The Legend Of Spyro: Love And War Book 2

by Spyro and Cynder lover

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

29. Chapter 29: Girls Day Out For Six

Chapter 29: Girls Day Out For Six

"Spyro... Spyro, is that you?" A voice called out. Letting off a small growl, Spyro woke in the unknown as he spoke, already knowing who this voice could've been, "Ignitus... please... the light, it burns." The voice didn't speak for a second, but who ever it was sounded rather surprised when this name was spoken of, "Ignitus is alive? Haha! I knew that dragon could make it through anything." This kicked Spyro into action as he didn't understand why Ignitus was acting surprised about his own life, but he still shrugged this off as a dream, "Just tell me what it is I'm looking out for rather than giving me a nightmare on it, please. Me and Cynder had an amazing night and I don't wish for this good to be ruined."

"You and Cynder, the terror of the skies, mated?!" Once again, the surprise in this dragon's voice was rather uncomfortable to Spyro as he couldn't understand who was talking, "How much have I missed? Hehe, I mean, I knew my son would get with the ladies, but I didn't know you would like a bad girl, that's for sure." The more the dragon spoke, the more awake Spyro had gotten, but one thing he had gotten onto was what the dragon had said, "Son?" Spyro questioned. Now waking up, Spyro opened his eyes to see he was somewhere he's never been before. Standing up from his belly down position, the first thing he did was check his surroundings. The surrounding area was nothing but grey for what seemed like miles. The sky, ground, surrounding area, everything around him was forced on by the color grey. But once he had focused backwards, Spyro jumped back and growled to see what looked like a dark dragon, but it had red scales that shined on occasion as the darkness passed all throughout the dragon's body. "Oh, Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I'm not so sure how this even works if I'm being honest. Me and your mother have been trying to get into contact with you for a while, and luckily, Cynder's parents are also helping us out." Now with not only this dragon bringing up that he was Spyro's father, but now he spoke of Cynder's parents, "Wh... What...?"

"It's amazing to see just how much you've grown, my son... I can't wait to get out of here and do all kinds of things me and your mother wanted to do as parents; Finally watch you grow up to be an adult, play games, explore the world... Hehe... We could do so much together now... But I'm getting ahead of myself. For now, I'm lucky to even be in contact with you." Not saying a word as he was in shock for what he was hearing, Spyro had to shed a tear, but he didn't trust what he was hearing and yelled at this as being a dream, "This isn't funny! My father's dead! My mother, Cynder's parents, you all are dead!"

"We thought so too, but it turns out, after Cynder had nearly killed us, we were dragged away by some dark creatures and when they tried to corrupt us, we were sent to this dark dimension, or... realm... Hehe, I'm not completely sure. I keep forgetting if it's the Aether or Convexity, but either way, we ended up here."

"Wh..." To hear him give off a rather convincing story, Spyro didn't know if this was really true or not, "No... NO! That's... That's... Not..." Shivering from what felt like joy, his hopes were slowly getting the better of him as he looked the dragon in the eyes with tears, "Dad...?"

"Yes, my son?" Holding back for now on his hopes, Spyro called out this imposter, still believe it to be Ignitus, "No... No! I don't believe that! What's your name! What are the names of Cynder's parents?! If you aren't Ignitus, you'd tell me!"

"Oh, hehe, well, my name is Ignis," Spyro's heart slammed to his chest, but he tried not to think much about it as he already knew of his name, but as he continued, this only proved it wasn't Ignitus, "As for Cynder's mother, she is named Ellen. For her father, his name is Zhen. Hehe, he's a tough bastard. Even for someone so strong, he's definitely got a heart." Now with Ignis having gone quiet, Spyro looked to the ground in silence as well, unable to know if this was really true of what was happening or not. Shaking his head as he didn't wish to believe it, Spyro called him out for what he was doing, "Then how are you talking to me right now?! Why has it taken this long?! You've been supposedly dead for years, so how?! Wh... Why... Dad... Is that... Is that really... you?"

"Don't worry, Son, we will see each other again soon enough. But to answer your question, we honestly haven't been able to do much around here, but luckily, we were able to contact your darkness with the darkness in this dimension. I'm using a dark dragon's body to talk to you right now. And don't worry, no, he's not going to corrupt me. He has a life too."

"But why wait this long?!"

"From what we've learned, there's been nothing strong enough for us to talk with anyone outside this realm, but since your darkness has gotten much stronger, we are able to communicate from one dimension to you now." This seemed real enough to the point of where Spyro really started to believe this was his father, and nothing pointed this to be fake, and so, to make sure things were as real as they seemed, he asked his father, "So... You wouldn't care at all if I told Cynder about her father and mother's name?" Not getting a response, this made him suspicious, but the way Ignis spoke, it really seemed as though he was having a conversation with another dragon. The dark dragon even looked over to his left side before looking back over to Spyro and responding, "Uh... Zhen said that if you don't, once we get out of here, he will make sure to headlock you till your head pops..." Once he had answered, Ignis looked to his left side once again as he started talking with someone else, "Yeah but, damn. Zhen...That's my son... And I get that but... Zhen... Zhen...! Holy hell, shut the fu... Oh for the love of... thank you, Ellen..." Looking back to Spyro, he cleared his throat before continuing, "Ahem, anyway, yeah, I think it would be best if you let her know." So many thoughts now rushed through Spyro's mind as he had so many questions to ask his father as knowing he was alive was a shock. The first question was one he wanted answered quickly, "Dad, how do I save you, and what about my mom, is she okay, is she alive?!"

"Don't worry my son, Caren is doing just fine. We wanted to make sure this worked without consequence, and so far, I feel fine, but as with all darkness, I can't stay in this body for long as it will corrupt me, even if this dragon doesn't wish it, but for now, I still have some time. I will make sure to contact you in the future so..."

"How far in the future?! What if I can't talk to you for another year?! What if I never hear or see from you ever again?!"

"Spyro, calm down, it's okay. When I mean into the future, I mean tomorrow. You'll be able to talk to your mother soon as well, so don't worry. As for how to save us; we are in this dimension of which you've been before, so I guess... Go back? Hehe, I honestly have no idea. Hell, I keep calling it a realm and a dimension so, hehe, shows how much I know." Now having confirmation on how to save them, Spyro had hope in his mind and body that he would be able to set everything right; he had hope that one day, he would be able to be with his parents once again. Shedding tears from his eyes, he gave off a chuckle as he wanted to lighten up the mood, "You have missed quite a lot since then. Ignitus found a lover, Volteer found his long lost mate, Cynder and I became lovers, and... This may sound crazy... But Malefor and Carith reunited, and so, he's now a good guy, and we are, even close partners. Not friends yet but... we're getting there." Ignis gave a chuckle to this as he couldn't believe how much he had missed, "Seems like there is quite a family you've made."

"We've even met some other friends which joined our group; Blitz, Bolt, Sesal, and a female named Celia. We also have another two who I'm not sure would stay, but there's Trish and Flair. So in total for our massive family, there's sixteen of us... And once you join, along with my mother, Ellen and Zhen, that makes twenty."

"Hehe, holy hell, that's a lot of dragons."

"Hehe, and we will only grow more and more. Soon, I wouldn't be surprised if Volteer and Ersa had Hatchlings, which would be an added one or two."

"This life sounds... Rather amazing."

"It really is." Things went quiet for a second as Spyro wished to savor this moment, but he didn't want to stay this way for too long as he wished to ask so much more to his father, "Dad..."

"Spyro! Stop!" A voice yelled out behind him, causing Spyro to turn to see who it was, but since this dark dragon ran up to his side, he ended up looking to his left and asking, "What? What's wrong?" Seeing as now Kettu and Xvar had joined in on his dream, he now wished to take time to add them to the family as well, "Oh, yeah, dad, I wish for you to meet another two whom I have friended; Xvar and Kettu. They look similar and act like me, but yet they aren't. Still working out how things work around here."

"Spyro, stop giving him any information. You need to wake up and come out from your dark form right now," Xvar was the first to speak as he seemed rather scared. "This doesn't feel right, nor does this dragon. And we know what we heard, of him taking over another dark dragon's body, but this doesn't feel right, and ever since he came here, we've been skeptical," Kettu was next to speak from his left, and to give more of an idea of what they were talking about, Xvar once again spoke from his right, "While we don't know your parents, this, Ignis, isn't your father. He looks more like a manifestation of your father to trick you into doing something you shouldn't, like going into our realm, which is far beyond suicide."

"Which I already know, and why I would never tell him to do such a thing, I only suggested it as he asked how to save me," Ignis defended himself, "What would it take for you to know that I really am telling the truth?"

"We already know the truth about who and what you are," Kettu growled at him. "Spyro, we are taking you out of this right now," Xvar spoke as he took action. "What?! No! You two aren't doing anything of the sort, so leave!" Spyro commanded to the two, but they didn't listen. Placing both their paws to the side of Spyro, Kettu and Xvar closed their eyes, forcing Spyro to do the same before falling to the ground, but getting off a cry before he passed out, "DAD...!"

---

"Spyro... Spyro, my love, are you doing okay?" Cynder spoke as she had a paw to the side of Spyro, trying to get him to wake as she shook him, "Spyro...?"

Spyro's eyes shot open as he growled, frustrated to the point of exploding within his darkness. Waking up to his dark form, he showed his teeth as he jumped off the bed, yelling at what seemed like her, "Why would you do that! You never should've woken me! I was happy, I was smiling, and you butted in when you shouldn't have!"

Letting out a gasp, Cynder didn't understand what was going on as she never heard him lash out to her before, so she tried to talk with him to calm him, "Spyro... I..."

"It's because of you that my parents are even dead in the first place, and you act like you can do what ever you want!" Feeling a stab to the heart now, it was like Spyro had turned his back on her entirely, "I never should've trusted you, I never should've let you even stay in this world! I get I can talk to him again, I get that, but what you've done is uncalled for! Don't ever speak to me every again, do not interfere in my life, and just go back to where you came from!"

Feeling completely dead inside from his words, all Cynder wished to do now was fade away, and since it didn't seem she would be able to talk to him, she simply used her shadow powers. Fazing through the bed before fazing through the floor, she exited the room as she made her way through the ground, making it out of the room and into the hallway. Coming out from Spyro's body now, he turned to see Kettu and Xvar sitting behind him, and they still listening to him as he bashed them, "For now on, I'm never using this dark form to keep you from ever appearing. And the same goes for you too, Kettu! If I ever talk to my parents again, you stay the hell away from me and what I want."

"Spyro, we are trying to protect you. Why don't you understand that?" Xvar growled at him as he didn't like how hostile he was being towards them.

"Listen. Ignis was right about one thing; Your darkness can now connect with our realm, and if a dark dragon wished it, he could easily take over your body and use it as a gate way to enter this world," Kettu explained, which now made some sense to Spyro, making him stay quiet as he wanted to hear more of what he had to say, "We aren't sure, and next time, we will wait out and hear more of what he has to say, but if a dark dragon is stronger then you, it will take over, and since you are right next to Cynder, it will surely kill her, which we will then in turn take back over and kill everyone else you care for."

Looking to the ground and giving off a sigh, Spyro wanted to know what it was that he should do then, "But what if this is all a worry for nothing? I have so much to ask him, so much that I want to catch up on."

"And if you can save him, that would be possible, but at risk of being corrupted from something else is not advisable."

"Like we said, we will study this, and next time, we will handle things differently," Kettu finshed up, easing off from his anger.

Giving off another sigh, Spyro himself calmed down, even apologising as he didn't wish to lash out at them, "Look... Sorry for what I said."

"You were in your dark form, and we understand that, so your anger was much more powerful then your normal emotions."

"And it's not us you should be apologizing to. After your constant use of 'You' instead of 'We' because you only saw my paw, Cynder believed that you were talking about her," Spyro let out a huge gasp, giving off wide eyes and feeling completely destroyed, but Xvar growled as he spoke for what was said, "'You never should've woken me', 'It's because of you my parents are dead', 'I never should've trusted you'. Should I go on for what you said?" Spyro's heart kicked into gear as he started to breath to the point that gave him a headache, "If you lose her... So will the lives of everyone else you know."

Now being done with him, they disappeared and went back into Spyro's body as the darkness reconnected with him. What have I done?! First, he looked to the bed to see she really was gone, but he didn't see her even walk out the door. She must've used her shadow powers! With his darkness fading from his body, Spyro turned, grabbed his door knob, and threw open his door. Immediately from the hallway, he saw Malefor and Carith talking as the main door to his house had opened. They were frowning, so he knew she must've talked to them about what had happened. Running over to them, they stopped to look over to him, and instantly, Malefor showed his teeth to him, "You son of a...!"

"That wasn't to Cynder!" Spyro cried out which made him stop, "I will explain more later, but Malefor, you have to understand, I would never say such a thing to her and you know that," Malefor scuffed, but it did make sense to him, and so, he eased off as he didn't wish to believe it, "Do you know where Cynder went?" Shaking their heads, Spyro looked to the ground in fear as he didn't know what to do, but a thought clicked in his mind, "Wait! I will just use my darkness to detect her."

