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.

20. Chapter 20: A Day At The Beach

Chapter 20: A Day At The Beach

"Um... S-s-sir...?" Inside of Flint's personal room, a red dragon took careful steps as he approached him to what looked like a sleeping body, curved like a ball and facing straight, "Sorry to wake you but... We have news," Hearing there was news, Flint opened one eye to look at the red dragon, and knowing he shouldn't waste his time, he was quick to say, "I just wanted to inform you that... Well, the Destroyer has been successfully dug up around the area. Now we just need to move it to a secure location, but... It's entirely too heavy of course and all attempts to use our abilities have been... Worthless."

"Has anyone see the Destroyer?" Flint asked, opening up his other eye and picking up his head to speak with the Dragon.

"No sir. We've had guards be on the look out for you, so the location of the Destroyer is still very much unknown to anyone out there."

"Good," Standing up on his rock bed, he walked off it and onto the ground, saying as he walked past the other dragon, "This means that, here soon, I will need to pay a friend a visit." Stopping as he made it to the middle of the room, he looked back at the red dragon and informed him of their next move, "Things are moving as they should. I shall use my powers to help escort the Destroyer. Get dragons to clear a path to our Mountain, and to cover our tracks, use earth dragons to tear up the path and surrounding area to make it seem like there was just a massive fight." The red dragon nodded at his orders, and taking in the information, he walked over to the entrance and out to the main area to get ready, "Now... I have a good enough dark army, but... I need them here, or if need be, I shall send them out as well. But for the time being, I will use the apes for now. With the apes attacking Warfang, and the Destroyer making it's way to where it needs to be, there's no way Spyro could do anything to stop it," Chuckling at himself as he believed this to be an unbeatable plan, all that was left was to meet someone, "Now, Ignitus. It's up to you. Either give me Cynder... Or it's on you that everyone's lives are going to be taken."

---

"Cynder?!" Spyro cried, running from his door over to the bed where Cynder laid with a rock made chain around her neck, "No no no..." Jumping up onto the bed and looking down on her as she laid to her side, almost as though she were dead, he couldn't handle seeing her like this, "Cynder... Please... Please wake up..." Putting his forehead into the side of her shoulder, he begged in a whisper once again, "Please..." Hearing a small grumble, he picked his head up quick and looked down on her to see she had awoken, "Cynder!"

"S... Spyro?" Cynder weakly said, opening up her eyes and looking up at him, "How... How did you find me? And how did you get past all the Dark troops?"

"Hehe... That wasn't hard at all... The hardest part... was knowing you were taken from me," Spyro cried as he put his paws around her earth made chain and ripped it into two, "There we go... Now, we need to get out of here," Looking around his room for a way to get out, he looked to his door and smiled as he knew this was perfect for their escape, "There we go! Let's just go back the way I came," Looking to see his lover who still hadn't moved, she had a frown, and he didn't understand why she wasn't moving, "What's wrong...?"

"This is all my fault that you had to go through all this work to save me and I... I'm sorry."

"Well... I guess I... I know you'd do the same for me," Looking away from her with a frown, he knew what was to come, and knew these would be his final words to her, "I'm sorry... Cynder. This is probably the last time we will be able to speak to one another as... Ignitus told me I would have to use my life to take out the Dark Master's and restore the world..."

"What?!" Cynder cried, scooting her back from underneath him on the bed so she was able to stand up in front of him and get free of him standing above her, "You don't have to do this alone! I can still fight with you."

"I couldn't lose you in this fight, Cynder... If I were to lose you... You'd leave me nothing left to fight for," Spyro frowned in a whisper, looking to his lover with tears in his eyes and knowing there was nothing that could be done.

"There's always something," Cynder whispered, walking to his side and later putting a paw over his and blushing, "I... Want to... help you. We can do this... Together. And... I don't know how you would feel but... if something does happen... and the world is ending... I will be by your side... and... I won't leave you," Moving her face a little closer to his, she turned her head a little to the side, already closing her eyes as to prepare herself, "Because... I love you..."

Pushing her lips against his, Spyro's eyes grew wide for a second as he couldn't believe what he was hearing. She... loves me... She really loves me?! Being gently forced to his back, Cynder now ended on top of him as they kissed with passion, groaning and moaning here and there as they were both happy with how their story went. Draping his wings over her back and closing his eyes, he felt both the pleasure and tiredness from how long they had been awake for. He didn't have the strength to do much though as it seemed Cynder had more strength then him right now, keeping the kiss going smooth while he almost passed out as the back of his head laid gently into the comfort of his bed. She could feel his lips slipping from hers and knew he was about to pass out, so backing her head up while slowly sliding her lips off his, she opened her eyes and waited for him to do the same, and once he had, she giggled at him, shedding a tear she had held in for a while, "That was... much... much better then what really happened..."

"Hehe... Yeah... I really wish I had heard you say that you loved me in the Volcano... I feel like things would've been different... and for the better."

"No no no, remember, Ignitus gave me straight facts about why that would've been a bad thing. And while I don't want to believe him, I'm glad we are here rather then back there."

"Yeah... But, what if, by us falling in love sooner, that would've meant that Malefor would be dead so... I'm not seeing the good side to this."

"Oh stop messing with that poor dragon. The only time the Dark Master even hurt me was in the Volcano and behind Warfang, and I'm sure we've put him through enough punishment that wasn't even his fault."

"Are you sure you're not still under his control and he's just forcing you to love me to keep me from killing him?"

"Well, since it's your darkness that has infected me, no, it's not him, but it might be you."

"So if I gave you free will without the darkness?"

"I would be out of here in seconds. Wouldn't think twice to make you single."

"Oh no..."

"Hehe... So I suggest that you keep controlling me with that darkness of yours if you wish for me to stay," Laying down on his body as she could feel herself also getting tired, she snuggled her head underneath his neck, and closing her eyes, she whispered, "Then again... don't need the darkness to know that this is where I want to be... Plus, remember what I said way back then; With you, I've never felt safer in the darkness... and that's... another reason I trust you so much."

Hearing how highly she talked about him, Spyro smiled wide as he held her close, adjusting his wings a little more forward over her back and snuggling up with her, "Thank you, Cynder..."

---

"Excitement excitement excitement!" Malefor exclaimed happily as he couldn't control himself as he walked around in circles in the middle of his room, thinking about all the fun they could have at the beach, "I have a challenge I must prepare for when I make my sand castle which will be priority number one. But after that, think of all the fun we can have! We can deep dive for underwater sea life, we can collect cute looking shells, and mess around in the water by playing like, beach volleyball! Just wonder what we would use for a ball?" Looking to his lover who just laid there, smiling as she watched and listen to his excitement, he chuckled as he missed the most important part, "Well, then again, no beach day would complete without us laying together under the sun," Walking up to his lover, he had the perfect line he had been saving for a while, and as he sat down in front of her, he smiled, "Though, my devotion is to my ocean. That being you as you move just as smoothly as a calming wave, and when the sun reflects off your beautiful blue gems of scales, I can't help but to bow to the one and only holy above all."

After the show he had put on, he wondered what her reaction was going to be, and it was surprising, "Devotion is to my ocean?" Seeing him chuckle as he blushed, she rolled her eyes and asked as she was curious, "If you're so devoted to this, ocean, which, just throwing this out there, makes me think you're calling me fat..."

"Oh! No no no, that's not what I meant at all. And everyone including me has seen your slender body. Your underbelly is perfect for me to lay down on so my chest has a better support when I lay it down against yours," Thinking about how he would be positioned, both him and his lover blushed a little, and he knew he needed to change subjects, "I'm not very good at this old timely stuff... I need to just get back to being my present self. Which, how do I do that again? Anyway, I wanted to ask what you wanted to do as I'm curious."

"You want to... know what I want to do at the beach?" Carith asked, a little surprised that he would ask that, and even with his excitement to know, she surprised him, "Hehe... believe it our not... I've... never been to the beach before," Malefor gasped as he opened his eyes wide, not knowing she had never done such a thing, "I didn't do a lot back then, alright. I didn't read books, I didn't go out all that much and I... I guess I was just... sad and scared."

"Carith, it's okay, I'm not judging you, I'm just surprised," Malefor assured her as he remembered what she had told him so long ago, "I remember you told me of your fears. Your mom had a bad experience with the outside world and because she was stressed out that your dad would do the same, things never really calmed down. Well, it did after we got together but, that took a while as well."

"You... You remember what I told you... Years ago... That... That was from the month we were in love... How do you remember that?"

"What? You think I wasn't listening?"

"I just... You've been corrupted and it's been so long and that was such a small detail and..." Seeing him smile while chuckling, she let these words slip even though she didn't know she had said them until a little bit afterwards, "I love you..." Smiling at his words, she wondered why he was smiling, but then it hit her as her words came back like an echo in her mind, "Did.. Did I just say something to you?"

"You... said you loved me?"

"I... I really do."

"Hehe... I love you too... Are you... feeling okay?"

"I just... Get back up on this bed. I... I need to kiss you... badly."

---

Letting out a small yawn, Volteer smacked his lips and shuffled a little as he laid with his mate on their bed in their own room. Both laid on their belly next to one another, and with a wing draped over Ersa's back, Volteer's head rested over his mate's in the middle of both their paws. Opening one eye to look around the room, he smiled to see that nothing was happening and everything was quiet, Ersa's laying with me once again... Malefor is being an idiot... and... it's nice and quiet. If only the sun wasn't behind us shining through our window... this would be perfect. Closing his eye once again and trying to go back to sleep, Ersa woke and did the same as Volteer did, opening one eye and looking around the room to see and hear no one was near. Seeing this as an opportunity, she whistled to Volteer which got his attention. Picking his head off hers, he looked down her, wondering what she wanted, "Did I wake you?"

"Of course not... I'm surprised though that you aren't surprised that I'm not working once again for the second night in a row," Ersa giggled, only looking up at him as a way to show that she was venerable to him.

"I thought that was because you were still recovering from last night."

"Fair enough... but no... I've taken what you said to me very seriously. And... looking around... it doesn't look like anyone is awake so," She had to pause as she blushed, but knowing this could work in her favor, she still asked it, "How about you get up and... behind... so you can help me wake up?"

"Hehe... you know that's only going to want you to sleep more."

"Grrrrrrr... That's not the point and you know it."

"But I mean... I guess I could."

"Really!"

"But you don't like being on bottom so... sorry."

"Uh!" Ersa gasped as she picked her head up, and putting a paw on her chest, she felt offended that he would say that, "You dare say no to me?! After all that fighting to be on top, now I'm giving you the opportunity but you're saying no?" Wondering what it could be, she could see the blush on his face getting wider, and she already had a good enough idea as she felt the same, "You like... Seeing me... is that it?"

"Ahem!" Volteer coughed before swallowing hard and convincing to her, "Yeah..."

Giving a sigh, she felt good to know how he felt, "You don't know how much I love you."

"Well... you saying my name a couple hundred times the night before was a pretty good indication."

"Don't you dare tell anyone that! Not even the girls!" Ersa blushed hard that he would bring that up in this conversation, slapping his chest with her paw and making him laugh.

"I won't, I won't, I swear, and plus, why would I? Some things do still need to be private. But, I was wondering, if today does go as well as we are all hoping... Do you, want to end the night off...?"

"Yes! Absolutely!" He blushed to hear how quickly she responded to him, and she gave herself a blush as she was honest, "Well it's not my fault that you turned out to be ten times better then I thought you'd be... By being a man! Not other things if that's what your thinking..." Blushing once again, she gave a sigh as she was once again honest, "But if you were thinking that too... That would also be true.. so very true."

"Still got some time to kill, my love. Bet I can give you a kiss to satisfy till we get to the beach."

"Hehe... I would love to see you try."

---

Pushing his door open, Malefor walked out of his room with his lover and continued a conversation he was having, "I'm surprised how badly you wanted that kiss. Of course I would remember something like that, especially since I had to help you through it."

"I know... well, I didn't really know cause it was a surprise but... I'm just glad that you really were listening back then. Thought you probably didn't care," Carith was honest as they made their way over to the other bedroom, and even though she felt bad about what she was saying, he could only chuckle.

"Carith, you saw me when I thought you left me for someone else. After that day, I made sure to keep a close eye and listen to everything you were saying in case something ever happened," Knocking on the other bedroom door, he waited for a response, but not hearing anything for a couple of seconds, he gave a sigh and said, "Spyro... I know you two are in there. You have all day to kiss at the beach so hurry it up," Hearing a growl from the other side of the door, he knew he could open the door, and as he grabbed the door knob and opened the door, he wasn't surprised to see Cynder laying on top of Spyro, "Another day... Another same old same old WHAT IS THAT!" Looking over to the right side of the bed while the other two lovers on the left looked over, they saw the rock shaped chain, and Spyro mentally slapped himself as he had forgotten to destroy it, "You two... Is that... is that a chain?! That's a freaking chain!"

Bringing up his paw and crushing the rock chain into nothing, Spyro looked over at Malefor and growled from how the day was already going, "I didn't say you could walk in now did I?!" Knowing the two were going to fight, Cynder back off his chest and stood on the bed next to him, and as he rolled over to stand up on the bed as well, he continued to yell at him, "What is the point of these doors if you're just going to walk in every single time."

"Look, a growl could've been a yes, or a no, or a, hey I'm in trouble help me out like, how am I supposed to know? Your mouth isn't just for Cynder, you use your words with it too." Malefor teased him, and the more he teased him, the more his anger grew, "And also, that chain thing... If you want the chain back so badly, give me a second to control my dark power and I can put it back on for you two love birds," Now seeing the darkness rise from Spyro's body, he knew now would be a good time to stop and change things around, "Alright alright alright, I'm sorry. Just messing around. Like I said, the days have been... They haven't been kind to us. So I want this day to be all about relaxation. I've put you all through enough, and I admit that, and for today, I will show you I can be different, so I will be there to support you."

The nice guy act that Malefor was putting on didn't sit right for Spyro as he didn't trust him one bit, but he knew it would be nice if he did change things around for once and agreed to what he was saying, "Three more day, Malefor. Today, tomorrow, and then the following day, I will make you my friend. This is a day where I need you to prove yourself, as I said yesterday about you having my back..." Calming himself down as he sat, thinking about what he felt during his dark transformation was still something he couldn't get off his mind, "I'm still... scared about the whole, Destroyer... thing."

"Spyro, come on, it's fine," Malefor said happily as he walked up to him to try his best to comfort him, "Look, with your power and mine, we can just make a massive earth wall and push it back to stop it. Or, you and I can do as you and Cynder did before where you flew into it to destroy it. And since I'm not the Dark Master, and nothing out there can control it unless they are basically a full on Dark Master, then there's nothing to worry about," Sitting down in front of his bed, surprisingly enough, his words were working, "We're going to be fine. And look on the bright side; If I does come back, it's just another reason for you to trust me when I help you. Or, an even brighter side, you get to knock my teeth in if you still aren't sure," His voice went a little low as to show his passion in his voice when he continued, "But either way, we're making it out together... friend or not, I'm there."

Cynder looked at Carith in awe since she had never really known this side of Malefor even though it had been showing from time to time, but for Carith, she knew this side a little better then the others. Even for Spyro, it felt strange to him to hear a comforting voice from his past enemy, and even more surprising to him was that it actually worked on him. Putting a paw up for a second, Spyro couldn't help but smile as he said, "Alright alright, leave the comforting to me and my lover."

"You're right, you're right. Just wanted to try and help," Malefor agreed, putting both paws up before putting them back to the ground and turning to walk away.

"But hey... Malefor," Hearing his name called, he turned to look at Spyro, "That... doesn't mean what you said didn't help me... just know that." Malefor nodded at him, smiling as he turned and walked over to his lover, and after what had happened, Spyro looked to his lover and whispered, "I'm still going to be watching him... something doesn't feel right."

"Yeah... do you really think he can get that chain back for us?" Cynder giggled, getting wide eyes from Spyro.

"Cynder..."

"What...? It wasn't as bad of a time as I remember. Since... having you there I knew that I... wouldn't wake up alone as I had all those years."

"Oh... yeah..." Feeling a little bad as thinking about it, he was surprised he hadn't see that sooner, and he hoped that there was something he could do, "Hehe, well, if it makes you feel any better, me and you are kinda already chained together now more then ever since, we're in love now," She smiled at his help, nuzzling his cheek as a thank you for a couple of seconds, and now that he was thinking about it, he had an idea, "Maybe Malefor can help me in understanding how to use my dark power to bring it back. But then again, he also said that chain was meant to kill us so..."

