Chapter 1: Flint's Assassin

"Listen to me well, because I'm only going to say this once: I need you to infiltrate the walls of Warfang, find out where Spyro, Malefor, or even the Guardians are, and I need you to take them out. Do you understand me?" Flint growled through his teeth on his last sentence, somewhat scaring the blue dragoness that sat in front of him.

Out in the forest, the blue dragoness didn't know if she was up to the challenge of taking on all of this responsibility, but she tried to find a way to tell herself that she had to do it. Slightly breathing in the morning air as to clear her mind, she closed her eyes and let the breeze of cold air flow through her scales. Taking it all in, she opened her eyes back up, and looking at Flint, she nodded, "Okay, I understand. But, I need to know if you know any way for me to make this job a little easier. After all, if I slip up and the Guardians, or the purple dragon's now what I'm up to, they won't hesitate to kill me."

Flint growled from the question, as he wished she would've just found out how to take care of everything herself. I've been up all night, trying to gather more and more companions to help fight by my side. The least they can do is figure out something else on their own! Flint growled, rubbing two of his fingers on the side of his head.

"I don't know! Just... Try to get in bed with one of them," Flint suggested, but as he quickly saw her blush, he heard his words back, and corrected, "You know that's not what I meant. Just, wait until they are asleep. A simple stab to the chest through the heart with an ice shard should do it. If you want to make them suffer, by all means."

The dragoness nodded at Flint's words. Waving a paw in the air and over her face, Flint explained, "I put some of the darkness in to your mind to cloud the Chronicler's visions and thoughts about you. For now, your name will be Winter, clean and simple. If you give out your real name, he could easily find us. With the darkness I put in your mind, he shouldn't be able to do so, so don't give out your real name or else all of this would have been for nothing."

Winter nodded at Flint's words once again, but she still had some questions for him, "So, once I've killed the Guardians and or the purple dragon's, where shall I go then?"

"Damn it Claire, can't you do anything right!" Flint spat, causing her to shiver slightly, "Listen, kill the Guardians in there sleep, kill that Bastard Spyro in his sleep, and report back to me so I can retrieve the love of my life! Do you finally understand!"

Claire nodded sadly, not wanting to ask anymore questions as she was afraid she would get ragged on about it. Without wasting anymore time, Claire opened her wings, took to the sky, and headed for Warfang. Flint turned his head around to hear rustling from a nearby bush. Out from the bush came a red Dragon, a friend of his.

"You honestly believe she can pull this off? I mean, we only met her a couple of hours ago, and you're already sending her on this kind of mission," The Dragon asked with disbelief.

"I don't know if she can! But, we have to try something. Maybe by her going there, she could and may very well succeed. But even if she doesn't, she can still easily gain valuable information from those Bastards that we might not even know about," Flint explained, sighing hugely at how tired he was, "Now, why are you here? I thought I told you to find more recruits."

"Oh, yeah, That's actually why I'm here. I need your help in training the new recruits," The Dragon explained, gaining a growl from out of Flint's mouth, causing his friend to quickly change his mind, "But, after the couple of recruits we have already had, I'm sure I can remember it by now. You've been at this all night, you really should get some rest. I will hold down the fort for now while you rest."

Flint snarled, not wanting his friend to know that he actually appreciated what he was doing. He turned around with his friend, and walked back to the mountains, wondering what the success would be of Claire's mission.

Shining down on Warfang, the sun woke most of the citizens, showing it was a great new day. As the sun's glow invaded Spyro and Cynder's room, Spyro grumbled as the sun's rays burned down on his eyes through his window. He grumbled once again from the sun's light, and thought to himself, Why have you betrayed me Sun? Moving his head out of the way, he slowly opened his eyes, and moved his paws up to rub them. As he put his paws back down, he opened his mouth and yawned. Closing his mouth, he looked down to his beloved Cynder, and smiled happily. Spyro moved his head down and smoothly kissed his beloved on the forehead before pulling away, and thinking, I actually... I actually feel pretty good! But... then there is Malefor... I think it's about time I end this once and for all. His body twitched with anticipation, ready to settle things with Malefor. Spyro maneuvered his wings, tail, and body to get off the bed without waking his beloved up. Successful in his attempt, he crawled off the bed, and ran over towards the door. Reaching his paw up, Spyro quickly grabbed the door knob, twisted it, and threw the door open. That Bastards is probably thinking he can just sleep the night away... I need to teach him a lesson! Spyro growled with a small smile as he approached Malefor and Carith's room. As Spyro reached up and grabbed the door knob, he slowly opened it, trying not to wake the two up. Slowly approaching Malefor, his body could only tense more and more as his tail blade reached the side of Spyro's face. He was ready to fulfill what he wanted from the beginning. Spyro lightly jumped up onto the bed, and just as lightly as he jumped on the bed, he lightly did so as well with his tail blade, pushing it against Malefor's neck. The cold feeling of Spyro's tail blade woke Malefor, as he grumbled, and shivered. Malefor slowly opened one eye, and with a smile to see Spyro, he growled, "You're lucky, I was just planning on breaking my promise and hurting the one you love."

Spyro tried not to chuckle, but instead, he growled softly with a smile, "That's exactly why I have to stop you here and now. I knew you were planning something... but now that I think about it, let's settle this in the training room. Don't want Carith to see you cry like a hatchling when you beg for mercy."

"As if," Malefor snarled.

"As if that wouldn't happen," Spyro growled happily, pulling his tail blade away and jumping off the bed.

Spyro walked over to the door, and after cutting the corner of the room, he ran over to the training room and quickly entered in order to get prepared. Didn't even shut my door, Malefor thought. Looking down at his beloved, he pecked with his lips on her head and whispered, "I don't know if I will be able to get out of this one, but I will be sure to try and survive. If I make it through, someone owns me a kiss."

