Chapter 26: Flair's Deadly Appearance

"Dad, please! I just want things to go back to the way they are! I miss you, I miss the life we had, and..."

"And I miss your mother, but we don't get all that we want now do we?"

"I tried to save her, I... I tried... Dad, please..."

"Stop calling me, 'dad'. You're no daughter of mine."

"Da... Dad... Please... I'm sorry..."

Startling awake from a nightmare, the red female showed her teeth as she clenched her paws onto the bed that she laid on, hiding away in a house she was familiar with. Having been woken up from the dream, she opened her eyes slowly, trying to give herself time to recover from the dream she had, Even after a year, I still have those stupid ass dreams. Now lifting her head, Flair let out a yawn, continuing in her thoughts. I might as well get there early so no one will be awake before daybreak. Maybe I can take someone out early and send them into a panic. That should spice things up and make them worry, maybe even split so I can kill them off one by one. Getting up off her bed, she made her way over to the door, later opening it as she made it to it. With the door opened, she made her way into the living room and over to the main door. Taking a left, she walked for a little while before making it over. Doing the same as she had done before, she made it to the door and opened it. Now outside into the open, she raised a paw up in front of her face to see the sun had come up. Damnit! I slept in for too long. I have to hurry then. Opening her wings, she made her way up to the skies, flying as quickly as possible to the Guardians Building. Once making it to the ledge outside of the entrance, she turned right, walked to the door, and pushed it open, making it into the hallway. Making her way through the hallway, it took a second for her to remember exactly where she needed to go. I'm guessing I just follow the hallway up to where ever those Guardians or someone else sleeps. The question is, will they be sleeping in one spot, or in different rooms. Now at the spiral staircase, Flair walked around and up it, making it to another hallway. Looking to her left, then her right, she wondered where she needed to go. Do I go up the stairs to the right, or continue down the hallway to the left? Making up her mind, she turned to her left and continued down the hallway, walking past door after door, wondering if one of the Guardians would be in one of these rooms. I could open a door one by one, but that would take too long. If I play innocent while taking my time, I could get information as to where everyone lives and strike tomorrow. But I should stick to my plan. Seeing an entrance way to her right with a rather big open arch, she made her way over to it. Maybe this is where they live. Turned into the Chambers, one of the Guardians was already awake, standing outside of the Chambers and looking at her. Terrador's face lit up with a huge smile, but seeing as it was a red female, he gave a frown to see it wasn't who he expected it to be, "Oh... Sorry. I didn't expect someone to be up here so soon. I was, looking for someone else. May I ask why you are up here?"

"Came up to see the Guardians. I know you as Terrador, but where may the others be?" Flint was forward with him, not wanting to waste anytime.

"Why do you need to know that? Do you need to speak with one of them?"

"I do actually. After what happened yesterday, Spyro, I believe, said he could help me."

"Spyro? When did he have time for that."

"If needed, I would like to talk with the Guardians first though."

"Well, for right now, after what happened, they are all resting in the Sleeping Chambers behind me. So, unfortunately, you can't talk with them now, but I will be sure to inform them once they wake."

This was rather unfortunate news for her as she knew she had to get close to them someone. Damn... What should I do now that he's out here... Then again, since he's all alone, I could always cover his mouth and slit his throat without anyone noticing. While she was thinking that, Terrador inspected her as she was acting rather strange. Her eyes shined a blue color, with her body made of red. To her top, she had two horns, one left, and one right, curved slightly down before curving up. Down her body and to her head, the red and blue fins were evenly spaced out, making their way down to her back, then to her tail. Just barely able to see her tail, she sported two wing flaps that had sharp edges on the back of them. For the side tops of her wings, each side was smoothed out, making her seem both easy, and deadly at the same time. Her chest down to her tail from underneath her also had a blue to it, but a little more darkened, along with the flaps in her wings. Watching as he had checked her out, she questioned why he was doing such a thing, "Is there something you like, or are you being a perv to my body?"

"Just making sure your aren't a threat or something. Last time we had a female up here from out of nowhere, she turned out to be an assassin."

"Yes, I already know of her."

"How?"

"I've studied you all from both my knowledge, and from others talking about her."

"No one knows she is an assassin. We never told anyone about that," Terrador now became more suspicious of her, and seeing his suspicion, it was time for her to change her words.

"Look, I've been watching you all for a while, and it seems after what's happened, you need some help. So, I wish to offer my assist in gathering information on the outside world, so you never have to go in blind ever again," Her words worked some, but not as much as she was anticipating, so instead of dragging out the conversation, she knew she needed to just move on with her plan, "I don't have time for this... Hey, Terrador, may I at least get to know you some more. I know it's a rather strange request but, I've been wanting to study the Guardians as, ever since I was born, I wished to look up and be like you all."

"What would you like to know?"

Moving up on him as she closed in, she ready her tail blade by sharpening it up, even making her back fins harden to make them more deadly, which he didn't see, "Well, what strengh do you have that others don't? What do you do on a daily basis to help keep yourself ready and awake?"

"Oh, well, that's rather an easy question. I have a lot of friends who've helped me through a lot of my life."

Now right in front of him, her tail blade made it to her side, but just as she readied for the kill, the door behind him opened, making her take her tail blade back. From out the back room came a blue dragon, which she knew to be the dragon known as Cyril. He rubbed his eyes as he walked up next to his friend, and now with him coming out from the back room, this gave her the information she needed. So I was correct. That must be where they sleep. Once his vision had cleared up, Cyril took his paw down from his eye and looked to the new female, still blinking a couple of times. Immediately, his face lit up with a blush, seeing her body in all its glory. She gave him an angry look, but to him, seeing her mouth move, it seemed as though she was smiling, so he made his moves on her, "H-H-Hi... My name is, Cyril. Which you may already know by now as everyone knows. I'm also the Ice Guardian which you... also know already..." Feeling as he was messing up, he gave a sigh as he knew he was already failing, so, seeing her raised brow, he apologized, "Sorry... I, didn't even catch your name."

"It's Flair," She answered him.

"That's a rather, beautiful name."

"Cyril, what are you even doing up so early?" Terrador asked him as he looked to him.

"Oh, I saw you weren't in bed and I wondered if everything was okay. Especially with yesterday, I wanted to make sure you weren't struggling."

"I'm fine. But, thanks for looking out for me."

Now with those two out of the room, they heard steps behind them once again, and seeing to whom it was, now Ignitus and Claire walked out from the back room. This made Flair growl as she now lost her best chance to do any damage whatsoever. Great, now with them out here, I can't kill anyone. I should've just gone in for the kill. But, I did say I needed to gain more information, and now that I know where they live, tomorrow, or tonight, I can take them out one by one. Once again seeing this new female, Claire was rather excited to see her as she wished to know who she was, "Hey, someone new," Now with the Guardians in their usual line, once they had all sat, she continued, "My name is Claire. Is it okay if I know your name?"

"As I've told the others, the name is Flair," She once again had to respond to the same question once again, "For the sake of not having to say my name over and over again, I wish to wait for everyone to be down here before I say anything else. Which, I do have to ask, where is everyone else? I wished to meet Spyro, and maybe even his lover to get to know the others."

"They may not be down for a while. Spyro's been through a lot, and I'm sure he might just sleep all day. Unless Malefor wakes him up, which could be a possibility," Ignitus spoke to her, but once he relieved that Malefor really was alive, he saw she gave off a huge growl with anger, so he had to quickly assure her, "Don't worry, he's no longer a bad guy. Long story short, he was betrayed, his loved supposedly died, but once he got her back, he turned back to normal."

"That still doesn't excuse what he's down over the years; Who he's killed, the lives he destroyed."

"Which he does feel terrible about. If you need to blow off some steam and yell at him for it, he would understand."

"That won't change what he took from all those around us."

The Guardians stayed quiet as they knew talking about him was only going to make things worse, so, wanting to change the mood, Claire spoke this time from one girl to another, "Don't worry. I've lost dragons close to me as well, and while I can't have them back, I love the life I have now, and, it took me a bit to forgive him. He promised to never destroy this second life, and I trust him on his promise," Giving a scuff to her words, Claire still hoped she would be able to change her mind sooner or later, "Don't worry. When he comes down here, he will be sure to apologise. While that won't change what ever happened to you, I hope that, you can at least have some closure."

"Spyro... Spyro, wake up my love," Calling out to his name, Spyro grumbled as he woke, hearing as Cynder had called his name, and once he opened his eyes, he looked to his left, "Sorry, my love. I just, want to go down to the Chambers and talk with everyone. With what happened yesterday, I want to... feel better knowing and hearing that everyone made it out okay," Watching him give out a huge yawn while he stretch, she continued to speak as she felt a little bad, "Sorry to wake you once again. If you need to go back to sleep, I understand."

"No no no, it's fine..." Spyro assured her, now awake since she had woken him, "I do wish to see everyone again. While laying in bed is nice, I can recover better hearing everyone talking around us," Giving off a smile to his words, she stood up and made her way off the bed, and once he did the same, he continued his words, "Plus... After what happened last night, I really do wish to talk with Malefor some more. I kept saying how I had nothing more to say to him, but now, I wish to say everything to him."

"And I'm sure he'd really appreciate that."

Walking up and over to the door, Cynder opened it, and was the first to leave. Rubbing his eye for a second, he put his paw back to the ground while shutting the door behind himself with his tail. Making it over to the other two's door, they made it half way through the hallway before seeing that the other door had opened. Once it did, they heard as Malefor was speaking, looking to Carith as he was the first to walk out before her, "I'm surprised you woke up with me. I mean, I know what you said but... Thank you again," Looking to his left and seeing the other two had been standing in the middle of the hallway, he greeted them, "Oh, Hey you two. I'm surprised you two are awake, but for the sake of the morning now, I would like to say, good morning."

"Good morning to you too, Malefor," Surprisingly enough, it was Spyro who greeted him, which made the three smile to see that he really was being nice to him, "I'm pretty sure, same as you, you're wanting to go down and meet the others. So what do you say, instead of wasting time, we start heading down?" Getting a nod from him, Malefor walked up to the door, making it open outwards, and while it did that, Spyro walked over to him and stood by his side, "I... Wanted to thank you again for stopping by my room last night. It was... nice to hear that you truly do have a heart."

"Yeah yeah, no need for you to get mushy about it," Malefor chuckled as the two walked down the stairs with the girls walking behind, standing next to each other, "If I'm being honest, it was actually Ignitus who pushed me to talk with you last night. I didn't know if waking you was a good idea but, it turns out, it was. And even though I did make a mistake of putting my tail blade to your neck, I didn't make a mistake talking to you."

"Yes you did. Acting like we'd forget about you was a terrible thought."

"Hehe, yeah. But, at least now, from your words, I feel a whole lot better knowing I don't have to worry about such a thing."

Making it over to the Chamber entrance, the four made their way inside. Once they did, they made it over to where they normally sat with Spyro and Cynder to the left wall while Malefor and Carith sat to the right wall. Once the four had entered, they all focused their attention to the red female near the Guardians, and once she turned, Spyro was surprised that someone had approached the Guardians, "Well now, this is rather surprising. Didn't expect there to be someone in the Chambers."

"Flair here said that you were the one who wanted to speak with her," Terrador spoke, making it rather confusing for Spyro.

"I needed to lie so I didn't get kicked out for being in this building," Flair lied, but it was believable lie.

"That makes sense. But don't worry. Everyone around here is friendly, and we welcome those who are the same with open arms," Spyro assured her.

"Everyone here is friendly?" Immediately, she took his words in to question as she looked over to Malefor, "If everyone around here is so friendly, why is there a murderous monster in this building?" This got him to frown as he knew he was to be called out, but surprising everyone else was how she looked to Cynder and called her out on what she's done as well, "Then you have the terror of the skies in here who's also killed thousands," Spyro already wasn't too fond of this new female, showing his teeth as Cynder gave a frown, "So, I'm sorry if I'm being sceptical, but how is everyone here friendly?"

"I get that you're new here, so I'll make sure to get things straight before you say anything else," Flair glared to see and hear Spyro's anger, but to her surprise and everyone else's, he fronted on her as he made it over to her, "If someone was taken from you, that's on the darkness, not my love, or Malefor. If you're looking for some revenge, go deal with it out there, not in here. You have no reason to."

