Ignitus. You've been listening to my thoughts the entire time, you should know that I've been begging for this day to come. So I want to hear you say it. I was right and you were wrong," Spyro gave out a very big smile, hoping his father would say what he desperately wanted him to say, "I want to hear it with passion, and all the heart in your voice."
"Hehe, Alright Spyro, you were right," Ignitus agreed, but to Spyro, it felt weak, and he wanted to hear it again.
"Sorry what? For someone as strong as you say you are, that was pretty, Weak Sauce! Now try again."
"You were right, Spyro," Ignitus chuckled once he was done saying, and there was much more passion in his voice when he said it this time.
"Ah, there we go, that's better... Oh, wait, what's that? Oh, Ignitus, my brain wants to keep this memory forever so I'm going to need you to say it a couple more times. So, who was right?"
"You were."
"Sorry, who's you?"
"You were right, Spyro."
"Hehe, okay okay, one more time."
"Spyro, someone not as powerful and all knowing knew more about the future then the all knowing Chronicler."
"Oh, that felt so much better to hear."
Hearing the two talk about it, they all laughed as it was as best of times for everyone after everything that has happened. Because of what Spyro had done, and since he was right in him saying, Ignitus agreed with him, "Well, Spyro. Since she is alive and I was wrong, I do owe you one. That also means that you could easily let Cynder read of her parents past when ever you want her to, or, you could use this for yourself."
"Clearly it's for Cynder, not me. Plus, I still have other things to take care of. Mainly that being of Volteer... So, now that things have calmed down, what do you have to say to defend yourself? Running off and flying outside the walls of Warfang without even telling me? You could've been killed, Volteer. I know you saw her and you thought it would've been the last time, but it would've been even worse if Ignitus hadn't warned me about what happened, and you even promised you wouldn't do anything stupid."
Giving a small frown, he knew what he had done and what he promised him. Spyro isn't mad at me, he was just worried for me... And I thank him for that, Volteer thought, slightly getting his smile back. As he was about to apologise for what he had done, Ersa picked her head up and jumped in, apologizing as she believed it was her fault any of this happened, "I take the fault. If you want to yell at anyone, it should be me."
"Ersa, but..." Volteer murmured, wondering why she was taking the heat for him.
"If it wasn't for me, he would've never flown out to save me. If it wasn't for me and my confusion, we would've came back sooner, but instead, we... Sat together and... talked... after so many years... I... Sorry, I mean..."
"Ersa, calm down, everything is fine," Spyro assured her, seeing her start to tear up a little, and since she didn't know how he really acts, she thought he was serious, "I wasn't actually mad at him, just a little disappointed, that's all. I get why he did it, and I understand. And I do believe what he did was right to help you, but it's still dangerous out there. Last thing I want is both of you dead, and most certainly neither of you. So, because I don't want to ruin the joy you two are feeling now, I will give him a slap on the paw. Just make sure you get me first, understand, Volteer?"
He nodded his head once with a happy smile, glad he wasn't as difficult with him as he thought he'd be. Walking back over to his lover, Spyro sat down next to her, and to everyone, it seemed the day was coming to a close. Malefor was the first one to stretch and ask if the day was going to end, "Well, with that out of the way, what do you say we all get some nice, peaceful rest in? Since me, Spyro, and Ignitus all knew about what could've been true, hearing that you were alive the entire time really lets us sigh in relief."
"I... I don't know... I... I kinda want to stay up a bit longer," Ersa declined with fear on her face as she snuggled up to Volteer some more, and everyone understood why she was acting this way, except Malefor.
"Oh, then I could always tell you a funny story, or a joke or..."
"Malefor, that's not it. Ersa is tired but... Ugh, you wouldn't understand," Ignitus interrupted as now that he had talked and interrupted Malefor, he now saw what everyone else was seeing with the shivering yet, she did look very sleepy with her eyes wanting to close in on her, "Ersa, you can easily have a perfect night to yourselves, and this will be one of many, I promise. I'm sure Volteer will help you sleep much easier as he will know what to say to calm you."