"We can stick to the rock chain."

"Yeah, we should."

"Not exactly comfortable though."

"I'm pretty sure being in a chain isn't supposed to be."

"Then again, this chain of love that connects me and you sure is comfortable."

"Oh... it is, isn't it."

Seeing the two go in for a kiss after what was said, Malefor looked to his lover and said, "Think we're going to be here a little longer... Let's just wait out in the hallway while they are... talking," Turning with his lover to walk out of the room, they made it to the middle of the hallway, and as Carith stopped in front of him, he chuckled, "Not asking, but you know I'm going to be taking," It was confusing at first what he meant, but having her lips sealed with his, a quick shock of pleasure made the mystery solved for her.

---

Taking her lips back away from her lover's, Claire stood above Ignitus as she looked down on him, and for once, he was on his back on their bed, which she found very pleasing, "You know, I could get use to this, being up here and you down there makes me feel powerful, like I succeeded in my assassination job... Just not completely."

"Oh, no no no, don't get use to it," Ignitus chuckled, wings sprawled outwards on the bed as he was prepared to use them against her, "So you, tamed, the Chronicler as to per say, but there isn't much more that's going to be done after that," Using his wings and bringing them both inwards to close in on her body, she saw both of his wings and stood ready, "Now, I know you don't want to fight this, so it's either you're going to get on your back willingly, or... Well, why not just accept the, or, part?"

"Try it, and I will make sure those wings of yours can't be used for the next hour."

"And how will you do that?"

Letting a breeze of her ice escape from her body to cool the area, he watched as the cool breeze of ice started to escape from her nose, and even her mouth as she smiled, "You really don't think I have my ways? Remember, my ice has proven to be mighty deadly in the past, and while I most certainly don't appreciate blocking your airway to live," Reaching a paw up and grabbing the top of his wing, she giggled, "You don't need to move these wings of yours to live."

Growing through his teeth, smiling as he found this fun, Ignitus knew he was backed into a corner, "huh... The tables have turned, haven't they?"

Giving a giggle to his words, she wondered what that would mean to him, "Nice try, my love, but I'm not some simple female. Now, I know you don't want to fight this, so it's either you're going to stay on your back willingly or..." Getting her lips close to his as so he could feel the cold from her breaths, she did as he said to her, "Well, why not accept the, or, part?" Seeing as he was at a lost for words with only a smile to be shown, she knew she had him trapped, which was all fine for her, "It's good that even someone such as yourself knows when he's been... tamed."

"I think it would've been funny to see one of you do the or part to be honest," A voice said, scaring the two and looking over to their right to see it was Cyril who had spoken, "Seeing you freeze over Ignitus's wings would be both enjoyable and funny," Sitting up on his bed and stretching, he gave himself a chuckle as he thought about it, "Something tells me your clone isn't very good at it's job and needs to be fired."

"Wait... What? How long did all you hear what we were talking about?" Ignitus asked, confused as to why his clone wasn't using the power to mute out their words.

"We heard about halfway through," Terrador spoke, and while everyone looked over to him, he was doing the same, sitting up on his bed and stretching himself out, "It was nice that we didn't have to hear lips smacking, and even though you two were flirting, hearing Claire threaten you is pretty funny. Thought the Chronicler was the most powerful thing out there," Ignitus had looked away from them and looked down at his chest, thinking about what had happened, and while he was doing that, Terrador chuckled, "Oh how the mighty fall in love... Well, not all of the mighty."

"Clam down fall out boy. But, it would make sense of why you haven't found love since, hehe, You aren't that mighty.," Cyril chuckled at him.

"Cyril..."

"Joking, joking..."

Why isn't my clone... Thinking to himself, Ignitus closed his eyes, and using his thoughts, he talked with his clone to figure out what was happening, hey, is, everything okay over at the White Isles? For a second, he didn't get a response which frightened him, but once he got a response, he wish he hadn't, "Sorry, Ignitus, but... Our fears are coming true. Something didn't feel right and while you were busy, I went to investigate... And I saw... it... It's the Destroyer. He has it, and he's going to pay us a visit here soon, I just don't know when." His shivers were sever enough to be felt even through his wing, and since Claire's paw was still on his wing, she felt the sever shiver and looked down on him. His face turned to anger, and while she didn't know why, he kept thinking as to what to do, Damn it... Damn it! His anger caused his teeth to show which everyone focused on, "Ignitus... I know this is bad timing and all but, everyone is looking at you." Giving a sigh as he opened his eyes, he looked up to see the fear on Claire's face, Hold out for a bit, okay. Reaching a paw up to the side of her cheek, she rested her head on his paw for comfort, and he spoke out loud, "We're going to the beach for now... So we will be fine."

"Alright... Me and the other Ignitus here will keep you posted." With his clone going back to different kinds of works, Ignitus knew it would best if they weren't in a place he would know of, He knows where we are, and last thing I need is for him and Spyro to face one another. I don't know how his friendship is with Spyro... But... Malefor, this is up to you my friend. Taking his paw back from her face, she supported her own head, and now he knew they needed to move some place safe, "Hey... I know this is a little sudden but, maybe it would be best if we hurry to the beach. Getting everyone ready now while the sun is still at it's best would be good." They all agreed to his words, nodding and getting off their beds, and with Claire letting go of his wing and getting off the bed herself, he rolled to his stomach and saw her look at him, "It's... okay... my love."

"You've never been a good liar..." Claire called out his obvious attempts to try and comfort her, even though she knew he was trying.

Looking away from his lover and over to the other two Guardians as they had walked out of the Sleeping Chambers and into the main Chambers, he sighed as he knew he couldn't lie to her, "Something is... going to happen sooner or later..." Looking over to Claire, he continued, "The one that forced you to attack me... He's making a move..."

"What?!"

"I know... That's why we need to get out if this place as soon as we can," Looking behind himself, so did Claire, and walking up to them was another Ignitus clone, "He will stay here and watch over in case he decides to turn up and try anything. He shouldn't know that we are at the beach, so while we are there enjoying ourselves, hopefully I can learn what he wants, and I can just... compromise something for him to not use the weapon he has..."

"And... wh... what's the weapon...?"

Giving a sigh, his face turned turned to a frown as he looked down, not wanting to give the truth, but he knew having her know rather then not would hopefully be more comforting, "It's... The Destroyer."

---

Taking his lips back away from hers, Spyro gave a sigh as he still sat in front of his lover, and with both giving a sigh from their kiss, he couldn't help but frown even as she smiled. Giving a giggle as she opened her eyes, she was about to say something, but seeing his frown as he opened his eyes as well, she didn't know if this had to do with what she had said. Looking up at his lover, Spyro wrapped his wings over her back and rested his head over her left shoulder, hugging her, which was a surprise to Cynder as it seemed sudden. She enjoyed the embrace, and after what she had said and how he was acting, she knew how to comfort him, "Spyro, it's okay, that time is past us now, and I'm fine."

"I... I know... I just... wish I had seen it like that before... I might've never left you to train during those nights," Spyro was honest, letting a single tear drip down from his eyes.

Feeling the tear hit her back, she shivered from the sudden cold feeling, and now that he was down, she knew a way to turn things around, "Careful there... Malefor specifically said that no one was to be sad tomorrow, and if he catches you shedding tears, he might hurt you," It was enough to get him to chuckle and for her to giggle, "You need the break, my love," Taking his head back, he looked her in the eyes as she continued, "Spyro... You do remember what we just did in the morning, don't you?"

"Hehe... of course I do."

"That... is what I've always hoped for, and... As I've already said before, I'm already happy with everything I have..."

"Is Spyro crying in there?" Malefor called from out in the hallway, and instead of Cynder being able to even say anything, he had already walked back up to the door and looked into the room, "Oh my... Spyro, dude, come on. Are you even a guy? I know it's supposed to be a joke and all but... Damn man. For a guy who is supposed to be strong, I feel like that little heart of yours is WAY stronger in the art of whining."

While Spyro growled, Cynder wanted to defend her lover with what was said, "We were talking about the chain, Malefor, and how, afterwards, when it was gone... I was scared that he would leave me since... It was the first time I had someone in years."

Giving wide eyes, Malefor now understood and felt bad that he had said something now, "Oh... I... sorry, I... didn't know."

"It's alright," Spyro sighed, taking his wings from his lover's back and looking at Malefor as he growled, "Just gives me another reason to hurt you even worse on our day of friendship," Hearing a nervous chuckle from Malefor, the two watched as he backed his head out from the doorway and went back to being with his lover, "You know," Looking back at one another, Spyro continued, "He, is the only thing I think I failed on. I feel like you and Carith could've still been friends if he kicked the bucket... Accidentally."

"Would you like to see?"

"Hehe, absolutely!" The two shared a nice laugh for a second, but as the laughing died down, he had to give a sigh and be honest about how he felt, "But, of course, not really. I really... enjoy him by my side to be honest."

"Well then, seems as though nothing has changed."

"And I guess I... like it that way... I really do."

---

"That was definitely the stupidest thing I could've done," Walking over to his lover as Malefor turned away from the door, he sat down to the right of his lover nearest to his bedroom door and gave a sad sigh, "I thought it was something simple like... with what happened yesterday but, it was about how, Cynder was scared that, with this chain that use to connect the two... It disappeared... And she was scared that Spyro would've left her with the Chain gone..." Carith felt a little bad as well as he told it, but he was able to apologize more to the two as they had walked out of the room side by side with Spyro's wing draped over her back, "Spyro," Looking at the two as they walked over and stood in front of them, he apologized as they faced him, "I'm... sorry, once again for, what I said... That was... severely uncalled for."

"Malefor, it's fine, alright..." What he had said still didn't make Malefor believe that to be true which made Spyro roll his eyes, smiling as he knew he would now have to help him out, "I stayed by Cynder's side when ever she needed me, okay. I made sure she was protected while I was gone, and I made sure to protect her even when I wasn't, so it's fine!" Seeing him smile now, Spyro gave a chuckle as to add some sense of joy, "Nice day to not cry. Weird how it turns from you helping me to me helping you. We should agree, next one to mop, gets punched in the gut?"

"Hehe... Whoa there, Spyro. What if it's one of the females? What if it was Cynder?"

"You think I would punch one of the girls in the gut! I'm not stupid, Malefor. I'm saying, if it has to do with a female, then the lover gets punched cause, we're dudes."

"Spyro... I'm feeling under the weather," Cynder murmured, giving a sniffle as to show her sadness.

"Oh ho ho... You know what that mean, Spyro?" Balling up his fist, Malefor was ready for the punch, but Spyro wasn't.

"Never mind! It was a joke!" Spyro cried out, stopping Malefor quickly as he knew he would punch him, and now with that out of the way, he looked to his lover and smirked, "That was really evil."

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Cynder giggled.

"Cynder beat me to it too. I was going to start fake crying as well just to see what would happen," Carith admitted which made Malefor look at her with wide eyes and a frown, "I would've done something... Maybe... Look, the point is, we are all going to enjoy this day to the fullest. I was wondering if you could help me make a sand castle as well my love, and maybe..." Putting a paw over his, she curled a claw around his chest in a teasing manner as she spoke, "And you can show me how you do it..." She knew she was trying to be flirty, but with what she had said, differently to what she wanted to say, she saw everyone's wide eyes and corrected as she backed her paws away from him, "Not what was meant to be said...! What I wanted to say was... you can make me the queen of your castle while you be my king."

"Oh... Hehe... of course. But I do have to say, you have to prove yourself to being my queen, or, you must bring something for the king to show your loyalty," Malefor flirted back at her.

"Loyalty...? And would my, body, suffice?"

"Hehe... Instantly, you would be allowed as my queen."

"Oh you guys are all the same," Cynder sighed, shaking her head as she knew that's how that would go.

"Not me... I would never do such a thing," Spyro defended himself, and now the other two wondered what he would say, "You're a female, and there for should already be respected as a queen as I see it," His words already sparked a smirk from his lover, and he knew he had to try his best to out do Malefor's words, "And while all women are queens, my lover is above all, and her name alone is a rank above all," Seeing her lick her lips, that was pretty good indication that he was doing a good job, but he wanted to throw in a joke, "Then again, that's also because your body is unlike that of any female so..."

"There it is," Malefor chuckled.

"You think Ersa is the same with Volteer?" Carith wondered.

"We're going to have to ask her, as well as Claire. But for now, Spyro, we need to have a little talk about what you've said," Even with her smile, the seriousness in her voice sent shivers down his spine and he obeyed her very quickly, "You better be scared," Looking away from her lover, she looked at the two and said, "We will see you two down there," They nodded at her and watched as she bumped her back side against his for him to get a move on and he did as he was informed, "So, about your words."

Watching as the two walked away and over towards the door, Malefor backed his head up as he saw the sweat drip from Spyro's forehead which was a scary sign to him, and once the door had opened for the two and they made their way out the house, he looked to his lover and asked with slight fear, "I did good... Right?" Seeing her smile just before she nuzzled her side against his, it was a good sign, but even better for him, she nuzzled the top of her head underneath his mouth which made him shiver, "Ahhhhhh... That feels amazing..." Realising his words even as she had backed her head up, she didn't see his words as a problem until he said something to her, "That... Hehe... sounded a little strange."

"Get use to those words," Carith whispered, making him blush red, "Now come on. I want to see how the others are doing." Nodding at her, he stood up with her and proceeded to walk over towards the door that had stayed opened, allowing them to easily walk right out of the house and down the stairs, "You know, I am really excited about this beach trip, and even more excited to see all the fun we can have. We've been in this building for quite some time that, it's nice to get out and have some fresh air."

"We had that all out brawl more then a week ago. We went to the Temple, you had a girls day out with both Claire and Ersa, and now we are going to the beach now so... If you really don't like it here, I can talk with the..."

"No!" Her sudden outburst scared him, and she apologized as she tried not to shed a tear for it, "I don't want you to get punched in the stomach, even though I know it was a joke, but... I don't ever want to not have this building as my home. It's nice to get out here and there but... This is my home, with you and the others and I... don't ever want to lose that."

"Oh... Sorry, Carith, I... didn't mean it like that."

"You were trying to help, that's all."

Making their way down the hallway, their conversation was cut short as they saw what looked to be a purple figure holding something against the wall. To both of their surprises, it was Spyro and Cynder that were against the wall. Cynder stood on her two back paws against the wall, and in front of her was Spyro standing up on his two back paws. The two had their front paws around one another's as he held her paws back against the wall, along with her wings sprawled on the wall. Seeing as they two were making out against the wall, both were shocked to see what they were doing, and it was such a surprise to them, and Carith accidentally interrupted their moment, "Wh... What the hell happened?"

Since the two had caught up, Spyro knew they couldn't continue and backed up from the kiss. As he did, he took his paws back and got back down on his four paws. For Cynder, she was still in awe over the moment and fell forward, forgetting she was even standing. Using his wings to catch her, her two paws and head landed gently on his shoulder with the help of his wings, while his other wing supported her stomach to help her not fall. Her back legs had at least supported herself for a bit, and even as she was coming back from the kiss, she used every second to rest with his help. Opening up her eyes and giving out a slight moan, still thinking about what had happened, she backed off of him and was able to support herself now as she stood on all fours. Taking his wings back, the two looked at one another, and while Cynder was giving slightly sped up breaths with her tongue hanging out her mouth, Spyro stood there and smiled at her, knowing what he had done. Carith was a little jealous now as she wished Malefor would do something like that, even teasing him as she grumbled, "You never kissed me like that before."

"WH...!" Malefor gasped, looking at his lover to see her looking away and blushing.

Trying to control her blush, she looked straight and walked over to Cynder, asking her as she stood next to her right side, "Is... everything okay?"

"And what did you do to make such a... situation happen?" Malefor asked, walking up to the two as well, now standing next to his lover once again, "And Carith," Saying her name and getting her attention, he swore to her, "Something like that, I can guarantee I can do infinitely time more better then Spyro ever could..."

"No you can't..." Cynder now spoke, catching the attention of the two, and putting her tongue back in her mouth, she smirked to see her lover still smiling, "Damn you for being so... Ugh! Works can't describe what you did," Taking a couple steps towards him, now being face to face, she teased him, "Do something like that again and I... I..."