Having him be so close to her face, she showed her teeth as she now had an idea of who her first target really was. You think your tough shit, don't you, dragon. Can't wait to slit that face of yours in half, Trying to calm herself down for now, she tried to play innocent, but still had a growl show in her voice, "My, apologies... Terrador was telling me how Malefor was going to apologise for those that he took from me. But so we are on the same page, I expect an apology from Cynder as well."

"How about you get neither and get the hell out of here?"

"I'm sorry, when I meant Malefor and Cynder, I should've also added you to the shit list."

"And I'm gonna add you to my neck snapping list if you don't get your act together."

"It must be easy for you to have these two as your friends since nothing happened to you, isn't it?"

"I, my lover, and Malefor, we all lost our parents to the darkness, aside from Malefor who lost his to the apes. The darkness forced my lover to kill her parents, and mine, so quit acting like you're the only one who's lost someone," Unfortunately for her, she had nothing to say after that, so, for now, all she could do was show her teeth as Spyro continued to talk, "I've already had a really, really, shitty week. If you're going to cause problems, then I will personally deal with you. But if you've come here for help, we will try our best. So what is it that you've come up here so early for?"

"Just heard that you all were rather difficult to get to, so, I thought I would try my luck, and luckily, you all are far beyond what I thought you all would be. You know, someone could've easily come into these Chambers and killed Terrador while you all were sleeping. Seems to me this isn't even a very safe place to be in the first place."

"Terrador can handle himself."

"Or so you say, yet, out during that battle, I saw he needed assistance, as did everyone else whom fought."

"It's called watching each other's backs. Do you not understand what having more then one other around you is like?"

"I actually had forgotten, but now being around, one other, I'm reminded why I don't appreciate it."

Things between the two were starting to get heated with each word they gave out. Not wanting to have any kind of conflict, Malefor wanted to step in and try his best to help him out, "Hey, Spyro, it's okay... I'll take this one," Giving one last growl, Spyro scuffed before turning back around to sit with his lover, and now having him out of the way, Malefor took some steps forward, getting Flair to turn and look to him, "Terrador's right; I do wish to apologise for what ever had happened to you. Claire was the same against me when she first came back, and... I don't wish for this to just, blow over for what's happened, but I have hopes that it will... help," This nice act that it seemed he was putting on was only making her more flustered, "So I'm... ready to face what I've done. And if you need to... hit me... I get it. Just... Hehe... please don't kill me."

Why does he laugh at something like this?! When he knows how serious such a situation is, when he knows that someone's been taken from me?! Her anger started to show to the point that she raised her tail blade, but being able to still control herself, she saw the reactions of even the Guardians at the corner of her eye, so she eased her anger for the time being. Why should I care who I lost anyway. It was my fault, was it not. Now having come down from her anger, Flair shrugged off his apology for the time being, "I'll hurt you later, that's for sure. But for right now, I'm just scoping the area around here. I do have to ask, there are still others with you, are there not?"

"They should be out any minute now," Carith spoke, hoping that she would be able to make things better if she were to talk, "But, Hey, Flair, I was hoping that maybe by me saying something, I could hopefully help with some, confusion, or, anger, or, whatever else you're feeling," Luckily for her, this got Flair's attention, and so, she used this to her advantage, "When those two come out from their room, we all as girls should sit down and have a talk with you to see if there's something that's bothering you that we all can help with."

"Help with? And how could you do that if what I want is gone."

"Well... If there's... something else that would help, you can always let us know."

"Uh-huh? It'll make me feel better if you got me a gem from the other side of the planet."

"Would that really help turn things around?"

"Suuuuuuuuuuure."

"Then, Spyro, can you help out?"

"Wait, what?"

"You want me to go to the other side of the planet?" Spyro asked in a chuckle, and while Carith was serious in her nod and smile, Flair looked to each of them with wide eyes, "It's gonna take a bit after what happened yesterday, maybe ten minutes or so, and... Flair... while I barely know you, I know others well enough to know something is bothering you, and I wish to help. So, if you can give me an idea of the gem I'm looking for, I would gladly get it for you," She was still in rather shock that he was already so quick to help her after what she did, but still thinking this was just a joke, she didn't accept what he was saying, "Looks like it's your lucky day, Malefor. First day as frenemies and I already have a request for you."

"Dude, I'm all for using my golden gun again if anyone tries something. I got you covered," Sitting down straight up, Malefor raised a paw up, shaped it like a gun, lit it on fire for a second, and smirked.

"Wait! STOP!" Flair finally yelled out, walking forward some so she stood in the middle of the entrance way, and once turned around, she looked to the two, "You barely know me! I just insulted your lovers! I fought with you, Spyro, and now you want to help me?!" Seeing a smile go across his face, she couldn't tell if what he was doing was as a joke, or for real, "I never wanted some stupid ass gem! And even if I did, I'd do it myself. I'm not here to make friends, I'm not here for help, I'm just here to inspect and watch you all, that's it!"

"Why do you need to do that?" Spyro asked.

"None of your business, Spyro. But as of right now, if you do wish to help me, may I know of where you live? That sure would put a smile on my face."

"Alright, look, I wanted to help to get you to leave, cause I'm still pretty pissed about what you said to Cynder, but now, you want to know where I live? Yeah, sorry, but that smile will not make it to your face."

"Okay then, how about I just go up those other stairs on my way up here and find out there?"

"Good luck getting past the door."

"Then I'll blow it open."

"You destroy any part of my home, this, building, which is all my home, then we really will have a problem."

"Zero to a hundred in seconds. Good to see you'll turn your back on me as everyone else once did."

"Then apologize for what you said."

"How about Malefor kills himself first, then I will."

"Get Out!"

"Whoa whoa whoa, what's with all the noise," Now having made it out of their room, Ersa, with Volteer, stood over near the entrance way and to Flair's right side, and now with their attention, Ersa continued to speak, "Let's all just, calm down real quick and let me and Volteer get to know what is happening," Making it past Flair, the two made it over to where they normally sat, but to make sure it wasn't too quiet, she kept her words going, "Now, it's rather surprising to see another dragon up here after what's happened, so I'm assuming you wish to know something as..." Now sitting down between Cyril and Terrador, she focused straight to this new female, "Ignitus reported no fatalities. So, first, to get the greetings out of the way, my name is Ersa, and my mate here, is Volteer."

Giving a weak smile, Volteer had his head ducked for some reason, frowning even as though he had done something wrong, and he didn't even say anything to this new female, which wasn't like him. Everyone took note to this, aside from Flair as she was taking notes on other things, So, Volteer and Ersa are mates? Taking one of them out should make a rather difficult life for the rest of the others. Might even make the other mate suicide if I'm lucky. Seeing as everyone else was waiting for her response, she first gave a sigh before giving out her own name, "My name's Flair, as which Spyro never even asked about even if Terrador did already give out my name."

"Didn't know I needed the name of the shit that I step in every day," Spyro fired back at her, making the two growl at one another with threatening intent.

"Guys, please, calm down," Ersa tried her best to keep the two from killing each other, "Look, I don't know what happened between you two while I was away, but let's just, start over, okay?" The two didn't say anything, but instead, they looked away from one another, not wishing to have to do anything with one another, "Okay... Now, Flair, with everything starting over, may I ask what you came up here for?"

"She came up here to recon us, possibly kill us later even."

"Is that true, Flair?"

"If I said yes, I'd be telling the truth and get killed for it. If I said no and lied, I'd get chewed for it and killed," Flair snarled.

"Then here, let's start with this. Worse case, you are trying to kill us. Why is that?"

"If it's a secret, why would I say anything?"

"So, you're an assassin? Like how I was?" Claire immediately called her out for her.

Being obvious might prove better then not, so, let's try it out. Having her mind made up, Flair made sure to stay truthful, while still withholding some of the truth, "I wouldn't say I'm an assassin, but I'm not saying I'm a killer. I'm just wanting to see what life is like up here, and that's it. See me as a threat, then do something about it, but as of right now, I shall stay passive until I see it fit to actually go through with what I'm planning."

"So then you will become a problem, won't you?!" Spyro growled, letting his darkness show some as now he already had all he needed to get her to leave, "Just call it how it is! You're here to kill us, aren't you?!" Not giving him an answer, she knew this would only make him more frustrated, and it worked as she hoped it would, "All I wanted to do was to wake up, enjoy my day, and not have to worry about having to deal with some other monster! You're a headache, and instead of waiting for it to go away, I'm dealing with you right now."

"Wait, Spyro, think!" Cyril stopped him, making everyone rather surprised as it wasn't even Ersa who was able to speak, "She said she'd stay passive until she goes through with what she's planning, right?" His use of her words got even Flair interested as she wondered how he would use them to his advantage, "If she is an assassin, that just means that something else is wrong that we need to help her through. If we're lucky enough, we can stop her before she kills any of us," While he gave a wide smile, everyone else looked to one another on this idea, and while some others agreed, it still took some more convincing for the others, "We can't just leave her... So, please, let's just do as Ersa said; Reset. And let's show her who we really are."

His words were enough to make everyone do as he said they should, but for Spyro, he still wasn't so sure. So, to help and turn things around, Cynder eased his anger by whispering his name, "Spyro..." Her voice was enough to get him to back down some, so now with him being calmed, she wished to do the same with Flair as she got her attention, "Hey, Flair... I do agree with Cyril's words, and I wish to start off our introductions differently. Like with Claire, it took us a bit to help her, but we will do all we can to help you the same."

"I don't want help. If I want to kill everyone, that's not changing."

"I thought the same when I was corrupted. But then when I got help; my mind cleared, I fell in love, and made plenty of friends."

"And same for me, Flair," Claire also joined in to help, "When I got pass my assassin work, I fell in love and made plenty of friends. Even if some were still trying to die for interfering with who I loved."

"Flair, we've all had traumatic losses in our lives, so, please, let us be the ones to comfort you if you have no one to turn to," Flair could only snarl as everyone kept pushing for her to change, so for now, she just wished to play along, which was great for Ersa as she continued to push the help, "Tell you what. To help you out, me, you, and all the other girls can head back to my room and we can all just chill out and talk like girls. That way, you don't have to worry about saying something to get some one flustered or something."

"Uh-huh... What if I say I wish to kill your mate?" Flair snarled, but it didn't have an effect on her.

"Everyone has a heart, Flair, and we wish to help you as Cyril said. We just have to stop you from killing one of us, if that is your goal."

"And if you fail?"

"When it comes to having each other's backs, we will never fail."

We'll see about that, Ersa, Flair once again snarled underneath her breath. Now that it seemed as though everyone was already going to go off and do their own thing, Malefor had an idea for the guys in order to pass the time, "Since the girls are going to go off and talk, what do the rest of the guys say we head up to the Training Room and work out some? Now after yesterday, we do need to work on our moves and what not, and, yeah, I know we all said we should rest, but we should at least get up there to be there, right?" Everyone was rather unsure of his words, wanting to actually stay down and rest some after what's happened, but he had hopes someone would join, "Oh come on. Ersa, I know you can convince Volteer for me at least," Focusing to her, he chuckled once he said, "Hehe, I mean, you need a-ARE THOSE HOLES IN YOUR NECK?!"

His immediate and sudden cry made Flair jump, even raising her tail as she was ready to go through with one of her kills. No one even looked to her, only to Ersa now. To her displeasure, Flair bit her lip as she couldn't help but stop and wonder as well. Holes...? No, no, it's just from the fight. It has to be. Since she was already looking to Ersa with everyone else, she noticed that Volteer ducked his head more, as though he was ashamed of something that he had done. This got her to blush, knowing already exactly what it was from. Wait a minute... those two are mates... she has holes in her neck... Volteer, the male, is ashamed... Oh for the love of! Just the same as her, everyone saw the shame on Volteer's face, but Ersa knew she could cover it up somehow, "I was attacked yesterday, alright! Volteer's felt bad about it ever since."

"That's a lie, especially since I was kicking everyone's ass with my golden gun."

"Not only that, it's not deep holes. It looks like an aggressive bite... You two didn't fight, did you?!" Claire came to her own conclusion right away.

"What?! No, of course not," Ersa quickly rejected the idea.

"Then why is your neck wet?" Cynder smirked, making Ersa shoot stiff as this was something she couldn't cover up, "Almost as if it's been licked for a while... Did Volteer do that to you?"

"And it's not just on your right side too, it's on your left, almost as if his mouth was completely over your neck," Carith pointed out, and while she was doing this, Flair took some steps forward and decided to inspect more for herself just in hopes of making things worse.