"But... I... My work, my lab, I... What if something happens. Maybe me and Volteer could just stay awake and watch after it."
"Ersa... When was the last time you slept well?"
"I..."
"I've seen your past, Ersa... You haven't been able to sleep well at all knowing Volteer was dead. And even when you found out, you still shivered at night, wishing you were with him, and scared it would never happen. That will all change, I promise you. If you're scared of an attack, you have Volteer. If you're scared of a war, hehe, well, you have two purple dragons and the Guardians."
"He's right," Volteer interrupted, and she looked at him as he spoke, "There really is nothing for you to fear. I would be lying if I said that I wasn't scared of waking up with you gone but, I try not to think about it. I know I'd protect you. Just like when you were being attacked, I... I pushed past my limits and was able to use some kind of, blue version of my power."
"What?!" Spyro yelled out, "How? I was only able to use my blue fire before and condense it but, only because I was in my dark form. How were you able to use your other, more powerful version, of your electricity?"
"I, don't really remember. All I know is, it made me blink at lightning speed and, when I needed to protect her, the blue lightning went out in this, bubble, killing anything that it passed through. It took all the energy I had but, it seemed to be very effective in more ways then one."
"That's amazing! To think what else we could do with such power! What else could my fire do or, my ice..."
"This is one of the reasons you have nothing to worry," Volteer chuckled as he talked with his lover while Spyro continued to rant off about what this new power could be, "I may be strong but, you've seen his power. It's scary to think someone as powerful as him exists but... he does it all to protect us. But, mainly his lover. I really feel like you'd get along with all of them. So, what do you say we talk in one of those rooms to continue to talk more about our lives?"
"I... We aren't going to bed though, right?" Ersa quickly asked.
"Hehe, no Ersa, we aren't going to bed, not yet. I just want to, talk with you some more about what's happened while you've been gone. We have a lot of catching up to do."
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to finally lay down with you at least."
"That's all I want."
With the two standing up and walking out of the Guardians Chambers, Ersa walked ahead of Volteer without realizing it for a second. She stood at the main doorway and looked behind herself to see him looking at Malefor. He seemed a little scared, almost as if he needed to say something, and he did, "Malefor... I know you've already said yes and I believe in your promise but... Please, make sure the Dark Master doesn't ruin what we have a second time, please."
"Volteer, how is Ersa going to trust me if you won't do so either? Everything's going to be fine," Malefor assured him for the second time hoping he would trust him.
Giving a hopeful smile, he turned away from him and towards the doorway. As he walked over to her, he nodded his head towards the left, and asked in his thoughts, Ignitus, which room is it you'll be working on? Or, which room did you out her ring in? "Oh, you are heading in the right direction. The second door down. While you two sleep, I can easily combined the two rooms and get all of Ersa's stuff moved in." I... I don't know what to say. "Everything is fine now. Rest easy, and don't worry about a thing." Coming out of his thoughts from his talk with Volteer, Ignitus watched as Spyro stretched out onto the ground and agreed to finally get some long awaited rest, and he even yawned mid sentence,, "I guess that settles it. Time to go... And... Ugh, get some sleep..."
"Hehe, yeah. After today, I think we all need that," Ignitus agreed.
"What did you four do that you need sleep for? I defended everyone while Spyro was gone, he fought apes and saved those two, Carith had to fight off Volteer, and Cynder had to lay down in fear of not knowing if one of those girls were going to take him or not," Malefor asked, explaining a lot that happened today, and his eyes got slightly big as he thought about it, "Actually... wow... a lot did happen today. But even still, I want to know."
"You know why, this was an emotional day for all of us. Seeing someone like Volteer turn into someone we've never seen before... And compared to how he usually is... It's just a little scary. I had to tell Volteer the truth, and... You didn't see it but, Volteer was going through the five stages of grief."
"No he wasn't... was he?"
