Chapter 18: What Is Your Wish

Stretching out her body, letting her muscles pop as to loosen herself up, Ersa yawned wide, later smacking her lips as she closed her mouth. Letting out a giggle as she laid there, she thought to herself as she knew Volteer wouldn't be awake if she spoke in her thoughts, "I'm surprised I'm even able to move after the night we had. Which, is another weird thing... I... I don't feel what I felt last night as well." Feeling as though something was off, she opened up her eyes, somewhat slowly as she was a little scared as to why something didn't feel right. Seeing the book shelf to the right, empty, and her work bench not in her room, along with the room itself being twice as small as before, her eyes flung open as she picked up her head in a panic. Looking to her right, then her left, her body shot up as she stood on the bed, heavily increased in breaths, she cried to herself as her fears made her heart race. Jumping off the bed and sprinting to the door, rather then using the door knob, she was desperate, and hit the door with her shoulder as she ran at it full speed. Hitting the door, it swung open fast, hitting the wall to its right, causing the door knob to bury itself into the wall. As she made it out to the main room, she gasped to see all her equipment was sitting on the tables, and nothing had been moved from where it use to be. "No... No no no, why... Why am I back in my house?!" Crying out loud as she put a paw on her head, she had to take a couple of steps back as she feared for the worse. Clenching her teeth as she now wondered if it was all a dream, she was close enough to her doorway, and slammed her back paw into the left wall, trying to hold back the tears she wanted to shed. "No... Something... Something isn't right." Ersa thought, wasting no more time as she looked to her left and ran over to her front door. Making it to the door, she grabbed the door knob, twisted it, and opened the door. Making it outside of her house, her heart skipped a beat as everything seemed real, and with the heat of the sun, and the cool air that went past her, along with some other dragons that walked through the paths of Warfang, she once again felt dizzy, wanting to grab her head as she couldn't understand what was happening. "No... This... This is a dream. It... It has to be." Looking to her right and up at the Guardians Building, she clenched her teeth once again, and using her wings, she used the force of wind from flapping her wings down to kick herself off the ground. Flying as quickly as she could up to the building, she made it there in no time flat, and landing on the outside platform, she ran up to the door to open it, but the main doors opened on themselves. Backing up from the door and getting in a fighting stance, she growled, but seeing who had opened the door, she immediately went from anger to joy, "Volteer!"

Volteer looked at her, and for Ersa, she expected a smile, and went to already smile at him, but instead of joy going across him, his faced seemed to fear, with both confusion and sadness. Seeing this reaction, she giggled at him as she wondered what this was about, even teasing him as she said, "So, you had your way with me and then got rid of me? I guess that's cool, but what I wonder is, how the hell are you even walking? Hehe, after what we did..." Seeing as his face turned more confused, now she wasn't understanding what was happening.

"Volteer? Is everything okay?" Hearing a voice from behind him, Ersa looked behind him just as he did himself, and her teeth showed as anger grew quick from within her. A blue Dragoness walked up to Volteer's side, along with a Hatchling. "Daddy!" The yellow Hatchling chuckled as he jumped up from the back of his tail, and crawling up his back, he made it up to the back of his head and rested his top half over his head with his back half hanging behind his head. "Daddy...?" Ersa whispered to herself, and instead of fearing, she was now confused herself, and started to put things together. "Yeah... Yeah, hold on," Using his paw, he picked up his Hatchling off his head and placed him on the ground, and the Hatchling frowned at this, "Daddy. What's wrong?"

"Are you okay, my love?" The blue Dragoness asked as well, scared for his health, and hearing this made something click within Ersa as she was able to control her emotions rather well as she went into full on speculation mode. "Wait... so the blue Dragoness I had feared Volteer being with... And then having a Hatchling? Hehe, oh yeah, this is a dream." Now that things seemed calm between the couple, Volteer explained while also talking to Ersa, "This is... my long lost friend. I thought I had lost her after the raid on the Temple but... how... how are you... alive, Ersa?"

"A lucid dream?" Ersa asked the two, and both looked at her with confusion, but she giggled as she wondered why someone like Volteer would be confused, "What's wrong, Volteer? Usually you'd give the definition of that because you know we'd say the same thing and laughing about it," Seeing him open his mouth to defend himself, she cut him off as she giggled to herself, "You really think this is the first time I've had a dream like this. All I have to do is sit here and wait till my dream is over, and I can go back to enjoying that... Feeling... with you."

"What the hell is she talking about? Feeling? With my lover?" The blue Dragoness anger grew rather quickly for some reason, but Volteer tried his best to diffuse the situation as he told Ersa, "Look, Ersa, I... I'm just surprised to see you is all. We can, talk more about what's happened and catch up if that's what you want to do?" A smirk appeared across Ersa's face, and she even blushed a little as she was enjoying kicking back and having a good time, "Hehe, oh don't worry, dream Volteer. Me and you did way more then talk last night."

"All right!" Growling, the blue Dragoness pushed her Hatchling back with her wing in defense, not liking what she was hearing, "I don't know who you think you are, but if you really think you can talk all this without being threatened, you have another thing coming!" Ersa smirked at her anger, and looking at Volteer, she wondered who he would choose, "Oh no, Volteer. What are you going to do? Me, for you haven't seen in years, or your mate, who's a bitch from hell." Showing her teeth, the blue Dragoness didn't care for her at all now, but once again, Volteer tried to diffuse the situation, "Look, Ersa, she does have a point. You are saying we... did it... When... I've never even thought of such thing when I was with you. Aside from a kiss in the Temple, I've moved on."

"What?" Ersa cried, pretending to cry as she messed with the two, "No... Volteer, please. You were all I had back then. Don't do this... hehehe... Oh sorry. Just haven some fun with this dream. Which, being honest, I haven't had fun in a dream in a while... But last night... Oh , that's a different story." Once again growling at her, the blue Dragoness wanted to attack her, but before she could, a voice spoke from behind the two, "What's going on out here?" The dragon walked up next to the right side of Volteer, and as the dragon sat down, Ersa shuck her head as she said out loud, "Really? My dream is going to bring in Spyro." Spyro raised a brow as he wondered how she knew his name, but he had a good idea, "Let me guess, another fan?"

"Not a fan, just a female who's enjoying this dream. Hey, actually, Spyro, I have a question. Remember last night where I said for you all to leave me alone after Volteer helped me," Seeing him back his head up and shake his head, the confusion on his face was the saddest thing she's ever seen, "Well, it was actually because I was just trying to hide the fact that me and Volteer were going to mate."

"Alright, Bitch!" Taking a step forward and putting her tail blade to her side, Ersa smirked to see the anger come out from her, "I don't even care who the hell you are now! Get the hell away from my mate or else we're going to have issues," While Ersa smirked, so did the blue dragoness as she messed with her for what she's said, "Awww. Now I understand what this is. A sad little dragon with a sad past wants to think she had the good stuff. Well I can tell you right now, he's all mine. And if you have a problem, then take it up to me." Seeing how quiet Volteer was being, Ersa looked at him and raised a brow, wondering why he wasn't saying anything, "So, Volteer. You gonna defend me, or just sit there?"

Growling, now he couldn't hold back his frustration for what she was saying, and apologised in advance, "Ersa, I'm sorry, but you need to leave. We can talk, and I would love to at least know that you're alright. But insulting my mate, standing here and saying what you've done... Please... Once you're in a better place, I will come and..."

"Hehe, yeah you did," Ersa smirked with a blush once again, and with those words, the blue female had enough, and attack her. "Bitch!" Rushing at her with her tail blade, Volteer tried to say something to stop what was happening, but it was too late, "No! Don't!" Finishing his last words, Volteer's lover was already on the ground, and while Volteer growled at her, Ersa chuckled as she looked down on the body, "I've always wanted to try a paralysis pressure point. Maybe next time, when you swing, don't leave your neck wide open for me to get a hold of." Exploding into his dark form, Spyro jumped in front of Volteer and growled at her, "Volteer, I don't care who this is. If she's going to attack your mate..."

"I don't care," Volteer growled in a low tone, and hearing his Hatchling cry made it even worse for him, "Daddy... what happened... What did she do to mommy." Letting out a giggle, she had an idea as she thought about it, "Hey, Volteer. Since I still don't really have an idea for a boy Hatchling name for us, think you could tell me yours so I can know?"

"Shut up!" Volteer yelled at her, showing his anger as well, and to their surprise, she walked up to the three, and Spyro stood ready. Standing in front of Spyro, she giggled at him as she knew this would've been easy, "Spyro... Move, or be moved, that simple. Cynder is a dear friend of mine, and hurting you would hurt her." He still stood his ground, not moving for anything she was saying. Giving a sigh, she said to herself, "Well... This does help me get rid of any other stress I might have about you." Even for Spyro, her paw reached up quicker then he anticipated, and placing two fingers on his neck, she pushed down with enough force to cause him to cry in pain before locking up and falling to the ground. His darkness disappeared from his body, and with him dealt with, she focused to Volteer, and while he growled, she shuck her head and explained, "You know you're not smart?" He didn't say anything, which was perfect for her as she was able to say all she wanted, "I've had dreams about you before, but nothing... Nothing like last night, so it's pretty easy to tell I'm dreaming. Second, and quite big give away, where is Ignitus?"

