Disclaimer: Don't own the Spyro games, nor any of their characters.

Rating: T

For reference, this fic goes along with the Reignited Trilogy designs (and voices), rather than the original games'.

Midnight Mountain

"Whew" Hunter breathed, still catching his breath; that'd been a lot of running. "So, you think we're far enough away now?"

"I think so" Bianca said, nervous; she peeked from around the doorway's corner, seeing the new paths before them before she turned back. "But once the Sorceress knows I'm gone, I fear she'll send her army after me. If her Rhynocs even see me, they'll attack on sight... mmh, it'll be hard to take back any eggs for Spyro."

He quickly moved beside her. "Hey, don't worry about it; we'll figure something out even as Spyro toasts them. And her too" he assured, confident.

That got her to smile a little, but she pulled one ear over her front, rubbing along it's length. "I hope so, Hunter..."

"Is something wrong, Bianca?" he asked, worried now.

She fidgeted, glancing at him. "Well uh, are you sure you still want anything to do with me?" she asked, tentative. "I mean I did steal the eggs, threaten you, blast you, and- and didn't let you out of that cage when I could've."

After a second, he just shrugged. "And yet, you let me out just now" Hunter said, sincere. "Plus, you said you never thought the Sorceress was gonna hurt the dragons. As soon as she said that, you turned on her... so I don't think you were really that bad in the first place. It's all good, Bianca."

That seemed to surprise her, though she slowly looked away again- he could've sworn she had a little smile though.

"I just wonder if Spyro will accept me as easily as you did" she whispered, worried again.

Hunter touched his paw to her shoulder, which jolted her. "Don't worry. Spryo will come 'round" he assured, gesturing with his other hand. "Besides, I'll put in a good word for ya, Bianca. The fact that you helped me escape will definitely be good in his book."

This time she definitely smiled, touched...

*growl*

Both of them jolted, looking at his stomach.

"Ah man" Hunter breathed, rubbing there. "I'm still so hungry."

"Eheh" Bianca giggled once, hand briefly to her mouth. "Sorry that I didn't bring any food, Hunter."

He shrugged again, before perking up. "Say, why don't we explore and find a bite to eat around here?" he asked, trying to be smooth. "Who knows, it might even be a date or something."

That really surprised her, as she just stared at him wide-eyed-

-then he realized what he'd actually said, and nearly freaked. "Or you know, it could not!" Hunter quickly back-pedaled, finding it hard to look at her now. "I didn't- I was trying to sound cool, not be like that! So, uh... s-sorry about that, Bianca."

"T-that's... uh... no one's ever said a-anything like that to me before."

Hearing her tone - nervous, but not freaked - Hunter slowly looked back; she was nervously 'pulling' at her ear again, but she seemed to be... blushing, maybe? His reaction was somewhere between 'wow, she's really cute', relief that she didn't take it badly (yet), and 'wait, no one's hit on her before?', among a few other things too.

Eventually, she looked back at him, though she looked half-ready to hide behind her ears.

"Would you... really want to go on a date with me?"

"Are you kidding, Bianca?" he asked without thinking. "Not only are you cute, but you're nice, smart enough to do magic, and you're willing to defy the Sorceress even after all she's probably done to you. I think most guys would be lucky to go on a date with ya, including me" he finished proudly, before he realized what he'd been saying. "Oh, uh...! Y-You know, if you wanted to! You don't have to! Obviously!" he quickly added, if cringing.

He must sound like an idiot or something!

Bianca was thoroughly rubbing at her ears when he finished. "O-Ohh" she breathed, blushing with a nervous little smile. "So, you- you do want to?"

"U-Uh, I..." Hunter breathed, before realizing he'd already said as much; might as well go with it, right? "Y- Yeah. If you're cool with that, Bianca."

For a moment, she just stood there shyly, then- then she'd leaned over and gave his cheek a quick peck.

To say he was surprised was putting it lightly; he might've been been redder than she was.

Biance still had her nervous smile, but definitely seemed happier. "I'd like that, Hunter" she admitted, before rubbing at her ear (again). "I just- w-would you mind waiting till after Spyro beats the Sorceress? We still have a lot to do before then, to help him I mean."

Later, he'd be really glad she said that; it helped him get his head together, if still majorly happy about her kiss. "I totally get ya" Hunter assured, before he reached forward and took her hand- Bianca almost squeaked, but otherwise didn't protest. "You're right: we still got a lot of work to do. And until then, how about we work together?"

Her surprise quickly turned to (nervous) happiness, and her hand curled against his. "Sure. I can go for that."

"Sweet!" he cheered, in more ways than one.

They're gonna work together, and even better, they've got a date planned for later! Woo-hoo!

Desert Ruins

"Hey... y-you sure this is gonna work, Bianca?"

Bianca had to admit, it was really endearing to see Hunter like this- as cool and brave as he tried to be all the time, suddenly he could just seem timid when confronted with certain things. Including this (surprising) entrance to an underwater portion of this world, where she'd offered to help him find ways to tackle the water, even if he claimed he didn't like getting his fur wet because "it's a cat thing."