"First, he went through denial: This was him learning of her supposed death. Second, Anger: When he lashed out at us and attacked you. Third, bargaining: He blamed it on himself because he believed he could've done something, or he could've been stronger. Forth, Depression: On the roof of the building I found him on, he was broken, and didn't seem to care anymore. Lastly, Acceptance: Knowing there was nothing to do, he was about to accept the fact he couldn't do anything. Luckily he saw her before he accepted it but..."
"I get it... I guess when you put it like that, it really was bad for him, for all of us for that matter... But, you know me, I'm not going to mope about what's happened. Volteer has his lover back, so we can all look past it, and get back to being ourselves. And I'm sure once he goes through with his plan and they become mates well, we will forget he was even depressed by seeing him smile all the time... Hehe... because we all know why."
Everyone grunted and groaned form him saying that, understanding exactly what he was talking about. But everyone did agree with Spyro on his words, "Well, rather have... that, happen to him then the alternative. And I know now I have nothing else to fear so I can finally lay back and enjoy the sun rise and sun set."
"Nothing to fear? Uh, I'm pretty sure you forgot about me."
Spyro didn't answer, but instead, gave him a small smile which made Malefor's eyes grow wide, but he didn't want to get his hopes up too soon as he knew there was probably another reason behind his smile. As if he'd make me his friend. He's probably smiling because he thinks he can just kill me off so he really doesn't have to fear... Ugh, but even I know that isn't true anymore... So what is it? Looking over at the Guardians, Spyro gave them all his good nights before he wanted to leave, "If we are lucky, the girls day tomorrow will be a success to add on to our luck but... it's our luck so, hopefully it's nothing too eventful. We can talk more in the morning, so for now, goodnight to you all."
They all smiled at him and nodded as they watched him get up and walk to the Chambers doorway with his lover following to his right. Looking at Malefor, he gestured his head to the right and asked him, "Do you want to hear the good news or not? Come on, I want to talk with you about something."
Once again, he could feel his facing wanting to light up with joy, but he knew what would happen if he tried to show his smile, so he tried to keep his lips sealed as he walked with Spyro on his left. Carith also followed when the two had stood up and walked to her lover's left. Drops of sweat started to drip down his scales as he was nervous as to what this something could be, and from memory, he was afraid he was going to be attacked, and his mind fought on whether it was good or bad. Hearing a sigh escape from Spyro's mouth, his heart skipped a beat, and he almost forgotten to breath as he thought, Don't kill me don't kill me don't kill... Ugh. The suspense was killing him, and it was like Spyro knew this as he was purposely holding off on saying.
"Do you remember, back in the training room...?" Spyro spoke, and Malefor couldn't tell what kind of emotion he was getting from him, and because he was trying to figure out what his emotion was behind his voice, he forgot to respond, "You asked me, 'Because of her death, do you hate me for it?' 'Do you blame me for her death?' I made you feel worse about that day by saying yes, and I told you that I did still have hate towards you because of it... But... do you remember what else I said that day. It was something very important that you've been working for since the day you first got here. Do you remember?" As he paused, wondering if he knew, Malefor shuck his head, and not because he didn't know, but because he wanted to hear him say it with his own words, "My friendship, remember? I said, if Ersa had never died... I would've thought about making you my friend a lot sooner... And now that she's alive, seeing the smile on his face again... I know it's a sign of good thing to come, and I want more of a bright future out of this now more then ever..."
Unfortunately, they had reached the door so Spyro stopped talking as he waited for the doors to open. The suspense Malefor felt made his scales feel tight, and he could feel his heart beating up against his chest, wondering if he was really going to say it. As the four entered the house, Malefor and Carith stood by their door while Spyro walked over to his door with his lover next to him. As he stopped, he gave out another sigh and turned around, facing him as he spoke, "One week. That's all I ask. Once that week is over, and you really do stay the way you are, I will have no problem becoming your friend. And to be honest, I almost think of you as a friend now, but not yet... Cynder once told me that, she was scared for my death. Once someone dies, that's it. You'll never seen that someone again in your lifetime. So I do still fear, but... I've realised you could've attacked her so many times with me leaving to do something... but you didn't... And I know why... But, that's a secret that you'll have to say later on... Goodnight you two."
