The Legend Of Spyro: Love And War Book 2

by Spyro and Cynder lover

Continuation Of Book One! With Malefor returned to normal, Spyro and Cynder in love, and everyone now back to their normal lives, another threat; Flint, the new Dark Master, will put everyone and friendships to the test, mixing lies and threats against one another. Death is around every corner, lives at risk, and sometimes, not even being dead means you're forgotten.

15. Chapter 15: Learning And Adapting

Chapter 15: Learning And Adapting

"My Time Away And Alone: Chapter One... Book One, Day One. I never thought I'd be making something like this, and, I guess I never thought something like this would even happen to me. I'm giving this book a number, that being one as, I don't know how long it will be until I find my way back to my... Lover, Volteer... It's funny how I can write this down but, could never tell him... Look at how pathetic I already am without him even now... Anyway, to get back on track, I'm writing this one week after the attack on the Dragon Temple. I've attempted to try and go back many times with no such luck as there are still plenty of Apes swarming around the area. I would attempt to go inside in hopes of finding one of the Guardians but... I know they aren't there... I saw at least two of them be dragged away which must mean they lost in their battle, but so far, I haven't seen Volteer or Ignitus but... I probably wasn't here for when they were dragged away as well. For now I'm using what I know about this ring that I've made with Volteer in hopes that I'd be able to retrieve something. One thing that I'm mainly after is my book. If I'm successful in retrieving this item, I'll be one step closer to finding out what else I can do to help get the other Guardians free of their captivity. It doesn't appear they are dead, at least... that's what my whole mind and body is hoping for... But I will not give up hope. One step at a time. After I retrieve my book, I will find out how I will be able to rescue the Guardians, we will find a way to push back the Apes and the Darkness, and everything will go back to how it should be, or at least, that's the hope. For right now, I'm writing this during the night, as I will all my other days that I will be counting. Hopefully it won't be too much longer, but for now, I just need to rest. Once I'm at full strength, I will begin my plan to save everyone, and hopefully, even the world."

Seeing as the page had ended at the very bottom of the first page, Volteer knew this meant he had to stop reading the first book that was given to him, and already he felt terrible as he could only image how she must already be feeling at that time, She seemed so calm but, even I could understand and see those small hints in there that show she's struggling with what's happened... And that's only day one. Closing the first book with his paw and moving it off to his left, he wrapped it around to the back of the other books beside him. Putting his paw over the next book, he slid it to the front of him. Opening up the book, he flipped through many of the pages as he remembered where she told him to go to in the book, Pages four thousand fifty four and fifty five... To think how much she wrote just on the one page, and she was tired then... I can't imagine the pain she went through when writing all of this. Reaching the numbered pages as he could see at the bottom, he pulled the book a little closer to himself and started to read.

"My Time Away And... Alone, of course. That's what I numbered my first book, then the one after that, and so on and so forth till we get to number ten... Ten years... Ten years, everything I've done, everything I've seen, been through and lost... it's like the world has forgotten about me... Just today I ran into a dragon who helped protect me against some Apes and Dark Creatures. After thanking him, he chuckled at me and asked, 'Is that all I get?'. I giggled at him, but I instantly knew what he meant by that. After a little bit of talking, he got forceful, and attacked me. Turned out the reward he wanted was me... When I fought back he... he clawed out my right eye... so... now I'm... blind... But, after being able to hit a pressure point and knocking him down for good, I was swarmed by Dark Creatures and Apes. More Creatures then apes as I was able to control a little of the hoard to help me. I flew away as quickly as I could, hoping I would be able to heal my eye in time. Unfortunately, every step of the way I tried to land and heal my wounded eye in hopes of recovering, there were always Apes upon Apes, swarming every location possible. I flew back to my cave and used what my lover once had used to help out a friend of his named Ignis. But, even with the instructions, it became difficult, and I either didn't have what I needed or, I failed to do something and wasted what resources I had... so... I guess for, now on and forever... I will... just have to be blind... I can't feel my eye anymore, I can't cry out of it and... It's just another reminded to me that... The world doesn't care about me anymore... I... Just... Volteer... Even when it went to save you, and when I saw that blood I... I don't understand... Please tell me you're alive... Please... Now more then ever, I need to know... I... I need to know..."

Reaching the bottom of the first page he was supposed to read, he felt a tight pain in his chest that stabbed at him, making him want to tear up just as badly as he thought about it, Ersa's right... there's no way I could read all of what's happened to her. I'm only reading bits and pieces of her life here and here and... It's painful even for me now. The only thing that keeps my smile is knowing everything turns out right but, for her... she didn't know about that until fourteen years later... and neither did I. Trying not to dwell on the horrible things he knew she had to endure, he continued to read on to the next page in the book.

"Well... I, did it again. Cutting short on the last page I, of course... held the book close to me, and cried out my one good eye in hopes everything was going to be okay... but I know it probably won't be. I've given up hope and trust in everyone... but even as I try to... thinking about Volteer's smile, the way he spoke, and comforted me I... I... Damn it... I'm... I'm not going to tear up. I need to stay strong. Until I see his body, I won't give up hope. I know he's alive. He's out there somewhere and as soon as I can find him, I will know what to do. It doesn't help that my dreams have been revolving around him so much as of late... Just imaging him, kissing me and my neck while I lay there and... I guess it is only a dream... But the dreams have become more... extreme as of late. Everything about me is begging to be back with him, and even after everything that's happened, I still trust him... As I've said before, I'm scared about what he could be now... Maybe this War would have changed him, maybe he's been scarred in such a way that I also have been that makes him not love anymore... I will never truly know until I meet him again... And what if he has found love...? After what the Dragon did to my eye, what if my beauty that he once saw in me is gone...? All I can think of a fall back plan is to kiss him... and if that doesn't work then... I guess I'd have to hope that my dreams would come true and we'd have a moment to ourselves, and I would try everything for him to stay with me... But it is his life... But that won't stop me, not until I know for sure, not until I hear him say no... And... I know he won't... he... He wouldn't... At least... that's the hope."

Giving himself a nice chuckle as he finished up reading the last page, he looked over at her and saw she had moved. Her head now laid down on the side of his right paw, and her back stayed up against his side as she laid on her own side. If only I would've known sooner that she loved me, and if I would've told her sooner, would she be stronger in that moment then, knowing that I did love her? Would it have helped her through the years if she knew I loved her, our would it have pained her more. Closing the book and sliding it off to the side on the bed once again, he sat it next to the first book, and then reached over to grab the last book. Sliding the book in front of him, he flipped to the page that he needed to read. I guess I shouldn't think about it. She's here now. We're all alive, we're in love, and I'm her mate... Hehe, it's a little funny to me to hear that her dreams with me were getting a little... extreme... Oh, Ignitus... I hate you so much for not saying something to her so we could have some fun. Giving a chuckle to himself, he looked down at the book and read the last page in it.

"One more day... One more day until I will finally know everything. The truth, the lies, the love and... The life I will have. I know I saw her with Volteer, I know they seemed to have had a Hatchling but... Damn it, that doesn't matter! I know for a fact that Ignitus came down here, that was surely him, but he seemed scared for some reason. Tomorrow, I'm going to test my potion, make sure I have everything necessary to win him over once again, and comfort everyone there. I have everything I need in case anyone tries anything, and I know it sounds bad to have to attack them but... I've come too far... It's been more then a decade, everything I've done, learned, and survived through up until this point I... I can't... I can't handle hearing him say no... But it's crazy to me. I've seen him a couple of other times and I haven't seen her with him. And that makes me scared, excited, confused and I... What do I do...? My emotions are fighting with me, and I'm so scared he would say no or move on or... or worse... he would've forgotten about me all together... Damn it... I... I can't tear up now though... I'm... I'm so close... I'm so, very close. Maybe Ignitus doesn't know it was me or else he would've told Volteer, and even if he did know it was me, maybe he's trying to protect him from the truth... And if that's the case, I'm for sure going to have to use what I've learned to hurt him for trying that... and hopefully... Volteer... My love... My Mate... we can all laugh... and we can love together... as a family... And maybe... Just maybe... Would you also have a family with me, Volteer? I guess I'm getting my hopes too high but... Me and Volteer... with a Hatchling... After everything that has happened... is that such a bad thing to dream about...?"

As he finished reading the last book, he shed a tear as he couldn't hold himself back any longer. Giving a chuckle as the tear went down his face, to his chin, and then falling down onto the book below him, Volteer smiled as he thought, Damn you... Ignitus... I could've made her dream... Our, dream, a reality, but you just had to be the yourself for once, didn't you, my friend? Shutting the book in front of him, he looked down at the title of the book, grasping everything he had read and thought more about the past and present as he did. Someone like you should've never had to go through something like that. Moving the book over to his left, he then scooped up all three books in his wing and slowly stood up on the bed. Carefully making his way off the bed, he walked over to the pile of books and laid the three down on the side of the bookshelf away from most of the other books. Looking at all the books, he then focused his attention over to all the work that she had done on her work table. Walking over to the work tables, he saw many papers scattered around the tables and one such paper caught his eye. Sitting down in front of the table and picking up the piece of paper, he read it out loud, "'Things to look forward to with Volteer'. Okay, Ersa. Let's see what I can embarrass you on. 'Kissing, hugging, cuddling, loving, nuzzling, making out, and most importantly of all, mating'... Hehe, Oh, Ignitus. Right now the only thing I want to do is walk into our Sleeping Chambers and knock you out... if you weren't already asleep."

Turning his attention back over to the bed, he had a grin go across his face as he thought about it, But, since me and Ersa aren't in the Sleeping Chambers, we are free to make our dreams come true. Placing the piece of paper back down onto the table, he stood up and walked over to his sleeping mate. Standing at the front of the bed, he got as close to the bed as he could with his chest up against the front of the bed. Since her body laid down sideways facing the wall, he had to move his head around to face her, and he looked at her body as he did. Seeing her mouth slightly opened, he smiled and moved in to kiss her. Putting his lips over hers, he kissed her a couple of times before finally backing out of the kiss. Giving a slight moan, she stirred in her sleep before going right back to bed. Taking his head back away from her, he chuckled as he knew. She wouldn't even care if I kissed her all night and she wouldn't know. Does sound like fun but... it's more fun when she's awake. And for right now, my mind is... else where. Turning his body around and facing the door, he sat down in front of the bed and looked at the ground as he thought, I kept doubting myself. I blamed myself for everything because it was true. I should've been strong enough to protect her, I should've told her I loved her, I should've done so much more but... I didn't. Raising a paw and clenching his fist a couple of times, he couldn't tell if he was strong or not. Compared to Spyro's power, I'm just a piece of dirt in the earth. Now I understand why he trains so much, why he pushed himself that one day. Even when he got stabbed, he took the blade right out and kept going and... I understand now. Picking his head up while he placed his paw back to the ground, he looked behind himself as he saw her sleep, and he watched as her side went up and down from her breaths. Seeing her so peaceful and calm after everything that's happened, he couldn't shake the feeling of what he wanted to do. I... I need to train with Spyro... I have to. I can't stay at the level I'm at now, not with us knowing there is a new Dark Master out there. I have to keep her safe. Spyro would understand... He... He would help me out... wouldn't he? I can't let her go through more suffering... I need to be strong so she doesn't have to be. Looking straight at the door, he stood up and took one step forward before his body locked up on him, and he knew why. Even though I want to train I... I can't just leave her here... I need someone to watch after her... Ignitus, I could really use your help right about now with your mind powers to watch over her... Ignitus?

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Taking a deep sigh in and holding that air for a couple of seconds, Claire released the air from her mouth and felt at peace. With her back laid down on the grass, the clouds covering up the sun only slightly to give the perfect shade for her as she laid there, and Ignitus sitting down next to her as he looked up into the sky with her. It felt so peaceful to be outside without worry, to lay down in the grass, and to have the real feel of everything she's ever wanted right there in front of her. Looking to see his smile as he looked up into the sky, she then checked out his body and bit her lip as she knew it was now or never. "I have to tell him. I'm not waiting any longer, and I'm not going to fear for his no... And if he does say no, goes I will have to use my assassin tactics on him." She thought, looking back up into the sky and now saying out loud, "You know... I will never understand why you chose me." Hearing her speak, he looked down at her laid out body and listened, "But when I think about it, I just laugh. Why should I question this life you've given me. The friends I've made, the time we've spent together, hehe... and me still wanting to kill Malefor." Giving a chuckle himself, Ignitus agreed, "Hehe, yeah. I think we all want to have that chance."

"I thought I did... I really thought that, all I wanted to do was kill him and, I'd be happy. Everyone viewed him as a villain so, we all believed he was a villain. It's crazy to think that, maybe all villains really aren't villains. I mean, look at me for that example. I was a villain once. I was alone, used by the darkness, and I could've lost it all," Giving a smile and a blush from the memory, she gave off a soft voice as she spoke, "But you saved me... And, I think I now know how to thank you for that." Thinking she was going to roll over, she didn't, and instead watched as Ignitus stood up himself and walked around to back of her. His head looked down on her head as she looked up at him, and she giggled as she asked, "You know I'm on my back? Instead of standing behind me, you could always stand over me?"

"Would you like me to stand over you?" His voice had suddenly turned very soft and smooth, somewhat in a teasing manner, and she had now idea what to say after that, and even if she wanted to, Ignitus spoke in his teasing voice once again, "You know, you say you know how to thank me for what I've done. But I'm a male, and I feel like I deserve to get the reward I know I deserve." Giving off a blush, she looked at him with wide eyes, wondering if he was telling the truth or not about what he was saying, and even as he tried mess with her, he apologized, "I know I'm trying to sound romantic but... I feel bad if I say that I, deserve a reward. Please know it's me and..."

"Ignitus... What is the reward?" Seeing the hope in her eyes, he knew he shouldn't hold off on it any longer. "She wants this kiss just as badly as I do..." Ignitus thought to himself, giving a wide smile while also giving off a blush. He wasted no time and made sure there were no interruptions and pushed his lips against Claire's as quickly as he could while also being easy about it. Both their eyes shot open before both giving out their own moans, later closing their eyes as they continued to kiss one another. Putting both her paws over Ignitus's cheeks, she started to tear up as she kissed him. "Finally..." Claire cried in her thoughts, finally feeling the love that she had wanted for so long now. Getting into a more comfortable position, the two continued to kiss while Ignitus moved himself over top her as he remembered what she had told him to do, and she took her paws off his face as he moved over her. Finally needing to catch their breaths, they both pulled away, breathing heavily as they opened their eyes. Each now looked at one another with loving stares for one another, and both let a tear gone down their eyes as they smiled. "You should've... Asked for the reward... The day we first... Met... My love..." Claire giggle with her tears, and both their bodies shivered with joy to finally hear the word be said. "I... I didn't know you... You really loved me... So early on though." She gave a giggle as she knew he hadn't know about the talk she had with the others, "You remember way back in the hallway where Spyro talked with me? He then later told the Guardians to back off." Seeing him give a nod, she continued, "Hehe, well. One reason I believe that Spyro let me stay was because... I confessed that I loved you on that day to them."