"Sleeping with his lover!" Volteer growled at her, but this answer proved to be a decider in her words. "Oh, now isn't that funny. You know, no matter what dream you're in, did you know the Chronicler can never appear in any as they are the only one that can't be simulated compared to others. Their body and mind knows when they are put in a dream. Ignitus gave me more about his powers then I'm sure he wanted to, but he knew this would help get my mind off of what's happened. So, if Ignitus was here, the real Ignitus would tell me it's a dream... And you all don't want that," The silence in his voice was unbelievable to her as she couldn't believe how easy this was to figure out, "Oh come on, is that all you got? Look. I just want to get to real life, so if the Ancestors could quit being an ass to me, I'll be on my way. Or do I need more proof to shut you up as I have now."

Volteer smirked as he couldn't believe how well she had figured everything out, and as he spoke, his voice was different, mysterious, and deep, "You're much smarter then we've all given you credit for, Ersa. You impress us." Giving a giggle as she put a paw on her chest, she patted herself on the back while jabbing at them, "Hehe, well, when a mind is stupid, doesn't take much to look past it. I'm flattered to be talking to an Ancestor, but Volteer told me last night that it's because of you all that I almost died. All because you all are dead and lonely doesn't mean you should bring others to your world to talk to."

"Hehe, well, you're lucky. With your smarts, and surviving what's happened, we will leave your life alone... For now. But we will see how long your smarts can..."

"Enough!" A voice yelled from behind Ersa and both looked over to Ersa's right side to see Ignitus had entered the dream as well, and he seemed pissed to even be here, "You've already made your point. Back the hell off of her." The Ancestor growled from within Volteer's body as he wasn't pleased that he was here, "What are you doing here. You should be off doing your work."

"Ersa sure hit a nail on the head with what she said. I will try and make this simple so your peanut size brain can comprehend; you know I have clones. And one of my clones was nice enough to detect that something wasn't right with Ersa, and I knew you had put her in a dream," The Ancestor growled to hear he had found out, and Ersa backed her head up a little as she was a little afraid of the higher ups getting in a scuffle, "Now back the hell off of her. You've let her experience death and loss all her life, so give her a break, or else I could just spoil to everyone what the future holds and mess up all of your plans." Growling once again, The Ancestor's anger grew for what he was doing, "You wouldn't dare. We'd kill you if you did."

"But you know that would be more work, and you hate when things don't go your way. I have the power to hold Malefor and Spyro back from one another when I tell them about the Darkness, which means what you believe would happen, wouldn't," Ignitus smiled to see how pissed he was making the Ancestor, and even with his teeth showing, he showed his own teeth as he threatened him, "Now. Quit using my friend's body, get the hell back to where you need to be, or are we going to have issues? I'm sure Eros would love to hear what her mate is doing here."

"Don't speak of her name in front of this underling!"

"Well, the longer you stay here, the more I talk, Erebus."

"Alright! Enough!" Trying to control his anger, Erebus pointed a claw at him as he warned him, "Watch your back, or else I will make sure to take that lover of yours." Ersa watched as a dark dragon of smoke came from out the back of Volteer's body, and just as it had done that, a bright light shined in front of her face, so she had to cover up herself with her wing to block out the light. With the light dying down, she moved her wing down and jumped a little as she was now standing in space with planets and stars all around her. Looking to her right, Ignitus was still right there, and even though she didn't want to say anything cause the anger on his face, she point a claw up and opened her mouth to say something, but he interrupted her, "You're fine, Ersa," Closing her mouth, she knew it would be best to let him speak, "I'm sorry you had to see that, but lucky enough for us, each of them has a mate so, it's easy to call out one another if they are getting out of place. Even they have darkness and demons that need to be handled."

"Oh... Hehe, Ignitus, I'm, fine," Hearing her say this, he looked at her, and seeing the blush on her face, he didn't need her to explain why, but she did, "I had a... Hehe... Amazing night to say the least. Don't worry about me. Something like this isn't going to faze me... Just as long as I can keep having those..." Her body shivered as she remembered the feeling, and it made Ignitus feel a little uncomfortable, "Ooooooohhhhhh... Volteer's such an amazing dragon."

"Well... would you... like to get back to him now?"

"Yes please," It was a quick response, making him jump a little, and she apologized, "Sorry... that nightmare definitely did get to me and I... Just want to feel Volteer again." Raising a paw, he understood completely, "Don't worry, Ersa, I understand what love is like. I can't be away from Claire for more then a minute without having fears, making me miss her even more." Putting his paw back to the ground, he saw Ersa nod at him as she was in agreement, "Then let's end this up by me saying thank you, for the help." Giving her a chuckle, he was glad to help, "Hehe, well, I should be thanking you. He's not exactly the nicest guy in the world, and yelling at him makes me smile."

"If he seems so evil, how does he have a mate."

"That's something I can't disclose. But let's just say that... She is very... frisky... And that keeps him clam when needed."

"Oh... Oooohhhh..."

"Yeah."

"So before our faces burn red, I'm gonna, go. Just close your eyes when you're ready to leave." Giving a giggle before she was doing as she was told, Ersa hoped that next time she were to open her eyes, it would be with her mate next to her. With her eyes closed, she could already feel something happening. Her body felt weak, as if she was falling to the ground, and with another bright white light that she could see even with her eyes closed, everything came back to her.

Waking up once again as she had done before in her dream, she groaned as she wasn't able to move. Ersa opened her eyes very slowly, hoping she wasn't in a dream anymore. She gave a smile to see everything was as it should be: A room twice the size as the original, books covering the bookshelf off to the left, and her tables with scattered papers, work, and gems that laid all throughout her tables and floor. So all my work is here, which is fine... but I'm missing the most important part, Ersa thought, looking away from all her work and to her right. A much bigger smiled appeared across her face to see her yellow dragon mate laying next to her, cuddled up to her side with his head on his two paws that laid in front of him. The smile on his face added to her joy, along with now once again feeling his wing over her back. Even though I know it was a dream... I... Do still want to talk to him. Nuzzling her nose on the side of his cheek, Volteer gave out a slight grumble before she had pulled her head back and waited for him to wake. Opening his left eye to look at her, he chuckled as he asked, "You really... Want to go for round twelve? Barely even had a break."

Giving a blush from his words and giggling, she was honest with him about what had happened, "No, not yet at least. Just, had a nightmare is all."

"What?" Her words immediately provoked a response from him as he picked up his head, opened his other eye, and asked, "Do I need to go and have a talk with Ignitus?"

Giving a giggle to his words, she wondered if he even could, "Are you even able to get up to try?" Trying the best he could to stand to his paws, he found no luck in even getting his chest off the bed, and she giggled to see this, "I said you wouldn't be able to walk, but, not getting out of bed... Guess I went a little overboard."

"Hehe... Yeah... That was definitely... One crazy... Amazing night..." Giving a smirk to his mate, he wanted to tease her since she was doing the same to him, "But I will tell you what. We can go another round of you can stand to your paws and take lead."

Growling at him with a smile, she accepted his challenge. But just as before with him, Ersa had no look in even getting her chest off the bed. Pushing with her front paws on the bed, and even using her wings to help herself up, but with what she was doing was causing herself to sweat, so she stopped herself with a grunt and a sigh, "Damn it..." He chuckled to see that both of them weren't getting out of bed anytime soon, so she went back to what she was talking about before to get her mind off of what she's missing, "It's cool, I know where you sleep. But going back to my dream, it wasn't caused by Ignitus, it was... Actually the Ancestors."

Giving a sigh to hear they were messing with her again, it frustrated Volteer, "Why can't they leave you the hell alone."

"Well, I was being tested in a way by one of them. The dream started with me walking up back in my old house... alone... So, I already started to fear. I made it up to the front doors of the Guardians Building and... Out walked you... Then a Hatchling... And that blue Dragoness that I had feared for so long about..." Seeing the frown on her face, he opened his mouth to comfort her, but she continued before he could say anything, "Hehe... But it was weird to me. Everything about that dream was... Wrong. Long story short, I saw all its flaws and, Ignitus actually helped by joining in the dream and talking the Ancestor off. Which I learned his name was Erebus."

"Erebus...? Sounds like a shadow dragon..."

"Hehe, but, here's the funny part. He's actually a pretty big ass to others, but his mate, another Ancestor named Eros, she keeps him in check by... And I blushed when Ignitus said this as he was explaining, but by basically doing what we just did all night... Except more because, as he said, she's very... frisky."

"Wish I could learn more about the Ancestors..." Thinking about what she had said, he felt bad, but when it came to him thinking, he realized something about this day already, "Oh... Ersa... Thank you," She giggled and blushed as she had an idea of what he was talking about, but she was surprised to hear it was something else, "I... Realised this is the first night since you've been back and... I was able to wake up with you by my side for once. You weren't working and all and... I'm glad you really did take more words to heart."

Smiling at his words and smiling, she giggled as she did joke with him, "Hehe, well, for one, I can't move so there's that. Two... I am sorry for making you worry. But now that I've learned how to get laid... I mean! How to... have fun with you... I mean... Ugh... Great..."

