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.

32. Chapter 32: A Normal Day

Chapter 32: A Normal Day

"Is that... Ignis, is that really our... son...?" A feminine voice spoke. With this female voice, it woke Spyro. Already having heard her say she was his son, and since he's never heard her voice before, Spyro's body was consumed by energy as he had an idea of who this was. Flinging his eyes open, he blinked a couple of times before shaking his head to wake himself as he stood to his paws. Once again being returned to this realm dream, his first focus was to look straight, and now standing in front of him were two dark dragons; One to his left view and the other to his right view. Looking to the scales, he knew Ignis was to the left as red scales showed from time to time as it had done before, and once looked to the other dragon to the right, he smiled to see blue scales showing the same as they did for Ignis. Chuckling with a rather happy smile, Spyro welcomed her, "Hehe, hey, mom." Hearing as she started to cry, she looked to Ignis, crying happily to see him, "Ignis, it's... It's really our... It's really our, Spyro..." Looking back to her son, Caren smiled, "Spyro... Hehe..." Trying to control herself, she wiped a paw across her face, trying to control her tears. "Sorry, sorry, I just... Hehe..."

"Hehe, don't worry, mom, I had the same reaction hearing you all were alive," Spyro assured her for what was happening, "I sure hope you aren't crying because my father is like, threatening you and you need me to come save you." Letting off a chuckle, Ignis would never, "What? Hehe, why would I ever do such a thing to my little diamond?" Looking to her side, she asked with a raised brow, "Little diamond?" He was confused as he wondered, "What? Do you not like it?" Realizing now what he could be saying, she corrected, "Oooohhhh, you're talking about your, diamond. Hehe, Ignis, give yourself credit. If you had a small diamond, I never would've had Spyro with you."

"What?" Spyro was confused with what they meant, "So, then, mom, you like big diamonds?" Giving a playful giggle, she knew he still hadn't caught on, "Oh, very, very much so." Smiling to hear, he now wondered if he should do the same to Cynder, "Oh, so then, I should get Cynder a big diamond as well for her to love me...?"

"Spyro!" Ignis finally cried out, putting a paw to his face as he shuck his head. Still confused, Spyro continued with his innocence, "What? Would she like a smaller or bigger one?" Once again letting off a giggle, Caren continued to mess with the both of them, "Oh-ho-ho, trust me, Spyro; Women like it bigger then anything else." Finally unable to take the embarrassment, Ignis stopped everything, "Okay! Moving on!" Seeing Spyro tilt his head to what was happening, Ignis just blushed once again, but he sighed as he put his paw back to the ground to help support himself. While he was embarrassed, Caren was next to her mate, giggling as this turned out better then she thought. Since he did say to move on, Spyro did so as he wished to continue with more personal questions, "Hey, mom, dad; I was hoping you all could tell me how things are going in that other realm, just so I know you all are safe of course."

"Oh, yeah, things are fine here," Since Caren hadn't had a chance to talk with her little one yet, she wished to be the one to speak with him, "The dark dragons around here have been keeping us company, along with of course Zhen and Ellen. They're rather nice, and with us being from the other side, they wished for us to tell stories of what it's like out there." Giving a chuckle, Spyro brought up something he had learned from his other two friends; Kettu and Xvar, "Yeah, I actually heard from Kettu and Xvar that they were rather angry with what the Ancestors had done to them, which is why they want to destroy this world. So, it's got me thinking... Would there be a way to bring them back to the world that was taken from them?"

"What?!" Both Caren and Ignis yelled out in awe, rather scaring Spyro as he didn't expect this reaction. Clearing his throat from the yell, Ignis was now rather curious as to why he'd do such a thing, "But, why would you help them?" Confused by the question, he used what his father had already given him as an example, "Well, you just said the dark dragons there were rather nice which proves my point that they aren't necessarily evil, just betrayed by what happened in the past. And having Kettu and Xvar around has been a rather, joy, if I'm being honest. I mean, hell, technically, the dark dragons could have two worlds so they can have it better then us after what's happened; They have the dark realm, and the dragon realm, so that way, hopefully, there wouldn't be any bad blood between the two sides, what with the Ancestors being dead now and all." The two parents still stayed quiet after what he had said which was still confusing to him, but he didn't think too long on it as he knew he was on a time limit here, "Well, anyway, I was hoping we could use this time wisely to talk some of course before Kettu and Xvar interrupt again, or if maybe my love wakes me. Hehe, but I mean, hopefully Malefor wakes me so it gives a reason for me to kill him but, you never know. So, to get this out in the open, I can't spend too much time talking about you two because, Well... I made a promise I'd get to know Cynder's parents first before we continue our adventures talking about what you two have been through."

"You wish to know of Zhen and Ellen?" Ignis asked. "That's rather very sweet of you, Spyro. Though, I do have to ask, not out of any kind of different feeling aside from joy, but why do you wish to know about them first? Aside from of course what you had said." Giving a chuckle, Spyro blushed as he remembered how well last night played out for him, "Well, because, I know you four are alive. I can talk to you, she can't, she as of right now, she can only go off my words. Getting information off of what their past was like, something I wouldn't know, it should help her believe me that much more... Hehe, and, also, last night, she thanked me rather... kindly... Hehe, and no, I'm not talking about us mating."

"Hehe, you got us there," Caren giggled as he was quick to stop her, "We don't know much about those two, but we can of course tell you what we know. We could ask them about a specific moment if that's what you're looking for?" Thinking back to exactly what Cynder wanted from her parents, to him, once again, any news was good news, "Well, like I said, anything that has to do with them would be a joy to hear. So, the main stuff I guess I wish to know is like, what they did and, where they lived. Simple stuff like that."

"Oh, Well that's definitely some rather easy information we can give," Ignis spoke up to answer his son's questions, "They, like us, lived in a rather simple home. Ellen worked as a cook for Zhen whereas he mainly worked outside of Warfang, keeping it safe in a way from apes and what not as they approached, which the Guardians rather appreciated; well, the second set of Guardians that is. While it may seem he was doing good for Warfang, he was mainly just doing it for himself to get stronger."

"Wait... Ellen was a cook?"

"Hehe, Oh yeah. To pass time while Zhen was gone, she went to Terrador's father as she learned from Terrador that his dad loved making things. So, she was able to have plates made for her food as well as a table for the others to sit around. Volteer was kind enough to supply Ellen with a gem to help her make ingredients rather then her having to go out and grab them herself."

"Why did he give Ellen a gem?"

"Because she, tamed, the beast, basically. Zhen was a very, very aggressive dragon at that time, and the only one who never saw the monster in him was her. Everyone turned against him aside from of course her, no matter what he said or did, she fought to show that he didn't wish to be this said monster. Granted, he never hurt her, or from what we know and from what they've talked about so... I'm guessing things worked out in the end. I mean, they did have Cynder so..."

"So was their life rather easy?"

"Nooooooooo..." Ignis grumbled rather lowly, "With Zhen being a rather, hardass, Ellen's life was pretty difficult. They both had rather tough lives, and the only time things really calmed for the two was when they were with one another, and Zhen wasn't being... Well... Himself... Even for us, as our lives tried to ease down, there were always turns for us to overcome, but we made it through... Together," As Ignis had spoken about his mate, the two looked to one another, smiling as they did so as they were glad to have been together throughout those tough times. Spyro was happy to hear they at least seemed to have had an easy life, though some more then others, "I'm just... glad you two made it through... Even if... You two were almost killed... But don't worry. Hehe... I'm making Malefor pay for everything he's done slowly but surely. We know it wasn't him who wished to destroy the world and all but, it still feels nice to kick his teeth in once in awhile."

"Oh, Yeah, Spyro, that's something I wished to talk with you about," Ignis seemed rather confused in his voice when he looked back to his son, asking to what confused him, "If you wanted to know if we were alive or not, and after I'm guessing you told the others, why didn't Malefor tell you we were alive?" Spyro's heart kicked up as now it got him wondering, though, he tried to ask more as he didn't understand the question himself, "Hehe... Wh... What?"

"Malefor knew we were alive as after all, he was the one who gave the order to have us corrupted because, well, it would've made things more difficult for you to fight against us with us being your parents and all..." Spyro didn't speak after hearing what his father had to say, but to make things worse on him, his frustration grew towards Malefor as Ignis spoke, "I also remember how you spoke about how to get us out here and I'm... Assuming that, maybe Malefor's darkness would be the key to open back a way for us to get out, just as it was for us to get in. But even I'm not so sure how that works."

"Alright, that's enough," Kettu spoke as he walked in front of Spyro, spreading out his wings completely to block the view of the parents from Spyro. "What?" Caren asked as she hadn't seen these two before, "Oooohhhh... Are you Kettu or Xvar? Hehe, Ignis spoke about you two before. Don't worry, we aren't here to cause any trouble, we swear." Kettu didn't speak to the two, and moving forward some, Xvar appeared next to Spyro's left before walking up to his front and turning around to face him. Putting a paw on Spyro's shoulder, they could feel his darkness starting to spiral out of control from learning of this, and hoping they could stop this here, Xvar tried his best to calm him, "Spyro, listen. We told you this wasn't something we felt like trusting, and I'm telling you right now, this isn't your parents."

"Then how do they know about Cynder's parents?! How do they know about their own names and identity?!" Spyro turned against them once again, backing off as he didn't feel like they could be trusted. "Spyro! Listen to what Xvar had to say!" Kettu yelled as he looked over his shoulder, trying to keep Spyro down at all possible. "I know about everyone in your family, Spyro, because I've been there. I know of the Guardians, their females, Malefor, Carith, you, and Cynder because I've been there. They're only giving selective information because who ever this really is wasn't there for all of it."

"Then ask us anything so you know we aren't lying," Ignis spoke up as he once again tried to prove his innocence, "Kettu, Xvar, we are friends to you as you two are to my son. Please, go ahead, ask us anything."

"Alright, fine," Kettu spoke, showing his teeth as he knew these questions would be impossible to answer, knowing who ever this was, they couldn't have been there for it, "What was the name of Zhen's parents? What was the name of Ellen's parents? What was Zhen's favor food that Ellen had made? Or, what about, how do you even know who Volteer even is, let alone the first pair of Guardians?" It was a lot of questions for him to answer which Ignis had to take his time on to remember, "Oh, Well, we know the first pair of Guardians just from living back in the day. And we knew the secondary pair because, once again, we lived in Warfang at the time..." Still waiting on the other questions to be answered, this just proved Kettu's point, "And what were your parents names?!"

"Oh! Sorry, I, forgot," Ignis chuckled, "You threw so many questions in there that I lost track."

"BullShit!" Xvar yelled now as he turned to the two, taking his turn to prove they were fakes, "You're stalling to figure out fake names for each and everyone one of your fake family members! Why wouldn't you know the names of your parents?! Why wouldn't you know Caren's?!" Sighing as the two were once again getting up in arms about what he was trying to prove, Ignis tried to explain himself, "Because even we don't have all our memory back. The darkness, while failed, still took what it could, and by that I mean, our memory has been much less then what it was. Some stuff we remember, others, as much as we wish to remember, we just... can't."

"Ah... How convenient, especially since Caren just spoke about how she could get information off of the two just by asking them, but I'm assuming they don't know anymore then you do?"

"Like we said, we..."

"You're using Spyro's emotions to get the best of him!" Kettu called them out for what it is, "You know that he wants any kind of information to keep the promise he made, and you're using that, cause you know he wouldn't ask any further questions. But my question for you two is, what are you going to ask once you run out of these fake memories?"

"Kettu! That's enough!" Spyro finally yelled out, fed up with what was going on, "If this is such a big issue then why don't I just ask Malefor about it himself?!" Shaking his head, Xvar looked to Spyro as he tried to get him against such an idea, "Spyro, if you find out that maybe he did know, it will only piss you off more. They've put you in a position to turn you against your friends, that's what the darkness does. Do not let it do the same to you as it is right now." Unfortunately, while Spyro didn't see this, the other two did, and he continued with what he said he was going to do, "Mom... Dad... We will continue this conversation another day. I'm going to see if Malefor's darkness really could free you four."

"What?!" Kettu cried as he turned to look at Spyro, "No, Spyro, you know what that would do even if it was the case! We hate Malefor just as much as you do, but if it's Malefor's darkness that is the key, you'll have to end up killing him, or sending him to the dark realm yourself!" Showing his teeth, Spyro didn't respond to what they were saying to him as he started to get tunnel vision; focusing on only one way with nothing else able to change his course otherwise. Closing his eyes to come out from this dream, Kettu and Xvar looked to one another with fear of what he was to do.

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"I'm just hopeful that we won't have to worry, but... You never know with Spyro," Carith spoke to the laid down Cynder on her bed.

Haven woken up before the others, Malefor and Carith sat at the doorway to Cynder and Spyro's room, having a conversation about what might happen while the two were away, and he was the most fearful, "Hehe, yeah. One minute, we could be chilling in the Chambers, and then the next, Boom! Huge explosion, I'm on the ground and you're crying as you try to keep Spyro from killing me," He chuckled just to himself, "Hehe... Oh shit... Wait, that could actually happen... Are you sure you got him cause, him being in his dark form is always an 'oh shit' moment for anyone."

"Don't worry, Malefor, I can handle him," Cynder assured him of his fears, "Plus, you'll have a lot more to back you up, and while we may be afraid to attack Spyro, Flair might not be, and he'd never hurt her especially since he'd have to deal with Cyril so... I trust everything will be fine," Malefor still wasn't so sure himself, but she still pushed for him to take a breath, "It's okay... After the night me and him had, I'm sure he wouldn't want to ruin it. Now, just give me and him some time and we will be down as soon as we can."

Sighing, he decided to trust her, "If you say so."

Standing back up, Malefor backed out of the door to let his lover turn. As she did so, she walked to the main door while Malefor closed the other two's door. Once reaching a paw to the door knob, he smiled to her, and comforting to him, she smiled back. With the door clicked closed, Cynder sighed as she looked back to her left side, seeing now that Spyro was showing his teeth. This activated her fears, but she stayed calm as she thought to herself, It will be okay... That Spyro... That, loving, neck biting... Spyro... Shivering to herself, she had hopes for such nights again. Please keep up this love, Spyro. Seeing a yellow glow, she focused to it, looking to the eyes of Spyro and seeing he had opened them. Gasping to see he was awake, he didn't say anything to her and immediately stood up from the bed. Rather then walk, he zipped off the bed in a dark blur before appearing over by the door. Getting up herself, she stood and called to him, "Spyro! Is everything okay?!"