"It's gonna work, Hunter" she assured, if a bit jittery; her mind kept coming back to earlier, w-with her little kiss, and his holding her hand (even though she didn't mind). "I haven't used this gear in awhile, but I can refit it for you with magic. A-And change it's color too" she quickly added, fingering her wand for a bit.

"Huh?" he asked, distracted now. "Color?"

"Yeah, um... it's pink" she admitted, rather sheepish. "Or at least, that's the color it was last stuck on... but, I've gotten much better at my magic! I can change it now! Though uh, it'll still be random, and everything-"

Hunter chuckled a little, if still nervous, seeing as he he rubbed one paw along his head. "Well uh, i-if I'm gonna be facing this water, better to do it fast right?" he asked, before trying to puff his chest out (to steel himself). "Hit me with it, Bianca!"

Bianca gave a little smile, before holding up her wand, quickly remembering the words.

"Galeen galow gafly!"

With a flash of light, Hunter jolted as suddenly he was encased in a wetsuit, complete with flippers, a pair of goggles, and a few small scuba stuff as well. Just as she remembered though, the whole thing was mainly a vivid pink, which she was still cringing over... it's not bad, per se, but she really wished she'd changed it to something before now.

"Huh? Oh... wow" Hunter breathed, slowly lifting one foot (and nearly losing his balance). "Woah! Uh, uh... yeah. Pink."

"I'll start changing it right now" she assured, before waving her wand-

-and with another flash of light, suddenly the color was a light green.

Bianca groaned a little; that's not a good color on him, at all.

Hunter certainly agreed: "Uhh, this isn't really my kind of color either" he said, almost cringing.

The spell really tried their patience though; she tried it once once, twice, thrice, and even got to a dozen times without a satisfactory color. In fact, one time it went back to the earlier pink color- that time, she and Hunter had both just looked at each other like 'Really?', a-although they did soon kinda just 'look' at each other for awhile after that, not having a clue what to say, and blushing...

B-But anyway!

"Yah!"

Another flash of light, and... the wetsuit was a darker shade of blue now.

"Oho!" Hunter breathed in wonder, before he started 'walking' around a bit. "Ya know, this is cool! I like it now."

Bianca slumped a little, glad that that's over, but soon smiled as she gestured toward the water. "Well then... try it out, Hunter."

He jolted, almost becoming stiff as a board as he slowly turned to look. "U-Uh..."

"You can do this" she said, completely sincere (and a bit nervous). "For- for my sake. And for Spyro's sake too."

While doing it for her probably helped, the mention of Spyro seemed to have the biggest effect; Hunter visibly steeled himself again, chest puffed out again. "You're right, Bianca. I'm gonna do it!" he stated, before taking in a breath and 'forcibly' marching to the water's edge... then, after briefly stiffening and closing his eyes, he jumped right in.

She was briefly splashed, but sheepishly giggled a little-

-oh, she should probably follow him!

"...Wait, did I bring a second wetsuit?" Bianca wondered, before starting to worry; she didn't think she had! And if she hadn't, she would need to use a copy spell or something, which would mean she'd have to wait till Hunter got back-

-suddenly, Hunter broke the surface of the water with a gasp, jolting her as she turned.

"You gotta see this for yourself, Bianca!" he said, excited. "There's a tunnel down there, and I saw this manta ray down at the very end!"

Blinking once, Bianca slowly sat down on her knees by the water's edge. "Wow, it's like you forgot all about the water there, Hunter" she said, a little playful; he soon looked at himself, reflexively touching his facial fur, and grunted once. "But that is pretty cool."

"Yeah. Of course" he said, clearly wanting to not focus on his wet fur. "He even had these missile thingies on his back. But I don't think they were working, because a lot of parts were sticking out and stuff."

"Really? I wonder who, or what, he was trying to blast."

Hunter laughed a little. "Well, water or no water, I want to find out! And see if I can fix that sweet missile system" he said, excited again. "You coming, Bianca?"

"Uh... just one sec."

Bianca just hoped he wouldn't notice her spell was different from the earlier one. Speaking quickly, she pointed her wand at Hunter before at herself, and then she was briefly blinded - when it ended, her clothes had been replaced by another dark-blue wetsuit, just fitted to her body.

Just then, Hunter whistled with a sheepish chuckle.

"Nice magic there, Bianca" he approved. "And what a coincidence that it's the same color as mine too."

Bianca laughed a little nervously. "Yeah. Coincidence" she said quickly, before carefully walking over. "Anyway, uh, you'd better step back Hunter."

"Can do" he said easily, 'saluting' with one paw. "I'll see you next to the manta ray!"

Just like that, he dived down and was out-of-sight; Bianca stood there for a moment, having a little smile.

He really is something- kinda a dork, but he's brave and a can-do type, even when he might be afraid of something.

She's really, really glad he blurted out the idea of them being on a date...

Aren't these two just adorable? Seems like that's all there is for me to say, except that they're not the only ones being explored in this two-shot XD