"And from the looks of the teeth, he bit down from above you, behind your neck. What was he doing behind your neck?" Flair smirked, hoping this would spark some kind of fight, but it didn't do anything aside from getting her more red in the face.

"Alright! I get it, you all see what's happened to my neck," The guys were still somewhat confused as they hadn't caught on to what happened yet, and since Ersa could see only the girls had caught on, she knew now was a better time then ever, "Look, let's continue this conversation in my room, please. I would like to keep this private, but, I knew someone would've said something sooner," Since it had been brought up, she looked down to Volteer's frown, feeling awful that he knew this was to have been brought up even as much as he wished it wouldn't have, so she made sure to comfort him in a whisper, "Remember what I told you, my love."

"I know... I know... I... I just..." Volteer didn't have much to say to her as he still believed she was upset at him.

"Volteer, you licked my neck all night last night, even when we woke up. I told you, I didn't feel anything of that. It was in the heat of the moment."

"It should've never happened."

"Well, even though your sad about it, having my neck pinned down with her mouth was rather enjoyable. You know what happens during when two mate," Having hoped her words would've helped a little, she picked her head back up, sighing once she looked to everyone and saw they were all trying to listen to what they were whispering about, "You all are horrible. The guys don't get to know, but ladies," Standing up from her lover's side, she walked to the entrance way the same way she did when she entered, only in reverse, "Follow me please. Especially you, Flair, we need to talk with you."

Once Ersa had walked past Flair's right side, she turned to follow, then soon after was Carith, and Claire. Cynder stood up herself to follow, but before she could make it a couple of steps, her tail had been grabbed, stopping her whole body. Looking behind herself to see who grabbed her tail, it was Spyro's tail that had wrapped around hers. Now with her stopped, Spyro walked up to her side and warned her about what she was walking into, "Nothing about her sits right with me. I don't really want you, or any of the others to be anywhere near her. But... I do hope you all can maybe help her. But if she tries anything to hurt you, any, of you all, she's gone."

"Don't worry, Spyro. I will use my darkness if she tries anything. I'll hold her off and call for help. But... hopefully, we... you... Will not have to worry about hearing or dealing with something so stressful," Since she was on board with it, he let her tail go, "We will be fine, I promise. Please just try and rest," Getting a slight smile, he trusted in her, and so, once she turned back to face the entrance, she followed with the others while Spyro went back and sat down to where he was on the wall, "Everything will be... fine... I hope," Turned to her left, she saw the door had already been open from down the right side of the hallway, and making her way over to the room, she spoke before she even reached the door, "Haven't had a girls day in a while," Now entered into the room, Cynder shut the door behind herself and smiled as she looked to Ersa, "Alright, so, spill it, what happened."

Once the door had closed, Cynder walked away from the door some and to the middle of the room where everyone else had sat. To the right of the middle sat Claire, and Flair. For the left side sat Cynder and Carith. Then in front nearest to the bed was Ersa as she was the center of attention in all of this. Now with everyone in the room, Ersa gave a deep sigh, blushing to have to give up such information, "Here we go... Okay... Well, we all know yesterday was difficult on us, especially with the Destroyer. With the Destroyer and everything that was happening, I... Almost passed out making these potions to help you all, and since Volteer knew how difficult this all was for me to see, with what's happened in my past... I needed help."

"What happened in your past?" Flair asked, once again getting trying to get the information she needed.

"Hehe, I can try and prevent a death, Flair, but doing some kind of physiology trauma against me... That I... definitely couldn't handle."

"I said I'd kill Volteer. How much more traumatic could it get?"

"I... guess that's fair enough..." Now having to give another sigh, she had to relive all of this from her past, all of which she had been choosing to forget or change, "To spare you most the detail. I fell in love with Volteer about, fourteen years ago, only I... didn't get to say it as the Dragon Temple had been raided. Those fourteen years without him... the war that I witnessed... having to hear cries of death and destruction around every corner... when I closed my eyes, seeing that darkness... all I heard were the screams of those that died around me..." Flair was a little surprised, not really knowing it had been that bad, but still, she tried not to care all that much, "I... was almost one of those dragons... I once met a dragon who helped saved me from some apes. After he did though, he wanted me to reward him for what he did, and after I didn't, he tried to force me by attacking me, slashing at my right eye and... making me go blind for years..."

"Did you kill that piece of shit?"

"I didn't, but some dark creatures did."

"So they were good for something."

"Well... Here's the funny thing. Even without Volteer, he still protected me."

"How so."

Pointing a claw over to her left, everyone looked over, and on the top of the bookshelf rested a ring. Once everyone looked back to her, Ersa continued, "He made that ring to help save Malefor, but because of his work, I was able to use it to keep myself safe from the darkness all those years... All... those years..."

"And how did you reunite with him?"

"I had been working on something to impress him as... I thought he had left me for someone else... I even thought he had a Hatchling with this female... so... I tried my best to hope he would... leave her... because I wanted him back that badly... So... Once I left Warfang to test my new work, he found me... after fourteen years... and he never even moved on from me too... But, to wrap it up, long story short, he healed my body, we became lover's, then mates, and all in less then a week."

"That sounds like one hell of a life."

"It... was... but, for what I have now... I'm thankful for everyone here, and I wish I could tell my past self that, all of that work, added up to so much more in the future."

"How did you keep going after those years? Especially since you basically had no one, I'm assuming."

"I... didn't have anyone... just me and my books... But, the thing is, believe it or not, was once again Volteer. Thoughts of him, his words, his being, our hopeful future, it's what pushed me. And as of right now, my future with him just gets brighter and brighter every single day I'm with him. Now all that's left is for us to have a Hatchling. Which, I'm not, trying to rush, but... That man is definitely what I was dreaming of and so much more."

"I'm surprised he didn't betray you. Fourteen years is a long time."

"Well, then again, he had been captured for quite a while. At one point, I thought he was even dead, but it turned out, it wasn't even his blood, but Spyro's. I had been trying to save him for a while, and that blood I had seen I... I... I'm just, glad that no one was actually dead. Every step of the way there was always an issue though. But as I said, all worth it in the end. I missed out on fourteen years of my life not being with him, but now I get to spend the rest of my life with him."

"And what if you die now before you even got to have that Hatchling? What if Volteer did before or even after yourself had a Hatchling? What would you do then?"

Flair's questions were rather difficult for Ersa, something of which she couldn't answer, especially not after what she had been through. Trying to hide her smile, she knew this was something she could use to her advantage if needed later. Knew it. Taking out Volteer might actually be my best bet. Now I'm actually glad I didn't kill that green one, Terrador. But now for the others. Maybe one of them would have more of an impact on this whole group. While the other girls were focused on being quiet to show their support and understanding for their friend, Flair wasn't so as she was already looking for her next victim. Having focused to Claire, she remembered something that she had seen. She said she fell in love, and since she was sat down next to Ignitus, that red dragon Flint was fighting with, he seemed to have a lot of power with what ever he had been doing. Moving on from Ersa, she now asked her new target, "Claire, is it?"

Having her attention, Claire gave a frown as she answered, still wanting to have helped Ersa out, "That's... correct."

"Tell me, out of your lover and all the other males, who has the most amount of power?"

"Oh, well, Ignitus is rather a being beyond. I know you don't know everything about us, and it will make sense later if you are still with us. But after what happened yesterday, I'm pretty sure that Spyro is the one who's the strongest of all of us."

"He is...? So then, I should be focusing on you, Cynder."

Now with Flair looked to her, Cynder didn't understand why she would need to focus her, "Focus? Why do you need to focus me?"

"No reason. Just wish to know your back story is all."

"I mean...Technically, you should already know my back story."

"Yes, but apparently, there is more to it. So why don't you enlighten me?"

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

"Make sure to not leave out anything important, of course."

"Just for the simple stuff of what's happened, I was stolen as an egg, corrupted, but then saved by Spyro when I was ten. But after this, I ran as I believe I didn't deserve the generosity that the Guardians, and especially, Spyro, had shown me. He helped save me again, we were frozen in a time crystal for three years which turned out to be six, then we were broken free, stopped the Dark Master, and continued on with our lives."

"Oh come on, there's way more to the story then that. What happened afterwards? And if you stopped the Dark Master, why is he in the living room."

"Alright... Alright... I will... explain the rest... I saved Spyro from the Volcano, we made it back to Warfang, and skipping past some other stuff, we now find ourselves on another day of war. Carith had returned after being supposedly dead, and even though me and Spyro almost killed Malefor, the Guardians stopped us, but this made the Dark Master nearly kill both my lover and Volteer... And... even with how bad Spyro was... How much blood he was spilling from his wounds... he healed Volteer over himself... and he... fell to the ground... dying... as it seemed."

"How did you save him?"

"I... technically didn't... it was Malefor. Once he returned back to his normal self, all he wished to do was help, and to make up for taking so much from all of us. He will always hate what he's done, the deaths in this world that he was forced to cause... And I know exactly that kind of pain as, I was also... Forced to kill thousands... And if it wasn't for Spyro... I would've claimed my own life with my tail blade as well."

"Did he stop you with his strength, or, now that your away from him, you wish to end it?"

"He... stopped my death by being alive."

"So you'd kill yourself if you lost him?" Since Cynder hadn't responded, this was perfect for Flair, especially since she was making it even more difficult for her as she kept asking more of what if, "If you were to die, what do you think Spyro would do? And since you still have that evil side to you, if Spyro was to die, would you turn and kill all those around you? Because from the sounds of all this, it seems as of right now, if you or Spyro is taken out, that could pose a rather big problem for all of you. And I must say, the right side is winning right now by knowing how to take you all out."

"The right side?" Carith growled.

"I'm not evil, just right in what I'm doing."

"What if you were the one to die as well?"

"You act like I'd come up here, knowing I could die, while holding something dear to me. Girl, I've already lost everything that keeps me alive. If I die, who would really care?"

"We would," Claire whispered, getting a rather surprised look from Flair.

"Hehe, you barely even know me."

"We barely knew Malefor, but once we found the truth, we all came to care for him," Ersa backed up what Claire had to say.

"Please. If only you knew how wrong you were, when it came to him, and me."

"Instead of you constantly judging him, how about I tell you the truth about what's happened between me and him so you know he isn't a monster," Carith snarled at her as she once again bashed her lover, and this got Flair's attention, "Maybe you'll learn a thing or two from what I'm saying, or, maybe you'll act exactly like the Dark Master use to; Cold, Heartless, and lifeless," Finally getting Flair to snarl back out her, Carith smiled, "Exactly... Now, shut up and pay attention while I explain. Then, Claire, if it's okay, it'll be your turn to sum up your past. Then, once this is all done, it'll be your turn, Flair."

"Yes, fine, I bit her neck, alright!" Volteer finally gave in with a massive growl as no one had been backing off of what had happened, "And since none of you want to back off of what happened, I'll just straight up say that, she was so good last night that my instincts kicked in and I bit down on her neck," Now having come out and say what had happened, this made some hold in vomit while other looked in complete disgust, "Next time, shut the hell up, Malefor! If you didn't want to hear that, none of you should've pushed this shit, especially since you know how upset I was about it!"

"I literally didn't say anything," Terrador grumbled, ducking his head with a blush.

"That was Malefor's dumb ass," Cyril growled, blushing the same as everyone else.

"After all these years, even as much as you talked when the Dark Master, you'd think you'd know when to shut that mouth of yours," Ignitus growled, shaking his head that he had to keep bringing it up.

"Hehe, alright, alright, damn. I don't need to take shots from each of you," Malefor laughed, backing off from what he had said now with all four of the Guardians upset with what he had been pushing, "Okay, one more; Volteer, you should be proud about this though, cause that means you were finally on top for once."

"MALEFOR!" The four Guardians yelled at him.

"Wait, doesn't that mean, if Ersa was on the bottom of Volteer, doesn't that mean your calling her a bitch?" Spyro pointed out, getting wide eyes from everyone as they knew exactly what he meant, "I mean, you say Volteer's a bitch because he's on bottom when they mate, but if Ersa was the one on bottom, you basically just called her the same," This now made lightning shock from around Volteer's body as his lips wiggled from the air he let out from his massive show of teeth and from the power of his growl, "Hehe, oops... guess I shouldn't have said anything."

"Wait wait wait! Spyro said that, not me...! Damnit, Spyro! I thought we were friends!" Malefor cried, backing up some more as he watched Volteer ready to attack him.

"Still have to put my enemy in a losing situation."