Seeing her body shiver with pleasure, the two knew they would be here even longer if someone didn't say something, and so Carith took the lead, "Hey... Cynder... I know that was... something but, maybe we should get to the beach first and then you can continue what ever had happened," Cynder gave a huge sigh as she knew they did need to keep going, and Carith giggled while also apologizing, "Sorry... Can't have you one upping me and Malefor, and also, we still have to ask the girls or, the guys, what they would say to their lover's."

"I know... I know," Sighing once again, she smiled, knowing what to do as to tease him for the time being, "You may have saved me after being captured, but," Using the tip of her claw and gently going down his neck, she threatened him, "Do something like that again, and you'll lose that neck of yours." Even as a threat, they knew it was for fun which only made Spyro shiver more for what she had said, "You better be afraid."

"What a turn of events... Hey, remember when it was just me, you, and the Guardians?" Malefor chuckled, trying to not feel anymore uncomfortable then he already was.

Turning away from her lover and making his way to the Chambers, Spyro and the other two followed close behind as they made their way to the Chambers. Since they had already been walking for some time, the Chambers weren't far, and making it to the entrance, the four walked into the open space. Same as before, Spyro and Cynder walked to the left wall from the entrance while Malefor and Carith made their way to the right wall. Spyro looked to see everyone was sitting where they normally sat as well with all the Guardians and the two lover's being next to their males, "Good, you all are awake as well."

"We are usually out here before you all the time," Cyril chuckled.

"I'm surprised Volteer and Ersa are even out here," Malefor pointed out, and the two already knew what he was suggesting by saying that, "Hey, Terrador, how long did it take those two to get out here once you four sat down out here?"

"It did not take that long," Volteer grumbled.

"Yeah, Malefor, Volteer took much longer," Ersa said out right, and some got what she had said while others didn't, "Which is an amazing thing."

Now seeing her blush, everyone now knew what she was talking about and Terrador interrupted the romance, "Alright, calm down you two," His words caused the two mates to laugh with one another, still blushing with what was said, "Malefor... It's crazy now more then ever to think you were a villain, especially with the way you act. Even after the day we met you, you still haven't changed your Hatchling ways."

"Which is crazy cause, while I didn't change, you have, by losing more muscle and looks as time goes," Malefor fought with him.

"Last I recall, your ugly ass was going to stay that way cause not even Carith wanted to kiss you when you came back."

"HA!" Spyro laughed out loud before apologising, "Sorry... Hehe... But he is telling the truth."

"Alright, calm down, I get I was asking for it, but remember, this is supposed to be a nice get together of friends. So, now that we are all here, what do you say we all start to head out. Or, if Ignitus would be a nice dragon and teleport us out there instead, that would give us more energy to do stuff, like beach volleyball in the water!"

"Where are we going go get a ball?" Ignitus asked.

"You are literally the one above all. If the Ancestors are going to get butt hurt over you making a freaking ball, then you need a new job."

"I mean... I... guess I could."

"Guess? Ignitus, are you feeling okay?"

"Me?"

"Yes you, boy. What is going on with you."

"Nothing, Alright. Just thinking," Ignitus lied about what he had said, "Look, I can make a ball, Alright. Just, what ever we need, I can make as long as it isn't something unreal. I can make us buckets and a beach ball along with other small stuff, but anything else I would need permission for."

"We will be fine! Ignitus, I think you need a shock of lightning or something in you cause you're looking down."

"And so is Claire," The girls all pointed out, and since Ignitus was down as well as her, they all came to the same conclusion, "Is it relationship problems?"

"What?!" Claire was surprised to hear the girls say, but she shot that down quick, "No, it's nothing like that, it's just..." Pausing for a second, she looked to Ignitus, trying to keep her voice calm and soothing as to help both of them out, "My love, we will be fine. You helped me, and now I can help you the same. Please... Let us enjoy this day... No worries, no fighting just... simple fun."

"Is something wrong?" Spyro asked, getting serious as it seemed like they were going to have to fight something, "Ignitus, if it's something that's going to harm us, me and Malefor need a warning now to act on."

"Yeah, and even if it is a threat, me and Spyro have become pretty good at working together so, if you're worried we might get hurt," Flexing out his muscles as intimidation, he went from serious to joking in seconds as he eased his muscles, "But no seriously, hehe... What is out there, Ignitus? Me, Spyro, and the other Guardians, weak as they may be, can put up one hell of a fight."

"Hey, Ersa, Malefor thinks I'm weak," Volteer whispered to his mate.

"Oh... Well, he doesn't know what you've done so, forget him," Ersa waved a paw, causing the two mates to laugh, "But uh... When we going to have more fun?"

"Don't you remember?"

"Ah yes, see how today goes, got it... Just excited."

Since Spyro had called out Malefor's name rather quickly as a partner, it did give him high hopes that he was worrying for nothing, If I keep acting as I am now, I will just make everyone fear, and after telling Claire about the Destroyer... How scared she was... I need to be the one to comfort her, as I did in our Chambers. Now giving a smile and giving a huge sigh, he was slightly honest with them, "I'm afraid as I know we will be attacked soon, that's all I can say, but... Hearing you two... Knowing that you can work together... I believe in you all... I really do."

"We're going to be attacked?" Spyro chuckled, "By what? Who would be dumb enough to attack us? Apes? Dark Creatures?"

"Hehe, yeah, you wish. Bet what ever it is, I can take it down before you," Malefor issued a challenge to him.

"You're on!"

Putting his wing around her back, Ignitus looked to his lover, and as she looked to him, he apologized in a whisper, "I'm sorry that I scared you... I... I shouldn't have said what I did."

"And if you didn't, I only would've feared more. If anything, you could still not have trust in me, and you saying what you did, what if I reported back to who ever this was? It would destroy you... and it would only make what he is doing even easier..." Hearing her say it now, it made him shiver to a point that she had to make sure her follow up words were enough to put those fears to rest, "But you know after what's happened, I'd never do that... and I... found that... what we all do is the only thing I enjoy in life... And, having this day at the beach with you only makes me love you that much more."

"Thank you... Claire," Kissing his lover with a tear dripping down his eye, both Spyro and Malefor saw this, but were way too scared to even try it.

"I'm not punching him in the gut," Malefor rejected the idea.

"Look, it was something stupid I said. No one is getting punched in the gut," Spyro also declined out of fear.

With his lips sliding off his lover's, Ignitus gave a sigh, putting his forehead against Claire's as a show of love, which she gladly accepted. We'll... We'll be fine... They can do it. Now feeling at ease with what has happened, he took his head back, smiling as he looked at everyone and got excited as he slapped his paws together, "Alright then. I know this doesn't need to be said as we all know this should happen either way, but let's get out there and have some fun!" Everyone smiled at his enthusiasm to get out there, "And as always," Raising a paw, he was ready to go, "When ever you all are ready." They all knew what was to happen, all closing their eyes, and after hearing the snap of his fingers, he said, "Alright... Open your eyes."

Before he had even said that, the heat from the sun on the back of their scales was very much present. Now as everyone opened their eyes, they all looked out to the ocean as they stood on sand, listening and watching the ocean waves move up the sand before slowly going back down and continuing this cycle. Hearing the ocean waves was calming to almost everyone, but for Cynder, this was a first. Hearing the ocean waves put her almost in a trance, causing her to walk up to the water and look out on the open ocean. Stepping into the wet sand, her paws sunk into it, which immediately scared her, making her jump and back away from the water, but as she backed up, she backed up into someone's chest. Looking behind her, she saw it was Spyro, and she apologized, "Sorry, I..."

"Cynder," Spyro whispered, smiling at her as to keep her calm, "You've never done something like this before," Walking around her and to her left side, she turned with him to face straight, and taking one step at a time, he helped her through it, "Now, when the water comes up to the sand, it makes it all soggy. So, that feeling you have as if the sand is encasing in on you, it's just case your pushing into the soggy sad and going a little deeper into it, very similar to mud," Walking up with her to the watery sand, Cynder shivered, taking a step back from it while Spyro took a step in it, "Now watch..." She did as he said, watching as his paw sunk into the sand as the water came up over his paw, and then slowly making it's way back into the ocean, "It does feel weird, but it's just the sand on your paws, just wet," Taking his paw out from the sand, he showed her his paw, and made sure to move each finger to show her he was fine, "See, all good." Cynder swallowed hard, still scared of what could happen, and he made sure he was with her all the way, "If you want to, me and you put a paw in the wet sand at the same time, okay?"

She was hesitant at first, but remembering back to what he had helped her with before, she trusted him, "You helped me trust water... and how to swim so... I trust you now."

"Thank you," Spyro smiled, "Now, just take one paw up over the sand, and hover over it," She did as she was told, taking a paw up and holding it over the wet sand, still shaking, but feeling his paw go underneath hers, she looked at him, surprised and confused with what he was doing, "I will be your support, okay?" She both smiled and nodded, and looking back at their paws, he said, "Now, when ever you feel comfortable, push my paw into the sand, then, let your paw follow, okay?" Giving a deep sigh, she did as she was told, slowly pushing his paw into the soggy sand, "There you go," With his paw seeping into the sand, her paw followed, and as the wave washed over their paws, both sunk into the sand only by a little, "And then when the wave goes back," Just as he said this, the wave backed away from their paws, "We can pick up our paws at any point during all of that, but just for comfort, I wanted to wait. But now that you felt the feeling, I'm going to raise our paws out the sand, okay?"

"O... okay," Cynder whispered, overcoming her fears slowly but surely.

"Alright," Raising his paw up and letting the sand fall off their paws, the two's paws were now free of the sand, "And to make sure as I showed before, just open and close your paws while moving your fingers," Doing as she was told once again, together, she took her paw from his, and the two moved their fingers while opening and closing their paws, "See? Nothing to worry about my love," Putting her paw back to the ground as he did the same, she gave another sigh before looking back at him, "Now there are also tides and stuff like that, but we aren't going to go..."

With the help he had given her, she couldn't resist and kissed his lips from the help that he had given her. While her eyes were already closed to enjoy the kiss, his grew wide for a second before closing themselves. Shedding a tear out her eye, she pulled away from the kiss, and as he opened his eyes, she had done the same and giggled, "Thank goodness you were just joking about that punching thing..." Sharing a laugh with his lover, she smiled wide with him, thanking him for his help, "Thank you... Spyro... my love... I would've never been able to do something like that without you... And... I never guessed you'd be helping me through so much in my life."

"I try all I can... You deserve it..."

"I'm so sorry but," Hearing one of the girls say something, all the girls joined in as they teased her, "That was the cutest thing we've ever seen in our lives!"

All the girls laughed, and even the guys had to laugh themselves for what was said, but for Cynder, she growled with a blush, angry that they would say that, "You girls are horrible."

"Hehe," Spyro chuckled, and with how everything went, thinking back to the past, Cynder had to give out a giggle as well, "Well, Now that we are on the beach, what would you like to do?"

"The only thing I know is sand castles as you've suggested and something about beach volleyball... But being honest, after what's happened, I just want to... rest... And... I'm sorry if that ruins your fun."

"You think me laying with you ruins my fun? Laying on the beach is fun. It's nice and relaxing, which, I guess that's something I should bring up," Looking back over to Ignitus, he wondered if their was something he could do for comfort, "Hey, Ignitus, do you think there is anything you can do to help out with comfortable laying? Me and Cynder are use to laying on the ground, but the sand, not so much. And if the sun gets any hotter, this sand is going to burn our paws."

"What?!" Cynder cried.

"Hehe, not actually my love. The sand will just get warm from the sun and it will feel like our paws are hot, not on fire."

"Oh my... Goodness, you two are the cutest couple!" Ersa teased the two.

"So, we don't make a cute couple?" Volteer frowned, feeling as though he did something wrong.

"We make cute mates."

"Ah, I feel much better now."

"And Spyro, to answer your question for comfort, we can use blankets or what is also known as a towel. The material for it should keep us nice and comfortable in the sand so you don't have to use your earth power for us to lay on," Ersa suggested, and everyone nodded as it definitely sounded way more comfortable to lay on, "Also, another thing we could have which not many know of, but it's called an umbrella. It can block out the sun so you don't have to."

"I'm gonna have to disagree on the umbrella part," Spyro said, "Since I can use my ice powers to cool, I can drape a wing over Cynder's head to give her both shade and comfort."

"Hehe, yeah, me and Carith are also fine as I can do the same," Malefor also disagreed with the umbrella.

"Well... I don't know how to use ice of course but, I can always shock your nerves to cool you down where in it should cool you down," Volteer suggested which was a little surprising to most, including Ersa.

"Damn you're one sexy ass dragon," Ersa's words made him chuckle but the others blushed, "I guess no umbrellas. So, Ignitus, does that mean you can at least makes us those towels?"

"Shouldn't be too hard," Thinking about it for a second, his right wing started to glow white for a second, and as the light died down, Ignitus had a good group of towels rolled up underneath his wing, "Alright, there we go. Hehe, and you all are going to like what I did for each one so we know who's is who's," Pulling out one of the towels from his wing, he looked to his right across from Claire and said, "Terrador , a green towel for you," Terrador walked up and grabbed his towel, and tucking it under his wing, he walked a couple of steps away from the two and set up, "Next," Reaching underneath his wing and grabbing another towel, he looked to Volteer and Ersa, "Yellow for the mates of course," Walking up and grabbing their towel, they did the same as Terrador, finding a space a couple steps away from the group and setting up, "And now, Cyril," Calling his name, Cyril already walked over to him as he was getting his towel, and as Ignitus looked back up from his wing with towel in paw, he gave it over to his friend, "A blue one of course for you, friend. And then for the last four," With Cyril going to set up near Terrador, Malefor was next as he watched him pull out a rather interesting towel from underneath his wing, "Now," Looking at his friend, Ignitus explained as he held the towel, "This one I made with purple and blue lines to represent you and your lover of course."

"Wow, Ignitus, that's... Really cool... Thanks!" Malefor happily accepted the towel, and grabbing it from his paw, he walked over to his lover and decided to just set up where they were, "Might as well just set up right here, unless you want to choose another spot. Want this to be your special day."

"Hehe, well, as I do appreciate it, just remember, we aren't going to be laying here long... You have a castle to make, remember," Carith giggled, watching him roll out the towel and place it on the sand.

"I didn't forget where my queen deserves to be. It's going to take some time though."

"And now, Spyro, my son," Calling his name, him and Cynder walked up to Ignitus as he reached from underneath his wing and pulled out a towel that he made for the two, and looking straight at them as they stood in front of him, he smiled, "As with those two, I made a special purple and black color for you two. I didn't want to go with lines as they already had their own design, so, for you two, I made out of a wavy design since... well, we are at the beach."

"Ignitus... This is amazing!" Spyro happily accepted as he grabbed the towel, "But, how did you have time to make these so quickly?"

"I just had to think about it and they were made so, it wasn't that hard, but I made sure each was as it should be," Seeing his son smile at the design, he was glad to see he was happy with what he had done, and with the two setting up to the right of Malefor by just a couple steps away, Ignitus pulled his towel out from his wing and said to his lover, "And of course, a red and blue towel for us. And since everyone else is pretty much set up where they are, do you just want to set up right here in the middle of it all?"

"Hehe, sure, why not. After all, we are the most important," Claire giggled, getting a smile and a chuckle from her lover.

With everyone now sitting on their towels in a row, they all wondered what there was to do now, and it didn't take long for Malefor to suggest something, "Well, I don't know about you all, but how about we just chill out and soak up some sun for a bit?" Laying down on his blanket and stretching, it seemed like a great idea to everyone, "Getting some energy from the sun while we lay here will give us some energy sooner or later."

"Not all of us have someone to cuddle with, Malefor," Cyril said, almost in a sad tone as he watched Carith lay down next to her lover on the blanket.

"It's just a suggestion from me to you all. And you don't have to have a lovers, Cyril. Just lay back and enjoy the sun, or go have some fun in the water."

"We have the whole day ahead of us, Cyril," Terrador said, laying down on his blanket and enjoying some of the sun himself, "Take this as a special vacation. This is the first time since the war that we've been able to go outside of Warfang and enjoy ourselves."

"Oh yeah, that is true," Spyro said, not knowing this until Terrador had said something, and while already laid down with his lover on their blanket with his wing draped over Cynder's back, he looked to Malefor and asked, "Hehe, you know, Malefor, there's always something going on back here. First it was the battle with the Dark Master, then it was that all out brawl we had, and I remember hitting Volteer so hard I sent him flying back behind Warfang as well. Seems like the back of Warfang has mainly been a battlefield since then."

"You suggesting that there's going to be an issue, or maybe a fight?" Malefor asked, wondering what he was implying by saying that.