Carith didn't hear, as she was to busy enjoying a peaceful sleep. Now that she knew that Spyro wouldn't kill her beloved, she was finally able to rest easy with a beautiful, and heartwarming tomorrow to look forward to. Malefor smiled happily listening to her breath softly. Maneuvering his body, he felt sad that he would have to leave his love, but he knew he couldn't keep Spyro waiting. He's either going to beat my face in the training room, or in my own room, and getting beat up in your own room sounds humiliating... so I guess it would only happen to me, Malefor thought to himself, as he made his way off the bed and towards the door, he remembered the ice armour punishment. Walking over to the training room, Malefor opened up the door, and walked inside. Shutting the door behind himself, and turned and asked, "Alrighty, so..."

An ice shard that slammed right next to his head cut his words short. A small drop of sweat dripped down Malefor's face, as he knew he was in for a serious kicking. Spyro, standing at the back of the room growled with a smile, "I'm tried of you walking around here as if you didn't do anything, well, you did do something! You left Carith once again, even after I told you not to! Now you're going to pay for it!"

"What! You cheat me you Bastard!" Malefor growled, running towards Spyro, ready to attack.

Spyro was the same, as he quickly ran in to attack. As the two ran towards each other, the two raised their fists, and slammed them into one another. Their fits clenched as one another looked at the other with smiles. They quickly jumped away, and ran around the training room in a circle. Malefor slammed his paw into the side off the ground, and launched himself right at Spyro with his body burning from his fire. Spyro slammed his fist into the ground, and launched at him in the same way, as fire engulfed his body. Quickly freezing his body in ice armor, Spyro slammed into Malefor, completely cracking and destroying the armor. Malefor staggered, but Spyro with quick thinking, he was safe because of the armor that was destroyed. Spyro pulled his fist back, and slammed it into Malefor, launching him up to the side of the ceiling. Landing softly on the ground, Spyro watched as Malefor's body feel out of the hole in the side of the ceiling, and fell to the ground. Rolling his eyes, Spyro slammed his paw into the ground, causing an ice slide to form under Malefor's body. Sliding down the slope, Malefor's body landed in front of Spyro. There's no way he is this weak... Spyro thought, but quickly saw the smile on Malefor's face. whipping his tail blade around, Malefor quickly stood back up, and chuckled, "You actually fell for that. You're more... you're more... oh Hell."

Malefor shivered with fear as he saw his tail blade actually sliced the side of Spyro's cheek. He watched as the blood started to fall down his face and onto the ground. Spyro wiped the blood off his cheek with a paw which didn't stop the blood, but instead, it made him chuckle. Clenching his paw, the slide Spyro made completely cracked, and was destroyed. Malefor chuckled slightly, and whimpered, "You know, I hear, if blood spills from your cheek, you should look behind yourself for a distraction so I can get the Hell out of here with my life. What do you say buddy?"

Spyro's body clenched, as he growled with a smile, "I say you quit your whining and try not to die with my next attacks."

Spyro disappeared out of sight, causing Malefor to quickly pull his wings up and block his face. From the side, Spyro appeared and slammed his fist into the side of Malefor's side, launching him to the side of the wall. Malefor growled trying to figure out where Spyro was. Another punch hit Malefor on his other side, knocking him back over to where he was before. Malefor threw his tail blade around, trying to figure out were Spyro could be. Even though he tried, Spyro was still able to hit him on his side once again. Damn time ability, Malefor growled, trying to figure out what Spyro could be planning to hit him next.

"You know, using your time ability is pretty Damn dirty...!" Malefor growled, getting hit once again on his side, "Even after a while, it can easily be... predicted!"

Malefor threw his fist around and hit Spyro right in his face, launching his body, and slamming it against the wall. Spyro tried to quickly get back up and fight, but Malefor quickly stood above him, and put his tail blade on his neck. With nothing left to do, for now, Spyro could only smile as he joked, "Go ahead. But just know, if Carith finds out, your screwed."

"I know. It sucks that's she's so beautiful, and laying in bed with her, and nuzzling her feels so amazing. If I never found her, I would've ended your life a long time ago. I mean, come on, how were you beaten so easily. I thought you were stronger then me?" Malefor joked, getting distracted by his thoughts of his beloved, but quickly getting back into the game.

"Because I was using all of my power," Spyro hinted, as his body was quickly consumed in a black aura.

In a blink of an eye, Spyro disappeared, and quickly switched the role. Spyro quickly slammed Malefor on the ground, put his tail blade on Malefor's neck, and growled, "Even now, I'm not using everything in my power, and you were easily beaten. Now, I've wanted to end your life so badly, and now, my dream will come true."

Malefor chuckled with a smile as he looked up at Spyro, and joked, "I'm not the only one who is on a leash. Kill me, and Cynder will so leave you. No more of her kisses, no more of her nuzzles, no more of anything."

Spyro chuckled and admitted, "Sounds like Hell."

"I know right."

"Looks like we are both on a leash."

"It's not a terrible one. I would definitely prefer to be on a leash with my loved one."

"I agree with that."

Carith grumbled as the sun glared down on her eyes, causing her to move out of the way of the sun with her head. She quickly thought to herself, Wait, I thought... I thought Malefor's head was in mine. Quickly opening up her eyes, she looked all around her room for her beloved, and with no luck, she started to fear. No, it, it's fine. I know Malefor's fine... But I still have to check! Carith though, quickly jumping off the bed and running to the hallway.

Cynder moved her head out of the way of the sun and grumbled. She was confused, as usually her beloved would block out the sun from her eyes if she growled. Feeling around with her wing, she realised: Spyro wasn't beside her. Quickly picking up her head and opening up her eyes, Cynder looked all around, and only saw a faint yellow glow from Sparks. Spyro...? Where... where could he have gone?! He... he has to be fine. But, even still... I'm not going to risk it! Cynder thought. Fearing for the worst, she quickly jumped off her bed and ran towards the hallway.