"What?!" Ignitus cried out in disbelief. "Hehe, yeah. You could only image how hard it was for me to continue to not be in love with you. When you helped me out I... Ignitus... I want to hear it from you... I love you... so, so much... But now the question is, even with all the pleasure I felt in that kiss, how badly I want to just make out with you... I want to hear you say it as well." Seeing the desperation in her eyes, he could tell she was a little frightened as to what his answered would be, even though she knew it was a yes. Giving it some thought as to how he would word his words perfectly, he was as romantic as he tried and hoped to be, "I love you, Claire. And that day when my mouth was iced over, I was so heartbroken because, I feel in love with you so quickly... and, after learning you were an assassin... I knew why. I know why I fell in love with you, and, I know why I chose you over everyone else." She smiled at him to hear he finally said the words, but she was now even more curious to know what he would say. "Why's that?" Claire asked, rubbing a claw around on his chest as to tease him some more, and to continue to hold the romantic tone. Giving a chuckle and a blush from her actions, he joked with her, "It's because, I knew if I didn't, you'd kill us and run away. And since you were so vulnerable at the time, it was easy for me to talk you down so you'd fall in love with me and not kill us. So, if I leave you now, you'd kill everyone, so, I'm just forced to be with you from here on out." Gasping hard with wide eyes from what he had said, while he chuckled, she was in complete disbelief that he would ever say something like that. Using her right wing, she flung it around and hit his side, knocking him off her and onto his back. Jumping up from the ground, she quickly jumped over on top of him and swung her tail blade around to his neck. With his paws slightly raised, she threatened him, "Take that back. You aren't telling the truth."

"Are you sure? Because by me telling the truth, you are showing your true colors by attacking me," Ignitus chuckled, once again making her gasp, both by the fact that he was right and that he would even say something like that. Since he was playing her for a fool, she decided to play him for what he did, and thought about the plan very swiftly, "Alright, Ignitus. You think you can get me? I have a better way to get you." Her face turned sad immediately as she turned to get off him, taking her tail blade with her as she did. Walking away a couple of steps away from him, she sat down and looked to the ground. Already it showed signs of working as his face turned to fear, wondering if she was joking or not. Rolling onto his side and standing up, he walked over to her. Sitting down by her side, he put a paw on her shoulder, but she shrugged and murmured, "Just let us out of here... I just want to go to bed..." Hearing her murmur in such a way made his whole body shiver from sadness as he felt like he had screwed up. Taking his paw off her shoulder, he looked down at the ground with her, and she noticed this. "I'm... so sorry, Claire. Maybe I did take it a little too far," Hearing him talk, she looked over at him as he continued to speak, "There are a lot of reasons I chose you, and I swear on my life, I was just messing around. I did tell you the truth about one thing when I told you, I loved you," Looking over at her with a smile, she blushed slightly and was now feeling bad herself for making him feel bad, "Hehe, well, two things, I wanted to say... One of which was me loving you. Second... was how sad I was that you really could've been an assassin... I saw who you were the previous day and I... I wanted nothing more then to comfort you and..."

"Alright! Fine..." Claire cried out as she started to tear up slightly from his words, and he was now confused as to why, and she couldn't hold the truth, "I was only messing with you when I got off you. Turns out my plan back fired on me and, instead of you feeling guilty, I felt guilty and terrible." Now knowing that was only just an act she put on, he let out a huge sigh as he thanked, "Oh, thank everything. I really thought I had messed up." With how big the sigh was, she couldn't help but giggle as it was nice to know he was still himself, and she called him out for his sigh, "And there you go again being amazing. A sigh that big, knowing that everything between you and me is perfect... It makes me want to kiss you." Moving both their heads straight up and looking at one another, they both smiled, and Ignitus asked, "Well... What's stopping us now?"

"Hehe, well, nothing at all. After all, I am an assassin and could always just force you to kiss me but..." Biting her lip at the idea, he wondered what she could be thinking about to also cause her to blush, but he didn't have to ask as she told, "You remember... When you showed me what you can do with your power? That time you, flexed out your body?" He gave a chuckle as he remembered that from a while ago, "Of course I do. And you said you wanted me to take you to the White Isles." She grumbled at herself as she remembered she had said that but didn't get off track as she said, "Well, I was... Wondering if there was... some kinda power you had for us when we kiss... There definitely doesn't have to be and by me saying it makes me think to you that I didn't enjoy the kiss even though I really did and I..."

"Whoa whoa whoa, Claire, Hehe, calm down, it's fine," Ignitus interrupted her long trailed off sentence and he took no offense to it as he understood, "Don't worry, I know what you mean by wanting to know more, I also know you enjoyed the kiss because... Um... Ahem, well... Your mouth was definitely watering for my lips," Seeing how quickly embarrassed she got, he gave a chuckle at her, "My mouth was watering too, don't worry. But going back, one power that I know I can use just from memory is a kiss so good that the pleasure from it would make you pass out for a couple of seconds. Sounds bad to pass out but, don't worry, it doesn't have any side effects or anything... Aside from possible wanting to kiss more." Swallowing hard, Claire sighed once again as she couldn't even imagine what that kind of feeling would be like. Even with what he's said, she hated to have to keep doubting his love for her, "Ignitus... We can't be... together... I'm not worthy."

"Worthy? I sure wasn't worthy to be the Chronicler but it still happened," Seeing she was still a little down, he knew another easy way to try and comfort her, "Look at it this way. Carith controls Malefor, Cynder controls Spyro, and I know here soon, Ersa will control Volteer... She kinda already has but, I'm not going to say how. Everyone around here, the female controls the male. So even with how much power I have, you'll always be more important, and much more powerful, then I could ever be." His words did once again help her even if it was a little as she still thought about it, and he tried joking to also try and help her out, "And if you think I'm better then you, force me to not be. You're an assassin, put me in my place." The two both gave slight blushes, and she was the first to comment on that, "Sounds like if I forced you to kiss me, you'd be at my will."

"Hehe, yeah. Kinda like with the darkness for the other two... Still not going to explain Volteer and Ersa's methods but, it happens." Feeling calmed and relived, she never thought she would want to leave this place, but she believed it would be time to do so, "Well... I guess I better... force you to get us out of here. I love kissing you in this dream world but... Feeling your body and lips in the real world is way more important to me." He gave a nod as he also agreed, along with smiling as to make her feel comfortable about what she was saying. Feeling like having a little fun, she raised her tail blade up to his neck to his surprise. He was caught off guard by her doing so and he could tell she wasn't really for what she was trying to do, but she tried her best, "When we leave, you will make out with me if you ever want to see your son again." An evil grin went across his face as she said that, and seeing him move his face closer to hers, she backed her tail blade off and blushed as he smiled at her, "Make out...? Hehehe... You won't even be able to remember your threat when I'm done with you." Her body locked up as her face went just as red as Ignitus's scales from the way he worded it, along with his body language and she couldn't tell if this meant he had more then just love feelings towards her, "O... Oh... I... Ignitus... We... We just... Became lovers... I..." The worst part for her was, he knew his mistake, and instead of calling himself out for it, he kept her thinking, "Are you ready to leave the dream and, have some fun." Her breathing grew faster, along with her heart and heat that grew all around her body. Even as she tried to use her ice to cool herself down, it failed. Seeing him close his eyes with a smile, she started to sweat, but knew she would have to close her eyes as well, and later did.

Coming out from the dream, all her emotions and feelings came out with her. Her body was already sweating, her breathing grew very quickly, and her heart was heard in her head. If... If I open my eyes does... does that mean... Wait... It doesn't matter cause... He... He could hear my breathing! I... I have no choice. Picking her head up very slowly, she opened her eyes and looked to her left side to see Ignitus laying down next to her with his head picked up and smiling. Feeling bad now to see just how embarrassed she must be feeling right about now, he finally gave her the truth as to calm her down, "Don't worry, Claire, I was talking about us kissing. Hehe, you should know I've never been very good at sounding romantic without accidentally making it sound like something else."

Just... us... kissing? Putting a paw over her chest, she gave a huge sigh of relief as she tried to calm every part of her down. Now knowing nothing was happening, she was able to get a hold of her breathing, as well as her racing heart. He felt a little bad to see her sigh so hugely when ever he had said that, and even as he tried not to let it show, a frown was still on his face. It's fine... I wanted us to be lovers, not mates... At least... not yet... But it seemed like she sure doesn't want us to be. While he was in his thoughts, she looked around at the other two Guardians to make sure they were still sleeping, and it didn't take her long as all she had to hear were their snoring for her to know. Turning her head back around to face her lover, she giggled now as she thought about it, "How bad can their snoring get?"

"Oh... Well, for Terrador, pretty bad. I would have to say I was the second loudest snoring dragon, and Volteer was the least one who snored the loudest."

"You use to snore?"

"Hehe, well, funny things is, ever since I met you, I haven't been snoring at all. I actually feel really good."

"Do you think that means the only way for us to shut the other two up is for them to find lovers?"

"Possibly... But, I've looked back at Terrador's past and, there was... another incident that I didn't know he ran Into during his life."

"What happened? Please tell me it wasn't scarring for him."

"It wasn't... Just to give you an idea, Terrador's been through two relationships so far."

"Two?"

"Yeah, and each time, the girls were the ones that dumped him. First girl, it was actually good she dumped him as she wasn't right in the head and was very abusive. Then, there was another female he kept a secret from us, and the only reason I know of course is because... I know of his past... But basically, he tried everything he could to love and impress her. They even did fall in love, exchanging a kiss here to here with them being lovers."

"Sounds a little fishy. If their relationship was going so well... Then... You said it was the females fault?"

"Yeah... One morning when Terrador left the building to find where his lover was staying in Warfang, he... he found her... making out with someone else. When he confronted her as easily as he could about it, she shrugged him off and said that he was taking too long to do with her what she wanted. And now that explains why on that day, he came back in such a, tense, mood. Terrador never use to be such a hard ass. Not that he is now but... he use to crack jokes a lot, and use to even smile more often."

"But she destroyed that side of him," Thinking about the emotional detachment he must've gone through, she felt terrible to think that someone like him who tired so hard had his life destroyed, "I don't understand why someone like him would have to suffer two break ups... Do you think he would ever try and be with someone ever again?"

"Not likely. Spyro once said something to him about getting a lover but, he rejected that under his breath."

"Then, if Cyril is also snoring, do you think he needs someone to love as well?"

"Maybe. Cyril's never really tried to love anyone before. There was so much going on back then that he would try to do his best just to forget about the pains of the world. We all have tried once or another but, we felt like we'd never find anyone so, we all kinda stopped trying after a while."

"Thank Ancestors. I wouldn't be here now if you kept trying."

"So you do like being here?"

"Don't make me think back to all the tears I shed so I could stay here."

"Well, from my calculations and memory, I shed more tears over you then you did of me."

Gasping from his words, she then quickly thought about it and caught him in his lie, "And how do you know that? You can't tell where I am, what I'm thinking or doing or anything like that. So how would you know the amount of tears I shed?"

"From the feeling of that kiss when we were in the dream world. I felt like I wanted it more then you did."

Gasping once again with wide eyes, she couldn't believe how evil he was being towards her and saying such things. Standing up on the bed and pushing his wing off her back with her wing, he was now a little scared as to what she might be planning. Reaching a paw over to his side, she pushed his side a couple of times, so he rolled over onto his back on purpose. With him on his back, she walked up and stood over him, looking down on him as she did. To add more tension between the two, she moved her tail blade to his neck once again, and he raised both paws in the air as she did so. Giving her own grin for once, she wanted to make him feel good as she whispered, "I don't need powers to make you pass out from the pleasure I'm about to give upon our lips. Even for the Chronicler, you're no match for an assassin."

He hadn't felt this feeling before, but for some reason, it was like his body was forcing him to play along, not that he cared to even try and hold himself back from doing so, "Fine then, do it! Show me want an assassin can do," His growls only made it sweeter for her as it did seem like the real thing was happening, and as she moved her lips down, he teased her some more, "You think you'll get away with this? Spyro's stronger then me, he will stop you, just watch!"

"Oh, hehe, Spyro. I sent my assassin, Cynder, after him. You won't be hearing from him either."

"No... You... You wouldn't... What about Malefor?"

"Hehe, obviously assassin Carith."

"Damn... Fine then... I... I submit."

"Too late."

"Even though I want to train I... I can't just leave her here... I need someone to watch after her... Ignitus, I could really use your help right about now with your mind powers to watch over her... Ignitus?" Hearing the desperate cries from his friend, he knew he couldn't ignore them even if it tried, but for the time being, he tried his best only for a couple of seconds while the two were so close to kissing. Give me one second, Volteer, Ignitus said in his thoughts over to his friend's as her lips were right over his. "Ignitus, please, this is urgent. I promise I'll leave you alone after I get your help." Giving out a loud and slightly annoyed sigh, she stopped, and very quickly backed up her head as she looked at him with a raise brow, wondering what that sigh was for. He apologized to her first as he knew it seemed bad, "Don't worry, that wasn't to you... Volteer needs my help real quick and, I know I could just do as he says right now but, he has a lot going on and, I know I can't just say a quick yes or no so... Ugh! Of all times, why now?!"

"Hehe, I guess you are now feeling the anger the others feel when you interrupt them."

"I wish I could he as calm as you right now."

"Oh I'm pissed. Like, on a scale of one to ten, I'm ten. But if Volteer is this worried and bugging you about what ever this is this badly, might as well help him out so he'll leave us alone for the night."

"Yeah... I guess I wouldn't have had such a problem if there wasn't so much build up to our kiss... I'm... I'm actually loving the fact that you were an assassin. I know it's probably a bad thing to say but... There's so much fun we could have with that fact."

"Hehehe, I didn't know being a possible murderer is so hot to you."

"Spyro doesn't like that word."

"Hot? Oh yeah."

"Hehe, Malefor also made that joke. It's pretty funny."