"Hehe. Seems like all that time being on bottom has messed with you. Better luck next time."

"HA!" Letting out a loud, upwards faced laugh to the ceiling, she looked back down at him and remembered how the night went, "Please. One or two times out of the twelve I'm sure you had fun."

"I did..." Seeing him blush as he said so, she giggled at him, and now he was a little frustrated with himself, "Can't believe it went down like that."

"Well, my knowledge of pressure points didn't exactly help... Along with... Other methods, but, there is always next time," Seeing him give a smirk, she knew what he was going to ask and already had a pretty good idea of what to respond with, "Don't worry, next time won't be a week or days from now. Maybe if we're lucky, we can get our strengh back sooner or later before everyone wakes up. But until then," Laying her head back down on her paws and closing her eyes, she wanted to get back to sleep, "I'm comfortable... I'm happy... And having you as my mate... And now knowing, everything, about you... I'm not going anywhere."

Giving a pretty big blush from her words, he laid his head back down on his paws and smiled, "Glad you enjoyed your time... Because I know I sure did."

"But now the worst part," Pausing and yawning loudly as she opened her mouth, she later shut her mouth after smacking her lips and continuing, "How everything goes during that time... It's... Really all I can think about now... All I want to do... And... Is that bad?"

"Do I sound upset?" Volteer asked, and seeing the smirk on her face, he chuckled as he closed his eyes, "Lets just get back to bed and enjoy some easy time before we have to deal with... Ugh..."

"Malefor," Both said in unison, laughing as they closing their eyes and drifting off back to sleep.

Growling as he stood atop of his lover, Carith raised a brow at his sudden show of teeth, but it didn't take long to see and hear him act as strange as he normally did, "I felt a disturbance in the force," Getting off his lover and looking straight at his door with a serious face, he showed his teeth once again as he spoke, "Someone is talking bad about it. Just they wait until I find out who it is."

Rolling her eyes with a smile, she rolled off her back and onto her stomach as she pleaded for him to stay in bed with her, "Oh, come on, that's like an everyday thing. And two things; One, if you know when someone's talking bad about you, that's a pretty impressive power. And second, lay your purple butt back down on this bed. Maybe trouble goes where we go, so if we don't do anything, maybe we will be safe." Looking at her with a raised brow from that perspective, she giggled as it made sense as to why he was looking at her the way he was, "Okay, yeah. You two were up here when that happened, but... The week is almost over for you and, last thing I want is for you to make a mistake."

"Hehe, don't worry. That's why I haven't run out just yet, buuuuutttttt..."

"Uh huh?"

"You know... Maybe we could..."

"Let me guess. Just like the other days, you want us to talk with the other two and make it downstairs with everyone else... Just like any other day."

"I mean... Yesterday was different. But look on the bright side!" Smiling wide as he said his words, his lover had just sat up on the bed, and he took this opportunity to get her hyped as well, so he swung his arm around the back of his lover's neck and used his other paw to wave across the two, "Imagine the possibilities," Putting his paw back down on the bed, he continued, "We could always do something new like... Well you know, we could..." Taking his paw off his lover's back neck and putting two claws up to his chin, he wondered what there was to do in the world, "Actually... Thinking about it now... What is there to do?"

"I thought that's what you were going to tell me."

Blowing a raspberry, he was at a loss as he used both his paws to shrug his shoulders upwards, and she couldn't help but giggle to see how he looked with his tongue out his mouth and chubby cheeks from his shoulders being pushed up against them, "But now that I think about it, there was another place the Dark Master attacked that I had never seen before. It was similar to Warfang, but was populated by secondary element dragons."

"Really? Another place just like Warfang? Do you think they have Guardians just as we do?"

"No... This place was ruled by a queen. Like a king and queen system, but I never really saw the king. The Dark Master went back a couple of times because of the challenge it held. These dragons sat upright, had iron spears, and armor covering their bodies from head to toe. She called them the Royal Guard, but I always saw them as knights." Thinking about the challenge it held, he chuckled at himself as he thought about it, but he knew trying it now wouldn't work, "Damn. I was thinking me and Spyro could attack the place too just for the challenge, but... That place and its own army would raid Warfang so..."

"So don't even think about it anymore. Peaceful negotiation is where we need to be if we ever encountered them."

"Well, the queen actually wanted me to be her mate."

"To hell with peace negotiations! That bitch is dead! You and Spyro are going in the morning."

"Whoa whoa whoa, calm down, Carith," Giving a chuckle to see how quickly she had changed her attitude, he explained to her a little more as he didn't really know if she was serious or not, "Don't worry, the Dark Master wasn't having the whole love and pleasure deal. She just really liked the Dark Master's viciousness. I'm sure she was one of those who liked them crazy, but towards others... I don't know. But even I would have to admit, that white wind Dragoness queen did look pretty nice," Seeing Carith's eyes get really wide, he knew he messed up big time a waved his paws in front of himself as he corrected, "Not like that! I'm just, surprised is all. She doesn't have a king to rule with her for some reason, and I don't know all the details. I'm just surprised is all."

"'That white wind dragoness queen did look pretty nice'," Saying it back to herself in the exact words he used, Malefor swallowed hard, even starting to sweat as he watched his lover's tail blade hit the tops of the bed in frustration, "Oh... Malefor... My... Love," Showing him a smile, she growled through her teeth to hide her anger, and gave him a very nice, warning, "I don't care who they are, give a compliment to another female again without my permission, then you better hope that spot with that queen is still open, cause you'll be single in a second."

"No..." Giving a cry to his voice, she didn't realize how bad she actually did scare him, and seeing how badly she did scare him, she now kinda felt bad.

"Just a warning, Okay. I will be the judge of her looks if we ever met her, and then I will give my opinion. If it matches with yours, then I guess this entire... conversation... is something you have nothing to worry for," Even after she tried to help, he sat there looking at her with a frown, and now she couldn't tell if she was playing her for a fool, or genuinely sad, "Malefor... You better not be playing with me. And if you aren't," Turning her body towards him, she took up both her wings and put them around his back, giving him a chance to make her forget, "Then you better get to work. Depending on how the good kiss we have... I could forget it all together."

"Forget? In this world, why... Why are we still here... Just to suffer," Putting a paw on his chest and shedding a tear, she rolled her eyes as listened and watched his little act, "Carith... I held the truth from you, but I must tell you now. I said what I said because, I took control when I was there with her, but! I never forgot you. No contact ever came between us, because my loyalty, and my heart, is for you," Picking up her paws, he shuck his head and joked, "Hehe, and also, why would I be with her? Can't have fun with wind anyway. An ice female such as yourself is so much better."

"You know you're only making things worse? That's like saying you only care cause you like my cool body, which you can do with any other female ice dragon."

"Son of a bitch I'm dumb," Putting his paws back down to the bed along with hers, he didn't know what to say since he had screwed up so badly, but he had a better idea, "Well, that's not true. I had tons of females try to be my mate and lover, but I choose you."

"Hehe, yeah, probably cause I pecked your check and you knew I would be easy pray for you."

"I'm hurting more then you know right now..." Giving a cry, he didn't know what to say anymore as everything he could think about made it seem like it could've been something else, but he kept trying, "Then please... Tell me... What must I do? Do you need my words... Which is a dumb ass thing for me to ask since I've already screw up big time," Coming out of character rather quickly, he caught himself, and changed his attitude again, "I've held your words to my heart. You said you desired my lips, and if that would help sooth the wound I have opened... I will do anything."

"Well... This is already a rather nice change..." Thinking about what the punishment should be, she believed he had already suffered enough and kept that warning, "I'm keeping my eye on you. After what you've said, I'm thinking you probably have your eyes on someone else, and I don't appreciate that," His entire body shivered, and now she could tell he really was scared, but she assured him there was nothing to worry, "Like I said; Kiss me well enough, and I might... Might... Forget."

"Done!"

"Hey, Cynder... I... Is it weird that I feel like I haven't done enough for you?" Laying next to his lover's side on their bed, her eyes went wide almost immediately, and he gave a chuckle f her reaction, "I was thinking about it for a good bit last night while we were in our room and... I want to do more for you. So... because of the trust you held with me, I want to show that I'm grateful and... Since you had such a good night, and waking up together was just as amazing... Maybe it's time I use Ignitus's wish he gave me. And with the wish, I will... let you read of your parents pass."

"No," Cynder declined as she wasn't about to take something else away from him, "I'm not taking the wish. You earned it, and you deserve to use it. I'm not going to change my mind about that."

"And what could I do with the wish? It would be for you anyway, so why not just use the wish so you know you're getting something that you want?" Crossing her arms, closing her eyes, and looking away from him, she didn't want to hear any of his words, but it was hard for her not to as she still deep down wanted to hear him speak of what he wanted for her, "Hehe, alrighty alright, I will use the wish. But! My wish, is going to be for you," Giving a sigh as she shuck her head, she opened her eyes back up and looked at him, blushing as he spoke more, "I was thinking, maybe I can get you a nice gem or something. Maybe a piece of Jewelry if you wanted. I was thinking of a diamond for you, but, i know there is more exotic emeralds out there. Well... Hehe, other then your exotic emerald eyes of course."