Looking back towards his door, he grabbed the door knob, twisted it, and opened the door, walking into his room as he did so. Walking over toward the bed, Cynder went to close the door, and turned as she did. As she slowly closed the door, her eyes grew slightly wide as she saw the pure shock in his face. His body gave off a slight tremble, and a couple of tears went down his eyes. She wondered if he was possibly upset form the news but, just before the door closed, she saw a big smile go across his face before looking at Carith. Cynder couldn't help but giggle, giving off a sigh of her own afterwards as everything to her felt right. Turning around, she saw her lover was already laid down on his stomach with his left wing up as he waited for her. Walking over towards the bed and to his wing, she smiled, telling him about what she had just seen, "You know, I stand by what I said about death. But... I'm pretty sure you just broke Malefor from your words. Hehe, if he was the Dark Master, I'm pretty sure you just took him out in a couple of seconds without having to lift a claw."
Jumping up onto the bed, she moved to the side of his wing, laid down, and rolled herself over until she was underneath his wing. She only had to roll a couple of times before ending up underneath his wing and perfectly up right as she laid on her belly beside him. Putting his wing down over her back, he wondered if that meant he did good or if he disappointed her in some way, "I really hope that means I did something good. You might defeat me because of my tears if I just did something bad."
"Don't worry. When I mean you defeated him, we know the Dark Master feeds on anger. Well, you probably just destroyed all the anger he could've still had left in his body. I saw tears, a stiffened up body which I thought was him being sad, but then I saw a big smile as he looked at his lover. Those two sure are going to have a perfect night."
"And why can't we?"
"I mean, we can but... I can't believe yelling at Volteer was more important then trying to satisfy me with a kiss when you got back, and you even promised... but... at last, here we are."
"What? I did give you a kiss. Right after those two started to kiss."
"One kiss? One kiss out of the thousands I was hoping I would be able to get from you today."
"Are... are you... d... disappointed... in... me...?"
"Well, you are very lucky about one thing, and it's saved you for now."
"What's that?"
"Ignitus told me that, a bunch of girls were following you. He was even telling me how they were checking you out and I... got a little scared of course. Haven't really seen the competition but... I told everyone the truth that, I actually like the past a little better then the present."
"What? Why? Is it because of me?"
"I... Just... Thinking about it now, you are still you: Ready to protect, love, and defend me. But, back then, we just laid together and, talk with one another. And even though... Sparks... was there, and we had some incidences with our enemies and an... arrow... Things back then just seemed so much better when we weren't being attacked."
"That's probably because, back then, I was always on edge. We were weak, we needed to get to Warfang, and I couldn't stand you being hurt. It was a constant struggle for me to be honest, and I needed you, I needed to talk with you every moment I got because... I just couldn't think of losing you. But now, things have calmed down so much after what's happened. We're safe, I'm much more powerful then I've ever been before and, I guess I've just been enjoying not having to worry so much."
"Yeah... that is true... And you did have a lot of stress because Ersa was supposedly dead and, you didn't know what to do so..."
"Hehe, yeah, that was a massive headache... But, if you are bringing this up then..."
"No no no, you're right. I just haven't really been seeing what you've been going through and, you are a lot more active when it comes to situations like these. I'm usually just chilling out on this bed while you're out there dealing with Malefor or, training or, any other situation. You have a lot going on and, I understated that. I will try to back off more as I don't want..."
"No!" Spyro cried, standing up very suddenly and jumping to his side, standing over her as he did so.
"W...what..." Cynder wondered as she rolled onto her back to face up at him, positioning herself right underneath him as she moved.
"Cynder, it's all my fault. Carith even saw it way back in the training room a couple of days ago. I haven't been the best kind of lover to you, and I don't want you to have to think that you have to change, none of us should have to. Please, I will stay up all night if I have to and make it up to you. I promise from here on out, I will love you more, just like how I did yesterday. Malefor being an enemy of mine keeps getting in the way, but I will put you first from now on, I promise!"