Carith and Cynder met in the middle of the hallway, both with questions, "Have you seen Malefor?""Have you seen Spyro!"

"I don't understand, he was in my room at one point, and then... Ignitus would've warned us if something bad was about to happen... something bad couldn't have happened to them, could it?!" Carith asked, fearing for the worst of her beloved, causing more fear to quickly consume the both of them even more.

"No, Spyro would never... we... Maybe they just went somewhere to... to fight it out! Spyro probably still has to have a grudge against Malefor, they have to be in the training room! Please Ancestors, let them be in the training room safe and alive," Cynder pleaded, as the two looked over at the training room door, hoping for the best.

As the door to the training room slowly opened, Spyro turned his head to see who it could be. He caught a glimpse of what looked to be his and Malefor's lover's. Before Spyro could say hi, Malefor quickly commanded, "Spyro, quickly turn back around!"

Spyro did as he was told, and asked, "What is it?"

"I know for a fact that it's Cynder and my love. Why don't we try to pull a prank on them?" Malefor suggested, causing Spyro to raise a brow at him, wondering what he could be up to, "The blood on your cheek. Pretend like you killed me by splashing the blood on my neck and the wall while you swing your tail blade at my neck."

"Why can't I just do it legitimately? After all, I've always wanted to?" Spyro asked with a smile.

"Leash, remember the leash!" Malefor quickly fought back, causing Spyro to roll his eyes, but he decided he would join along as he knew Malefor would get punished for this, not him.

Cynder and Carith both sighed happily, glad to see the two were just fighting in the training room. As the two approached Spyro and Malefor, they heard what sounded like growls. As they approached more and more, Spyro growled, "Go to Hell!"

With the growl of his words, Spyro pretended to slash at Malefor's neck with his tail blade. As he did so, he splashed the blood from his cheek that he wiped on his paws all over the wall, and on Malefor's neck.

"Spyro!" Carith cried, running over to the two.

Spyro got off of Malefor's body, and as he backed away, he watched Carith quickly put her paw on the blood that dripped down his neck. This probably wasn't the best idea, Spyro thought to himself, as he looked over to see Cynder slowly walking over to him in shock. Cynder couldn't believe what she saw, as she didn't want to believe it. No... there's... there's no way... Spyro knows what would happen... She thought sadly, but the blood that dripped from Malefor's neck messed with her thoughts. Carith cried over Malefor's body, rubbing her head underneath his, she cried, "Malefor... please no...!"

Cynder shuck her head sadly, but as she did, she saw a twitch from Malefor's paw, as well as his tail blade. Wait! Am I right! There's no way Spyro would ever disappoint me! Cynder thought, grabbing her courage to trust her lover. Walking up to Malefor, Carith pulled her head back and watched as Cynder stood next to his body, raised a paw, and slapped Malefor across the face.

"Ah! Son of a Bitch!" Malefor cursed, putting his paw on the side of his face.

"Malefor!" Carith cried happily, quickly draping both her wings around his body.

I knew it! Cynder thought happily, glad she didn't doubt Spyro. Looking behind herself, she smiled happily at Spyro, causing him to blush with a smile as he looked away. As Carith pulled away, she giggled as she listened to Malefor's growls, "Holy Ancestors! Thanks for the back paw to the face. Damn that stings. Another plan backfired. And by that I mean: Your back paw, fired, the side of my cheek."

Malefor pulled his paw down and looked at Carith, watching a couple tears from the fear fall down her face. He felt bad for what he did and apologized, "I'm sorry, Carith. I didn't mean to scare you that bad. I wanted to play a prank on you by pretending that Spyro killed me. So, he used the blood from the side of his cheek to make it all possible."

"Spyro's bleeding!" Cynder cried, looking over to see the side of his cheek was bleeding.

Cynder turned back around and raised her paw at Malefor once again, growling down at him, he quickly cried, "Spyro got his revenge! I swear...! I think... Just, no more back paws! I would prefer if my face would stay smooth and purple, instead of red and bumpy... heh, kinda like Ignitus's."

"Keep talking bad about my dad and I will make sure your next back paw comes from Cynder's tail blade," Spyro joked, walking up next to Cynder.

"But, then, wouldn't it be called a back blade?" Malefor asked.

"Do you want to find out?"

"Not really... It would be funny if she did it to you though."

Cynder looked at Spyro, pulling her tail blade up to the side of his cheek, she asked, "Did you plan any of this?"

Spyro let a drip of sweat drop down the side of his face as he quickly responded, "Of course not! This was all Malefor's stupid idea. I didn't have..."

Putting her tail behind Spyro's neck, she pushed his head forehead, and moved her head forward at the same time. The two's lips pressed against one another as they enjoyed a nice morning kiss with one another. Malefor looked at Carith and asked, "Do I get one?"

Carith giggled happily, and declined, "After what you did, you're going to have to wait for an hour."

"An hour! I don't know if I can wait the long! Especially since I just woke up, how am I going to make it through the day. Carith, I don't..."

Without letting Malefor continue any further, she quickly moved her head down and kissed him lovingly on his lips. As Spyro and Cynder pulled away from their kiss, soon followed Malefor and Carith. Malefor closed his eyes happily, and whispered, "That's what I needed."

Carith giggled at her lover, and whispered, "Okay, maybe your punishment was a second."

Cynder took her tail off of Spyro's back, and suggested in a whispered and a shiver, "Spyro, is it okay if you hurry up and heal yourself. You bleeding all over again, and with Malefor... it's bringing back some pretty bad memories."

