So! Here we go again. Sorry it took so long. Been going through some pretty serious personal stuff. It completely killed my creativity, but I'm back now! Let's get this chapter going! Before you all ask why I revealed Jet's connection to Spyro so soon, I flipped a coin to decide because the story could've gone either way and I didn't know which to choose. So. Here we go once more. And worst case scenario, if most people don't like that I revealed the connection then, I can always change it. Just let me know quickly. I'd rather not have to retype too much.

Chapter 15: Family Reunion

Once Jet had woken everyone else up, Spyro said, "Hunter and Gloria heard some noise to the south of us." Cynder said, "I'm going to assume that we are going to investigate it." Spyro nodded and Sparx said, "I have a feeling that it isn't going to be as easy as that." Cynder shook her head and said, "Quit bitching. It's never that easy when Spyro is involved."

Spyro chuckled and said, "Indeed. Gloria and Hunter have heard rumors of there being a Wyvern Village to the south of us, and that is where they heard the noises. Might be a battle."

Jet took a breath and said calmly, "Well. If it's the village I grew up in, they've done their best to stay out of conflict. Let's hope they succeeded in being peaceful." Cynder said, "I never asked. Why did you leave the village and fight for Malefor's forces?" Jet answered honestly, "Well. The reason I left the village and chose to fight for Malefor is because I was trying to find some way to escape the village to try and find other dragons to get on the right fucking side of the war. I never killed anyone besides the enemies and prey we have slaughtered together."

The rest of the group nodded their understanding and Spyro said, "Well. Then I hope the village to the south of us is the one you grew up in Jet. Cause I'd rather not fight unless I have to." Sparx said, "Spyro, I love you man, but you need to understand. You're a Dragon. Most adolescent Dragons crave combat. Fuck is wrong with you?" Spyro replied, "Really Sparx? You're asking me what's wrong with me? I thought I was a fat Dragonfly for years!" Sparx chuckled and replied, "Fair enough."

Spyro said, "Jokes aside, the reason I don't crave violence is probably because I have had more than my fair share of violence since I was twelve." Jet said, "That's a very mature answer, but that makes sense. You had to grow up way too quick." Hunter nodded his agreement and said, "Indeed."

Spyro nodded his agreement and said, "Alright team! On me! Let's go!" The group said, "Sir, yes, Sir!" Spyro shook his head and leapt into the air with a powerful leap, sending him fifteen feet in the air. Cynder and Jet said, "Climb on you guys." The two dragonesses bent down so the cheetahs could get on their back. Sparx flew over to Cynder and Cynder growled, "Don't even think about it. You have your own fucking wings!" Jet giggled quietly as Hunter climbed onto her back. Gloria climbed onto Cynder's back. Jet said to Hunter, "Hold on. Ever rode a dragon?"

Hunter blushed lightly and said, "You really gotta word things better." Jet blushed and gently smacked Hunter's head with her tail. She said to him quietly, "You know damn well the only one allowed to ride me or that I want to ride is Spyro. Get your fucking mind out of the gutter." Gloria giggled at Hunter's comment to Jet and Cynder shook her head. Jet looked to Cynder for the command to take off. Cynder said, "On me! Let's go!" Cynder leapt into the air with a powerful leap. Jet followed closely behind her with a powerful leap.

Spyro looked behind him as he flew, to make sure the group was behind him. His worries cleared as both Cynder's and Jet's thoughts bombarded him saying that they're right behind him. He replied to each one separately using their mental connection. Spyro looked behind him to confirm that Jet was behind him; so as to not raise suspicion in Cynder about Jet.

Spyro thought to himself, 'Hopefully, they'll be able to work it out once the cat's out of the bag about Jet also being my mate. Hopefully, if my feelings for Jet do come back, we can find a place to mark one another yet again. But if my feelings didn't exist, I wouldn't have been able to reawaken the mark. This whole fucking thing is confusing. Why the fuck do I have two mates?! Something big must be happening. A new age has arrived. There's two purples at the very least in this age. And if the stories of old about purples are true, that means that Jet is most likely a purple too. But what in her past would've caused her scales to be hidden besides the mud? I need to remember. It might give me a clue.'