Not using the door knob, he simply fazed through the door. Jumping off the bed herself, she ran over to the door, and making it over in a matter of seconds, she grabbed the knob, twisted it, and threw her door open inwards. As she backed up from opening the door, she ran out to the hallway to inspect what was happening. With Spyro approaching Malefor and Carith as they hadn't made it out of the house yet, Kettu and Xvar had appeared from two different sides of him as they normally did. Looking to his left, Malefor saw Spyro approaching him, and seeing him in his dark form, he gasped, "Spyro?!" With the door opening outward for the two to walk out, Malefor acted fast as Carith had been standing to his right, in the way of where Spyro was headed, "Carith! Out the-UGH!"

Just as he had spoken, Spyro grabbed him by his neck, but luckily, since Malefor had spoken, Carith was able to run out of the way and to the middle of the main doorway. Using the force he had, Spyro threw Malefor to the back wall of where they were with enough force to crack the wall around Malefor's body as it impacted. Disappearing in smoke before reappearing in front of Malefor, he held him by the neck, both standing to their feet. Clenching on his neck rather hard, Malefor coughed, trying to breath to the best of his abilities. Running up to the others, Cynder cried, "Spyro! Stop!" Blocking her path, Kettu stood in front of her, and she growled at this, "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"

"It's not... Us..." Kettu struggled to speak, "He's... forcing us to... keep you away..."

"Why?!"

"Spyro... Listen..." Malefor struggled as he held a paw over the paw of Spyro's that held his neck, "Just... Ugh... Talk to me..."

"GO TO HELL!" Spyro yelled out, sending shivers through everyone's spines as his growl in the dark form always scared them, "Why do you always seem to find a way to be the villain that you said you don't wish to be?! And the fact that you keep these secrets from me even when you know all of mine, you're just the same as the Dark Master, do you know that?!"

"Spyro..."

"Spyro! Please, wait!" Carith stepped up, but as she did, Xvar blocked her with his body, but she looked past him and still tried to talk him down, "Just, what is going on?! Talk with us!"

"You knew about my parents! You knew that Cynder's parents were still alive!" Now revealing what he had to say, Cynder gasped to hear such news, "They're trapped in that dark realm, and you knew! And you knew that your darkness was the key to getting them back! But you! YOU SELFISH SON OF A BITCH!" With the anger he had, blue fire started to form from within his mouth, turning the fleshy red and pink color from within his mouth to a blue, "Cynder needed that closure, and you didn't give it to her! You didn't wish to give your life to save my parents, so you hid it from me! YOU HID THIS SHIT FROM ME?!" Tightening his grip, darkness started to glow from within Malefor's neck before being pulled out and wrapping around Spyro's arm, "Well, now that I know, I think it's about time you pay for what you've done!"

Feeling the life starting to be sucked out from him, Malefor struggled with his words, but it was the best play he had, "Spyro... Wait...! Carith... She's... pregnant..."

"What?!" Cynder cried as she looked to Carith with wide eyes.

Hearing this got wide eyes from Spyro the same, as hearing such news caught him off guard. His grip loosened around his neck, and the darkness he had taken from him was returned to his body. Being able to speak now, Malefor acted fast with his words as his plan had actually worked, "Spyro! Listen to me! Your parents aren't alive, and neither is Cynder's!" Coming back from his surprise, Spyro was preparing to continue with what he was doing, so Malefor hurried to his point, "Who ever is telling you this is lying! Not me! You're my friend; A brother I never had! Trust me when I say that I'm telling the truth!"

"Shut up!" Spyro yelled, now seeing what he had done, "You were just lying to catch me off guard, weren't you?!" Swallowing hard, he felt it through his paw and showed his teeth for this, "Once again, you lie to me! I don't give a shit at this point if you're telling me the truth or not! All I know is, at this point, I'm either being lied to by someone who calls me their friend! Or my own parents!" Bringing his tail blade around and putting it right against the flesh of Malefor's stomach, this was a threat he wanted him to fear, "Either way, maybe having you beg for mercy will get more out of you then just a lie."

"SPYRO!" Malefor cried out his name, knowing he was there after what he had done, "You're right, I lied, but if I really wished to do something against you, why didn't I attack you when you were distracted?! It's because that's not what I'm here to do! I'm here to calm and help you as a friend!" Spyro showed his teeth, pushing his blade more against his stomach as if he was ignoring him, "Spyro! Please! Just like yesterday, you trusted me, even when all those dragons were lying to you! Because you trusted me, you dealt with the situation, we protected our females, and we all went home smiling! Remember?! Even Terrador was smiling and laughing!" Even though Spyro growled at him, his tail blade stopped right against Malefor's stomach which was a huge sigh for the others, even Kettu and Xvar, "I will tell you the truth, as a friend to you, I swear."

"FINE!" Taking his tail blade back, Spyro had now been calmed enough to bring out his words instead of his powers, "My parents, Cynder's, parents! How do you know their names?! How did you know to target my parents?! How did you know to target Cynder's parents?!"

"Because I knew them in real life," This got Spyro to gasp as it feels like something was connecting in his mind like a puzzle piece, "I know Ellen and Zhen because I had to deal with them before, and I know Ignis more then Caren because of a tough time he was going through when he thought your mother had left him for someone else."

"You knew... Ellen...?" Knowing how to put these pieces together, he asked one other question, "What did Ellen do while Zhen was off training?!"

"She cooked for him," Malefor was easily able to say, but now with this realization, Spyro's heart nearly stopped, "Volteer gave her a gem she could use for ingredients in her cooking. He gave her that gem because he believed she had tamed that beast of a man, but if you're after almost anything else, I don't really know anything aside from other encounters."

"Wait... You don't know anything aside from that?" Kettu spoke as he turned to look at Malefor, and just as Spyro, he and Xvar were putting the pieces together.

"That was the same thing that Ignis spoke on..." Xvar spoke up as, just the same as his other friend, he turned to face Malefor, "Wait... NO!"

"What?!" Malefor cried as he didn't know what was going on.

"It's you..." Spyro finally figured it out, giving wide eyes as he looked to Malefor, finally figuring out what was going on with those dreams, "You're acting... Like my parents... And it... all makes sense now..." Backing off of Malefor now, he stood back down on all fours as he backed away from him, "Something felt familiar during these realm dreams... And it's because, the darkness that is supposed to be those dark dragons... Is your... darkness..."

"What?" Confused as to what was going on, Malefor saw this as something that was being pinned on him, "Spyro, I'm not acting like your parents."

"And what are the odds... Once I got my dark upgrade... So did you... To contact me in my... dreams..." Spyro wasn't listening to what Malefor had to say and continued to connect the pieces, but as he did, his anger grew, "Then if you're innocent here, what was my the name of my parents parent's names?! Or even the same for Cynder?! Tell me that, and I will exonerate you!" Swallowing hard, Malefor thought about it as hard as he could, but he couldn't think of their names as he had never known them, "YOU SON OF A BITCH! IT IS YOU!"

"No! Spyro! I truly don't know since I've never met them before!" This only damned Malefor even more so, "How am I supposed to know their names?!"

"And neither did Ignis or Caren!" The darkness from within Spyro exploded outwards now, darkening the entirety of the hallway, "Just as Kettu said, 'You're just trying to use my emotions to get the best of me'! You know exactly how to get under my scales, you know I want my parents and Cynder's to truly be alive, and you're USING THAT!" Approaching Malefor, his scales lit up blue from the fire that built up from within his body and helped give light to the area, "Why?!" Shedding tears that hissed as they connected with the burning scales of Spyro's body, he didn't understand it, "I laughed, cried, and smiled, thinking my parents were alive, thinking I could make everything right again... AFTER EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN THROUGH! WHY...?! Why...?"

"Spyro..." Malefor stayed calm about what he had to say, "Why would I tell you that my darkness was the key to saving them if that would kill me? It doesn't matter how bad things get, I told you my dreams and hopes forever ago as, even as evil as you think I am, I have them as well..." It was at least calming that he wasn't moving, but that could easily change in the blink of an eye, "We know there is another Dark Master out there, using my darkness from the dark spots I've made. How do you know that she, or he, isn't just using my darkness to turn you against me?"

"Because there's no second form of darkness from within them," Thankfully to the others, Spyro was actually talking to them, "When it came to Cynder, she had the darkness that corrupted her and your darkness. When it comes to me, I only have one. If this new Dark Master really is the one behind it, why wouldn't he have two instead of one?"

"The second piece of darkness I gave to Gaul to corrupt her with. This new Dark Master would only have one dark signature, that being mine since it was the one gained from the dark spots," Unfortunately for Spyro, it made sense, which helped him back down from his anger, "The only way this other dragon could've possibly had two signatures instead of one is if he went to the portal himself to the dark realm, but that was collapsed in on; destroyed when you protected Cynder with your time crystal."

Looking away and to the left side of his hallway ground, Spyro didn't say anything to him afterwards. The darkness that turned the surroundings nearly pitch black swallowed itself back into Spyro's body, sending color back to the hallway. Coming down from his dark form, Kettu and Xvar followed as well as they walked to his body. Once near him, they stopped and looked at him. Knowing they were probably upset for what he had said, Spyro sighed, apologizing for it, "Kettu, Xvar, I..."

"Spyro..." Kettu first spoke, getting Spyro to look up at them.

"After what you said, how you wish to help us... That, surprised us... And we are... Very thankful you wish to help our kind," Xvar surprised Spyro as he didn't expect this from either of the two, but they didn't expect such a thing from him either.

"Listen. After hearing your support... We wish to support you the same... To help you feel better and know that it isn't Malefor, we noticed something else that was rather.. Off."

"When ever you said you wished to help us, they were just as surprised to hear you say such a thing too. Which means, who ever this fake is, or even fakes, they are dark dragons the same."

"But then... That really would mean..." Spyro sighed as he knew what this meant.

"Your parents really aren't alive."

"And while Malefor's logic for what was said lines up with these other dark dragons, just remember; Everything Malefor learned while he was the Dark Master, that would be the same for this other Dark Master, so he or she might know something as well," Kettu explained, but as he thought about it, something still didn't make sense to him.

"Though, we know the Dark Master didn't happen until much later then when he would've know such things, so it's still a blurry line as to who this dark dragon really is."

Sitting down as he sighed, the best thing to do now was to take a breath on such things as Spyro did, "Well... At least the good thing now is that... I know I shouldn't trust what they said, but knowing something does make me feel better," Looking up to Malefor, Spyro saw as he swallowed hard, and as Kettu and Xvar entered back into his body, he growled, "Malefor..." Standing up and walking to him, Malefor sat down and raised his paws up to the side of his head, hoping he wouldn't get attacked, "I'm not going to say this twice but... I'm... sorry..."

"Oh," Malefor was rather surprised to hear him say, "Well, hehe, you know, it was funny; Me and Cynder literally talked about how you'd attack me in the morning too. Hehe, I'm just glad it didn't go as bad as I thought it would."

"Do you still wish to be my friend?"

"What...? Of course man. Gotta get that enemy out there, don't I?"

"Then... if you really are on my side, can you do me a favor?"

"As long as it doesn't have to do with you saying for me to go and die a gruesome death, then, yeah, I can help."

"Then... Can you talk with Cynder on the way down?" This confused the three, and in case he needed her, Cynder walked up to Spyro's left side, and once making it, she looked to him, worried, "I'm... Fine..." Once assuring his love, he looked back to Malefor, "But I promised that I'd let her know about her parents, and since you know the most amount of information aside from Ignitus, can you... Let her know? I... made her a promise... And I really do wish to keep it..."

"Hehe. It doesn't have to do with my death or me getting hurt, and you didn't even injury me so, hell yeah, brother! I can do that for you."

"Spyro," Cynder whispered, "I'm not, mad at you, you know that, right?"

"I know... It's just..." Spyro let off a sigh, "Why can't I ever get a break from this... Now something else is going on with the darkness that I have to deal with and," Bringing up a paw and rubbing his forehead, he felt a noticeable pain, "It's just a real... kick in the heart to know I can't save our parents... To know that they're still... died..." Smiling to look on the bright side, he brought a wing over Cynder's back as he smiled, "I'm just glad I have you, and nothing that's happened has changed that."

"Hehe, there's that loving side of you."

"Oh, hey, Cynder," Saying her name, she looked to Carith, and she was blushing for some reason, "About what Malefor had said... I do need to... Talk to you and the girls about something." Gasping as she had an idea of just what it could be, Carith started to rub her own arm, still holding a fiery red blush, "Yeeeaaah... It was... Close..."

"Well then what are we waiting for?!" Cynder cried out, scaring the others in the process, and once looked back to her lover, she had it all planned out, "Spyro, me and Malefor will walk ahead while you and Carith follow behind, if that's okay with you of course. Just want to get everyone down as quick as possible," He simply nodded, still surprised at this sudden burst of energy she had gotten, "Sweet!" Pecking her love on the side of his cheek, she backed away, walked from under Spyro's wing, and as she headed to the door, she waved to Malefor, "You gonna tell me the stories or not? I know you'd hate to piss off Spyro."

"Hehe," Malefor chuckled nervously, and moving his head slightly to Spyro, he held a paw to the right side of his mouth as he spoke, "I fear no man, but that women... She scares me..."

"Malefor!"

"On my way!"

With Cynder already making her way down the stairs and past Carith, Malefor ran over to join her, passing by Carith as well as he headed down the stairs. Turning to face the stairs, Carith watched as Spyro walked to her left and down the stairs as well. Just as him, she turned to her right before heading down to the Chambers with the rest. Following behind the other two and to the side of Spyro, something confused her and she wished to ask it, "Hey, Spyro," Speaking his name, he looked to her, "You know, me and you don't really talk all that much. Is there any kind of conversation that I could interest you in to speak about?"

"Hehe, yeah, what's Malefor's weakness? What times does he go to bed? Does he have any injuries I can exploit to my advantage? Anything that can help me in battle against him basically," Spyro chuckled even though he already knew almost everything about Malefor, even his dreams and wishes.

"You already know the answer to all those questions though."

"Yeah..."

"Do you wish for me to embarrass Cynder or something?"

"I'm just..." He let off a sigh, "I'm not feeling so good after learning of this whole, fake parents thing..."

"Oh yeah... I'm... Sorry about that, Spyro," Carith frowned, but lucky for her, she knew how to turn things around, "Hey but, look on the bright side; Your trust really is showing for Malefor," Raising a brow to her, she giggled as she understood why, "Hehe, yeah, I know, I know, you would've much rather ripped his guts in two, but I have to thank you for not. I mean, watching the one I love in constant pain and fear is... well... you know... But he's been showing much more joy the more and more he speaks or talks with you. And since you haven't killed him after the whole Destroyer situation, he's been quite happy."

"You know, I haven't told you why that is, have I?"

"No... Did he, do something?"

"It's... More like, what he said to me... But I'm pretty sure I can't reveal."

"What?! Why not?!"