"Damn it... Spyro," Cynder growled with a smile, trying not to shed a tear from his words, "What do you want from me?" Seeing a tear go down her eye as she couldn't contain it, he was a little surprised by her reaction, "Why are you trying to do this for me? If I already have everything I want and more, why are you trying so hard to keep me smiling when I'm already happy? I have friends, plenty, and a lover who I never even deserved in the beginning. So what are you after?"

Chuckling as he scratched the back of his head, he saw the lust in her eyes as she looked at him, but he didn't think too much of it as he was focused on answering her, "I just don't find it fair to be honest. Honestly, I didn't even do any work at all. I just said what I believed and fought some apes which I've done since I was ten. But if you know what I could do with this wish, then... I will... think, about using it."

"You know I want to make out with you after that emerald move you did with my eyes and gems."

"Hehe... If you think about it, your eyes make me also think of green gems. Because when I'm with you, I always have energy to smile, and to get up in the morning..."

"And the energy to give to you to have survived the Volcano when you brought the earth back together..."

With the two smiling, Spyro gave a sigh as this was another reason for him to give her the wish, "You're only making it more difficult for me to use this wish for myself. And since you're bringing this up now, I'm going to have to seal your lips with mine for what you've said."

"Don't get too greedy."

"Um!" Moaning as he kissed his lover, Malefor unfortunately had to pull away from his lover as he had an amazing idea, "Wait! I have a great idea! For how stupid I was to you, I remember way back that Ignitus basically gave Spyro a wish so he could have what ever he wanted. So, if I annoy the Guardians enough, I can get a wish myself by saying I will only stop until I get one! Then I can give you what ever you want! What do you think?" Watching as she put a paw on her chest, he then looked up to see there was small drops of water that made her lips shine, and he chuckled as he wondered, "Or, are you already enjoying your time?"

"I... I don't even remember why I deserved such an amazing kiss like that... Did you do something to provoke me or something?"

"Hehe, yeah, I was saying dumb stuff about that wind female," Shaking her head and giving a sigh, she was surprised he would've brought it back up, but that didn't take away her smile towards his words, "A kiss isn't good enough. You deserve something more. I... I need to go and get that wish! I have to make up for what I've done!" Turning and jumping off the bed, he bolted to the door, and in an instant, he made it to his door, opened it, and ran out to the hallway, "I will be right back!" While he stood in the hallway, he was close enough to the door for it to open, and just barely as it had cracked open, he ran up, squeezed his way through the crack of the opening and out of the house, "Gotta hurry, Gotta hurry," Going a little too fast, he moved one paw in front of the other one, and kicking against it he fell straight to the ground, skidding on the ground as he did so, "Son of a bitch!" Cursing out in the hallway, he got back up to his paws and continued to the Chambers, "Damn that hurt," Looking at his shoulder, he didn't seem injured, which was good, and already looking to his right, he made it to the Chambers, he turned into it and made his way to the back door, "Please be asleep, please be asleep," In front of the door, he grabbed the door knob, twisted it, and opening the door, he moved in and cried, "Ignitus!"

The sudden scream into the room startled everyone, including Terrador and Cyril as they were still sleeping before he had scream. Falling out of bed and onto the ground, Terrador wiggled from side to side as he tried to stand, still half asleep, but his voice made it seem like something was happening, so he couldn't tell himself to go back to bed, "What is... Ugh... What is it, Malefor? Did something happen?"

"Not yet, but the fate of the world hangs in the balance of you, Ignitus!" Everyone looked at Ignitus, and he had already been awake this entire time, standing above Claire as she was on her back, and before he had barged in, the two were sharing a nice moment with one another that he didn't know about, "Ignitus, man, I messed up big time. I said some dumb shit in my and Carith's room, talking good about another female and now, I need to make it up to her. Do you think you could help me out by giving me one of those wishes you gave Spyro?"

Feeling something tap his shoulder, Malefor squealed, jumped forward, and turned around as he got into a fighting stance. But to his surprise, it was another Ignitus, and opening his mouth to ask why he was there, the clone had already responded, "I suggest you run. Those two were rather calm before you came in here, and scaring them like that, while also interrupting one of their moments..." Giving a sigh, he pulled up his tail blade to his side which made Malefor swallow hard, "Yeah... You're making some pretty stupid mistakes today."

"That's not my fault!" Turning away from the clone and looking at the enraged Ignitus, he wasn't about to have this pinned on him, "You would've known I was coming down here, so you could've stopped me in the hallway, joined in on my thoughts, or anything else that one of your thousands of powers can do to stop me. Hehe, so, far as I see, this is your fault. And I'm sure Claire isn't too happy that it was, you, who ruined that moment," Growling while showing his teeth, now Ignitus really was thinking about killing him, and every time he spoke, he just dug himself a deeper grave, "Yeah, got you, didn't I. So I suggest to make up for your failure, you give me that wish."

"Get out," Ignitus growled, standing straight up above his lover, but even he knew it was going to be that easy.

"Hehe, Yeah, okay dude. Not gonna be that easy. Your little clone over here I can kill without worry, and you, well, you wouldn't want to show your lover attacking your friend because all he wanted was help," Once again, Ignitus growled at him, enough so that fire started to burn in his mouth, and both of the other Guardians ran around the back of their beds and hid, still keeping their heads above the bed so they could see at least, "Oh ho ho, this is too easy. All I'm asking for is a nice, simple wish, that's all. Be an example, not an ass, okay?"

His body teased with anger, but he had a better idea to get him to leave, so he calmed himself down by taking a breath and saying, "Tell you what, if you know what she wants, and it's not impossible, and you leave me the hell alone for the day, it's a deal," Malefor smiled wide, and turning around, he bolted past the clone and out the Chamber rather quickly, and now he had time to prepare, "Clone." Calling for his clone, he took a couple steps towards him and was given instructions, "Research the most painful places on the world, some place I can send him to make him regret what he's done. I already know of the Toxic Bogs, Coney Island, that one island with zero gravity, and or maybe we could throw him to the cheetahs in Warfang. I'm sure they would love some revenge."

"Hey, Ignitus, I am confused of something though," Cyril spoke, and in doing so, Ignitus looked at him and wondered what he had to say, "Malefor did have a point. You should've known he was coming. And why are you asking a clone to research places if you should already know everything about such places since you're the Chronicler. Or, are you having an off day?"

Giving a sigh, he didn't want to hold the truth as he would've had to explain sooner or later, "No, I'm fine. But like I said a couple days ago, I want to go off emotions. Turns out, it's really not that hard to turn back into a normal being. It's... complicated to explain though. I still know what's going on out there, but nothing that has to do with family now. The clones I have are as they have been, taking care of that work."

"So then why are you getting onto Malefor about this if even he didn't know?" Terrador also asked as it did seem a little wrong, and looking to his friend, Ignitus was surprised to see the were backing him up, "I mean, as I see it, if he does do something good for his lover, the two would probably spend the rest of their day in bed, which will get him off your back for the day as you've said to him."

Giving a sigh, Ignitus did feel a little bad as he thought about it, but something else also didn't feel right, like he was missing someone. Looking down on his lover below, she seemed to had fallen back to sleep as her head laid down sideways, eyes closed and breathing softly, and he felt a little bad even with her smile as he knew she was probably disappointed by him as well, "Am I making a mistake?" Hearing him speak to her, she opened her eyes, took her head off the bed, and looked up at him as he spoke again, "It's going to take me a bit to get use to going off of emotions once again, and right now should be a test for me. So, if I said no... How would you fell?" She gave him a joking frown, even using a claw on her front lips to pull them down, and he chuckled at what she was doing, "Hehe... Alright. What if I said yes?" Closing her eyes, taking her claw off her lip and smiling, he smiled back her, "Yeah... You're right..."

Now going in the opposite direction as he had done before, Malefor made his way back up to the house, sprinting as fast as he could to make it back up to here. Going up the stairs and to the door, they opened before he had even gotten close to them, and panting from all the running he's done, it was a surprise to see that it was his lover, along with Spyro and Cynder walking out. They stopped in front of him as they were surprised and didn't see him for the time they were walking out, and since they were quiet, he asked his lover, "Carith, quick question. If you could have anything in the world, what would it be?"

She giggled at him, not knowing that what ever she said really could happen, and instead of taking it seriously, she joked, "Well, I didn't read many books back then, but one book spoke of this beautiful gem on Pluto..."

"Got it!" Turning around and taking one step forward, Carith stopped him.

"Whoa whoa whoa," Her words made him turn back towards her, and now he was confused.

"What? Do you want something else?"

"No, Malefor, that was a joke. Plus, how are you even going to get to Pluto?"

"Ignitus gave me a wish of course. All I have to do is leave him alone for the rest of the day once I get my wish, and bam."