Spyro completely understood, and without wasting anymore time, he quickly ran over to the gem room to heal up. Malefor rolled back over and stood back on his paws. He stretched out his body, and called out this being Spyro's fault, "I blame all this on Spyro. I wanted to sleep, and he came into my room at blade point, telling me that we had unfinished business."

Carith purred happily as she teased Malefor, "The only unfinished business we have is in our bedroom."

Cynder blushed hard and acted like she didn't hear. Malefor blushed just as hard as Cynder, and whispered with embarrassment, "Um, what type of unfinished business... you mean kissing... or..."

Carith blushed hard as she realised what she was implying, so she quickly tried to explain herself, "That's not what I meant! I meant us kissing in our bedroom! I didn't mean that, me and you, and you know. I was scared from the thought and sight of you dying, and was scared! I'm sorry... but I swear, I wasn't talking about, you know, me and you, and... hatchlings."

"You two are going to have Hatchlings!" Spyro asked, as he came back from the gem room, healed and clean.

"No!" Malefor and Carith cried in unison.

The two looked at one another, embarrassed, they looked away from one another. Spyro stood next to Malefor and whispered softly, "But I thought you wanted to have Hatchlings with Carith. What ever happened to that?"

"Spyro, you know I can't tell her that. Would you be able to tell Cynder something like that?" Malefor whispered sadly, earning a quick nod from Spyro, as he knew there was no way he would be able to tell Cynder something like that. "I mean, after everything we've been through, it would make me the happiest dragon alive... but, I just don't know. I wish I knew how Carith felt about this situation."

"Ask here," Spyro suggested.

"Sure. Let me go up and ask her how she feels about us having Hatchlings," Malefor murmured, as Spyro chuckled, he knew it wasn't the greatest idea, but he wanted to see if Malefor had the guts to do something like that.

Spyro walked away from Malefor and walked over to Cynder's side. Once he was next to here, he watched as the two slowly pulled up their head, and looked at one another with blushes. Spyro decided to try and change the way the two felt about the situation by changing it, "So, Do you two want to be cleaned off, or are you two going to walk around Warfang with blood almost all over your bodies?"

The two looked at Spyro and nodded. Spyro smiled, and shot water at their bodies, dowsing the blood down and off their bodies. The two shivered off the water once Spyro was done, and the two smiled happily to see all the blood was now gone.

"Thank you, Spyro. I swear I didn't mean to cause you any harm," Malefor apologized, and thanked, kindly.

Spyro waved a paw and joked, "Don't worry, I knew you were going to break your promise. Just make sure, the only harm you are causing is to me, and not towards Cynder. Then, we might have a problem or two."

Malefor chuckled happily and nodded. After chuckling at Spyro's words, the two looked at one another once again, but they still were blushing from Spyro's words from before. Looking over at Spyro, Malefor looked for guidance on the situation. Waving his paws forward, Spyro suggested that he just try and get the situation over with. Malefor sighed, and looking back at Carith, he whispered, "Carith, let's put the thoughts behind us. We don't want them to get in the way of our love. After all, it's been a pretty good minute, and we've only kissed each other once for this whole day. So, what do you say?"

Carith tried to ignore her blush and thoughts by listening to her lover's words. Shaking her head slightly, she smiled at Malefor, and agreed happily, "Of course. What do you say we make it final with a kiss?"

Malefor smiled happily, and as he moved his head closer, so did Carith. The two pushed into a loving kiss, but even during the kiss, the two still couldn't help but think about the hatchling situation. Spyro shrugged his shoulders, and turning his head, he put a paw up to Cynder's cheek. Cynder turned to Spyro, and the two quickly kissed one another lovingly on the lips. Pulling away from their kiss, Malefor and Carith waited for Spyro and Cynder to finish with their kiss. As the two pulled away, Spyro looked up at the two, and joked, "Creepers."

Malefor chuckled, while Cynder and Carith giggled. Trying to get his mind off of things, Malefor asked, "Hay, Spyro. You think if we hurry down to the Guardians Chambers, we could pull a prank on them? There is no way they could be awake after yesterday!"

Spyro rolled his eyes, and agreed, "Why not. But I'm making the plan. If I see Cynder frown from another one of your plans, I really will kill you next time."

"Noted, now come on! Let's hurry down there before the Guardians wake up!" Malefor cried, running over to the training room door, waiting for Spyro, who quickly ran over and followed behind.

Cynder and Carith watched as Spyro and Malefor ran out of the training room door and over to the main door. Looking at Carith, Cynder asked, "You think the main door will open for them in time?"

A loud bang was heard from the hallway, along with a couple of cries, "Ow!"

"Guess not," Cynder said to herself.

Wondering why Carith wasn't talking, Cynder asked, "Is this about the hatchling thing?"

"What was I supposed to say?! 'Let's kiss to make it final'! Ugh, I'm so stupid. Does that mean me and Malefor will never have Hatchlings! Does that mean we will never be a complete family! Why would I say something like that?!" Carith cried, feeling as if she made a terrible mistake in her relationship with her lover, "I mean, Malefor was so happy about everything! He's even so excited, as if he succeeded in something... us not being able to have Hatchlings!"

Cutting the corner of the hallway, Spyro looked behind himself, wondering where Malefor could be. Running back, he found him looking to the ground with a frown. Confused, Spyro asked, "What's going on? What happened to all of that enthusiasm from before?"

Malefor sighed sadly, and admitted, "That enthusiasm was just so I can get out of there before I made another mistake."

"Mistake? What mistake did you make?" Spyro asked.

"I agreed that we would never talk about having Hatchlings ever again! Do you believe that was the right decision?! Do you think I just ruined my relationship with Carith?! Does this mean we will never be a complete family?! She now probably feels terrible, because she thinks that I was happy because we agreed to never speak of the whole hatching thing ever again," Malefor cried, as he continued to walk and talk with Spyro. "What would do if you said this to Cynder?"