"I mean... I could but..."

"What are you after?"

"Nothing, I just... Are you keeping him in check?"

"Hehe, well, I mean, we did... Almost mate last night so... I'd say yes..."

"What?!" Spyro now gave her wide eyes.

"You going to tell me what Malefor said now?"

"After a bombshell like that... I guess..." Thinking back to the night, he gave a sigh before telling her, "Just like us all, he's afraid of death, and to him... I kinda... Relate... Not cause I believe I'm a villain or anything but... I always have that fear of dying and no one would really care... His fear is that, once he dies, no one would care, not even you... And since everyone sees him as the Dark Master, everyone would just forget about him and those times of the past."

Hearing it from him, she frowned, but shaking her head of the thought, it didn't make sense why he would say something like that, "No... No, he would never think such a way... Or at least... He's never told me about something like that... When did you two discuss this?"

"The night after the Destroyer had happened."

"He would never think about that now after that night... Would he?"

"What really happened that night? And what do you mean 'almost'?"

"Oh... Um..." Giggling as she thought about it, she cleared her throat, trying to hold back a blush, "Oh, nothing. Just, know you won't have to worry about the Dark Master ever happening from him again."

"Damn... So his dream almost came true."

"Hehe, yeah... Wait, what?!"

"Oh, we're here at the Chambers."

"Spyro!"

Making their way to the Chambers, Spyro walked to the left wall along with Cynder, and even as Malefor walked to the right wall, Carith still stood by the Chambers entrance. She looked rather intensely at Spyro, wondering what he meant, What dream? Or is he just messing with me? Seeing Carith looking at Spyro, Malefor wondered what had happened between the two, and he asked her, "Hey, Carith," Getting her attention, she looked at him, and she seemed pissed from the look of her face, "Hehe... You... Are you okay?"

"What is this dream of yours, Malefor?" Carith out right asked as she closed in on him, making her way to the wall with him.

"Dream? What dream?"

"I was talking to Spyro about what had almost happened with us last night, and Spyro said, 'Damn, his dream almost came true'," Getting wide eyes from him, she watched as Malefor turned to look at Spyro, showing wide eyes, almost as if he did say something he shouldn't have, "So, do you care to elaborate on this dream of yours?"

Malefor couldn't say anything as he sat there, and neither could Spyro as he shrugged his shoulders, sitting down with Cynder by her left. Not even noticing the other Guardians were sitting by where they normally sat, aside from Flair and Cyril, Volteer himself had to think on what this dream of his could possibly be, "I mean, Malefor's had so many dreams of which it's hard to pinpoint just one. You have him wanting to be a crab, then the real boy one, something about a bird even though he already had wings but he wanted them to be feathered. Hehe, then when you came by, he had a LOT more dreams."

"What?!" Carith cried.

"HAHA!" Malefor laughed, finally speaking up, and looking to his yellow friend, he waved a paw past his neck as he growled, "I think you should really shut that stupid snout of yours, Volteer," Clearing his throat and clapping his paws, he knew just the way to get out of this situation, "Anyway! Where are Flair and Cyril?! Holy hell, Spyro, they might be dead, maybe you should check on them!"

"They're fine, unlike you," Spyro chuckled.

"You put me in this situation, even after I talked with Cynder about her parents!"

"Stop making it worse for yourself by being embarrassed about it."

"Oh... yeah, you make a good point," Clearing his throat, Malefor played it cool, throwing his left arm over the back of Carith's neck and smiling to her, "So, hey, how you doing? Heard you're a math teacher. Think you could replace my X without asking Y?" Looking to Spyro and giving a thumbs up, he slapped his forehead, and looking back to Carith, she started showing her teeth to him, "Not that I've ever had an ex or anything! It was a, math joke... You know, me plus you equals forever?"

"Hehe, more like a train wreak. I feel bad for Carith," Volteer chuckled.

"At least I know how to make my female feel special," Once again, Volteer chuckled which scared everyone, "Shut up. But, Carith!" Looking back around to her and trying to play it cool, he used his other paw to grope her chest, "Don't worry, it's nothing bad, I can assure you, but if there's anyone you wish to be pissed at, it should be Spyro. Technically something would've happened if Spyro didn't walk past our door."

"So we would've mated?!"

"WHAT?!" Everyone cried.

"You say that as if you wished to be my mate?" Malefor chuckled, now turning this conversation to his advantage, and unfortunately, now she had to back down, "Hehe, you know, we should use the word sex for now on cause, saying the word mate, everyone would be like, aw, so cute, but when you say sex, then everyone's like, ewwwww, you nasty ass bastard."

"Because mating means more of a, romantic, time," Ersa smiled as she spoke about, "Sex is more... Well, you wouldn't know of course."

"DAMN!" The Guardians and Spyro laughed.

"Oh, ha ha, very funny. Still pisses me off that, a purple dragon of my kind, didn't get some before a simple yellow dragon like yourself, Volteer."

"HAHA! Hey, Hey Malefor! You know what that sounds like...?" Ignitus laughed as he found this rather funny.

"Say some shit and I swear..." Malefor growled.

"A PERSONAL problem... HAHA!"

Malefor had nothing for this aside from him just letting off a growl, but for Volteer, he knew he could've added onto this, "No no no, Ignitus!" Looking to his friend, he continued, "You should say that to Cyril! Cause from the reference, you can be like, 'Yo icey, you know what that sounds like?' Bam! Perfect reference!"

"Icey?!" Malefor smiled wide, "Dude! Cyril's new name is totally going to be Icey!"

"Sounds like something Flair would call Cyril though," Claire spoke up as it seemed more like a romantic type name to call someone.

"Then you and the other girls should put that into her mind to get her to say it!"

"You want us to manipulate her? Cause that's how she'll take it, and she will kill either us, or you for such a thing," Cynder suggested against it as it sounded like a horrible idea.

"Wait! Cynder! You gave me an idea!" Malefor laughed out loud, "Okay, yeah yeah, I get it; If I say this, you two will get embarrassed yada yada, but just hear me out!" Having an idea of what it could already be, Spyro and Cynder both looked to one another before swallowing hard and looking back to Malefor, "So, say you two are about to have sex, right?"

"Malefor," Before Spyro could continue, he was interrupted.

"NO! Hush your purple face!" Malefor quickly stopped him before continuing, "Hehe, HAHA! Okay, Okay. So like, as you're about to do it, Cynder will say no, right? Dude, if she says no, be like, are you really, cinder, blocking me, right now?!" Taking his arm from back behind Carith's back neck, he slapped his paws together with a wide smile and looked to see everyone's reactions, and they all gave the same; heads in their paws as they all sighed, "Get it?! Cause of cinder blocks?! HAHAHA-HAHAHA! That's Hilarious!"

"Yes..." Terrador growled, not liking the image at all, "Thank you for such an image that I wish to have never had."

"Oh stop it. You act like you would be romantic during sex. You're literally a big ass boulder. The most pleasure you can give is to someone wanting to be crushed by your fat ass. Which I think is death by snu-snu."

"How about I crush your skull inwards with my paws?" Terrador once again growled at him for saying such a thing, "Really missing Flair right about now."

"Haha, Hehe... Dude, Dude, chill. It was joke, Hehe, it was... Just a joke," Malefor laughed at himself as he very much liked the joke.

---

Having adjusted herself throughout the night, Flair laid in a different position then what she had before. With Cyril laying to his back, Flair, with her belly to the bed, laid her head and paws to his chest with her body facing the right wall of the room. The sun light had stayed in her eyes for quiet a while as she slept, and even as peacefully as she did sleep, the bright shine woke her. It didn't take long for her anger to grow, and as it did, she let off a frustrated growl. Moving her head up his chest, she tried to get out from the sunlight, though it felt like it followed her, and once again, she let off another frustrated growl. Opening her mouth to say something, she opened her eyes, but as she did, the bright shine almost completely disappeared from her eyes. This got her to fully open her eyes now as she didn't know what could've caused this. Getting her surroundings, it was the top part of Cyril's wing as he had used his right one to cover over her face and protects her from the sunlight. She saw a smile on his face as he looked to the ceiling, still eyes closed though. Seeing the sunlight was in his eyes the same, she looked to her right wing and lifted it from her side some. For some reason, she struggled, but as she did, a memory from last night popped into her mind.

---

"No, it's not mating with you that I'm after... But your trust in me," Shivering as a smile went across her face, he whispered to her, "I will push myself now more then ever to show you that I care, to show you that there's nothing to be afraid of," Reaching his head down and kissing her cheek, she clenched her teeth as her smile started to grow more, and backing up, he saw this, "I will show you the love and care you've deserved since the beginning... I promise..."

---

This got her to smile from the memory, and rather then struggle against it, she moved her wing over the top of Cyril's face now, covering him from the sun's light. Giving a chuckle, she growled to see he was awake, but asked, "Of course you're okay... But I, have to ask... Why did you help me with the sunlight and not yourself? You can't exactly use your other wing since I'm kinda on it."

"Hehe, what kind of question is that, Flair?" Cyril chuckled, and raising her wing from his face a bit with his paw so he could look to her, he picked his head up and smiled, "I would feel like a piece of shit using my wing over you when you're over here struggling with the light just the same."

"I could've protected myself!" Flair hissed as she looked away from him, blushing.

Instead of saying something, Cyril let off a pleased sigh as he laid his head back down to the bed. Not getting a response from him, she looked back over to see he had laid himself back down. Growling to see this, she slapped her paws down to the bed, pushed herself up, and took her wing back from his head. Walking above his body and facing her body the same as his, she stood above him and looked down, hissing as she spoke, "I'm talking to you!" He still didn't say anything to her, "I love how you say you're trying not to be rude yet you ignore me when I speak!"

Since she now stood over him, he used his wings, draping both of them over her back which she looked to both of her sides and noticed. Feeling a slight amount of pressure from his wings, she knew what he was doing and followed along. Laying down on top of his body, Cyril once again gave a smile, sighing once again with ease as he now spoke back to her, "Flair... I'm just so... Comfortable..." She was confused by his wording, and in a way made her wish to back away from his body, "Having you here, laying with you again, but now with us in a relationship... It's just... So... Nice... And after years and years of war, to be here, with you... It's all I could've ever wanted... all I could've ever asked for..."

The way he phrased it made her clench her paws into fists as she tried to fight back from feeling the comfort, even though she even knew herself there was nothing to be afraid about, I shouldn't be trying to struggle this, feeling, for him... After last night, I just... I need to see how this day goes if I act like myself; if I act like a... lover... to him. Easing her body, she gave a sigh of comfort as well, and now feeling ease, her body deflated in a way down onto him, and as her head rested down to his neck, she let a tear shed as she really did feel rather comfortable. Lucky for him too, as she had gotten comfortable, the light had moved from his eyes so he was able go enjoy the moment with her just as much as he wanted to. Getting custom to this feeling, Flair gave off slight, ease breaths, as did Cyril, and letting this slip, she was glad she did as now she was calming down, "I... Have to admit... This day you wanted me to call one of my bests is... starting off really, really well..." Snuggling up some more and nuzzling her head up his, he purred to the feeling, "So just... keep this up..."

"Hehe, well, this will be rather difficult cause, once you see Malefor again, you'll want to kill him, and every second you can't will only frustrate you. I'm all for you killing him to make you happy, Hehe, and I'm sure Spyro would be too. It's just Carith that you'd have to worry about."

"Well... If I ever really want friends again... I'm just going to have to learn to live with it."

"It's... Nice... to hear you say that."

"What?"

"That you're wishing to fit in with everyone and call this home, even if you did already say that."

"Today is the day where I will be testing the waters around here, that's for sure."

"So then, what do say? You ready to head out there or would you like to spend some more time together?"

Not answering at first, she stayed quiet for a second before asking in a low tone, "Will you be there for me tonight?"

Smiling to her question, it was easy for him to answer, "For the rest of my life, I'll be there for you."

Feeling her nuzzle him once again, she stopped and backed her head away from him, growled to what they were doing, "Alright, enough of the mushy shit," He still smiled as she stood, and looking down to see his face, she could see he was inspecting her body, though he didn't go too far, but she still called him out on it, "You see something you like? Cause if you say yes, I'll cut you, understand?" He simply kept his smile as he nodded the best he could, and though he closed his eyes before opening them back up to face her, she didn't see this, "Did you nod just to see the rest of my body from underneath?"

"Hehe, I closed my eyes as I nodded, did I not?"

"I didn't see that."

Getting off of him, she knew how the routine went by now. As she headed off the bed and to the door, Cyril took some time rolling to his belly and getting up himself. Once he did roll to his belly, he laid there for a second, looking to Flair as she made her way to the door, and since her backside was more shown then anything else, his eyes focused there. As she made it to the door, something felt off to her, and as she turned, she focused to Cyril. His laid figure, his head resting between his two paws as he smiled with almost disgusting intent, and a blush made her give wide eyes with a blush also as she could tell what he was looking at. Once seeing her duck her head down as she sharpened her fins, he snapped out of his trance as he saw this, and the shine from her white now showing teeth made him shiver. Jumping up on the bed, he cleared his throat and made his way off the bed. As he made it over, she made sure to still stand ready, but at least brought up her head. Once he reached the door, Flair moved off to the side, allowing him to open the door for her which he gladly did. Reaching a paw up, twisting the door knob and pulling it open, he back up with the door and waved his other paw for her to go, "Ladies first."

"Well it's your lucky day," She growled, "Now go."

Hehe, Damn. She got my ass on that, Cyril chuckled to what she had said so quickly and well done, and to not waste time, he did as he was told and made his way around and out of the room. Once into the hallway, he walked ahead some and turned to see Flair shutting the door with her paw. Done with what she was doing, she walked up some and to Cyril's right, and once there, she didn't move any further. Knowing how this worked, he draped his wing over her back, and once he started to walk, she followed along his side. With them being already near the Chambers, it didn't take them long before being able to see the entrance, and as they saw it, they heard someone speaking, "Yes... Thank you for such an image that I wish to have never had."

So Terrador's awake, Cyril was easily able to make out such a voice, and once to the entrance of the Chambers, the two turned and stood there, listening in on the conversation.

"Oh stop it. You act like you would be romantic during sex. You're literally a big ass boulder. The most pleasure you can give is to someone wanting to be crushed by your fat ass. Which I think is death by snu-snu."

"How about I crush your skull inwards with my paws?" Terrador once again growled at him for saying such a thing, "Really missing Flair right about now."

"Haha, Hehe... Dude, Dude, chill. It was joke, Hehe, it was... Just a joke," Malefor laughed at himself as he very much liked the joke.

"You think Terrador would make a worse mate for someone compared to you, Malefor?" Flair hissed, and seeing she was now awake, everyone greeted her, aside from Malefor.