"Just wanting to know if you got my back, that's all."

"Hehe, well, yeah. As we said in the Chambers which Ignitus was freaking out about, we can protect everyone, or rather, our females."

"Just wanted to make sure."

"Stop making sure, dude, it's fine, alright. Now, to think of another activities that we can do, what if we surf some of them waves my dudes?"

"Surf... Waves?" Cyril asked, and for some reason, it sounded familiar to him.

"Yeah, bro. You get a board and all that kick flip shit and hit them waves brother. Don't you remember how gnarly it was?"

"The hell happened to his voice?" Terrador asked Cyril.

"You really think after all these years, you think I of all dragons can answer why he's special?" Cyril asked Terrador now, shaking his head as he wondered why he would've asked.

"Malefor, I don't know your... IQ and all but uh, I don't think you'd be smart enough to craft what is known as a surf board," Ersa spoke, getting everyone's attention as most of them had no idea what that even was, "A surf board is a little more complex then just making something out of anything. While most of you might not know this, just image if we told someone to just get up and fly, but they didn't have wings. Our wings are made for flight and, other things, like comfort. If someone didn't know that, they would try to make our wings out of wood or earth."

Blowing a raspberry, Malefor believed this to be more of a lie then what he use to do, "I've surfed waves plenty of times before with a board made out of ice. I once knew some dudes who were masters at surfing, and each showed me how to surf using a board of both earth and ice. OH YEAH!" Slapping his paws together and yelling out, everyone shuck, and listened to him with wide eyes, "There was this badass dude who was surfing the freaking waves with lightning!"

"Uhhhhhhhh... What?"

"Hehe, yeah, it was crazy. He didn't really make a board as he used his lightning underneath his paws. Before he touched the water, he would send a circle of lightning, like a step, to keep him above the water. When he was surfing the wave, he would make a trail of lightning that he was able to follow along with as he went under the wave. But somehow, he was able to move from side to side like he was sliding on ice, and it was AMAZING!"

"Who the hell was it and, no offense to Volteer but, I would like to know who this dragon was."

"Hehe, oh, that's the best part. Volteer, do you think you can explain how you did it?"

"What?!" Ersa cried, looking to Volteer and seeing him blush with a smile.

"Oh!" Cyril said, now understanding what he was saying, "Damn, Malefor. We surfed like one time, and that was years on years ago. How did you remember that?"

"He's memory is a lot better then what you may think," Carith happily said, looking to her lover and rolling a claw around his chest, "I know cause I've been there before."

While Malefor was blushing to see the lust in his lover's eyes, Ersa was still in awe, wanting to understand how Volteer did such a thing. It was a little embarrassing for him to say as he remembered why he had done it and confessed, "Well... Funny story about that day, I was trying to show off cause there were some girls at the beach that I was... hoping to get with," Ersa gasped, and immediately, Volteer continued as to not get the wrong idea, "Even as amazing as it was, all the girls were for Terrador, not me so... Sad face... Also sad face as this is where he met his abusive girlfriend."

"Oh yeah... Thanks for making me remember... brother," Terrador grumbled, laying down on his blanket and resting his head down on his paws that laid in front of him, and he grumbled once again, "One of two reasons why I don't date anymore."

"Two?" Most of the group asked.

"Well, do you think you could... Maybe do something like that again?" Ersa wondered with hope.

"That was a long time ago but... I could definitely try if you are interested. The thing is though, I have to be really smart about it, cause while I wasn't actually surfing the waves, I more made a path then I did anything else. I had to predict how the water was moving, how fast the wind was helping push the waves and much more, including if there was sea life messing with the flow of water. Then after all that, I can make a path for me to slid on with my lightning," Volteer explained a little more in-depth as to how he was able to do it.

"I'm very surprised you've never told me your mastery of lightning, and I'm also surprised you've never shown signs of turning your lightning blue until we had fought," Spyro brought up, chuckling as it did sound really cool.

"One of many reasons I was chosen to be the yellow Guardian."

"One of many reasons why I won't be upset for being on bottom tonight," Ersa whispered, biting her lip as she looked at him, and while the others couldn't hear her, Volteer did and chuckled with a blush.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get up and..." Having a paw placed over his to prevent him from standing up, Malefor looked to his left and saw it was his lover's, and he wondered, "What's wrong? I know I said we should just enjoy this time we have but, we have the whole day ahead of us."

"You leave, and I'm going to get hot. And while I know you like seeing water drip down my body, I don't like that when my sweat is next to a hundred degrees."

"Alright, here, let me help you out," Placing one of his wings around the front of her chest and around to her side, his other wing already rested over her back, and to make sure what he was doing was going to work, he put his head around the back and of her neck and whispered, "Let's make that number a negative, shall we?" Using his ice ability, he turned his body heat into pure cold, dropping his body temperature to nearly negative thirty, but since Carith was already use to the cold, this temperature felt like a simple thirty, "Is that cold enough for you," Lucky enough for him, he was also use to these types of temperatures, and since his body was cuddled up to hers, he was still able to get that body heat that felt overwhelming comfortable to him, "Damn... Now I feel really comfortable."

"Oh me too," Carith agreed, letting her breath show from how cold the two were, but it was comfortable to the two of them, and she even had to snuggle up to him more to enjoy the feeling of cold and heat, "This is perfect..."

"Hehe."

"Great. So right now, on the agenda, we want to surf, play beach volleyball, and make sand castles," Spyro said out loud, and because he did, it did seem impossible to just sit or lay there and do nothing, "That sure is a lot to do all in one day, especially if we enjoy ourselves. So, how about we all go have some fun, and then come back here and watch the sun set behind the water?" Hearing it now, it sounded like a beautiful sight for everyone to agree to, and since he knew Cynder didn't know of such a sight, he looked to her and explained, "Basically, when the sun sets behind the water, it gives this beautiful orange and blue color scheme that looks unbelievable gorgeous, and include a couple clouds here and here... Just think of yourself: Amazingly gorgeous and perfect. That's the sun setting by the beach."

Giving a blush and a sigh, she made herself a promise, "Next time, it's going to be you up against that wall, you understand me?"

"Hehe, you can definitely try."

"But how do you know this? I thought you said you and Sparks had something similar but in a cave?"

"Well, while me and the Dark Master were fighting back here, I clocked him in the throat and sent him flying into the water. While I waited for him to come up from the water rather then drowning his ass, I stopped, and looked off into the distance, amazed by its sight. And the first thing that came to mind was... 'I wish Cynder was here to see this...' And it was something else that drove me to kill the Dark Master and reunite with you... Kissing you as the sun goes down... And having that sight... It was another reason I agreed to come to the beach as well."

"You were going to drown me," Malefor whimpered, taking his head from around the back of his lover's and looking at Spyro, "I know it wasn't me at the time but, I still would've felt that shit my dude."

"Then you should've gained control sooner," Spyro defended himself, looking away from his lover and at Malefor.

"You've fulfilled almost all of my wishes," Cynder whispered, getting Spyro's attention as he looked at her, "And while all the others are easily obtainable with you in the years to come... I guess I have another wish that I hope to be fulfilled with you..." Seeing her blush only slightly, he wondered what the wish was, "I would... also like to experience what it would be like, to kiss as the sun sets..."

Smiling at her request, he nodded at her, "Of course, Cynder."

"And do you think we could also add the whole, you drowning Malefor, part?"

"WHAT?!" Malefor cried.

"Now now, Cynder, play nice," Carith giggled, looking over at her friend and admitting, "He's been a very good dragon today so I can vouch for him."

"Oh thank goodness..." Malefor sighed.

"Speaking of being good, Cynder, while the guys go off and play for a bit, what do you say we ask Claire and Ersa those, questions?"

"Oh yeah," Cynder smiled, agreeing rather quickly, "But the question is, what do we sit out on?"

"Well, the guys are the ones building the sand castles. So what if we all did this: We have that game of volleyball, then after that, some of the guys surf while the others make sand castles. While they are doing that, we can all get together and have another nice girls day?" Her suggestion was enough to get everyone to smile as it sounded like a plan, "It's just is a shame that I have to get up... Malefor, if that water is cold..."

"I will always be there for you," Malefor said with passion, looking at his lover and putting a fist on his chest.

"What are these... questions?" Claire asked.

"Don't worry, it's nothing too bad... Well, it might be for Ersa," Cynder was honest.

"Oh no..." Ersa whimpered, putting a paw on her face and shaking her head.

"But enough about that," Standing up with her lover, Cynder looked to the water and gave a sigh, "Now is the time to go and have some fun! And while it's going to take me a bit to remember how to swim, I know I can do it."

"Spyro teaching Cynder to swim again?!" Carith cried with a smile, jumping up on her towel as she was ready to see it come true before her very eyes.

"Okay, yeah, now I'm definitely ready to get up as well," Claire giggled, standing up and ready to walk to the water.

"Sorry, Cynder, but you know us girls have to tease you for this," Ersa agreed, standing up as she was just as interested.

"Oh my goodness..." Cynder sighed, realising what she had started from what she had said.

"Don't worry, I will help get them off your back," Spyro whispered to her, and she was curious as to know what it could be that he would reveal, "Look, girls, I know everyone picks on Cynder and all about me having to teach her how to swim, but... Hehe... I guess what's even more sad is the fact that it took me till I was ten to finally learn how to fly."

"Ten?!" The girls all cried, and Ersa asked with a follow up, "Bu... But you're... You're a dragon! Most I've heard of late flight was from a three year old... But it took you ten years?!"

"Hehe... hehehe," Putting a paw over his mouth, Malefor tired everything in his power not to laugh, and it became increasingly more difficult as they all talked.

"Yeah... Once I was brought into this war, and I met up with Ignitus, he was the one who taught me how to fly. It's normal for some to not know how to swim, but fly... That's a different story," Spyro chuckled, and hearing a snort come from someone, he looked to Malefor to see his cheeks getting red as he held in his laughter, "Malefor... Don't do it. Swallow your pride man, you're better then this... Hehe, okay, that was a joke in itself, but Malefor! Don't do it."

"Why the hell did you say something so stupid then!" Malefor growled through his paw, still trying to hold in his laughter even as he growled.

"Well, if the Dark Master hadn't attacked the Dragon Temple, I wouldn't have had to miss my flying lessons with my parents," His words were enough to get the laughter from him to die down, and seeing his frown as he dropped his paw back to the ground, he apologized as he didn't realize how badly he said it, "That was... way worse then what I had in mind. Look, some good news, that's when I met Sparks and my foster parents. And we're fine... okay?" Malefor tried to give a smirk with what he had said, but even still, his words had still gotten to him, "Hehe, if anything, I'm pretty sure I saved my parents. Sparks, for being so little, was definitely a dragon paw size full of work."

"I should know. I had to deal with his annoying ass the entire way to Warfang," Cynder grumbled as she stood up with Spyro on their towel and made their way over to the water, "It's funny how I told you I loved our time back then, but then I remember Sparks... I then I remember it being less enjoyable... Then again, there were some times where he did help me understand what you were feeling during some down times. Like when I thought you were going to leave me cause I peaked your cheek that day."

"Hehe, yeah, as stupid as that was for me to just walk away, I celebrated like a happy little dragon that night."

"I then did the same."

"Hehe, yeah... Crazy how long ago that was though."

With the other two heading to the waters, Cyril and Terrador followed shortly after, then Volteer and Ersa. It took Malefor a second, but as Ignitus and Claire got up to head to the waters, Ignitus stopped to look at his friend and give him some advice, "Look, Malefor, none of us could've known what would've happened that day. Remember what I've said about dwelling on the past; Where would Spyro be now if that attack didn't happen, or Cynder, or anyone of us for that matter," Picking up his head to look at his friend, Ignitus gave a chuckle and joked before walking away from the two with Claire, "My clone told me about how who ever would shed a tear would get punched in the gut, so I would think about keeping those tears of yours from showing. I'm sure Claire would love some revenge."

"Yeah right," Malefor growled, finally smiling as he watched his friend walk away from the two, and giving a sigh to himself, he had to agree, "They keep reminding me of the same thing of what would've or could've been... And... I guess it was best the way things went down," Seeing the sadness come back on his face, Carith frowned as she heard him talk about what could've happened, "If I didn't raid that day... Those Hatchlings would've been born, reunited with their parents... Then I would've killed them then... And maybe everyone at that point... including Spyro..."

"Malefor," Carith whispered, putting a paw on his shoulder and trying to comfort him, "I've thought about what could've happened as well when it came to me and you as well. What would've happened if Spyro and Cynder killed you before we had the chance to stop them? What would've happened if you left when Spyro threatened you to do so? We shouldn't worry about such things or else we're taking away from the good we are experiencing now... It will only bring you down, but you should look up now more then ever, especially since Spyro seems so happy to have you as a partner."

"I know, I know..."

"If you did, then we'd already be at the water."

"Speaking of water... You ever kissed underwater?"

"What are you getting at?"

Running away from her and over to the others, Carith was suspicious and followed behind him, wondering as to how that would work, Kissing underwater? We'd basically be kissing water. Now with everyone assembled near where the water met land, the two who had joined in late heard a conversation Volteer and Ersa were having when it came to what Spyro had said about flight. Ersa was the one to speak the most on the conversation as she felt a little bad for what had happened, "So, it took you ten years to finally learn how to fly... And by Ignitus of all dragons. That must make you a pretty good dad, Ignitus," Hearing this made him chuckle while making Claire trail off in her thoughts with a smile, "Hey, Volteer, for me and you, how long do you think we should give until we teach our Hatchling to fly?"

"What?!" Malefor cried, but then he remembered the two had already been talking for a while, "Oh, yeah... Hehe, sorry. I forgot that you two have been... Very open. Hehehe, I also remember that Volteer was a bitch in bed."

"Malefor, shut your mouth before I shock your nerves and shut it forever," Volteer threatened him which made Malefor growl at him, "Anyway, I wouldn't say that we should rush our little one into flight. If we keep things peaceful, then there's no reason for him to have to strain his adjusting and growing body. And for my suggestion, he or she will have plenty of time to enjoy it's youth, and will mainly be resting with us, whether it be on our heads, wings, or even our bed."

Hearing how much thought Volteer had put into his future plans, he saw everyone looking at him with wide eyes, and even Ersa gave a giggle to her mate, "Someone's excited. And here I thought I was the one most excited for this to happen," Giving a chuckle and blush, everyone else went back to what they were doing, and since they were now being ignored for the time being, Ersa elbowed him and whispered, "Speaking of resting, how long was I on your chest our first night?"

"Oh, stop it... You know I was on your chest most of the night."

"Another reason I love you: You make cute jokes."

"Oh we will see tonight. Last time was just cause you kept using pressure points."

"Okay, we're going to need to take this slow," Spyro explained as he walked into the water with Cynder by his side, "I know this is supposed to be funny and all, but this isn't a joke for me. Unlike with Avalar, you have nothing at your paws to keep you above water, so once you're out there, you have to know how to stay a float," Seeing her swallow hard, now somewhat fearing the water, he helped comfort her, "Don't worry. I don't know exactly how beach volleyball works in the water, but I'm pretty sure you won't have to do much moving... unless the ball flies behind your head."

"Hehe, yeah, that's my luck," Cynder giggled from fear as she made her way more into the water with Spyro next to her.

"Hey, I made the joke about getting hit by lightning that one time," Malefor brought up a joke he made from the past.

"Speaking of lightning, Spyro, Malefor, please refrain from using your lightning while in water next to all of us," Volteer warned as he knew what would happen.

"Coming from a guy, and his mate, who are literally made of lightning."

"Scales, not lightning."

"Oh really?! Next you tell me your eyes are really squishy little grapes, and our noses are just holes in our body's that help us breath better!"

"I mean... both are kinda..."

"I'm gonna slit your damn throat you..."

"Hey, Malefor, can you breath for a bit while Cynder concentrates on not drowning?" Spyro called him out, making Malefor look at him with wide eyes before looking back at Volteer and growling for getting off easy, "Okay, I'm going to walk ahead and show you what I do to stay above the water," Walking ahead of her and swimming in the water a couple feet away from her, he turned around to face her and explained, "Just remember, don't put too much force in trying to stay above the water or else you'll tire yourself out quick. Our upper body will do most of the work. Use your back paws to push downwards, which will push you upwards, but you don't need that much force to do so. As for your front paws, just use these if you need to move, or as extra leverage to keep yourself above water."

"Oh... Okay... I will... try," Cynder said with hesitation, making her way more into the water.