Spyro stopped thinking to himself and said behind him, "Hunter! How far away were the noises that you and Gloria heard last night?" Hunter answered, "I couldn't pinpoint exactly where it came from. All I know is I barely heard it. Has to be quite a distance though." Spyro nodded his understanding and said, "Alright! We're gonna keep flying until we see something off. Eyes open everyone, keep your wits about you. Malefor's forces seem to be evolving at a rapid pace." The group replied, "Got it!"

Spyro led his group towards the south when something caught his eye. A river flowed below them. Suddenly, Spyro's mind was hit with a memory. Spyro slowly lost consciousness as he began plummeting towards the ground. Spyro heard Sparx yell, "SPYRO!" The last thing he heard was both Jet's and Cynder's thoughts in his head, 'SPYRO NO!'

Jet looked at Cynder and said, "Catch!" Hunter leapt off of Jet, and landed on Cynder's back. Cynder yelled, "The fuck are you doing Jet?!" Jet dove towards Spyro as she yelled, "He'll feel your pain if you catch him and take the fall! He won't feel mine! You need to land! Now! Just in case I can't catch him, the force of the hit will cause you to fall as well! I might not be able to catch you both! Land now!" Cynder didn't listen to Jet and refused to land.

Jet dove towards Spyro's unconscious body and she muttered, "You're lucky I love you Spyro. I've never risked my life this frequently for someone. If I can't catch him and slow his fall enough, even I'm gonna feel his pain, even with the significantly weakened mark. Fuck me. The pain will cause Cynder to black out most likely and I might throw up from the immense pain."

Jet set her wings directly to her sides. As the wind rushed past her face, something caught her eye. She gasped lightly as she recognized the river Spyro met her for the first time and every night after that. She saw a familiar blood splatter. She felt her cheeks flush as she remembered every night that she and Spyro met. She shook her head and muttered, "You can reminisce later. SAVE HIM!"

Jet felt something inside her unlock and she felt time slow for her. She managed to reach Spyro and caught him, her legs wrapped around Spyro's back and stomach. Time resumed at its normal pace for her. Jet spread her wings out and slowed the fall slightly. Jet growled, "I'm not going to be able to break his fall much. Meaning I will have to break Cynder's fall no matter what. I don't think Spyro will be able to handle a second blast of pain. I need to lessen it as much as I can. I don't have a choice!"

Jet saw the ground rapidly approaching. She roared as she began flapping her wings, causing a little bit of resistance, slowing the fall ever so slightly. Jet yelled up, "HUNTER, GLORIA! JUMP THE MOMENT CYNDER STARTS TO FALL! I'LL CATCH YOU BOTH AND CYNDER! SINCE SHE WANTS TO BE FUCKING STUBBORN; PREPARE YOURSELVES!" The ground was only a hundred feet away now. Jet muttered, "Sorry Love. I slowed the fall the best I could. This is gonna hurt like hell."

Jet braced herself for the pain that was coming as Spyro hit the ground. The force of the impact caused Jet to fly off of Spyro. Jet coughed in pain and felt herself wanna throw up, white hot pain shooting through every inch of her body. Jet coughed up a small amount of blood. Jet got to her feet shakily, her body pleading with her to stay down, and saw Cynder and the Cheetahs falling. Jet leapt into the air with a powerful leap as she unfurled her wings; disobeying what her body told her.

Jet flew up and yelled, "AIM FOR ME; GLORIA AND HUNTER! I CAN CATCH YOU ON MY BACK!" Jet angled her body so that the cheetahs could land on her back safely as she flew towards Cynder's falling body. Jet felt weight land on her body followed by two grunts of pain. Jet felt her body yell at her again, begging and pleading with her to land, but she refused. Jet yelled, "HOLD ON!" Hunter and Gloria held on for dear life. Jet yelled, "SPARX! CHECK ON SPYRO!" Sparx nodded his understanding and immediately flew down to Spyro.