"Hey! Good morning, Flair!"

"What are you talking about? The purple dragons make perfect mates. We have the heat, we have the lightning, the cold, and what ever the hell earth would do. But from how Spyro and Cynder have been playing around, I guess some chains, which, come on you two, get some class."

"I'd rather have Terrador as a mate then someone who executed order sixty sixty on ever Hatchling in the Dragon Temple," Even as a joke, everyone backed their heads up from what Flair had said, some even hissing through their teeth as that was a rather low blow, but she didn't think much on it, "Exactly. Don't put yourself on some high order when the Guardians at least tried to protect the Hatchlings."

This now got Malefor to go quiet as he didn't want to add on such an event, but to help out, Cyril wanted to at least ease things, "Hey... Flair..." With her name called, she looked to him, and he knew he'd be able to bring things back, "We do joke about... A lot of things, and while a... Perfect reference to something else, that's... Maybe just a little, tiny bit, too far... Especially since we all failed that day."

"Oh... right..." Flair now felt bad for saying, but Cyril didn't want her to have to feel bad for it and quickly tried lightened things up, but she came out and asked, "But, I have to ask; If you all knew Malefor, or, sorry, the Dark Master, was out there, why would you have all kept the Hatchlings there and not in Warfang where everyone else would've been to help?"

"Well, I believe I've spoke to this with Spyro before, but there's more to it," Ignitus spoke up on this situation as he knew the others didn't wish to speak on it, "We knew we could take on Malefor; Not him, a dark army, and his new alliance with the apes and Gaul. We, thought the same as you, Flair, but unfortunately, that's not how the other four saw it, or at least, the other three. They thought we could, in theory, use the eggs as a means of bait. Lure Malefor there, take him out, and end the war. But once they went off to fight the Dark Master, they... Died... And so, we were left to take over. It was too risky to find the parents of the eggs or even transport them as we were too deep in battle to do much of anything. Going back and forth to protect not only Warfang but also the Temple put a huge strain on us."

"Sometimes we'd have to leave one another behind, and it became a struggle for us as we were afraid that every day would be the last we would see one another," Cyril frowned as he spoke on the situation as well, and the more they talked about those last times, the worse it sounded.

"Hey!" Spyro finally yelled out, surprising the others as they wondered where this came from, "Those times are over, okay? Just sit down, take a breath, and relax. We learn from mistakes, that's why they are called as such. We don't have to worry about poor judgment anymore, and now with you all understanding the importance of training, there's nothing to worry about," Now everyone saw what Spyro was doing; helping them stay calm and happy after what the past had done to them, "We have Claire, Trish, Ersa, and you, Flair. And even if you all think you aren't doing anything, every day you're here means everything, for all of us," This got the females of the others to snuggle, smile, or kiss who they were with, and even for Cynder, she kissed Spyro to his cheek, and once she was done, he chuckled as he brought things back, "Anyway. Carith wants to talk with you girls about how her and Malefor almost mated by the way."

"What?!" Flair cried.

"Damn it, Spyro," Malefor growled.

"Wait, holy hell, Malefor. Doesn't that mean your dream almost came true?" Cyril asked in awe.

"What?!" Carith cried as she backed her head away from Malefor to look at him.

"Next time I'm going to hell, I'm taking you all with me!" Malefor once again growled to everyone.

"Hehe, that reminds me of your joke Malefor," Volteer started to chuckle to himself.

"What joke?"

"Hehe, Haha! Where, hehe, where Cyril was depressed about not being with Flair, and you told him to jump. Then Cyril was like, I have wings! Hahaha! Then you, you were like, what kind? Barbecue? Ooh, or maybe Buffalo wings?!" While Volteer was laughing from that joke, some of the others started to chuckle or giggle as well, and Malefor took pride in that joke.

"Hehe, thanks man. It's hard coming up with jokes on the fly like that."

"Hehe. The uno reverse card was pretty good too."

"Don't pat him on the back for such Hatchling like behavior," Terrador growled.

"Awwwww. Is the big bad Terrador upset that I was right about him not being able to do it with anyone?" Malefor smirked.

"Hehe, clearly he doesn't know you like I do, Terrador. Last night proved you can be just as, if not better, than any purple dragon... Bigger too," Trish decided to speak up just to embarrass everyone, and she got the reactions she wanted too as everyone gasped with wide eyes, completely speechless for what she had said, "I mean, Malefor, you wanted to know what an earth dragon is good at, and let's just say, he is very good at planting his something into the grass, and the grass, being me."

"Planting... What, into grass...? What do you mean you're the grass...? But... Wait, what?"

"NO!" The Guardians all cried as well as some of the girls as they all had caught on too.

"NO! No no NO! This conversation is not continuing!" Ignitus had to he the one to step in, "First that, stuff, with Volteer and Ersa last night, and now... this?!" Trying to hold back himself throwing up, he didn't wish for this to continue, "Listen! We have a long day ahead of us! So what do you all say we just go off and start our day?!"

"You plant seeds in grass," Malefor still continued to think about what she said.

"MALEFOR!" The same all yelled to him, and those who hadn't gotten it before just started to get it.

"Do NOT! DO NOT! Put those pieces together, please! We are all begging you," Claire begged with all that she could.

Unfortunately for the others, it clicked for him, "Ooooooooooooooh..." Realizing it now though, he ducked his head as his voice went low, "Ooooh..." Almost throwing up in his mouth, he swallowed hard, blushed red enough to turn into a fire dragon, and he yelled for that, "WHAT THE HELL?! THAT'S DISGUSTING! What the hell's the matter with you?!"

"You are very, very naughty," Terrador grumbled in a low growl, and he rather appreciated what she said, "You got Malefor's head spinning after that one."

"Wait! What?! So you two really did it?!" Ersa cried as she was just as interested as the others.

"Unfortunately, no..." Trish sighed.

"WHAT?!" The girls and some of the guys cried.

"There's been way too many cries of 'what' going on today," Cynder giggled as she's been there for all of them, along with some others.

"But... But-but-but, now Terrador knows you want to mate with him!" Carith was the first one to cry out.

"He also knows I love him too. Hehe, what a night that was."

"So you two are mates?! Lovers?!" Ersa was desperate to know the answer, "Will I no longer be alone in the mate category around here?!"

"We aren't lovers or mates, once again, unfortunately," Trish sighed to speak on, but she wanted things to be clear, "Terrador needs time, and I will give him all that he needs. I don't wish to bring up what exactly was spoken on, but the choice on if we do or don't become lovers or mates is up to him."

"Terrador?!" Malefor cried his name, and waving two paws towards him, he was pushing his friend, "Dude! Go for it! What are you waiting for?!"

While Terrador sighed, Trish once again wished to defend him, "Malefor, like I said, he needs time. For now, I wish for him to keep being my adorable Terrador. Which I now like to call as him being Terradorable."

"Awwwwwwww," The girls all smiled to the name.

"Haha! Terradorable! That's the greatest nickname ever!" Malefor happily cried.

"Only Trish can use it!" Terrador made that clear from the start.

"Wait! Flair, going back, I have a favor to ask!"

Once Malefor looked to her, she growled at him as she normally did, "You're going to hell alone, and you're not going to have a friend down there."

"DAMN!" Spyro laughed out loud.

"Ha-ha, very funny, but no. I was hoping you can give Cyril a nickname. And before you say I'm manipulating you as Cynder's been right so far today, I just want to throw this name out there," She was interested as to what the name could be and decided to listen to what he had to say, "Okay, so, this came from a joke we had. How would you feel if you named Cyril, Icey?!" Giving a wide smile, everyone looked to see her reaction, and she showed her teeth to it, "Oh come on! Icey is an amazing name!"

"I'm not calling Cyril, Icey!" She hissed at him.

"What...?" Malefor frowned, "Why not..."

"Because!" Even though she yelled at first, she brought her voice down as she blushed, looking to Cyril as she continued to speak, "After last night, he felt more like a fire dragon when he melted my heart with his words."

"Awwwwwww!" The girls once again all smiled to hear such a thing was said.

"You're welcome, beautiful," Cyril whispered, pecking her on the cheek once he was done speaking.

"Here we go again," Cynder giggled.

"WHAT?!" Everyone cried once again aside from Spyro and Cynder as they already knew about this.

"Hehe, there it is."

"Wh... How?! After yesterday, I... I thought you two were done!" Claire cried as, even for her, she didn't expect the two to get together.

"And does that mean you two are like, in a relationship now?!" Carith smiled.

Taking her eyes off Cyril, she looked to Claire and answered her question first, "To answer your question Claire... I... thought so too... But... He kept me going... And if it wasn't for him... I might've never reattached myself to these emotions..." Now with her question answered, she looked to Carith and answered her question, "And for us being in a relationship... He is on very thin ice from here on out, but yes... We are... Together," Flair smiled as she said this which made everyone look at her with wide eyes to see something especially from her, and once she got back to herself and saw the surprised looks from everyone, she showed her teeth, "But that doesn't mean I will change in anyway! I will keep being myself! And if at any point I wish to shed blood, I will! Is that understood by everyone, or is that going to be a problem?!"

Everyone smiled to her, and she was in shock to hear no one went against her, not even Spyro nor Ignitus, which were her main competitors. Once looked to Cyril, he smiled at her and spoke in a low tone as he wished to, in hope, continuing to keep her calm and happy, "Welcome home... Flair..." This got her to ease off as something about what she saw in his eyes, along with his smooth, easy voice, made her shed a tear from the surprise comfort in a way, "We're glad to have you."

Smiling as she gave a slight nod, Flair once again went in and kissed his cheek. For the small time that it was, once she pulled back, he returned the favor by kissing her back. She kept her smile as he kissed her, and once he pulled away, he nuzzled his nose against hers. While the two enjoyed their moment, Cynder giggled as there was now almost way too much to discuss on their adventures just from these last couple of days alone, "So, we have the whole thing with Carith and Malefor, Trish and Terrador might become mates, Cyril and Flair are now in a relationship, and..." Looking to Ersa, she called her name first, "Hey, Ersa," Once she had called her name, Ersa looked to her female friend, "Do you mind if I talk to you about... Well... mate stuff?"

"Hehe, you've come to the right female to ask," Ersa giggled as she had the most knowledge, "What is it you'd like to know?"

"Hehe... Well... All of it, basically."

"Oh yeah... You don't know about that kind of stuff because of your past."

"Wait," Backing off from Cyril, Flair wished to embarrass Cynder by joking, "You wish to have a Hatchling with Spyro but don't know how to do it?"

"What?" Spyro blushed hard.

"AH-HA! VERY, 'FUNNY', FLAIR," Growling at her, Flair giggled.

"I'm just joking, Spyro. Or maybe I'm not, but there's always the future to tell," Flair continued to giggle.

"Damn, Cyril," Malefor chuckled, getting the attention of not only him but the others, "So, from the sounds of it, you're going to be the last dragon to get some ass."

"Stop! Saying! Ass!" Cyril nipped to him, fed up with him always saying that now.

"Dude! It's true!" He fought back, "I mean, you saw me, obviously Volteer's good, and with Trish, Terrador's got it easy, and I'm not so sure about Ignitus but..." Looking to the red dragon, Malefor hinted to him as to get him playing the game of his as well, "What do you say, Ignitus? You gonna go for it, or are you going to let Cyril beat you to it? I'm sure Claire would love the heat from your paw near her tail, if you know what I mean."

"Go to hell," Ignitus growled, blushing even, because he had an idea of what he was implying, but didn't wish to comment on it, "Plus, even though it's none of your business, I've already..." He stopped as he had to sigh, completely at a lost as to why he was revealing this, "I've already grabbed her back end, so I've already completed this stupid little game of yours which is very childish might I say."

"Hehe, so then; That just leaves Terrador, Spyro, and you, Cyril. So, who's going to be the last one?"

"Is this a serious conversation right now?" Spyro sighed as he always found Malefor's games stupid, "You know, normal dragons say, 'Hey. How you doing. Good morning'. And you're over here like, 'Have you all grabbed your girl's ass yet?' I can't tell at this point if I like this side of you more, or the Dark Master."

"You're just trying to get out of doing it," Malefor smirked.

"OH!"

Hearing a cry, everyone looked over to see the cry had come from Ersa, and it didn't take them asking for Volteer to answer, "Hehe, oh, sorry. I didn't know if you were counting my previous times before, so I decided to go again," This got everyone to blush as now they knew what he had done, and it made it even more embarrassing as Ersa started to purr, "Hehe, I mean, technically, I think we should have a contest for who's held their female's back end the longest."

"What? Why?" Malefor wondered.

"Damn, Volteer. You know that's a losing contest, especially since you've held mine for almost an hour during one of our nights before," Ersa giggled.

"Oooooooooh... You meant like that... Hehe, dude, Volteer, you're actually disgusting, I want you to know that."

"I wasn't the one who made the grass and seed joke."

"PLEASE!" Ignitus growled out loud, "Do not bring that back up."

"You know what, Malefor, I'm going to end your little fight and prove you wrong right here and now," Cyril smirked, and as everyone wondered what he meant, they watched as his right paw went back behind Flair before squeezing her back end, causing her to jump with a blush, and while this caused him to laugh out loud to Malefor, everyone else gasped, "AH-HA!" While he felt proud for proving Malefor wrong, he didn't realize the fins sharpening all throughout the entirety of Flair's body as her anger nearly exploded, "Exactly, speechless. Now sit there like a good bitch and know your place," Still not getting a response from him, he saw the wide eyes of not only him, but Carith as well, and with this, Cyril looked to her as well, "Hehe, what? What's wrong?" Focusing his eyes from away from them, he looked to Flair as he backed up some, gasping to see her clenching up with anger; paws, teeth, and even a curled tail, "Fla... Flair...?"

"I'm going go give you three seconds to get the hell away from me," Her growl was low, similar to the bone chilling feel as the dark form of Spyro, and not only for Cyril, but everyone shivered cold.

Knowing he made a mistake, he quickly tried to apologize for it, "Wait, Flair..."

"One..."

"Wait! Flair! Please, I'm sorry!"

"Two..."

Backing away from her now, he still tried his best to apologize, "Flair! I'm sorry, I swear I'm sorry!"

"Three..."

Having backed away so far, Cyril ended back out into the hallway, and with not much more room to back to, his backside touched the wall. He watched with a stopped heart as she turned to him, tail by her side and ready to take action against what he had done. Swallowing hard, he sat down and raised his paws in the air, still trying to apologize for what he had done, "I just did it to prove Malefor wrong! But... now as I'm looking back, it was wrong of me..." This still didn't do anything, and as she approached him, she grabbed him by the neck before bringing her blade up to the top of her paw that held him; still looking like she was ready to hurt him, "That was wrong for me to say as well! I care about you, Flair! And I did it with an emotional impulse because I care about you!" Even with the paw she had wrapped around his neck, she didn't squeeze, nor did she put her blade too far forward to cause a rather cautious impulse from him, "Flair... I'm... I'm sorry... I..."