"What would you do if you said this to Spyro?" Carith asked, hoping that since Cynder was a female as well, she would be able to help in some way.

Spyro sighed at Malefor's words, and grumbled, "I'm going to slap you."

"I'm going to help you," Cynder said happily.

"What? Why?" Malefor asked, blocking the side of his face with his wing.

"What? Why?" Carith asked, thinking Cynder would've just said no, because it involved her and Spyro's relationship deeply.

"Well, I was kind of in a same situation before. And to make matters worse, it was back before me and Spyro even found it we loved each other. Sparks was going on about how we should have a family together, which he was obviously talking about us having Hatchlings. We were embarrassed, and after a, talk, with Sparks, me and Spyro forgot it over time. Maybe you should forget about it," Cynder suggested, hoping her words were more helpful then she was hoping them to be.

"Wait, so, did you two forget about it, because you don't care about having a family together, or did one of you just forget, because you don't want to have a family together? Because it sounds like you two could've easily said you didn't want a family, but instead, you... you never brought it up! That's it!" Carith cried happily with wide eyes, seeing Cynder nod her head made her smile even more, "You and Spyro were avoiding the conversation, not because you didn't want to have a family, but because you wanted to wait for the right time to tell that to one another!"

Cynder nodded once again at Carith's words, and continued, "You're pretty smart, I have to give that to you. But, if you want to, you could talk about it, or, you don't have to bring it up. But I would prefer if you do bring up the whole, let's kiss to make it final, deal. After that, just try to think of something else. I will make sure to get Spyro back for you, since he embarrassed you so badly."

Carith nodded happily, and with a smile.

"Thank you, Cynder. To be honest, I'm glad I was embarrassed. I thought Spyro killed Malefor, and I guess the feeling of embarrassment quickly got rid of my fears and sadness... Actually, forget about what Spyro did. He might have embarrassed me, but, I feel like me and Malefor talking about Hatchlings will actually... make me... quite happy," Carith admitted with a smile, and big blush to go along with it.

Cynder gasped, and asked in a whisper, as if Malefor was going to be there to hear, "Your... your not actually thinking about having Hatchlings with Malefor at some point... are you?"

Carith's blush only got bigger, as she looked away from Cynder, unable to tell her the truth. She sighed, and as she turned back to face Cynder, she begged, "Do you promise to never tell anyone about this, especially not my lover? And not even Spyro! Do you swear?!"

"Of Course! I Swear! I promise! Now, Do you?!" Cynder quickly promised, as she wanted to know the truth.

Carith sighed, and with a face as red as a fire dragon from her blush, she whispered, "Yes."

Cynder squealed happily, jumping in circles with excitement, glad to hear that Carith was making the right decision. Carith was confused, as she watched Cynder's joy, she wondered, Why is Cynder so happy about me wanting to have Hatchlings with Malefor? Once Cynder stopped jumping about with joy, she looked at Carith, and asked, "Well, when are you going to tell him?"

"Cynder, calm down. Me and Malefor haven't even gotten married yet. I still have to think about marriage, then the whole hatching thing. And plus, both test one's love for another very strongly. I mean, marriage is forever. Hatchlings are forever. And I want to spend forever with my love. So, I want our bond to grow even stronger before I tell him," Carith explained, watching as Cynder breathed in through her nose, and out through her mouth, "But I wonder, Why are you so interested in my love life with Malefor?"

Cynder sighed happily with a smile and a blush as she answered, "Well, This actually has to be because of Spyro. Me and you have the same thoughts about love. The marriage, the Hatchlings... I just like knowing that someone else is going through the same thing. And I believe, we can both succeed. I'm excited to know that... We can have the life we what with our lover's... And now that their is another female, It's good to have some back up on the guys out numbering us."

Carith giggled, and joked, "Well, I wouldn't consider Volteer a guy."

Cynder hissed through her teeth with a smile, and joked, "That's cold. Like, Cyril cold."

Carith giggled at Cynder's words and continued, "But I do feel like having another female to talk to would be nice... I'm not saying you're bad company! Ancestor No! I'm just saying... wouldn't it be funny to see if one of the Guardians could get someone. I feel like the only one who has a chance is Terrador."

"Terrador?" Cynder asked, "Why not Ignitus?"

"Well, Ignitus is basically a book dragon right now. It's always going to be work with him, so he doesn't really have the time. Cyril isn't exactly a ladies man. I mean, I've never really seen him try to hit on a girl before, but I know he would fail. And Volteer... He's as clumsy as he is smart. But Terrador, always ready to take charge, fearless, confident. I feel like a dragoness would be lucky to have him," Carith explained, remembering how the Guardians acted from before to other females.

"Oh, I'm so going to tell Malefor that you were talking about Terrador, and how fearless and confident he is," Cynder joked, running towards the door of the training room.

"Cynder!" Carith growled with a smile, as she ran over to the door to catch up to Cynder, "You know what I was trying to say! Don't you dare tell Malefor I said those things about Terrador!"

"So quit your whining, man up, and tell her the truth. Tell her that you want to forget about forgetting about Hatchlings. Because if your this mopey now, it can't even think how bad it will get later in the future. I'm only helping because I know how this situation feels, and if you turn out of anger again, I seriously will hurt you," Spyro explained clearly to Malefor, as he knew how he felt.

Malefor nodded at Spyro's words, and while still rubbing the side of his cheek with his paw, he agreed, "Well, since you weren't super serious with your slap, then I sure as Hell don't want to make you super serious with your punch. Freaking hurts. What part of slapping me was supposed to help me?"

"It wasn't supposed to help you, it supposed to help me," Spyro joked with a smile.