"Spyro... I, know what you said, but did you really say that to her?" Carith questioned as she was still skeptical, "I mean, Flair did call her out for what she did yesterday so did that... effect you?"

"No, of course not. Like I said, I will explain everything once we are in the Chambers. Just hurry and follow," Having used his darkness, he heard her heart; It was rather slow, slower then usual, which he understood why, but he was able to detect where she was, "Found her. She isn't far."

Making it past the two, he ran down the stairs with the two following close behind. Cynder, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to say what I did, especially never to you, Spyro thought to himself, shedding a tear down and off from his face as he hurried as quickly as he could to the Chambers. Using his powers to speed himself up, he zipped over to the entrance in a second. Turning to his right, the Guardians were there with their females, aside from Cyril and Flair. They all looked to him in anger, aside from Trish as she looked to him with a frown. Feeling as he needed to say something for what's happened, Ignitus was the first to speak his mind, "I'm very disappointed in you. I never would've expected this from my own son."

"What I said wasn't directed to her! I was talking to Xvar and Kettu!" Spyro explained himself as he ran into the Chambers.

"'Because of you, my parents died'?"

"The darkness, I was talking about the darkness!"

"'You never should've woken me, I was happy'?"

"I was in some kind of dream world which you don't know about because it was made by the darkness from within me! I was talking to my father and those two brought me from without the dream!"

"You... Wait, what?"

"Cynder, please, I'm sorry, I can explain everything, I swear."

"Cynder isn't here. She said she was going to head into Warfang and..."

"I know she's behind you. I used my darkness."

Knowing they couldn't hide her any longer, Cynder walked from behind Ignitus and now stood over by his left side. Taking a step towards her, she took a step back from Spyro as she wanted an explanation for what had happened. Now reaching the Chambers, Malefor and Carith walked into the main area before walking over to the right wall and sitting down together, wanting to hear what had happened. Once having shed another tear, Spyro didn't waste any time as he explained as quickly as he could, "I heard a voice in my mind, and it turned out to be Ignis, my father. He told me that they never really died, but rather were dragged away and attempted to be turned into dark dragons by the dark forces, but it failed and they were transported into the Convexity realm. I was able to learn the name of my mother, and I was even able to learn the names of your parents, Cynder."

"You... Did?" Cynder now took some steps forward as she wondered now more then ever.

"Their names are Ellen and Zhen. And my mother is named Caren."

"What?!" Ignitus asked in surprise as he didn't understand how he was able to find out about their names.

"Ignis was the main one to talk to me as he used a dark dragon to talk to me. My new dark form allowed him to talk with me from the other realm. Unfortunately, while things were going good and I was able to talk more and more to my father, Xvar and Kettu stepped in, saying they didn't trust my father and woke me from my dream or, nightmare or, I don't know. Everything I said was directed towards the darkness, not you. I would never say that to you, especially since it isn't true, we all know it isn't."

"But... If I had woken you... Wouldn't you have said the same thing to me?" Cynder asked him.

"No, no no no, of course not. It took me calming down some, but it was because of those two's interference that I was pissed off. If you would've woken me, I would've cried with joy to know that there is a way to save our parents! There truly is a way, and I will do anything to get them back, to do anything for you to see your parents again!" Spyro cried happily as he saw this as the best thing ever, but he didn't notice as Ignitus had growled for some reason towards what he was saying, "Cynder... My love... I'm sorry... I'm so, sorry, that I scared you. But remember way back where I yelled your name and you thought I was agreeing with Sparks for a conversation, but I was just trying to get your attention?"

"I... do remember."

"I'm sorry I scared you, just the same as that day."

"Are you... Just having a nightmare because what Flair had said got to you?"

"No. I know it was real, and what Flair said I know is a lie. The night we had, do you really think I would ever do such a thing to you?" Now things were starting to make sense to her, and since the night she had was rather amazing, she didn't say anything now against him, "Please, if there is anyway to make up for what I had said, how I scared you, just let me know. It could be as big as me staying in my dark form and comforting you, or as small as going back and laying in bed with you."

"Hehe, or of course, even bigger; mating," Malefor butted in, but neither of the two said anything to him, only blushing from what he had said.

"Then tell me one thing... What was with you constantly saying, 'You'?"

"My anger was directed to only one of the two as I only saw one of them put a paw to my side," Spyro explained, and once again, with his quick response, it did seem sincere and truthful, "Once they both showed up and I was coming down from my darkness, I was now focused to both of them as I realized they had both took me from out of the dream."

Having now felt much better about what had happened, Cynder eased up some, but after what he had said, she brought up the other side of her. Showing her teeth and getting frustrated, she commanded him, "You will do exactly as I say, you understand me!" Swallowing hard, he knew what ever it was, he must do it, "Get up against our wall, cuddle with me, kiss me, and for tonight, you will stay on bottom for the entire night!" Letting out a gasp, she raised a brow to him, so he knew he had to give a nod as he understood, "If you do a good enough job making up for what you said, maybe, I will reconsider, but for right now, you're in hot water."

Doing as he was told, Spyro made it over to his left and to the side wall of the Chambers. As he made his way, so did Cynder. Turning to face straight as his backside touched the wall, he raised his left wing and waited for his love. Making it over to him, she nuzzled his side with her head before making it up to his shoulder, then neck, before finally making it under his maw, shedding a tear as she was still shaken up from what had happened. Easing his wing down on her back, he ducked his head down some as to soothe her even more. Comfortable, Spyro made sure to apologise once again for what had happened, "Cynder... I'm... so sorry... I love you... and I would never say such things to you."

"I... Trust you... I do... Just... Hehe... please make sure to use 'You two', next time," Cynder murmured as she closed her eyes.

"I was wrong all the way for what I did, and it never should've happened."

Now with things having calmed down, Malefor wished to cheer things up as he had to make a joke, "You know, I love when ever someone is angry. Because then I can rub my paws together and be like, 'Good, Good! Let the hate flow through you'."

"You are a disappointment to all," Volteer sighed.

"You starting shit already?!"

"Hehe, oh yeah. Best way to get the day started."

---

Letting out a small yawn of which didn't last long, Flair snuggled her head more against Cyril's chest. Now with her head being upright, she was able to listen to his heart beat. Having adjusted herself during the night, her body now laid to her belly. With each beat, it was slow, calming, easy for her to listen to and one she rather enjoyed. I... actually fell asleep with him... And he kept his promise to me... No... No! It's only day one...! But... I... do trust him... I really do... And I can't believe I'm saying that. Having adjusted herself, this had woken Cyril as he let out a slight groan before picking up his head and letting out a rather big yawn compared to her. To make sure he didn't make her feel uncomfortable, he lifted his head up as he had yawned. Smacking his lips once he had closed his mouth, he went back to resting his head down over hers. Now wanting to say anything to cherish this moment, it bugged her as she wanted to say something to him, and instinctively, she greeted him, "Good morning, Cyril."

"Hehe... Good morning, Flair."

Now with the two talking, Flair opened her eyes some as she spoke with him, "You know... Now that it's morning, I'm going to go through with my previous plan to kill you."

"But don't you wish to enjoy this feeling of comfort? If I'm to die, please just... Let me cuddle with you a little longer."

"You are enjoying yourself all too much."

"Are you not?" She didn't answer him, "Is there anyway I can convince you not to kill me?"

"Just... shut up and go back to bed."

"That's the greatest idea you've ever had."

Shutting her eyes once again, she wondered what there was to do, what she should do, but every time she thought about it, her mind drifted off to something else, Come on... get up and kill him... But... I shouldn't... I'm so comfortable... But I shouldn't get attached to him... Yet... I miss... having someone to be with... Unable to come to a conclusion with her own self, the only thing she knew to do was smile, even as much as she didn't want to. Damn you... Cyril. His comfort that he gave to her, the heart beat that she was able to listen to, she was able to fall back asleep rather easily.

---

"Hey, Trish, I was wondering if you wished to do something with me and the girls later on today," Cynder spoke to her, getting the other females attention as they knew what she was talking about.

"What would that be?" Trish asked.

"Well, usually when another female joins our group, it's almost a must for us to have a girls day out. We did it for Claire and Ersa, and now we wish to do it for you. We can have a girls day later with Flair just to give us an excuse to have another rather joy filled day I'm sure."

"That sounds rather enjoyable. But where would we go?"

"We mainly just walk around Warfang as to stretch our legs and to get out from the Chambers for a bit."

"I sure hope I don't run into... him..."

"Don't worry. We will be somewhere that he isn't. Do you remember where he lives?"

"Of course. And I guess if we do go somewhere else, it would be rather easy to avoid him. But how will we avoid the dragons who wish to be your lover? Having you walking around will get news to spread, and we could be swarmed by dragons wishing to get with us."

"Don't worry about that as I will cover for you all," Spyro spoke, helping her feel at ease about such things, "Since I have a new dark form, and I do wish to give you girls some privacy, I will stay up in the Chambers. If you all need me, Cynder will call."

"Do you normally follow?" Trish asked.

"We have for the past two times from before, but like I said, not being around you girls will give you more freedom to talk about what ever without letting us hear as to what it could be."

"You know, one thing I'm gonna have to talk about is how I felt during the whole incident today," Cynder said as she took her head back away from his neck, and this made Spyro frown as he had fears about what she would talk about, "Don't worry. Now knowing the full story definitely makes me feel better. And plus, this has happened before. You left out that time you and Sparks were talking about this pink dragoness and how you hated her, but I thought you were talking about me."

"That's a story you haven't told us," Claire was now rather intrigued about this story.

"Hehe, oh boy, what a story that's gonna be to tell."

"Hey, not to cut this moment short, but does anyone know where Cyril and Flair are?" Terrador asked as he was rather suspicious with them not being here.

"What do you mean? I thought he was in the back room with you all," Spyro growled as he was rather afraid of what happened.

"When we woke up, he was gone. I'm assuming he went back after Flair."

"What?!"

"Spyro, clam down. I don't know what happened last night, but I'm sure he's okay," Ersa lied as she knew exactly what had happened to him during that night.

"Hehe, you don't remember how good our night was? Not surprised," Volteer teased her.

"Don't start," Malefor grumbled.

"I still need to make sure. Where does she sleep?" Spyro asked, already ready to jump into action, fearing for the worst.

"Two doors down to the right," Terrador answered him.

Getting into his dark form as he wanted to make sure he was prepared for anything, Kettu and Xvar manifested from out of his body and appeared in front of him. Still feeling bad from what had happened, Spyro wanted to apologize before he proceeded with what he had to say, "Kettu, Xvar, I know after what I said, you two are probably still upset with me, and I am still deeply sorry."

"Look, we aren't into mushy stuff," Kettu said.

"We looked past it. You reunited with Cynder, and since you already apologised, we are on your side once again," Xvar assured him which brought a smile to Spyro's face, "We can watch over everyone while you are gone."

"Thank you," Spyro thanked.

"Kettu! Xvar! You two ready for round two?!" Malefor yelled out to the two, slamming his fist into the palm of his other paw.

"Malefor, play nice. I will be right back."

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"Cyril... can you wake, please," Having spoke so lowly, Flair didn't expect him to wake, but surprisingly enough, he did.

"I can get use to waking up to such a soothing voice," Cyril smiled to the awakening.

"Don't get use to it, cause... I've... made up my mind... Get on your back and accept death."

"Flair... please don't..."

"Do not question me."

Cyril didn't wish for her to go through with what she wished, but he knew questioning her would only upset her more. Stretching out his body first before standing up only slightly on the bed, he rolled onto his back, opened his eyes, and looked up to the ceiling as he waited for his death. Now with him off her, she was able to stand up herself. Opening her eyes, she walked over to his body. Turning as she stood over him to align herself with his body, she brought her tail blade around the side of his body before pointing it straight down at his chest. Letting out a sigh and a frown as he now looked to her, Cyril wished to give off his final words, "Once you do kill me, make sure to carefully make your way out of here. The others might be awake by now, and I don't want them to know what happened to me before you have a chance to escape."

Letting out her own sigh, she showed her teeth, but couldn't show her anger, "Once again, even as I try to kill you, you still try to protect me."

"I promised I would, didn't I?"

"You... did..." No longer able to keep up the act that she was putting on, she was honest with him, "Alright, fine!" The sudden outburst she gave made him look to her with wide eyes, "I was only doing this cause I wanted to lay on your chest so you could pet my fins, alright..." Now hearing this, Cyril gave a smile to her, and seeing this smile, she gave a blush before looking away from him, "Of course you would smile."

"I'm just... happy to hear that you trust me."

"You wouldn't leave me alone so... What do expect..."

Laying the top of his head down on the bed, he closed his eyes, waiting for her to lay her body down on his chest. Just as she went to do so, the door had opened, which she had noticed last second. Hearing a loud gasp, Flair herself let out a gasp to see Spyro had entered into the room, in shock of what he was seeing. Seeing her over him with her tail blade to his chest, he saw this as her threatening to kill him. Backing off from Cyril, she cried out as she tried to defend herself, "Wait! Spyro! It's not what you think!"