"Hehe, damn, that's cold," Hearing as Volteer slapped his paw to the ground, Malefor could feel the lightning starting to surround him, so he knew he needed to say something fast, "Wait wait wait! Volteer, I didn't say that! I would never suggest such a thing! When your on bottom, Hehe, yeah, it still stays true, you's a bitch," Feeling the lightning now closing in and touching his paws from underneath the concrete, he cried, "But not Ersa! She is as you'd say: A beauty above all! Only you name her as she's yours! I swear I would never say such a thing to any female, especially not to one who's such a dear mate to my friend!"

Seeing as this was working, Volteer growled some more before he started to back off his lightning, but Spyro called out, "Volteer! Wait!" Not understanding why he would've stopped him, him, and everyone else looked to Spyro, "I have a better idea," Focused to Malefor, an evil grin went across his face as Spyro had other plans for him, "Hey, Malefor. Remember when I was floating in the air from one of Ersa's test potions, and you told Ignitus to open the roof above me and let me float off into space?" Malefor swallowed hard as he knew what he was talking about, and once again, this was fuel to a fire, "Volteer... Be nice and don't shock Malefor... with your yellow lightning that is... make sure it's blue."

"WHAT?!" Malefor cried, and looking to his right and seeing Volteer smiling now, he quickly put a stop to this, "But I didn't! But I didn't! I would've never actually let such a thing happen to you!" Volteer did stop for a second to make sure with Spyro, and since he wasn't saying anything either, this gave Malefor more of a chance to stop what ever was to happen, "Spyro... please... I trust you man, I trust you! And I apologize for any wrong doing... Please let me heal after our battle... please..."

"Uuuuuuggggggghhhhhhhh... Fine..! Volteer... ease up."

"You're lucky," Volteer growled, taking back his lightning and easing his body as he sat back down, "Bitch."

"Dude, when I have a mate, I'm gonna have some sexy ass mate stories," Malefor spoke from out of nowhere about such a thing.

"Why do we need to know that?"

"Are you kidding me? Dude, Ignitus, think about it. You're the Chronicler, which means you know everything. Which also you means you know all kinds of... positions...?"

"Malefor, Kill yourself," Ignitus growled at him for bringing something like that up.

"Oh man, Claire's going to be one lucky lady!"

"Acid? No, The Sun? Oh, sorry, continue Malefor. Just thinking of where I want to throw your body."

"You're just trying to hide that blush cause you know I'm right."

"I'm also going to hide your body when I murder you."

"Oh, now that you talk about it, a little Hatchling Ignitus would be freaking adorable! Think about it! A cute little hatchling Ignitus sporting the colors of red and blue!"

"Die! In! A fire!"

"Ignitus, I... have to agree with Malefor on this one," Spyro finally spoke about what was happening, "You're an amazing father, and you having your own Hatchling with whom ever may be your mate in the future really makes me smile to know the kind of smile you'll have on your face, both when you became mates, and when you actually have a Hatchling," His words were enough to now get Ignitus to ease up, sighing even as he gave a smile, thankful to his son's words, "I'm proud to be your son... And I do have to be honest since none of the girls are out here... Are you hoping Claire will be that someone in the future?" Seeing him once again give a smile as he rubbed his shoulder, the others gave chuckles as he couldn't have made it anymore obvious, "Well that was fast."

"We still have so much to look forward to, young one. I have fears that I will go through a couple more lovers before I find the right mate... or, who knows... I... could even die alone."

"Whoa, Ignitus, that's one thing that I will definitely take seriously," Malefor stepped in, surprising everyone with his words, "She's out there, and right now, I trust that Claire will be the right one. While I do agree it will take time, she's never turned her back on you, and as long as you never do the same to her either, I see no reason you two won't be perfect for one another."

"Hehe... I... really enjoy her flirting with me when it comes to her being an assassin... Now... I, really wish I could kiss her right now..."

"I think we all wish we could do the same with our lover's right about now... But for now... Let's just enjoy the guy time just a little bit longer."

While the guys were getting back to talking amongst once another, Terrador was in his thoughts, looking to the entrance way in anticipation. Why... why hasn't she shown up yet? She didn't get discouraged, did she. Coming down from his hopes, it seemed like things weren't looking too well for him the more he thought about it. If she did... how would I be able to find her? And if I did try and chase after her, would that make me look like a creep? Growling softly to hide this from everyone else, he went back to his normal, aggressive looking resting face as he knew he needed to just stay himself. If she shows up, she does, and if she doesn't, then... I... I didn't get attached for a reason. With Terrador having a tough time, Spyro was having one as well as he couldn't shake this new female's words. She doesn't have any darkness in her, and I trust that Cynder will be able to call me for help but... We just got out of such a stressful war... we don't need to have to deal with something else, at least, not this soon... I don't think I'd make the right decision if she did try something cause I'm still not... at a hundred percent myself. Him talking about how he felt made him wonder now about what he would've done now, compared to the past, If Claire was an assassin, I would've yelled at her to leave with how I am now... But that's not me... Cynder especially would know that... So for now, I should use this time to calm myself... And I have a great idea of how to do that. Focusing his darkness around his mind, Spyro eased himself for a couple of seconds before speaking to himself, Hey... are you two there?

"And then me and Ignitus fell in love after all of that," Claire finshed her explanation of her own past life story, now having gone full circle around the group, "You really remind me of myself, Flair, and just knowing this makes me wonder what's happened to you, that way, we can help you," Flair didn't seem all for having to talk about her past, but instead, she was still bringing in all the information she had gotten from everyone's past, "I thought I was alone when I came here too, but... It turned out I was very wrong. So, if that's what you're feeling, we could easily help with that."

"My past is just like everyone else's during the war; I lost everything, end of story," Flair was quick about her past, not showing any emotions about what had happened whatsoever, "Now that we are done here, I'm assuming Ersa wanted to talk some about what ever had happened, even though we all know it has to do with the two mating anyway, so it's not much of a shocker. And if that's the truth, why do you all even want to hear about what happened when that's something so private?"

"For one, we don't even know what had happened," Carith defended in them asking.

"For all we know, what if they fought while doing such thing," Claire joined in in defense.

"And for me, I... don't really understand anything when it comes to such things, so, it's a good way of me learning of what to look out for and what not in the future, in case this was something that happens," Cynder then lastly defended her in asking as well.

"You don't know how mating works?" Flair asked.

"Of course not. I didn't have the talk, I didn't have someone to ask about such things, and really, I only feel comfortable about talking of such things with the girls cause they understand, and they have my back when it comes to stuff like this."

"How do you know how love works then?"

"It was mainly Spyro who walked me through it, helped me understand it more. The only reason I knew, and why I knew of the word was because... I put two and two together after everyone... I had killed... When they said they loved one another, they would kiss or cuddle before... passing... So I used knowledge of that to understand what such a word even meant," Hearing this was rather tough, not only for Cynder to say, but for everyone else as, hearing about it was way worse then thinking about what could've happened, "I know about some Hatchling and mate stuff, and I've seen now more then ever from Ersa and Volteer how happy that could make someone, so I... wonder what that would be like for me."

"You already have a lover. I'm sure you've done the together forever bull shit talk, so why not just make him your mate when you're ready?"

"It... sounds simple... but... once you actually have that someone, it becomes rather difficult, even if you did promise to be together forever. And from the sounds of it, did you yourself have someone you loved?"

"I'm not answering that."

"So then, it's a yes?"

"Not! Answering!"

"Whoa, calm down, Flair," Ersa stopped her as having someone yell to Cynder when she was asking wasn't something she wished to see, "Look, I will talk about my story real quick, and while I'm doing that, I think I've found just the thing to help you, Flair," They watched as she stood up from the group, turned to her right, and made it over to her work table, talking about what had happened as she did, "So, where was I... Oh yeah; I needed help. Now this is where things do get a little... embarrassing, and I will try to keep it to a minimal," While she worked at her tables, going back and forth as she worked on something, Ersa continued, "I was stressed to the point that a kiss wouldn't help, so, he... ahem... gave me what I needed."

"I thought you said you'd keep this to a minimal?" Flair growled in disgust.

"For me, this is something I can easily talk about as it's science, it's just having to tell others that makes this difficult."

"Please just move on."

"Okay okay, sorry. Anyway, last night was rather special for both of us, one thing led to another, and he... Was on top of me," Her pausing made things even worse, but she was done with what ever she was making and turned to the rest of the group with a glass bottle of pink liquid in paw, "This was the first time this happened to him, but it of course will happen," Walking back over to the group, she sat back down in front of everyone in the front and finished up what she was saying, "He was having such a good time that he... bit down hard against the back of my neck and pinned it to the bed. Ever since he did what he did, he's felt destroyed, and even licked my neck for almost all of last night."

"Did it... hurt you?" Cynder asked as she was most curious.

"Please, in the heat of the moment, it only adds on to the pleasure. Which I know he understands, but that still makes him feel horrible for it," Reaching her paw over to her left to give Flair the glass bottle, she raised a brow as she didn't understand what she was giving her or what to do with it, so Ersa explained, "This is to help you. I think I've figured out what you're going through and it's a rather difficult yet simple fix. Difficult to go through in what I'm saying."

"I don't need your help. You already know I'm here to kill one of you, and for all I know, this is to knock me out," Flair growled at her, backing up some even as she didn't trust what she had.

"Wait, so then... If... Me and Spyro were to mate, and he bit my neck, wouldn't he crush my neck since he has so much strengh?" Cynder shivered rather tearfully just thinking about such a thing.

"No, of course not, that's not really how such a thing works. When ever this side of the male triggers, it's rather, nice in a way. It uses memory of the female body they are with to ease their strengh. So, if Spyro were to bite you, his body would automatically adjust to your scales and give you the perfect sensitization of a bite. And it's not like a normal bite either: It perfectly lights up all kinds of points in your body to make mating all the more satisfying."

"So... it's even better then a normal bite?"

"Even for someone like me, it's undesirable. Just take everything you already know about love and multiply it by infinity."

"Is that really... how it feels to... mate with someone you love...? And the male adjust to the female's scales...? That's the most romantic thing I've ever heard."

"Hehe, oh, yeah. That's why I'm so confused as to why Volteer seems so upset, especially since he knows that was a good thing. I would definitely love to have another night like that, but unfortunately, and... to my fears, he said that he didn't wish to do such a thing ever again, and until he figured out how to stop himself, he wouldn't like to do it anymore from here on out."

"You're gonna force him using pressure points, aren't you?" Claire giggled, getting a smirk and a blush from Ersa already as she knew this was to happen, "Hehe, yeah, saw that one coming."

"Yeah but, I do need him to feel comfortable of course. Forcing him would be fun, but only if he was in on the fun," Her arm was starting to get tired from holding the bottle up for so long, and since Flair still hadn't taken it, Ersa needed to assure her, "Flair, I get it, you just met us, and giving you a strange liquid does sound pretty sketchy as hell, but this really will help you. I even added my personal favorite flavor known as bubble gum."

"And what does it do?" Flair growled, and since with all that Ersa had said, it only made her back up from it more.

"It's a type of mood enhancer. Basically, from what I'm getting, you went through something so traumatic that your emotions have shut themselves off, cutting off specific signals that go from your brain and heart to help you react. This such disconnection can effect your every day living, making it seem pointless to live. Like a form of Depression, or even worse."

"And how do you know all this?"

"I've been studying medicine since I was eight. And trying to survive for those fourteen years, it taught me a thing or two to help myself as well. This will only take a minute or so as I added a special speed type gem that will help it activate sooner so you can see for yourself what your missing," Seeing the wrinkles that started to form of Flair's face as she was starting to get frustrated in her constantly pushing it, Ersa stopped her before she could say anything, "I just want to help...! That's all I... All we... want to do..." She could see Flair was hesitant about it, but seeing that she was at least leaning towards it, she wished to do all she could to get her to drink the bottle, "I'll make a promise to you. If this doesn't work, you can kill me for lying to you, okay?"

"You'd really put your life in your work?"

"I'd put my life on the line to help anyone I can. I know this will help you."

"I turned my emotions off for a reason. Why in the hell would I want them back after I know what they could do to me."

"The world out there is cruel, and your emotions only know of such a thing from there. So, why not see how you react to a more peaceful, helpful, and understanding environment?" Now Flair had come back to where she was sitting, and with her so close to what looked as though she would grab it, Ersa wiggled the pink liquid from the bottle in front of her, teasing her even, "I know you don't want to pass up the chance of killing me, now do you?"