"But once you get your wish, you still have to use it," Spyro spoke, and while everyone looked to listen, Malefor looked with confusion, "I'm saying, how are you going to use the wish if you agreed to not bother him when you got it? And also, if you were given the wish, and promised not to speak to Ignitus, that also mean just the same as before that, you can't say what you want your wish to be," Watching as Malefor slapped a paw on his forehead, he was a little curious as to why he was acting this way, "Even still, what do you need a wish for, and why so badly? What did you do?"

Giving a sigh as he still hurt from it, Malefor told him the truth, "I told Carith something stupid by calling another female nice looking..." Cynder gasped as she looked at her blue friend, and seeing her raise a brow with a smirk, she let him continue to talk, "Long story short, there is another place like Warfang ruled by a white female wind dragon. I was trying to be nice in saying because she's been looking for a king for a while, but what she's looking for is, basically the Dark Master, but a tad bit more nice."

"Competition... But why do I know her?" Cynder thought to herself, but shaking her head as to not think about it, she growled lowly at Carith as now she understood, "So that's what you wanted to talk to me about. Now I wish all the girls were here, especially for what I want to say for what Spyro's done."

"Hehe, very excited for it too as it seems to have made you keep that smile even since we got out the room."

"Yeah... He's... I love him more then he realises. Right, Spyro," Turning her head over to her lover, she was deep in the moment, so she did hear Malefor and Spyro talking to one another.

"Yeah, when I walked in, Ignitus was still having the time of his life with his lover. Then he threatened to kill me and stuff like that but, who doesn't? Oh, also, about that other Warfang place..."

Grumbling from Malefor talking and ruining her moment, she sighed and looked down to the ground for a bit, but picking her head back up, she looked on the bright side of things, "Should we head down?"

Getting a nod from her friend, Carith started to walk, and since Malefor was in her way, she walked in front of him, snuggling and nuzzling her body against his chest and chin. Malefor stopped his conversation with Spyro as he head stuck up, and he gave a slight, pleasure of a growl. Now with her in front, he ran up to catch up, and now with the two in the front, the other two walked up and followed by their side as they all started to walk to the Chambers. After talking with Malefor, something was on his mind, and Spyro wanted to know what his lover would've thought, "So, uh... Cynder," Saying her name, he got her attention as she looked a little more towards him, and he wondered, "Malefor was telling me about that other place and..."

"You're after that wind dragoness, aren't you?" Giving a slight frown as to just mess with him, he opened his mouth to say something, but she was faster in saying, "I know who Malefor's talking about. I've seen her once or twice and... even I have to admit... she definitely wasn't the worst looking female in the world..." Thinking about how she looked and how she could look now, it got her to fear, but only a little, as Spyro's words were keeping her going, "If you... want to meet her then..."

"No, Cynder, this isn't about that female," Hearing how he said it, it almost immediately took all her fear away, and as he continued to speak, she knew it was her Spyro she was talking to, "I'm already in love. What I was going to say was; Malefor told me there are Guards at that place, like with armor and iron spears. Thought it would be a good place to attack... But... I'm pretty sure that's not a good idea. He was kinda telling me why before Carith... Walked past him... But if we were to attack their Guardians basically, then... I'd be putting everyone in danger. Especially Volteer, and Ersa, so I don't know if I'm joking or not, but Ersa will kill me."

"Oh she won't kill you. Like I said, I have something to tell the girls and I'm sure Ersa won't have any other doubts about it."

"If you don't mind me asking, what is it that I said that was so helpful?"

"Answer a question with a question; why do you ask?"

"So that way I know that what ever I did, I can keep doing it to impress you."

"Keep breathing and keep living."

"That's probably the most difficult thing you've ever asked of me."

Giving out a sigh as Carith knew he would've kept pushing it, she had an idea, "Alright, fine. Walk with us back down to the Chamber and I will think of what I want my wish to be, but you have to walk with us, no rushing," Getting a nod from her lover, he moved to her right side, so they all stood in a row with Cynder being next to Carith, and Spyro being next to his lover, "Alright, good," Continuing their walk to the Chambers, she continued her talk with Cynder about matters unknown, "So come on, when are you going to tell me about that, thing? About what was said? You said wait a little longer, and I'm getting really jumpy cause I want to know."

Now giving a sigh of her own, blushing as this conversation came back up, Cynder still couldn't give all the details and knew it would be best to wait, "I'm trying to wait as... Every time I think about it, I just... Ugh... Makes my heart race, and in a good way," Thinking as for when she would say it, she had a better idea which she wondered why she hadn't thought of sooner, "Actually, I think I'm going to wait till I can tell all the other girls. Compared to yesterday where I said it to one, then the other and another, I think I would just be easier if we are all there."

"Ah... Well, I guess it makes sense."

Entering into the Chambers, the Guardians of three sat down near the back door as they normally do, with Claire sitting down on Ignitus's left side. With everyone entering the room, Malefor walked with his lover to the right wall while Spyro walked over to the left wall with his lover, and as the four sat down, Ignitus made sure to get this out there now so there would be no confusion, "Alright, I'm going to say this now since everyone is here..." Before Malefor's mouth could even get halfway open, he was cut off, "I've already informed the other two through thoughts!" Grumbling as he closed his mouth, Ignitus continued, "Going back; Spyro, I said I wanted to be a better father to you, and a better friend to everyone. So, from now on, I can go back to strictly emotions, and not thoughts. Any and all questions about outside world stuff is still handled by me and my clones, but everyone I know I don't know the thoughts of anymore. Which is why, Malefor, I do apologize. And for that reason... I... Guess it wouldn't hurt to... Give you a wish."

"Yes!" Malefor instantly cheered as he was hoping for it for so long, and with the wish now in his paw, he looked to his lover and wondered, "So! Do you know what you want?" Before she could even get out a word, everyone noticed the joy in his eyes and body movement, even placing a paw over hers and he wanted to do anything for her to be on his good side again, "Even if it's a gem or something I have to retrieve on my own. What ever it is, I just want you to know I'm only loyal to you, Carith. Please, what is it that you'd want?"

She still hadn't figured out yet what she could've wanted, but seeing his desperation to please her already got her to smile. Since she only had little time to think, and he was looking into her eyes with desperation, Carith had an idea that came to mind, "Well, I guess just for right now, no wish needed, maybe we should wake up Ersa so me and Cynder can..."

"Got it!"

"No! Malefor! Wait!" Ignitus yelled out to him, but he had already ran away from his lover, out the left side of the Chambers, and over towards their door, "Oh I really hope you're asleep you two," Blushing as he out a paw on his face, he could see Claire looking at him with some fear as something was off, and not wanting to hide the truth from her, he told her, "Before my power were nullified... There was some dirty talk between the two and then my... vision went dark on the two... So... Needless to say, they... Um..."

Gasping as she remembered what he had spoken about before, Claire tried her best to be quiet when she asked in awe, "They mated?!"

Making his way into the room, Malefor sneakily walked into the room as to not make too much noise. Something already felt off to him as the smell in the air was different, calming, and smelling of roses, which was not as natural as it normally smelt, Huh... Why does it smell like flowers in here? Looking over to the tables on his left, there was something burning inside a glass bottle, but he didn't want to waste time looking to see what it was. Making his way up to the bed of the two as they laid there, Malefor thought it would be best to try and wake the two normally then frantically, Don't want them being mad, and I don't want them to call me a classic and go back to bed, so maybe something different. Taking a claw up, he started to poke his friend in the top of his paw, "Hey... Hey buddy... Wake up. Quit slacking and start..."

"Smacking..." Volteer grumbled as at first he didn't even know who's voice that was and assumed it was his mate's, "Hehe... Maybe if I have the strength then I..." Opening his eyes and looking straight, his lips were sealed, and with wide open eyes from both of them, neither spoke, only blushing as they looked at one another, but Volteer didn't want him to get any ideas and changed the subject, "Uuuuhhhhh... What-uh... What I um... Was going to say was... Hehe, um... Funny story actually..." He couldn't even keep a straight face as he spoke, but lucky enough for him, Malefor didn't even say what Volteer was thinking.

"Smacking your lips? Um... You have a mate. You say some shit like that again to me again, I'm going to hurt you."

Giving a sigh then an angered growl, Volteer knew he could change the situation around, but even with how he growled, Malefor noticed something off about him. His voice was smooth, easy, and calm, even with what was already said and done, "Look, Malefor, I thought you were Ersa. I was very... Tired last night and... I thought that slacking smacking was her talking about... Our lips," Blushing as he knew what the real definition meant, he now went on to more important matters, "Anyway. Why are you even in my room."

"Oh, yeah," Lucky enough for Volteer, Malefor caught onto his bait like a fish and forgot all about what was said, "Carith wanted to talk with your mate. Something about something being said and Cynder wants all the girls to be there for her when she says what she needs to," Hearing a slight moan, the two looked over at Ersa to see her opening her eyes, and something wasn't right with her either as she seemed so calm, even when it came to her smile which Malefor was a little uncomfortable with, "Uh... Why do you look... or, seem... So calm? You and Volteer... Did something happen?"