"Shut up! I saw what you were trying to do!" Spyro yelled at her, entering into the room and approaching her, "Get out, leave, and never come back or else I'll deal with you right here and now!"

"No... Cyril... Cyril can cover for me, I swear!"

Opening his eyes back up to see what was happening, Cyril noticed Spyro was in his dark form and approaching with rather killer intent. Rolling over to his side, he stood up, brought a wing up to his right side and covered the front of Flair as he defended her. Spyro stopped only a couple of steps from the bed, and since she was now being blocked by Cyril's wing, this made him know he was going to put up a fight. Flair was rather afraid as she knew Cyril could easily turn his back on her, which she thought about, He... he wouldn't tell Spyro about what I did... would he?! Giving off a growl, Spyro didn't wish for him to do this, "Cyril, don't..."

"No!" Cyril immediately yelled to him, defending her, "You said if she hurt me, she'd be gone, but she didn't!" Extending his other wing out wide as he did so with his other wing, he puffed out his chest even as to show all of his body, "Does it look like she injured me?! Do you see any blood, any wound, anything to show that she hurt me?" Unfortunately to him, he didn't see any wound, not even any blood to show that the two had fought, and so, Spyro gave a sigh to see that he was right, "Spyro... Don't do this... You know and see that I'm right, which means you can't banish her. I get what your trying to do, but as you can see, she's no longer a threat."

"You know she can turn on you at any point, as you are to me."

"Just admit for once in your life, you're wrong about her. We've been doing this for the last few days now and it needs to end here."

"Spyro, let me cover for her as well," Cynder spoke as she had walked into the room, and as she made it next to her lover's left, her focus turned to Flair, "Good morning, Flair. I have hopes that you slept well."

Easing herself some to see another hopefully friendly face, Flair responded to her, "I... Did sleep, rather well."

"That's really good to hear," Now that she seemed calmed, Cynder wished to change her lover's mind, "You told him that if there was a wound, you would banish her, but since there isn't, you're going to keep your word, aren't you?" He mainly gave a sigh as he didn't wish to agree, but he also didn't wish to go against her, and with what she said next, he had to change his view, "Make me proud on this, Spyro. Be the Spyro I know and love. Make the right decision here."

Since he had already messed up during the morning, he changed his view, but he wished to make sure of something, "Flair," Looking to her, he asked her outright, "Did you hurt him and you just aren't telling?" She didn't know if she should tell the truth or not, but she knew telling him the truth would get his trust, or at least she hoped, "If you tell me the truth, I will... Not, banish you. But if I find out that you've lied later on, I will never trust you ever again."

Cyril didn't wish for her to tell the truth as he didn't know for sure if he could trust his own friend or not, and since Flair hadn't said anything; not wanting for Spyro to get suspicions, he stepped in to answer for her, "No, she didn't..."

"Cyril..." Hearing his name be called, he stopped to hear it had been Flair who had spoken, and even though he wished to go against her to protect her, it seemed she already had an idea of what she wanted to say, "Fine... You want the truth," While she shivered, Cyril swallowed hard, focusing the same as her to Spyro as they wondered how he'd react, "I... stabbed him in the chest last night... I was going to slice his heart in half but... he stopped me," With Spyro letting out a rather hefty sigh, she was quick to make something clear as to not get him too upset, "But I've changed some, Spyro! I really have..."

"Change in what way?" Spyro growled, wondering if this meant for the worse.

"Cyril... talked to me a lot last night and I've... changed my view. He's made promises to me, he comforted me, and... I will only kill him now if he ever does something that breaks what he's promised me."

"Hehe, ah yes, the classics," Cynder giggled as she herself had done such a thing before, "I remember doing the same to Spyro, though of course, I never actually would've."

"But what about the others? How do I know you really are trustworthy?" Spyro asked, still not believing in what she was saying.

"As I've said, Cyril's my prey, no one else around here. I'm not... a hundred percent, but..." Staying quiet for a bit as she didn't wish to reveal this kind of information, something in her told her to say it, "If Cyril... keeps it up... maybe... I really will change..." Not having seen the other two's shocked reaction, the only thing she focused on was someone rubbing her right side, which had been Cyril's wing, and she growled at him for what he was doing once she looked to him, "Don't you dare push your luck."

Having heard her growl, Spyro took a step forward as he was afraid of her trying something towards Cyril.

"Just wanted to help is all," Cyril defended his actions.

"I already said you helped, now back off some."

"Okay, okay," Doing as he was told, he moved some to his left, making her shiver, of which he saw, "What's with the shiver?"

"I said back off, I didn't say back off from me!"

"Oh... Sorry..."

Moving back over to her side, the other two watched in awe as she actually snuggled up to his side, almost like she was enjoying her time being around him, and it was such a big change of which they never expected to see. Having the comfort once again, Flair snuggled her head underneath Cyril's maw before looking down some to the bed and wishing to close her eyes to get some more rest, but both of what she wanted had to wait as someone had yelled from inside the Chambers, loud enough for even them to hear, "That's it! You're dead!"

"What the hell?" Spyro asked, turning to the door before running over and out the room.

"That sounded like Malefor," Cynder said out loud, following behind her lover as they both made their way to the Chamber.

"Ugh... Of course. Leave it to Malefor to ruin such peace and quiet," Flair growled, still not wishing to move, but after hearing him yell, she knew she had to, "That dumb ass dragon," Taking her head back from underneath his maw, she opened her eyes, gave a sign, and then looked him in the eyes as she spoke, "Having everyone in the Chambers, Spyro seeming to trust me, I wonder; if I killed you right now, could I get away clean and easy?" Seeing as he gave a whimper as to mess with her, she rolled her eyes at him for doing this, but didn't expect a smile from her own self, "I'm not actually going to kill you, Cyril. I'm rather... glad to hear so far that, Ersa isn't upset with me... and, having you, and even Cynder greet me awake, unlike Spyro, was rather... comforting."

"I'm glad you're able to feel at home around here. I'm sure being able to talk with the girls about yesterday will eliminate any doubt you may still have of them being upset with you," Cyril comforted her, both with words and a smile, but once she had seen his smile, she felt hers, and growled as to get out of bed.

"Can we just get out to the Chambers already?!"

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"What the hell is going on in here?" Spyro called out to get everyone's attention, and once having turned to face into the Chambers, he saw Malefor in his pitch black form in the middle of the room off to the right, along with Kettu and Xvar, but they were in front of him, being more off to the left, "Why are you three fighting now?"

"Because Xvar and Kettu here think I'm incapable of being a lover to anyone, let alone a mate!" Malefor growled, wanting to stand up for himself and not be made a fool of.

"Hehe, that's very much true," Kettu laughed as the two messed with him.

"You also left out, incapable of being anything yourself," Xvar laughed with his friend.

"That's it!" Malefor yelled.

Now having enough of their words, Malefor cooked up fire in his mouth quick before releasing a huge blast of wind and fire. With Kettu being on the right side, he was easily able to deflect the blast of fire off to his own right side, sending the mass of fire right to the left side of Spyro. But unfortunately for the three, as they looked to where the fire was traveling, Cynder walked up to Spyro's left, right to where the fire was being sent. Unknowing of what was headed her way, she asked her lover, "Spyro, is everything..."

"Cynder!" Everyone cried.

Now seeing the ball of fire heading towards her, she stopped dead. Going to block herself with her wings, a wing shot up to block her from the massive ball of fire which smashed with the wing that had protected her. Backing up some and putting a paw to her chest, Cynder let out a sigh. Seeing the purple wing that had protected her, she looked to Spyro and thanked him, "Thanks for the save my..."

"Kettu, Xvar, you almost got Cynder burnt," Spyro growled, not having heard her as she tried to thank him.

"Ohhhhhhh, you two are in deep shit now," Malefor chuckled.

"Malefor, back off from them," He growled over to Malefor, and since he seemed serious, he did as he was told, ducking his head and making his way back to Carith and not saying anything.

"We're sorry about that, Spyro," Kettu was the first to apologise.

"Guess we were having a little too much fun messing with Malefor," Xvar explained himself and his friend for their actions.

"Did you hurt Malefor?" Cynder asked as she stepped up some, and since she was trying to talk with the two, Spyro brought down his wing to give her view.

"Unfortunately, no."

"Tell you what; If you do hurt him, that will make up for almost getting me burned."

"Really?" Xvar and Kettu asked in unison, smiling even as they liked this idea.

"What?! Hell no. Spyro, remember, Kettu and Xvar are faster then me, they could've stopped my fire," Malefor defended himself.

"Yet, it was, your, fire, Malefor. Kettu, Xvar, you two are off the hook, just don't do that again," Spyro warned the two.

"WH...?!"

"Don't worry, Spyro, we knew you would've protected Cynder anyway which is why we didn't react," Kettu explained as to their actions this time.

"But we promise it won't happen again," Xvar promised before disappearing in a cloud of smoke along with Kettu and going back into Spyro's body.

"You're a real piece of work, Spyro," Malefor growled at him, watching as the two made it over to the left wall, later sitting down, turning, and facing the middle of the Chambers, "That's like saying, it's not the dragon that kills, but the bullet. It's not who pulls the trigger, but what actually caused the death," Stopping what he was saying to see Flair and Cyril were walking into the Chambers with one another, he wished to get their opinion on the situation on paw, "Cyril, if Flair shot fire at you and you deflected it, possibly hitting someone, who would be at fault for that dragon being hit; You for the deflection, or Flair for the fire?"

Once having sat down with Flair as she sat to his left, Cyril was able to chuckle as he thought about such a thing happening, "Well, first, I'd cry to see Flair was even attacking me."

"Oh grow up you little bitch."

"Don't call him a bitch or else you can trade Cyril for you when I attack you!" Flair growled at Malefor, and in a way, defending Cyril, if which he liked.

"Thought you were only going to kill Cyril?" Spyro asked her.

"Doesn't mean I can't put some scars on others here and there."

"Malefor, you do realize you went against yourself on your own argument, right?" Ersa asked him as she didn't understand why he was making a big deal about something he already lost.

"What are you talking about?" Malefor asked.

"'It's not who pulls the trigger, but what actually caused the death'. You said that's how Spyro views things. Which means you view things as; It's who pulls the trigger, but not what causes the death. Which means, in simplified terms, you are who pulled the trigger, which makes it your fault, so you already agreed with yourself that it was your own fault."

"Uuuhhh... What?"

"YOUR DUMB, DUDE!" Spyro called out the obvious, "She's calling you dumb!"

"Please, you can't even spell dumb."

"M, a, l, e, f, o, r."

"What did you spell? I lost track after 'L', and I think 'E'."

"Ha! I know what he spelled, and Spyro spelled it perfectly," Volteer laughed.

"There's no 'E' or 'L' even in dumb!"

"Malefor, he spelled your name," Ignitus sighed to see he still hadn't caught on yet.

"What? Why? I told Spyro to spell dumb, not my name."

"Okay, now I do have to ask; Do you not, get it?"

"No."

"You told him to spell dumb, so he spelled your name, cause you're dumb... And uh... Hehe, I'm kinda having to agree right now."

"So, because I lost track of him spelling a big word, rather then the word I asked for, that makes me dumb?"

"Malefor's gonna be like, 'Got to make a harassment box, but in my mind'," Volteer laughed as he remembered how upset he got when he brought that up.

"Flair, how would you like to start a new dark army? I get to kill Volteer here and you get Cyril!" Malefor growled.

"What about Carith?" Flair wondered.

"She'll be by my side as we take over this world."

"Thought you were too lazy."

"Yeah, I am, but, I know you can't pass up killing Cyril, and since it's by my order, everyone will understand his death and you'll get off easy. Doesn't that sound like such an amazing deal?"

"I'm not going to kill him."

"What?!" Her words got everyone to cry out loud to hear her say such a thing.

"What!" Flair growled out at everyone to hear their reactions, "Is that a problem?!"

"Now we definitely need to have this girls day," Claire was now a hundred and ten percent on board to have this day.

"Flair... I know he spent the night with you and all but, what could've possibly been said or even done for you to change from who you were yesterday to who you are now?" Carith questioned as she had seemed like a completely different dragon while still having noticeable signs of herself from here and there, "Just yesterday, you were ready to bash out the door and kill him, but now with all the chances you've had, you're not even a little interested."

"Wait! Maybe it's because the two... had a little fun last night," Malefor smirked, and while Cyril blushed, Flair didn't, "Awwwwwww, is Flair not blushing because she didn't like what she saw?"

"I'm gonna choke you till your eyes pop!" Cyril growled at him as he knew what he was talking about.

"Sounds like something Flair would be into."

"Malefor, shut the hell up," Flair growled at him, sharpening her fins some as she was getting fed up with having to listen to what he was saying, "We didn't mate, we didn't kiss; nothing of what you all think happened, happened. I'm still very much myself, and if I need to turn against you all again..."

"No!" All of the others cried to her surprise.

"What we all mean is, is this who you want to be?" Cynder hoped for a yes.