Snatching the bottle from her paw, Flair inspected the bottle first before she had done anything else. Looking away from the bottle and to everyone else, she growled, showing her teeth even as she knew someone was to do something, "And what if this does knock me out and you all just get rid of me?!"

"Flair... Have you, ever had anyone in your life to trust?" Cynder murmured, seeing the same as everyone else saw that Flair had trust issues.

"I did, but just like love, trust is a weapon that others know they can use against you. With those before me, you all are the same; Acting like you care, trying to look out for me, but when something turns up to be my fault, you all will just turn your backs on me no matter what we went through together," Flair was revealing more of her past then she thought she was, and since no one was saying anything, only looking to her with wide eyes, she knew what she said and yelled, "Never mind! I'll drink this stupid ass liquid!"

Placing the bottle to her lips, she closed her eyes, titled her head back, and drank the liquid from within the bottle. As she was drinking the liquid, thoughts came to her mind that didn't change anything of which Ersa said. If I wake up in the middle of nowhere, I'm slitting her, and everyone else's throat as soon as I come back! Now with the liquid all gone, she took the bottle down from her mouth, smacking her lips a couple of times before looking straight as she once did before. Inspecting the bottle once again, Flair showed her teeth to it before giving back over the bottle to Ersa, "Fine, I'll give you the fact that it had a good taste, but other then that, it hasn't done shit for me!"

"Don't worry, Flair, it'll take just a minute," Taking the bottle from her paw, Ersa once again stood up and walked back over to her table, putting things back before she came back to the group.

"Going back though, Cynder... When she was talking about that neck biting, your scales stood up on end, especially when she talked about Spyro," Carith smirked at her, knowing how easy this was going to be to tease her.

"WH?!" Cynder was at a lost for words already, and she knew she needed to cover it up quickly, "And how would you feel if she was talking about Malefor biting your neck during such an act?"

"Ahem-well-I-I-I..."

"You're already sweating?" Claire giggled, but now this made Carith look to her, trying to speak even as red as her face was.

"Don't you start too! If Ignitus was to do the same thing to you, what would you do?!"

"Hehe, oh, he can have me, that's for sure."

"See, I...! Wait... Wait what?!"

"Damn, Claire, that was rather quick," Ersa giggled.

"I actually slipped up at one point about such a thing too. He flexed out into this muscular form, and when he did that... I... told him to take me... But then he caught on and I had to correct myself by saying, 'Take me to the white isles'. Such a shame too... But I know what I have, and I know what I'm going to have. I've never known someone like Ignitus even existed, and now that I know what he's like, who he is... He's mine."

"And what if he wasn't the Chronicler?"

"You think that'd change my mind?"

"So I'm guessing that means everyone in this room is guilty of looking forward to such a future with who they love?" No one said anything to Ersa's words, making her, and the others, giggle, "Well I guess that's pretty obvious at this point. But now here is where the fun part begins, and not so much for us as we are adults, but for Cynder," A sense of fear went down Cynder's spine as she backed her head up away from everyone, seeing as they looked to her with smirks of what they were all to say to her, "You're not yet an adult, Cynder, so you still have some time to think about your life. But then again, after Spyro supposedly did it with someone else, you freaked out rather bad. Does this mean you already have... thoughts... of you and him?"

"I'm not going to say anything on such a subject," Cynder rejected her words sooner rather then having someone else ask later about her, "And in any case, I think since we are talking about the adults first, why not start off with Carith. If you think about it, she should've been Malefor's mate way before you even became mates with Volteer, Ersa. So, tell you what, you tell the truth about that, Carith, and I will let slip the truth about what I'm thinking about."

"I see what you did there," Carith grumbled, but she knew she now had to say something.

"But I do have to admit one thing; all this talk about our loves really makes me think more of what we would go through with them," Putting a paw to her chest, her thoughts made her, out of instinct, use the darkness around her without even really knowing it, "It really makes me think about what else me and Spyro would do together as lovers. We already have the poison, the darkness control, and so much more to have fun with... And I love it all," Now taking her paw down, her eyes went wide as she gasped, hearing a heart beat from within her mind, which made her cry out, "No body move! Flair, especially you. Do, not, move!"

Everyone else was rather confused as to why she seemed so scared. While the room had gone quiet, they heard what sounded like a gust of wind which ended the silence for a second. Feeling someone breathing behind her back, along with a rather menacing growl, Flair looked behind herself to see a darkened dragon with yellow eyes. His sudden appearance and face of rage made her jump forward. Once she turned to face him, so did everyone else, but he still took steps forward towards her, now growling in his low, deep growl, "What did you do to them."

"No no no, Spyro! It's okay!" Running up to help Flair out, Cynder put a wing in front of her to defend her, "I was thinking about you and activated my darkness without even realizing it. She didn't do anything, I swear," Seeing his intimidating form, this dark mode of his always got her shivering in joy, especially now with his puffed out chest and his adult features, "But... hey... can I... ask a favor..." Moving in front of Flair and standing now right in front of her lover, she picked up both her paws and twirled a claw around her other claw as she somewhat begged, "Do you think... later on that you could... stand above me with this form and... bite my neck?"

It was a rather odd request, which made him ask as he wondered, "I don't know the strengh of this form. I could hurt you."

"Well, apparently, you know what my scales can handle. So, if we are in the moment of loving one another, your body will adjust itself to my scales, giving me pleasure without any pain."

"And where did you learn this?"

"Ersa was, talking to us about what happened with her and Volteer."

Looking past her lover and seeing Flair duck her head, he blew blue fire through his nose, trying to calm himself down as nothing appeared to be happening of which he needed his power for. Make a move, I dare you. Once having come down from his form, Spyro returned back to his normal purple scales, which, now seeing as nothing was wrong, he turned to face the door, but still looked to his lover, "Since you appear to be fine, I shall leave, but if she does try something, just let me know."

"Which... Spyro... I wanted to apologize about what I had said to you and Cynder... I wasn't feeling too good," Flair spoke in a rather depressed tone, and seeing this change in her behavior, Ersa knew that her work had taken effect on the body, "What I said was, uncalled for, and I hope you can accept my apology to both you, and Cynder."

It was a surprise to him, but Spyro appreciated her in saying, "I accept your apology, Flair."

"I do wish to apologise to everyone else for what I said, and to thank Cyril for what he said to me; by coming to my defense."

"Would you like to come back to the Chambers so we can all group up once again?"

"I'd... like to see everyone again."

"Then I guess you can all follow me back."

"Terrador, Volteer, Cyril, and lastly, Ignitus. You challenged me to an unbeatable fight with your stupidity, so I shall take you all on as I have once before!" Standing up on his back two paws, Malefor erupted into his new pitch black form, intimidating them as he shined his right paw golden and black, showing off his fancy attack, "You shall know your place against a being above! Now, which one of you punk ass little dragons wish to test my might?!"

"We haven't said anything about challenging you," Cyril grumbled.

"All your wanting to do is show off your new power," Volteer knew as everyone else did.

"Which, I have to admit, makes you look like a sad dragon whose never been hugged in their life before," Terrador chuckled at his words.

"This is a joke as we know you wouldn't have a Hatchling with anyone but, your Hatchling is going to have a rather foul mouth with your words," Ignitus was the last to speak about what he was doing.

"What are you talking about? My Hatchling would be the most well behaved little one of all."

"The amount of times you yelled, 'Golden Gun, Bitches'! Yeah, totally going to be well behaved."

"Dude, dude dude dude, you jealous my Hatchling is gonna be a bad ass?"

"I'm jealous that you are the only dragon in this world with half the normal brain cells as an average idiot."

"DAMN!" The three other Guardians all laughed at him for what Ignitus said, now making Malefor more upset for what he had said.

"It literally took the power of the Ancestors for your dumb ass to be smart, so I don't want to hear you talking," Malefor growled back at him, but all Ignitus did was smirk at what he had said, "You really are Spyro's dad; you have to be, cause your as cocky as he is. But let us see how you handle a true being of which your mind cannot comprehend! I shall ascend upon those who shall be beneath me and my might!" Now taking his golden gun down, he raised his paws to the skies, flexed out his muscles and wings before crying up at the ceiling, "I... AM... TRUTH...!"

To his sudden surprise, wind started to hit his back as he was falling back down to the ground, even though he knew he was able to support his body from where he was. Another thing that confused him with the fact that it felt like someone had tackled him, but he knew it couldn't have been one of the Guardians as they wouldn't have done something. Just as his back was to hit the floor, he closed his eyes and braced for impact, but his head was stopped, along with his body as he was eased to the ground. With his wings being sprawled out to the ground, he felt paws step over each of his wings, immobilizing his wing movement. Wondering what could've happened, his eyes were able to open only slightly before they had shot open from a sudden shock of pleasure. Getting only a glimpse of a blue body of which he knew well, Carith stood above him, making out with him to the point where both gave out pleased moans. With this pleasure, his eyes had to shut, enjoying himself even, enough so that his darkness disappeared from his body. Now with the others entering the room, Spyro made his way over to the left wall with his lover, and while they did this, Claire headed to Ignitus's side, while Ersa headed to Volteer's side. For Flair, she stood in the middle, a little away from the two who were making out beside her. Hearing as their lips were smacking with one another's, she wished to talk as to mute out the sounds that she was hearing, "So... hey, everyone... I wanted to apologise for what I had said early on during the day. I wanted to apologise to you too, Malefor, if you could even hear me," Listening in, she heard him give a noise of which sounded like him agreeing, and now with him having agreed to her, she looked to Cyril, walking up to him some as she wished to thank him as well, "And, thank you as well, Cyril, for what you said. It really helped me, and talking with the other girls was rather nice if I'm being honest."

This was a surprise to everyone to hear she had changed up her mood so quickly, so massively. Knowing they had all wondered what was going on, aside from those who knew, Ersa wished to explain what was happening to her, "I gave her a potion that helped her brain reconnect with heart and emotions all together. There's many names of what she could be going through, and so, I thought, what better way to help then to treat all forms of numbness all together."

"How long would this last?" Cyril asked.

"Why? Cause she's vulnerable or something, you thinking dirty?"

"What?! No! I'm asking cause she seems happier this way, so I was wondering when this effect would go away."

"I would say, before she goes to bed, or unless she fights against it and a strong emotion shuts down the effects all together."

"So then, if it does shut down, then we will know what it is that could've made her upset in the first place?"

"You know I'm standing right here," Flair growled, already trying to fight the effects of the potion, "You don't have to talk as though I'm a monster. I have my own opinions too, alright," Growling once again as she closed her eyes shut rather tightly, she let out a sigh before opening her eyes back up and apologising once again in a different tone, "Sorry... I didn't mean to be so rude once again. Please... instead of talking behind my back, if you have a question, then just ask me."

"Okay then... could you tell us about what's upset you so badly? Maybe tell us about what happened in your past?" Cyril was the one to ask as to try and help her, but it seemed to only make things worse on her.

Opening her mouth to say something, she once again growled to herself, shutting her mouth and instead, showing her teeth as she backed away from everyone. Hearing her struggling, Carith and Malefor finally stopped what they were doing. Wondering if she was to try anything against the others, Carith backed off of her lover. Now able to roll back to his four paws and stand back up, Malefor kept his eyes on her, putting a wing in front of her as he didn't know what she was to do. Spyro didn't seem intimidated at all of what was happening, but rather, he just watched of what was about to happen. The fins all around Flair's body became sharp as they stuck outwards. Even her two fins on her tail flexed outwards like spears, now turning her back tail fins into a real tail blade. Burning fire through her mouth as she opened it, her body eased back to what it used to be now as she had control over what her body did. Looking up to Ersa, she was rather upset with the results, "I can't believe that shit even worked. And here I was hoping I could get an easy kill on you for what you would've lied to me about. And as for you, Cyril..." Taking steps towards him, now standing a little more closer to where she was before, she threatened him, "You ever ask about my past again, if you try and help me, I'll slit your throat, or I'll stab you between your hind legs."

While Cyril swallowed hard, even putting his tail blade in front of his legs, Spyro wasn't too happy with what she turned back into, "You're not going to do anything to him," Now back off to where they had started, Flair looked to him with killer intent, "Since you won't talk to us, we can't help you. If it was something the Dark Master did, take your anger out on the darkness, not Malefor. While he might've gone by the same name, does Malefor now look, sound, or act like the Dark Master?" She took a peak over to him as she turned, and unfortunately to her, what he was saying was rather true, "Now, please. Before things turn sour as they have since this day started, talk to us about something, anything that you can that will help you."