"You... promise...?"
"'Spyro promise'!"
"When will I see my lover be himself?"
"Tonight, I will show you what I'm supposed to be to you as a lover. And tomorrow, I have nothing to stress about, nothing to worry. I swear I will be who I need to be for you. And like I said, we don't need to change. The stress got to me but, now... I won't let you down, not ever."
Putting her wings around his back, she wondered if his words would hold true, "Well you're lucky you caught yourself before doing such a thing. But now is the time to show me if you can turn things around?"
"Even though those two are together, and I'm happy for them, not having Volteer lay in his bed is a little... heartbreaking," Cyril spoke to the other Guardians who were all laid down on their beds, along with Claire who laid down beside Ignitus, "It's not going to help if I think he's dead, then look over to his bed and see he's gone."
"He just needs time alone with her until he comes back. After all, those two might be up for a little while trying to calm each other down after so long. Lets let them have there time, and sleep well knowing we got the good side of things," Ignitus spoke, laying his head down on his paws while Claire did the same on her paws.
"Things are as they should be, and slowly, things will go back to how they should be. I just hope that the same thing doesn't happen to you, Ignitus," Terrador hinted as he laid his head to the side on his paws.
"What does that mean?"
"Oh yeah, he still doesn't know. And you won't be able to find out from our thoughts either. Hehe, that's great," Cyril chuckled, laying his head on the bed.
"What are you two talking about? Is this about Claire? And is this about her leaving me?"
"You know I'd never do that," Claire whispered, trying to also hint at what it could be in hopes he would find out, "I just hinted at the Guardians something and now they now about a secret which I will tell you later on. For now, all I want to do is sleep peacefully now and hope that tomorrow's girls day out doesn't go as bad as it did last time with those dragons."
Seeing her close her eyes, he knew he couldn't ask her about what it could be. The other two also closed their eyes with smiles, both glad Ignitus was confused as to what they were talking about, and because their friend had been reunited with his lover. Closing his eyes along with the others, Ignitus thought about what those two could be talking about as he fell asleep, Claire hinted at it? If the others know, why won't she tell me? What if she hinted that she loved me...! No... But... Damn it! I don't want to make a mistake. I've only pecked her on the cheek a couple of times today, like when I left to get Volteer and when I came back and some other times but... I know... I have to tell her soon but... how?
"Hehe, yeah, after Malefor came back, I was so very close to killing him too, but Cynder stopped me before I could do it," Volteer spoke more and more of almost everything that Ersa had missed throughout the years, and to her, it was soothing to finally be laid down on a bed cuddle up next to him under his wing as he talked, "Which, a lot happened that day. Even after the whole war situation, Spyro confessed his love to Cynder, Malefor came back, Carith was back from what we thought was the dead... Oh man, that was a crazy day. And then the day after was pretty crazy. Not that anything big happened but, it was still eventful."
"So... from what it seems, nothing has really changed, has it?" Ersa asked him with a slight smile as she had hoped nothing would change, "Never really a big fan of big changes. Well of course, aside from Malefor now being himself, that's a good change but... I thought after everything that had happened, you all would've changed from how you were before. I don't really know much about those others but, I guess I will find out more tomorrow."
"Well, I can tell you, Claire, it's both a sad and funny story of how she came to stay with us. At first, she was an assassin who's mind was corrupted by this darkness and she was going to kill us. She almost killed Ignitus but, was able to break free and run away but, he caught up with her and, ever since, they've been together. Which is crazy to think about but, they've already been together for more then a week now. Time sure does fly."
"Wow... I would love to know more about that. I know what you've told me before but, what about Carith?"
"Carith? Well, she's probably the most normal of the females. Her backstory is pretty simple though, and all around, she just likes being with her lover and hanging out with the other girls. So if you're wondering if any of the girls are a threat before having a day out with them, you're fine."