Jet set her wings to her sides, the wind rushing around her body. Jet reached Cynder and caught her the same way she caught Spyro, her legs wrapped around Cynder's back and stomach. Jet immediately outstretched her wings. The wind caught them and Jet growled in pain as she felt something break in her wings. Jet shook her head, her vision beginning to blur from the pain shooting through her body with every breath and movement.

Jet began forcing her broken wings to flap, causing their descent towards the ground to slow. Jet's face contorted in agony with every flap. Jet said through bared teeth, "Hunter and Gloria, the exact fucking moment you see a safe place to jump to, like a tree, do it! You are probably gonna need to nurse us all back to health. And you all know why you'll need to nurse me back to health as well! Do you understand me?!" Hunter and Gloria said, "We understand." Jet said, "Good!"

As the four kept falling, albeit much slower than before thanks to Jet's determination, Hunter and Gloria looked around for a safe place to jump. Jet grunted with effort as she kept flapping her broken wings in an effort to slow their descent. Hunter and Gloria saw an opportunity to jump to a nearby tree. Gloria leapt to it first, and Hunter followed closely behind. As Hunter landed, he lost his footing. He yelled, "OH SHIT!" as he began to fall.

Gloria raced to Hunter's rescue and managed to grab ahold of Hunter's hand. Hunter looked up at her. Gloria said, "You're not dying on me! Not today!" Gloria pulled Hunter onto the branch. Hunter brushed himself off and thanked Gloria. Gloria replied, "No worries. You would've done the same." Hunter said, "You're absolutely right." Gloria said, "We need to go check on Spyro and Sparx. Jet's got this." Hunter nodded his agreement and the two felines climbed down the tree gracefully.

Jet saw the ground approaching rapidly and said, "Cynder. I would only do this for people I care about, so don't you ever think I don't care about you. You're my friend." Jet rolled in the air so that she took the brunt of the impact. Jet activated her electric fury in the slightest attempt to lessen the pain she's going to inevitably feel, thus also resulting in Spyro feeling less pain.

Jet took a deep breath and braced. Shortly after, she hit the ground hard, dust and dirt flying everywhere; a small crater formed where she had landed. Jet coughed up a large mouthful of blood, and checked for a pulse on Cynder. Jet sighed in relief as she felt that Cynder had a pulse. Jet gently pushed Cynder off of her and tried to get to her feet. Once she found that she couldn't she muttered, "Fuck me."

Hunter heard a loud crash and said, "That didn't sound good. I'm going to go check on Jet and Cynder, we both don't need to check on Spyro. Sparx is there already." Gloria nodded her understanding as she said, "Makes sense."

In a Nearby Wyvern Village:

A loud noise nearby drew the attention of the Wyvern Village lookouts. They immediately reported it to the village matriarch, took to the sky, and flew towards the noise; the village matriarch behind them.

Back With The Group:

Hunter arrived where Jet and Cynder landed. Hunter ran to Jet's aid first and asked, "Are you able to stand?" Jet shook her head, her electric fury over. Hunter looked at her wings and grimaced. Jet coughed weakly and said, "That bad eh?" Hunter answered, "I won't lie to you. Your wings are fucked. I don't even think Cynder's ability to heal will fix your wings quickly. The only thing that will fully heal you now, is… well. You know."

Jet nodded her understanding and said quietly, "Only refreshing the mark will heal me quickly. Purples are able to heal their mates via marking, or a unique power and ability only purples have after marking their mate. Check on Cynder." Hunter's jaw dropped and he asked, "Are you fucking kidding me? You took all of the impact! And what do you mean Purples get the unique ability to heal their mates? Cynder healed you after Spyro's water Fury hit you!" Jet replied, "There's only a couple explanations for that." Hunter said, "I'm listening."

Jet sighed and said, "Either Cynder and I have marked one another, her and I are destined to be mates, or, and this one's far fetched cause then no one would ever die in combat with a purple on their side if said purple had a mate, because Spyro was okay with it." Hunter said, "You're telling me that you and Cynder are mates or at the very least, destined to be mates." Jet said, "There's a chance." Hunter said, "But if that's the case, why can't Cynder just heal your injuries when she wakes up?"