"As I've said, I'm not here for help. I'm only here to kill someone, and then leave."

"You're not killing anyone."

"I'll just hang around for a while, and sooner or later, I will. Even if you get rid of me, I'll always come back."

"Dude, that's two references we've made so far!" Malefor happily cried, making Flair growl to see anyone could be so happy, "First, I am truth, and now, I'll always come back! I wonder what other references we can make that would be understandable... Oh wait! Can I tell my mate abuse story that I've wanted to for a while?"

"That sounds horrible," Ignitus declined, but he knew he was going to tell it anyway.

"No no no, trust me, it's actually really freaking funny."

"You won't shut up about it, will you?"

"Hehe, of course not. That's just not who I am."

"Can I hurt you afterwards?"

"What? No. But since you're being a bitch about it, I have a saying that I would wish for everyone to know, especially to you, Flair. Just know, when your life isn't going right, just go left," Snickering at his own joke, no one had anything to say, only looking to him with raised brows as they knew he could do better then that, "What...? Nothing...? Alright, I have another joke that goes to you, Flair. Just know that, even when your life hits rock bottom, the only other way for your life to go, is up!"

"And what if you stay at rock bottom?" Flair growled at him.

"Hehe... hehehe... well then, damn, I guess. Don't really know what to say to that."

"At least on the bright side, I understood what the reference was to," Volteer backed him up, making Malefor feel a little better about what he had said.

"Oh thank goodness."

While everyone went back to talking about other things, Terrador was still waiting, looking past Flair as she stood in the middle, and he constantly wondered whether or not she was going to show, and so far, it didn't seem as though she was at all as the day had gone by more and more without any sign of her. This got him to worry, somewhat bumming him out in a way as he thought to himself, She didn't forget about what she had said... did she? Now all the joy in his body started to disappear, and with this, he gave a sigh, knowing he should've never gotten excited about such a thing as he had done once before. She isn't coming by... is she...? Which, maybe means that she got back together with her boyfriend, I'm guessing. This seemed to stay true, even after he had picked his head up, but he still gave his best as he held on to hopes that something would happen, that she would've shown up. Maybe she would show up later on during the night and wish to sleep some... Maybe she... Maybe... I... I... should just let it go. Ignitus looked away from the group for a second as something felt wrong to him. He was glad he did as he saw his friend, Terrador, looking rather downed because of something. Remembering back to the night, he had to ask him as he had an idea of what it could be, "Is this about her not showing up?"

It was sudden for him to hear, but Terrador was rather thankful that he was able to see that he wasn't in the best of moods, "I was sure she would've shown up by now. I've been sitting in the Chambers for quite a while now and... nothing... I don't know if I should maybe go after her and see if I could find her, but... I don't know... Maybe I'm just pushing it. Feels like my body is just getting hopeful or something when I really shouldn't be."

"Terrador, if you feel like being with her, not so much in a loving sense, you should talk with her some more. Maybe going after her would make you feel better."

"Yeah... I... I don't know... Might just go to sleep here soon and let this day go by... But one thing I'm very happy about is the fact that we were all able to come to the Chambers and have that family time that we all wished to have."

"Hehe, yeah... It's definitely... comforting to see everyone so happy."

Watching as everyone was having such a good, Flair couldn't understand as to why this was, especially with what has happened even yesterday, That battle was rather intense even for someone like me just to witness it, and after what happened last time, with the Destroyer going into the Volcano, the world should've exploded... but it didn't, which I don't understand. How couldn't it have? Even though others were talking to one another, she looked around the room, wondering who could've possibly stopped the Destroyer. Using what she's already seen and known, Flair looked to Spyro, wondering if he was the one who had done such a thing, "Spyro, I have a question for you," Hearing his name had been called, he stopped his conversation with Malefor and looked to her, "Was it you who stopped the Destroyer? Cause last I recall, when it fell into the Volcano the last time, the world split into all kinds of pieces. So then, what happened?"

"Hehe, oh yeah, I was supposed to tell Ignitus about what had happened, so I guess with you asking, this now gives me the time to explain what had happened. This might be a rather long explanation, so, I hope you're comfortable to where you're sitting," Spyro's words did get to her for some reason as this made her get up and move to get out from the middle of the Chambers, "Where are you going to sit?" To everyone's surprise, she made her way to the group of Guardians and sat down next to Cyril's side, which he had to ask out of awe, "You... want to join the line up of the Guardians?"

"Is that problem? It helps me get closer to kill someone would it not?"

"Hehe, wait... If you want to kill someone, sit next to Malefor," Cyril chuckled, now learning of what her intentions were.

"Of course. As soon as you learn of what I really am, you'd turn your back on me."

"What? No, Flair, that's not it at all," Cyril now felt horrible as he understood what she meant by this, which, running it back in his head, he wished to correct himself in what he had to say, "Actually, having you next to me makes me feel much more comfortable," She didn't respond, only growling to him, but he caught on to this and hoped he could help in some way or another, "I know what you said, about killing me... But does this have to do with, something from your past that I can help with?"

"Can you just start the story, Spyro!"

"Oh, yeah, of course," Seeing the frustration in her eyes, Cyril wanted to try and comfort her the best way he knew how, and with Spyro's story, he wished to do it with stealth, "Okay. This starts after I kissed Cynder, making her pass out so she wouldn't have to worry about... knowing who I was," Seeing as this was already getting difficult for him to say, Cynder nuzzled her body against his, and with this comfort, it did make him feel much more comfortable with what he had to say, "Hehe, yeah... I guess I shouldn't be too sad as we are all here now, so that's what counts... But, after I kissed her, I froze time for going so fast. The two clones, one to my left, and the other to my right, I begged them for help. So they flew off to try and find something that would keep me alive. I yelled to myself as I... I couldn't keep lying to myself, I couldn't stay strong as it seemed as though I tried to be."

"Which, I feel like that's my fault in a way," Malefor stepped in, "If I had only known about such a thing when it came to the Destroyer, I would've been able to tell you sooner."

"But then if you did, it would've only added to the stress I felt that day. And, if you did, we wouldn't have had the bad ass ultimate move."

"Hehe, Well, when you put it like that... It... does make me feel better."

"Once they had returned, everything seemed hopeless. I learned the names of my clones now though, or, at least, what they wish to be called. The one to my left is named Xvar, while the one to my right wishes to be called Kettu."

"Xvar... and... Kettu?"

"Trust me when I say, their actual names are far beyond what language we have. Their real names are from the Convexity dimension so... yeah."

"Dude, dude dude dude. Tell Xvar and Kettu, they bitches."

"You know they can already hear you, and I might not be able to control them if they try and kill you."

"Hehe... Hey, can you continue the story, like, right now."

"But, yeah, going back, one of my clones spoke about how, no matter what we were to do, it had already been planned for us. His exact words were, 'If you think you were smart in doing by taking a step left, rather then right, it wasn't because you made it, it's because it was already planned to happen. So for our deaths, supposedly, this... Has all already been planned for'.

"Wow... That's some... deep shit my guy."

"But he was right in a way, but, i knew this couldn't be true for one reason. The light can't see what the darkness does, same how the darkness can't plan for the light. So I knew by being in my dark form, everything we did then, they couldn't have planned for, so we had about thirty minutes to think of something. Then an idea came to mind; I can't use my time power and darkness at the same time, but what if I used my time power, and got the darkness to split me from the Destroyer after I encapsulated it?"

"What? Didn't you use your time power when you were fighting the Dark Master behind Warfang?"

"I had to control my darkness away from my paw to use that power. I know how the time power works, so I knew what I needed to do and or move to activate it. Unfortunately, a problem we ran into was, I can't use my darkness to encapsulate it, and stay in that form once I had done it or else the link between me and it would've been destroyed far too soon, or I wouldn't have been able to have full control over my time power to use it at full strength while not killing myself. The Destroyer needed to be halfway through the Volcano before the time power took over and stopped the darkness all together."

"How come the darkness couldn't just break through the time power?"

"Same reason why the dark versions of Spyro couldn't touch the time gem; cause it would've killed it," Cynder put two and two together.

"Oh yeah."

"I had to let my darkness roam free in order for this to work. One would cut my link with the Destroyer once I encapsulated it, while the other would make a platform that I would land on. And I couldn't ask you all to do it as there would've been too much for you all to learn in such a short amount of time, along with; Where would I land, locking onto where I needed to be severed from the Destroyer, the smoke you could've lost me in, and just, so much more. So, since my dark clones knew what to do, we just stuck with our plan."

"Then why did you... say goodbye to all of us?" Malefor asked.

"In case something didn't work, I needed you to all know that I cared about you all. But since it did... I'm just... really glad and thankful to them that it worked. Now afterwards while I was in the time crystal, I don't know what happened, so, if you are able to tell me that, then I guess that makes this story come full circle."

"I can be the one to answer that," Cynder stepped in as she was the one who wished to explain the rest of the story, "Once I heard the dark dragons talking about how they were you, and they knew where you were... It took me a bit to stand. Even as I tried to cry out, my voice still hadn't come back. Once I did get up and yell out, I fell. One of them ran over to help me up, which in turn made Malefor fire his golden gun. Hehe, it went through the one who wanted to help me and was caught by the other one."

"He got lucky."

"You got lucky because he didn't kill you afterwards."

"He could've tried."

"It took some convincing for me to trust them, and it took him using his darkness to move my paw for me to know for a sure fire way that it really was a clone of you. They only wished to help me, and if anyone got in the way, they would've killed someone. Which, because I was the one they wished not to hurt or disappoint, I growled at them to not do such a thing, and so, they didn't. I did want them to kill Malefor but, it was in the heat of the moment so I couldn't say anything."

"I helped you save Spyro!"

"I know, I know."

"So then, this is where you two saved me from the Volcano," Spyro finished up the story which now made it come full circle of all that had happened.

"That's one hell of a story, Spyro," Flair had to admit, but once again surprising everyone, she growled, revealing something even though she didn't wish to, "I wish I had friends who wouldn't have betrayed me... You're lucky you had those to watch your back, and to put trust in them to save your life is... not something you see everyday."

Feeling something over her back, her body moved on its own as she snuggled up to something, but once feeling this cool feeling, her eyes went wide as she looked to her left. Not only were her eyes wide, but so was everyone else's as they saw the blush on Cyril's face as she stayed snuggled to him. Looking over to her back, she was able to see that his wing had been draped over her back without her even noticing. Seeing everyone's reaction, she blushed on her own, but threatened him to the point of him fearing for his life, "If you don't get your wing off my back, I will sharpen my fins, they will pierce right through your wings, and I'll make sure they scar by keeping you away from those red gems!," Taking his wing back from off her body, she moved away from him and back to where she was sitting, "Anyway. Do you all know where I can rest for the night? While I do wish to go back to my home, feels like it would be better to just sleep here for the night."

"You just want to be close to us so you can kill one of us," Spyro called her out for her lie.

"Not yet. Just for the night, I shall sleep."

"I'm sure I can help you to your room if you need it," Cyril suggested as he wished to help her out, "We all did sleep in for quite some time as of what's happened yesterday, and I'm sure the sun may be coming down soon so, if you do wish to get some early sleep, I can walk you to your room."

"Sure."

Getting up along with her, the two made their way to the Chamber entrance. Once to the entrance way, they walked to their right, making it two doors down before turning to their left and looking at the door with one another. Opening up the door for her, he backed out of her way for her to walk in. She was rather surprised at the space in the room, much larger then that of the room that she had stayed in. I guess I shouldn't be so surprised at how open these rooms are, Flair thought to herself, looking all around the room and feeling the soft carpet from underneath her paws. Making it up over towards the bed without even knowing Cyril was following behind, she jumped up on to it. Once turned around, she was able to see the smile on Cyril's face as he stood near the front of the bed. She couldn't understand why he was smiling, so, once she laid down, she growled at him, "The hell are you smiling for."

"Oh, I am?" Cyril asked himself as he didn't realize he was, but he did have to be honest with her, "Sorry, I just... I have hopes that I will be able to help you with what ever you're going through. I know you don't wish to talk about it, but, seeing someone struggling, I just know that there has to be someway to help," All she could do was growl at him as she laid, curling some to her left as she closed her eyes, wishing to go to sleep, "I guess for tonight, I should leave you alone. But, hey, if you need anything, just come and wake me up. We sleep behind the door from the Chambers."

"I shall take it into consideration."