Not giving a straight answer, Flair didn't wish for them to get their hopes up, nor did she wish to do the same with herself, "I'm... calmed... whether that's a good thing or not is to be seen. I'm not saying yes because I still don't trust you all, nor do I believe this family will even last..." With the yes being out of the way, they wondered what her rejection against her other feelings would be to how she felt towards them, "But... I'm also not saying, no, this isn't who I wish to be because... Look, Cyril just helped me, alright. I'm not talking about what we talked about but... I only trust him as of right now, alright."

"If you knew this family wouldn't last, why would you put your trust in Cyril if you could lose him?" Spyro decided it would be best if he straight up asked her, not wanting to put the others in a position to say such a thing, and with her not saying anything to his words, he wanted to drive this home and get closure to his own fears, "After tonight, you really don't want Cyril dead, do you?" Once again, she didn't respond, only looking away from the others by ducking her head behind Cyril as to not show herself, and to back off as to not cause a fight, Spyro went on to other matters, "Ahem... To, back away from sensitive topics, when do you girls wish to leave to have your day?"

"So quick to get rid of me," Cynder murmured just to mess with him.

"Do you mean quick to lock you up to forever be my lover?" Spyro purred to her for last night's story, "Seems my shackles didn't do their job. Should make it out of darkness tonight to hold you down."

"You two still play with chains? So sad," Malefor sighed to hear what they play around with.

"Well, being chained with Spyro was the first time I ever really felt safe so... I don't mind doing the same all over again with him," Cynder purred back to her lover, and while she tried not to sound sad about it, Spyro still heard it, so she didn't wish for him to feel bad about what she had said, "Don't worry, my love... I thought I would lose that feeling of safety, but now, I get to live the rest of my life with it. And after that wing stunt to protect me from that fire, I feel like Xvar and Kettu did that just to make me want to throw you against this wall and make out with you."

"You know if that happens, you're gonna miss out most of this day with the girls. You'll probably be passed out on my chest," Spyro smiled, trying to keep up the mood and not frown for what she had first said.

"Which I wish to do so desperately... Ugh! Now I'm conflicted about what I want to do. Damn you for being the way you are."

"Just staying handsome like you said."

"Hey, Cynder, just, please don't make me have to make some kind of chain again just to make it, authentic for your stories," Malefor chuckled as he felt uncomfortable just thinking about something like that happening.

"Especially since you should be working on a chain for me," Carith giggled, making Malefor blush, but he still smiled to her words.

Since everyone was distracted, talking amongst those close to them, Cyril took this opportunity to be stealthy about what he was to talk about. Feeling a drop of a tear go down his back, he turned to his right and was able to see some of her face. Flair seemed conflicted about what she was feeling, showing her teeth but trying to frown at the same time, with tears joining in just the same even with her eyes being closed. Rubbing his wing against the side of her once again, it got her to shiver, but it also got her attention as she opened her eyes to see he was focusing to her.

"It's okay, Flair. Don't think about such a thing," To help and ease her, he picked up his paw from the ground and placed it over her paw, "I'll be there for you, I promise. Hehe, and yes, that is another promise, but I've promised that before so... I guess it just doubles, making it even more of a sure fire kept promise that I will keep to you, so there's no need to fear," He couldn't tell if what he was doing was working or not, but he was able to get her to stop from showing her teeth, and what also looked as though her tears were starting to subside, "And to look on the bright side, I know you'll have fun being with the other girls as they're having a girls day," Now with it seeming his words were working, she took her head from off his back, so, he turned his head to his left now to see she had been facing straight once again, "Will you join them, or, do you wish to stay here and..."

"Will I see you again tonight?" Flair murmured, shivering even as she had asked it.

"Of course you will. When ever you need me, I'll be there."

"And what if I need you thousands of years from now?"

"Even if you need me millions of years from now," Nuzzling his side against hers, it made her shed another tear down her right eye, of which he was able to see, "I'll be there."

"Argus said he'd be there for me, no matter what happened... And look where he is now... Look where I am now..."

"Do... You not like being here? Do you... not like being with me?"

"We're getting off topic," Flair growled, now not wanting to talk about it was they were, "What is this, girls day?"

"I mean, I'm sure the girls would love to explain it to you. I would but, they get way more excited, especially to hear someone else wants to join them," So she wouldn't have to, Cyril wanted to get the others to smile by asking one of the girls to explain, and since Carith was more in the middle, aside from Cynder, he asked her, "Hey, Carith. Flair wanted some insight as to what a girls day is. I'm pretty sure that means she might be interested in going as well."

"Well I can absolutely help out with that!" Carith said with excitement, "So, Flair, basically, a girls day for us is kinda like just hanging out, expect we walk around Warfang as we talk to get some fresh air and what not. I'm sure since the back of Warfang is rather cleared out, we could always go there," Hearing this made Spyro, and even Malefor open their mouths as they were to say something about this, but she assured them, "But we won't leave Warfang for safety reasons, so we don't need to worry."

"Even though we did get attacked once when we were with Claire," Cynder giggled from the memory, trying to stay positive about what had happened.

"Why?" Flair questioned.

"Because I was... an assassin, and I didn't get my job done, they came after me, or at least, the one who sent me here told the dragons to bring me back," Claire sighed, remembering back to that day and what happened to Cynder, "And it was my fault Cynder even got hurt in the first place."

She must be talking about Flint, but why isn't she talking about his name publicly? Why is she hiding it? Flair wondered as something didn't seem right in her wording. Waving a paw to Claire, Cynder assured her of that day, "Please, I've been through much more then the hit he dealt. That dragon wasn't anything special, and I've taken more damage to a bony dark force creature before than him."

"So if you all know I'm an assassin as well, why risk going out there?" Flair asked, "Not going to say I was sent by anyone, but in case I was, you'll just be repeating history."

"Hehe, no we won't," Carith giggled to hear her say this, "The first time, it was just me, Cynder, and Claire. The time before, we added Ersa. Now, we're adding you and Trish. Even if we do run into some dumb asses who try to attack us, we aren't exactly push overs. We have like, what, two assassins, a female who knows all kinds of pressure points who also survived the war on her own; and you have me and Cynder, and my evil female friend has much more power than me, and I was trained by Malefor to fight. Don't know about you Trish but, there shouldn't be a need to fight."

"Oh! Dude! That's so cool actually!" Malefor smiled as he had an idea after what Carith had said, "Think about it; Almost more than half of us have been villains at one point or another!" Seeing as some were confused while others already understood, Malefor still wanted to explain to get everyone on board, "Cynder, Flair, Claire, and me were and still are evil. I would also add Spyro since he has quite the dark power, and he killed Gaul so, that's pretty evil."

"You should add Volteer to the villain list since he tried to kill you once he thought Ersa had died," Cyril chuckled.

"Oh yeah, that's true. And his knowledge, he could make a plan to take us all down! OH, DUDE! It's like we're the justice league and he's Batman! And it's from that one book, Justice League: Doom."

"I was struggling with her loss!" Volteer growled at the two of them, "Just thinking about it now, I should make a contingency plan to kill you, and only you, a thousand different possibly ways! And I won't stop there."

"What about Cyril? He was the one that brought it up in the first place."

"Ersa can deal with him. After all, she did almost kill him like twice yesterday."

"I was exhausted," Ersa giggled.

"Why were you exhausted?" Malefor asked in confusion, but once seeing her blush, he immediately stopped her, "NEVER MIND! Don't answer that."

"Being a villain is way more fun than a hero," Flair said, making points as to why, "When you're a villain, you can do what ever you want and not have to worry about consequence. Like how I could kill Cyril right now and it wouldn't cause any harm to me whatsoever," She wished to say this just to see his reaction, which, not surprising her in the least, he whimpered to her with quivering lips, "You haven't disappointed me yet, have you?"

"I... Don't believe I have," Cyril answered, a little scared that he might've.

"Then quit your whining. And plus, I'm assuming even if I did try to kill you, I'd be dead no matter what I did to you," Looking over to Ignitus, she wanted answers as to how Cyril survived the night from two days ago, "Tell me, Ignitus. I'm assuming with you being the Chronicler, you were able to heal his wounds that day? While I was shocked about... other things at the time, Cyril shouldn't have survived that day. I put three holes going up his stomach to his chest. I even stabbed him through the tail..."

"So you really did try to kill him," Spyro growled, now having heard from her exactly what had happened.

"Spyro... I'm... not who I was yesterday..."

"And she's already apologised, so we can just look past it. If anything, I needed to stretch my scales," Cyril defended her of which she noticed, "Hehe, I mean, not the kind of way I thought my scales would be stretched but, training is training so, I'm not upset about it."

"To answer your question, Flair; Yes, I did heal him. And the amount of blood he tracked on the floor wasn't something I was too fond of having to clean up, even if it was my clone. And, yes, I did see the blood tracked back to your door, which you were scared about me knowing, and which you wanted to kill me for," Ignitus started to get a little defensive against her, but she couldn't figure out why even after she said she would change, "The Chronicler knows about everyone's past, everyone's history, and I know what's happened to you, I already know about your past, Flair, even if you are trying to hide it."

"What?" Flair gasped as she ducked her head back from him.

"Before, I use to be able to read anyone and everyone's mind, aside from Claire's as I wished to keep our relationship private if we wanted it. But now I choose to be standard, along with everyone else so I can't read any of your memories, but when you came by, I didn't trust you from the start, just like my son. Rather than let things play out, I wanted to make sure you weren't a threat, but I already know who you are. And I saw you with... him."

Hearing that he knew so much about her, this frustrated Flair as she didn't understand why he would act the way he did to her, but she had an idea, "So because you know my past, this is why you're acting the way you are?!" Walking out from the comfort of Cyril's wing, she turned some as she walked forward, now standing in front of Volteer and Ersa as she sharpened her fins, "So I was right about all of you! Once you knew of my past, you'd all turn your backs on me, and you're just proof of that!"

"Flair... Your past... I don't know anyway to help you after what your father did, how he psychologically dismantled you, how everyone you loved did the same...0

"DON'T TALK ABOUT HIM!"

Now that he really did know, showing proof as he talked about what happened, Flair moved up more towards him to the point that she stood to the front of him. Swinging her blade around, already sharpened, she brought it to his neck, just barely missing his scales. Not appreciating the sight, Spyro let his darkness grow into his dark form, readying himself if she were to try something. Cyril himself readied to help, taking some steps forward as he knew Spyro would make things worse for her. For Claire, she wished to calm her. Reaching up a paw and placing it to her right shoulder, she whispered her name, "Flair, it's okay..."

"Why did you look into my past?! Why didn't you mind your own damn business?!"

Giving a sigh for having started this in the first place, Ignitus knew something like this was to happen, "Because of this right here. My son already had to deal with enough, and if you were a threat, he would've had to deal with even more trauma, which he didn't need to, so I wanted to protect him. I agreed with him to kick you out, to banish you, because I knew, no matter what we would do to help you, nothing would work. You are just... too broken."

"And you thought leaving her out to die would be better?!" Cyril growled to what Ignitus had to say, "I know of her past too, Ignitus! Why do something like this when you know what has already happened to her?!"

"You don't know anything about her, Cyril," Ignitus growled over to Cyril as he stood firm on what he was saying and his decision, "Plus, I saw who you were talking to, Flair. From the moment you came into this building, I knew something was wrong, and luckily, Cyril walked out in time to stop you from killing Terrador. He was your first target, and you failed, and now that you haven't killed anyone, I wonder just how upset he will get at you."

"Who's he?" Spyro questioned, "Wait, Flair, who sent you to assassinate us?"

"You think I won't kill you right now?! What do I have to lose?!" Flair tried to stay strong, but his words brought up thoughts of her father and what he's done started to get to her.

"Even if you tried, there's nothing you'd be able to do to any of us. I could heal my wounds in milliseconds, Spyro has the time power and his own darkness, Volteer and Ersa are masters in their own healing chemicals, so just admit that you've lost. There's nothing here for you, there's no need for you to even be up here any more. You don't wish to face your demons, nor do you wish for someone to help you. This isn't even about Malefor anymore, so why are you even still up here?"

"IGNITUS! BACK OFF!" Cyril yelled in frustrated, now being fed up with what he was saying and running over to help her, "How dare you talk about what's she's been through and acting like nothing could be done!" Standing by her side and getting nose to nose with Ignitus, he stood his ground against him, "The amount of emotional trauma Malefor went through, after being the Dark Master, you still fought to save him! After the emotional trauma we've all been through, there's always a way for us to work together and move past it, and you're giving up on her because of your son?! Who's stronger then you by the way!"

"I'm trying to protect him..."

"Then stay out of his life!" Cyril growled, backing off of Ignitus some as he wished to look him in the eyes and make a point, "You said your love for him would've killed all of us during their fight with the Dark Master, and by not interfering, we all made it through! So how about you take a page from that past and stay the hell out of this situation! Or do you only give a shit about your son, cause so far, that's all you've talked about."

"I'm trying to protect all of us! You know who I mean by, 'He'. She was talking to him."

"So did Claire, dumbass! Stop being a hypocrite!"