While Volteer blushed hard, Ersa only blushed a little as she knew how to get his mind off of things, "Just had a nightmare and Volteer helped me through it, that's all... Anyway, I will be out there in a second so..." Pausing as she opened her mouth wide to yawn, she then later closed her mouth, and after smacking her lips a couple of times, she continued, "Tell her I will... I will be out there soon," Seeing Malefor nod at her, he turned away from the two and over towards the door and out of the room, and now with him gone, she could be honest, "What have you done," She smirked, and he blushed already knowing what she meant, "I gave you a promise, but doing the same thing to me? How can either of us walk if our legs don't work?"

"I mean, you were on the bottom more then half the time so, I could only imagine your legs would hurt."

Gasping at his lies, she called him out for it, "You are the... biggest... sexiest... perfect..." Growling as she was getting off track, she couldn't even get herself to be mad as everything about her told her to be calm, and resting her head on Volteer's shoulder as she gave a sigh, it helped more then she thought, "Know what... I don't even care. What happened last night was even more then I could've ever dreamed of... Hehe... And we didn't even get to try everything last night?"

"Well, at least now you know that, at any point, if you want to, I'm all for it. Just..."

"Remember what you've told me," Ersa finished the sentence for him, and she giggled at herself as she thought about it, "My work doesn't even matter to me as long as I have you..." Looking over at the tables to the right side of where she was facing, the small flame was still burning inside the bottle which was a good sign, "Good thing I let that candle to help even out the smell around here. Being honest, it's already smelt of paper and gems. Some of which don't exactly give off the best smell. I just can't believe I was even able to get up in time before we... started."

"What's most surprising to me is how we are even awake... And... Even with how last night went I..." Hearing him pause for a second, she backed her head off and looked at him, and since he had a smile on his face, she knew it must've been good news, "I... Can't help but crave even more..." Looking at his mate with lustful intent, he gave a smirk as he spoke lowly, "To carve more of you."

The words were enough to send shivers all throughout her body, and now she was eager to have that alone time once again, "Damn it..." Giving at a sigh, her mate chuckled as he already knew why she was feeling the way she was, "Yeah yeah, you know it too... That night was... very special to me, and I know it was for you..." Feeling a little scared that would've been the only night, she knew it wasn't true, but wanted to her it from her mate's own words, "I know this is... Probably stupid to ask but... Please... Promise me you'll never change, and that we can have more nights like the one we just did."

Giving a smile to her words, he knew she wanted confirmation to feel better about the future, and so he gave her that comfort, pushing her against his side with his wing so they were touching and promising, "That night for me was everything I've always wanted with you and more. A simple promise, which I do, swear, and promise to," Looking at the door with only his eyes, no one was in the room, so, looking back at his mate, he teased her on what was to come, "But if my... mate, ever needs help to calm her... Lust... Know I will be... Ready."

Shivering once again throughout her body, she smiled wide, now not wanting to even get out of bed, but hearing a voice call out from the outside of the door, they knew it was Malefor's, "Hey! Are you two going to hurry it up or what?!"

"Leave it to Malefor," Both the mates sighed and said in unison, and since they did, they laughed with one another, happy to still be understanding with one another as they always had been.

The first one that tried to stand was Volteer, but just as when he first woke up, he had next to no luck even standing. Luckily though, he found the strength as he pushed against the bed with his two front paws, and as his chest started to lift off the bed, he was able to use his two back paws to help support himself, even as shaky as he was. He was just as surprised as his mate that he was able to stand, but that didn't stop him from wobbling as he tried to make it off the bed. Making onto solid ground now, he turned to his mate and chuckled, "Hehe... Yeah, I... I'm going to need to help you."

Same as him, it was quite struggle to stand, but she followed what he had done to stand. Pushing against the bed with her two front paws, her chest lifted off the bed, so she then used her two back paws to help lift up her backside. Now standing on the bed, she wobbled just like him, but the difference was making it off the bed. Taking one paw out and off the bed, her entire body fell forward to the ground, "OH!" Before she could hit the ground, Volteer took haste, extending his wings and catching her on her chest with her nose nearly touching the floor, "That was... Too close," Feeling his entire body start to shake as he held her up, she used her own body now to get her back legs off the bed, and using the support of his wings, she was able to stand to her paws, "Not that I'm surprised but... Thanks for the save."

"Hehe... Thanks for fulfilling your promise to me. But now neither of us can barley walk."

"Oh don't worry, we'll be fine... I hope."

"What is taking those two so long?" Malefor asked, sitting now to the left as his lover closest to the entrance of the Chambers, and while he sat in wait, he tried to look around the left corner even as far as he was from the entrance, "I guess I might as well tell you all what was going on to pass the time," Looking away from the entrance and at everyone else, he explained, "When I went in there, it smelt of roses. There was something burning over near their work bench in a bottle so I'm assuming it was that. It wasn't a bad smell just... I'm just confused as to why they did it,," The more and more Malefor had talked, the more uncomfortable both Ignitus and Claire felt as they knew what had happened, "Then, for some reason, when I woke them, they were so... so very calm. No matter what I said or did, they just... didn't care. It was weird..." Pausing as he tried to remember what else was said, he chuckled as he had remembered one thing, "Oh yeah. He said this gross ass line that went, 'Stop slacking and start smacking'."

immediately, everyone's face turned red as fire, making any of their scales just as red in the cheeks as Ignitus. Shaking his head and growling at him, Ignitus had to stop him before he said anything else, "Malefor, just... I get that you're dumb but... Please stop talking about what happened in that room."

"What? Why? That was just about them kissing," Seeing Ignitus put a paw on his face, still everyone had red blushes on their face, and to everyone else, it was clear what had happened, "Am I missing something? Because if you all think they did something, Ersa wasn't barley even able to stand, remember. So, nice try but, try and grow up."

"Malefor, did no one teach you about... Things that happen between two mates?" Spyro asked and even as uncomfortable as it was, he needed to know.

"Uh, yeah. And where would you have learned about such things? You were ten."

"I know... Enough, but not all from my parents as they don't exactly know about dragons."

"Malefor, would you just drop it," Volteer spoke from the entrance, and as they did, everyone looked over to see the two mates standing side by side, "I guess since no one will shut up about it, and since this entire conversation is the most awkward thing in the world," He paused as he walked over to where he normally sat, and since the Guardians already knew where he sat with his mate, there was already room, "I will just tell the truth," Turning to face straight and sitting down with his mate beside him, he caused everyone to gasp as he told them the truth, "Yes... And to keep it, simple... It did happen."

"WHAT?!" Almost everyone cried out while others shuck their head in disgust for what they heard.

"And now that it's out in the open, can we move on, please?" Volteer pleaded as being looked at in disgust wasn't exactly enlightening to him, but he knew as long as he got Malefor talking, things would change, "Malefor, if you will. You said you had something to say that you wanted us all to be here for."

"Ah, yes," It was easier then Volteer had suspected, but it seemed as though he was very passionate about what he was going to say, "Like most of you around, if you had a wish, you'd go simple for your lover: A gem, a nice get away, some peace and quiet. But me... Oh no no no, I am but a man of war. So, Ignitus. My wish..." Pausing as to build suspense, Malefor walked a couple of steps forward, flexed out his body, and standing on his back two legs, and yelled it, "I'm going to start a crusade!" Everyone's eyes grew wide at his sudden burst of voice and show of strength, while to others, it seemed like a joke, "My lover deserves everything, and a crusade of ideology is just the way to do it. She shall be the queen of this world, all shall only look up to their one true ruler, Carith!" Looking at Ignitus and getting back down on all fours, he smirked as he wanted his wish granted, "Now... Ignitus... Grant me my wish. Start this war that needs to be fought, for the rights that my lover deserves! FOR CARITH... UM!"

No one was all that surprised except for Malefor as his lips had suddenly been sealed by Carith's. While her eyes were closed for this eyes, his eyes grew a little wide, and seeing the tear go down her face before he closed his eyes, he knew she wanted this. While the two kissed lovingly in the middle of the Chambers, Spyro smiled at the idea, and everyone already had looked over towards him to see what his thoughts were, "You know what, a crusade doesn't sound all that bad to be honest," No one was really surprised by his words at all, but what was surprising was his idea around the whole war aspect, "That means that Malefor is going to fight all the battles for his lover, which also means that, I have the chance to dethrone Carith and put Cynder above the world!" Seeing as Malefor pulled away from the kiss and looked at him with a smirk and a raised brow, everyone didn't know if they were really going to go through with this, "Yeah... And I can challenge his dark army that he's been building, and we can fight for the throne for our lovers!"

"That's what I'm talking about! It's time for a crusade!"

"Hell yeah! Fight to the death it is!"

"Agreed! Fight to the death... Wait... Fight to the death?" Looking at Spyro with wide eyes, his tail blade swung around his backside and next to him as he was ready to use it, "Wait wait wait! There are rules to this crusade, and as for me as the world has seen as a ruler, you most show leniency!" Spyro was confused as to what the word meant while Volteer was surprised with his vocabulary skills, "Hehe, see, I pay attention Volteer... Anyway! Just as before when we fought, you showed mercy on a broken soul. I ask that shall be the same in our fight. As I always say, keep your friends close so you can use them as a meat shield."

"I thought you just said you paid attention..." Volteer sighed.