Malefor smiled back as he rolled his eyes. While the two continued to walk, Malefor was surprised that they still haven't made it to the Guardians Chambers. Looking away from Spyro and all around the area, he thought, Have we been walking in circles? Unsure of his answer, he turned and asked Spyro, "Hay, Spyro, have we been walking in circles, or, is the Guardians Chambers on the other side of the world?"

"Well... Look at that, instead of me explaining it, I can show you," Spyro responded, stopping in front of the stairs to his house, "We have been walking in circles. Unlike the place from before, it's not rectangular on the inside, it's only rectangular on the outside. I'm guessing they made it go in a circle to make more rooms?"

Malefor scratched the back of his head, and asked with a confused look, "Wait, if it goes in a circle, then, how are the Guardians looking out of a window in their Chamber Room? I mean, unless they changed it."

"You don't remember the stairs that led underneath their actual place? There was another door down their, but from I remember, I think it is one of those secret passageways that Sparks talked about before. They were just in case Warfang ever got attacked," Spyro explained with a smile, thinking about how smart he sounded, "But now that you're done being all mopey, would you like to finally go meet the Guardians?"

"Yeah, I guess. But we're still going to play a prank on them," Malefor agreed, and while walking with Spyro to the Guardians Chambers, he decided to make some small talk, "So, what do you think the girls are talking about?"

"What do you mean?" Spyro asked.

"Well, I mean, I just wonder if Carith could be talking about me. It has been a while since we have really talked, and I wonder if she thinks about me as much as I think of her."

"Sounds like me with Cynder. I'm always thinking about how perfect she is."

"Carith's way better."

"Why, because she hasn't back pawed you before?"

Malefor chuckled and agreed, "Yeah, that too."

"Well, Carith wasn't talking about you, but she was talking about Terrador," A voice called from behind Spyro and Malefor, causing the two to stop and look behind themselves to see who it was.

Cynder waved her paw with a smile at the two. The two smiled back, and looked over to see Carith looking away from Cynder with a small blush and a grumpy face. Carith snarled, looked over to Cynder, and growled, "I thought you said you wouldn't tell him."

"What did Carith say about Terrador?" Malefor asked.

Cynder giggled, watching as Carith's face turned even more red. She nudged Carith on the side of her arm, giving her a hint to talk to Malefor. Carith didn't want to say anything, but Cynder moved her head over just a little, and raised a paw to cover the side of her mouth so Malefor and Spyro couldn't hear, "Carith, this is your chance. I can take Spyro with me while you talk to him. Come on, this is probably your best chance."

Carith sighed, but she had to take the only chance she really thought she would get. She knew she could tell him once they were in their room together, but she had to get this feeling off her shoulder. Cynder walked over to Spyro, and as she passed him, he turned around to see a small smirk. Cynder smoothly let her tail blade move up his neck and off his chin, and whispered, "Will you join me?"

Spyro shivered happily, and with a smile, he ran up to Cynder's side. Draping his wing over her body, he admitted with a smile, "I'm going to be honest, I love how romantic you're being. I knew I loved the right dragoness."

Cynder giggled happily, and with a smile and a nuzzle to the side of his cheek, "It's all thanks to you that I get to be this romantic, this happy. Thank you, Spyro."

Malefor and Carith stood their, somewhat embarrassed, knowing that they would have to bring up what they said. I need to take on the fear so Carith doesn't have to... Ancestors, I'm so going to hit Spyro for putting me in this situation, He thought, taking a deep breath in, and then out. Walking to his lovers side, Malefor draped his wing over Carith's back, and with a blush, he whispered, "Carith, you... you remember the, Hatchling, thing?"

Carith blushed, and knew if she were to spoke, she would probably make it even more embarrassing. So instead, she stayed quite, and nodded at Malefor's words. Malefor felt bad that Carith wasn't even looking at him, so, he put his paw on the far side of Carith's cheek, and whispered, "Carith..."

Carith slowly looked at Malefor with a small smile. Malefor smiled back, and was straightforward with his lover, "Let's forget that we ever had that talk. Let's forget about forgetting about... Hatchlings. Let's just go back to how things were. Being embarrassed all this time, it's kept me away from you, and that's not why I fought the darkness. I fought it so me and you could live our lives together again, happily, and in love."

Carith let a bigger smile appear, as listing to her lover's words let a small tear form in in eyes. Once the tear fell down her face, Malefor pulled his paw away from Carith's cheek, and wiped the tear off her face with his claw. Putting his paw back to the ground, he whispered happily, "The future is there for us, and we will be there for one another through it all."

Carith nodded happily, and finally whispered, grabbing her courage to say something, "Thank you, Malefor."

Malefor smiled happily that he got through to his lover. Nuzzling his lover, Carith nuzzled back, and the two smiled happily, glad everything turned out okay. As Malefor pulled away, he suggested, "Now, what do you say we go back to those two? Spyro probably about the prank the Guardians good, and it would be great to see it."

Carith nodded happily, and agreed, "I would love to. Just as long as my love will escort me there."

Malefor nodded happily with a smile, and asked, "You want to see what Spyro is going to do to the Guardians just as bad as I do, don't you?"

Carith giggled, and admitted, "Yeah."

Malefor chuckled at his lovers words, and the two walked with one another towards the Guardians Chambers.

Cutting the corner to the Guardians chamber, Malefor was surprised to see that Spyro was sitting next to his lover, wing draped over her while she sat next to him. Malefor sat next to the two with his lover, and said both surprised, and disappointed, "You disappoint me Spyro. I thought you and me were going to pull a prank on the Guardians. You have a change in heart?"

Spyro looked at Malefor with a smile, taking his wing off of Cynder, he walked over to the door, and as he looked away from him, he chuckled, "Of course not. I just needed to wait until you two got here to enjoy the show..."