"Unlike Claire, Flair stabbed a dragon in his neck and made him choke on his own blood! Because of her, just in a week alone, even during the battle, she's claimed the lives of nine dragons; one of which she ripped the heart out of before licking the blood off her paw since her job was done! She didn't give a shit about them, she doesn't about us, and she doesn't about you. So stop thinking about sex and start thinking about the big picture."

"You think that's what this is?! That I'm trying to bang her because I'm helping her?!"

"You're clearly not thinking straight about this. I'm trying to protect you, all of us, from her. Every day so far, there's always another wound that she's put in you that needs healing, and I can count last night's as being today's because of the time. I don't want you to be her tenth kill. And yes, I get it, you talked to her last night, but her mind is unpredictable. One minute, she's good, but then the next, she turns. I don't want you to be near her when she turns evil, even as she already is."

"Then why is your son next to Cynder, when she could turn at any moment!"

"Don't pull that. She was only evil cause of the Dark Master, and with the darkness Spyro put in her, she isn't a threat anymore."

"So then everyone can be helped. Malefor was helped by Carith, Spyro to Cynder, Volteer to Ersa, and You to Claire. So let me help Flair. It's only been two days since she's come by, and I know there's still so much to talk about with her, so much I can do to help her. I've been wrong about a lot in the past; like with Volteer, and Cynder, but because of those experiences, I know I'm making the right call on this. And even if you say no, Spyro already gave me a clear yes, and so far, she hasn't disappointed."

"Even though she hurt you last night."

"If you know this, why aren't you focusing on the good that she showed; How we laid together, talked together, laughed, and smiled together... After what's happened, I don't see her ever hurting me ever again, and even if she did, do you really think, from last night specifically, that she enjoyed hurting me? Yeah, she did give an evil smile as she rested her blade against my literal heart, threatening to kill me, but after talking to her, she was so easy with her voice, warning me that she was going to take her blade out because she didn't wish to surprise me with the pain."

"Can you talk more about this story?" Claire asked him as she was closet to him, and once she had taken her paw down from Flair's shoulder, Flair in returned brought her blade back down to her back side, "Sounds rather romantic."

"And you remember how she enjoyed putting a paw over your mouth as you struggled to breath, all while she wiggled and dug her blade into you," Ignitus growled from those memories as well.

"Stay out of her life. You said you wanted to be yourself, and look what happened once you butted in as the Chronicler when you shouldn't have," Cyril growled back at him, using what he once said from the past against him.

"Sorry for trying to protect you, friend."

"I didn't need it, friend," Wanting to end this once and for all, Cyril thought it would be best to bring in some help, "Tell me, Claire, what do you think about your lover's actions?"

"Don't bring her into this!"

"Then leave Flair out of this!"

"She's the whole reason this started!"

"This all started cause you didn't leave her alone, because you wanted to abandon her, fueling her fears and nightmares!" Since he couldn't talk about any one else, seeing as how Ignitus would reject them from joining, he decided to take this elsewhere, "This has been going on for too long, and to settle this, how about we fight outside? Since my words won't get through your thick skull, maybe my fist will."

"You'll really fight me?"

"Chronicler or not, let's see just how much of a man you really are."

"Alright, I've seen enough," Now wishing to step in, Spyro walked away from his lover and stood to the middle of the room, getting everyone's attention as spoke against the two, "Cyril, back over to where you sit," Immediately, Cyril turned to say something against him, but Spyro was quick to stop him, "DON'T QUESTION ME!" Taking his head back from the sudden yell, especially since he was in a more demonic form, he did as he was told; slowly making his way back over to where he normally sat, "Flair, please, where ever you wish to sit, please go do so," Surprising most while not to others, she faced head down as she made her way over to Cyril, not saying a single word as she did so, "Now, Ignitus, I have to say this as I'm a little disappointed to hear this."

"Spyro, I was trying to protect all of us," Ignitus was quick to defend his actions.

"Cyril's right: When you're the Chronicler, you aren't the Ignitus that we need. You knew she was beyond help yet, you saw, on day one, that Ersa would easily be able to help her with some kind of potion."

"But she didn't wish to take the drink. She threatened to even kill Volteer if that potion hadn't worked."

"So you don't trust your family?" Spyro asked him, making Ignitus sigh as he stayed quiet for the time being so his son may talk, "Before I continue; Thank you, for trying to protect me. I get what you were trying to do, and I'm thankful for that, but, the way you went about it... If I'm being honest, if it weren't for today, seeing how Flair has reacted to many thing, especially with her waking up with Cyril, I might've agreed with you, but... I have to give props to Flair. I was rather excited for her to have a girls day out as, it seems like Cyril's helping, and having a day with the girls might just help even more."

"Are you the only one who knows this, or..." Looking to Claire, Ignitus was afraid now that he made her upset in some way too, "Did you know this too, my love?"

Claire had seen it this way as she had been taking notes about Flair ever since she had arrived, and for today, she was impressed by her performance, "I mean, I'm surprised she didn't hurt you. From what we've seen, she hasn't been scared to do something like that publicly, so, I have to agree; I'm thankful to Flair that she didn't."

"So then... I did mess up, didn't I."

"You can still make up for what's happened," She smiled, not wishing to make him feel worse if she said yes.

"But before you do, now I have to say something to you, Cyril," Hearing his name be called by Spyro and seeing his dark yellow shining eyes looking right into his own eyes, it was like his soul was being watched, which made Cyril swallow hard, "Thank you, for putting my father in his place."

"Oh ha, ha," Ignitus sighed, but it got him to smile.

"Hehe, well that, wasn't what I wished to do," Looking to his right as Flair had sat next to him once again while also being under his wing, he kept his smile as he saw this being something that could be easily resolved, "Since the very beginning, I kept trying to tell everyone she isn't evil but... it feels like no one believes me..."

"I believe you," Cynder spoke up, making Flair raise her head some.

"So do I," Carith joined in as well, causing Flair to now look over to her.

"Same," Claire, Trish, Volteer, and Ersa spoke in unison, now giving Flair wide eyes to see that she did have support from the others.

"And I hope one day that she really could be an ally to us, so I, agree as well," Terrador joined in.

Flair was at a lost of words for the support, though she didn't wish to believe that they all really had her back, even with the smiles that she saw from all of them. The one most surprising to her was Spyro once he had spoken, which she wished to be fake even as real as it sounded, "We all believe in you, Flair, and I'm... Thankful that you told the truth to me. And, Claire's right; you could've attacked Ignitus, but you didn't, so I, thank you for that as well."

Still trying to be herself, Flair gave a sigh before growling, "You're... welcome... Plus, I'm only here for Cyril now anyway."

"Hehe, you better keep those promises, Cyril."

"I'm not going to disappoint her," Cyril smiled as he spoke, looking to Flair as he did, and since she was looking to him as he did, she blushed, smiling some even herself, though she tried to hide it by showing her teeth, which failed.

Now having gotten both Ignitus and Cyril to smile, Spyro wished to say one more thing, but surprising him and everyone else, Ignitus spoke, "I'm sorry, Cyril..." Walking out to the open some, he turned and stood in front of Terrador as he looked over to Cyril and spoke to him, "I... guess you were right. I shouldn't have done what I did and, using my powers just made a mess of things as they once had before... And most importantly, I'm sorry to you too... Flair... I just... I'm sorry, about what's happened in your past, and no one should've ever gone through something like that."

Growling through her teeth, Flair didn't wish to start anything with him, so instead, she just gave him a warning, "Just... don't you dare tell anyone about my past, or else..."

"I promise I won't... But... Claire might take the words from out my mouth from her lips, and then at that point, what would I do?"

"At that point... I... Just... Don't say anything to anyone else then!"

"I will respect your privacy, Flair," Claire smiled as she hoped her words would help.

"Thank you... Claire."

"I... guess it's my turn now," Getting up and walking from where he was, Cyril made his way over to the front of Ignitus, once again standing face to face with him as he spoke, "I'm sorry to you as well, brother. I understand what you were getting at and I'm thankful for you watching after me; watching after all of us... But I hope that, you'll see now that there's no need, and we can get back to our normal lives."

Giving his friend a nod, Ignitus agreed, "Sounds good to me."

To make it official, the two opened their wings, walked closer, and hugged one another, putting a paw behind each other's backs and patting one another there. The sight got Malefor to tear up as he couldn't hold himself back from saying something, "I love you all too!" Getting growls and sighs from everyone, Malefor watched as the two backed away from the hug and smirked at him, "Can I have a hug too?"

"Shut up, Malefor," Ignitus and Cyril chuckled, rolling their eyes while still smiling as they made it back to where they sat.

"I love you both too," Malefor whimpered, wiping the tear from his eye with his claw, but still seeing as everyone wasn't really at ease, he knew just the way to help, even if it wasn't the smartest, "But, dude, I have to be honest; you two fighting was rather priceless. I'm a little upset Spyro broke up the fight but, I guess there's always next year... Oh, or, maybe, Flair. What would it take for me to put a hit on someone so you can take them out?"

"The hell are you talking about?" Flair growled.

"Look, I'll pay you double for a target then what ever he's paying."

"Stop, talking."

"Alright, fine, you drive a hard bargain. I'll pay you triple."

"What exactly are you paying her though?" Cyril asked.

"Well, if she likes killing, I will triple the dragons she gets to kill."

"Oh...You have my attention," Flair smirked now, interested in what her targets were.

"I mean, if you kill Spyro, you get him, Xvar, and Kettu. Those bitches. So that will count for three."

"I tried before, and, spoiler alert, it didn't go so well."

"Hehe, yeah, for him. I mean, that must've been the best day of your life; Nearly killing Spyro and having nothing happen to you. If it were me, I would've been slapped by Cynder. Which, now that I'm thinking about it, how would you like to switch places for the day?"

"I'd rather die."

"I can make that happen."

"Back, off."

"Well, girls, I'm sure we've been spending quite a lot of time up here. So what do you all say we start heading down to Warfang," Carith wanted to step in before the two attacked one another, and with Flair sharpening her fins, it seemed to be so, "Now we have more interesting topics to talk about, now hearing about what you did to Cyril, Flair. So, are you girls all ready to go?"

"Hold up," Spyro spoke, and with him still being in his dark form, something seemed off, especially as he looked to Flair, wanting answers to his questions, "Flair, I need to ask you something, especially since it was brought up with rather, fearful words," Even for Flair, she swallowed hard, not knowing what it could be that he was going to ask her, "Who sent you to kill us?" Letting out gasps, no one told her not to tell of Flint's involvement; him being the Dark Master, "Ignitus said you were talking to, him, which made you a threat. While you girls are having a day out, I would like to go and deal with whomever this may be."

Giving off a sigh as Flair knew she needed to give up who it was, everyone held their breaths as they needed a distraction of some kind to get him away from the conversation. Just as she had opened her mouth to spill his name, Cynder stepped in to get a distraction off, "Spyro! Wait! I... I have to tell you something!" This got his attention as he looked away from Flair and over to her, fully focused to her, "Someone say something to her! Ahem... well I just... I feel like you are still angry at yourself for what's happened today, and I really wish to assure you that I don't hold what happened against you."

Now with her being distracted, Cyril nuzzled his side against hers, getting her attention as she looked over to him, "Please, what ever you do, don't tell him anything about Flint," Giving wide eyes, even gasping as she didn't expect them to know, he wanted to be quick as he informed her, "We all know aside from Spyro. If he learns there's another Dark Master, he could kill him and maybe even Malefor. We are trying to stall until we can figure out what to say to him."

Letting out a growl as she couldn't believe this, she even had to shake her head, "That dib stick really isn't that good at his job."

"What's going on?" Trish asked as things seemed rather heavy in the atmosphere.

"Talk about this with the girls later, but never with Spyro. It's a guy named Flint. Ask them who he is later," Terrador made sure to stay quiet as he spoke to her.

Now getting nods from the others as she had looked over to them, Cynder gave a sigh to see that things had been handled, so she needed to finish up her conversation with Spyro, "Oh, hey, maybe since you are having those dreams about your parents, and since you learned my parents are there with them, do you think there would be anyway for me to... join you in your dream or whatever and... Talk with them as well?" She was rather surprised as he hesitated before shaking his head to her request, "What? Why not?"

"Because as Kettu and Xvar warned me, my darkness can be used as a gateway now for other dark dragons, and as such, if you're there with me, there's a chance you could be put into danger as well. Even me just being there puts my body in danger, which could in return turn around and hurt you. Me and the other two are staying cautious about this, and until time comes where I know things are safe... I can't let you in to that dream."

"I think the better term would be, Realm Like Lucid Dreaming," Volteer wanted to correct him, "While of course I don't know exactly what is happening with you, it seems as though with your darkness being able to connect with this other realm, your mind can connect with that realm whilst you dream. And since you are aware of what's going on, it's a lot more lucid."

"You used big words to sound smart," Malefor called him out for it.

"Uh... Those words weren't that big."

"But I know one thing that is," Ersa purred, rubbing her shoulder against her mates.

"ERSA!" Everyone cried.

"You all don't even know what I was talking about."

"Hehe, yeah, especially since it doesn't exist," Malefor chuckled.

"You want to bet?!" Volteer growled at him.