"Ignitus...? You still there?" Hearing his friend's thoughts once again, Ignitus sighed and said in his thoughts, Come to the Chambers and leave your door open. I know one of your thoughts is for me to watch over Ersa and I can do that. We can talk more in the Chambers. "You sound upset... I hope I didn't interrupt anything, and my sincere apologies if I really did do something to upset you." Like I said, I will talk about it in the Chambers, meet me there. Feeling a cool feeling over his lips for a second, it was Claire's as she kissed him. Backing up from the kiss as she could feel him pushing into it, she backed away and giggled at him. He chuckled at her and murmured, "That's pretty evil to back away when I'm about to kiss you back."

"We can talk about it later. For now, come on, my love, let's go to the Chambers."

"Yes, my love."

"I'm going to enjoy hearing that word for the rest of my life."

"Hehe, me too."

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Meet you in the Chambers? Easier said then done, Volteer sighed at himself as he now sat in the doorway of his room and the hallway, and he couldn't seem to figure out whether or not it would be best to leave things alone or to try and push for it some more. Having clear view of the front of the Chambers, he looked away and over to his mate who still laid very peacefully on the bed as from what he could see. Since she seemed peaceful and everything was calmed down, it made him want to train even more then before as he knew this would be the best time. Everyone should be asleep. Even this, Dark Master that we still have no idea of needs sleep. And maybe if I'm lucky enough, I could get Ignitus to use his awakening powers so I won't have to sleep tonight, then, me and Spyro could train all night... But then it also comes to what his lover would say about something like that. Tapping his claws in a row on the floor, he grumbled at himself as he continued to think about it. There was more towards him going to train rather then not, so he finally sighed as he made a decision. Standing up and taking one step forward, he very suddenly stopped, and looked back over to his mate. Biting his lip, he turned away from her and thought, She's fine... She's... Ignitus will watch over her... I trust him. Walking to the Chambers, it only took him a couple of seconds before he rounded the corner of the Chamber walls and walked into the open space. Already standing there were the two new lovers, and Ignitus asked, a little upset at him as he did, "If you were going to take this long to get here, I could've been able to kiss Claire in the perfect moment."

"You two really are lover's now? Congratulations," Volteer congratulated the two as he was glad it had finally happened, but thinking about what his friend had said, he fired back on his words as he remembered when he had his first kiss, "And look, you can't get mad at me. Memory serves a purpose, and when me and Ersa first kissed, you interrupted us because you needed her memories," Seeing Ignitus have a slightly raised brow, it seemed as though he had somehow forgotten about that time, "So how about we just call it even between the two of us?"

Giving a defeated sigh, he now understood what it was like to have something you were looking forward to ruined so badly, "Then I guess I should apologize as well. And now I understand why those two got so mad at me when I interrupted them. And, you are always very scared as to what the future has in store for us so, I will also definitely forget what happened," Looking at his lover, he gave a slight frown as to tease her, along with a sigh, "But I definitely won't forget what my assassin forced me to do..."

Seeing the two lovers react with one another with different smiles and blushes, Volteer chuckled as he already knew what they could be talking about, "Really? Spyro and Malefor use the darkness for their lovers, and you two are using the fact that you, Claire, were an assassin? I wonder what me and Ersa would have fun with..." Thinking about her name now and the smile that flashed in his mind, he shuck his head and knew he shouldn't be wasting time with simple talk, "Never mind. Look, Ignitus, I need your help. I don't know if the Ancestors would say no or, if you couldn't do some of the things I'm asking but... I'm not going to sit here and make another mistake. I know I should train, I know I should be powerful and..."

"Volteer, breath. You're going to be fine. Just tell me what it is and I will see if my powers can help you. Obviously we can get Ersa out of your mind. Right now I can see her in a third dragon perspective and she's fine. Now, let's get the training out of the way. What is it you're looking for?"

"That I've had some thought on. What I'm at now, I'm not strong enough to go up against Spyro in his dark form... But I want to."

"You want to die? Maybe you should enjoy being with your mate before you try something like that."

"Ignitus, it's the only way I will get stronger faster, and to learn from my failure. There is a saying were; Would you fight a man who's practiced one move a thousand times, or a thousand moves one time. That's Spyro, and when it comes to logistics, strength, speed, and intelligence under pressure and in battle, he knows it all. I can learn from him, and pushing him to use his power is the only way."

Putting a claw up to his chin, Ignitus thought about something or another he could use to help his friend out as what he was asking for seemed out of his reach. I guess I might have one idea, Ignitus thought, putting his claw back to the ground and giving a possibility as to what could help him, "Well, I helped Spyro at one point in a dream. He wanted to still gain the muscle he would even in a dream. So, maybe what I could do is modify the power in a way along with another, better, modification, which could help you out. Of course, it might take a little time, maybe an hour, and I could have a clone work on it but..."

"I can wait an hour. But it depends on what all it could do for me."

"Basically, I can give you the power similar to that of Spyro's dark form. Since you aren't fighting anything, and this is just a sparring match, I don't see why the Ancestors would have a problem. This will always show you what muscle form you could have compared to how you look now, while also giving you increased everything when it comes to what you said Spyro had in combat capability."

"Strength relative to that of his dark form? I can see what I can become, and also have everything grow within my body and mind to know where else I could be at?!" It sounded amazing for him to hear, and this is the exact kind of thing he was looking for when it came to his hopes, but it seemed all too well, and he didn't like the sound of everything going so perfectly, "Alright, but what's the catch. What's in it for you?"

"I get some Damn peace and quiet so me and Claire can make out in peace, that's what I'm getting from this," Ignitus chuckled as he gave his response, and his response did cause the other two to blush and he gave a slight apology for his outburst while also calling out Volteer for what his lover said, "Hehe, sorry. But, look, it isn't nearly as bad as how open and honest Ersa was when she was wondering when, it, would happen."

"Speaking of, it... you're also pretty lucky that you're being so helpful now after you tail blocked the hell out of me."

"What?!" Claire cried, and since she knew exactly what he was talking about, it was slightly embarrassing for her, and seeing the big blush on Ignitus's face, she knew she wasn't alone.

"Look, I didn't do nothing to, block, you, Alright. You could be in there right now with her but you're choosing to train, that's not my fault," Ignitus defended himself, and thinking about why he was defending himself, he gave a slight chuckle, "You know, I do find it funny. After what we went through, from all those years, I never thought that I would be able to say that my friend accused me of blocking him from having fun with his mate, especially not for you, Volteer."

"Yeah... And I never thought you'd finally own up and kiss Claire. Took you two long enough," Volteer chuckled.

"No kidding," Claire grumbled, "But it was most certainly worth the wait."

"Hehe, and we haven't even kissed all that much so we're still just getting started," Ignitus teased her as he started to nuzzle his cheek against hers, causing her to give off a slight excited moan, but he knew he couldn't get off track just yet, and so he pulled his head back and answered another one of his friend's questions that he knew he had, "Also, about your sleep... I could, maybe, help you out with that one. That a pretty big maybe though," Thinking about it now, it might be a no, but since his head wasn't hurting, he knew it might be a yes, "Well, I don't have a headache so, the Ancestors might have agreed, or they just don't care. But now the biggest challenge for you is, Cynder."

"Yeah, that was something I thought about as well," Volteer grumbled as he was feeling bad for constantly causing those two to split up from one another for the past week, "Every time those two have some alone time, I always take Spyro away from her because of his help... Hehe, what do you think the likelihood is that she'll just turn evil and kill me?"

"Oh, I would say, you're pretty close to death my friend. But who knows, maybe she'll fell generous and kill you quickly."

"Hehe, yeah... I guess I will just have to see."

"Oh yeah, just, when you do want to bulk out and use the form, I will tell you when my clone is done perfecting it. So, for the time being, just push yourself as hard as you can, because when I do give you the power, it will reset you completely, stamina and all. And also remember, it's good to push yourself twice here. Even in that form I will give you, you will gain muscle from it. This is a good opportunity for you to bulk up even a little."

"Thank you, Ignitus," Volteer nodded his head at all of his friend's help, and he apologized once again for interrupting the two while they were having a moment, "And, sorry again, for everything. Whether it came to what I have done or, messing up your special moment... I'm glad you all still stayed with me and protected me from myself that day," The two both gave smiles at him as he had said this, but his smile quickly turned to a little bit of a grin as he spoke in a little more of a serious tone, "But, Ignitus, you will tell her that you can't see us when we are, you know. And if you do interrupt us..."

"Do not worry about any of that!" Ignitus quickly cut him off, waving both paws in front of his face from embarrassment, and once he stopped, he spoke once again, "I will definitely be sure to tell her about that power. As for the uh, other, thing. Kinda like the darkness, I get a black image, only not shriveled and looking like an infection. So if I see that... I'm just gonna, let everyone know you're sleeping... Hehe, but that's never going to happen so."

"Wh...!" Putting a paw on his chest, Volteer felt offended that he would say something like that, "And who are you to say such things when it took you this long to finally become lovers. Don't you dare come at me with that."

"Alright, alright, I'm sorry. Look, just, go train with Spyro. I will take care of everything, and if anything happens to Ersa, I'm watching over her so she's fine. And technically I have to do that anyway because of her book, I have to write down thoughts and actions so, I will know."

Taking his paw off his chest, he nodded at his friend, "Alright... I will trust you, Ignitus. Please watch over her. And I will put in a good word for you now because I trust you," Looking over at Claire, she wondered what he could have to say to her, "Claire, Ignitus has been such a good dragon as of late, I want you to promise me you'll reward him finely for everything he has done."

Smiling from his words, she felt very flirty now with what he had told her, and looking at her lover, she agreed, "You hear that, Ignitus? So what do you say we go to the back room and you can find out how good of a reward kiss you are going to feel will be?"

Giving a smile back, big enough to show his teeth, Ignitus already turned around and walked to the back room with a couple steeps faster then how he normally walked. She gave a giggle as she was happy to see he was just as excited as she was to have some alone time to kiss. Watching as the door shut, Volteer kept his smile as he felt happy to see those two were finally so happy with them being in love, Things are looking up. Turning and walking out of the Chambers, he walked over to his room and stopped as he looked inside. Her body appeared to still be laying there, alive and well, but thinking back to his previous thought, it got him scared, Things are looking too much up. Even real life is like a story; Everyone has that peak in their lives, and then everything goes to hell before you have to recover, and the cycle continues. But I will be stronger, better, faster, smarter, and everything else I need to be to keep the cycle of hell from continuing. And I will do it all for you, Ersa, no matter the pain. Focusing straight, he continued to finally make his way up to where the others rested. Making his way up the stairs and to the two big doors, they slowly opened inward into the hallway of the house. Now in the house, he made it to the middle of the hallway before the doors behind him started to close with a very light creaking sound. The first thing he wondered was who else he should bring into his battle, and his idea made him think he was crazy, What if I fought both Spyro and Malefor at the same exact time? He is giving me the power similar to that of Spyro's Dark Form... Giving himself a chuckle as he continued to the room in front of him, even he knew something like that would be crazy. I want to train and make back to my mate, kinda hard to do that if I was dead. Standing in front of the door, he put his head side ways against the door and knocked very gently while whispering, "Hello?"

Nothing was heard, and no one seemed to have answered him, so he assumed the two were still sleeping. Backing away from the door, he grabbed the door knob and opened it. With the door opening, he peaked his way inside little by little as to make sure he wasn't interrupting the two if they were sleeping. Giving a sigh of relief to see the two were asleep now that he was fully in the room, he continued to be very careful with his steps and breathing as he made it over to the two. Last thing I would've wanted was to interrupt their love for one another, or wake them up in a bad way, then I would really be screwed out on this training. Looking down at the two as they slept with smiles on their faces, he felt a little bad now that he would have to wake the happy couple, but he trusted in his friend, and gave another short and careful sounding sigh to prepare if the worst was to happen. Please understand where I'm coming from, Spyro. He hoped that what he knew and trusted of his friend would stay true, so he tried as calmly as he could, and in the most soothing voice he could to wake him, "Hey... Spyro... Spyro, it's me, Volteer... Can you wake my friend?" Hearing a small grunt escape his mouth, Spyro opened one eye just to make sure, but even that one eye was very droopy and barely opened, almost as if he was already mad at him, "Oh, sorry, I just, was wondering if you would train me?"

His eyes closed to Volteer's dismay, and now all the hopes he had of training with what he believed to be the master at this point were crushed. Spyro's the only one who could push me to new highs... He's strong... Strong enough to take on Malefor... And... I want that strength. His hopes got a little high as he watched Spyro stretch out onto the bed, both front paws out and his back paws going out as well. His wings stretched up and outward with his tail curving a little away from his lover, and he seemed to tense it up as he stretched. The sounds of popping and crackling in his body was a little shivering to Volteer, but he knew what those kind of sounds meant in a body and didn't think much else of it. Cavitation, the gas bubbles in your joints are just popping away. Hehe, but they'll be back any minute. As Spyro moved and stretched his body, his lover repositioned herself a little bit while still laying on her side with her paws laid out on the bed and facing the opposite direction of her lover's. Seeing how wide open his eyes were, Volteer had high hopes that meant he was ready to help him train, but Spyro's response was seen by a mile away for him, "You want me, to train you, in the middle of the night?" Seeing Volteer give a quick nod, he could only shake his head as he knew what this was, "Alright, Volteer, if that's really you. I know it's you, Ignitus. I'm gonna kick your ass for putting me in a dream. Just you wait till I get down there, we'll see who's laughing then."

Giving a chuckle at his friend's words, it confused Spyro as he didn't understand why he was chuckling, but he didn't have to ask to get an answer from Volteer, "Spyro, this isn't a dream, I swear. Trust me, right now, I think him messing with you or Malefor is the last thing on his mind right now. Let's just say, his lips are sealed at the moment."

"His lips are sealed..." Giving out a small gasp as to not wake his lover, he couldn't believe what that must've meant, "You don't mean... Claire and Ignitus...?"

"Hehe, yep. This two finally told each other."

"So... Ignitus is finally in love with Claire."

"Still took them way to long to tell each other though."

"Oh absolutely. Any longer and I think Claire would've just assassinated him and moved on."

"Speaking of, assassinating..." Beating around the bush a little, he was scared that his answer would be no, but he had come this far and didn't want to break his chance of a yes, "I want to be strong enough to defend us from that, to know what kind of threat we are facing, past or future I... I don't want to stay at the level I'm at, not now or ever."

Having an idea as to why he must be feeling this way, Spyro murmured his words, "Is this because of... Ersa?"