"Shut it!" Flair yelled to him, shutting not only him up but even sealing the lips of the others, "I get you're, testing, the waters, so I will give you this one, 'warning', do you understand me?!" Giving her a nod, she hissed through her teeth for a second before continuing with what she was saying, "You're on THIN! ICE! And if you make one more mistake, ONE! More... I will not hesitate to end this relationship. Do I make myself clear?!"

Not realizing her words would have such a substantial impact, she gasped, showing wide eyes as she felt his entire body shiver before shooting stiff. Even the look in his eyes grew rather white and cold to hear her say such a thing. Wondering just how much more damage she had done, she took her paw from his neck and placed it to his chest. Once again, she let out a gasp to feel nearly three beats every second. He... Really does... Care... Seeing a drop of water drop to her paw, she looked up to the source to see he had dropped a tear from his eye and down to her paw. Seeing her look at him now, he stood stiff once again and quickly wiped away another tear forming in his eye away with his tail; not wanting to make another mistake in some way from that. Sighing, she wanted him to ease up a bit, "Calm down, Cyril. We're still together, and since I don't like Malefor being right either, it helped ease the blow for you. Just remember; you ever grab my ass ever again, and I will either cut your arm off, or other, things, understand?"

Giving a rather sad chuckle, Cyril joked, "I mean... If I ever did something like that again and you left me, you'd also be taking my heart with you too so... That would be a very difficult day."

"Awwwww," The other girls teased Flair for what Cyril had said.

"You're hopeless without me," Flair sighed, "Don't know why you'd give your heart to me when you barely even knew me."

"After last night, it's proved to be the best decision I've ever made," Cyril smiled.

"Yeah... I made the best decision of my life that night too," She was honest, and with her words, she felt his heart starting to ease back down, and she commented on it, "I see you rather enjoyed me saying something like that," He smiled back to her, "Just remember; you're on thin ice, and if you make some joke about how you're an ice dragon so you can just make more ice, I will literally gut you," Looking to Malefor, she made sure to shut him up too, "And that goes for you too, Malefor!" He shut his mouth and snapped his fingers as she had beaten him to it, "Anyway," Backing off from Cyril, her fins all eased back down to her body as she spoke with the girls, "I'm assuming you girls would all like to head to Ersa's room to talk?"

"What?!" Cyril cried, and as he ran back up to her left, she looked to him as he spoke rather quickly, "Bu-bu-but-I promised you one of the greatest days of your life today! I can hopefully take you somewhere, or maybe you'd like to talk somewhere else, or even maybe we could..."

"Cyril," Saying his name rather smoothly, it got his attention, "If you want me to have a good day, let me do what I want today, okay?"

"But, I..."

"Cyril... Let me do as I wish for today, okay?"

Giving a sigh as he looked away from her, he nodded, "Yes ma'am..."

While those two were talking, Spyro took a peak behind himself and looked to Cynder's back end with all the discussion, and he blushed for what he had done, as well as seen. Just as he went back to facing forward, he saw Cynder had caught a glimpse of him looking at her back side and he quickly looked straight, but he noticed her blush which very much showed. He grumbled lowly as he knew she had seen, and to not make her feel as though he was using her, Spyro admitted, "You know... I haven't really... Looked, but... You have a rather, nice... ass..." Her body shot straight up, as did her scales, and he chuckled from this, "Didn't realise just how slim and beautifully think yet thin your body really was..."

This got her to smile in a way, but one thing that really caught her attention was the saliva that started to drip from the sides of Spyro's mouth. And since he was looking to her eyes, she was able to see both the sides of his mouth, salivating down to the sides of his chin. This made her give wide eyes to him, and seeing this, he licked his lips before clearing his throat. Giggling to see this, she wished to be flirty with him as to hopefully push him, and she had hope he would go for it, "Well, you know, I do belong to you. If there's something you wish to do, just say it, or you know, go for it..."

To her surprise, he immediately went in for the kiss, covering his mouth over hers and closing his eyes to savor her taste. With his mouth already being so wet for her, Cynder's mouth easily grew wet just the same as his. The back and forth taste as he slid his lips from hers before going back for her taste made her moan rather loudly, and with him letting off a groan himself for this, it changed up how Spyro approached the situation. For a surprise she had never felt before, he started to use his tongue against her own from within her mouth. This made her open her eyes wide from this feeling as she hadn't felt something like this before, and something started to come over her as her heart kicked up. The feeling of the warmth coming over from his mouth and his tongue to hers heated up her body in a pleasing manner. Easing down from his kiss, he growled as something felt off to him. Pulling back from the kiss, he didn't slide his lips off of hers as he normally did, and he even backed away from her, standing back to all fours. Coming back herself, she watched with everyone else as he shuck his head, almost like he was rejecting his love for her. This got her to stand as well as she reached a paw to him and whispered his name, "Spyro...?"

"I'm sorry, I... I can't..." Spyro murmured, and even as embarrassing as it was for the others to watch and listen to, they were just as scared and confused as Cynder.

"Spyro... Are you okay?" Ignitus asked as he took a step forward himself.

"Hehe, Damn, Spyro, you were going hard in the paint I guess I should say," Malefor chuckled as he hoped maybe he would be able to change what was going on somehow, "Hehe, I mean, if you never wanted Cynder to leave you, after what you did, I'm sure you just sealed the deal," Still he didn't say anything to him, which even confused him, "Here, to change things up, how about we discuss a controversial topic; Ahem... Did you know there's gravity in space?"

"Girls," Speaking up, it sounded like Spyro had just ignored Malefor, "Can you make sure to keep Cynder safe for me while I'm off doing other things."

"What?" Ersa questioned as she wanted to know what was going on just as badly as everyone else, "Spyro, talk with us. What's going on?"

"Is this about... Our parents?" Cynder murmured, but still, she didn't get a response from him.

"What do you mean?" Ignitus asked, "What happened."

"Spyro learned that his parents might not actually be alive, and that, apparently, it was me who was impersonating them," Malefor spoke up on the situation which caused everyone to gasp, except those whom already knew, and for Ignitus, he seemed rather confused now himself, "Spyro, listen, Cynder was very happy that I talked with her about her parents, and she doesn't want you to feel bad about saying they were alive."

"Spyro, as long as I have you, I'll always be happy," Cynder whispered, hoping to ease his mind, and as she approached him, she kept a smile, "I love this family we have here, so it's okay... Unless... You're torn because you wished to see your parents again."

"Cynder," Finally speaking to her, she hoped Spyro would have some information for her to go off of, "Can I just... Please... Go and do something?" She frowned as she was afraid of what it could be, or who it could be, "Just... contact me with your darkness in case you need me... Okay?" She sighed and ducked her head, wishing he would say something to help ease her, and fortunately for her, as he entered his dark form, he walked up and stood in front of her, "Cynder..." Since he called her name, she raised her head, and as she did, he smiled to her before reaching his head down and pecking her on the forehead, and once pulled back, he whispered, "I love you..."

Giving a sigh, she was glad to hear this at least, "I... Love you too, Spyro."

Reaching his paw up, he rested it to the left side of her face, and with his paw there, she rested her head. Rubbing his thumb against the side of her cheek, he smiled to her and she did the same to him. Taking his paw back very slowly, he flipped his paw over and let the tops of his fingers rub against the side of her cheek. Supporting her own head back, she blinked once before opening her eyes back up and seeing Spyro had disappeared with only a small cloud of smoke showing where he was before floating to the air and dissipating. Letting a frown go across her face, she frowned as she thought, Spyro... Letting a rather depressed sigh go, Cynder looked to the ground as she spoke to Ersa, "Ersa... About the whole... Mating questions... I think I'm going to hold off on it..."

"What?!" Ersa cried, but her, and the other girls understood where she was coming from, "Cynder, come on. He's not cheating on you. There's just something going on and for now, maybe he just wishes not to talk about it until he's ready..." Still, Cynder hadn't said anything as she was in a rather bummed mood for what was going on, "Here, come with us to my room and we can talk more there, okay?" Turning her head, she pecked Volteer on the cheek, and once pulled away, she warned him, "Play nice, okay?"

"Hehe, is there a reward for me if I do?" Feeling as she hit her back side against Volteer's, he chuckled with a blush, "I shall do as you say."

"Wait! Cyril, if you're going somewhere, can you do something for me real quick," Malefor quickly asked, getting his attention.

"No... What ever it is, just no," Cyril was very quick to reject.

"Just do it you stupid bitch."

"HEY!" Flair yelled out against Malefor, protecting Cyril in a way which he smiled on.

"Hehe, yeah; Damn, Malefor, you went hard in the paint with your words," Volteer chuckled.

"Hehe, yeah, sorry about that. Just, look, I'm trying to have some fun here," Malefor apologized before going in to what he wanted to do, "Look, just, walk out the Chambers, turn back around and come around the corner. I'm going to introduce you basically," This got a raised brow from not only Cyril, but the others for his use of the word introduction, "Hehe, I've been wanting to say this for a while now, and now that I have the chance, I'm going to take full advantage of it."

Giving a sigh, Cyril knew he wouldn't shut up if he didn't, "Uuuuuuuuuugh... Fine..."

Doing as he was told, Cyril turned to his left and walked away from Flair. Walking behind the wall of the Chambers now and a few steps down from the entrance to the Chambers, he knew the others couldn't see him and proceeded to turn back around. Malefor waited with a wide smile, a raised claw, and a fully opened mouth. As he saw Cyril's blue paw step out into the open, he finally was able to say what he wanted with a loud, announcing voice, "AND WHO'S THAT?!" With Cyril now fully back out in the open, Malefor stood to his back to paws and yelled out to the ceiling, "OH! IT'S MISTER M.V.P! SIMP!"

"HAHAHA!" Not only was Malefor laughing out rather loudly, but so was Volteer, and unfortunately for the other two Guardians, Terrador and Ignitus started to snicker themselves.

"THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT?!" Cyril yelled at him for what he did.

"HAHAHA! Dude, dude dude DUDE! HAHA!" Trying to explain why he said what he did, Malefor couldn't keep a straight face, falling to the ground and holding a paw to his stomach as he couldn't breath.

Some of the girls couldn't help but giggle as well, even blush, though for Flair, she didn't find what he did assuming even in the slightest. Since Malefor was down for the count, Volteer tried his best to control himself and explain, "Hehehe... Damn... Malefor, we have our difference but, DAMN! That was funny... Ahem," Clearing his throat, he spoke to the red faced Cyril, "Cyril, you know, for once, he's not wrong. You're literally the definition of a simp."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Cyril hissed as he was turning more to a Flair then his normal self.

"Here, let me define it for you, 'A simp, while having many other definitions, the one that relates to you is; someone who mindlessly purses someone for sexual or romantic gratification even if it means throwing away not only their friends but there own personal well-being'." Volteer explained, and as he did, he got raised brows from the others as it did seem that Malefor was actually right, "You attacked us to protect Flair. She walks all over you, yet you still chase after her in hopes of getting with her... Hehe... It's pretty sad."

"That's not why he's doing this!" Flair defended Cyril once again from everyone attacking him.

"So then all y'all are simps!" Cyril growled to all of them, "Ignitus turned against us with Claire..."

"For good reason, and I don't even remember raising my voice," Ignitus defended himself.

"Volteer, you turned against us when Ersa was supposedly dead!"

"But she never walked all over me and she had plenty to offer, both love, and not, like how she helped trap the Dark Master," Volteer defended himself rather in-depth.

"And what about," Pointing to Terrador, he growled to Cyril, shutting his mouth and making him move on to Malefor, "Malefor, you can't say shit! You literally got with Carith because she was the first female who's ever kissed you," While Malefor opened his mouth, Cyril cut him off, "YOUR MOM KISSING YOUR CHEEK DOESN'T COUNT AS YOU BEING KISSED BY ANOTHER FEMALE!" Closing his mouth and growling, Malefor had nothing else to say to this, "You even tried to destroy the world! If anyone is a simp around here, it'd be you!"

"I didn't try to destroy the world... It was just because of... uh... Naturally occurring geological faults!" Malefor smiled and nodded as he was able to save himself.

"Oh yeah," Volteer chuckled, "We have Normal Faults which happens when the hanging wall drops down in relation to the footwall. A Reverse Fault that happens when the hanging wall moves up, a Traverse Fault where a rock fractures and the two move in opposite horizontal directions, and then we have Malefor's Faults. These are very special and cause the most problems for this world by nearly destroying it every time these happen."

"HA!" Cyril was real quick to laugh at Malefor, "Rather be called a simp then a bitch who caused all the world's problems!"

"Hehe, Malefor's Faults," Ersa giggled, "That was pretty good my love."

"Hehe, I try my best," Volteer smiled, glad he was able to make her proud.

"How did this go from you getting bitch slapped to me getting slapped myself?" Malefor grumbled with a low growl.

"You're not a simp," Flair growled to Cyril, getting his attention and everyone else's, "I'm... Sorry... For what I've done... And I'm really excited to see where this relationship goes," Reaching around to his right cheek, she pecked him, getting a smile from him, and as she backed away, she looked to Malefor and warned him, "I still have no problem getting my claws bloody, so I expect you to watch who you're talking to. Do you understand me, you stupid bitch?"

"WHA...!" He was in awe for what she had said to him, "You... You're calling me... A..."

"Are we going to have a problem?" She hissed, sharpening her fins from her head to her tail, "You either pipe down and shut your mouth like a good bitch, or your blood will stain these Chambers."

"I'm not a...!"

Swinging her paw up and covering Malefor's mouth, Carith stepped in before something happened, "Weren't we girls supposed to be in Ersa's room by now?!" Since Carith had shut Malefor up, Flair eased her fins down and backed down for now, "Why don't you all go on ahead while I deal with my love for a second."

With Flair snarling, she did as she pleased, making her way to the room first. As she walked away though, Cyril ran up to her to follow, wishing to talk some more as to clear the air between the two. Letting off a sigh, Carith took her paw from Malefor's mouth and looked to it. His saliva covered her paw, and as she looked to him, his tongue had been hanging out as he had been licking her paw with it being over his mouth. Blushing as she got a little flirty, she purred to him, "You know that your supposed to save this for my mouth, not my paw."

"Are you talking about my salvia, or," Moving to her lips, he breathed his hot breath onto the lips of her own, making her stick up straight as he spoke, "Another, more important, bigger, thing?"