"Then I'm guessing I'd be safe from Cynder as well, right?"
"Hehe, Cynder, oh absolutely. Of course some still see her as what she once was but, after Spyro saved her, her life has really changed. With Spyro's help, he's shown her what peace really is and what it can do for all of us. She's much more laid back then she was before but, she's far beyond a threat I can assure you."
"And what of Spyro? I've never seen someone with such power. Seems like he would probably be a liability if someone ever made him mad. I was actually afraid of him even after he had shown his normal self, and that's why I didn't really talk to Cynder as I was still upset because I still believe she was the one that hurt you."
"Don't worry about that. We've all looked past what has happened from what the Dark Master and Cynder's evil self has done. Of course, it's... not easy when it comes to the death of a loved one like my parents but... At least he didn't kill you too so... I forgive him a lot more then I once did. And as for Spyro, Well, he's like Malefor, as long as those two have their lovers, they're fine. Spyro is all about protecting everyone, Never about hurting or death... unless someone he cares about gets hurt then, you just back away."
"Has he, ever lashed out before?"
"Not from what I've seen. He's never really shown his anger, but he did get that form of his after fighting the Dark Master so, I guess you could say that's the only time he's lashed out before. We did separate him from his lover at one point and, Well, he wasn't exactly happy about it. It's was stupid and we all hid the truth from why we really did it but... after he claimed down, we apologized, so, I wouldn't worry about him."
"I will... try not too... But I guess for now, my main fears rely around him, his lover, Carith, and Claire."
"You don't trust me?"
"I don't trust other females for one. And two, I've seen what happens when a strong dragon tries and uses his power for something he desires so, I'm just keeping an eye out... And... thanks to you, I will be able to keep both my eyes out for those four... I just, I don't understand. How were you able to... I mean... Even if it was something you made, it wouldn't have worked that fast."
"I had a lot of time on my paw, what can I say?"
"You always find a way to amaze me... I guess I will try and trust those three tomorrow, but I will still keep my eye on Spyro. I don't really have any fears of Malefor as I remember what you've told me, and, after my little, talk, with him, he doesn't seem threatening what so ever... And... I guess after just looking at him and the way he speaks, he is definitely scared of death."
"Aren't we all... But, now with you back, my love, I'm looking forward to what we will do tomorrow to be honest. Today was an up, then down, and then very down for me, and since we found you, my joy is through this roof. And hopefully, with tomorrow, things will continue to look up from here on out."
"I sure do hope so... Volteer, in the morning of tomorrow..."
"I will still be here... And if you ever do wake up in the night, just wake me up as well. And if you're afraid about the whole, Spyro attacking or killing us, thing, just talk to him. I had to have a talk with him as well, and I told him I didn't trust him for what Malefor has done. I actually didn't tell you this part but, Spyro actually saved my life when the Dark Master went on a rampage that day."
"What? How?"
"He had gone through a lot of power trying to defeat the Dark Master and... he had a choice. Both of us had been severely damaged as the Dark Master dug his claws into our chest, causing us to bleed uncontrollably... He didn't have much power left but... he healed me... And nearly died doing so... We all thought he did, and we believed it was all over but, Malefor helped save him once he came back to himself with Carith's help."
"How... I... What did he heal you with? What kind of power does that? It couldn't have been gems... could it?"
"It was a time ability he has that drains a lot of his power when he uses it... But, after that day, I put forth a lot of trust in him and his lover. It's one of the main reasons I trusted him when he said you were alive. He was so sure of himself, and when I thought all hope was lost because you were probably... dead or... with someone else... I... I held on hope, and he was there to back me up every step of the way."