Giving him a nod, he didn't want to hide the fact from him as he knew Spyro would understand most of all, "Spyro, you trained so much, and through all the pain, it didn't matter, because the only pain you'd ever feel is if your lover left you... Spyro... Me and Ersa... Us being mates I... I couldn't..." He struggled to think of a world where she really was gone now, and he couldn't dare to think of what would happen to her, and seeing his friend stand up to try and comfort him, he apologized, "Sorry, I just... I need your help. I understand you protect us all but, for me, that's not right. I don't want to rely on you to keep my mate safe, I don't want your strength when I should've gotten the strength to protect her so long ago... And I don't ever want to feel this, regret for what I haven't done... I need to protect her, I need to be the lover she wishes me to be even if she doesn't say it... I want you to push me, to attack me, to beat me up until I can't continue... no matter the pain."

Seeing where his friend was coming from with this, he made it seem like it was something so simple, but in reality, it was hell, "Volteer, you probably don't know what hell is like but, that training, is hell re-imagined. What I went through almost killed me so many times, whether I woke up and felt fatigued, I got sliced in my paws, cut, scrapes, and bruises all over my body and, you all saw what I was going through the day after Ignitus and Terrador basically said that everything I did was for nothing, they were going to die either way."

"Then let's prove them wrong!" Spyro's eyes went wide from his sudden outburst, and although he already understood exactly where he was coming from, he couldn't believe how much his heart was into this, "Me, You, and Malefor, all of us, we can be that powerful, we can prove them wrong, and we can show that we don't have to go back to such a time. You really think I care about the pain? I had to live through nearly fourteen years without my mate, and you think I'm going to shy away from the chance at protecting her because you think I'm scared of scrapes? I know what it feels like to go through that pain, especially because me and you were singled out when the Dark Master stabbed into our chests," Having to take a breather from all the words he was putting out, he even started to pant, but he was able to compose himself and once again apologized for being so up and in the open crazy about his words, "I'm sorry... I... Spyro..."

"Volteer," Spyro whispered to calm him down in his own soothing voice, and it already worked very well as his friend had taken a breather and listened to him, "You're right, the pain during your training is nothing compared to the pain of a lost one. Even seeing the one you love get hurt, you act. I haven't seen the drive in some one else other then Malefor, and seeing it from you as well, it's good to see I'm not the only one out there who is fighting to protect their lover, and for you, a mate."

"Does... Does that mean you'll really train me?"

"Hehe, Volteer, when you asked me to train you, I would've already said yes. And when you showed how much passion was in your words, how much heart you really had towards this... Hehe, I'm definitely going to be telling Ersa all about how her new mate is trying everything he can to make her happy, and make sure she's safe. Maybe she'll give you a reward for you heroic actions as well."

"She already tried and... Ignitus didn't give her some memories of his powers and..."

Seeing the huge red blush form very quickly on Spyro's face, Volteer chuckled as he blushed as well and apologized, "Oh yeah, sorry, guess I shouldn't really talk about that. I guess I'm still upset because things were going good and, then she was scared of being watched... Damn Ignitus, even when he isn't trying he still messes everything up for me. I also know Ersa is still pretty pissed about the situation as well."

"Well... Best of luck? I can't believe I'm saying this but, if you know it's gonna happen then, just, let it, happen, rather then pushing it..."

"Your entire sentence scares me."

"Shut up."

"Hehehe."

"I'm definitely going to enjoy beating you up now," Spyro chuckled as he took one step forward before a paw reached over and grabbed his paw.

Both of them stopped breathing all together and held their breathes as they knew who the paw belong to. It was especially scary to Spyro as he knew exactly why she had grabbed his paw, and instant regret for his words made it worse for him. He couldn't dare turn over and look to see her face of possible disappointment, but he could feel that Cynder was looking right at him. Volteer could only get a glimpse of her face, and as she turned to look at him, she looked upset, angry, and ready to attack the two. He whimpered and quickly looked straight at Spyro. Both looked at one another and Volteer shuck his head very slowly in fear. Spyro swallowed hard as he gave a nervous chuckle, trying to break the silence and hoping that he wouldn't get into too much trouble, "Hehe... H... He... Hey my... my love... How..."

"Look at me when you are talking," Cynder grumbled just on purpose to scare the two, and it worked like a charm as their scales stood up on end, and watching as Spyro turned to look at her, she smiled at him, and as he tried to smile back, she shuck her head, "Oh, no no no. You're not getting out of this one. You say you'll stay and love me all night, and that you'd focus on me more rather then the others. So now you're going to up and leave me all by myself because you want to train Volteer, and you weren't even going to tell me," Repositioning herself more up right so she laid on her belly, while still keeping her paw over his arm, none of them said anything and she wanted an answer, "I get where Volteer's coming from, and hearing that those two were mates and Ignitus is now lovers with Claire is a really big shocker... But... It seems like a lot of other dragoness's are getting a lot more love then I'm getting from one... once again."

"No no no! Cynder, it's not like that," Spyro tried to explain himself, and as he was, Volteer took a couple steps back in case anything happened, "I was going to kiss you of course and tell you where I was going before I left. You'd be able to have a kiss, you'd know where I was, and you would be able to see my body all flexed out from my training when I return so, I was hoping it would be a win win for the both of us."

"A win win? A win win for me would be you staying in bed, and while I sleep, you continue to kiss me, that's a win win. Right now for me, I'm at a loss lose because I'm losing my lover for a good portion of the night, and I won't have that feeling of you kissing my lips when I sleep. So from how I'm seeing it, it's a massive lose lose for me," She did feel a little bad for trying to scare the two as she saw that Volteer was now a little sad by the fact that all his hopes to train were being crushed, so she gave a sigh and had a little growl in her voice, "When we go to bed, together, once you're done with your training, I don't care how much of a hell is raised in earth, we are staying in this bed together whether you like it or not."

Now feeling a little flirty with his lover, Spyro smiled as he teased her, "You just want me to use my dark powers because you love being controlled by your lover," Hearing the two starting to flirt, and the blush that came over Cynder's face now, Volteer took another couple steps back as he was now feeling uncomfortable, "Admit it. You love when I take your powers, you love when I have free control over you, and there's nothing you can do to stop me," Moving his head closer to his lover's, he gave an evil chuckle as he knew his words were working, "What's the matter, My love, afraid? Or maybe, you biting your lips right now only proves my point."

I didn't know his dark powers can also read my mind, Cynder growled at herself as she knew there was nothing she could do, but this did prove the fact that she had wished he would lay in bed with her, "You do know this is only digging yourself deeper into staying in this bed with me, right? You're saying all this stuff and getting my hopes up but, then your just going to kiss me and leave. Not really seeing the fun in that."

"Then can I promise that we can have our love time tomorrow, and that no matter what happens, we will stay in bed together and I will just force Malefor to defend the world for once. Because me and you do deserve a break, so what do you say?" She already wanted to say yes so quickly as she wanted nothing more then to just lay down and love her lover, and she could tell he was only making it harder for her to think otherwise, "I mean, if you don't want me in my dark form giving you slight chills with my teeth on your neck, or the feeling of helplessness as I kiss you while you lay there yet I keep my wings around you then..."

"Fine!" Cynder finally gave into his words, as she could see and hear the chuckle that her lover gave out, "You're more controlling then the Dark Master, you now that."

"Hehe, I just now what you love and don't. So, is that a promise to stay in bed tomorrow?"

Giving a sigh and a smile, she was actually very hopeful for their night, and couldn't help herself but keep her smile as she spoke, "It's a date... I would definitely be lying if I didn't say I was excited for tomorrow now... Well, technically tonight but, you'll be there, won't you."

"Of course my love. It's a date. I won't let you down."

"You better not... But... I know you won't," Hearing how she said she trusted him, he gave a smile, but she turned against him as she couldn't have him stay with her or else they wouldn't go and train, "Now leave. I don't want the kiss just yet. If you kiss me now then you definitely won't be able to leave..." Giving her a nod with his smile as well, she took her paw off his arm and he crawled off the bed, and turning around to face her, she laid her head down into the bed and whispered to him as his face was right in front of hers, "Be careful... Please... I do still fear when you train... You know I will always fear for your health."

"It's because you love me, and I love you too. I'm going to go and get Malefor so he can have his door open and listen out when ever you need the two."

"It's fine... I'm probably not going back to bed anyway... This will give me time to think of what we can do now that we will have this time all to ourselves."

"Should I use our wish to make sure of that?"

"Hehe, you can just use your dark form against anyone who walks in... And, if they do walk in just as we're about to kiss or something... I may not be my evil self but, make sure you hurt them enough so they never do it again, agreed?"

"Of course, my love," Giving her a peck on the head, he then pulled away and whispered, "I love you."

"I love you too."

Turning towards the door and walking to the doorway, he waved his paw as he walked past his friend. Volteer was in shock that things had turned out so well, and giving a glance at Cynder, she still smiled even after he had walked out the door. Looking away from her and over at Spyro, he followed behind him and slowly shut the door behind the two with his tail. He didn't close the door all the way, he only cracked it, and saw that Spyro had already opened the door and made his way into the training room. Running over to the training room, he entered inside, and just as the same with the other door, he made sure to crack the training room door, Just in case she wants to peak in and make sure everything is okay. Spyro sat in the middle of the training room facing the door, and he watched as Volteer made his way to the middle of the training room as well. Now in front of his friend, Volteer sat down in front of him and chuckled, "You two really remind me of your parents."

"How so?" Spyro asked, curious as to why he would say that.

"Well, you might not know this but, we, The Guardians, know of your parents very well in fact. Cynder's father was always up and arms, never leaving us alone because he trusted us in the paws of his daughter... Hehe, it's, probably a good thing we got taken by the darkness rather then Zhen because... He would've surely killed us sooner and much, much slower," He started to feel the guilt once again the day, but he knew he should shake it off as he looked on the bright side and went back to his explanation, "But, your father was unlike any another. Warfang wasn't exactly filled with the nicest dragons around but, he was definitely one in a million. If it wasn't for your father, your mother surely could've been killed, and... I know this is horrible to say but, the scars this other dragon left on your mother, it... It could've driven anyone to suicide, and it almost did your mother."

"Wait wait wait. My mother wasn't my father's first choice? But why? And who was the other dragon? And what do you mean it almost did? What stopped her? And how did they end up together?!" Spyro was blurting out questions left and right, desperate to now know the story of his parents, and Volteer could only chuckle at him as he couldn't give all the details, but a smile went across Spyro's face as he pieced some of what he was saying together, "Wait a minute... You said she had scars on her, correct? And I know you can't give up all the information on my parents as you and Ignitus are all pretty tight lipped about it so... Just tell me this; Did you help my mother with her scars? That's all I want to know."

It was strange to him as he wondered why he wanted to know such a small detail. It seemed innocent to him, and since it was just a small favor after what he's done for him, he agreed, "I don't know where you are going with this but, I will agree. It's the least I can do for you jumping up out of bed and helping me out. The truth is, I am. Your father and I were actually good friends. Like I said, he was one and a million, and because of how nice he was, he got along with all of us very well. Hehe, just to make you guess a little more though, he came to us for almost a month, murmuring and sobbing because your mother left him. And the crazy past is, it wasn't her or her parents decision."

"What?!" Spyro cried out as he wished he could know more, and he started to rant off on all the questions he had even though he knew Volteer wouldn't answer any of them, "If it wasn't any of them then who? Someone else she knew or, maybe it was my father?! But why would it be him if he was so sad when she left?! Why would she go through with it and..." Seeing the big smile on Volteer's face, they both looked at each other, and Spyro glanced at him while his friend chuckled to see him so excited about his parents, but he was just as excited as he was able to get at least a piece of the puzzle, "Don't worry, Volteer, I will know all about my parents past. I don't know much about my mother, but I will now more about Ignis, my father, here soon."

Volteer's eyes grew wide as to how he would've known about his name, and even for him, he was stumped as to when he would've said his name, or anyone else, But when could I have... Or was it one of the others. Gasping for a second, he slapped himself in the face while dragging his paw down off his face as he realised where and when it was said. As his paw made it's way back to the ground, Volteer saw the smile, and hearing the chuckle from his friend, he grumbled at his smarts, "I can't believe you remember me saying that name."

"Hehe, how couldn't I have? You were so into the moment. I knew when you were talking about helping someone with their scars, and you mentioned Ignis, I was a little curious as to who that was, and now that I know... I want to know more," Spyro felt joy in his body to know about his parents past, and everything he could learn and understand about what they went through, but he felt a sense of guilt as he thought about it, "Now I know why Cynder wants to know so much of her parents. To know how they met, their first kiss, when they fell in love, who asked who to be mates and... The hardships they went through... With everything you've said, it's going to be tough not wanting to see of my parents past but, I would never put myself before her."

"As I said, just like your father. And since I've already spilled so much about your father, I won't get into how your mother was like but, just know that, your mother, and Cynder's, were one of the nicest, chill, and laid back Dragoness's out there. You two were definitely lucky to have the parents you did and, I hope that, I will be the same for Ersa, To be the mate she needs me to be, and to take care and watch over our Hatchling one day," Trailing off to what the future would hold for him, he knew he should get back on track as the two had been talking for a bit of time, so he shuck his head and got back to what they were there to do, "Alright, let's get back to business. I need a power up, no matter what. What's step one?"

"Getting back into the action? Okay, I like it. Alright, well, usually for me, I would train you to use your powers in a long range engagement. Do you know how to use your light through the ground?" Seeing him nod, it made it already easier for him to move on to step two, "Alright, well, next we should focus on armor for you. I'm going to train you differently then Malefor in hopes that maybe I can use this pattern for the other Guardians some day. So, step two, your ability as a protective armor. Can you do that?" Seeing him shake his head, he understood, so he stood up, took a couple steps back, and explained step by step, "Alright, first part should be easy. Feel the lightning in your body. When you channel it, you'll feel that spark in your paw. Instead of thinking only as a one way extension, or a way to bust out power like a shock wave, control it through your body," Watching as Spyro continued to train him, his eyes grew a little wide as he watched his purple body have yellow lightning travel in his body, showing form inside his scales, and it amazed him, "Now, like channelling a ball of lightning in your paws, you need to channel it outwards," The lightning from his body shot outwards, only centimeters away from his body while covering his body in lightning, "If you look closely enough, the lightning is extending out of my body while still touching my scales. This is also important because it's a double way to cushion an attack." Letting the lightning go back into his body, he took his couple of steps forward and finished his explanation, "So if someone were to hit you, they'd get shocked if course, and even if they made it past that, they would still hit your body. At that point though, your body is also electrified so, hehe, they'd be taking a hell of a lot of jolts into their fist."