"And also, be careful of waves that will gradually pick up your body. Moving up with the wave will help keep your body, but mainly face, over the wave," Seeing her take another step, he could see she was getting further from where she could stand in the water, so he quickly put some more tips in to help her out, "If water gets in your eyes, blink as much as you can and try not to touch your eyes as you just put more water in them! It'll burn but that's okay for once you get use to it, you could even open your eyes underwater! But I...!"

"Spyro... It's okay," Cynder giggled as everything he was saying was only scaring her more which he noticed once she had stopped him, "I got this... I got this," Trying to motivate herself, everyone watched as she was now no longer on land and started to swim all on her own, but having the water so close to her mouth as the water raised up and down her neck, it made her breath more heavily then before, "Okay, Okay, I... Ugh... I got this," Everyone could see she was scaring herself as she started to push harder and harder with her paws as she tried to keep herself a float, and feeling her strengh weakening rather quickly, she cried, "Spy...! Spyro...!"

Flicking a paw up from under the water, a rock pillar pop up from the water and underneath his lover, and with her shiver as she stood on the rock, Spyro swam over to her and asked, "Are you okay?" Laying down on the rock pillar, Cynder put her face close to the edge to look her lover in the eyes, and he frowned as it was much scarier then having been in Avalar, "Sorry, Cynder. It's definitely more difficult without support... And I kinda feel like this is on me for not training you right."

"Sp... Spyro," Cynder whispered through her chattering teeth as now she was freezing not being in the water, "This isn't on you, you're trying all you can... I just need to not be... so scared of drowning."

"Hey, Cynder," Malefor called out to everyone's surprise, and she turned to look at him as she wondered what he had to say, "Drowning is a real fear. Lack of oxygen is scary for lots of dragons so don't feel bad for being so scared."

While everyone was surprised that he was showing his feelings towards what was happening, Spyro had to growl for what he had taken, "Alright, Malefor, thanks for the help, but this is my lover and I can take care of her," With Malefor backing off with a chuckle, Cynder gave a giggle as she looked back at her lover and heard him continue, "Just imagine that was me saying all that, okay?" Giving a giggle, she also nodded which was good for him as he joked, "I was going to say all that anyway... But... Going back, these are steps for us to overcome together. You'll get the hang of it, I know you will. I will lower the pillar when ever you're ready, and if you feel like you're losing it again, just tell me, and I will help you out, okay?"

Giving a sigh, she giggled as she knew this was another one of those times, "You know what's been so crazy about these past few days... It's been all about trust for you. When it came to my life, the transferring of the darkness, now with me swimming and... What is the universe trying to tell me?"

"Hehe, who knows. I'm just going with the flow."

"Well... I'm going to try and go with the flow as well so..." Standing up with a sigh and shivers, she was ready for him to drop the pillar, "I'm ready to get back in the water... Just... Go slow when putting the earth back into the... well... earth."

"Hehe, don't worry, I will," Backing up a bit from the pillar, he used his paw to slowly drop the pillar back down into the water, and as it did, he watched as Cynder started to swim on her own with the best of her ability, "There you go... You got it. If you feel fine, then that's amazing. If you feel scared, know that I have you... Okay," Seeing her nod, a wave pushed his body up a little, and instead of saying something, he wanted to see if she could do it on her own, and to his surprise, she was able to keep her head above water while keeping calm, "There you go, Cynder!" Cynder giggled to see how happy her lover was with her now new ability to swim, "How does it feel knowing that you can kick ass at anything?!"

"Hehe... Alright, me love, it's hard for me to kiss you while still somewhat learning how to... swim. I still need to learn what you said when it comes to floating," With Cynder now able to swim at an amateur level, everyone now decided to join in by walking into the water and start swimming with the others as well, and with more company, it made Cynder feel much safer, "Having you all out here is definitely going to be even more comfortable in case something happens."

"Don't worry, Cynder, we all believed in you and you did it," Claire said with a smile, and with everyone else smiling at her, Cynder smiled wide back at everyone else for their support.

"Thank you," Cynder smiled as she thanked everyone, and seeing Spyro at the corner of her eye giving a slight frown, she giggled as she looked to him and corrected a bit, "Thank you all, and especially my lover, Spyro."

His fake frown turned to a big smile real quick as he chuckled, "Oh yeah, well, you know..."

"Making sure Spyro's ego doesn't explode let's get back on topic; are we all ready to play some volleyball?" Malefor asked, and seeing everyone nod, he was ready to go as well, "Alright then. Ignitus, you got the ball?"

"Indeed," Reaching into the water, they all saw him pull a ball from underneath his wing rather quickly, "Hehe, I was already ready with the ball while you all were talking. Now, here comes the hard part... Teams."

"I call Spyro!" Almost everyone said.

"Damn... You popular little bitch," Malefor chuckled.

"Don't worry, we are going to make this even. Since Spyro's strength is obviously a problem, we are going to have to have me be on another team," Ignitus explained, and with his words, it did make sense to everyone as to how things would go, "Now, we can either choose which team we want to be on, or I can go with the obvious so we can just get the game started."

"Pretty sure it really doesn't matter now since the teams should be balanced."

"Alright then, Team Spyro: Cynder, Malefor, Carith, and Cyril. Team Ignitus: Volteer, Claire, Terrador, and Ersa," Ignitus explained, and with the teams being made, everyone swam over to where they needed to be with Spyro's team being on the left and Ignitus's team being on the right side, "Alright, now with the teams set, here are the rules," A bright white line appeared in the middle of the water between the two teams, making them both back up to give some space between the lines, and some watched in awe as the line moved with the water but still stayed where it was made, "Stay behind the line. Pop the ball, point to the other team."

"Shit," Malefor and Spyro chuckled.

"First to three wins for a simple game. Maximum hits on each side is three, and you can't hit the ball more then twice by the same dragon. So, Spyro can hit it, then Malefor, then Spyro can hit it again. You can not catch or throw the ball, and to keep it simple, I don't think I need to talk about boundaries or positions, and if you need to move, just move. And to make sure we don't bump into one another, call the ball before you hit it if you can. Simple courtesy will make this game more fun, and use of abilities is forbidden!"

"Damn it," All the guys grumbled.

"What the hell are you saying 'Damn it' for, Volteer?" Spyro asked, seeing him already chuckle.

"Yeah, weren't you the one saying, 'Don't use your lightning in the water cause grumble grumble grumble'," Malefor made fun of him in his impersonation of his own voice, and hearing him being called out by someone else, he ducked his nose under the water and blew bubbles from anger, "Yeah, that's what I thought."

"This shouldn't need to be said, but disrespect from another team will count as half a point for the other team," Ignitus brought in another rule, making Volteer jump up from the water and splash back down as he laughed at him.

"HAHA!" Volteer laughed, knowing that he was now able to not get picked on by his friend.

"That's a stupid ass rule," Malefor grumbled under his breath.

"Last I checked, time isn't an ability," Spyro chuckled, thinking he was going to use this to his advantage.

"Disrupting and manipulating the flow of time is forbidden as well," Ignitus chuckled, shaking his head as he knew that was going to come up sooner or later.

"That's gonna need to be added to my words that I never knew I'd hear in my life," Ersa giggled, surprised to even here such a thing being forbidden.

"Volteer being a bitch in bed should also be one," Malefor joked.

"Malefor!"

"Half point to team Ignitus," Ignitus smiled as he gave their team half point.

"Bull Shit, game hadn't started," Malefor growled.

"Now, come on, Malefor, remember the rule of respect," Cyril chuckled as he didn't want to lose.

"Respect..." Growling from it, Malefor found distaste in the word, "Can't spell Respect without speck... Just remove the K and you still get speck... And that's what the enemy team is to me."

"Purple and Red is what the teams are," Ignitus explained even though he didn't know he would've had to, "Now, if we are all done," Raising the ball above his head, he was ready to start the game, "As soon as I sever this ball, this game is going to start," Now with the ball up above his head, everyone got ready to play, and he called it out as he threw the ball in the air, "Game on!" Hitting the ball at the other team, he told his team, "Now get ready on the return!"

With the ball traveling over the white line in the middle, it headed right over Malefor's head, and smiling wide, he jumped up out the water and called out, "I got it!"

Wait... maybe I should've talked about boundaries cause of their strength, Ignitus thought, and hearing a loud slap, everyone watched as the ball flung past the red team and out to the open ocean. Malefor hit it hard enough to make it skid on the water a couple of times before finally landing a mile away from the play field. Splashing back down into the water, Malefor smiled and yelled out in joy, "Point for Purple team! Now we are one to zero."

"Is that fair?" Cyril asked, feeling a little bad as that seemed like they were cheating.

"No, it's not," Ignitus grumbled, shaking his head as he knew it had to be Malefor to mess with what he said and didn't, "I guess this is my fault for not wanting to make boundaries," Pulling a paw up from the water and snapping his fingers, a white square came from the middle of the play field and went outwards, setting the field for the outwards boundaries, "Now, let me clarify," With the line now set out behind everyone in the back to give them room to move around, Ignitus snapped his fingers again, causing a white light to grow and later fade as another ball appeared in his paw, "Now we have a border. If you hit the ball outside, the ball goes to the opposing team. You can only score if you hit the ball and it lands in the boundary."

"Which means the point you scored doesn't count," Volteer growled at him.

"Hehe, Yeah, no, that's not how that works. You can't add a rule halfway through after a point was already scored and expect that point to be lost," Malefor declined that fact, bringing up some facts as he remembered some of the rules to a game similar to this one, "Plus, the one who serves is supposed to be in the back for a normal game of volleyball, so technically, Ignitus would be caught cheating, but since it's on your team, you're not going to say anything, are you?"

"I don't think this sportsmanship rule is working all that well," Terrador pointed out, not surprised that Malefor would fight against it.

"The hell you talking about? If the other team was to talk big without having the knowledge to back it up, your damn sure I'm going to call them out on it."

"You're a sore loser."

"Hehe, kinda hard to be one if you don't lose."

"You lost the war," Claire giggled.

"True, but, that was someone else. So far, I haven't lost a game ever."

"We should change that then," Ersa smiled, now wanting nothing more then to beat the other team.

"I'm not like Volteer; I'm a real man, and men never lose."

"The hell is that supposed to mean?" Volteer asked, confused as to what he meant by that.

"Oh ho ho, Ersa should know."

"Malefor!" Ersa yelled at him now knowing what he meant, and since she now did, it clicked for everyone else.

"Okay, for that one, we are starting a new game. Your point is being deducted," Ignitus growled at him, shaking his head that Malefor would even say something like that, "Now, if you are done talking about others, I would like to start playing again," Malefor chuckled as he looked at Volteer, and since he could see he was ready to attack him, Malefor kept his mouth shut, "Alright, we will keep it as the rules say," Throwing the ball behind his head, Volteer was behind him and caught the ball with his paws, "Since Volteer is in the back along with Ersa, they can serve. As for your team, since Cyril is back there along with Cynder, only they can serve."

"I haven't had to keep track of some much information in my life before because of one thing," Cynder giggled as hearing all the rules all spread out made it hard to follow along.

"Oh really?" Spyro asked as he turned and looked at her.

"You're not a thing, your a handsome dragon being."

"Fair enough."

"Alright, Volteer, when ever you are ready," Ignitus said as he prepared for the ball to be served.

Bringing up something like virginity is beyond you, Malefor, Volteer growled, using his lightning on his right paw to help him pick up his body from the water, and everyone watched in awe as he made his way above the water, standing on his lightning to help give himself an advantage, I'll make sure to take your horn for that. Throwing the ball in the air, Volteer jumped up in the air and slapped the back of the ball straight to the other team. The lightning underneath him disappeared, making him splash down into the water, and coming up from underneath the water, he looked to see the ball had slapped right against Malefor's face. It was enough to make everyone hiss in pain as they watched the ball slide off his forehead and into the water. Everyone was silent as they saw Malefor not move a muscle, but after a bit, he clenched his teeth and started to growl.

"Before we have a Dark Master disaster!" Ignitus cried out, as seeing Malefor look up with killer intent, he knew he had to stop the two before something happened, "It is illegal to hit any part of the players body, so, Volteer, that doesn't count as a point. I also said use of abilities is a no go. Because a rule was violated by the sever, the ball will be given over to the other team. Also, to help out, if a rule is violated, there is a chance to lose a point if necessary, so, from here on out, try not to make contact."

Grabbing the ball from the water, Malefor's anger got the best of him. Grabbing the ball, he put enough force on it to pop the ball, deflating it and dropping it to the water. Ignitus gave a huge sigh as he had to make another ball while getting rid of the other one, and while that was happening, Volteer crossed his arms and defended himself, "Since he popped the ball, that's a point for red team. And plus, why the hell did you bring up virginity for? You brought this upon yourself, and that's your fault."

"What's that?" Cynder asked in confusion while everyone else was shaking their heads with blushes, but because she asked, it now made it even more awkward.

"Um... Cynder," Carith murmured, not really knowing if this should be talked about right now, "I can, tell you later."

"Wait, Spyro, how do you know?" Cyril asked, wondering how he would know the world.

"You act like I haven't had females try and say things to make me get with them, especially this one pink Dragoness," Spyro grumbled, not wanting to think about her.

"Okay, Now I really need to know," Cynder said.

Throwing a new ball over the line and over to the two in the back, Ignitus gave a sigh as he was hoping they could start the game at some point, "Alright, lets try this for the third time. Cynder or Cyril, if you two want to serve, you can. Cynder hasn't had the best examples on how serving works so... I would say let Cyril show you first before you try," It made sense to everyone, so, Cynder pushed the ball over to Cyril, and now with him having the ball in his paw, the game could now continue, "Alright... Everyone just... breath. Cyril, please, nice and easy serve."

"Alright," Cyril agreed, throwing the ball in the air and serving it to the other side as he hit the back of it.

With the ball flying over the line, it was a nice clean serve to the other side, and closing in on Claire, she hit it up to the air, but not over the line, so Ignitus stepped in and hit it over the line. The ball was too high for Spyro to reach it, and seeing it fly over his head, he knew it was up to Cynder, "That's all you my love!" Fearing of what she was supposed to do, she hit the ball into the air, keeping it from hitting their side, "There you go!" The ball didn't go very far, so Spyro had to swim over in front of his lover and hit the ball over to Malefor, "Malefor, coming at you," Hitting the ball over to him, he focused away from the game for a second and chuckled as he looked at Cynder, "You're a natural at this. A little help for you, when the ball comes at you, hit it at an angle rather then just straight up. Even if you miss, I can serve it over."

"Okay..." Cynder sighed, trying to take in even more information.

"Spyro!" Malefor cried.

Looking behind himself, he saw the ball coming right at him, and moving out of the way, he called for his lover to hit it, "You got this!"

Doing as she was told, she had enough time to hit the ball at an angle which sent it more forward then up, and since Spyro was already prepared, he swam a little more forward and hit the ball over the line, "You're a natural!" Getting a giggle from his lover, Spyro chuckled as the two were having a lot more fun then they thought they could, "Alright, Malefor, any information on the other team that we can use?"

"Information?" Malefor asked, turning to see Carith hitting the ball forward, and watching as it came over to him, he hit the ball back over the line, "You trying to get tactical?"

"Hehe, I mean, why not?"

"Well, for some information," Hearing the ball splash behind them, everyone looked over to see Cyril wasn't able to return the ball, giving the team another point, "We are one point down and losing, how's that information?"

"It's been... noted."

"Sorry... Everyone," Cyril frowned, feeling bad already that it was him who had failed the team.

"It was only one point, Cyril," Spyro comforted him.

"Alright, send the ball back over," Ignitus called out, and doing as he was told, Cyril threw the ball over to the other side and the game continued, "Alright, Ersa, if you want to serve," Having the ball land in front of him, she nodded, so he grabbed the ball in front of him and tossed it over to her, "I know this may seem annoying, but I do have to do it," Looking back to the other team, he gave out the score, "The score is now one for red and zero for purple. When the sides switch with the ball, then I would say like, two your team and one our team."

"Hehe, well, you're not wrong about the future score," Malefor chuckled, Looking forward to the point advantage.

"We will see about that," Ersa smiled as she served the ball.

---

Come on, what's your move... Sitting down in the Sleeping Chambers and waiting for the supposed threat, the clone of Ignitus sat next to his bed and tapped his claws in a row as he waited, I know he's going to make a move, and even as I try everything I can to focus on him and only him, why can't I see where he is. It was clear to him what this meant, but this also made more of a problem for the future, His mind must be corrupted by the darkness, hiding him and his thoughts, which only makes this more difficult. Hearing what sounded like a voice coming from behind the door to the entrance of the Guardians Chambers, the clone growled as he knew what this might mean, "There you are."