Hearing him talk so highly about Spyro now made her really think twice about whether or not she really could trust him. His smile and his words as he spoke showed her that he really meant what he was saying, and she looked away from him as she thought about what to do, He's the only one I know nothing about... Maybe I can ask Cynder more about how she feels about him, see if he's ever used her or attacked her. She didn't want to think about it too long as it would take time away from what she was enjoying. Looking back over at him, the two locked eyes, and it made her feel both joy and sadness. And just a couple of days ago, I promised to make him my mate... what a failure I turned out to be... But... what if I told him now. Opening her mouth to ask him, his lips silenced her before she was able to say anything, and the sudden shock of pleasure going through her body made her feel as light as a feather. Now with the kiss, she couldn't think of what to do as she was to busy pushing into the kiss along with him. She started to feel light headed and closed her eyes as if she were to fall asleep. Feeling the top of a paw underneath her neck, she didn't know what he was doing, but couldn't help but to give in. Taking his lips away from here ever so slightly, he slowly moved his paw down onto the bed, and her head rested on his paws. She struggled to open her eyes, and it started to scare her, causing a single tear to go down her eyes as she didn't know she was this tired. Feeling her mind starting to drift away, she gave out a small murmur, begging to stay awake, "Vol...teer..."
He heard her soft cry, and everything about her showed that she was scared. Looking down towards her face, he could see her eyes were barley open, so he knew he didn't have much time to say everything he wanted. So instead, he kept it simple, and hoped it would help her sleep much more easily, "I would never break your trust in me... Trust me when I say that... Please, sleep well, my love."
Hoping his words got to her, it seemed to do some good as her eyes completely closed once again, but unlike last time, a small smile appeared on her face before she fell to sleep. Volteer had a smile on his own face to see her sleeping for the first time in years. Watching as her body went limp to his left side, he helped ease her body onto the bed as she now laid sideways. Walking off from over her, he laid down beside her, draping a wing over her as he did. Looking at her as she slept so peacefully, he couldn't stop smiling even as he thought, I haven't made her my mate yet, but, there is always tomorrow. I'm not going to frown. She's happy, we are cuddle, and finally in love. I promise I will keep you safe. Laying his head down on the top of hers, he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Laying in bed with Malefor cuddle up to her side, Carith couldn't help but look at the smile on her lover's face as he slept. Seeing his head laid nearly sideways with a smile, and the dried up tears in his eyes gave her hope for what more was to come in the future. To see Malefor so happy again, and the celebratory kiss he gave me that almost made me pass out was just... I really hope those two become friends. Thinking of what the future could hold, it gave her hope to see him getting along with Spyro so well, compared to how things were in the past. I didn't even get to say thank you to Spyro, but, hehe, I guess I could always tell everyone what happened last night, that way, Spyro will know he is right to trust him, and Cynder will gladly give him a rewarding kiss, if she hasn't already. Laying her head down on her paws, she made sure she was able to lay her head the same way as his so she could look at him as he slept with a smile. Giving out a pleased sigh, she closed her eyes and thought before falling asleep, Just one week... Don't do anything stupid my love.
Taking his head back a pulling away from his kiss with Cynder, he looked down on her as he stood above her with her back against the bed. Her head fell to the side of the bed as she felt like passing out, and all while Spyro apologised more for not being what he should be, "I know I should be loving to you more and, I wanted to show you now that I can be. I hope I was able to give you the love that you had desired all day right now..." He paused, worried as to what her response might be, but her head still laid down on the bed with a slightly open mouth as she tried to catch her breath, "Cynder...? I'm hoping that means I did good?"
Once again, she didn't respond, so he thought of a way to get her to talk. Leaning his head more down towards her neck, he somewhat threatened her in a teasing manner, "Good thing you took your chains off. With your neck exposed, I can bite you when ever I need to. So, it's either you talk, or..." He paused and started to put his mouth over her neck, and the feeling of his breath and teeth come over her neck, her paws curled as she felt hopeless to do anything, but to both her luck and dismay, he pulled his mouth back to talk to her, "Well, you get the idea."
"You're... such... a tease," Cynder was finally able to speak after catching her breath, and opening up one eye, she looked up at him and grumbled, "How dare you have your mouth over my neck and you don't even go for the bite...?"
"Oh! I'm... I'm sorry, I just thought you were probably scared or, maybe I..."