Understanding everything that was said to him and taking all of the information in, he started to wonder and talk to himself as he went through about a dragon's body, along with how powerful the lightning could be, "Shocked, more like kill. A Dragon is definitely powerful, and a single bolt of lightning a dragon could walk off, assuming that the max voltage of the lightning was around a billion or so, and us lightning dragons have to channel lightning, so we could withstand nearly four billion volts, especially since our bodies are constantly having lightning move about in us basically." Spyro blinked a couple of times as he had no idea what he was talking about aside from some stuff here and here, but he didn't interrupt him as he knew his train of thought would help him in the long run, "And since a standard bolt of lightning from the sky hitting one of us is a billion, the lightning we contain is stronger, four times that in fact. So if a dragon was to punch us with the lightning armor on, four being our body, plus being both the output from our scales and armor which is two billion extra volts, which would mean that if they were to touch your scales, all at once, they would have to be able to get through six billion volts. Am I right?"

All Spyro could do was chuckle as he had no idea, "Dude... You're asking the wrong guy. I know two plus two equals fish so, I'm just gonna say yes."

"Two plus two doesn't equal fish. Also, how is it hard to know four plus two billion equals..."

"Volteer, it was a joke..."

"Oh... Sorry for that... But you also said jolts and not volts. they are two different things."

"You really make me feel dumb... Even when I'm joking with you, I feel dumb for doing it."

"You're not the first one. Anyway, going back; understanding exactly what you were saying and doing. I know more about the dragon body more then probably even the Chronicler. So, for time sake, let's just continue on to what I need to know next. If I do use the lightning shield now, it would use up some of my power, and I need all the power I can get when I fight you."

"You know, your being very suicidal to won't to go up against me all by yourself, you know that right."

"Yeah but, if I do die, Ersa's got a lot of things she can make to get her revenge."

"Not gonna lie, she does kinda scare me. I'm definitely glad she talked to me and didn't jump up and use what she was cooking up to hurt me."

"Another reason I love her... Well, not that she wanted to kill you but, her smarts are absolutely amazing."

"Uh huh. I'm gonna remember that when we have our match," Seeing Volteer swallow hard before giving a nervous chuckle, Spyro gave him a raised brow as he made sure to keep his eyes on him, "Anyway, guess the next thing we should talk about is your level two version of your power. I know of a way to use my blue fire, and you were able to use your blue lightning. So together, we could learn a thing or two on how to control our new versions of power. But let's see if you can use this, Lighting Shield."

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You know, with how everything has been turning out, with how nice Spyro's been towards our hopeful future friendship.. Does he think maybe I don't care enough about it? Opening his eyes and waking himself up in his thoughts, Malefor couldn't get the idea out of his mind even though he knew it not to be true, and he knew everyone truly was happy. Picking his head up and giving off a small stretch both forward and back while he continued to rest on his stomach while he laid in bed next to his lover, he thought more about what he should do, Would it be wrong for me to want to thank him? Feeling how tired I am, I feel, so calm, and it's a time like this where I know I should say it now before I don't have this feeling anymore... I need to thank him... but before I do that... Looking down at his lover, he moved his head down and nuzzled his lover on her cheek, and she could only murmur as she was too tired to even open her eyes, "Malefor...?"

"Sorry for waking you my love. I just wanted you to know that, I'm going to go talk to Spyro real quick. I really feel like I haven't thanked him for the help he really has been to us," As he thought about his words, he couldn't help but chuckle at himself as he knew exactly what Spyro would probably say, "But then again, I know he would probably think I'm just trying to push this and he would call me out for being the Dark Master but... I know it's all fun in games. And I know I'd never be the Dark Master again so... I know it's just a joke..." She didn't respond to him, so he tilted his head a little forward to see she still hadn't opened her eyes, and it looked as though she had gone back to bed, so he chuckled, "Yeah... Since we know things have calmed down... sleeping really does feel nice and wanted now more then ever... Sleep well my love."

As he stood up onto the bed, he very carefully made his way onto the ground, trying not to make too much noise, or have the bed shift suddenly form him getting off. Making it onto the ground, it seemed he was successful and didn't wake her up, but he knew he should be quick as he felt like laying back down and sleeping, Just a real quick thank you. Then I'll head back to bed. Walking over towards his door, he stopped, and looked over to his right as he made it halfway into his room, and he couldn't help but smile as he saw the items on his shelf. Wonder what else I can put upon my shelf... Good memories though. Continuing on with his walk, he made it over to the door, grabbed the knob, and opened the door. Pushing the door opened, he looked to his left and tilted his head slightly as he was confused to see two doors were opened, Spyro's door is opened? And the training room? Oh ho ho, if Cynder doesn't know about this, I'm so gonna call him out right in front... Thinking about it now, he shuck his head as he actually disagreed with himself, No, what am I thinking. I'm trying to be his friend, and trying to get him in trouble with his lover, and telling him I would is... I guess it's something I'd do after we are friends. I can hold my pranks for a little longer, I know I can... Probably. Making his way first over to the training room, he pecked inside to see who was in there. As he looked inside, he saw Volteer's body first spark yellow, and then blue. His eyes were mesmerized by the color that his blue lightning gave off, but his thoughts and feelings of how it looked were cut off as he heard Volteer cry out, "I did it!"

Coming out from his Lightning Shield, Volteer gave a huge sigh of relief to know he's already come so far, and exclaimed everything about how happy he was, "First the blue lightning, now learning to use what I would call a Lightning Shield, and I already know so much and have learned a lot from just books alone so..." Taking a deep breath in, and then out, he got into a fighting stance and smiled, "I think I'm ready to fight you! Since you haven't practiced on using your blue fire at all, that means I should have a little bit of an advantage."

"Whoa, slow down there, Volteer. It is true that we could fight right now if we wanted to, but, I guess first thing we should take care of is our guest," Seeing the confusion on his face, Volteer turned around to see who it was, and he didn't have to turn far as just as he looked over his shoulder, Malefor was standing next to him, and while Volteer cried out in fear from the sudden appearance, Spyro chuckled, "Hehe, don't mind him, Malefor. So what's up? I'm surprised someone like you is awake at this time. Figured with how things have been going, you'd just want to sleep. Or, is this the time where you wake up and start making that dark army that I'm supposed to fight?"

He felt a little downed about him saying that, even though he remember he was the one who made the joke himself, and the way he felt now, he didn't want to joke about something like that for now as he seemed serious, "Spyro, I wasn't really telling the truth about that..."

"Hehe, Yeah, I know, that's kinda the whole joke. You, feeling okay? Usually you'd make a joke about how your dark army is almost ready to attack me or something like that. Did something happen with Carith?"

"Carith? No, of course not. It's just... We are so close to becoming friends and, to be honest, how I feel now, as joyful as I feel, I'm scared. I'm scared to even talk about the darkness or to joke about it because... What if on the off chance there is still darkness out there, like with those dragons who used the Dark Power... I don't want my jokes to then be taken seriously and used against me."

"Isn't that what we've trained for though?"

"What do you mean?"

"So what if there are some dragons who got a hold of some darkness. We can easily take care of them, and then we can get back to our lovers and go to bed. I am training you to protect your lover, am I not?"

"Of course but..."

"Malefor, you've changed my view of you over the time you've been here. Hell, to be honest, I feel really Damn good right now with how things have been. If you were still the Dark Master, I would still have a problem with what he did, but if you could control him, and the darkness or the, dark army your building doesn't hurt anyone or kill anyone, then... Why not, right?"

"But... It's the darkness."

"And if you had control over it then what else is left? The Apes? We have control over our dark form, dark creatures would now be allies, so what would stop us? And this isn't pushing for you to control your dark power as we are as strong as we should be, even if I will always want improvements but... You've done good, and you deserve to be with Carith. And I do trust you to leave the Building even now if you wanted to all by yourself..."

A couple of tears started to go down his eyes, but he quickly tried to stop himself as everything he was saying all seemed fake, and he doubted his words knowing he must be in a dream, "Alright, Ignitus. You really think you're clever putting me in a dream like this? Well jokes on you, I was able to catch on before you did," Sitting down on the floor, he decided to wait it out in his mind, "I will just sit here and not do anything until you wake me from this dream," He sat there for a couple of seconds and nothing happened, so instead of him waiting any longer, he just decided to ask, "Well, are you going to let me out of the dream or not?"

"Hehe, you know, Spyro thought the same thing because I asked him to train me," Volteer chuckled as he saw what felt like deja vu.

"That's why you're in here, and not with Ersa even though you two became mates? Alright, Ignitus, now you're not even trying to..."

"Can you shut the hell up, Malefor!" Everyone in the room heard as Ignitus yelled at him, and the others, through their thoughts for what he was saying, "All of you, you're not in a dream! Stop calling my name and interrupting me and my time with Claire or else!" Malefor chuckled to see just how mad he was, and it took him a bit to realise what that really meant, "Ignitus hasn't ever been this mad before in his life, and what did he mean by his time with..." Realising one thing, his eyes grew wide as he looked at the two, and they both nodded at him, "Their actually in love?!" He put a paw on his head as now that everything was coming together, his breathing started to speed up, and he then pointed his claw at Spyro, in disbelief that his words were really true, "Wait but... that... that would mean... No... No no no, I'm not falling for your words, Spyro, I know you." Getting into an attacking position, he looked all around the room, then jumped around to see if anyone was behind him, and since no one was, he turned back around and looked at him, still keeping himself at the ready, "Come on, where is the attack? I know you're dying to paralyze me or, knock me out in the worst and most painful way possible so..."

"Malefor, there is no trick to my words," Spyro chuckled as he could understand where he's coming from with this, "This isn't the first time you haven't believed in my words but, I'm being serious." He made sure his voice really did feel sincere, and it worked as now Malefor's body eased up completely, but he was dumbfounded, standing there with almost a weak body as he continued to listen to Spyro's words, "And before you say, 'You're only saying this to keep the Dark Master away'... Well, not like last time. Before, I only tried to be something more then your enemy falsely to keep the Dark Master at bay. But now, you've really shown you could make a great friend to me, or, an ally or partner, how ever you want to see it," His words had gotten to him as tears started to run down his eyes only slightly as he tried to hold them back, and since a big smile went across his face, he knew what was next, "Absolutely dreadful. I can't even look at you now."

Malefor couldn't even feel the anger inside of him to fight back, so all he could do was give a weak chuckle in disbelief for what he was hearing, "Shut up, Spyro."

"How about you make me shut up later on when we fight it out on our last day? Thinking about it now, it would help us get out anymore anger that we have for one another, just in case of course," As he talked more about the future and what was to come of their friendship, he smiled some more as he continued to talk, "So, you know, looking forward to the day. Just, hey, tomorrow, or, I guess since it's already the next day, try with all your muscle to not interrupt me and Cynder. She's not exactly pleased that I'm out here now so, I'm making it up to her by just staying in bed the whole next day."

"Well, I know I can promise that, but anyone else that has to do with the others, I don't know about them."

"I was planning on using the wish Ignitus gave me to make sure of it but, even Cynder knows that all I need is my dark form and we will be fine."

"She's not wrong," Malefor chuckled, and since the two's conversation was dying down, it got him thinking a little more about what he's said before, and he looked over at Volteer and was honest with him, "When do you think we'd ever hang out?" Seeing the raised brow on his friends face, he understood and explained, "It's just that, you becoming mates with Ersa and, becoming all grown up basically it, it makes me realise that I've missed out on so much time when I wasn't with you all and... I want us all, as a family, to come together and hang out like we use to do."

"Hang out?" Volteer chuckled at those words, "Malefor, we hang out all the time in the Chambers."

"Yeah, but I mean like, doing stuff and not just sitting around. We use to always do something or another, whether it be pranks, training, competitions like, how we saw who could punch the biggest hole in a tree, and of course, Terrador won by breaking a healthy, and fat, tree, right through the middle."

"You remembered my words when I spoke about the tree?"

"Hehe, yeah. You went into so much detail about what this meant for him and, how the tree was healthy, along with how you can tell. You even started going into the thickness of the tree to calculate how much force would've been needed to break through the tree."

"We can always do stuff like that. Hell, I feel like the best way for all of us to spend time together us to continue playing your Dragons and Dungeons game. I would be fine with that."

"You enjoyed it that much?"

"Course I did. With so many guys, there are so many characters so we can have different reactions each time to each character. And if our lovers gets involved well, you're gonna need a book to keep track of all our items... Which, speaking of items... Uh... I don't have that damage reduction anymore, do I?"

"Hehe, no, of course you don't."

"Then when ever we have the time, let's all get together and play again. Then the girls can have their time to themselves as well so it works out for everyone. Well, if the girls join that's a different story but, you get the idea."

"I think I do," Malefor murmured with a smile as he was looking forward to it, and he could already see it in his mind of what they would do, and now that he felt better with his talk with Volteer, he focused his attention back over to Spyro, "So, this is it... After everything I've been through, what's happened and what I've... what he, forced me to do, to kill and take so many lives... you'll really make me your friend?" Spyro didn't want to use his words as he knew it would ruin the soft, silent moment of the room, so he only gave him a nod with a smile, which once again made Malefor give a small chuckle, "Damn... It feels like a lot is changing and, for the good I know but... Maybe we should all just lay in bed and chill out for a good second. Time is moving pretty fast and, I want to make sure I make the best of every moment," Thinking about what he should do now, he wondered if whether or not he should train with the two, but he remembered what he said to Carith and couldn't disobey his words, "I would stay and train with you all but, I told Carith I'd be right back after thanking you Spyro so, unfortunately, I do have to leave... Hehe, but, I am laying with my lover so, I guess their really isn't anything unfortunate about it."

"Then we'll see you in the next day or two?" Spyro asked.

"Hehe, don't worry, something will happen tomorrow to get you two out of bed, and when it does, I'm standing as far back and away from that fight as I can. But... Yeah, I will talk to you two later, but for now," Keeping the smile on his face, he was honest as everything felt right to him, "I... I feel really good. Ersa's alive so, that's nothing to worry about and... I feel as light as a feather... Well, good luck you two."

"Thanks, Malefor."

As he turned his body and walked away, Volteer called out as he didn't get to say his goodnight, "See you in the morning, Malefor."

Waving a paw behind his head at the two, Malefor kept his smile as he continued to walk to the entrance of the Training Room. Hehe, Spyro, you really are crazy to think someone isn't going to do something. But, I have hopes I'm wrong, Exiting out from his thoughts and the training room, he only took one step forward before hearing his name called very faintly, "Malefor."

Looking to his right, he saw the other door to the other room was cracked opened, and since he knew the voice was coming from behind the door, he walked up to it and opened the door. He saw that Cynder was laid down on her belly still waiting for her lover to return, but her head was picked up as if she was worried, and seeing the worry in her face, he asked her, "Hey, Cynder. Is, everything okay? You seem worried about something."