Standing up and walking to the door, he prepared himself to meet this new threat, Please don't be stubborn. Please let there be some way we can end this before it turns into a war. Reaching up and grabbing the door knob, his paw shuck uncontrollably, but he knew he couldn't show his fear. Giving a huge sigh, he calmed himself down, and now controlling himself, he twisted the door knob and opened the door. Chest puffed out and ready for anything, he growled as he opened the door, "I'm not here for a fight..." He paused as he looked to see it wasn't the Dark Master, but three dragons, three familiar dragons, "Blitz... Bolt... Sesal?"

"Oh! Ignitus!" Blitz jumped back as he didn't expect that anyone was even around.

"What are you three doing here?" The clone asked, both relieved and confused.

"Oh, well, we didn't know where you all had gone, and while we don't want to be Guardians, we were prepared to help and fill in your jobs for the time being."

Why do I know feel... relived to have these three here, The clone thought, but he knew why rather quickly, and since these three were here, he wondered if they had seen anything, "You three by any chance wouldn't happen to have seen a red dragon around here. It's... pretty serious for reasons I don't want to scare you all with so... I just wanted to know if anyone has come up here?"

Thinking about it, the three friends look at one another, shrugging their shoulders as they hadn't seen anything, but hearing that there was something to worry about, Blitz was interested, "What's got you scared? Is this about where everyone went? Wait! They all aren't dead are they?!"

"No no no, nothing like that. I'm a clone of Ignitus watching out for someone. Everyone else is out having fun at a beach."

"Damn... That actually sounds like fun."

"Why? Cause Ignitus said it was fun?" Bolt asked.

"He just wants to see if there are females out there he can hit on. And with them in the water, it makes him feel even better to look at them," Sesal sighed, knowing exactly what his friend wanted.

"Hey now, come on, I'm a teen, what do you expect?" Blitz chuckled, " Then again, if I did go and accidentally looked at Cynder, Spyro would've killed me, so it's probably best I didn't go... But getting back on track, you seem scared, Ignitus, well... clone of him. You said this was pretty serious and scary which must mean it has something to do was another possible war breaking out." The clone didn't want to say anything as he didn't know if they should know such details, but for some reason, having them there to talk with him made him feel better, "Last I checked, just three of the Guardians were able to hold off a horde of enemies, then we came over with the population of Warfang and wreaked house. Now with Malefor and Spyro, what is there to be worried about?"

"Yeah, not to mention the fact that Spyro kicked our ass even with all of us fighting him," Sesal also agreed as he didn't see a reason to worry either.

"And we have been training more since then so, we've gotten stronger, both from muscle and intelligence with tactics and how to survive," Bolt pointed out as well, and hearing that the three were getting stronger, it added on to the force to push back if there was a war.

"You are all truly helpful," The clone sighed, feeling at more ease, and now hearing what all they've said, he felt comfortable to tell them the truth, "There is a red dragon out there who is trying to start a war using the darkness again, and he might be coming here today. Spyro doesn't know of this, none of what is happening... but he knows the destroyer is out there making this even more difficult to keep the darkness a secret... cause if he finds out... he might kill Malefor."

"The Destroyer is alive," Blitz asked without even shedding a drop of sweat, nor showing fear for it.

"You... aren't scared? Even after what it did?"

"Well, rumor is, Spyro and Cynder fought Malefor, then the world was brought together by something or someone. So if it happened once before, but now with Malefor being a good guy, What's the problem?"

"The problem is... With the earth already having been ripped apart once, if it happens again, and Spyro tries to bring the world back together... he would have to kill himself to bring the world back together," Now hearing the news, the three friends gasped as they now understood how dangerous this situation was, "His body would become one with the earth... and we would... lose him... So if the destroyer successfully does its job, even with Spyro's power, he would have to die to save everyone."

"But... he... he won't... right?" Blitz asked with hesitation.

"I... I don't know... I don't know..."

---

"Alright, Cynder, score is two on purple, two on red, your serve," Ignitus explained as he prepared to win this game, "It's all on your serve."

Giving a sigh, Cynder prepared herself, hoping that she wouldn't let her team down, You got this... You got this. Throwing the ball into the air, she served it to the other side with ease, and now with the game continuing, everyone was ready to win it for their team. The ball bounced back and forth, being hit from one side to the next by the other team constantly, and after a while, some started to shake as they feared to drop the ball, especially Cynder. With the ball coming to her, her paw almost slipped past the ball, but she was lucky enough to hit it over to Spyro so he could serve it over. That was... way to close. Unfortunately for her, while she was giving a sigh, she didn't know the ball was coming right at her once again.

"Cynder!" The entirety of purple team cried, getting her to look up at the ball above her head.

"Whoa!" Cynder cried, smacking the ball into the air.

She wasn't able to hit the ball well enough to send it over the line, so Spyro had to come in as support, swimming a little close to her to hit the ball over. With the ball coming down, Cynder backed up to give him some space as he swung his paw around and hit the ball over to the other side. Seeing how badly she was shaking, he tried his best to keep his eye on the game while having another one on her to help out, "You okay my love?"

"Ye... Yeah!" Cynder cried happily, clenching her paws into fists as she's never had so much fun in a long time, "I've never felt so, energetic before! It's like I'm constantly kissing you, but that feeling is going all throughout my body, making me shiver with excitement! Like when ever you use your lightning when we kiss, and it makes me shiver with pleasure... That's what's happening now."

"Spyro!" Malefor called out, not hitting it well and sending it back to the two.

"Let's keep that then," Spyro said, confusing her for a second, but watching him hit the ball in the air, he believed she could do it, "You got this my love!"

It was a scary feeling to know this last hit was all on her, but she smiled as she enjoyed it, to feel the rush of adrenaline that she use to feel when fighting, You got this! Jumping up from the water and hitting the ball, it was a clean hit, clean enough to send it back over to the other side. To her surprise and everyone else's, she hit it well enough to send the ball in the middle of the red team, and even as Terrador called it, both Volteer and Ersa also moved in to help knock the ball back to the other side. Cynder gave an evil grin as she knew this was an easy win, Sorry everyone, but I have to cheat. Moving a claw to her right, wind moved the ball over to the right side of the field, landing in the water next to all of the ones who tried to hit the ball back. Hearing the splash as the ball hit the water, everyone stopped as they all knew what this meant.

"Isn't that crazy how the world works," Cynder smirked, causing everyone to look over at her, "It's a shame when wind gets in the way of the game. And since there is no way to prove nor disprove an ability was used as it is against the rules, that would just mean it was bad luck. So with that kind of analogy, purple team should win, right?"

Ignitus chuckled as he couldn't even be mad with how amazing that play was, and so, he called the score, "I see Cynder is still as evil as ever. But, even with knowing the truth... I have to give her that one. The score is three to two. And with that... purple team wins the game."

"YEAH!" While everyone on purple team cheered, red team sighed, but they all still smiled as they had a good time.

"You saw the smile on Cynder's face as well, didn't you?" Claire asked, smiling at her lover, and seeing him smile as well, she knew he had.

"Yeah... Cynder was having a lot of fun, and as much as I don't want Malefor to win... I wanted Cynder to have her moment," Ignitus admitted, getting a nice kiss to his lips from his lover, and before he could kiss back, she pulled away to his dismay, "Hehe... evil little female... You know, being covered in water and all wet reminds me of that night... when I stopped you from leaving."

"Even as bad as it was... it was one of the best moments of my life."

Getting rid of the ball and boundary lines, everyone knew that the game was over and started to head back to shore. With everyone hearing back, Spyro stayed in the back with Cynder and continued to congratulate her for her work, "I know I keep saying it but... That truly was amazing. It's pretty crazy but, if you want another reason for why I love it, it's because I love your evil side."

"Evil? I am no such thing. I had no input on how the world works, so that was just a good serve over the line," Cynder defended herself, giggling at what he had said.

"Hehe... Well, I did have this story idea, but since your not evil, I guess we can't do it."

"Wait wait wait... I'm listening."

"Well... I would save you from your chain, but then you would attack me, forcing me to kiss you. But you..."

"Whoa whoa whoa... Alright," Since no one was around as they made it to shore, she agreed with a blush, "Is this happening tonight or tomorrow, cause I'm all for it."

"When do you want to be captured?"

"Tonight..." Cynder blushed.

Chuckling at what she had said, he made it over to their towel and stood on it along with everyone else as they stood on their own towels. Having sand now all over their paws, it was the one thing that Spyro could agree that sucked about going to the beach, "Now, one thing that definitely isn't great about going to the beach is having sand stick to your paws, and you'll track it everywhere, no matter where you go."

"Yeah, don't worry about the sand or anything," Ignitus said, making his son look over at him, "When I teleport us back, I'll make sure to use my powers to clean off the sand so we don't need to worry."

"Well, while you all are worrying," Cracking his fingers and getting prepared for his work, Malefor looked to see the sun was going to go down soon and knew he needed to get to work, "I need to start working on my sand castle since the day is about to end here soon," Peaking his lover on the cheek, he walked off the towel and a couple of steps away, measuring out what he would need to do and how he would do it, "I can have the door there... maybe a couple of windows there... I don't think I can make a throne..."

"So I guess we are all just doing our own thing now," Volteer said, and with this freedom, he knew what it was that he wanted to do, "Guess I better practice how I surf before I try and hit a big wave," Pecking his lover on the cheek, he walked away from her and over to the ocean, and he spoke to himself as he wondered what exactly it was that he did, "Now I have to remember how I did what I did... I definitely can't mess this up in front of my mate."

Seeing everyone going off to do there own thing, both Cyril and Terrador wondered what they were going to do. Since the day was coming to a close, the temperature had gone done a bit, and since he was cold from getting out of the water, he decided to just chill out and let the sun soak in, "I think I'm just going to chill out. This would be a perfect time to just lay back and think." Cyril smiled as it did seem like a good idea, and he did the same as Terrador, laying down on their backs and spreading out there wings to get a perfect amount of sun, "There we go..."

"Well... I guess this means you're going to leave me and go do something," Claire asked as she looked to Ignitus, and unfortunately, he knew he would have to.

"I... have to check on how things are going at the Chambers. But I can stay here and warm you up for a bit before you talk with the other girls," Ignitus said, feeling a little bad that he would have to leave, and she didn't understand why he would have to, but he caught this before she could say something, "My clones have become frightened for what is to come, so they aren't thinking straight, and neither am I. So it's best to just go to them and get the information that way."

"You don't think things could be... worse, then what we know...?"

"That's the problem, it's the unknown that's always scared me."

Shaking as she didn't realize it for a bit, the cold feeling of the water and the wind hitting her scales made Cynder shiver. Lucky enough, she was able to cuddle up with Spyro and get the right amount of warmth that she needed. She couldn't help but let out a pleased sigh as she enjoyed everything about today, "You know... This day truly has been quite enjoyable... We haven't been able to have fun and just... chill out in so long... And now with this day, I wonder... Do you ever wonder if life could always be like this?"

"It's what I'm fighting for... Hehe, well, You are the first and only thing I fight for, but..." Pausing as he gave a sigh, he looked at how things have gone and knew he wanted nothing more then to keep this peace, "You've never seen peace like this before in your life, and I wouldn't count our time before Malefor since, there was still always stuff happening, but even now... With Malefor and Carith, along with others joining... It's nice... And I never knew you would have so much fun which was a bonus, especially for me to see."

"Guess it brought back competition. I know you can protect me, but... I guess I just miss fighting and stretching out my muscles every once and awhile."

"Well... I don't see why you can't. I just don't ever want you to fight in anymore wars or conflicts... and I also don't ever want you to get hurt again which... I guess means I don't want you to fight."

"Spyro... I'm not going to train like you. Fighting a couple dark creatures or apes in the Training Room is all I'd want. And a cut or two shouldn't be a problem."

"If... it would make you happy... then I can... try my best to agree."

"You're not going to try, You will, understand?"

"Hehe, yes my love."

"Hey, Cynder," Hearing a voice, Cynder and Spyro looked over to their left and saw Ersa was walking over to them, "Since everyone is now going and doing their own activities, do you want to have our girl talk now?"

"Oh, yeah, of course," Cynder agreed as she watched Ersa walk over to the other girls and over to Claire.

Getting up as well, Carith walked over to the other girls and smiled wide as she was excited, "Since this day has started, I've been wanting to talk with the other girls," Standing in front of her friend, the two smiled at one another, and Carith made Cynder giggle as she gave her friend some nice words, "But of course, we would never leave you out of our time together. So, Spyro, I shall escort your lover safely over to the other females."

"Hehe, thanks, Carith," Spyro thanked her for both her words and help.

"But what are you going to do while I'm with everyone else?" Cynder asked, feeling a little bad that she would have to leave him.

"Probably just lay here... It's... gonna give me some time to think on things."

"Is there anyway I can help?"

"Go keep having fun, okay."

"Alright..." Backing away from him, she at least wanted to give a kiss to his lips, and lucky for him, she let him kiss back, but it didn't last long as she pulled away, wanting to keep the kiss short and sweet, "Obviously if you need me, just... use that darkness warning thing... okay?"

"Alright," Spyro smiled, and as he watched her smile back and walk away with Carith over to the other girls, he gave a sigh as he wondered what it was that he needed to do.

Why do I still not feel... great. Then again, I guess it doesn't help to know that something else is trying to threaten our way of survival... Spyro thought, and looking over at Malefor to see he had already made a ground base for his sand castle, it made it more difficult as he just wanted to leave it alone. Malefor's not the problem that I need to keep looking at... but... after feeling the power of the Destroyer... Now knowing what it was that he needed to do, Spyro laid down on his stomach, and placing his head on his crossed paws that laid out in front of him, he thought, I need to focus on my darkness. If I can't train in front of everyone, I can at least try and control my darkness. If the time comes where my darkness evolves as it did before... I... I need to control it. And while I'm doing that, I can see if I can feel the Destroyer again... And to add even more to my darkness... I need to think of how to unlock the other side to my darkness as I once had before. I just... Don't make the same mistake you did before... Remember what I almost did... Now with nothing but concentration, he went into his own world, letting darkness show from his body as he laid there, eyes closed and focused on nothing but his darkness and mind.

With all the girls coming over to where Claire sat with Ignitus, he stood up and wondered now if he did have to leave, Then again, if nothing has happened yet, then there would be nothing to report so... I could stay if needed. Turning away from his lover and walking a couple of steps away, the girls watched as it looked like he was leavening her to sit by herself, especially since Claire was frowning as she looked over at him as well. Do you have anything to report? Anything that I or we, need to worry about? To his surprise, his clone had responded rather quickly, and calmly, "Nothing so far. And lucky enough though, I have some others to help keep me company in case he does appear; Blitz and his friends are definitely helping when it comes to this... fear." Since his clone seemed calmed for the time being, it did seem as though he could continue to take a break with the others, So, do I need to come back or, is there no need? "Oh... There's no need. I can keep my post while talking with these three in the Chambers. If anything happens and he appears, they agreed to keep him busy while I get you all here, or, just you at least." Giving a sigh, Ignitus understood now as to why things did seem so calming to his clone, That's good... At least, for now. I guess we will keep doing as we planned. Backing out of his thoughts, he turned back around and walked over to the other Girls. Seeing as all the other girls were there, he knew he couldn't stay for long. Sitting down next to Claire, he gave a smile with the good news, "Well, nothing's happened yet so, we should be good to keep enjoying our time. Which also means that I don't have to go anywhere."

"Thank goodness," Claire sighed, putting a paw against her chest as she feared for bad news.

"But, I do still have to leave cause, I know you girls need some time to yourselves."

"I mean, you could stay if you wanted to. I wouldn't mind."

"Me neither, cause it's gonna be really funny when we ask how you two play around with one another, and then you both get embarrassed and don't say anything," Now revealing what it was they were going to talk about, Carith's words already got to the two as well as Ersa as she didn't know that was what they were going to talk about either.

"What?! Why... why do you need to know that...?"

"Cause in a way, it's quite funny to be honest, and once me and Cynder tell you about what we've talked about, it will make more sense."