With her heart slammed to her chest, the evil smile that went across his face as she felt like she knew what he was talking about warmed her body. Lost in his eyes, she heard a voice saying something but couldn't make out who it was or what was being said. All she knew for now was what she believed in her thoughts, Are... Is he... Could we... Be... Mates...?! As her breathing kicked up, so did her thoughts on such a situation that she found herself in. After that night, does he... If I... Told him to be my mate... Would he say yes?! Seeing his smile just as she thought this made her tunnel vision as she focused to this, wondering if he heard her. Malefor... Will you... Be my mate...? Saying it within her mind, she thought she had said it out loud, but unfortunately, she hadn't. Feeling her body starting to shake, the voice she had been hearing got louder, "Carith!" Breaking out now from her tunnel vision, her hearing came back as well as the surrounding color as she looked around, completely forgetting where she was, and once looked to her left, Ersa had a paw to her shoulder, looking her in the eyes and asking, "Is everything okay...? You blacked out for a second there."

"Oh... Yeah... Yeah, I..." She answered her, putting a paw to her head as she felt dizzy.

Looking to see if Malefor had a reaction himself, he already turned his head and started talking with the other Guardians. Focusing back Ersa, she saw Cynder walking next to Claire with a wing draped over her as to help her with the frown. With her paw back to the ground, Carith giggled as she whispered this to Ersa, "Even though Cynder doesn't wish to talk about this... I'm going to need to talk with you about... Mate stuff as well..."

"Oh?" Ersa gave wide eyes, "What for?"

"Hehe... You'll find out soon enough, or at least... I hope Malefor will."

With Ersa turning, the two walked to follow with the other girls. With the females all out from the Chambers, the remaining two walked around the corner and headed to their left. As they did, they didn't make it very far before stopping. The girls whom had left before them were stopped in the middle of the hallway, looking at something. Carith and Ersa looked at one another, wondering what was happening, but looking past the others, they let off small gasps to see what was happening. Right at the front of Ersa's door stood Flair as she looked to Cyril whom was sitting in front of her, and the two were smiling at one another. Scratching the back of his head, Cyril chuckled as he spoke just loud enough for the other girls to hear what was going on, "This is another, me testing the waters thing but... Thank you..."

"For what?" She wondered.

"For having my back against Malefor... It was, really nice to have him shut up for once, and hearing you, protect me in a way was really..." Letting off a comforting sigh, Cyril blushed as he appreciated it, "Thank you... And I know you'll probably hear me say this a lot but... Thank you for this opportunity, to be in a relationship with you... And just making sure one last time, are you sure you don't need anything from me?"

"Hopefully this day will play out as normal. I haven't been able to really enjoy the days I've been here, so now, I'm going to see what happens if I do. Being away from Malefor is already a good thing, and... Like I said... Waking up with you was... very, nice... I just..."

Seeing as she rubbed her arm, he raised a brow, wondering why she seemed scared, or maybe even embarrassed, "What's wrong?"

Letting off a sigh, she didn't hide what she wanted him to know, "You're going to hear this from me a lot too but... Will you be there for me tonight...?" He raised a brow to her question and she understood why, "I know, I know. You've said countless times you would be there, including you being there for an entire life time... It's just... Nice to hear you say it every day from here on out cause... It helps me in a way build up trust for you... To know that what you say really will stand true, just like your promises."

Smiling to hear her say this now, Cyril took a step forward before kissing Flair on the right side of her cheek, getting her to smile and let off a blush. Once he pulled back, the girls all gave wide eyes to this new look of Flair; A warming smile she gave, the sweet yet innocent blush, her fins being eased as well as her body, showing trust in a way, and her soft, cosy, and calming voice compared to her normal yell. Everything about her seem to have changed, and they all smiled to see she was doing much better then that of the past. Soothing his words to help her the same as she did to him, he promised, "I promise, Flair, I will, and always will, be there for you, day, or night."

The girls all gasped to see a tear had formed down the left side of her eye, but once hearing these gaps, Flair and Cyril looked over to see the girls were all standing right there. The girls all swallowed hard and for good reason too. Now seeing all the girls there, Flair went back to her original self, showing her teeth and tensing up before yelling at Cyril, "You can either be there tonight or not! I don't care!"

Turning away from him, she opened the door rather quickly, throwing it open and walking into the room. Knowing the other girls wouldn't be able to see this, she turned to see the frown on Cyril's face, but luckily for her, he had been looking at her for which she was thankful for. Giving a smile, she mouthed to him, 'Thank you'. This got him to smile once again, even nodding to her before turning to his right and heading back to the Chambers. The smile he had given her made her sigh with comfort, feeling glad she was able to say what she wanted to before he left. Walking to the middle of the room, as she made it, the other girls all made their way in one by one. With Ersa being the last one to make her way into the room, she shut the door behind the rest as to give themselves privacy. They all tried their best not to look at her with wide eyes but couldn't help themselves. This constant staring finally got a reaction from her as she growled, "What?!"

They all swallowed hard before making it to where they sat. Similar to the Chambers, everyone sat by whom they normally would, only in a circle this time. Cynder sat with her back almost completely facing the door. Then, going around in a circle, Flair sat to her left, then Ersa sat next to Flair. Making her way to Ersa's right, Trish sat down next to her before Claire sat down to her right. Finally, to close the circle, Carith sat between Claire and Cynder, and similar to Cynder, her back was almost completely faced to the door. With so much to discuss now, Ersa clapped her paws together and asked all the girls thoughts on all of what they could talk about, "Alright then, girls. We have a rather long day ahead of us so, what would you all like to talk about? As Cynder said, we have you and Malefor, Carith. Then what ever is going in with Trish and Terrador, Flair and Cyril, then you and Spyro, Cynder. So, would anyone like to go first, or should we have some democracy on this?"

"Well, with Flair being our newest family member to the group, why don't we let her decide?" Claire suggested, getting Flair to lift her head, "Cyril said this was supposed to be the best day of your life, so why don't we support you the best way we can? And, since this is now your first day being in this family, why not let you have the freedom you wish for?" The girls all smiled as they did see this as a rather fantastic idea, and they all looked to her as they wondered what she would have to say, "We know you're uncomfortable talking about your relationship with Cyril, so instead of you..."

"No..." Flair spoke up, getting Claire to close her mouth, "That's actually what I want to talk about," Her voice was much more of fear, maybe even sadness then anything else, and just like all the other times she's spoken, the girls all listened with great interest, "The worst part when it comes to speaking on your past is that... You know no one would really understand the true feeling of the pain," Knowing Ersa wished to say something, Flair looked to her and understood, "And I know that doesn't really go for you, Ersa, but you didn't have everyone in your life betray you... All because of a false story..." Sighing as she looked to the floor, she was opening up to them which they enjoyed, "I don't wish to tell you all because... I miss this... And the fears of having you all turn against me will never leave..."

Swallowing hard as she didn't wish to speak up, Ersa wanted to comfort her with such fears, "You know... Flair... We all have fears we say we can't get over, but there is, a way..." Getting Flair's attention and not her anger, she knew she was good to continue, "You were afraid Cyril would turn against you yet, he hasn't. And I'm assuming you've already told him of your entire past time?" Flair nodded, "If it makes you feel any better, would you like to just talk to one of us about what's happened?"

"But that would be flawed," Flair growled, "I tell you for example, then you realize how bad it was. With that information, you'll tell the others, then, next thing I know, I'm alone all over again; abandoned and betrayed by my friends and family," Ersa felt awful for not really thinking through what she had to say, but either way for her, saying something to her was better then not, "I laid in my bed for hours upon hours, wondering if anyone, someone would even speak to me, but everyone saw me as a monster... All I did was cry, and wonder why I even woke... Wondered why the world would rather tear me apart then to just kill me..." Trying to keep her emotions in check, she jumped ahead on her life, "Even talking with Flint... Cyril was the first, real, caring, and existing encounter. Terrador was immediately suspicious of me so, I already saw him as an enemy but... Cyril... He was... Different..."

"He always saw the good in you," Carith finished up what she was trying to state.

"Yeah..." She sighed, thinking back to the night she just had with him, "Even when I spoke wrongly, he still tried to help me... He knew when he was raising his voice, he knew when I was afraid of him, and he quickly changed up his attitude to help me... He was so desperate last night to help me, and it's because of him that we're even in this relationship... He wanted so badly to help after I had a... memory... come back to me... I turned my head and he thought I wanted a kiss on the cheek... So... He went for it..."

"Hehehe. And he's not dead how?" Claire giggled as she wondered the same as the others.

"As much as I wanted to... I couldn't bring myself to do it... In the end of it all, I ended up agreeing. I kissed him back, set some ground rules; not like the ones before, and... Here we are now... Here... I am..." Thinking about her life, she ducked her head and went quiet along with the other girls as they could see she was thinking on all that's happened, and she asked out in the open to all the other girls, "Did you all ever imagine you'd be where you were today?" Lifting her head, she continued, "I mean, I use to be all alone, wishing death on myself and everyone else around me... But now... I have... All of you..."

"You're damn right you do," Ersa smiled, getting the other girls to smile as well, "Hehe, and to answer your question; Hell no. I never expected to be back with Volteer and always have the best sex of my life every night," While Ersa giggled, the other girls blushed, but it still got them to smile as this was how she normally acted, "I just hope that, one day, you'll be able to see past your fears and trust us to know of your past. But just like everything else in this world, I know it'll take time, and until you feel comfortable with us knowing the truth, we will continue to show support for you, as we always will; and even after you reveal the truth, we will still have your back."

Flair was still hesitant as she still didn't trust her enough to believe what she was saying was by heart and didn't say anything for the time being. But, for Trish, this seemed like a perfect way to transition over to what she wished to talk about, "To help so you don't have to continue thinking on your pains of the past, would you like for me to discuss what happened between me and Terrador?" She didn't say anything to her, so she decided to continue as she could tell she didn't wish to talk, "Ahem... Well, Hehe, basically, my story is pretty quick. After Claire told me about what he went through, it bugged me ever since, and I wanted to speak with him on it. So, when I woke him up, obviously I was scared because..."

"He said you could wake him up, and you shouldn't be afraid to?" Carith giggled as she's heard this plenty of times.

"Hehe, pretty much... And when I first woke him, he was... Perfect... He smiled, he laughed, he joked with me, and really turned my frown upside down... But," With what had happened last night, she was a little sad to have to speak on this, but luckily, she knew after everything that had happened, it turned into a happy ending, "Once I told him about those, females, he turned full blown angry. He didn't really wish to talk to me and, even growled here to here..."

"So, even someone like Terrador can turn against someone he cares about too," Flair spoke out loud, getting the attention of the others which she didn't want, and seeing all eyes on her, she grumbled, "I was thinking out loud. Just... Continue..."

"If you... Say so..." Clearing her throat, Trish said, "It took a bit of time to calm him. I told him I wish to show him the love he desperately craved; I told him I could be the mate he's always wanted, and even though I took a big risk, a big leap by telling him I wanted him as a mate... Things really turned around for the better... After those females hurt him, he needs time before he could really trust me with such a title of lover, and definitely mate... But I know I will provide, so I'm not worried. And after that, he came back down and became very, loving, in a way. Protective and caring and just... Oooooh... I want him so badly..."

"Hehe, that was fast too," Ersa giggled, "Wish I had the strength to be that quick with Volteer."

"Well, it's one of those, it's the journey, not the destination kind of things."

"Oh, yeah, of course of course. That's why emotional kisses are so much more memorable then just a standard, even though I know I could recall all of them."

"Really?" Claire questioned her, and seeing a raised brow from her, she giggled as she knew Ersa was right, "Hehe, yeah, that was stupid for me to ask."

"Speaking of memorable... Carith?" Calling her name, Carith swallowed hard as she knew it was her turn now, "So... Malefor... You thinking about mating with him?" While Carith gave her an embarrassed giggle, Ersa smirked as well as the other girls as they wanted to know what had happened, "You said you and Malefor almost did it? So, tell us; how far did you get with him, and do you wish it would've happened?"

"Of course!" Carith cried out, getting wide eyes from the girls to hear how passionate she was about it, "Everything about what was happening was just so, perfect. His warm breath, his body, his voice, his gentle and easy care as he licked my neck, and his use of his wings to support me upwards as I moaned his name! I just... UGH!" While the girls still listened with wide eyes, she sighed as she spoke on the night, still frustrated that nothing happened between her and her love, "Unfortunately... As he was licking my neck and moving down... He got to my stomach before stopping and looking to the door... He growled for a second before coming back to himself... It... turned out that he sensed Spyro's darkness and thought something was about to happen. After that... He just... Backed off of me and... Stopped... We spoke some, but not much after..." Letting off a heavy sigh, she frowned on the ending of the night, "For some reason, he just... Said he loved me before trying to go back to sleep... We haven't talked about the night since then..."

"Oh... Yeah..." Now having spoken, everyone looked to Cynder as she apologized for that, "Spyro wanted to know if Flair was going to kill Cyril or not and decided to check up on the two of them. Hehe..." Letting off a sad giggle in a way, she remembered their night, "We even laughed with one another because I knew everything would be okay, and he felt terrible for going against my words. So, he role played and cried that there was blood everywhere and he wished Malefor was to die, and why did it have to be someone he actually cared about."

"Awww..." Carith murmured, "My poor Malefor."

"I'm so confused," Flair sighed as now two things were now on her mind after what's been said, "One; Carith... Malefor grabbed your ass so instead of punishing him, you rewarded him, with your body?" This got Carith to giggle now as it did seem like this, and she couldn't really say anything against it, "And Second; You all, or at least, almost all of you, hating Malefor. Is this a joke or not?"

"Hehe, it's not," Ersa was serious just to add on to the joke before going back to smiling wide, "Anyway! Cynder, I'm so confused though, especially from you, Carith," This got both of them to raise brows to her, but she was quick to elaborate, "Carith, next time, grab him by the tail and take him. Hehe, trust me, when I rejected doing it with Volteer as a role play, Oooooooh..." While Ersa shivered and blushed, this made the other girls once again feel rather uncomfortable, "He made sure to correct me.. Especially my body..."

"Your point?!" Carith quickly cried out for her to continue.

"Oh, Hehe, sorry... Ahem... What I mean is, you should talk with him about what happened. It's going to be embarrassing but hopefully by talking about it, he could reveal that maybe he did wish to mate with you," Carith had to think on it as she didn't know really want to do even with the advice that Ersa was giving her, and while she thought on it, Ersa moved to Cynder, "And Cynder. Why on this green earth would you ever believe Spyro doesn't love you?"

"I just... It's just a fear is all," Cynder admitted.

"Fear of what? That Spyro might be packing more then you can handle?" Ersa teased her, getting Cynder to blush hard.

"WH...!"