Jet replied, "Unfortunately it doesn't work like that." Hunter said, "The fuck you mean it doesn't work like that? You just said it did!" Jet replied, "I said there's a chance it's because her and I are mates or destined to be. It might also be because Spyro was okay with it." Hunter nodded his understanding.

Hunter heard a noise behind him and he leapt in front of Jet and Cynder, bow drawn with an arrow nocked. A feminine voice said, "Don't shoot! We're from the Wyvern village south of here." Jet asked, jaw dropped as she recognized the voice, "M-Mother?" A beautiful brown and white Wyvern walked out of the trees and said sweetly, "Jet. How have you been, sweetie?" Jet looked down at her body and gulped. Jet's mother said, "Calm down dear. We always knew you were a dragon. Wyverns don't have four legs. We have two."

Jet sighed in relief as she said, "I was hoping you all just thought I had a birth defect." Jet's adoptive, Wyvern mother said, "We did at first. That is until your body crackled with electricity that first night you slept in our house. From then on, we knew you were a dragon. Also, Sweetie. What the hell happened to your wings?"

Hunter lowered his bow and put the arrow he had nocked back into his quiver as he said, "She took quite an impact for two of her draconic companions. She managed to save both of their lives." Jet's mother said, "I've been rude. My name is Lucy." Hunter said, "I'm Hunter. You know your daughter's name. The other dragoness is Cynder." Lucy nodded her understanding and asked, "What about the purple dragon, dragonfly, and female cheetah that we found first?"

Jet replied, "The dragonfly is Sparx. The female cheetah is Gloria. And the purple dragon is Spyro." At the mention of Spyro, Lucy's eyes lit up mischievously as she teased, "You mean the boy you've talked about in your sleep when you still lived in the village." Jet blushed bright red and said quietly to her mother, "Yes mother. That's him. Cynder is his mate." Lucy took a whiff of the air and indeed confirmed that, but she also smelled a similar scent coming from Jet.

Lucy walked over to Jet and whispered into her ear, "Sorry he cheated on you." Jet shook her head and replied quietly, "He didn't cheat on me. Yes he marked me and I marked him. But when he saved Cynder's life the first time, he lost his memories when he jumped through a beam of pure, concentrated, dark aether to save her. The beam caused his amnesia. But the fact that his mark on me hasn't vanished, means his feelings are still there and the fact he was able to mark Cynder as well, signifies something. I don't know what though. My assumption is a new age. I've heard tales that some dragons are able to have more than one mate, but I thought those were just myths."

Lucy said quietly, "You told me yourself you were doing some reading and that you read that purples usually mark other purples. Are you a purple?" Jet replied honestly, "I don't know. I might be. I'd have to check the cave nearby." Lucy replied, "We cleaned a nearby cave about three months ago. We did find a few scales, likely from someone's neck. When we flipped them, they were bright purple on the other side." Jet's jaw dropped and she said, "Y-You're lying. Please tell me you're lying!"

Lucy shook her head no and said, "I'm afraid not." Jet thought, completely forgetting that Spyro can hear her thoughts again, 'Maybe… Maybe I am a purple. Or, and the most likely possibility is that the scales that they flipped belong to Spyro and that he marked an ordinary Dragoness.'

With Spyro:

Spyro's eyes shot open as he heard Jet's thoughts in his head. He forced himself to get up, his body screaming at him to stay down. He noticed a few Wyverns and prepared to fight, but Gloria yelled, "Stand down Spyro! They're friendly!" Sparx said, "They are friendly Spyro. Calm yourself." Spyro's eyes darted between the Wyverns as he asked, growling, "Where are Cynder, Jet, and Hunter?!" A Wyvern with a deep, gravely voice said, "They're about a hundred yards to the east of here. The other half of our group are with them right now. We mean you and your group no harm. We just came to check out what the loud noises we heard were." Spyro ignored the Wyvern and took to the sky, the memory that hit him, still fresh in his mind.