"Thank you, Flair."

Now with him turning to walk away, she heard his steps even through the softness of the carpet at his paws. Once hearing the door close, she opened her eyes, picked up her head, and showed her anger to what all had happened. I should've just killed him! He was in my room, all alone, and I could've just slit his throat! Standing up on her bed now, Flair went back and forth on her bed as she couldn't sleep, wondering what her next move should be. I know where everyone lives now, which means, now I just need to figure out who I should kill. Now focusing straight, she climbed down from off her bed, trying to stay quiet with all that she was doing to not attract any attention to herself. I need to hide my growl no matter how much I wish to just... Ugh! I wish I could just choke him till blood spills down his mouth! Making it to the door, she put the side of her head against it, listening in case someone was outside the door. Not hearing anything for the time being, she was careful to open the door. Once she had, she opened it slowly, looking from the left and right, making sure no one was walking down the hallway. To her luck, no one was anywhere from what she could see. If they were trying to get me to sleep so badly, maybe that means everyone else has gone to sleep as well. Walking up to the left wall of the hallway, she hugged the side of it as she made her way over to the entrance of the Chambers. Hearing what sounded like talking, this meant that some were still in the Chambers, but she couldn't figure out who it was. Just as she had gotten to the edge, she gasped, ducking her head and body down as two dragons walked out of the Chambers and to their left. Seeing who it was, she thought to herself, So the two mates are going to bed. With how they are, maybe killing those two would make this so much easier. The problem is just trying to kill the two quick. Now with the two having entered into their room, she picked her head and body back up, trying to once again listen in on who was in the Chambers.

"Hehe, yeah, I'm not really surprised in the slightest. But, what are you all thinking about that Flair women?" Malefor asked as they were discussing her.

"I think she needs to leave as soon as possible," Spyro was honest.

"But what if she's gone through something even worse then we all have?" Cynder asked.

"She won't tell us what is going on. Compared to Claire, Ignitus was there for her, but Flair doesn't want anyone even near her."

"We have to keep trying. After what's already happened, we can't lose someone."

"We won't be losing anyone. If needed to stay close to you all, I think it'd be best if we sleep down here for the night, rest in the rooms close to you all in case she tries anything."

"That does sound like a plan. It's gonna feel weird being back in these old rooms though... It's definitely not going to feel great," Malefor admitted to everyone else.

"This isn't the past, Malefor, you'll be fine, I promise," Spyro assured him.

Of course, as soon as I leave, they all turn their backs on me as everyone else has. If they were to learn of my past... there's no point either way to what I say. I either don't say anything and they hate me, or I say something, and they'll hate me, Flair gave a frustrated sigh as she knew this was to happen before she even came up here.

"Guys, she isn't who you think she is," Cyril spoke, defending her which surprised her to the point that she picked up her head more and listened to what he had to say, "We all have agreed that she needs help, and we will not stop until we, as we have for each and everyone one of us, save her. And I get it, she doesn't wish to talk about it, but, look at you, Cynder. You believed Spyro would leave you once it was revealed that you were forced to kill his parents, but because he didn't, you've felt much happier to know that he has your back."

"If Spyro had her back, why is his back still purple?" Malefor smirked, "What if your said, 'Spyro grabbed her backside'?"

"Hehe, I've never grabbed her back side before," Spyro chuckled.

"Unfortunately," Cynder sighed.

"Don't pull a Volteer and be like, 'I'm gonna grab my girl by the back end'," Malefor chuckled, making the others do the same as they remembered this.

"Hehe, oh yeah, I remember that," Spyro laughed.

"So is that a yes or a no?" Cynder asked now rather then letting it sit.

"We already have so much to do. At what point would me doing such a thing make you feel good?"

"I don't know... How about when we go to this other room?"

"Hell no!" Malefor cried, interrupting the two from their love conversation which only insured them to both growl to him, "Look, knowing me, I'm getting the room to the left while you get the room closest to Flair. That means I'm gonna have you different lovers flirting from each side, and who knows... what if I and Carith hear those other two... Ahem... you know... I couldn't handle hearing anything from both you and them."

"Hehe, oh man, you aren't going to get any sleep tonight," Spyro chuckled as he knew it wasn't his problem.

"I would yell for them to stop, but last time I tried to mess with them, Volteer electrocuted the Damn door handle."

"You tried to interrupt them while they were having fun? Do you have a death wish?" Claire snickered.

"I thought it would be funny."

"Hehe, I mean, it kinda was. You getting shocked I would've loved to see," Spyro sighed, wishing he could've seen such a thing.

While the others were talking amongst themselves, Terrador gave a depressed sigh, now coming to the conclusion that no one was going to show for the rest of the night. She really didn't show... Now not feeling like doing much, he got up, turned, and made his way to the Sleeping Chambers. Noticing this at the corner of his eye, Ignitus gave a frown as he looked over his right shoulder, knowing what could be going through his mind at this moment. I'm... so sorry, Terrador. Knowing he should help out with his friend, he turned back to face everyone else, speaking about what was going on, "Hey, I think we should all head to bed then. I'm sure Terrador doesn't wish for me to say anything but... He's going through a tough time after what happened yesterday with someone he met."

"Is this about that green female he was talking with?" Cyril gave a frown as he knew what he was talking about.

"Ooooohhhhhh? Flirting?" Malefor immediately stepped in, and they knew this was to happen.

"Malefor... Terrador was really hoping she would've shown tonight," Ignitus spoke, hoping that Malefor would understand, and the more he talked about it, the more it made sense to him, "He didn't want to say anything as he knew you'd make fun of him about it, but I'm sure he's also struggling cause... he... might really want to find love. But now, after her not showing... he might have just given up all together on such hopes."

"Oh... Yeah... I, guess I forgot about such a thing... Terrador's strong though... He'll make it through this."

"That's the hope."

"We will be there for him," Spyro assured the others, and even though Terrador wasn't there, he knew he would show his support when ever he could, "I guess it is a good thing we are sleeping down here for tonight then. If you all need us, we will be down here sooner rather then later, which is a rather nice feeling to be near you all."

"Does that mean you want us to move your room somewhere else so you can be close to all of us?" Ignitus asked with a small hint of hope in his voice.

"Hehe, where would we even put that room? It's not exactly as small of a house as you'd think."

"You know I could think of something. Hell, we could make a door way in the left and right wall of the Chambers to where you all normally sit."

"We have time to plan for it. But for now, I'm gonna have to keep my house where it's at."

"We have some good memories in that house," Malefor smiled, "I was attacked, harassed, stabbed, punched, kicked, yelled out, and this is just in the hallway. Oh man... good times."

"That's your own Damn fault."

"Hehe, yeah, no it wasn't."

"Oh, but, Spyro, before you do go to bed, I was thinking about doing something since you are so close to Flair," Cyril spoke, making Spyro wonder as to what he was to do, "I... want to keep trying, to see if I can do anything to help Flair, so, I might wake up later on in the night and try to help her if that's all right with you... Then again, if you were to say no, I'd just do it anyway."

"I was going to say that, but you beat me to it," Spyro chuckled, "Just, try and not get yourself killed."

"She's not a monster, Spyro."

"And I know that. But with her trying to kill one of us, I don't wish for her to succeed."

"If something happens, I'll yell for you, okay."

"I really, really hope I don't have to wake up to your blood curdling cry."

This... this is perfect! Flair cried happily in her thoughts, knowing now more then ever that she could score the kill that she needed. All I have to do is put my paw over his mouth and slit his throat! With him down, and the others already down here, I can take out either Spyro or Cynder, or maybe I could just make my way right over to where Malefor and Carith are sleeping! This is perfect! It looks like my life is taking a turn for the best, that's for sure. Seeing as a shadow was making its way over to the entrance, Flair held her breath before turning and running back to her room without them noticing her. With Spyro near the entrance with his lover, he turned to see that Malefor and Carith followed up to his right side. Waving a paw to the others, he wished them a goodnight, "Well then, goodnight to you all. I really... enjoyed coming back to who we were, and while this day was short since we slept for so long, I enjoyed every second of it."

"It's all thanks to you that we can enjoy such time, my son," Ignitus smiled as a gave a nod, and afterwards, he, Cyril, and Claire wished them a goodnight, "Goodnight, you three."

"Can I just sleep in the same room as you, Spyro?" Malefor rather begged in a whimper.

"Where would you sleep? Cause you sure as hell ain't gonna be sleeping on that bed with us two."

"You'd make Carith sleep on the floor?"

"No, she could sleep next to Cynder. You'd be sleeping on the floor."

"What if I stayed on one side of the bed, and you stayed on the other? Carith stays close to Cynder while me and you stay further away, like, close to the edges of the bed."

"You are really pushing this, aren't you."

"You don't understand... I can't listen to those two if they do something!"

"Ugggghhhhhh..."

"But wait, doesn't this mean we'd be able to talk our way to sleep?" Carith asked as she saw this as a good thing.

"And since we are the ones sitting next to each other, we as girls can talk!" Cynder smiled as this sounded like a perfect idea.

"Me and Malefor... sleeping in the same room as one another? I'd rather die," Spyro sighed.

"Hehe, I could've made that happen," Malefor chuckled.

"It's only for tonight, my love," Cynder spoke in a low tone, hoping to get to him.

"How are we supposed to play with poison if the other two are in the room?" Spyro asked.

"We can hold off for the time being. And plus, you need to save your power in case something happens."

"But, aren't you the one using all the power?"

"Aren't you the one using the power to hold me down while you take my..."

"Cynder! No ma'am!" Malefor laughed as they had been here before.

"MY LIPS! Why are you even still alive?! Spyro, why is he still alive?!

"I ask myself the same question since the day he came back."

"So... is it a yes?" Malefor asked in a nervous tone, which made Spyro give a huge sigh as he didn't wish to say yes, but seeing the hopeful eyes of both Carith and Cynder, he had to agree.

"Alright... Fine..."

"Yes!" The girls happily cried together.

Now with the two walking away from the Chambers and heading to the door to the right of the entrance to the Chambers, the others in the Chambers looked to one another, shaking their heads at what they had just witnessed. With the other four now gone, the other three turned to the back of the Chambers and made their way to the back room, which had already been open as the door hadn't been shut from behind Terrador. Once having entered the room, the three immediately noticed Terrador laying to his side, looking to the left wall of the Sleeping Chambers and away from everyone. Each made it to their beds, while at the same time, wondering how they'd be able to help their friend out. Having an idea as she made it to her bed with Ignitus, Claire was the one who wished to speak on behalf of what was happening, "Terrador... maybe things aren't so bad after all," Now with her, Ignitus, and Cyril on their beds, she snuggled up to Ignitus's left side, wanting to be closer to Terrador so she could speak with him, "We don't know if something could've happened or not. I mean, maybe she needed to calm down after what had happened and forgot about what had happened. For me, when Ignitus helped me some, I heard the door close behind him, and I thought he left me. But it turned out, he closed the door so he could join me in bed and comfort me. Not everything is as it seems, and my hopes is that, maybe she had just forgotten."

"Then I guess I should face facts and know that, if she forgot about me now... what if she got back together with her boyfriend and doesn't even wish to show anymore?" Terrador murmured, and even for Claire, this sounded rather unfortunate for her as she didn't know how to respond to that, "She said she wanted a change in atmosphere... She seemed so excited to come up and speak with all of us but... I should've never gotten my hopes up. I didn't want to have a relationship at all... She just seemed so nice... And I wish I could've talked with her some more."

"I hold onto hopes that she'll show up sooner or later, and you should as well."

"I might just sleep in some more tomorrow... I'll get over myself sooner or later."

"You've always been a bad ass, Terrador," Ignitus chuckled, hoping that would comfort him some.

"Yeah... I'm one of those who's a lone hero though."

"You still really wish to find love, don't you."

"I don't even really know anymore."

"So now, how are we going to sleep?" Cynder asked.

Now in the room, Spyro and Cynder laid to the left of the bed while Malefor and Carith laid to the right of it. As they had spoken about, Cynder laid to Spyro's right while Carith laid to Malefor's left so the two girls could be closer to one another. Now that the question had come up, Carith even wondered herself as she was still rather wide awake, "That's a... good question. I'm not really all that tired. But now having some privacy, somewhat, we could talk about what ever we want."

"But... couldn't we have done that before?"

"Yeah but, we can talk more about Flair, or even the other girls. Or, what about that female that Terrador apparently met up with."