"Okay, can we just, back off from this," Spyro begged, clearing his throat as he wished to get back on topic, "Anyway, Flair," Focusing back to her, he continued with what he wanted answered, "So do you know his name or not. It's rather unfortunate as this means this dragon could be Malefor," Already knowing he was to say something, and since he heard the same of his lips as he opened his mouth, Spyro stopped him, "I know it's not you! I'm just saying, it's a fear."

"If I say it was him, doesn't that mean you'll kill him?" Flair questioned even though she knew it was already a yes, "Because if you say yes, then it was Malefor who sent me. One hundred and ten percent."

"I need to change my name to grass; because everyone keeps stepping all over me without any regards to my feelings," Malefor cried, putting his face into his paws as he raised them.

"Quit whining like a bitch... Oh... wait... You are one, so it fits you."

"Damn, Flair! You don't give a damn about me, do you?"

"Hehe, of course not."

"Well that was stupid of me to ask."

"Flair," Spyro spoke up, "Who, sent you."

Remembering to what Cyril had said to her, she knew what she needed to say, but something inside her told her to spill the truth now more then ever. This is my chance! If I tell Spyro it's Flint and he really does flip out, maybe Carith would try and protect Malefor, getting herself killed in the process! Then the two would fight to the death while the others get caught in the cross fire! This is my chance! Claire could feel the shivers that Ignitus let off nearly every second, which made her look to him to see the fear in his eyes; the sweat that dripped down his forehead as he had been listening in to what she was thinking. It was almost like he was ready to jump into battle along with the others as, even they saw the smile on Flair's face as though she was planning something. Once coming out from her thoughts and back to reality, Flair focused forward to see Spyro in his dark form. Something now turned against her as she looked to Cynder, seeing the fear in her eyes just the same. Going around the room, she made out everyone's fears as they showed clearly, either from sweat or shakes. Now focused to her left, she looked into the eyes of Cyril, seeing what looked like hope, even trust as he smiled to her. Feeling her heart skip a beat from this, her thoughts had changed. But is that... really what I want? Feeling his wing starting to rub her side, it was something he's done before to help comfort her, and she knew as to why he was doing it. I know... I know... You're there for me. Now having her mind made up, Flair let out a sigh, giving off some of what she knew, "I forgot what his name was, but I can tell you for a certainty he wasn't purple. I couldn't really tell who was the leader as there were quite a bit of dragons around one another whom spoke to me," Her words got Spyro to sigh as he was hoping to learn of this threat now before anyone else could get hurt, "I can't remember where we met up but, it's just, too difficult for me to tell who's controlling this new army."

"It's fine," Spyro tried to assure her, but his growl as he turned away from her showed just how much he didn't like the answer, "Just like the dragons who stormed into Warfang..." Facing back to the other Guardians, he didn't realize he was looking to them as he spoke as he mainly looked down some, "He's either really smart, or lucky. But why does he have dragons with him? What could he offer to them that would make them turn their backs on this world?"

"Revenge," Flair answered, getting everyone suspicious, "They are all after the same thing I am; revenge, for what Malefor did to this world, for the lives he destroyed."

"Of course they are," He growled to hear this as it was something simple that he understood, but he wished wasn't the cause of this world's problems, "That could mean he could have hundreds, maybe even thousands of followers the longer we wait..." Picking up his head, he had a plan of which he wished to do, "Then that's what I'm going to do," Turning away from everyone, he was already prepared to take action before his fears came to fruition, "Malefor, stay here and watch the Guardians. Cynder, call me as you normally do. I'm going to head out and do some investigating."

"Wait! Like, head out of Warfang? By yourself?" Malefor asked, standing up as he was afraid he would have to do something to stop him, "Spyro, if that needs to happen, let me deal with it. You need to rest. And I'm not trying to be rude to Flair here but, with her being around, you haven't exactly been able to relax. This is supposed to just be a nice, normal day, so why not enjoy it."

"Because the longer I wait, the more damage these dragons can do. They've sent Claire with the darkness, and now, they sent Flair. I need to go do some search and rescue or, something to stop these dragons from joining who ever this is."

"Then let me handle it."

"No! I will handle it. You stay here, I will be back."

"Spyro, don't...!"

Unfortunately, even just as Cynder was to say something, Spyro disappeared in a cloud of smoke, heading off to do his own bit of work. Nearly everyone let off sighs, and now with Spyro having left, Trish wanted to know more of what was going on, "So now that Spyro is gone, who exactly is this, Flint, guy?"

"After Spyro and Cynder came back from saving a Hatchling, they were walking through the streets and passed by this dragon," Ignitus knew he should be the one to explain as he had most knowledge as to what had happened during that day, "Flint wanted Cynder, Spyro didn't allow it, and in retaliation, Flint tried to attack. Spyro attacked back by hitting him hard enough to make his body end up in the walls of Warfang. Ever since, Flint swore revenge against him to have Cynder, which is why that battle more then a couple of days ago even happened. We're basically stuck in another war."

"So he's fighting to have Cynder?"

"Pretty much," Cynder sighed.

"So then... Do you think Spyro would give you up to save everyone else?"

"He could've, and I even told him this as more of a hypothetical, but he was very much against it of course," Thinking about it more and more, Cynder wished to talk about this more with a rather sunny environment, "Here, let's continue this conversation on our girls day. Hopefully, and I do mean, hopefully, we don't have to come back up here to have to deal with Malefor's dead body or something if Spyro finds out something."

"Then should you just call him back?" Flair suggested.

"I could, but if I do, it will eat at him for the unknown. It's a fifty fifty spilt, but let's just hope nothing bad happens. I guess though since he's headed out, we girls should just do the same."

---

First time I've been outside of Warfang by myself in a long time... Then again, I... had Cynder by my side, Spyro thought to himself as to keep himself occupied for the time being of his lover's abscess. I would love for her to be out here with me but... I'm not risking her safety. Holding a wing above his head as he walked throughout the woods, it was rather bright out for the day, and with the sun, it was only making him sweat more. In order to balance this feeling of heat, Spyro used his ice to cool down his body. After a bit, he let off a rather nice sigh as the feeling of cold on a day like this was rather soothing. Ugh... Now I really wish Cynder was with me... But maybe... Hey, Xvar, Kettu, mind keeping my company? Feeling the darkness starting to separate, one from the left, and then another to the right, he looked to both sides to see they were now walking with and beside him, which was rather nice in a way, "Thanks for coming out and talking with me."

"Even us creatures as you'd say get lonely after a while," Kettu spoke from his left.

"It's nice to get out and stretch our legs too," Xvar spoke last from his right.

"Oh, well, I'll make sure to keep that in mind in order to keep you two happy. But for now, I have some questions that I hope you two can answer for me."

"And what would they be?"

"Well, you two are from the Convexity realm, and I was wondering if that means you know someone else there aside from just one another. Which, is another question I have; How do you two know each other or, do you not? Or is it like, because I know myself, you two know one another?"

"I guess now would be a good time to explain since nothing's happening."

"You remember how we talked about how your body can be used a portal to our realm?" Kettu asked him.

"Of course," Spyro answered.

"Well, because of what was going on with you during that time, we tried to escape through you in order to help destroy the world. But as we did, we got caught from your emotions. While we could've taken over your frustration, we took over much more as your body was feeling too many emotions for us to focus on just the one. So, we basically took over all of your emotions, and even your form, though with us being shadow and smoke, you can't really tell."

"So you both tried to escape at the same time?"

"Precisely," Xvar continued the explanation, "But the time we tried to escape was when you were feeling your worst when it came to Cynder, and so, we have the same protective side for her as you do. And to put it simply; our dark side met your light side, and in a way, made us more then we were, more then just monsters. When we aren't in our realm, we become unstable, and our destructive feelings take over, which is why we have to stay away from this world, or else, you get someone like the Dark Master."

"Do you know the Dark Master from your world? Maybe even his name?"

"If we did, we'd have an idea on how to take him back."

"But if you love it in the Convexity realm, why bother trying to escape in the first place?"

"Curiosity," Kettu took over, "Our world isn't much, and we are rather bored unless we have someone we love. Seeing all this world has is rather, exciting to say the least. And as we told Malefor and Cynder before, our bodies can't stay away from yours for long or else we will most surely run out of your light side basically. Even if we are to die, there's a piece of our darkness always within you. So, if we die by say, touching the time power, we will have a back up, while still containing all memories and what not, so we never truly die."

"So then, I have three different pieces of darkness within me?"

"No, just the one, but we've connected ours with you."

"So why can't you two show up if I use just my standard pitch black form?"

"Power," Xvar said, "It's just not strong enough for us to show, and if we did try, it would cause problems for you as your accessing two different kinds of darkness. While you do only have your darkness, just imagine what would happen if you mixed your chaotic darkness with an even more chaotic one. While your darkness is controlled, very much so, all it would take is a slip up from this new form to take control over you."

"So then what's the difference between the darkness and what you two are?"

"Think of the darkness as Dark Aether, where as you and any other dragon in this realm runs off of Light Aether. When you attempt to use our power, there's a chance it will change you as you've seen countless times before. Your Aether infected us now permanently so we no longer have that sense for pure destruction against this world. When ever you lose control now, we lose control over that light, same as you, and the darkness takes over, turning you in to what we are."

"And not that I'd want to but, how would I get rid of you two? Would I be able to place you back in the other realm?"

"You could if you wanted to. Technically, you could open the same portal to our world that it took for us to get here to send us back."

"Wouldn't you want to go back? I mean, are there not like, female dark dragons for you two?"

"That's... complicated... Basically to make it simple, while we could go back, our bodies do not wish to. Now, while we still have our own thoughts and what not, they're just much more easily able to be controlled, and now our main goal in life is to make sure you and Cynder are safe."

"So then... Would you like to go back to your realm one day?"

"That's up to you, Spyro," Kettu said, but while he seemed calmed about it, Spyro felt a little bad, "If you feel you don't need us anymore, you can just get rid of us."

"And you don't need to feel bad about that, Spyro," Xvar now spoke, and his words only made things worse for him, "The Ancestors never cared about us, so technically, our kind is use to just being thrown out. Which is another reason we feel the need to destroy this world; The thoughts and memories it brings back of what's happened from the old days just, frustrates us."

This sparked a realisation in Spyro as his eyes grew wide, now understanding what's happened to them, "Then that would mean... If I could help... Would the darkness let me, or rather, the dark dragons?"

"You'd help our kind? After what it's done to you, what the darkness did to you?" Kettu spoke, somewhat in shock, and it was crazy for Spyro to hear this voice from him.

"You... Wouldn't throw us out?" Xvar was also in awe even though he didn't wish show it.

"Kettu... Xvar, I..."

"STAY AWAY!" A voice suddenly cried from within the woods, stopping the three dead in their tracks.

"What the hell?" Spyro questioned, wasting no time as he opened his wings with the other two and headed for the cry.

---

"So now that we are out here, what's next?" Flair questioned.

With the girls having made it out of the Chambers and to the streets of Warfang, the girls made a line as they took up most of the paths. Walking in such a way that mirrored them sitting in the Chambers; Cynder stood to the far right. To her left was Flair, then Ersa, Trish, Claire, and finally, standing at the far left was Carith. Taking in a breath of fresh air as the surrounding area was perfect with the right amount of sunlight shining through the clouds, Cynder, the same as the other girls, aside from Flair and Trish as this was their first day, were all excited to walk and talk amongst just themselves. To start things off, it was Cynder whom wished to speak as she still hadn't gotten off most of her story that she's wished to tell, "Now, we enjoy this day. Talk about anything you wish to. Get things off your chest, feel free, and relaxed. Anything we say here will stay with just us girls. And since you girls seemed so interested in that pink dragoness story, do you all wish to hear it?"

"Obviously," The girls agreed, but of course, Trish and Flair didn't say anything as they were still trying to get an understanding of how things worked.

"Hehe, well, this was supposed to be my special day. I was asking the Guardians how they would feel if I became lover's with Spyro. Of course, Cyril didn't trust me and was skeptical, but Terrador and Volteer were very much all for it. So, I headed back up to my room. Once I reached the door, I heard him talking about a female, a pink one. Sparks asked, 'So you do love that pink Dragoness?' Which Spyro returned by saying, 'You already know that answer'... Then Sparks got all excited, talking about how he was going to rub it in my face that Spyro didn't love me basically. He said my reaction would be priceless."

"This, Sparks, Character, seems like a real piece of shit," Flair growled to hear what she had said.

"Sparks was always an annoying little bastard of a dragonfly."

"Would you care if I killed him?"

"Well, since he's Spyro's brother, I don't think he'd be happy about that."

"Wait, what? He's a dragon, not a dragonfly. How is Sparks his brother?"

"He's adopted. Spyro believed he was a dragonfly for the longest time before finally realising he was a dragon once he met Ignitus," Claire was the one who had answered, which made Cynder a little suspicious as to how she knew this, but she didn't have to be asked for the others to get their answers, "Hehe, look, I was still scared Spyro was Ignitus's son, so I wanted his back story. And with Ignitus being so easy to manipulate-I MEAN-easy to talk... with... He spilled information about all of you. Well, aside from the girls of course."