"Hush your handsome face... All I'm saying is, next time, you are committing to the bite, you understand me?"
"Which bite? The one of eighty seven or eighty three?"
"Is that a reference to something?"
"Um... no... just wondering."
"Wondering if I'd leave you?"
"What?!"
"Don't worry, you've proven yourself very, very well tonight," Cynder assured him, giggling as she looked straight up at him in his eyes to see him sighing of relief, "Sorry I was putting pressure on you about you not loving me. You've shown countless times to me that you really do try. I guess I've just been a little jealous that everyone else keeps getting attention. Which isn't a bad thing. If you never gave Volteer your attention, you might have never found her."
"I'm just glad there isn't anything else to deal with. That was the only major issue that needed to be resolved, and I'm a little excited for tomorrow to see what all happens. One thing I really wonder is how Malefor will act now that I've said what I said. I also wonder what Volteer will do since, he did say as soon as those two were back together, he would make her his mate so, I wonder how that plays out."
"I don't really blame him... It's... not exactly easy to tell the one you love to be their mate..."
"Yeah, I guess it is," Spyro agreed, not seeing what she actually meant by that, but he did see her blushing some and wondered why, "Are you okay?"
"Oh, yeah! I just, really hope those two will be able to become mates, that's all... And, since you talk about the new day... I'm getting a little sleepy now so..."
"Oh, of course."
Standing off to his side, he let her roll over onto her stomach which made her feel a little sad as she thought about what had happened, He kisses me as I've wanted, and then almost does the neck bite again... It's... kinda cute because, I know he's not biting down because he's scared to hurt me... hehe, just like how scared he got when he thought I was mad about it. Laying down to her right, she was quick to snuggle up to him which made him chuckle. Draping his wing over her back, he blushed a little as he hoped this would help make tomorrow special, "So, while everyone talks in the Chambers and the girls talk some before you all leave, do you, want to kiss behind my wing in private like before?"
"You know my answer. So my question is, why are you asking?"
"I just... I don't want to screw up, that's all. I'm just, a little... maybe very scared. Especially since I now see that it feels as though I'm not loving you enough."
"I'm not upset or disappointed, just wanted you to know, and you were very quick to remember. And, like I said, I'm not you, and I couldn't image the stress you must've felt when you found out she was probably died. And then after Ignitus revealed it... I understand... If you'd think I would dump you because of this, well..."
"W...what..."
"Hold on, I didn't say what I needed to... Let's just say I... when ever those females were... checking you out... I got a little angry and told Malefor that, if one of them attempted to be with you, I... wanted him to turn me back into my adult form... so I could eliminate the competition... Hehe, yeah, he was all for it, and apparently, so was Cyril..."
"Oh... I... Ahem, well, I'm not, that good looking."
"Oh be quiet you. I could see you now, if you wanted to, you could flex your muscles and break a brink in them."
"Hehe..."
Nuzzling her head against his neck, she proceeded to lay her head down over his paws and said, "We should get some rest. Just thinking about you now makes me want to make out with you, but I'm pretty tired and would fall asleep half way through from both the pleasure, and the soothing feeling."
"I do hope I made you proud today though... even though I didn't..."
"Spyro... In the morning, I will give you a more proper and rewarding kiss, i promise."
"Alright..."
Laying his head down over hers, Cynder gave a nice comfortable sigh as she whispered, "Goodnight, Spyro."
"Goodnight my love."
With Cynder dozing off and falling asleep, Spyro had to make sure of one thing before he was able to sleep. He thought of everything that he could've possible missed, and hoped there was nothing else he needed to get down, Volteer's fine, Ignitus, I sure hope you're fine. Terrador seems like himself. I barely saw Cyril. Malefor isn't a problem for me anymore, which means... all that's left is Cynder, and I can focus completely on her... I just need to remember what she said and I will make sure I don't mess up again. Now that he was sure that he wasn't missing anything, he was able to get some rest with hope that he could make things right.