"Hehehe. I do I do but, come on, just the thought is both hilarious and messed up all at the same time. But going back, Spyro, I ask you as a friend to spar my life in the mist of battle," Spyro raised a brow as it seemed as though the crusade was already starting, but Malefor made sure to give a little more depth as to what he was saying, "My week is almost over, and our final battle is almost upon on. Us as kings for two different sides most show mercy, for taking a life is one thing, but to lose your sanity, your lover, afterwards, is heresy and disgrace of the highest order."

Even with how Malefor was trying to sound, Spyro knew along with everyone else what he was doing, and it wasn't working out too well for him, "You do realize you don't sound as cool as you think when saying works like that?" Letting out the biggest sigh any one has ever heard Malefor make, Spyro felt a little bad as it was like he had crushed his dream, so giving a sigh himself, he agreed, "Alright fine," Getting into character himself the best he could, he joked with him, "I shall... Take to this challenge and... Fight for the throne."

"No wait!" Malefor randomly cried out, scaring everyone as he had an idea, "Alright, Wait wait wait! This gave me an idea for that D&D thing we were doing. Alright, forget what I said aside from our week almost being over, I must make future future plans for the... well... future."

With everything settling down and Malefor sitting back against the wall he normally did, the wishing conversation now brought up what Spyro wanted to talk about, "Speaking of making a wish. Ignitus, could I use the wish you gave me now?"

"No, Spyro. And no to you too, Ignitus," Cynder had already intervened on what he was saying, causing his lover to chuckle while making everyone else curious, "This is what I wanted to talk to you girls about. Spyro is trying something, and Claire, with you being an assassin, I need your skills to help and see through his lies," The girls all stood at the ready, wondering what it was that was said or done, and now Claire had to listen closely as to what was being said in order to help, "So in our room, Spyro made a comment about how he wants to use the wish to benefit me, of course. He talked about how he wanted to get me a diamond, or a more, exotic emerald. He then chuckled and said, 'Well, other then your exotic emerald eyes of course'."

"Aaaaaawwwwww," The girls all said in unison towards what was said while the guys shuck their heads at how corny that sounded.

"Hehe... I meant, what can I say? I can't get something beautiful for my love if she is already the most beautiful being to live, and I can't give herself to her," Once again from his words, the girls all giggled as they aw'd at his words, and this was only another reason for her to wonder why.

"What is it you want from me?!" Cynder cried suddenly at her lover, and while he chuckled, she wanted answers, "You pull those words up there, and now you're doing that now?! I can only make out with you for so long, but if it's something else, you have to tell me."

"Cynder, all I want is for you to be happy. Reading of your parents past I feel would be best for you."

"Stop thinking about me for once and think about yourself! You've helped Ignitus with Claire, you helped save Volteer from the Dark Master, you helped save Ersa, you've... You've done enough without rewarding yourself," Hearing him chuckle once again, she already knew what he was going to say and already declined him to say it, "Don't you dare say it. If you truly want me to be happy, you using this wish for yourself would make me way happier then if I read my parents past. Their book isn't going anywhere, but you can. So please," Putting a paw over his and looking into his eyes with desperation, she begged for him to listen, "Please use this wish for yourself... Seeing you smile, for you to enjoy things your way for once... It's all I want."

The girls didn't even know if they had to even say anything now as it seemed things between the two were going better then expected. Seeing how desperate she was for him to use this wish on himself, he gave a sigh in defeat as he knew saying no now truly would hurt her. Smiling as Spyro was excited for the wish, he agreed, "Last thing I want to do is disappoint you... And with what you've said today... I... I will take the... wish."

Nearly immediately as he finished his sentence, Cynder pushed her lips against Spyro's, joyful that he heard her out and went with what she had said. While the two closed their eyes to kiss one another with passion, Claire giggled as she didn't really see a need to help at all, "Once again, things between you two turned out as expected... Somehow... And, being honest with you Cynder, I... I didn't see any lie in his eyes when he spoke."

"I mean, you are all the way over there so," Malefor butted in as he called her out.

"Shut up, Malefor," Claire sighed which only made him chuckle.

Taking their lips away from one another's, Spyro gave a sigh to see the smile on his lover's face, but he knew it would be for the best as this is what she wanted, "But after this, no more for me, okay," She giggled at his words, even blushing himself as he could tell she was catching on to him trying to be nice, but he couldn't think about that now; now he needed to know what he should do with the wish, "So... I have a wish to myself... But now the real question is... what should I do with it?"

"You could make Malefor suffer," Cyril suggest, making Malefor look at him with wide eyes.

"You could make Malefor go a day without his lover," Volteer now suggested, giving Spyro more ideas.

"You could make Malefor go across the earth with your help, but it would be up to his strength to make it back around the earth and to us," Terrador suggest as a way of training.

"Why not just simply set him on fire? He will have to use his powers to keep the fire contained, but sooner or later he will run out of stamina so," Ignitus suggested, and now that everyone had their jab at him, it was Malefor's turn.

"Oh ho ho, you guys think you're so funny, don't you," Looking to Spyro, he gave him a better idea to use for his wish, "All the Guardians have done wrong by you, Spyro. So how about you send them back to where they were being held captive, and force Ignitus away from his lover, making him remember only of the fact that a war has broken out and that's it," With all the Guardians glaring at him, he shrugged it off as he said, "Oh, I'm the bad guy? Maybe that could also be used to your advantage, Spyro. Make us all go back to that temple fight, just me and the Guardians and we will settle this like men."

Bringing up what had happened at the temple, they all now felt uneasy about what he had said, frowning as they remembered their failure. Malefor chuckled before seeing their frowns, and once he did, he realized what he had said and regretted saying it as he knew he went too far. But surprising everyone, Ersa had bashed him in a joking manner, "It's about time you quit being a little bitch and fight someone one on one without the help of others," Seeing everyone change expressions quick from sadness to surprise by looking at her with wide eyes, she felt a little bad for saying that now and giggled, "Sorry... That was... Probably a little too much."

"No no no, I stepped out of line. Though I find it funny how you call me that, awful word, yet, I'm assuming Volteer made you his last night?" Everyone gasped at what he had said, some even blushing and backing away as they all saw the anger that spiked out from within Ersa, and with this anger came fear to Malefor as he realized for the second time, he went overboard, "Hehe... Now now, Ersa. I was just joking..."

Slamming a paw forward with her tail blade at her side, she growled at him, "I will have you know that I was the one that did most of the work," The conversation between the two had gotten more heated then everyone thought, and when it came to everything that was happening, no one was able to feel one emotion for long as something else came up every second, "And as gross that may sound to you, domination, towards your mate, doesn't make you a bitch," Everyone's fear had now turned to disgust as Malefor held in his vomit, but once again, things changed rather quickly, "Now I suggest you shut up, or else I'm sure Ignitus would be kind enough to help me hurt you since Volteer has told me what an awful dragon you are to our way of life."

Knowing he should try and save his scales, Spyro stepped in as he now he had an idea as to what he wanted to do with his wish, "Malefor, watch yourself, alright. Can't be friends if you're dead. But most importantly, I now know what I want to do with my wish," It worked as he had hoped it would've as saying what he wanted to do with his wish got all eyes on him, saving Malefor's life in the process, "Ignitus, back when me and Volteer were training, you have him a power boost. I was wondering if, you could maybe... Unlock my full power?" Seeing Ignitus's eyes grow wide, he didn't understand if this would or wouldn't be an issue, "I mean, I'm already... Somewhat strong. If this is a problem towards civilians or something, we could always just do this in that dream world."

"I... don't think our minds are capable of handling such power," Seeing the confusion on his son's face, everyone else was confused as well except for the yellow couple, "Basically, when ever we go into that dream world, your brain still has to process everything that is happening. Spyro, asking something of this scale when your power is limitless, I can only go as far as your teen body can take, not even your adult form. I don't know exactly how strong you'd be but, with the strength and power, the destruction you can cause, me destroying that mountain would look like an ant to you."

"Can I really be that strong?!" Spyro blurted out, now more excited then ever to see his untapped potential, "Then... Then there has to be some other way, right?! I mean... I... I have to know what my strengh holds, the secrets to my powers!"

"Whoa, calm down, Spyro. I will, have to ask the Ancestors about this one as there is one thing we could do, but this kind of power is restricted, so give me a second."

Closing his eyes and looking slightly towards the ground, they all waited for what it was that was going to happen, and what secrets both Ignitus and Spyro held. Unfortunately, now that things had calmed back down and no one was talking, Malefor started to chuckle, and as everyone looked to see him pointing a claw at Volteer, they knew it was bad, "Hehehe... You... You know what's funny about that then... Hehehe... I... I always knew you were the weakest out of all of us, but now to be a bitch even in bed... Hahaha!" Malefor couldn't contain himself as he laughed out loud, unable to control himself as he thought about it, "That's the saddest thing I've ever heard! Hahahaha!"

"As last I've had fun with my mate,' Volteer snarled, causing Malefor to stop his laughter and wonder what it was he was saying, "Oh, Sorry. I forgot you wouldn't know what it's like cause you yourself are too much of a bitch to even say what it is that needs to be said to a certain someone," Knowing exactly what he was pointing out, his joy turned to anger as he growled at his friend, "Yeah, not so tough now are you, little guy. Find it funny to, you knew her before I knew Ersa. Maybe it just wasn't meant to be!"