"Do you really love him, or..." Carith was now questioning Claire's relationship with Ignitus.

"What?! Of course I love that dragon with every living being in my body. This was back when I was still a little hesitate with him. He would usually stay up with me and talk with me just to keep me company."

"So, wait... Wouldn't that mean Spyro's had a rather hard life?" Trish asked, and looking to Cynder, she saw her frown.

Letting off her sigh as she thought about it, the more Cynder talked about his life, it did seem rather tough for him, "He had to stop me, save the world, hope to see his parents only to find out that I killed them, and he even watched what seemed like Ignitus's death. The amount he's been through; having to put the world back together, trying to protect and save everyone, having to protect everyone from another Dark Master and dealing with the Destroyer a second time... He's never able to have a break from it all... Not to mention the hell he experienced when he fought the Dark Master back without me."

"What, happened to him?" Ersa asked.

"Well... because of me, I almost died to the Dark Master, so he saw my bloodied and nearly dead body. He watched his brother be stabbed through the stomach. And he even had to heal Volteer over himself as he knew Volteer would've died if he didn't heal him... All this while, he kept me, his brother, and all of us protected, using his time power of which became too much for him."

"Wait, but, if he was healing everyone else over himself, who healed him?"

"That's... the thing... no one did."

"What?" Flair questioned as she didn't believe what she was hearing, "What about red gems or something around to help him."

"Apes had gone back there and took everything away from the area. The Dark Master planned this day. He was either going to kill us, or, kill one of us and die, letting either me, or Spyro, take care of the world in the absence of his life... So... even though Spyro knew he only had enough power to heal one more of us... he used it to Volteer, instead of himself... He even tapped his own chest to see if he could heal himself afterwards but... nothing... but he still tried to keep a smile, even knowing death was... right around the corner."

"So he... protected you all over his own life...?"

"That's how he works... And you know, it's... scary to know something like this. Because that means, my hero, can one day become a legend. With his death, while others would see him going out protecting the world from evil, I would see it as... A loss... even if what he did had protected the world. Just like with what happened with the Destroyer; He was going to kill himself because he knew, saving even one life over himself... That will always be worth it."

Having heard the way Cynder phrased her words, it made Flair think back to what Cyril had said to her, about what it means to be a parent, "You know... I guess that would make Spyro an amazing father..." This got Cynder to pick up her head as she wondered what she meant by this, "Cyril said that, a father would jump in front of danger, and die without hesitation to protect his loved ones. Dying to protect someone means you can die happily, knowing you saved a life, even at the exchange of your own..." The conversation had taken a rather emotional turn now more then ever as Flair did as she had before, revealing something that she really felt towards without realizing it, "Even as much as I wish to kill Cyril and run away from this... If it wasn't for his support throughout the time I've been here... I would've made a mistake... another one in my life, that I would've regretted."

"So then... Cyril really has been helping you?" Ersa asked her.

"Unfortunately... He has..."

While Flair ducked her head some from what she was saying, the other girls smiled to hear this, glad she was getting the help that she needed. Since she seemed calmed from what she was saying, Ersa hoped this would be a perfect time to get some information out of her on how she felt about him. Trying to be nonchalant about it, Ersa spoke, "So, does that mean you like having his company?" Even though she tried to get some information covertly, something popped into her mind that she just had to know about, "Oh! Like, what happened last night? Did you two really sleep the night away together?"

"Oh yeah," Cynder smiled now as she remembered going into the room and seeing their reactions, "I asked if you slept well, Flair, and you said, 'I did sleep rather well'," Blushing now as Flair realized what she had said, and since it was being brought up, she could tell the other girls were now wondering the same as to why she said this, "Was this because you slept with him, or, maybe something more? Wait! He didn't kiss you or something, did he?!"

"Hell no!" Flair finally spoke up against what was brought up, "If that dragon ever kissed me, I'd be sure to melt those lips of his off! He wouldn't get out of my room, so I decided to let him stay... And while we... did talk about my past... That doesn't mean anything! I don't care about him, I don't love him, and if he was to die tomorrow, I wouldn't give a shit to even attend his funeral!" Hearing small gasp before looking to the other girls to see their frowns with what she's said about him, Flair felt she had taken things a little too far and corrected some of what she had said, "Look... I'm just... pissed, alright. He's making me get attached to him with what he's done, but I don't wish to. I don't want to make memories with someone that I'll lose. It's happened to me before, so I already know that pain."

"You're scared to smile?" Trish wondered.

"Shouldn't you know this pain too, Trish? I mean, you went from your boyfriend to a new family. Do you just, not have thoughts about such things and walk around like everything's going to be fine?"

"I try to smile everyday to help those around me, and to look on the brighter side of life. But even as I do... sometimes... even I can't control my thoughts... And by that I mean... You remember yesterday how you spoke of Terrador attacking me?"

"What, did he actually hurt you?"

"Well, actually... yes..."

"What?!" The girls all cried together.

"I had a... nightmare... And no, it wasn't your lover that caused it, Claire. Terrador woke up Ignitus during the night and asked him if he was the one who caused it, and apparently, there's three ways to have a dream; Ignitus himself, the Ancestors, or the Brain processing what's happened during the day. And with what Flair had said, I got the Brain processing one."

"So what was the dream?" Flair asked as she wanted this to be answered just the same as the other girls.

"I was in my old house with Ivan. He held me down on my back and was aggressive, unhappy to see my wing had been healed. I begged for help, and to my surprise, Terrador had shown up in my dream. While Ivan moved over to my right, I tried to struggle with my left side, but then... Terrador held me down. I cried, wondering what he was doing... As Ivan dug his blade back into my wing, Terrador held my wing down and used the spikes on his blade to do the same to my left wing... Only... He had to constantly stab me in a row to make it look like a slash mark..."

Hearing how horrible this nightmare was, the girls all let out gaps, and even for Flair, she felt a bit terrible that she had even said anything at all. Seeing the shivers that shot through Trish's body, a tear even started to form in her eye as she had to remember back to what happened. Not wishing for her to think like this, Flair stepped in to say something, "Trish... I'm, so sorry... I didn't want you to go through something like that..."

"It's... okay... If anything, that dream helped me connect more with Terrador. He was extremely helpful and woke me up sooner from the dream as the sweat had woken him... If he hadn't been there for me, I might not even be down here... And in order to help sooth me after what's happened, he nuzzled me so smoothly throughout the night, he stayed up with me for a good half hour, and seeing how protective he was... it was rather... nice."

"I'm glad he was there to help you through the night," Carith smiled, happy to hear things turned out well for her.

"Then why did you say you trusted me in the Chambers?" Flair was confused as she looked to all the girls, wondering why they still had her back, "Why did you all watch my back after what I did to you all?"

"Being honest; Having you around is rather, fun in a way," Cynder giggled.

"I can definitely agree to that," Claire giggled as well, "Having another badass female around who's an assassin is pretty cool."

"You put Cyril in his place so we don't have to worry about him doing something stupid," Ersa joined in.

"Your anger while still wanting to be soothed by someone is rather cute to watch," Trish joined in next.

"And while we may never know of your past, helping you out is something we all enjoy doing," Carith was the last to join in, but she put a little more words into what she meant, "Hehe, and I mean, with you being with Cyril; not that you have to be his lover or anything, it seems like you have him wrapped around your blade. This means you have full control over him, which can be rather fun for you, and something that can be played around with in the future."

"How so," Flair growled.

"Hehe, well I mean, we can have our own way of war inside of the Guardians Building."

"How and why would you ever play around with that aspect?"

"Hehe, I mean, you weren't here for this, but back when we all went to the beach, Malefor built himself a huge, sand castle. And by that, I mean big enough to be a small house," Claire giggled as she explained the story, remembering back to something that had happened from that day, "Malefor wanted to take control and had Carith by his side, but he also had a guard, that being my lover, Ignitus. We knew we had to save the world, so, I took on the guard while Spyro and Cynder went to deal with Master Malefor."

"Oooohhhhh, such an evil dragon he is," Carith purred as her body shivered.

"Hehe, so, I told this, dragon, to take his armor off and fight me like a man. Once he did, we attacked each other, in slow motion of course. Once I had, 'punched him', to the ground, I told him to give up, but he retaliated, biting up at me as he tried to attack. Hehe, so, I knew the only thing to do was to calm him. So, I kissed him, for a while, and once backing off, he came to his senses, apologized and begged for forgiveness. This was where I accidentally revealed again that I wanted to... ahem... mate, with him."

"Oh, please do tell," Cynder giggled as she wasn't there for any of this.

"I said that if he wanted forgiveness, he would let me have his body, and I may do as I please with him. But just as things were getting spicy, this was when Volteer yelled and got everyone's attention. I'm surprised no one saw the sand on his back and not mine. Then again, I'm guessing everyone was in awe that Spyro split a massive tsunami in half with the clap of his paws."

"He... He did what?!" Flair cried out, not knowing if she heard her right.

"Flair, this is why I asked about that neck biting thing. Spyro's no push over, and now, he's even stronger then Ignitus from what we've seen," Cynder was proud to talk about her lover in such a high regard, "You know, Flair, we've all been rather, comfortable talking about our loves and what not, and while Trish isn't Terrador's lover, she still speaks highly of him. So, I do have to bring this up, or rather, him..."

"I'm not talking about Cyril!"

"Flair... please," Cynder stayed calm, trying to be as easy with her voice as she could in hopes to get to her, "With what ever happened last night, do you wish to have that again?" She didn't respond to her, only blushing some as she was starting to remember what all happened last night; all that he had said to her, "We love, having you around. And we were serious about trusting you. You seemed, much better until what Ignitus had said and I just want to know; we, want, to know... Do you like being with Cyril or not? Is it he that's helped you, or did you just have a change in heart all the sudden?"

While she wished to stay quiet about it, Flair's frustration turned more tamed, remembering back to something that she and Cyril had talked about during that night.

Hearing as she gave off a slight sniffle before growling to control herself, he wished this to be the best time to ease her, "Like I said, Flair, I know who you are, and I'm not afraid of that. I trust you, I care about you, and I'll do anything to keep you happy."

"Fine!" Flair yelled out, making him shiver now, but just from fear, "I won't kill you tomorrow, alright! Does that make you happy?!"

"Flair, my life is in your paws. You choose what happens to me."

"Then shut up and go to sleep!"

"As you wish."

"FINE!" Finally yelling out as she couldn't take it anymore, the sudden outburst scared even the girls, as well as others that they had walked past, but Flair couldn't hold in her voice any longer, "Listen to me and listen closely! If you say any of this to Cyril, he's dead! And I'll be walking out with a smile on my face!" The girls made sure to stay quiet; tight lipped in a way as they desperately wanted her to say something, and now was their chance, "Cyril... He... Helped me a lot last night... And I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hopeful... for tonight... Being with him has calmed me... But I'm still scared... I just... I don't want to lose anyone else in my life... not you all... And... especially... not... Cyril..."

Finally hearing Flair open up on her feelings gave all the girls smiles, especially to hear she was now enjoying herself, compared to what they had seen from her in the past. Since she had opened up about how she really felt, the other girls didn't wish to push it any further, and instead, wished to continue on as normal. But with this side of her, Trish did wonder now more then ever about what she had heard Ignitus talking about; about what she had done, "Flair, I know this might be terrible for me to ask but... Why did you lick the blood from your paws when you killed that dragon, as Ignitus had said?"

"Everything I do, I do for a reason. That son of a bitch left out the part of where I protected a Hatchling in doing so."

"What do you mean?"

"Long story short, this dragon was picking on the Hatchling in an alleyway, shoving it to the ground and what not. So I went to confront him. One thing turned to another, he threatened me, then the Hatchling, and so, I killed him. He tried to fight back of course, but not to me, but rather the little one. Kinda hard for him to do anything when you slice the nerves in his body to keep him from moving though," The girls swallowed hard as how she described it made it sound as though this dragon went out with a rather painful death, "So, your damn right I licked my paw. You think I give a shit?"

"Then... Why wouldn't Ignitus have said something about that?" Claire was now just as confused as the other girls.

"You really think that would've helped his argument to get me kicked out?"

"Flair... I'm... Sorry for what he did. So you know you do have friends around here, I shall deal with him."

"How? You gonna kiss him to death? You gonna snuggle with him till his eyes pop?"

"Since he hurt you, what do you think his punishment should be?"

"Dea..."

"And it can't be death."

"Damnit."

"Hehe, Flair was quick on that," Cynder giggled to her reaction.

Giving off a sigh, Flair didn't really seem too fond of having to deal with any kind of fighting as of right now, which once again surprised the girls, "He's not revealing my past, and he apologized for what he did. Rather then continue to make this an issue, I'll just cut it off here... You girls... Had my back, even after what I did... So I thank you for that..."

"And if you, don't mind me asking something as well... What did Ignitus mean; About how your father, psychologically dismantled you?" Even for someone like Carith who was all the way at the far left of the group, everyone saw the immense shiver that Flair let off, making Cynder regret even asking, so she wanted to make things right before continuing with something else she had to say, "Sorry... Flair... But you're safe now. I promise," She didn't respond to her as now she was too busy thinking about what he had done, but didn't wish to share her experiences with the other girls, "We're here for you."