"Hehe, don't feel bad, Cynder. With Volteer, I wasn't so sure myself at first..."

"OFF! TOPIC!" Flair spoke out to end what Ersa was doing which got the yellow female to giggle.

"Hehe, sorry, sorry. I just love talking about him," Ersa apologized with a giggle while the others held hard blushes, "But, going back; What is it that you fear about him then?"

"Is it the fact that he could break your neck if you ever disagreed with him, especially if you ever tried to defend yourself?" Flair hissed as she herself still didn't like the idea of the power he had and what he could do with it, "If your male has more power then you, you shouldn't be with him, because that leads to nothing but abusive issues."

"It doesn't matter how much power he has..." Cynder spoke up, defending her lover's name, "Even he said this... No matter how much power he has, I will always be more powerful then him..." Flair still didn't by it, showing her teeth even to this statement as it could be used against her at any point, "I'm just... scared, is all. After Spyro learning his parents weren't even alive, even though these, dragons said they were his parents... I feel like he's... disappointed... I mean, of course he is; upset even... But why won't he talk to me about what he's going through...?"

"Maybe because he failed you, Cynder..." Carith knew how to support her friend as she had the most information on this, "He wanted for you to see your parents again, and he even promised he'd do all he could for you to know them... But now that they're fakes, now that they're still dead... How could he...? Maybe he feels terrible to know he gave you false hope but doesn't wish to bring it up and make you feel worse on it..."

"I told him I didn't care as long as I had him though, and Malefor told me more then enough about them to satisfy my curiosity."

"You know that's not good enough for Spyro though. He wants the best for you, he wants nothing more then perfect or better for you."

"Or maybe he's just in it for himself," Flair had other ideas on what was going on, "Maybe he just wanted his parents, and not being able to save them pissed him off. He's probably pissed off after all he's done for you, and since he's not getting anything out of it for himself, he's showing his true, dark purple, colors."

"No," Cynder was quick to reject, "That's not who Spyro is. He was so excited to make me proud, he was so excited for me to see my parents again. I even asked him why he'd help me with my parents even though I took not only mine, but his parents lives as well..." Shedding a tear, talking about what he had said to her started to change up how she felt, and she changed up her attitude to a smiling one, "He said... Hehe... 'What you want and your needs will always come before mine. I already had parents growing up, but you... You had no one. Putting you first will always be my priority, even when it comes to something like this'..."

"Awwwwww," The girls all cried happily to what Spyro had said to her, but Flair still didn't trust such words.

"Bullshit! That's a stretch on his words! He's lying to you! He's just trying to keep you there with him! Sooner or later, he'll use you as an escape goat! He'll betray you!"

"Then why do you care about Cyril if you know he could do the exact same!" Cynder snapped back against her, getting Flair to back her head and raise a brows, "During that same night, once he came back from checking on you and Cyril, we... flirted... Even as I tried to be romantic with him, and to nibble his neck... He wanted me to have the good night... He bit my neck with pleasure and love, and with almost every movement, he bit down the same, almost like he was trying to mate with me..." Looking to Ersa, she wanted to know if that was what was going on or not, "It was like you said, Ersa; It was same as the bite marks Volteer did to your neck. He was perfect with his bite, putting the right amount of pressure and care into each one. I asked if he tried to mate with me, but he just chuckled and didn't tell me..."

"How did he respond when he saw the bite marks?" Trish was just as interested as the others.

"Hehe..." This got Cynder to giggle from the memory, "He wanted to run away so badly cause he thought he had hurt me... It took a lot of convincing, but I stayed calm, I helped him, and he thanked me for it..." With these memories, it just made her miss her love more and more, and still not understanding what he was going through started to eat at her, "I do wish to know how to mate, Ersa... I love, Spyro, but for right now, can we just hold off until I figure out what's going on with him?"

"Of course," Ersa eased her by agreeing, "Hopefully everything will come together in the long run; Carith will clear things up with Malefor, Hopefully! Becoming mates. I trust and believe Trish can be the best possible mate for Terrador. And for you, Cynder; Just be yourself. It's who we love, and it's who he loves," Getting smiles from the girls aside from Flair, Ersa didn't forget about her, "And, Flair... I know why you fear, Spyro... Hehe, well, aside from all that you've said. I feared him too when I got back, but I can assure you, when he's himself, it's a joy to laugh with him."

"I know," Flair sighed, "I saw that on our way back when he was laughing after that whole, 'Do you like seeing Cyril's ass' conversation. But you all need to understand that I don't know the word trust as well as you all do... Even though me and Cyril are in a relationship, even I still don't completely trust him. His possible anger scares me, him fighting against me, him going after revenge for what I've done to him... Even after what my mother has said, if he betrays me... There's no way I'd be able to live after that... I'm sure at that point, my heart would just simply... shut down..."

Clapping her paws together, Ersa had a fantastic idea, "You know what!" This got everyone's attention as their scales stood up on end from the random rally cry that she gave off, "How about we have a trust test with all of our males?" This of course confused all the girls as she wondered what she had in mind, "Here. let's all regroup back here in a couple of minutes. Go talk with your loves and then come back. Basically, as an example, I'm going to do something to the one I love and see how he reacts. It'll be minor, but this will help all of us out in case we still have trust issues with the ones we love."

"Why are you hiding what you're going to do?" Claire questioned, and seeing Ersa giggle, this was scary to all of them, "Forcing Volteer to mate with you isn't going to do anything."

"No no no. We do that at night," Ersa giggled, "Let's just say, it has to do with some... poison," Now seeing the girls were intrigued on this, she giggled, "Trust me, it's going to be perfect. Unfortunately though, Cynder, that means I'm going to need your help, so you can't see Spyro for the time being," This got her to frown, but Ersa quickly helped her with a bright side, "Fortunately though! That means I can help you with how mating works so you can knock out two birds with one stone! I know you might still be against it but, trust me when I say this knowledge, you'll want to know."

Giving a sigh, Cynder decided to agree for the time being, "This time away will make the kiss for me and him that much more emotional so... I... Guess... Even though it's hurting my heart just being away from him..."

"You'll be fine, I promise."

With the girls all sitting up and doing as Ersa had told them, once Carith stood up to walk out with the other girls, Ersa stopped her, "Carith, wait," Stopping and turning to her, she listened, "Can you get Volteer in here since I'm working on the poison?" Once Carith nodded her head and smiled, she turned back around and continued to make her way out of the room, and to not waste time herself, Ersa sat up, turned to her right, and headed to her tables as she spoke with Cynder, "So then, Cynder. This is going to be a very uncomfortable and embarrassing conversation, but, trust me when I say that it's going to be well worth your time."

"I'm both scared yet... Excited in a way as well," Cynder sighed, turning herself around to face Ersa as she started to work on her poison.

"Then I guess we should start from the beginning. We can go more in-depth if you'd like, which you might not, but to keep things simple, I will explain how mating works."

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"Okay okay okay, before we go too far off topic," Malefor chuckled to himself, but once thinking about something else, he couldn't help but call him out for it, "Cyril..." Getting his attention, he looked to Malefor as he pointed to the entrance of the Chambers and asked, "So, I just have to ask because why the hell not. Tell me, when you grabbed Flair's backside, you were wishing for more tail then anything."

"I love how you avoid saying ass sometimes," Ignitus pointed out.

"I have to be in the mood to say it. Like if I say mate, it's because I'm being easy about what I'm saying, but if I say SEX! Then I'm going hard on my emphasis of the word."

"Wow. Look at your vocab skills; using a word such as emphasis," Volteer picked on him, "Didn't know a walnut sized brain could comprehend such advance language."

"Ha-ha. Kill yourself. Anyway, you gonna talk about it, Cyril? 'Cause, I don't want to get into too many details, but I could see you two having angry sex like every day."

"Angry sex?" Cyril sighed, "I spent years of war just to end up talking about angry sex with a female I met three days ago... How the hell did things come to this."

"So then, is that a yes?"

"Why the hell do you care?"

"Because it would just prove you're a simp, and even in sex, she'd still treat you like shit."

"I'm not a simp!"

"He's not wrong," Volteer protected his blue friend, "Technically, a simp is a short and easier way of saying simple. So by you calling him that, you're just calling him a simple minded dragon."

"Hehe, damn right he's simple. All he's been thinking about is Flair's ass," Malefor snickered as he still believed what he was saying to be true.

"I am not thinking about her ass!" Cyril yelled out against him.

"Yet you were so quick to grab it, like you knew where it was or something."

"WH...?! YOU'RE AN IDIOT! AN ASS DOESN'T MOVE! The only ass that could ever move is you, you dumb piece of shit!"

"CYRIL!"

Hearing a voice yell out from the Chamber entrance, everyone grew quiet to hear who it was and even looked to the entrance. They saw it was the girls, and the cause of the voice, being Flair. Ducking his head back as he knew to why, Flair still sharpened her fins some, afraid of what he might do, "Why are you raising your voice?" Walking to him with a threatening intent, he swallowed hard, sweating even as he knew she didn't appreciate his anger, "You know I don't appreciate your show of teeth, and If this is the side of you that you wish to be, why the hell would I ever continue to be in a relationship with you?" Getting right up to his face, he frowned to her as he felt terrible now for being as loud as he was, "Were you joking with him, or not?"

He made sure to think carefully on his words, murmuring them as to keep things easy as to not upset or even scare her, "I was... Only joking... Flair... I would... Never raise my voice to you in any way, I promise..."

"Uh-huh. You say a lot of things I'm not sure about. And what kind of joke ends with you calling someone a dumb piece of shit?"

"Like, literally, ninety percent of Malefor's jokes," Terrador chuckled.

"I'm sorry... Flair... He just kept going on about how me and you would always have... Angry... sex... and that it was crazy how I knew exactly where your ass was when I grabbed it..."

"An ass doesn't move you dumb shit," Flair snarled as she looked to Malefor, and just the same as Cyril, she called him on it, "Then again, unless it's you of course. Then even shit could walk on this earth," Quivering his lips as he held a paw close to his chest, even though Malefor was joking with his emotions, Flair didn't care for this display and looked back to Cyril, continuing what she wanted to say, "You know how I feel about this anger situation, and I get you were joking, and since you already apologized... You get a pass... But if this show ever happens to me..."

"Which it would never," Cyril was quick with his words and easy with his voice as to not sound like he was yelling, "I would never hurt you..."

To his surprise, she took two more steps forward before hugging him, wrapping her wings over his back as she did so. This surprised him, but what was more surprising was the cold, water like feeling that hit his back. Understanding now what she was going through, he nuzzled her to the side of her neck, maneuvering his wings past hers and hugging her the same. While short, once she pulled away, Flair tried her best to keep her show of anger, looking away and growling with a blush. Turning back to face him, she opened her mouth wide, ready to shout. But as she did, she gasped, giving wide eyes even to him as he held something to his paw. In his palm rested an ice cube, the same size as before; not too small, but not too large, perfect for her to eat. Seeing this made her shed another tear, and what felt like joy to her, her angry she wished to show had disappeared. Reaching a paw up and grabbing the cube from his paw, she opened her mouth, placed it to her tongue, closed her mouth, and proceeded to suck on the ice. The others watched to see what would happen from this, not understanding the significance of it, and with a chill, they all readied for the worst to come. But the complete opposite had happened. Once again, she put her wings over his back as before, only this time, she kissed his forehead before resting her forehead to his. As if they were resting there, the two closed their eyes and enjoyed one another's company. Feeling her warmth, the kiss she gave, and knowing he helped her, Cyril whispered to her in hopes, "I hope your day is going amazing so far..."

"It... Is now..." She cried with honesty.

"Flair..." Raising a paw, he rested it to her left cheek and comforted her, "It's okay..."

"I know... I'm just... Having first day jitters I guess... I'm not use to this... And having brought up my loneliness with the other girls just... I'm scared is all..."

"You know I'll be here if you need me, right?"

"Hehe... of course..."

With the two seeming at ease, the other girls felt that they should now be safe to do as they please as each headed over to their lover's and having their own conversation. With Carith being so close to Malefor from the start, it didn't take her long to get next to him and engage in a conversation, "Hey, my love," Getting his attention, even though she had it from the start, he listened more clearly now as she stood to his left, "I wanted to check on you and make sure you were all good, you know with, what happened and what not. Not only with today but... Last night... as well..." This got him to blush before he looked away from her, and already, she had doubts about talking on the subject, "Malefor, I... Can we talk about it at least?"

"What is there to talk about?" Malefor murmured in a way, "We almost did it and we didn't. What more is there to talk about?"

"Would you have gone through with it if Spyro's darkness didn't interrupt us?"

"Saying yes or no would just put me in a bad position either way... So I can't say..."

"Why would saying yes hurt you?" He didn't respond to her which only got her to feel worse on the situation, so, instead of continuing, she looked to Volteer and told him what he needed to know in a rather depressed tone, "Volteer... Ersa needs to see you..."

"What?" Volteer was confused as to why, "We don't usually do it until the night time. Is she feeling that frisky?"

"That's not what she wants," Claire sighed as she knew this was something he would've said, "She just needs to speak with you."

"Oh. Okay."

Getting up from his spot, Volteer made his way back to his room, leaving the others to themselves. After all that's happened today between almost everyone, an idea popped in Claire's mind as she wished to have a little test. Standing in front of Ignitus's chest, she gave a rather, seducing smirk, which almost immediately, he fell for as his face, the same for his body, warmed. Using her claw now to roll against his chest, she wondered, "You know, everyone else have been having these big reveals and what not, and I kind of wonder..." Getting close to his lips, her cooling breath sent chills down his spine, but her words sent his scales upwards, "Do you have a, big, reveal, you wish for me to see?" Swallowing hard as he didn't know how to respond to this, she kept her smirk and teased him, "Hehe, well, when ever you're ready, so will I, if you know what I mean."

DO I?! Ignitus cried in his thoughts as he had an idea of what she was speaking on but didn't dare have the guts to say anything on it. It only made it even worse for him after what she did to him. Nuzzling her head underneath his jaw before moving the rest of her body and rubbing her side against his chest, he stuck straight up as he struggled not to do anything. Lastly was her back side, and with her tail, she groped up his neck before making it off his chin and walking away from him with a visible smirk before she looked away from him. Unable to restrain himself, Ignitus reached a paw out before tensing up and trying his best to calm himself. That was cold, Claire. Chuckling to himself, he stayed calm, took some breaths, and controlled his racing heart. Now with Claire heading back, Trish was next as she pecked Terrador on his cheek before turning and waving a paw to him. Still wishing she could say something, Carith looked to see Malefor frowning, looking away from her some even. This made her sigh, and since there wasn't much else for her to say or do, she turned away from him and walked back to the room with the other girls. Lastly was Flair, and once backed up from Cyril, the two opened their eyes with Flair asking him in a low tone, "Are you doing okay?"