"I... I just wanted to know if Spyro was still doing okay. He doesn't have any scars or, blood dripping down his body, does he," Cynder asked with a sped up heart rate as she was scared to know what kind of shape her lover was in right now.

"Don't worry, Cynder, he's doing just fine. When I walked in, the two were just sitting there talking about their powers."

"So they haven't started fighting yet... Ugh... Well, thank you anyway, Malefor."

"Of course."

As he turned his body the opposite way, he made sure to keep the door crack just as before as he only slightly cracked the door before going back to his room with his lover. Cynder was a little suspicious as to why he seemed so happy, but she had an idea as to why that might be, Seems like Spyro must've finally told him about them being friends for sure in the future. He's definitely calmed down a lot since then... Ugh, why can't I go to bed. Tossing and turning on the bed, she rolled from her left side to her right side before rolling back over to her left and laying there on her side with her arms, legs, and wings facing straight from her. Looking over at the door, she grumbled at herself, I don't care who or what it is, if anyone interrupts us tomorrow, I will use my dark form to keep everyone anyway. Hehe, and who knows, maybe me and Spyro can have some fun with that. As she thought about her dark form, she backed off of it very quickly and started to feel downed once again, No... that form is what killed his parents and mine... I really wish you were here to comfort me, Spyro.

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"Alright, Spyro, let's get back on track," Volteer was very blunt and up front with his words, and it did work as Spyro focused his attention back to his friend, "I said I wanted to fight you, and..." Taking a deep breath in, and then out, he walked a couple of steps back from him and once he was a good bit away from him, he got into a fighting stance and prepared himself, "You must not hold back against me!" Spyro gave him a raised brow as he could already see him shaking in fear to face him, but for Volteer, he didn't view it as fear towards himself, "Don't worry about me. This shaking is just my muscles preparing to rip, break, and to be molded into something more! Now, show me your dark form, use it against me and force me into a corner! I won't be able to learn or grow without it."

Giving off a sigh, Spyro didn't want to waste anymore time and let his body be consumed very slowly into darkness. With the darkness making it's way from his chest and in casing his body very slowly, he apologized in advance, but smiled as he was very impressed with his actions, "You know, Volteer, not gonna lie, this is going to hurt like hell. I respect your dedication, and I know, by you doing this, your lover will be very proud to see your dedication to her as mates," With his body now consumed in darkness, his eyes went white as well, making any sense of him being himself disappear, "I'm not holding back... You know I'm not the one to do that... So, you ready?"

Swallowing hard, Volteer shuck off the fear, clenched his teeth, flexed his mussels, and growled to signify he was ready. Seeing the smile from Spyro made every part of his body shiver as he knew this wasn't going to be something so simple, and that proved him right. Taking one step forward, Spyro disappeared from his sight, and feeling the rush of wind beside him, he looked to his left. All he had time to do was gasp with wide eyes before being punched underneath his jaw. The force behind the punch was enough to send him flying through the roof of the training building, along with the force of the punch being felt throughout the training room as it cracked in an instant. Looking at the hole in the ceiling, Spyro then looked at his paw. As he opened and closed it a couple of times, he thought, Maybe I went a little over board... But, then again, he didn't exactly get to feel all the force in my punch as I didn't get a direct hit.

Already feeling as though he was knocked unconscious, his body made it's way to the ground with a hard slam as he made a hole in the ground where his body landed. Struggling to open his eyes, he growled in pain as he tried to stand up from his side, coughing up blood as he made his way to his paws. Staggering to stand, he looked up to see he was now behind Warfang and couldn't believe how far behind he really was compared to his competition, Just from one punch? As that thought burned into his mind, he clenched his teeth from anger, but tried to keep his composure as he thought, Doesn't matter! Pulling his paw up, a small ball of lightning formed in his paw before later being flatten out like a small disk in his paw. Brains over Bronze for now. I've learned a lot from dragon history, and let's see if I can put that to the test.

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Flying up and out of the Training Room, Spyro looked down at the hole in the Training Room and pointed a claw at it. So, if I hit him there, and I follow where his body could've flown, Moving his paw in the path he believed his body would've taken off and landed, his paw directed him a little further out as to where his friend could've landed. Let's try there. Flying over to the supposed crash site, with his speed, he was able to make it over there in only a couple of seconds. Looking down from where he flew, he made his way down to the ground as he spotted where Volteer had crashed at. Landing down on the ground, he took a couple steps forward and stood above where his body use to be. Picking his head up and looking around the area, he wasn't able to tell where he could've gone. Volteer wouldn't have wimped out already, would he? A rather loud snap from a tree branch caught his attention, and to him, it felt a little too obvious. Turning his head to his left where he heard the sound, he chuckled as he slowly made his way over to the sound, "Come on, Volteer. It's no fun if you're already this weak. If you want to give up, just say so."

Taking one more step forward, lighting shocked through his body violently, and for Spyro, the sudden shock of lightning was pain unlike any other. His body completely locked up on him as he yelled out in pain into the sky. Clenching his teeth and struggling to breath, he looked down with all his strength to see blue lightning was electrifying his body. Hearing the sounds of moving leafs to his right, he couldn't do anything to try and turn. As if the pain wasn't enough for him to go through, he was then punched in the side of his face, and unfortunately, the punch wasn't enough to even move him, only the side of his face. Now that anger started to surge through his body from the pain, Spyro pushed against the fist and moved his head to look towards the right of him while grunting and growling as he breathed through his teeth. Volteer backed away as he knew keeping his fist on his face would only be pointless now. He was lucky to have backed away as Spyro erupted with his own electrical output, destroying the blue lightning with his own blue lightning. Blocking himself with his wings, Volteer felt the surge of lightning go throughout his body as it passed by him, and even his body locked up on him for a second once it did. Falling to the ground, Spyro gasped for air, coughing from time to time as he struggled to stand. Volteer was able to peck through his wings to see he was still down and knew he should take the opportunity to knock him down right then and now. As his wings reached his side and he prepared to run forward in after him, Spyro slammed his paw into the ground, forcing a spear like rock to launch out from the ground and right at Volteer. He had to stop very quickly as to avoid being pierced by the spear, and just as he stopped, so did the spear. His breathing grew suddenly as he felt the spear touch his neck, and he knew, with just a little more pressure, it would pierce his neck. I... Sure hope... Spyro isn't... that upset. Volteer swallowed hard, and watching his friend stand up, he was frightened to move. His eyes grew wide as he watched Spyro already gain his composure back, and he seemed completely fine with his breathing and everything even after what he went through.

"Well, at least now I can tell Malefor for sure that you don't have to go through something emotional to get your powers," Spyro grumbled as he was still in some pain after that lightning attack, and moving his paw up and then down, the spear made of rock went back into the ground, giving Volteer a huge sigh of relief, "You're really Damn lucky, but let's try and refrain from using our powers, okay? Last thing we want to do is actually kill one another, and if I did use my powers, this fight would be over very quickly," Thinking about how he said that, he did disagree with himself a little bit, "Okay, not all powers. I'm still going to use my dark power. But, I do have to know, how did you do that with the lightning?"

"It... It was... A trick I read about... In the books I was reading back then..." Volteer struggled to say as he was already out of breath, and it once again frustrated him, "Damn... it! We've barely been fighting. One hit, a simple blue lightning mine and you using your power and I'm almost out of commission!"

"Whoa, Volteer, calm down. For one, that one hit nearly broke the Training Room, so, imagine the force that was put into you. Second, blue lightning, or, blue powers in general take up a lot of power. You have to have a really good stamina supply in order to use them, and that's another reason I believe it's so hard to even get the abilities to work; They are beyond the level we are even at. And third, you're not giving up, are you?"

Giving up... Hehe, yeah right. Spyro's about to be in for a big surprise. Ignitus, is it ready? It took a couple of seconds to get a response, and it made him a little worried, but he was happy to hear from Ignitus, "Yes, Volteer, it is ready. Unfortunately, Ignitus is of course occupied at the moment and I'm, sure you understand why." Hehe, don't worry, I understand. "Are you sure you're ready to use this power?" Yeah, I think it's now or never, and he doesn't know about it so, it's time to give him a run for his money. "Alright just, try not to disturb anyone while you're fighting or else..." I will try my best. Feeling the sudden surge of power, he couldn't believe what he was feeling. He felt as though he had grown, his mussels had grown, and as he looked at himself, he smiled wide as he looked at the new, more improved look he had for himself. Spyro raised a brow as he was confused as to where this sudden mussel form came from. That's a little strange... Is this another reason he wanted to fight me so badly? Seeing as Volteer looked at him with a big smile, Spyro chuckled at him, "Alright, I'd admit, I'm sure Ersa would definitely never leave you with that kind of a form but, the question is; What's the point? I'm guessing the only way you could've gain mussel so easily is because of Ignitus so... Let's see what this strength has to offer you."

Walking up to him, Volteer smiled, and he was shaking anymore. With every step he took, even with his mussels, he felt light some how. He was calm, collected, and the pain he once felt was no longer there. Standing in front of Spyro, both could feel the power just from how the air was around one another. Both were teased, ready to attack at any moment, and with luck, Spyro attacked him first. The attack happened in the blink of an eye as his fist rounded the side of Volteer's face. Volteer was faster, and his reflexes to him felt unreal. Blocking the swinging punch with his wing, he then used his own fist to punch Spyro in his chest as the attack he tried to use left him wide open. The punch landed successfully, and just with what happened to him, Spyro was flown back with a huge gust of wind following. Volteer's eyes grew wide as he watched his friend hit tree after tree, snapping and breaking through each and everyone one as Spyro's body was sent flying. Even as he continued to watch what his strength had done, he couldn't believe the power, Is... Could I... Am I really capable of... Of doing something like that? To be as powerful as I am now? Coming out from his thoughts, he was frightened. There were no sounds, no movements. Only his breathing, along with the soft sounds of wind moving the grass and leafs on the trees. Taking a couple of steps forward, still being careful, he called out, "Spyro...!" He waited for a response, but nothing, and now he started to fear, " Spyro!"

Running over to where his friend should be, he quickly jumped over the devastated wasteland of broken trees that had been caused by the punch. As he made his way, he was able to spot Spyro on his back against a slightly titled tree that had been cracked down the middle and rested on another tree. Spyro? Volteer murmured in his thoughts as he stood close to the front of his friend and looked down on him. His eyes grew wide as he saw his reaction even after what had happened. Spyro had a massive grin on his face, and even as he coughed, he still kept the smile. Looking at his friend, breathing almost heavily as he did, his voice sent shivers down Volteer's spine as it sounded threatening, while also sounding playful, "You made my bleed..." As he stood up, Volteer jumped back away and prepared for a fight while Spyro staggered to stand, with his body swaying from left to right along with his head as he looked down at the ground, "Volteer, you better watch yourself. Let's count... One, Two, Three, Four..." Disappearing and reappearing in front of his friend, Volteer's heart almost stopped as his friend now stood right in front of him, evil grin and darkened, "Bloods gonna be spilled on the floor."

While Spyro seemed calm and collected, ready to fight at any moment, Volteer sat down very suddenly and called a time out, "Alright, time out," Putting one paw up and his other paw over his first one, he shuck his head as he was not having what Spyro was saying, "I'd rather die right now then fight you like that. Scary ass power, scary ass rhyme... Sorry dude but, this is a fight, not a Damn horror show."

"Hehehe," Spyro couldn't help but laugh at himself for the rhyme and patted himself on the back for it, "Oh, come oh, don't be like that. You have to give my props for coming up with that on the spot." Watching his friend put his paws back to the ground and shake his head, Spyro grumbled as he still believed he was right in thinking so, "What ever. I will just try it on someone else, and I can guarantee they'd congrats me before killing themselves."

"That's why I had to stop you from your... Nightmare act. So, before the adrenaline in my body goes away and I feel a charley horse from hell, should we continue?"

"Hehe... I will count us down. One, two..."

"No!"

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Why even now does everything feel like a dream? The feeling is real to me, him being by my side, us flirting and loving and... becoming mates... It feels like everything I've wanted to happen, is happening... So is it wrong for me to think this is a dream? Ersa wondered in her thoughts as she slept, and with every thought made her come out from her sleep more and more as she started to wonder and fear more about her thoughts. I know it's not a dream... But... Why do I feel so, alone, right now? Why do I feel cold? Moving her wings around all over the bed as she was able to wake herself up, her eyes shot open as she flung herself onto her stomach and quickly looked from her left to her right, "Volteer!" Jumping up from on the bed and looking behind herself, he wasn't there either, "No... no no no."

"Ersa, clam down," A voice suddenly called from within the room, and she turned her head forward to see Ignitus was standing at the door, "Before you go crazy and fear for no reason, Volteer's fine and you're not dreaming. While he is off doing other things, he asked me to watch over you. I'm not Ignitus himself of course, only a clone made on standby in the White Isle in case something..."

"Where's Volteer!"

"He's off training with Spyro. Reason being, I can't tell you because... Well, that's for him to tell you."

"Training...? Why would he..." Ersa thought about it a little bit, and with her quick thinking, it didn't take her long to understand why he could be training, "He feels terrible... doesn't he," Seeing as Ignitus gave her a small frown as he nodded, she came to the conclusion herself and broke down the reasoning even though Ignitus already knew himself, "It must've been my books that caused him to want to train... I knew I shouldn't have let him read them..." She murmured, laying back down on her belly and wondering what she should do now, "Should I stop the two now then? Or... Should I just lay here and wait for him... What would Volteer want?"

"That is up for you to decide," Ignitus gave his opinion, and she looked up at him, wondering what he meant by that, "To be honest, you know more about Volteer then even I do, and I'm the Chronicler. So, it's really up for you to decide as to what would make you happy. Do you want him to be happy, you yourself, or the both," Laying her head back down onto the bed, he chuckled and assured her as he knew what she must be thinking, "Don't worry about any injuries. Me and Spyro can heal almost any injury, along with your mate's amazing ability to do the same." Already having an idea in her mind, he heard the idea and decided to leave things at that, "Well, now that you are up and awake, I'm gonna head back to the White Isle." Turning around and taking a step towards the door, he stopped, turned around, and gave her a little more of an idea of how long it would take, "If you do wait though, it's going to be another hour or so. Those two are fighting it out pretty fiercely."

Hearing how bad things were, she put her paws over her head and grumbled more as now she was more desperate to stop the two now more then ever. She watched as he walked through the door and disappeared, leaving her to herself and her thoughts as she wondered what she should do, and she grumbled just thinking about it, So, training is more important then my body, huh? Giving off a sigh as she moved her paws off from her head, she laid them back down on the side of her face and continued to wonder, I understand why he's doing it but... It's only been two days and I... Having him not be here now... I still haven't gotten over what's happened... Not completely... And... I may never will.