Spyro thought to himself, 'The first night I met Jet. I remember bits and pieces. Near that river. I had to fight a group of apes that followed me. I didn't notice them following me. I endangered her. I asked her to join me on my adventure and she told me to fuck off basically. Which makes sense. I asked her to keep meeting me and she said she'd think about it. Then I heard the bushes rustle. I told her to get away while I handle it. But that's all I remember from that night. I knew the name sounded familiar for a reason. And she's also my mate. Something happened between us for us to mark one another. What was it?! Was just meeting up one night enough for love to take hold? No, it can't be that. We must've kept meeting. I need to remember more! DAMN IT!'

Spyro landed on the ground in front of Jet and Cynder as he took a defensive stance, dirt and dust flying everywhere. The Wyvern talking to Jet leapt back and yelled, "FRIENDLY! WE'RE FRIENDLY!" Spyro looked at Jet and Cynder. Jet said swiftly, "They're friendly! Stand down. The one that was talking to me is my adoptive mother! Spyro, stand down!" Spyro's eyes darted around the Wyverns there and he stopped being hostile, but kept his guard up. He looked at Jet and asked, "Are you alright?"

Hunter walked over to Spyro and set his paw on Spyro's shoulder to further defuse Spyro and Jet said, "I'm fine. But my wings are fucked." Spyro felt the combination of both of the dragonnesses' pain and said, "Bullshit. Neither of you are fine." Jet replied calmly, "Don't you even think about it." Spyro replied, "Too late. It's happening. Hunter, help me get them both on my back." Lucy said, "We can help carry one of them. Make it easier on yourself, Spyro."

Spyro's eyes shot over to Lucy, but he detected no malicious intent. He sighed and said, "Alright. Who do you wanna carry?" Lucy replied, "I think it'd be best if we carried my daughter. Don't want Cynder to wake up and freak out if she's on a Wyvern's back." Spyro said, "Good idea. Jet's mother, can you help get Cynder on my back." Lucy said, "Of course. And the name's Lucy." Spyro nodded his understanding.

After Lucy had helped get Cynder onto Spyro's back, Spyro helped get Jet onto Lucy's back. Spyro said, "Lead the way, Lucy." Lucy nodded her head and began walking towards the Wyvern Village. Lucy yelled, "We're heading home! Bring the Dragonfly and the female cheetah!" A yell was heard saying, "Yes Ma'am!"

By the time the group arrived at the Wyvern Village, it was around midday. Spyro looked around and saw several Wyverns looking at the group. Lucy said, "I bring good news! My daughter has returned, albeit for only a little while, and she's brought some friends with her!" Yells of excitement and approval were heard.

Jet looked around and asked, "Hey. Mom. Where's our home?" Lucy replied, "While you were away, the previous leader died. I was chosen to succeed him." Jet's jaw dropped and she said, "Come again?" Lucy smiled and said, "I am the new leader of the village. The Chieftess if you'd prefer that. Our home is up there." Lucy used her tail to point towards an extravagant house that had a massive balcony overlooking the entirety of the village.

Spyro looked up at the house, deep in thought. A feminine voice snapped him back to reality. "Spyro? Spyro are you alright?" said Jet. Spyro shook his head and replied, "Yeah. I'm fine. Just remembering things that I've already witnessed or been a part of." A spark of hope glimmered in Jet's eyes. Spyro noticed it and thought to her, 'Yes. I have remembered bits and pieces of our first meeting. That's what caused me to fall when we were flying over here. Sorry you had to save both Cynder and me. Hunter filled me in on the walk here. I am truly sorry you got hurt to help us.' Jet replied mentally, 'You would've done the same in a heartbeat. Now! We need to stop communicating via the mind channel for at least a little while. At least until Cynder is up. Don't want to raise suspicion.' Spyro agreed via the mental channel and asked Lucy, "So. Where will we all be staying?" Lucy flashed a brilliant smile and said, "There's plenty of space in my house for all of you. Just don't…. Shall we say, give into temptation." Spyro replied, "That won't be an issue for any of us." Lucy beamed and said, "Perfect. Let's go." Hunter, Gloria, and Sparx followed Spyro, Cynder still on his back; as Lucy led the way; Jet still on her back.

There we go! Like I said above, I am back now. Sorry for the wait. Expect updates more frequently, but do keep in mind, I do have other stories as well. Until then, may the Ancestors watch over you all! HappytheExceed16, logging out!