Giving her a chuckle, she wondered why, but Cyril explained, "I really wish I stayed in bed with you. Not being around you is rather painful for me."

"You'll make it. Just don't get that desperate about me. Girls don't like desperate."

"Hehe, I know, I know. You're right."

"Guess it's a good thing that I'm the desperate one though."

"So am I though."

With the two sharing a short laugh, Flair was the first one to come down from it. Letting off a sigh, she thanked him for the help, "Thank you for that..."

"Like I said; I wish to know as much as I can about you to help you when ever possible. I knew your past would probably be brought up so, I was ready to help."

"And help you most definitely did," Flair smiled, "Just make sure to watch those teeth of yours. But once again, I do get you were yelling at Malefor, and you killing him would do more then just make me smile so, keep that in mind."

"Hehe, as much as I would, I know you'd rather have the kill."

"Maybe... But for now... Stay safe while I'm away with the girls, okay."

"I will... Just make sure you do too," Cyril smiled, getting her to smile as well, "And remember, I will be here when ever you need me."

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"Even after having the egg, it will still take some time for it to actually hatch," Almost finished with her conversation on how mating works with Cynder, Ersa continued to work very carefully and slowly as to not cause something to go wrong, "Normally, it takes about twenty one days, or three weeks for the egg to hatch. Though eggs have been known to hatch sooner, or even later, and most of the time, that's okay. When a Hatchling is ready, then it will hatch," With a glass bottle to her paw, she rested it down on the table to turn and face her friend, and once she had, Ersa saw Cynder had turned to face her as she sat there, but rather then seeing just a blush, she mainly saw a smile, "Obviously trying to increase or decrease the time on your own is a big no-no, but when it comes to Spyro's case, I'd say he's probably the best cause no matter what happens to your Hatchling."

"What...?" Raising her head as this intrigued her rather severely, Cynder gave slightly widened eyes as she wondered, "How so...?"

"You've seen what Spyro's dark power can do: It can heal next to permanent wounds, fix parts of your body once broken, and he even made himself his own heart after what Flair had done to him," While Cynder was already putting the pieces together, hearing it out loud was rather comforting, getting her to smile from it as well, "Spyro's power is truly something, so even if something did happen to your Hatchling like a birth defect or inflicted wound for any kind of reason, it would be a quick and easy fix for him. And with him having all kinds of elements, a purple dragon makes being a mother rather easy, what with the heat he can give off and what not. Same for you too, Cynder. Your power can benefit a Hatchling's time in the egg and even after rather tremendously."

"Not to sound like I don't believe you, but how? Do you want me to use fear to scare the Hatchling? Poison to possibly..."

Cynder shivered from the ideas alone, but Ersa was quick to help these awful thoughts, "Cynder, you're only looking on the negative affects of your abilities. Fire can burn, lightning can fry, earth can crush, and ice can pierce, yet Spyro knows how to use all of his abilities effectively, and so can you," Turning back around to face her table, she picked back up the bottle she was using to continue her work while still continuing what she wanted her to understand, "Your shadow can help you check on your Hatchling from in you or the egg, your poison can cure you or the little one in case of an infection, your fear can help calm the fears that the little one has, and your wind can help as it has with Spyro in case of air problems. If anyone would make an amazing mother, it would absolutely be you, and I'd feel very calmed and happy to know that your and Spyro's Hatchling could literally have the easiest life in the world, which is... Hehe, I'm not gonna lie, another reason I wish to be around all of you. I know these such problems can be prevented with my Hatchling as well and everyone else that lives here, so it makes for a sense of comfort."

This did bring a smile to Cynder's face as she was rather glad to hear she trusted her to do such a thing to help her Hatchling as well, "Thank you for... Trusting me to help with such a job..."

"Hehe, of course I trust you. Why wouldn't I?"

"Because of my past? Because of me being the Terror of The Skies...?"

"You mean Beauty of The Skies?"

"Oh, yeah... Hehe..." Having that brought back up from what Spyro had said to her, Cynder couldn't help but let off a rather pleased sigh to have learned what she did, "You know... After hearing all of this, it... Gets my hopes up for some reason, and knowing how he acts, how he feels about me being in pain, even for my first time, I feel like everything would just be... So... nice..." Giggling as she wanted to lighten the mood in a way, she couldn't help but be honest with her, "Thanks, Ersa. Now I'm missing Spyro even more after that, and now I'm going to be having thoughts like hell on what it would he like to be his mate."

"Oh?" Ersa smirked as she turned to look at Cynder, "So you two are going to be mates?" While she saw a blush, the main thing that stood out was her innocent smile as she couldn't say it out loud, "You know, Cynder, you don't have to wait till your eighteen. Sixteen is still a good age for you..."

"Yeah but... I'd rather be at full strength and health before attempting such a thing."

"Haha!" Hearing Ersa laugh rather loudly, this confused Cynder, and with her loud laugh, she knew she would've needed to explain, "Hehe, sorry, sorry... I just... Remember that day I was poisoned and Volteer was in full on panic to help me. I wasn't even at full strength or health myself yet... Even as the night went on, I didn't really need to be as Volteer knew what I could or couldn't take, and I don't mean that sexually, I just mean like, how he knew to be easy when he rolled me over, or if he kissed me, that kind of thing."

"You say it's not sexually yet, now I know why he was rolling you over," Cynder grumbled, getting Ersa to giggle with a blush.

Entering into his room, Volteer saw that not only was Ersa in the room, but so was Cynder, and instead of really focusing to his mate first, he greeted the other female, "Hey, Cynder," She smiled and waved a paw up to him, and with her greeted, he looked to his mate and asked her, "So what-ERSA!" Letting out a loud cry, she jumped along with Cynder as he ran over to her, speaking rather quickly, "What are you doing?! You know working could possible hurt you!" Reaching up to her side, he put a paw over her right paw of which held the bottle she had been working on, "Please, what ever you're working on, let me finish it. I don't want what's happened to you in the past happen again."

This protective nature of her mate got Ersa to smile from the sight, and she thanked him for being so nice and easy with her as he tried to stop her, "Volteer, it's okay, my love," She felt his paw struggle as he wished to trust her, but he didn't trust what could happen to her, and she understood that, "Don't worry. I'm taking things as slowly as I can. I actually already came up with a way to protect me from that disease once again, or any others that might arise for that matter."

"You... You did?"

"Kinda like oil and water, Cynder's poison combined with some other herbs we have act almost four times more powerful then my white blood cells. The poison, being the oil, sits in my body, and unless it feels something off, it won't turn into water itself and attack the disease. So, for the entire time I'm working, I have a protective barrier in my body," Hearing this helped calm him, but not as much as she thought it would've as, the most it did was lift his paw from hers, but he rested it on the table, still being close and within reach of her, "Hehe, don't worry, Volteer. I know you're scared, but I've learned a lot from you. And I know you're scared that I could be hurting a Hatchling if possibly in me, but I've already prepared for that as well, so it's, okay."

Letting off a sigh, he was still precautions, and thankful for this, she put the bottle down on the table very gently. Turning her body to face directly to him, Ersa smiled as she raised a paw, resting it to the side of his left cheek. This got him to sigh first before he was able to smile, but once calmed down now with her not holding the bottle, he let this smile show. Moving her lips forward, so did he, and as gentle as they could be, the two closed their eyes and kissed one another. Cynder frowned for a second to see this as this got her thinking about the same with Spyro, Damn you, Spyro. It's like you know I want you so you play mind games with me, only making me yearn for you more. Hearing footsteps to her left, she broke from her thoughts to see the girls one by one walked into the room and over to Cynder whom stood close to the middle. Pulling back from the kiss with a wet smack, the two mate's opened their eyes and smiled to one another. Ersa was the first to whisper to him in a flirting manner, "You know, as much as we play around with other aspects, what do you say for tonight, we can play around with this oh so protective side of you?"

"Hehe," Giving a chuckle, he flirted back to her in the same whisper, "So you'd like me to tease you? 'Cause if I'm going easy, then I'll have to be slow with my licks, gentle with my kisses, and slow on the hip movements."

"Oooooh," she giggled.

"Even as gross as you two are, I hope you both never change," Claire giggled, blushing with the other girls to hear what they were talking about.

"Kinda hard for you to move your hips if I'm on top," Ersa once again flirted with Volteer.

"Ooooooh," Volteer now chuckled, shivering to hear this.

"Hey, not to break up this gross ass conversation, but can we continue with what we're here to do," Flair grumbled as the disgust started to set in.

"Oh, yeah," Ersa giggled.

With the girls now all in the room, they lined up now with the row from far left to right being Flair, Carith, Claire, Trish, and then Cynder. Turning to face them all, Ersa explained what she was going to be doing now and how it was done, "Now, we, ladies, of course, are going to be doing a trust test as I've stated, and in order to do this, I needed the blood types of each of the Guardians, which Volteer of course so happily gave me back in the past."

"You know their blood types?!" Almost all the girls cried, and Flair followed up, "How the hell did you get their blood types?!"

"Hehe... Ersa... Wanted them..." Volteer chuckled, just showing how much of a sucker he was for Ersa, "I said they were for some very helpful health experiments, so they happily gave them to me and I ran multiple tests to insure the blood of each to appease my goddess..."

"So Ersa literally knows how to take down every one of the Guardians cause she knows almost everything about them?"

Swallowing hard, while Volteer chuckled, Flair growled as she didn't appreciate him betraying his friends the way that he did. The girls noticed this and took note, but to continue with what she was saying, Ersa spoke, "So, I've found the blood types for each of the Guardians: Ignitus is O-positive, Terrador is AB-positive, Cyril is A-positive, and Volteer is B-negative. The craziest part about that is my blood type is B-negative as well. That means I can give and receive blood from him."

"How exactly do you make these tests?" Cynder wished to ask, getting wide eyes from some of the girls as they knew what she was going to ask, "I mean... In case something happens to Spyro or any of you, I wish to know if there'd be any way to help. So, is there a way for me to test my own blood type as well?"

"But of course!" Ersa happily agreed to this, "Though, I don't think Spyro would appreciate it if you pricked your finger and bled."

"Do you have some red gems for me to heal when I do?"

"I do..." Thinking about it, Ersa sighed as she knew Cynder wished to do this, "Okay, here..."

Turning her back to Cynder, Ersa moved over a couple of books and bottles before grabbing one near the back of the table, and once held to her paw, she took it and pulled it towards her. Inspecting the bottle, it had a green and red liquid glow to it with a small cork on the top of it to keep it sealed. With her back side being so out in the open with her having to really reach to the back, Volteer couldn't help himself and put a full paw over her left back cheek before squeezing it. This caused her to jump and quickly look to her left. She snarled with a blush, and he himself did the same, but she still giggled, "I knew you'd do that."

Grabbing another bottle on the table that was much closer then the other one, it was empty compared to the first one. Now with both bottles in her paw, she turned around to face Cynder and explained, "Prick your finger upwards and kinda squeeze the surrounding area to help the blood come out more. Then, once you do, drop a couple blood droplets into this bottle," Showing her the empty bottle, she then showed her the small green and red glowing bottle, "Then, just drop this on the wound to heal it. Knowing Spyro, if even a single drop of blood stains this carpet, he will know, so make sure to be careful."

"Hehe, I will try to be," Cynder smiled.

"Wait, Ersa, I have a question," Claire spoke up, getting Ersa's attention once she closed the gap between her and Cynder, "Couldn't I just ask for the blood types from Ignitus rather then having to give you samples?"

"While we could do that, your blood is still needed for other things," Ersa was happy to explain what else she wished to do, "Having your blood can help with many things, such as diseases only tied to your blood types, and with your blood at it's purest form, along with Cynder's poison, it would be very easy to make an antidote. If I needed your blood when you get infected with something, I wouldn't be able to use your blood cause of the infection. There's also the possibility that, well, just use Cynder's poison to negate the infection, then cleanse it before going through with the cure. But that would cause a much higher chance of damaging the blood you've given me rather then just already having a sample on paw."

"And how will you preserve the blood?"

"Well, while I would need more then a couple of drops, it's rather simple to just multiply the blood you've given me and then later preserve it with a cooling gem and other forms of preservation rather than just simply cooling it. I won't need your blood afterwards since, with the blood I have, as I said, I can multiply it. So, when the time of the storing is close to running out, I'll act in advance to get more and keep the blood healthy. Then I just clean the previous bottle with a liquid turned solid acid before its dissipation. So I can go back and forth without the need of more then two bottles or the need for more blood."

Scratching her head, not only did this confuse Claire, but the other girls as well as they barely followed anything she had to say as she said it rather quickly. Seeing the confusion on all their faces, Ersa giggled as she understood why, "Hehe, sorry, I guess I did go a little fast. I've learned how to use this mouth thanks to Volteer..."

"ERSA!" All the girls cried out.

"Hehe," Ersa just giggled with innocence, "Sorry, Sorry. But now I have to wonder; Would you all like to know your blood types as well?"

The girls all looked to one another as they didn't see a problem with it, though, the only one who did was Flair. She showed her teeth to this as she didn't trust it one bit, "So, we'll be just as weak against you as everyone else?" This caught the girls attention as they knew where she was coming from, as well as the lack of trust she showed to Ersa, "Once you have all this information, what's stopping us from stopping you? Knowing you, you can use the blood types alone to find every possible weaknesses within us; maybe even in bone structure or from the lines in our veins. I'm not as stupid as the rest, so you can go to hell with your..."

"Ugh..."

Hearing a short, painful cry, everyone looked to see Cynder had prick her finger, showing blood rise from the one she had. This got Flair to look with wide eyes as she willingly did so. With the bottle already opened, Cynder put her digit into the bottle, letting blood drip down into the bottle as she squeezed with her other paw to help let the blood flow as Ersa had told her. Now with more then a couple of drops in, she turned her paw back around to face upwards. Handing over the bottle with her paw, Ersa grabbed it, smiling to the trust she had shown her. Grabbing the cork from the ground as well, she gave it over to Ersa, which she once again grabbed from her. Watching as Cynder reached down onto the ground to pick up the healing bottle, Ersa thanked her, "Thank you... Cynder."

Cynder smiled to her friend before looking to her finger and gasping. Everyone shivered as they wondered why, and once looked to her finger, they gasped too. The wound that she inflicted on herself was gone, and they all couldn't figure out how or why. Feeling the air grow rather heavy, they all stood up straight as they heard a voice speak from behind the line of girls, "Why was blood shedding from her?"

With the line of girls turning, Ersa and Volteer already saw who it was and let out gaps. With all the other girls turning around, they gasped as well to see who it was. Seeing the purple, orange, and golden colors, they all thought in unison, Spyro?!