"I'm only discussing this with Cyril," Flair growled, trying to get Cynder away from that conversation.

"He better make you proud, even though I know he will," Cynder smiled, trying to keep a good mood, and even as she transitioned over to something that happened that made her frown, she still kept a smile, "Alright, girls. Now to talk about what happened this morning, and, Flair, you weren't there for this, but Spyro really did turn his aggression towards me," Opening her eyes wide as Flair looked to her, this got Cynder to giggle at her reaction, "Oh yeah. Yelled at me for waking him up; said it was my fault for everything that's happened and he never should've trusted me, or even let stay in this world."

"You... Wh... No, there's no way. You wouldn't even be together after something like that happened."

"Maybe... But, it had turned out that he was actually talking to his two new buds; Kettu and Xvar as they had woken him from this dream where he was talking to his parents."

"And what would've happened if you had woken him."

"I asked the same thing, and he said he would've been excited to tell me, compared to how those other two woke him."

"Bullshit. If Cyril ever said something like that to me, I'd have killed him on the spot. Why didn't you do the same to Spyro? I know you still have that terror running in your blood."

"That's actually something scary I'd have to bring up," Carith spoke, getting the girls attention, "If Spyro ever did become evil and something happened, who could stop him?" This got the girls wondering, especially with his new dark form, he seemed nearly unstoppable, "Malefor had his old version of the dark power, and now with Spyro's new form, he even has two new helpers. So if he ever did turn against you, Cynder; our best bet to ever stop him, as I am to Malefor, what happens then?"

Since it had seemed so bad, Flair wished to take charge on this, "How about I just kill him in his sleep and you all won't have to worry about such a fear?"

"No," Cynder immediately rejected, "Carith, we've seen, even with how bad the darkness corrupted Malefor, you were still able to save him. I can do the same to Spyro if ever need be."

"And just if, or when, that day comes where you can't stop him, what then?" Flair asked, but Cynder wasn't able to answer, only frowning as she ducked her head, trying not to think about it, but something came over Flair as she felt bad for bringing this up and wished to help her out, "Cynder... Look, I believe in you, alright. I just, shouldn't have brought it up. If something like that happens, which it won't, we, will be there for you."

"Flair, what are you doing?" A voice spoke from the front of the group, causing them all to stop and look to see it was a green dragon.

Having inspected the dragon, Flair didn't recognize who this was in the slightest, "The hell are you talking about? And who even are you?"

"Why are you helping her? You're supposed to be taking them out, not giving them comfort."

"What?"

"He knew you probably wouldn't succeed in your mission," As the green dragon was speaking, the girls looked all around themselves to see dragons surrounding them, "So he sent us for backup in order to help you deal with this once and for all," As the girls looked around, there were about twenty dragons that had surrounded them; Five to the top left building, five to the top right building, five behind them, and now five to the front as four more walked from behind the green dragon, "Now you have all the backup you need. And just remember, Cynder isn't a target, but since your so close to her, incapacitate her, and then we will just have the other four to deal with. This should make for easy clean ups."

The five girls got into fighting stances as they were ready for a fight, but for Flair, she stood there, not really making a move whatsoever, almost as if she knew this didn't effect her. The girls saw this, but tried not to make a deal of it as they didn't wish to show their fears against her possibly turning against them. Unfortunately to them, they couldn't hold in their shivers once Flair had giggled, "Well, I was going to play the long game, but I guess this works," Walking away from the group and over to the green dragon, another dragon beside him moved over for her as she turned to sit down in the middle of the two, now facing the girls once again, "If we're going to do this quick, Trish is the easiest to deal with, and of course, Cynder's going to be the most difficult one, but I can handle her."

"Flair?! Why are you doing this?!" Claire cried out, not believing she really did turn against them.

"I said Cyril helped me, didn't say he turned me to the good side."

"What happened to not wanting any of us dead?!" Carith was the next to yell out against her.

"I told Cyril, I'd rather die alone then to know I couldn't have! I'm not going to stay in this group and watch as you all, one by one, leave my life! We're all born, we live, and we die; some live longer then others, and for you all, aside from Cynder, that time is ending now!"

"And what would Cyril have to say to this?" Cynder growled, coming out from her fighting stance as she didn't see a need to be afraid.

"You think I give a shit about him?!"

"You keep lying to yourself! I was just like you too; wishing to have just died sooner rather then later for my mistakes. I didn't want to see Spyro go because I loved him! You act like life doesn't have meaning, and if that's true, why do you keep breathing every day you wake up? Why do you make such a big deal about stuff if nothing matters? It's because you care, it's because you still wish to live, and you're scared to admit that because of what life has done to you."

"It must be nice to have comfort, to be with someone you love and who cares about you. How about you walk a day in my paws and see just how shitty my life is!"

"Because you make it that way, because you decide for that to happen! You were happy with Cyril, you enjoyed his comfort, but you're scared of losing it."

"LIAR!"

"Then what does Cyril mean to you after last night?! Instead of thinking of the end of a story, what about the life you had in the middle?! I know too, and it hurts to think about, that Spyro will die in the future, but do you think that stops me from loving him any less; you think that stops me from smiling every day? I'm living my life to the fullest, and Cyril would want the same from you, wouldn't he?!" She didn't respond to what Cynder had said, only making her point more proven then ever, "WOULDN'T HE!"

"SHUT UP!"

Using a small bit of her darkness as to call her lover, Cynder didn't wish for this to drag on any longer, "This is the time for you to choose, Flair. Who's side are you on? Do you wish to live, or not?"

---

"Dude, Cyril, your face when Ignitus was like, your in it for sex, Haha! You were like, how dare you," Malefor laughed in the Chambers while the other Guardians all sighed or grumbled to anything he had to say, "What Cyril meant to say was, 'Damn dude, I almost got me some ass, but you ruined it'. Hahaha!" Seeing the blush and teeth that showed from Cyril as he growled over to him, this made it seem like his point was proven, "Holy shit dude! You're so mad, hehehe, you're so mad, you're so mad."

Since Cyril still hadn't said anything, it was almost like he really was upset at this fact, and Ignitus chuckled as he asked him, "Wait, hehe, Cyril, is that really what your after?"

"NO!" Cyril finally yelled out as he was tired of hearing it, "I'm not after, 'some ass'."

"Hehe, you said, 'some'," Malefor chuckled.

"I hate living here," Cyril growled.

"Man, ever since Flair left, you've been a grumpy dragon."

"Because of you! You make me suicidal every time you talk!"

"Do it puss, jump, you won't."

"I, have, WINGS!"

"You have WINGS?! Like, buffalo wings?! Oh, or barbecue wings?"

"You're so friggen dead, I swear to your MOTHER!"

"No, you... Oh, sorry, I thought you were making a your mamma joke."

"Go to hell!"

"Uno reverse card, bitch. Looks like you're taking my spot."

"I'm gonna take your life if you don't shut up!"

"Now now, there's no need for threats in a work environment. If you need to submit a compliant, don't, because nothing will get done about it."

"Hehe, he's got you there, Cyril," Terrador chuckled.

"UGH!" Cyril let out a huge sigh as he couldn't think of anything else to say, and so, his body slid down from sitting to on his stomach as he admitted, "I miss Flair."

"All she does is torture you though. I mean, in less you're into that stuff... You kinky little dragon you," Malefor chuckled as this is what he came to as a conclusion, "Plus, you've only known her for like, two and a half days."

"Oh don't start with that, Malefor. When you met Carith, you were so bummed when you weren't with her, and you only knew her that one day."

"Ahem, yeah, so what? She didn't kill me on our first date, or the one after that... And the one after that... Look just, what ever you do, don't pull an Ignitus. You remember what happened when he was super bummed cause he thought Claire was trying to kill him? That dude knew her for like, two days and was already ready to make her his."

"She was really sweet to me. And you all don't know what me and her even talked about for her to change."

"That's how I am with Flair... None of you would understand..." Growling as he couldn't handle sitting in the Chambers any longer, he got up from the ground and walked some to the Chamber entrance before stopping, "Ugh! I can't take this. I need to talk with her, I just, have to..." Turning to face the others, he didn't need to convince them as they were already on board, but they wanted him to spill how he felt, "I know I can help her, and I don't know if you all have had this feeling but, have you ever had that time where you have someone under your wing, and then when their gone, you just feel so... lonely."

"Hehe, well, I mean, she just walked away so obviously you're going to be alone," Malefor smirked.

"Malefor..."

"Alright! Clam down, dude!"

"You're the only one yelling," Volteer raised a brow.

"Generally jealousy is the path to the dark side."

"HA! You should be jealous. I mated with the one I love before you did."

"Did you though?"

"Hehe... Hehehe..."

"Okay! Nevermind! Please don't answer that."

"Plus, it was fear, is the path to the dark side."

"Cyril, I'm with you," Terrador spoke up now as he walked from between the two and over to Cyril, "Before Malefor says something that I'll break his neck for, no, I'm not lover's with Trish, but I still have that feeling to protect her, especially after this nightmare she had last night where I had hurt her... I don't want her to think of me that way, and I need to be the man that I can for her. So I'm with you friend."

"Hehe, you remember when Ignitus and Cyril were fighting, and they growled at each other and were like, 'Friend'. Hehe, you two fighting is the best," Malefor stayed laid back about this whole situation.

"Tell you what. You shut your mouth for the next minute, we will give you full privacy to make out with Carith when we meet up with the girls," Ignitus made him a promise, and since he knew it was coming from Ignitus, it really would happen, so rather then say something, he kept his mouth shut and snapped his fingers over to him, "Thank Ancestors... All right then, let's go."

---

"Please! Why are you doing this?!" A female voice cried.

Dashing through the forest before finally making it over to the voice, Spyro looked to his surroundings to see what he was dealing with. To his left were three dragons; to the back looked like a mother, a blue female resting a wing in front of a red Hatchling as the two slowly backed away from something. Slightly to the front of the two looked to be the father; a red dragon, slashed and bleeding down his face, wings, and body. Now looking to what they were facing, it was a couple of dragons with dark creatures near the sides of them. Now having an idea of how he'd approach this situation, Kettu dashed in a cloud of smoke into the surrounding area, same as Xvar as they readied themselves for support. Walking more into the middle of what was happening, the mother looked over to see Spyro, and since he was in his dark form, he appeared to be a threat, similar to a dark creature, "No... No no no, please!" Seeing as this dark dragon was now walking over to her husband, she took a step forward as intimidation, "Don't hurt him! Please, don't... don't kill him..."

While the red father tried to stay strong as he adjusted his fighting stance over to Spyro, the father was weak, growling as he kneeled down to the ground in pain. With Spyro approaching the father, the most he could do was swallow as he believed this to be his end, even watching in slow motion as a paw reached over to his shoulder. Clenching his eyes shut and letting out a painful breath, nothing happened, but instead, his breathing started to get easier and easier, his body feeling lighter and more comfortable in ways of control. Opening his eyes, the dark dragon still hadn't done anything to him, but once he started to inspect his own body, it had been completely healed, even cleaned.

"Wh... What...?" The father was in awe as to how this happened, "Bu... But... Who are you?"

"Sorry to scare you three. It's me, Spyro. I'm just in a dark form of mine," Spyro spoke to the father.

"Spyro?!" The father and mother were in awe for him to be out here.

Looking over to the mother, Spyro asked her, "Are you hurt? Or worse; is your Hatchling hurt?"

"No... We're fine... Thank you, Spyro... Thank you so much for showing," The mother cried happily.

"I wasn't the one who had protected you," Spyro smiled as he looked to the father, giving him props for what the father had done, "You protected your family. But I have to ask, why are you outside of Warfang?"

"Oh. Our little one saw something and chanced after it, and we ended up out here. We tried to be as quick as we could but, our little one is rather fast."

"Hehe, little Hatchlings always getting into trouble," To the left side of Spyro, Kettu appeared, scaring the father as he believed this to be a threat, "My friend here will escort you three back to Warfang."

"But what about you? Those dragons are no pushovers."

"Spyro, can we continue," Xvar spoke as he walked up next to Spyro's right side, once again scaring the father, "I didn't see anyone else for a couple of miles so I don't think anyone else is out here."

"But... what about the," Letting out a gasp as the father looked past Xvar, the dragons were all on the floor, and for the dark forces, they had been dealt with as well, "Bu... I... I didn't even hear anything... How did..."

"Hehe, damn Xvar, you could've let me have some fun fighting as well," Looking behind himself to see that everything really had been dealt with, Spyro chuckled as he looked back over to Xvar, "Next time, your own defense, I'm on offense..." Feeling his darkness starting to go off, his eyes went wide as he gasped his lover's name, "Cynder..." Having felt her darkness activate from within him, now knowing something was wrong, he acted fast, already wings opened as they fazed through the two shadow dragons beside him, "Kettu, take them away from where Cynder is and meet me back once you're done. Xvar, you're with me."