"How about you eat my tail when I drag it through mud!" Malefor growled at him, blushing the same as his lover as both knew what was being said.

"Alright, alright, calm down you two," Cynder had to step in as the other girls either didn't know what to say, or were just watching.

"No no no, it's okay, Cynder. Hopefully Malefor will keep saying some stupid stuff and get what he deserves for it," Claire smirked, on the side of Volteer.

"We are not playing that game," Malefor growled as he could already see it now with what everyone would say, "Then we would go down the line and everyone would agree death upon me. Fine, Volteer. You've made your point. I will back off for now, okay?" Seeing his friend give a slight nod, Malefor backed off of the conversation entirely and said, "Alright... Breath... Everyone breath. Let's just... not bring up anything about what happened between the two last night. Let's just move on..."

"Well..." The three girls aside from Ersa all declined the idea of moving on completely, once again causing everyone to have wide eyes.

"And before you saying anything my love, no, we are not asking for, details. Don't be dirty," Hearing him hiss through his teeth, Malefor later gave a sigh of relief as that's what he believed they were going to ask, and once again, Carith clarified, "Sorry, Ersa but, we were hoping you would, talk to us about your experience in a way that isn't... revealing."

"We wanted to know how you felt to know that you've made it to where you wanted to be after years," Cynder also helped explain to her yellow friend.

"And what is it about Volteer you still don't like. Of course, he won't be there just to make it even more desperate for him as I'm sure he'd want to know," Claire gave in her own idea as well, and with all the Girls words, it seemed to be working in their favour.

"I mean... I... Guess I could. But you girls don't really want to..."

"Of course we do!" The girls all agreed in unison with smiles, and this caused Ersa to blush with a giggle at their reactions.

"I don't like this one bit," Volteer sighed, feeling as though he was going to be exposed in the worst of ways.

"If it makes you feel any better, Claire asked if there was anything I still disliked about you, and after that night, after now seeing... everything... Hehe... You don't have to worry," Since she wasn't exactly trying to be secretive about what she was saying, everyone blushed once again at her words as she couldn't help herself even when she knew what she was saying, "Sorry, everyone. I didn't expect someone that I had looked up to and always wanted to meet be so... Manly. Put some more muscle on you, Volteer, and I can assure you, without a doubt, no female in this world can do a better job to their lover's then I'll do to you," Once again not realizing what she had said, she was lucky enough to at least catch herself and apologized once again, "Sorry! Once again... To at least the males I guess."

"Bet Ignitus with his powers can do a way better job," Everyone gasped to her Claire speak in such a way about her lover, and looking over to see what Ignitus's reaction would've been, he was still talking with the Ancestors while his eyes were closed, "Hehe, Yeah. I'm not going to be stupid enough to say something like that when he is full focused on me. And since that's now... out in the open, which, let's be honest, no surprise there; Malefor, if you say anything, Hehe... I will complete my mission as I should've before and kill you. Am I understood?"

Malefor swallowed hard as he already had so many on his bad side right now, and last thing he wanted to do was have someone else mad at him who really could kill him. So out of fear, he nodded, backing his head up a little as he was afraid to say or do anything else. Taking in what Claire had said, Spyro took her words to heart and wanted to give her some advice, "If you're... really telling the truth about this... even early on... I want to take a step back and thank you once again for even being with him. Life obviously wasn't easy for anyone back then and, to be honest... He needed someone like you in his life."

"Hehe... Well that... that works both ways... And that's why I guess I'm... fine to be telling you all this. I trust you all, especially the girls and, Ignitus has taught me to look on the brighter side of life. So I'm... I'm looking forward to the future is all, and..." Pausing as she blushed, she wanted to be a little more honest as she felt a little guilty, "Spyro... he once did this... flexed out form on his body that..." Fanning herself with her own paw, she could feel herself sweating as she thought about it, even looking at Ignitus as she spoke, "Wow... I... Ahem... Yeah..."

"Now you know how I feel towards Spyro when he flexes," Cynder purred, nuzzling her body against her lover's side which made him blush.

"What's going on?" Ignitus asked while opening up his eyes, finally coming out from the talk he had with the Ancestors.

"Nothing!" Everyone cried out which made Ignitus even more suspicious.

"Trust me, do not ask," Terrador shivered as he wanted to move on from all of what was being said, "Please tell me we get to see some fighting being done? There's been way too much... mush and I'm... not feeling great."

"Ah, yes, well, it took a little bit longer as one of them was a little... upset. Ersa, you should know which one," She giggled as she remembered what had happened in the dream, "Yeah. It took a little bit for his mate to arrive, and once she did, it still took some planning and convincing. They agreed but, what we are about to do isn't simple so, this was where the planning came into play."

"What do you mean it took a bit for his mate to arrive?" Ersa asked, intrigued to know more as to what was going on that she didn't know about.

"That will absolutely get me in trouble, and then I definitely won't be able to give Spyro his wish."

"Okay... Okay... I will back off of it."

"But going back, another reason they agreed is because they want to see your power as well, Spyro. And instead of doing it in a dream world, we are, in a way, giving you the full might of your power in the real world," Everyone was just as confused as Spyro was, and Ignitus knew he was going to have to do a little explaining which he had prepared for already, "Here, let me explain..." Pausing for a second, a bright light lit the room in an instant and no one was able to react fast enough to cover their eyes, but as quickly as it appeared, it disappeared, and as everyone adjusted their eyes, they all now saw they were outside in an open field of grass and trees "We are now in what is know as a living, frozen reality. This means that everything still exists, but is for right now frozen, and out of harms way as their bodies have been put in the dream world."

"So... You mean like, their full bodies? Not just their minds?" Volteer asked, intrigued about everything that was happening.

"Indeed, Volteer. Anything else that can't be touched such as any form of darkness or enemy like the apes will only freeze in time, but, time still moves. So if you were to punch and destroy a tree, the physics of it would still move, allowing force to be applied to it."

"And with nothing in my way... This allows me to go all out with my power without having to worry about something being in the way!" Spyro figured it out with a big smile, and since he had put two and two together, Ignitus nodded at him as to give conformation, "That's probably the coolest thing I've ever heard of! But... Wait... What if I kill an ape or something while time is frozen? What would happen then?"

"For the time being, anything that is frozen is basically being taken as a picture. Which means the Ancestors are able to know where everything will go back to once time is restored. So if you were to kill an ape, you wouldn't really kill it. Anything that doesn't walk around and breath, you can destroy it. But when it comes to things like apes, you can hurt it, but it's not going anywhere. It's basically just there to relieve stress I guess. This means no matter how much you destroy or damage, it will just come back once time beings again."

"So, uh, crazy question cause, you know, it's me but... With their bodies basically just, frozen and with the Ancestors, what stops them from doing something to them?" Malefor asked, and even as uncomfortable as a question it was, it was a simple one to answer.

"Well that's an easy question. Three numbers; Number one, just as I said with the apes, they can literally not be moved, nor can you feel anything. Number two, they have no need to do anything since they already have a plan for everything. And number three, one of the Ancestors takes their job very, very seriously. So if someone was to try something... Good luck even getting close."

"Alright, enough with the questions," Spyro stepped in, getting eager to use his full power, "Long story short, I'm sure this mean as we've established that everything is fine even after this. And common sense says, doing this instead of the dream world is better because I actually get to experience it with my own body, and not my mind. Is that correct?"

"That... That's pretty much it."

Slamming a fist into his paw, Spyro was fired up and ready as he asked for the power, "Then I'm ready when you are. If you would so kindly give me my full power, then we get to light up the sky with my show of strength."

"Okay but, just remember. Your power is limitless, and I can't give you the max amount of power as you're still a teen, but close adult. So the power I'm giving you shouldn't rip your scales off your skin when I give you this power. I'm also increasing your stamina pool in order for you to use this power. And same as I said before, your stamina will equal out to your teen form, not adult. So everything about you is subject to change."

"That's a teen body?" Everyone wondered in their own way as they looked at Spyro.

"Grrrrr... Well, more power is better then no power. Ready when you are."

"Alright. You're going to feel a slight pinch throughout your whole body, and I'm not exactly sure what might happen to you as this is also a test for me and the Ancestors so... Let's hope it's just a pinch."

"You had to bring that up just to scare me, didn't you?" Cynder asked, and no one was surprised to see Spyro wasn't sacred in the slightest of what he said.

"I mean, best comes to best, they make a mistake, still use my full power, feel sorry for it, give us another wish, and then you can read of your parent's past," Spyro said, trying to make light of the situation, but seeing her raise a brow with a look of no, he chuckled as he understood why, "I shouldn't be getting hurt in the first place... right. But I trust Ignitus, and we are already here."

"I know, I know... Just... Enjoy this wish, okay. You deserve it."

"And I will reward you kindly for letting me use this wish."

"And I look forward to it."

Peaking his lover on the cheek for a second, he pulled his lips away, and with her smiling, Spyro knew that now would be a good time to start, "Alright, Ignitus, I'm ready."