Hearing someone walking over to all the girls, they all looked with Ignitus to his right and saw it was Malefor running up to him and asking him a favor, "Hey, Ignitus," Stopping in front of him, Ignitus wondered what he wanted, but hearing all that he needed gave him the idea of what he was going to be doing, "I can make the walls pretty easily, but to make things easier, I need like a box or something to hold up the structure. I also need a shovel, a couple of flags, maybe some glass windows to make it pop more... Oh, yeah! I also wanted to see if with the time I have, could I can make a throne for Carith, but I don't know if I'd have the time so, do you think you could help on that?"

Everyone was surprised with how into this castle he was making, and the girls giggled as they looked to see Carith blushing with how much effort he wanted to put into this for her. Ignitus chuckled at the request and agreed with nothing else to do, "Well, I did need to give the girls some privacy, so I guess I can help with the sand castle," Standing up and ready to move, Malefor smiled wide, and since he knew he would be right behind him, he ran back over to his sand castle which made Ignitus chuckle, "Strange little one. Well, I guess I will see you later, Claire. And if this castle does turn out to be as big as he's making it seem..."

"Malefor did say all the girls would be allowed to join, even making a class system for us so, that would mean we could all join him," Carith smiled, as even just thinking about it got her to blush in hopes for what the castle would look like, but even she had to giggle herself as it seemed like a lot, "While I haven't seen how big of a castle he can make, I'm sure it wouldn't be as big as he's making it out to be."

"Hehe, Well, I will see what I can do to help him and make sure that it is to his liking," Walking away from the girls, his path to Malefor made him walk past his son, and seeing him in his dark form in deep concentration, he stopped for a second and knew it would be best not to disturb him, "Hang in their, son." Continuing his walk, he finally made it over to Malefor, and it was a surprise to him as he looked at just the bottom base of his sand castle, "Malefor... The bottom is enough to make a small house. You do realise we will have to work on the top as well which means we have to make the floor twice basically?"

"You don't understand what I did, Ignitus!" Malefor cried, standing and walking around the edges of his bottom base, trying to understand what else it was he needed, "I messed up big time. It's either I'm going big, or I'm going home... alone. I can't make a mistake as I've already made enough," Jumping off the left side of one of his edges, he picked up some sand, blew water on it to make it muddy and started to work on the wall, "I was also thinking about adding cannons and a draw bridge along with a deep trench around it with lava, but I definitely know I don't have time for that."

"Wow Malefor... You really feel this bad?"

"And I could only imagine how Carith must feel. So, you going to help our what?"

"Hehe, yeah yeah, I can help."

---

"Oh goodness... Alright, now what is it that you two girls wanted to know?" Ersa asked in a sigh as she had an easy idea of what they were asking which made it difficult for her.

"Hehe, Well, I guess I should start off with myself. Obviously something that me and Malefor play around with is his evil side. Something about it just makes me shiver to no end," Thinking about it now, her body did just as she had said, shivering all throughout as it was something she enjoyed the most, "I know it may seem weird, but it's just... knowing that he's pretty powerfully yet a massive sweet heart... I truly love him."

"And for me, me and Spyro also play around with the aspect of me being evil, but we take it a little bit of a... step forward," Cynder blushed as she didn't want to say it, but since she knew Carith already knew, she gave a sigh, and all the girls wanted to hear it from her, "We've been using a chain as a way to play around," The two girls gasped while Carith giggled as she remembered what had happened, "It's not as bad as it sounds, okay... Then again... we were just talking about how, he could save me, but then I become evil and... he has to stop me from killing him."

"What happened to your innocents, Cynder," Claire giggled, shaking her head at her words which made her blush, but now since she had spoken, she knew it would be her turn to talk, "I guess it should be my turn now. For me and Ignitus, I like using the fact that I was an assassin of course. Just today, we had a perfect night," Raising a paw up to the side of her face and putting her cheek in her palm, she blushed as she admitted, "For once, I was on top, kissing him from down below. He tried to roll me onto my back but, as he pulled up his wings to try something, I put my paw on one of his wings and threatened to freeze it."

"What is with all the threats?" Ersa giggled making the other girls giggle.

"It's not really going to happen of course. It's just a nice way to flirt, and in a way, it makes me feel comfortable to know that we can joke about something like that without it really happening," Carith explained, and seeing as Claire put her paw back to the ground and listened, she used her as an example, "Like with you, Claire. You weren't actually going to freeze his wing. It's just something to have fun and play around with cause, why not, right?"

"Yeah..." Claire sighed as she smiled.

"Well, me and Volteer don't need threats to have fun... aside from some times here and here, but that's not the point! For me and Volteer... it's honestly has to do with my past," The three girls frowned as they thought that would bring up bad memories, but for Ersa, she giggled, and even smiled as she thought about it, "To be honest... I enjoy it. It changes my mind on what's happened. So, in a way, we act out what's happened back then, but this time, Volteer's there for me... And... It's helped me a lot... It's changed my view on what's happened and I... I love him so much for it," Now saying it out loud, Ersa's eyes grew a little wide as it all made sense as to why they did what they did, "It makes sense now! You all do the same thing, don't you? Malefor and him being evil, Cynder and her past, and you, Claire, with being an assassin, you are all trying to rearrange your memories for better ones." The girls all smiled together and even for them, they hadn't seen it to the extend that she had, and it made Ersa smile to know that they were trying to make the best of the past as well, "Sooner or later, hopefully... we can all forget what's happened and change our lives for the better... And our lover's sure have made that dream a reality."

"Hehe, yeah... that is the hope... One step at a time," Carith smiled with the other girls as they were glad to have had this conversation with one another, but now with that out of the way, she wanted to bring up something that happened a little while back, "Then again, for some of us, it may be a small step, but for Cynder and her lover, they took a mighty huge step if I'm being honest," While Carith giggled, the girls were confused for a second, especially Cynder as she didn't know what she was referring to, "When me and Malefor were walking to the Chambers, Cynder was up against the wall on her back two paws making out with Spyro," The two girls gasped, and for Cynder, she smiled and sighed, knowing this was going to happen, "Spyro was the same as he stood on his back two paws, even using his two front paws to hold hers against the wall. And with how that went, I want to know, what could've possibly happened for that to, well... happen?"

With all eyes now on Cynder, she once again sighed, but this time, with her smile, she blushed, "Well, after Spyro had talked about my body along with other things, I wanted him to see what he was doing was going to have a reaction. While we were walking down, I got flirty and threatened him by using my tail blade against his neck of course. He smirked, and I tried my best to make him fear me, but he..." Shivering at the memory, the girls giggled, but hearing their giggle, she cleared her throat and continued, "Anyway. Let's just say that, we stopped in the hallway, he got the upper paw and... next thing I knew, I was against the wall and... Ancestors above was it amazing."

"Did he slam you against the wall?" Ersa asked, wanting to get some information once again on Spyro.

"No..." Cynder purred, "That was the best part too. He was so gently with every movement that he made. I'm guessing it's cause of what happened... yesterday." With the girls now frowning as they remembered what had happened, she wanted to change the subject and talk about something that she wanted to know about, "Let's not dwell on that, but instead focus on something else. That word that Volteer had used that everyone got embarrassed about. He said something like, virginity, if I remember correctly."

The girls all blushed, and for Carith, she giggled at her innocence, "Oh Cynder, it's so cute how innocent you are."

"What do you mean?"

"Let me be the one to... tell you," Ersa stepped in, knowing she could probably explain it the best without making it too revealing or uncomfortable, "After you become mates, you can, of course... Take the next step and have a Hatchling. Once you... Oh goodness..." Giving a sigh, the other two girls blushed while Cynder continued to listen, "With me and Volteer, because we... mated... that means that I lost that... word... cause me and him... did it. And it works the same for him. Does that make... sense...?"

"Wait!" Cynder cried, jumping up and having a face as red as a fire dragon, "Sp... Spyro... he... he talked about how he... he and another female, the female used that word to him! You... you girls don't think he...?!" Now hearing it, they all wondered as well, and with Cynder looking to her lover, with how serious he looked while in his dark form, it made her frown as she thought about it, "So then... that would mean that... I wouldn't be Spyro's... first... his one and only..." Ducking her head down now as she thought about it, they listened as she murmured, "This is... another reason why I guess I don't see us being mates... because what if there is some one else out there he loves... And if she was it."

"Cynder... go talk with him," Carith whispered, knowing that them talking would be best for what's happened.

"Yeah. From what we've learned, you talking with Spyro ends in things turning out fine. Like with the wish conversation in the Chambers," Ersa pointed out as well, wanting to try her best to help her friend.

"Hehe... And also, Spyro would've been way too young so, I don't think that anything happened. But you won't know unless you ask him," Claire was the last one to speak, and with the girls help, she picked her head up only a little, scared to know what the answer would be, "And look at it this way; asking him now will get that fear out of your mind, and you'll know for a fact that he is who he says he is."

It took a second for her to respond as Cynder thought about it, but with the help of the girls, she picked herself up and agreed, "You're all right. And, I still hold what you said to me, Ersa, about trust. I... I believe Spyro would've told me but... I... I need to ask," Turning and walking over to her lover, the girls all followed behind as they wanted to be there in support for her in case the worse happened, "I never should've asked... Why did I ask," Standing to his right and looking down on his body, the girls all stopped behind her and waited for her to wake him, and after giving a huge sigh, she said to herself, "Here goes nothing..." Sitting down close to him, she put a paw over his and called his name gently as to not frighten him, "Sp... Spyro... my love... Can I ask you a real quick question?"

To her surprise and everyone else's, he growled, and it seemed like it was at her, which was already a bad sign for all the girls. Spyro's body locked for a second before easing up, and as it did, he was able to keep control, coming out from his darkened form and returning to his purple scales. Picking his head up and shaking it to help himself out, the first thing he caught on to was how she seemed, both sad and scared. Luckily for him, he remembered what had happened when he first came out from his dark power and chuckled, "Hehe... Don't worry my love, that growl wasn't to you. Having to fight back against the darkness is proving to be a challenge, so I was... I guess you could say I was growling at it, or him, or... what ever it is," Seeing that didn't do much to change her mood, and the girls were all there behind her, he was now concerned, even sitting up in case it was something he needed to do, "What's wrong? Did something happen? Please tell me it has to do with Malefor, I would love to hurt him right about now. Or is it cause I didn't drown him, Hehe."

Cynder couldn't help but smile at that, and even the other girls did as well. She knew staying quiet wouldn't help the situation, so, giving a deep sigh, she asked him with fear present in her voice, "Spyro... did you... I mean... Have you ever... You know... done it with someone else?" It was a weird question for him as he even looked confused as to why this was brought up, but she made sure to explain, "Well, I've never... have seen or done anything when it comes to... mate stuff but... You were talking about you and this pink dragoness that you bash a lot, which, hehe... I guess that makes me feel a little better but... have you ever... you now... did what she asked?"

"You want to know if I've ever mated with anyone?" Spyro asked, quick to the question and making the others blush, but seeing this as the situation, it was pretty simple for him to answer, "Cynder, of course I haven't. Hehe, I still very much have that... word that, let's be honest shouldn't have been brought up, but if that's what you're scared about, that's definitely something I can easily comfort you on," It did help her sigh as she truly trusted his words, and with how easily he said it, it did seem that he was telling the truth, "Hehe, and, also, that's something special between two lovers, like Volteer and Ersa. It's not something I would just do, so once again, I can assure you I haven't," Once again, his words not only made Cynder sigh, but also all the other girls, but now he had questions of his own, "But now it's my turn to ask a question; Why did you want to know about something like that? And why did you seem so relieved when I said I hadn't?"

Cynder's face turned red, and all the girls knew they needed to back out quick, even ducking their heads back as they were ready to run, but she was quick with her words to not make him too suspicious, "It was just something I wanted to understand is all, and I just wondered if you hadn't is all... I felt a lot better when you said no because... I was scared that you gave the pink dragoness a good time when she didn't deserve it!" Hopefully finding an easy escape to what she had said, it seemed to be working a little, but she once again tried to dust it off in hopes he would as well, "I mean, of course I wouldn't know, and even if I did which is just a guess, I would say you'd be pretty nice to have as a mate to whom ever you deemed worthy of your body and what not... Hehe... hehehe..."

Her words were only digging herself a deeper hole as her face kept the red that had shown for their entire conversation, and since he could tell through both her shivers and uneasiness, he didn't want her to keep suffering with what was happening, "Hehe, well, right back at you my love. And also, you saw when ever all those girls were crowding around me after we saved the Hatchling. I'm not going to just jump and say why not. It's something special, and to whom ever I become mates with, I want them to know that. I want to comfort them and let them know that, I would never betray the trust they've given me," The girls listened with wide eyes at what he had said, but for Cynder, she shed a couple of tears here and here, and since he knew it was his fault, he knew he should accept punishment, "I deserve to be punched in the gut, Don't I?" Getting ready for what was to come, he was surprised for a second by a sudden hug from his lover as she cried over his shoulder, hugging him with her wings, "Hehe, don't worry my love. Hopefully Malefor won't hit me too hard in the gut to the point of knocking me out, but..."

Feeling her squeeze a little more with her wings as she giggled, Spyro chuckled as he hugged her back, putting both his wings and arms around her. With his words, Carith also couldn't help but giggle as well, but even with the moment the two were having, she wanted to make quick joke, but unfortunately couldn't as someone had yelled, "If only you knew the power of the dark side, Spyro!"

Hearing someone yell, the two lover's backed out from the embrace and looked to the source of the voice. Everyone now looked with wide eyes to see the sand castle had been successfully built in such a short amount of time. It was big enough and strong enough to support Malefor as he stood above the sand castle, with both purple and blue flags placed all around the top cylinders that were made at the edges of the castle. The sand castle stood at the height of a large tree, and for more decoration, there were small windows in the two front cylinders, along with a big opening behind him that Malefor walked up to in order to get to the outside and second floor of his sand castle. Carith couldn't help but blush to see her lover flex at the top of his castle, like he was showing off his strength, and his words made her bite her lip in anticipation, "This is the power of a true being beyond that of which you can not comprehend!" Watching as Spyro smirked, he knew he was going to try something and warned him, "It's over, Spyro! I have the high ground!"

Rolling his eyes at what he had said, Spyro viewed this as a challenge, "You underestimate my power!"

"Don't try it!"

Looking behind him and to Cynder, he asked his lover, "Well, we've fought him before and turned out victorious, what do you say we have another battle?"

Wiping away her tears and smiling wide, she jumped to his right side and said with excitement, "I'm ready for anything! With you by my side, we can accomplish anything!"

"I have to apologize, ladies," Carith giggled, and the girls watched as she opened her wings and flew up to the top of the castle.

Landing next to her lover, Malefor looked at her, smiling, and flirting with her at the same time, "I knew you couldn't resist being evil," Pecking her on the lips, she shivered for the feeling, and pulling back, he focused on the others on the ground, "You are all now a threat to the way of our living! And there for, with this in mind, you must be exterminated!" Snapping his fingers, Malefor called out his royal guard, "Ignitus! Show these peasants who's in charge around her. My lover has needs that I must attended to."

Watching as he walked with his lover into the castle, everyone gasped as they saw Ignitus walk from out of the front entrance in full iron armor with an iron spear in his right paw. Sitting in front of the entrance, he sighed as he couldn't believe he was going along with this, "You've heard the king. Leave, or i shall use force," Taking steps forward, Claire walked in front of everyone, ready to take the challenge, and Ignitus stood ready, "I can't allow you to take any step further!"

"Spyro, Cynder, go. I shall deal with this guard," Claire said with a smile, getting way more enjoyment out of this then she thought

The two lover's laughed and they did as they were told, and to make sure they were safe, they flew up and over the guard. Landing on top of the castle, the two entered into the castle the same way the other two lovers had. Taking another step forward, Ignitus stood ready, and Claire liked this little game he was putting on, "You don't have to do this. Put the weapon down and face me like a real man!" He growled but did as she told him, only he took it a step further and took off his armor as well, "There you go. Now we are on an even playing field. Seems though that you like getting bossed around by a female. Does someone need the comfort of one?" Taking careful steps towards him, she saw he was enjoying himself too, both licking their lips as now the real battle was about to start, "Who's going to end up, on top, of the other."

"Why don't you find out," Ignitus chuckled.