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Flying into the air at lightning speed, Volteer looked down as he flew and saw Spyro nearly right behind him no matter how fast he flew. Since speed wasn't working, he tried to land a punch. Stopping suddenly in the air as he flapped his wings outward with a loud snap, he predicted where his friend was going to be and knew he'd end up out of his sight, Behind! Spinning his wings around, he was correct, and was able to hit Spyro before he could attack. But both were able to take a hit, and Volteer recovered from it quickly and went in for his own attack. His fists were fast, just like himself as he attacked. Trying to dodge if at all possible, he waited for an opening, but there was none. Just as he saw an opening, he lost track of himself and forgot to dodge. The punch that nailed him in the side of the face was enough to snap the air, similar to that of the sound his wings made. With his body traveling so fast towards the ground from the punch, he couldn't get the strength to open his wings, and instead, had to take the force of the impact. Hitting back first into the ground, he coughed up blood into the air, and for him, it felt like slow motion when it had happened. But he knew he couldn't stop and pulled himself from the concrete. Looking down at the floor, he looked around and said out loud, "Warfang...? How did we..."

Hearing the clicking of claws touching down in front of him, he looked straight and jumped back as he did, seeing his friend had landed right in front of him. Taking steps back away from him as he didn't think fighting now would be a good idea, Spyro continued to step closer and closer with no sign of stopping the fight or having a breather. Extending both his wings up and out while still having to back up from him, he unfortunately had to call off the spar, "Spyro, look, I'll admit defeat, okay. We can't fight in Warfang or else would could hurt someone, and or wake up the entire neighborhood."

It seemed his words weren't getting to him at all as Spyro continued to walk closer to him which made him fear whether or not he had lost control. Luckily, he didn't have to fear too long for that as Spyro spoke in his still normal voice, "Then we can have some fun," He smiled as the adrenaline in his body wasn't going away, and he welcomed the challenge, "Your speed, the strength, the intelligence... You're an even better sparing partner then Malefor right now," With him continuing his rant, Volteer's back had hit the walls of Warfang, so now he was cornered and Spyro knew this as he stopped a couple of steps away from him and continued, "Let's have some fun with this. New Mission: Attack me while causing the least amount of damage. Try to get me out of civilian paws before something happens. And even if we do cause some damage to the structures, Ignitus I'm sure would be more then happy to clean up the place."

"Spyro, you're talking crazy! Their are civilians around, we can't just turn this into a game! And what if a building does fall because of us? There are dragons sleeping in those buildings, maybe even Hatchlings," It seemed as though he had lost some control even though his voice sounded normal, and Volteer made sure to call him out on it to see how he'd react, "You may seem stable but your thoughts aren't yours. You've pushed yourself to the point where you lost control. We need to get you to Cynder so she'll help you."

"I don't need help, Volteer!" Spyro growled, putting a paw on his own head as he started to feel the anger himself, "I... I just..." Shaking his head, he put his paw down to the ground and pushed to keep the fight going, "I have the time power! If anything happens, I will fix it. I haven't trained the way I do just to do nothing with it." Getting into a fighting stance, Volteer unfortunately had to do the same as there was nothing he could do, "Plus, this area is big enough without buildings around us for a good couple of feet. Plenty of room for us."

Damn it, Spyro. I guess I will just have to knock you out and drag you back home... Or... I have a better idea. His thoughts were interrupted as he watched Spyro take one step and launch off the ground and towards him. He was able to dodge, but even with his first dodge, Spyro kept the attack by spinning, jumping, or sliding on the ground as much as possible to try and attack him. Without this speed... I'd already have lost. Volteer thought, dodging as fast as he could and at unbelievable speeds. I hope you're awake my love... All I need to do is wait for a...

"UGH!"

While Volteer was deep in his thoughts, he missed a dodge and was punched in the chest, hard enough to send him right into the walls of Warfang. His body hit the wall and his back sunk into it, cracking most of the area of the wall around him. With how hard the punch was, he was now pinned into the wall. Struggling to pull his body out from the wall, there was no luck, and he clenched his teeth even as he tried, Son of a... Bitch! His muscles flexed to what he believed to be his breaking point, and it worked even though the pain was nearly excruciating. Ripping his body from the wall, he first got his arms, then his back and head, and then finally his lower body. Landing on the ground and coughing, Spyro still stood ready, and he even yelled at him, "Come on! Get up!"

Coughing up some blood, Volteer put his paw on the ground and sent a small circle of blue electricity into the ground, chuckling as he did so, You know, Spyro... I'm gonna enjoy this. As he stood up, Volteer knew the easiest way to get him to come closer, "You really think a punch is going to hurt me? How about you say what you mean to my face!" Volteer chuckled with a small smirk, steeping back only a couple of steps as his back was already right against the wall, "Come on, Spyro! Do it!" His plan was working with ease as he saw him growl while walking towards him, and all he had to do was taunt for only a couple more seconds, "Sorry, you're training to protect Cynder? Please, I could put in more work then you in a day."

The darkness exploded from Spyro now from his words, and Volteer swallowed hard as he realised what he had said, Maybe that was a little overboard. Even with the strength and anger following through Spyro, he fell for the trap, and as he took one more step forward, the blue lightning ignited his body in electricity, forcing him to let out a painful cry. Once again, his body locked up on him completely, and it made it difficult for him to breath as even his lung felt as though they were clenching inwards and nothing more. Volteer watched as his friend glared at him, white teeth of anger and everything, and he apologized for using his powers, "Sorry, Spyro. But if you're not going to listen to me, and your too darkened up to want to see Cynder, you're just going to have to meet someone even more... convincing," Gearing up for his punch, he only had a limited amount of space, but it was enough to back his fist up and turn his wings to help give him momentum, "Sorry again, in advance."

Swinging his body as hard as he could into the attack, the punch connected, only, a little too well. Hearing the cracking of what sounded like his chest, he sent his friend flying back into the air and towards the Guardians Building. Spyro! Quickly flying after him, he started to fear as he wondered if he had actually heard what he did, and started going crazy as he flew after his friend, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry! Spyro's body hit the second floor of the Guardians Building and he went rolling from one room and then out the room as his body destroyed the door. Rolling on the ground for a second, his back hit the wall, and he laid there for a couple seconds as even for him, the punch was a lot stronger then he anticipated. Flying through the hole in the wall, Volteer landed on the ground of the room and ran over towards the now broken door. Making it into the hallway, he looked down at his friend, and it seemed as though he had killed him, "Spyro!" Running to his side, he sat down beside him and put a paw to his neck, and to his luck, there was a pulse, "Oh, thank goodness... Spyro, I thought, Ugh!"

Unable to finish his sentence, Spyro was already back in action. His paw swung up from the ground, and he grabbed Volteer by the throat. Has does he... still have more... power? Volteer wondered in amazement while also fear as he was started to lose up on his two back legs, Spyro pinned him up against the wall to the left of the door. Patting his claws on his arms, Volteer struggled to breath, and couldn't even make out a sentence to tell him to stop. Easing up his grip just a little bit, Spyro let him breath as he started to feel himself coming back at the sight of him nearly chocking his friend. Volteer saw this, and since it seemed Ersa wasn't awake, he knew he would have to try and gilt trip him to calm him down. Forcing out a couple of tears, he struggled to say his words, only making it more difficult for Spyro to stay in his darkened state, "Spyro... Please... It's... Me... It's... Volteer..."

To his luck, it was working, and the darkness started to leave Spyro's body as he watched his friend struggle with wide eyes. But at the same time his first plan was working, his second plan had also worked. Looking over to his right side, Volteer saw that Ersa was in horror, and her face showed it all. Oh no... She's gonna think he's really killing me! He didn't have time to say anything or to warn Spyro of what was about to happen. Just as Spyro looked to his side as he could sense someone was next to him, it was already too late. Ersa put two fingers right in between his shoulder and neck, applying slight force as she did. Even with the small amount of force, Spyro yelped, and the pain, along with what Volteer had said, it made his darkness disappear.

"Wait wait wait!" Spyro cried as this pain he had felt seemed almost worse then that of the landmine Volteer used, "Ersa, Wait, Wait, it's me, it's , it's Spyro!" Clenching his teeth and letting out a tear, he couldn't believe how much pain he was actually in, "Malefor really wasn't lying... Ersa, please! Trust that it's me!"

She didn't know who to trust, and making sure with her mate, she looked to him. He decided it would be best to play along and put fear into his voice as he said, "It's not him, Ersa! Don't trust him!"

"What?!" Spyro cried, now fearing more for his life as he saw the reaction of Ersa's face, and he knew she was ready to apply more force to his shoulder, "Ersa Ersa Ersa, look, look, alright, I will put him down. The easier your grip is on my shoulder, the easier my grip will be on his neck... Deal?" He watched as she looked at her lover, and then back at Spyro, and even though she was struggling on what to do, she trusted him, and released some force on his shoulder, "Alright, now I will do the same." Letting him down onto the ground and letting more force go, her fingers later back away from his shoulder while his paw backed away from Volteer's neck, and he sighed hugely before falling down to the ground on his back, "Thank... Ancestors."

Volteer did the same as he let his back lay down on the ground, and as he did, his body slid down from the back wall and onto the floor. Pulling their heads up and looking at one another, they smiled at each other before laughing. While those two were sharing a laugh, Ersa's increased breathing was not subsiding as she didn't understand what had happened, and she wanted answers, "Volteer... What happened," As he looked up at her lover, he now once again feared as he could tell she wasn't exactly pleased, "I wake up without you, Ignitus told me you left to train, I rest in my bed waiting for your return, and then I hear a crash, run out here, and see that you were getting chocked and nearly killed by Spyro!"

"Hehe, well, technically..."

"Shut! It!" Ersa yelled as she looked at Spyro, and he quickly shut his mouth as he was too afraid to say anything with how she was acting.

Looking away from him and back at her lover, she backed away a bit as her lover tried to stand, grunting and growling in pain as he did. Her eyes grew slightly wide as she was now able to see his body from every side and angle. She couldn't believe how muscular he looked, but even with the muscles, his body was damage to a point that she was afraid would be permanent. His body was covered in scraps, blood, bruises, cuts, and she started to tear up herself, fearing for the worse. He gave a weak chuckle, and even though he tried smiling, he knew what he did and apologized, "Ersa... I'm... I'm sorry I left you by yourself... I... I..." His voice grew a little faint before his eyes closed and he couldn't speak anymore.

His body fell forward, right into Ersa's wings as she extended them out to catch his body.

"Volteer!"

Laying him down on the ground and making sure he was okay, she cried over his body as she frantically wondered what she should do. He's... He's still breathing but... Faintly. No... No no no, I need... I need to run and get what I need as quickly as possible before... No. Seeing her check his body and cry over him as she did so, Spyro struggled to stand as well, growling and grunting similar to that of Volteer. Walking up and standing over his body, she looked up at him, wondering what he was doing. Sitting down from behind his back, he grunted before speaking, "I should have enough energy for him and myself," Tapping a claw on Volteer's body, an hour glass appeared from what looked like inside his body, "You know, Ersa, he really is going to great lengths to protect you," She looked up at him, wondering what that meant before looking down and watching as he twisted the hour glass all the way around, "All this pain, the scars, the fighting, the blood... All of it... And he did it for you." Pushing the hour glass in his body, all of his wounds disappeared from his body, and her eyes grew wide to see that, "Crazy, right?"

She didn't have any words as to how he was able to do such a thing, but she still wanted to make sure that what she saw is really what happened, "Does that mean, he's healed? I... I have nothing to worry about?" She watched as he gave her a nod and a smile which made her put a paw on her chest as she sighed hugely, "Thank the Ancestors." Looking at his body, she blushed to see his muscles now, and couldn't stop herself from looking at his back side before making herself look straight back up to his head with a big red blush, "Oh... Volteer..." Still seeing the blood that surrounded his body, she had hopes that he would also be able to do something about that as well, "Is there, anything you can do for the blood on his body?"

"I will let Ignitus deal with that. It should be a simple fix. Isn't that right, Ignitus?" At first, they didn't get a response, so Spyro had some fun as he knew exactly what he was up to and how to interrupt them, "You know, Ersa," As he said her name, the two looked at one another and he joked, "Ignitus is a crazy guy. I mean, Ignitus was there for me when Ignitus didn't know it. He was always there for everyone. Whether Ignitus laughed, or, Ignitus joked..."

"Alright! I get it! Stop saying my name," Both Ersa and Spyro were able to hear his voice as he yelled at his son in their thoughts, "Yes, fine, I will clean up, your, damage. But I'm serious, keep this up, I'm just going to take that wish and you can just forget I even said something." Giving a chuckle to hear how mad he was, Spyro shrugged his shoulders as he knew that anger wouldn't last long, "I guarantee he's already forgotten the anger. But either way, Karma is a bitch and I'm it's brother. He can now understand the pain of when he interrupts me and Cynder." She gave a slight giggle to his words and watched as he looked down at her mates body and he started to poke at his side, "Hey, Volteer... You awake?" Knowing he wouldn't get a response, he still wanted to try, "Yeah, I'm not surprised," Standing up once again, still grunting from the pain as he wasn't healed, he asked her, "Do you want me to pick him up for you?"

"Oh, no, it's fine. I'm pretty sure I have the strength to pick him up," As she was mid sentence, she eased her wings underneath his body, trying to be as gentle as possible, "Rather you be knocked out then dead, that's for sure," With her wings underneath his body, she was able to pick him up with slight ease, and because of this, she was pretty proud of herself, "Wow... I guess I'm a lot stronger then I thought. Which, you know, isn't a bad thing."

He gave her a chuckle from her words and agreed, "I don't see why strengh would ever be considered a bad thing. But I know holding his body after a while would becoming a little difficult so, come on, let's walk back to your room and talk," She nodded at him and was the first to turn around as he knew she needed the space, and now that she was walking towards her room, he ran up to her side and walked with her, "I'm surprised you were even awake."

"I was surprised myself. Both by the fact that I was awake and by the fact Volteer had left somewhere," Already at the door as it wasn't very far, she turned into her room and was careful as to not hit his head on the side of the door, "Please Ancestors don't let me make a mistake," She was successful in making it into the room with him and walked over to her bed, and since she knew Spyro was right behind her, she continued the conversation, "After what I went through... I never really had a good nights rest in years..." Laying him down on the bed to have him lay on his side while facing the door, she pulled her wings back to her side and didn't look at Spyro as he stood in the middle of the room, "It was definitely tough for me to even get a minute of sleep. Some days I would spend all day and all night without sleeping at all... Hehe... Most I was able to get to was nearly six days... One hundred and forty four hours I wasn't able to sleep... Then after that day, I only slept for a couple of hours..."