"If we had more to go off of, I would love to have talked to her. But then again, talking with Flair some more would've been nice. Cyril's right when it comes to the fact that something isn't right, even though we knew that from the beginning," While the girls were talking, Malefor and Spyro had already laid their heads down, even closing their eyes as they were ready to sleep, and seeing this as she looked to her lover, then Malefor, Cynder asked them, "Are you guys really going to bed so soon? We still have plenty of energy."

"I'm still pretty tired after what I had to do yesterday," Spyro admitted.

"And I'm just lazy. Being in this room with you two makes me a lot more comfortable," Malefor admitted himself.

"Why, cause you know that, when we go to sleep, we're easy kills?"

"Hehe, no, ass. With us in the same room, who could rival even an Ancestor."

"Yeah... That does make me feel a little better as well."

"So then... I guess we should just enjoy this time with our lover's?" Cynder suggested, making Carith nod as she had to agree.

"Once we wake up, we can hopefully get to Flair and get her to feel more comfortable around us," Carith had hopes for tomorrow.

Now with their minds made up, the two snuggled up with their respective lovers, laying their heads down next to them on the bed. Now with them cuddled to one another, Spyro had draped a wing over Cynder's back while Malefor did the same to his lover; draping a wing over Carith's back. Since the two were going to bed before them, Spyro opened one eye, and since Cynder hadn't closed her eyes yet, she saw this. Giving a whisper, he tried to stay quiet as he spoke to her, "Don't think I've kissed you all that much today. What do you say?"

"And how will we do that without smacking our lips together?" Cynder wondered, but hearing as lips were already smacking together, Cynder looked to her right to see the other two were already kissing as well.

"Well, now with them making noise, pretty sure we'd be good."

"Thank Ancestors."

"You're begging for my love, aren't you."

"Hell yeah I am."

Waiting for everyone to go to sleep, Cyril laid in his bed, paw to his cheek to support his head while with his other paw, he used his claws on it to tap in row as he waited. Now to wait... I guess... How long has it even been? Looking out to the massive sized windows in the back, he gave a slight raised brow as he wondered, How did that get repaired... Oh yeah, Ignitus's powers. Now hearing a soft snore from Terrador, he knew now was the time to get up from out of his bed. It's weird. Ever since Ignitus and Volteer found lovers, they haven't snored. Taking his paw down from his cheek, he climbed off his bed to his left, and since the snoring masked his steps, he didn't feel that he needed to hide his steps by tip toeing. I hope Flair is asleep. Then again, having her awake would be better so I don't piss her off. Making it up to the door, they still hadn't closed it, only cracked it so some light came in from the Chambers. So, all Cyril had to do was push it open, making it out into the open space of the Chambers. Now with him being out, he made his way to the entrance way, thinking to himself once again as to pass the time. I'm not use to doing something like this. Now to the entrance, he turned right and made sure to go two doors down as to not wake up the other four. I feel like a special ops agent, coming out at night all on my own to complete my mission. Now up to the door, he knew he should knock first, but the first thing he knew he really needed to do was sigh. Hopefully my mission will be a success. Knocking on the door rather lightly, he didn't hear a response, so instead, he spoke his name, "Hey... Flair. It's me, Cyril. May I come in?"

It was quiet for a good couple of seconds, making him discouraged, believing she had gone to sleep, but with luck, she had answered him, "You may."

Hearing her voice from the other side of the door, he opened it. Now pushing it open, Cyril smiled to see Flair sitting down on her bed, but what was rather surprising to him was the fact that she was climbing down off of it and heading over to him. Letting out a chuckle, he was rather surprised to see her approaching him, which he told her about, "I'll be honest, I didn't expect you to approach me. I was hoping I could be the one to approach you. But since you are, I wanted..."

"You done?" Flair growled to him, making him stop his words, "You were just hoping to mate with my body while I was asleep, weren't you."

"What?! No, of course not. I came by to check on you, in hope that I could also help you."

"As I've said countless times, I don't need help, nor will I accept any help from any of you. Once you know of my past, you'll all turn your backs on me, just as everyone once did before you all."

"I can make you a promise, one that I wish for you to know that I'll keep till I die, or, even after death, I shall keep to you. No matter what has happened, I will never leave your side, and I shall always trust you no matter what happens, no matter what you say has happened in your past," Trying to ease his words, hoping they would get to her, it seemed like they were, and so, he took a step to her, almost nose to nose with her, "Trust me... please... I will not do wrong by you, and this will just be between you and me. No matter what you say or do, I promise not to tell anyone as to keep you happy and safe so you know you can trust me."

Hearing his words, she saw his smile, and for her, she had to smile as well, "So, you promise to not say anything, no matter what I say, or do?"

Nodding his head, he still kept his smile, "I have hopes that... You can trust me, and I will never take that trust and throw it-UGH!"

Unable to finish his sentence, he felt a blade go through his stomach. Before he could react to anything else, he was grabbed by the neck and sent back out to the hallway. His body rolled some before hitting against the wall, and as he was, his body laid against the wall, half on and off of it. Making it out to the hallway herself, Flair grabbed him by the neck, raised him up the wall, and clenched on his neck hard enough to make him cough up some over her shoulder. Using her tail blade once again, she stabbed right back into the same hole she already made in his stomach, now making him let out a painful gasp as blood dripped from the side of his mouth. Easing off of his neck some, his painful breaths brought a smile to her face, but it didn't stay like this. While her smile turned demonic, Cyril inspected more as to what had happened, looking down to see her blade had dug itself into his stomach. Both stood on their back two paws, but for him, he wasn't able to do much as she now had him in a situation where he couldn't do anything. Covering his mouth with her other paw, she didn't wish for him to speak, and since he cried some, she didn't wish for this to be heard, "You really are an idiot," Ripping her tail blade from his stomach, she stabbed him once again through his body, only more above his stomach, making him let out another muffled cry, "Go ahead, struggle, beg. No one will hear you as I slowly take your life," Doing as she did before, ripping her tail blade from his upper stomach, she now made it to his chest, stabbing him right in the middle and next to his heart, "You're just another shit pile of friends and family that'll turn your backs on one another if something happens to each other! You think I'd trust any of you? You really aren't Guardians. You're just peasants that need to be taught how this world works," Hearing as he tried to make a muffled cry, her paw around his neck clenched more before she once again yanked out her tail blade from his chest, "Shame too. Wish I could've saved you for last. But, at least with you gone, that makes for an easy number one," Moving closer to his face, she smirked to him as she gave out her plan, "I wish you could see me go door to door and slaughter all your friends tonight, but unfortunately for you, that's not going to happen."

"Flair... Please... Don't," Cyril was barely able to let out his voice from behind her paw.

"I'm surprised you can even talk with my paw over your mouth and neck. Why don't you cry for help? Then again," Inspecting the damage she had already done, blood spilled down the three holes she made in his body, and she wished to make a fourth, "You're dead anyway with these wounds. Now, what do you say, we make a fourth hole in your body. But don't worry. Since you were so nice to me, I'll stab you through your heart real quick, making your death somewhat instant."

Once again struggling to say anything, he had to let out what he needed to say, "I... Trust... You..."

"Shut up!"

Now having been fed up with his words, his words made her loosen her grip around his neck as she went to pull her tail blade back with full force. Now with the ease off his neck, he was able to move as her other paw didn't hold him up at all. Just as her tail blade swung to hit him, he ducked to his left, trying to avoid the blade, but it still slashed right next to his right cheek. Now down to the ground and on all fours as his side was against the wall, Cyril quickly made his way back to the Chambers, blood spilling all down his body. Growling to see that he had escaped from her, she cursed in her thoughts, Damn it! Come back here! Running to follow him, she was lucky as he had slipped from his wounds, falling to his side for a second before getting back up and running into the Chambers. This time he failed in, she succeeded in as her tail blade connected to the back of his tail, making him fall to face, hitting the ground and on his chin. Jumping to the top of his body, she tore through his back tail before pulling her blade back out. Swinging her tail blade down to his face, he had enough space under her to roll to his side, watching as the blade hit the ground right next to his head. Using his wings, he wrapped them around her, rolling her to the ground while he rolled himself on top of her. She was surprised by this sudden comfort in a way, and with this surprise, she lost him as he was able to jump over her and run to the back of the Chambers. Shit! Rolling back on all fours, Flair growled to see Cyril had shut the door behind himself, successfully making it to the back room and away from her. Standing up to her paws, she slammed a paw down to the ground, knowing she had just failed, "Damn it!"

Knowing as to what he was to do next, she ran up to the door and stood beside it, hoping someone would exit the room for her to kill. Listening in, she could hear someone talking, and making out who those voices were, it was both Cyril and Ignitus. The first to speak with Cyril before Ignitus had spoken, "Hey, Ignitus... do you... think you could, UGH...! Heal... me?" "Cyril...? Why... ugh... Why do you need me to heal-what the hell happened to you?! You're bleeding all down your body!" "Yeah, about that..."

Say something, I dare you. I'll slit your throat for sure if you come back out here, Flair made a promise to herself, but making sure not to stay in her thoughts too long, she listened in."I went to the Training Room for the time being and decided to do some training of course. There's blood out in the hallway now so, if you could clean that up, that would be nice." "Why didn't you heal when you were up there?" "Because I wanted to fight through this pain. And also, getting these blood stains off would take too long, so, I thought it'd be best to just have you use your powers." "Cyril... Did Flair do this to you?" Ignitus asked in worry. "What? No. Absolutely not." Cyril responded to his words rather quickly. "Then why is your heart pounding so hard even after you came all the way back down here?" "From blood loss man. Look, can you help me or not?" "I... I can. But I'm watching you, understand." "Understood." Now with the conversation over, Flair backed away from the door, and to her surprise, she had shed a single tear as she couldn't understand what she had just heard. Why didn't he single me out...? Why didn't he say I was the one who hurt him?! Why did he lie?! This news only frustrated her more as she couldn't understand why he would do such a thing, but then a thought came back to her mind as to what he had said to her just before the attack.

"Trust me... please... I will not do wrong by you, and this will just be between you and me. Not matter what you say or do, I promise not to tell anyone as to keep you happy and safe so you know you can trust me," Cyril promised her.

He's lying to you! Watch! Someone will be in your room the next morning and he'll have called me out for what I have done! Making her way back to her room, it took her a bit to make it to the entrance as she was so deep in her thoughts about what had happened, Why didn't he attack me back?! Why did he ease me to my back rather then using an ice shard or, something, anything to hurt me?! Now to the entrance, she turned to her right to head to her room. Having been so deep to her thoughts, she had forgotten to go after the others as she had passed right by their door. Why didn't he scream for help? Why did he beg for me to stop from killing him? Why is this bothering me so badly?! Looking to where she had attacked him from the wall, she growled as she thought about what had happened. Taking a turn to her left, she made it into her room. Once she had, she slammed the door behind herself as the frustration she felt was unlike anything she's ever felt before. That... Dragon! He's just lying to you. As I've said, just wait till the morning! I'll have everyone in my room by the morning, ready to kick me out, even kill me, and he'll have betrayed me as everyone else has in my life. Getting up to her bed, she turned around and faced the door, keeping her head up as she waited for someone to come in, but for the time being, no one did. Shedding another tear, she growled to herself, speaking out loud as she couldn't handle what had just happened, "Why... Why am I feeling this way... Why...? I can't... keep my mind under control... I need to just get up and kill the others but... why do I feel so... emotionally exhausted now...? Like I... don't care to do anything..."

She couldn't find an answer to any of her questions, nothing out of the thousands of questions she had. It all happened so fast yet... I failed... why did I fail? Knowing the reason to this question, she knew what she failed to do, as well as what had come up that made her the way she is right now. These Damn emotions is why I locked them away! And because of him, I got attached to something when I shouldn't have. I've been alone for almost a full year! I don't need anyone else, I shouldn't need anyone else. Laying her head down over her paws, she wanted to stay awake, but her body wouldn't let her, so she came to the conclusion of what she needed to do. I'll wake up early morning this time for sure, and I'll kill him as I should've done before! I can't let someone like him leave, I shouldn't have let him live! With this thought in her mind, she made herself a promise as to what she was to do tomorrow, and she knew this would work out in her favor. Since he didn't call me out, that means, by killing Cyril, no one will know it was me who killed him. This is perfect... I can... I can do this easily! Just wake up, and kill him, simple. Closing her eyes, she had hopes for tomorrow that she'd be able to take him out unlike how she failed to do for the night. You're dead, Cyril!