---

Making it down the steps, Carith followed Malefor down to the main area of the entire sand castle. Looking around, she was surprised at how much effort was put into the sand castle in such a short amount of time. Making their way from the back of where the steps were, she walked with him to the middle of the castle. Admiring the inside, there were four pillars that held up the roofing above them, one near the back left and right, along with two others at both the front right and left corners of the room. Along the side wall were small cut out windows to allow sun light to shine into the inside. But what caught her eye the most was what was in the middle of the room, and walking around the back of it and to the front, it was two thrones, a little off the ground with three small steps to help get up to the thrones. She watched as Malefor walked up the steps and to the left throne, and while he did that, Carith looked behind her to see the opening in which Ignitus had exited out of to defend the castle, How... How did he make all this? He had to have used Ignitus's powers, there's... there's no way. Hearing a paw patting something, she turned her head back and saw it was Malefor patting the throne next to him as he sat on his, "Every king needs a queen, and I hope that you joined me to be just that; My queen of this world," Carith couldn't help but blush as she enjoyed this, and making her way up to her throne, he continued his speech, "Good. They will all soon know who the rightful ruler of this world is, and if someone steps out of line, and questions your power, your stand above the world, they shall meet a swift end," Watching as she sat down next to him on her own throne, he chuckled and broke character as he needed to know, "But, getting out of my king character for a second... Do you like what I've done?"

Looking all around as she sat on her throne, Carith was very happy with everything that he had done, "I have to say my love," Looking at him in his hopefully eyes, she was glad to assure him of his work, "I love everything about what you've done. Making me a queen, giving me my own throne, and having you as my king is... definitely something I can get use to," He smiled wide and chuckled as he was glad to hear she enjoyed all that he had done for her, "But, I do have to question; Did you really do this all by yourself? I mean... this is a lot of work, and it's a tad bit bigger then even the Chambers."

"I was thinking about getting Ignitus to just make a sand castle with his power, but... I screwed up in the morning, and I wanted to do this for you to show my love and appreciation for not dumping me after what I said."

"I wouldn't have dumped you, my love. And especially now, with what you've done... I can say that I'm truly happy."

Smiling once again at her words, he looked behind her to see both Cynder and Spyro running in front of the two as they sat there, and seeing as they hadn't used the front entrance, everything for Malefor was ruined as he yelled at the two, "What are you two doing?!" Watching as they stood a couple of paws away from where the thrones were, they looked at him a little confused as to what he meant, "You were supposed to use the entrance! Now my whole speech is ruined... And what the hell happened to my guard?!"

"Being dealt with by Claire. I'm sure we won't be seeing her, or your guard, anytime soon," Cynder smiled, and her words only frustrated him more as he knew that would happen.

"Damn it! He said he wouldn't fall for her, he swore on the oath!" Malefor growled as he stood on his throne, feeling threatened by the two as he wanted to know why they were here, "So why have you two come? Are you here to take me out, or to over throw my kingdom so soon?!" Jumping up and off his throne, the two backed up as he landed right in front of them, and he threatened the two, "I will not accept it! Leave this castle now and I can assure you, you'll live to die another day. But if you stay," Swinging his tail blade to his left side to face Spyro, Malefor saw him raise a brow, and once again, he broke character as he chuckled, "You really think I'm going to raise my tail blade to Cynder? I may be a corrupted overlord, but even I'm not that stupid."

Spyro chuckled to see he had broken character with what was happening, and since he could see everyone else was enjoying themselves, he played along, "You don't have to do this you know. While we believe you can call your lover a queen, over throwing everyone's way of life is not the way to do it. So I'm sorry, but I have to stop you here before that power gets to your head."

"Carith! Please! As your friend, I ask for your help!" Cynder cried, looking around Malefor and over to Carith, watching as she started to think about it.

Raising a wing up to block the view of Carith, Malefor didn't want any of the two to twist what he's doing, "Do not speak to her in such a way! What she wants is final, and she wishes to be with me, her king, as we rule over the world. So, I suggest you either join my army, or I'll have to force you to!" Seeing Spyro get into an attacking position, this wasn't good for Malefor, but he didn't give up hope, "I can't have such a threat live! You are a threat to our way of life, and there for, must be killed!" Attacking Spyro, he tackled him to the ground, making Spyro's back slam down on the sand, and with Malefor over him, he put his tail blade against his neck and warned him, "Give up! Give up or else!"

It was a little scary for the three as they didn't really know if he was joking or not, and they wondered if he really would use his tail blade, but for the time being, they continued to play along. Since Spyro had no way of attack, he could only try and calm him in hopes he would listen, "Malefor! Listen to me! You kill me right now, what will Carith think of you?! The blood that would stain your tail blade, do you really think Carith would love someone like that, someone so corrupted?!"

"You don't know that!" Pushing his tail blade a little more against his neck, he saw the shivers from Spyro, and with the fear in his eyes knowing he really was scared, he backed his tail blade up a bit and apologized, "Sorry... I wasn't really going to hurt you even with how in character I am, I want you to know that... And I was kinda hoping you would know that too," With the tone now, this was a perfect way for him to set the scene for what was to come next for his story, "You're right though... What would Carith think of me... Especially after the first time I stabbed you... And she was there for that... she... saw that," Backing off of Spyro, he looked away from everyone and down at the ground, murmuring as he spoke, "She would never love someone like that."

"Well then I guess it's a good thing you never did such a thing," Spyro said, giving a small smile as he got back up to his paws, and walking up to his side, he had a better idea, "Tell you what; Carith can be your queen, and you can have your own land, while I have mine, with Cynder being the queen of that land... Or," With the pause, Malefor looked at him, wondering what he was going to say, "Or we can make peace, combine our ideals and work towards a more lasting peace without this unnecessary conflict."

Malefor's eyes grew a little wide at his words as it sounded like an amazing idea, and even for him, he couldn't have said it any better. With those words in mind, Cynder walked up to Spyro's right side, and while they were talking, Carith hopped off her throne and walked over to Malefor on his left side. Seeing that everyone was now with him, Malefor gave a sigh as he knew this would start a new era of peace for them, "Hehe... Alright then... I do have a place were my friends stay. What do you say we ditch the castle and go to our real home; The Guardians Building?"

"Sounds like the prefect end to this story," Carith agreed, and with this being a perfect ending, the four all smiled with one another.

"RUN!"

Hearing someone yell, the four all jumped at the voice and turned to the entrance. Looking at Malefor, Spyro nodded at him, and he gave a nod back as they thought they were under attack. Turning with their lovers and running to the entrance as quickly as they could, they made it out in no time flat. As they exited the entrance of the castle, Ignitus and Claire were looking at the ocean with wide eyes, almost in fear. Seeing that Ersa and the other two Guardians were doing the same, the four looked off into the ocean, and as they did, they looked in fear as well. A massive wave that had the height of a three to four story building was making it's way to land. Looking to Ignitus, Spyro asked, "What the hell happened?!"

"I... I don't know..." Ignitus said, watching as the wave was closing in on the shore, "Though what i do know is... we should do as he said... And run."

Looking away from his father and at the wave, he saw Volteer was at the very top of the wave, and in a way keeping up with it to surf the top in order to not fall. Growling as he knew he had to do something, Spyro ran to the middle of the shore and called out, "Malefor and everyone else, get behind me!" Hearing and doing as they were told, they all ran up behind him as he stood in the middle of where the wave was going to hit, "Volteer! Get ready to fly!"

Rubbing his paws together, everyone wondered what it was he was going to do. After rubbing his paws together, Spyro thought to himself, Alright, Spyro. Don't screw this up, Do not screw this up. Just focus. Stretching his arms outwards, he swung his paws inwards as to clap his paws forward and away from his body. The clap was strong enough to make a huge gust of wind that whipped through the sand while ripping a path straight through and into the water. Reaching the wave, Volteer cried and jumped upwards to avoid the gust of wind that he had made, and just as he jumped to the air, the force of the clap split the wave in two. Now with the wave moving in two separate directions, Volteer watched as it made land fall from above, completely soaking anything and everything that was within a quarter mile of the beach. Before flying back to the others, he looked down in awe as the strength was enough to keep even the ocean split for a couple seconds before it closed in on itself. Just as Volteer was, everyone was in awe with this show of power, but for Malefor, his fears grew as he cried, "Wait!" Looking to his left, his sand castle had been completely demolished, being made into nothing more then a pile of mud, "No... no..." Walking a couple of steps away, he fell to his knees and cried as he hit his paw into the sand, "Some men just want to watch the world burn..." Seeing Volteer land in front of the group, Malefor got up and pointed a claw at him, "What the hell did you do?! My castle, all my work! It's... Gone!"

"Sorry, Sorry, okay. I was trying to impress Ersa but, I couldn't cause their wasn't any waves for me to surf, so... I had to manipulate the flow of the water in order to make a wave of decent value but... Hehe... My calculations and what I was using made the wave a lot bigger then I intended."

"Calculations?! What you were working with?! You were in the middle of the damn ocean! What could you possibly have gotten that would've done that?!"

"Well, our world is full of valuable resources. One such resource is close to a certain creature that lives near the bottom of the water. So, I held my breath, went underwater, and was lucky enough to see the gem I needed to manipulate the water. Coming back up from the water, I uh... overcharged the crystal a little too much then what I believed I had done, making the volume in the water... unstable... And once I dropped it back into the ocean, it... well, exploded, effecting the water in a rather dangerous way... basically making a tidal wave."

Taking a step to him, he fell to his knees and cried once again, "Do you know how hard it was to make that castle?! It wasn't even up for more then an hour... And you destroyed it."

Ignoring his friend as he fake cried on the ground, he just rolled his eyes and focused on Spyro as Volteer wanted to know how he did what he did, "Spyro... how did you... do that? And how did you know something like that would've worked?" Everyone else was just as eager to know about what he had done, and as Volteer explained it more, the more desperate they wanted to know too, "That wasn't just some simple clap. That was strong enough to split the ocean for a good mile, and it stayed like that for a couple of seconds too."

"Well, with how things have been going so far, I made sure to keep training up on my dark powers. It's a little crazy but, while training with my dark powers, I also work with my own body as well," Spyro explained, and for the scientist that Volteer and Ersa were, they wanted to know more about what he meant, and since he expected them to ask such questions, he spoke about it, "When you work out, you stretch out your muscles, getting microscopic tears, and I use my own dark powers to further that while I'm not moving."

"What?!" Almost everyone cried.

"When did you learn about this?" Both Ersa and Volteer asked at the same time.

"I learned a lot when I was affected by the darkness. As I told Ignitus, my mind acted faster and reacted nearly in the future before something happened. So, I picked up a few tricks here and here to help me improve that of what is needed," Spyro explained, getting wide eyes once again from everyone as they were very surprised to hear this, "Look, I can talk about what else I've learned later on but," Looking past Volteer and seeing the sun was about to set, he wanted to have that moment with his lover, "The sun is setting, and I want to end this day off on a high note."

"Yeah but... How are me and Cyril going to enjoy the sunset if we're laying in the sand?" Terrador asked as both of their towels had been taken during the massive wave that hit land, along with some others.

"Don't worry, I will put them back," Ignitus explained, and as he did, he wanted this day to end perfectly as he gave the run down of what he believed should happen, "If you all want to, cuddle up with your love ones, and for the others, just make sure you are comfortable. And as for your towels afterwards, I shall have them folded and placed on your shelves, and for us Guardians, I will put them under our beds. Once the sun sets, and everyone is happy and rested, I will teleport you all back to your beds so you don't even have to move from such a joyous moment," Everyone smiled as it sounded like a fantastic idea, and with everyone heading to their respective towels, Ignitus stopped Volteer for a second, "Hey... Volteer... I do apologize but... I need you and Ersa to come lay in your bed in the Chambers."

Hearing this, Ersa stopped where she was going and walked over to the three, "Whoa whoa whoa. Ignitus, me and Volteer had plans for tonight."

"Ersa... I need to know you all are safe, and having you in our sleeping Chambers will make it much more easier for me to make of that."

Giving a huge sigh, Volteer chuckled as well and apologised, "Sorry my love. But look on the bright side; Gives us more time to get our enegry back as well as keeping you safe, which is my top priority."

"Yeah... You're... you're right," Ersa sighed.

Now with the two walking over to where they laid, Ignitus and Claire walked a couple of steps and stood above their towel. With everyone laying perfectly as they wanted, everyone watched together as the sun started to set over the water. Laying next to Spyro, Cynder's eyes grew wide as she watched in awe of how beautiful the sight really was. The perfect colors gave off a sense of ease and warmth, combined with the orange, blue, and white colors that made up from the ocean to the sky, she couldn't help but smile. Looking away from the sight, she looked to Spyro, and she giggled to see he was already ready for the kiss, and even he chuckled as he whispered to her, keeping the tone as smooth and as nice as he could, "Feels nice, doesn't it, my love?" Watching as she shed a tear of joy, he did the same as he wished for the day for a while, "Never thought I would be able to have this moment with you... But now that I do... I don't want to ruin it."

Moving in for the kiss, Cynder was surprised as well as even with the kiss, he was as gentle as he could possibly be. Closing their eyes together, they listened to the sounds of the ocean waves, and with this feeling of comfort and pleasure, both started to feel their eyes not wanting to open as the feeling of tiredness filled their bodies. Lucky for them, Malefor spoke which kept the two wake as they pulled away from the kiss, "I wish we had more time to do so much more. And there's still so many fun activities that we could've done," Looking to his lover, he chuckled as he remembered something he had said, "And we weren't even able to kiss underwater."

Carith giggled at his words and didn't see a difference, "You kiss me with your water to keep my lips slick, so what is different from kissing you now and underwater?"

"Oh... Hehe... yeah... You're right."

Laying her head down on her towel, she felt as Malefor rested his head over hers, wing draped over her back and as comfortable as can be. With the two closing their eyes, it didn't take long for others to follow. Terrador was next to close his eyes as he laid in a comfortable position, and then soon followed Cyril. Cuddled up and laid down on their towel, Ersa sighed as she was still a little sad as she had high hopes for the night, "And here I was preparing this whole time to have a little fun tonight."

"Hehe, don't worry, my love. We have all the time in the world... And I don't ever want to put in back in a position where you could be hurt," Volteer murmured as he shivered from what's happened.

"I'm definitely not happy either with this threat interfering, and after what you've said about us... happening, you most surely held true with what happened the other night."

Giving a blush to his words, she giggled, "That's one way to cheer me up."

Closing their eyes and ready to get some rest, Spyro did the same with Cynder as they laid there with his head resting above hers, and before going to bed, he wanted to ask something as he was still curious, "Cynder... about what you had asked me, when it came to me having, done, someone," She shivered as she thought this was him admitting the truth, and even though he did, it wasn't what she feared, "I've never, and have never thought about something like that. Your safety and happiness is all I can think about... it's all I want... And I hope this day was everything you hoped it would've been."

Shedding another tear from his words, Cynder snuggled up more against him and whispered, "It was everything and so much more... I love you... Spyro."

"I love you too, Cynder."

Ignitus watched as everyone started to fall asleep all around, and now it was just him and Claire. Muting out the sound from all the others, he laid there next to Claire and wanted to give her a heads up, "My clone informed me that the three had to go get some sleep, and our visitor didn't appear yet. This is a problem as this means he might attack while all of us are resting, and he might try and hurt someone."

"Ignitus..." Claire murmured, seeing he was scared of what's to come, "You've always taught me to stay positive. We will all make it through this, just as we've made it through so much in the weeks we've been together," He smiled at her help as it was something he needed, but he also knew he shouldn't look down as she would threaten him if he did, "And remember, as an assassin, I look for vulnerability, and having you so, vulnerable, makes you easy prey. And you wouldn't want to end up on your back now would you?"

"Hehehe... You prove a very good point," Now cheered up from her words, he thanked her, and watched as she laid her head down on his paws, "Thank you... Claire. I feel I don't say it enough but... you've truly made my life amazing," Laying his head down over hers, he shivered slightly as he knew he didn't want to lose it, "You all are here, you, are here, and I never knew that our group would include Ersa. I'm not going to make a mistake. I've already been given permission that if something is within the walls of Warfang, I am able to act as a Guardian and protect my city... to protect all of you."

"Then what do you have to worry about?" Claire asked, closing her eyes and feeling completely safe when she's around him.

"Nothing... And I know you don't either... you shouldn't have to fear," Closing his eyes, he kept a smile as he was sure he would be able to protect them from this threat, "I won't let this new threat take us down... I can't... And I won't," Now with everyone falling asleep and being as comfortable as they could, he knew what needed to happen next, "Now with everyone asleep, I can keep everyone safe and work from the shadows with my clones to prepare and stop what ever it is that is to come... I have to... And if I fail, then I once again have to put the weight of the world on you, my son... But only time will tell."