"Why were times so bad? Well, that's a pretty dumb question for me to ask but, after knowing Volteer was alive, wouldn't you have slept better?"

"I... I unfortunately didn't. I would be lying if I said I didn't get some kind of better sleeping but, I wasn't with him, and it still kept me awake because of that fear that I would miss my chance," She had to pause for a second to help compose herself, and while she did that, she jumped up onto the bed, turned herself around to face straight, and laid down on her belly, "But... I guess all my fears were for nothing... Hehe, Spyro, I will tell you something funny about us females. Even with all the trust we have for our loved ones, we still will always worry... And... that's not a bad thing," Looking away from him and back to her mates body, she smiled to see the blood had disappeared while they were talking, and seeing how peacefully he was sleeping, it helped her keep that smile, "I did always have that trust in my heart for Volteer even back then. And even now, as we're mates, I worry. Whether it be his health or, what he does or, what he's upset about and... that's just because it shows we care," Hearing her explain what she was talking about, his eyes grew slightly wide as it made sense to him now.

"So then, what would you say a female feels when ever you joke about leaving them," It was a strange question for him to ask, and even Ersa looked at him with slightly widened eyes from the odd question, "Oh, no no no, I would never actually do something like that. Me and Cynder usually joke sometimes about it even though it scares both of us to death just hearing it and I..." He paused for a second and she didn't understand why, but before she could ask him, he spoke again, "I just wanted to know if I'm doing something right or wrong. I've spent so much of my time, trying to make sure that I understand her emotions of what she likes and doesn't and... I just wanted to know what a bad sign would be?"

She giggled at his determination and was honest when it came to his question, "Spyro, just like men, our emotions are completely sporadic. One thing could work for someone else and then that something wouldn't work for another. But you shouldn't worry, Cynder seemed very happy when it came to you. But just like me, I'm pretty sure having a loved one going off training when their should be some loving going on isn't the best thing to do," She saw as he gave a frown, now feeling even worse about what he had done but didn't know how to balance it out between the two, and luckily, she was able to read his emotions pretty easily and helped him out, "That doesn't mean you're a terrible dragon to your lover... Look, you're powerful, that's for sure, and seeing you as you were in that dark form fighting those apes, you deserve a break. All because you don't train for one day doesn't mean you'd lose everything you would learn," Her words were getting to him as he knew that she would know everything about how the dragon body works, "Our minds take a long time to forget something, and to lose the muscle you have would take weeks without training, maybe even months."

"So... I would be okay to take a day off?"

"Of course you would. Not everyone can train or, constantly do something every single day because, it's next to impossible. That's why, everyone once in a while needs some time to themselves, or, just a day to get away from it all and chill out," She watched as his mind started to connect everything together, and she watched as a big smile went across his face from his joy, "Also, believe it or not, you kissing your lover is a good thing. The kiss from your lover release a pheromone that goes into the brain, along with your body, calming you to a pretty high degree depending on how bad you are feeling." Seeing his lips start to quiver, she raised a brow at him and he apologized as he saw that.

"Oh, sorry, I just... I have been spending way too much time away from Cynder trying to help Volteer and, I know, even though she's trying to stay positive and joke, deep down, she feels bad, and... That does make me feel bad as well... But, Volteer wanted to train so badly, and he begged and begged because he wanted to become strong enough to protect you," Hearing how he said that, she glanced over at her lover and licked her lips slightly before focusing back over to him and listing more to what he had to say, "So I didn't know what to do... I couldn't think of her hating more... or even being disappointed..."

Putting her wing over Volteer's back, she assured him in hopes it would make him feel better, "Well, I will make sure he doesn't bother you two at all tomorrow. He's going to stay right where he needs to be," He nodded and thanked her for that, "And with your body all healed up and looking nice and new, I'm sure Cynder would be happy to see you're okay. So, I don't want to take up anymore of you're time. You go be with Cynder, Spyro," Seeing him nod once again, he turned and took a couple of steps towards the door, but before he could make it half way, she called his name, "Spyro..." He stopped and turned his head to look at her, "Thank you for helping him... And I'm glad you really are a good dragon to everyone around you... So... please continue to be you, and to laugh and smile... Hehe, or else I'm gonna push down on your pressure point."

A single drop of sweat went down his head as he gave a nervous chuckle, scared to even think about that pain, and even his body shivered just thinking about it. Turning his head back around, he continued to walk over towards the doorway, and as he walked out of the room, he forgot to shut the door. Turning his body around and grabbing the door knob with his paw, he chuckled as she looked at him, and he blushed a little bit as he joked, "I saw you looking at Volteer's back side," Just his couple of words alone were enough to get her to blush hard, and her head stuck straight up from his sudden words, "Try not to break him, okay."

"Spyro!"

"Alright alright, I'm leaving."

Watching him shut the door, she still held her blush as she couldn't believe what he had said. Looking at her lover's body and away from the door, her blush grew some more as she thought about it and could only growl at herself for thinking the way she did, Damn him... Even I can't say he's wrong. Laying her head down on the top of her paws, she picked up her head a little to focus over to his face before laying her head back down on her paws, and she wondered to herself, Well... I mean... Everyone is asleep... Growling at herself, she shuck her head to get her mind off of it, and with her head now back up in the air, it became increasingly hard for her to sleep, both from thoughts of her lover and what she should do, My mind is telling me no but... Getting a glimpse of his body once again, somewhat in a teasing manner as if she was going to be looked at by him, she heard him grumble which quickly made her look straight with a couple drops of sweat going down her face. She heard him stir in his sleep and watched at the corner of her eye as he stretched out his body. All the while, he also gave out a big yawn as his mouth opened wide, and all she could do was watch with wide eyes and a blush. Now that he had stretched and yawned, he appeared to have gone back to bed, and she let out a sigh, If he would've woken up... I don't know if I could've stopped myself. Shaking her head once again, she slapped both sides of her face and whispered out loud, "Calm down..."

Laying her head back down onto the bed, she made sure she had eyes on him at all times, and to make sure she knew where he went, she draped a wing over his back and thought, This way, I will know if you go somewhere or not. With her wing over his back, positioned in a comfortable sleeping position, and knowing she was unable to get the thought out of her mind, she agreed with herself on what she would do, Simple... Just, wake up in the morning, ask Ignitus about the truth and then... And then... Damn it! Closing her eyes as tight as she could, she tried her best to sleep the night away, but even as she tried, her blush stayed on her face with the thoughts racing through her mind.

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Dancing up towards his room, Spyro hummed himself a song as he smiled, glad he was able to help so much for his friend and his friend's mate. Now, everything's as it should be. Volteer has his lover, well, mate. Ignitus fell in love, the other Guardians seem fine, and Malefor... Hehe, I can easily kill later, but as my friend... Stopping just at the door as he thought that, his eyes grew wide as he realised what he had just thought about, and he couldn't believe he did. Wow... I'm... I must just be tried. While he was in his thoughts, the doors had already opened, and he walked inside of the house and into the hallway. Going back to smiling and humming himself a song, he made his way towards his room that still stayed cracked open as no one had shut the door. Walking up to the door, he gently opened it as to not make a sound. While opening the door, he whispered his song as well and made it into the room. Shutting the door behind himself with his paw, he turned towards the bed and danced a little more as he made his way over. As he stood in front of the bed, he looked to see Cynder laid on her belly with her paws crossed in front of her while her chin rested over them. He gave a sigh and was glad to see she was asleep. Putting one paw on the bed, and then another, he pulled himself up onto the bed. Turning his body around as he made it to the back of the bed, he sat down near his lover's side and gave a sigh of relief, What a day... Hehe, who am I kidding, what a week... Now there is just one more Dragoness I have to attended to as I should've. Feeling a cold feeling as his neck, his body shot stiff as he kept his head straight and looked at the door. He could feel himself being stared at even as he tried not to look or say anything, but he knew he would have to swallow his pride and look down. Looking down at his lover, sweat formed quickly on his face as he saw the look on her face. She didn't seem happy, and with her raised brow and tail blade against his neck, he didn't know how to play it off, so for the time being, he acted normal, "H... Hey... My love... Wh... What are you doing awake?"

"Spyro... When I find out what female made you this happy, she's dead, and you might have to worry about my disappointment for you for the rest of your life..."

"What?! No no no, it's nothing like that!"

"You said you were going to train, but then end up coming from our main entrance with no scare, blood, nothing. Well, of course, aside from that smile and funny little dance."

"I know it sounds bad, but, please, trust me enough to hear me out," He begged that she would see the truth, and to his luck, it seemed she was going to hear him out as she wasn't saying anything, "Okay, so, long story made short, I punched Volteer hard enough to send him to the back of Warfang. We fought until we ended up in Warfang, then we ended up in the Guardian's Building Hallway. Ersa almost did that finger thing on my shoulder that she did to Malefor, Volteer and Ersa are now back together and I came up here," Taking a huge breath in and then out, he had to catch his breath after having to say everything he had done today, and he was glad to see she trusted him as she moved her tail blade away from his neck, but only slightly, "What, still don't believe me?" She raised a brow at him as if he was forgetting something, and he snapped his finger as he remembered, "Oh yeah. At first, I healed Volteer, but after bugging Ignitus, he said he would heal us of everything... including our blood... That blood we spilled, not our... actual blood."

"And as for your little dance?"

"Hehe, I'm just happy, Cynder," He chuckled with a smile which already made her smile a little as well, but she had to keep a straight face, "Everything is going right and I just... I don't know... Things haven't been better. And, best of all, tomorrow," Gently pushing her tail blade away from his neck and laying down next to her, he smirked as he continued, "We get to lay in bed together for the entire day, just me and you, and no one else," She pulled her tail blade back to her back and wondered if he was really saying the truth or not, but he was able to cut her thoughts, "Spyro Promise, My love."

Her smile grew, and she raised a brow from how he was able to get her, "Oh, a Spyro Promise?" Seeing him raise a brow of his own, she sighed, somewhat even blushing as she saw the smile on his face as he looked at her with his raised brow, "You're lucky your so damn handsome." Listening to him chuckle, she couldn't help but giggle as well, but she wanted to make sure this wasn't going to possibly not happen, "Alright, Spyro, I know you promised, but... If this really doesn't happen, and we get out of bed for any reason."

Putting both paws over hers, she was surprised as he was sudden about it and he apologized, "Sorry, I just... I keep putting you off for others because of what I've said before... I love you, and I promise, no matter what happens, we will not leave this bed unless you say so," She was happy to hear how passionate he was in keeping her happy, and she could only smile more as he assured her more and more, "I mean, if I were you, I'd get pretty excited for tomorrow," Starting to flirt with her, he rolled onto his back with his side rubbing up against her side and he teased her, "To know you'll be kissed so well you'll pass out from pleasure, to feel protect on a cool or hot day," Moving his mouth up to hers, he continued to tease her as he could see and use her blush to his advantage, "What's the matter, Cynder... Speechless? Maybe... Hopeful?"

Growling at him, she couldn't believe how well he was able to change her mood so quickly, and to get her hopes so high in only a couple of minutes. Growling with her blush, she couldn't even stop her smile, and looking down on him as he smiled up on her, she couldn't help herself and kissed his lips. Since neither had kissed one another for the whole night, for both, they let out a small moan as the pleasure from the kiss was pretty intense. Finally, The two both thought in unison in their own ways. With both pulling away from the kiss, they had to catch their breaths, and with slight increase in breaths, all they wanted to do was go back to making out, and it was most difficult for Cynder, "You know... You don't know this but... I never went back to bed."

Even as she kept her smile, he frowned and apologised as he rolled onto his belly, "You... Didn't go back to bed?" Now laying on his belly, he felt terrible and cuddle up with his lover, draping his wing over her as he did so, "Cynder I... I'm sorry, I... I shouldn't have trained Volteer..." Even as bad as he felt, he didn't understand what he could've done to make both parties happy, but hearing his lover giggle, he was confused as to why, and still kept his frown as he asked, "But... I messed up..."

"Spyro, how many times do I have to tell you that I'm already happy?"

"You're... happy?"

"All because you were away doesn't mean I was alone. True I was just laying in bed waiting for you for the longest time but, I knew you'd come back and fulfil your promise," Laying her head down over his paws, she yawned for a couple of seconds before smacking her lips a couple of times and saying, "Now calm down and protect me as you always do. And don't comment on me smacking my lips... just getting ready for my Purple Guardian in the morning."

"Hehe," Spyro chuckled, smiling once again to hear that she wasn't really mad, and laying his head down on his lover's, he smacked his lips and teased her, "Guess I should get ready to, conquer, the Beauty of the Skies lips in the morning."

"You know what's sad, even as romantic as that sounds, I think of Malefor saying that to Carith with, 'little miss cutie blue', thing."

"Hehe, leave it to Malefor to ruin something else for us."

Sharing a nice laugh with her lover, Cynder closed her eyes, and with the two's laughter dying down, she had to ask one more time to be sure, "Well, joking aside, you still going to make Malefor you're friend?"

"Where did this come from?"

"I don't know... Malefor has definitely shown he isn't the Dark Master of course and, when he came out of the training room, it was nice to talk to him. He's dedication to his lover is amazing, just as your dedication to me and... Having him as your friend, it would be nice to see you all get along, and me and Carith don't have to worry about you two killing each other."

"Well, even when we become friends, let's be honest, everyone still wants to kill Malefor."

"Yeah... I can agree on that."

"But... Yeah... He hasn't harmed you, and he's kept his promise so... When the time rolls around and his days are over... I can say for a fact that he's my friend... Crazy enough, I was thinking about how things were and... I called him my friend in my thoughts so... Even I'm already confirming the fact."

"Good to hear... I... I really do look forward to the future the way things are going."

"Me too, my love," Letting out a yawn, he later closed his mouth, then his eyes, and whispered, "Goodnight, My love."

"Goodnight, Spyro... See you in the morning?"

"Hehe, don't worry, you'll see me all day, as it should be."

"Thank you."

Malefor... I'm putting a lot of trust in you for this day. I trust you one hundred percent, and, I do hope that, if there is a threat, my training for you wouldn't be for nothing. Already drifting off to sleep with his lover, he still had a thought in his mind which helped ease him of any fear he had, The passion in your voice to have a Hatchling with Carith... You really do care for her... And I... I hope the best... for the two of you. Drifting off to bed, he smiled with his lover as he, along with his lover, were hopeful for tomorrow.