Breathing fire from a crack underneath the door, he walked back over to the three, and sat back down. Waiting a couple of seconds, and nothing had happened, Malefor asked, "So... Where you planning on making something happen, or...?"

"Calm yourself, dear Malefor, as the party hasn't started just yet, for as you can see, the water that is now on the floor is no ordinary water: it is melted ice. And judging from the giant boulder I put up there..."

"Boulder?" Malefor asked.

"Giant boulder?!" Carith asked.

"The boulder should be dropping in about..."

A loud bang erupted from the door, cutting off Spyro mid sentence. Malefor looked at him with wide eyes, wondering what he did. Screams and cries could be heard from behind the door. Fire, and lightning lit the bottom of the door, as more and more explosions came from the door. Spyro chuckled with a smile to see that his plan had worked perfectly, and just how he intended. Another loud explosion erupted from the door, and fire exploded out of the bottom of the door.

"Like a bolder with fire," Spyro said to himself, earning a small grin from Malefor

"Your pretty cold. Why would you do such a thing that I'm going to totally high five you for," Malefor asked with an even bigger grin, knowing this was something he would so pull on the Guardians.

"Well, I was never really able to pay the Guardians back for what they pulled, back when they separated me from Cynder. And, since I heard that you two went through the same thing, I decided I would get some revenge for you as well," Spyro explained with a smile.

"That's cold, or, hot, I think. But are you sure they are okay?" Malefor asked, hearing another explosion go off in the room.

Spyro waved a paw and assured him, "Of course they are... I hope. But I'm sure they are having a blast. Probably even more of a blast then those explosions... like that one. And if I'm sure of it, the Guardians would be coming out of the door right about..."

Spyro paused, and everyone looked to the door to see the door swung open, revealing the four Guardians who were toppled on one another. Dirt and dust was smeared all over the Guardians bodies, as even the room had looked the same. Volteer coughed softly, and asked, "Is it... over?"

The Guardians got of one other and stood to their paws. Shaking off their bodies of the dirt, they looked all over their bodies, wondering how they were going to get all of the dirt off. Looking at the four, Terrador growled, "Who did this?"

Spyro backed up, cleared his throat, and pointed towards Malefor. Raising a paw up, The Guardians formed their respective elements in their paws. A boulder on Terrador's, A ball of lightning on Volteer's, A ball of fire on Ignitus's, and a ball of ice on Cyril's. They all looked at Malefor with anger, ready to get their revenge.

"Wait, wait, wait! You guys honestly believe that one of my plans would work?! This was all Spyro's idea!" Malefor cried, quickly hiding behind Carith, and pointing a claw over to Spyro.

The Guardians all sighed as they looked at Spyro, knowing there was nothing they could do against him. Defusing their elements and putting their paws to the ground, Malefor walked back, and sat down next to his lover. The Guardians still didn't know how they were going to clean all the dirt off in a short amount of time.

"Alright, fine, you got us. But how are we supposed to clean up before everyone else wakes up? If we walk around like this, we would be a laughing stock," Terrador asked, seeing a small smile form across Spyro's face.

"Ah, yes, I planned for that to. I made sure that you would need my help. So, I'm going to use my water ability to clean you all of. The reason I was hoping you would ask, is because I will give you all no mercy. You ever felt thousands of pounds of water hitting in the face...? My special little hydro pump of water will show you what it's like," Spyro explained, opening his mouth with water forming inside of it, "

"Wait! That won't be necessary!" Ignitus quickly interjected.

Spyro closed his mouth, swallowed all the water, and asked, "What do you mean? How else are you going to get clean. If you run out to the ocean now, I'm sure you'll be seen by more then half the citizens."

Ignitus pulled his paw up, and snapped his fingers. A white ring appeared around each one of the Guardians bodies. As it raised up over their bodies, it completely cleaned them of all the dirt and dust. Turning around, Ignitus snapped his fingers at the room, causing another ring to appear around the entire room. While the ring moved up to clean the entire place, Ignitus shut the door, and turning back to face everyone, he accidentally released a secret, "I'm just lucky I found out about this power, because trying to find a girlfriend with a dirty body isn't the most romantic thing in the world."

"What!" Everyone asked in unison.

Ignitus chuckled, while scratching the back of his head, he said, "Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you all."

"How do you forget to tell us something so important?!" Terrador asked.

"I was tired," Ignitus lied.

"Bull, you said the Chronicler doesn't need sleep," Spyro caught Ignitus in his lie.

"Okay, fine. I'm not exactly supposed to tell you all exactly how it happened, but let's just say: I was given the opportunity to find someone I love. And plus, I was kinda a little tired. When you can't sleep, you really forget how great it feels to sleep, especially since my mind is always working non-stop," Ignitus admitted, wishing he could enjoy sleep the same way he used to.

"Bam. Next experiment, figure out how to actually sleep," Volteer suggested.

"I will make sure to keep that in mind," Ignitus somewhat thanked, as even he started to think that he would look into that.

"So come on! When are we going to go and find you a girlfriend?! If you think about it, me, Carith, and the rest of the Guardians have been waiting for this for more then ten years! If you want to, you could start now, or you could start a minute from now... which ever works," Malefor quickly decided what Ignitus should do, walking in front of the four Guardians, going on about today's plans for Ignitus.

"Malefor, calm down, I'm going to go and find that special someone. I'm going to be doing a patrol of the city to make sure everyone is okay, and then I will start. After all, the city did take a pretty big hit," Ignitus explained, hoping that he was right about no casualties.

"The only big hit that needs to be happening is you and a girl," Malefor suggested, making a blush form on Ignitus's face from his words, "That's not what I meant, you'd never make it that far. Oh...! I'm so sorry, I apologize, But what I mean is: You getting to first base, then second, and third. After that, it's all the way home."

Volteer leaned over to Terrador, and asked in a whisper and with a smile, "What do you think third base is? Or, better yet, What do you think he means by: all the way home?"

Terrador elbowed Volteer in the gut, knowing what he was talking about. Volteer grunted, putting his paws on his gut, he fell to the floor. Volteer chuckled at Terrador, and grumbled, "I bet I'm not the first guy you've hit on."

Terrador growled at him, and put his paw on Volteer's shoulder. Pushing down on his shoulder, he growled softly at the pain, as it felt like his bone was about to pop backwards. Looking down at him, Terrador joked, "No, but you are the first guy I've steeped on... And I'm going to keep steeping if you keep trying."

"Okay, Okay, holy Hell," Volteer cried, sighing hugely as Terrador pulled his paw off of him, and allowing him to get up.

Brushing himself off, Volteer looked at Terrador, and opened his mouth to joke, but Terrador wasn't having any of it, "You do realize I liked a girl once, right? I was just about to tell her I liked her during a conversation, but she told me to hold on and brought over her boyfriend."

Volteer gasped, and whispered, "That's right. Terrador, I'm sorry."

"It's the only reason I've never tried to go for another lover. Maybe just being a single guy is what I'm meant to be," Terrador said sadly, but he didn't let it get to him, as he has been happy even without a girlfriend.

"Hay, Malefor, you think Terrador should get a girlfriend too?!" Volteer cried over, interrupting the conversation Malefor and Ignitus were having.

"Terrador is way more hopeless then Ignitus. And with that being said, the other two of you, good luck, because it's going to take a lot to convince a girl that she is getting something good out of liking one of you," Malefor said, remembering back to the girl Terrador was with before, "Wait, did you bring up this conversation because of that one girl Terrador was with."

"Yeah. Do you know what happened to her?" Volteer asked.

Malefor scratched the back of his head, scared to tell the truth, but he knew it would be brought up sooner or later, "She dead."

"What?!" The Guardians asked in unison.

"Well, I remembered how hurt you were, and me and the dark master did fight for control over the body from time to time. When I remembered that one dragoness, the dark master decided to get back at her and see how strong her lover was... They died pretty quick. It wasn't my idea, and, I'm sorry if this hurts you in anyway. I swear I wasn't in control," Malefor explained, remembering how easy it was for the dark master to take out the couple.

"But, I thought the dark master didn't care for the Guardians. What happened then?" Cyril asked.

Looking over to Cyril, he explained, "He didn't care about you all, I did. When I remembered about the couple, the dark master took it upon himself to just kill them. That's not how I wanted it to happen, but in doing what he did, he blocked me out more of being in control of my body. The dark master also just wanted another reason to kill."

After explaining to Cyril, he looked back over to Terrador, and apologized, "I'm sorry if killing her was difficult for you."

Terrador shrugged his shoulders, and honestly didn't really care, "It's all good. She was nice and all, but she was no where near as nice as I thought. Apparently she was abusive to her lover, so maybe when you came along, he quickly wanted to get out of that nightmare of a relationship."

"You should choose better next time," Spyro interrupted the talk, causing everyone to look at him, "Maybe you should choose someone like Cynder. You know: Beautiful, a good kisser..."

"I can show you how good of a kisser I am right now," Cynder flirted with a smile.

Spyro shivered happily, and whispered warmly back, "I wouldn't mind that at all."

The two stared at one another's eyes happily, glad to be accompanied by the other. Carith frowned, seeing Spyro and Cynder have a romantic moment. Clearing her throat, and then sighing sadly, she got Malefor's attention. Putting a claw up and running over to Carith, Malefor said, "One second."

Sitting down next to his lover's side, he draped his wing over her, and asked, "What's wrong my love?"

Carith sighed once again, and whispered sadly to try and guilt trip her lover, "It's just, Spyro and Cynder have had so many romantic moments since they fell in love, and I just wish that me and my lover had the same. Maybe I need a new..."

Cutting her off mid sentence, everyone watched with wide eyes, as Malefor wrapped Carith up in his wings, spun her in front of him, and pushed his lips against hers. Everyone blushed, but Carith, with the little amount of strength she had left, as the kiss made her feel like she was about to pass out, she pushed into the kiss. Getting even more of the pleasure filled feeling, Malefor pulled away, and spinning her back around, she sat there, completely under his kiss spell.

"Alright, lets do this!" Malefor excitedly said, feeling as if that kiss gave him even more energy.

Cynder looked at Spyro with a raised brow. He chuckled, knowing exactly why she was doing what she was doing, and whispered with a warm smile, "His might have looked great... but my kiss for you will feel so much better. Trust me, I will make sure you can't even feel your legs after this one."

Cynder shivered happily, and whispered, "You better not be lying to me."

"Have I ever?" Spyro asked.

"Fair enough," Cynder whispered.

Running up and putting his paw on Ignitus's shoulder, Malefor couldn't contain his excitement, "Come on man! You're never going to get to first base if you never try and swing the romance you have towards a girl. Here, here, I have the best pick up line... Mum, Alright, here's one: Hay baby, me and you are like the sun, because we both have bright futures together. Or, or: Hay baby, you feel the heat, oh wait, that's from my smoken hot red body! Aw yeah!"

Everyone reacted different, some putting there paws on there faces while others just shuck their heads in shame of how Malefor would ever talk to a lady. Cynder looked at Carith, and asked, "Was Malefor always like this? I thought he was more of a man?"

Carith giggled a little, and admitted, "He sometimes gets like this when he is excited. I just go with it because it's funny to watch. It's just another reason I love him so much, he's always so random a goofy."

Cynder and Carith smiled at one other, somewhat giggling from her words. Ignitus shuck his head in shame, "Yeah, I'm not using any of those lines. I'm just going to take it slow and find the right dragoness. It might not happen the first day, or even the second, but, we just have to hope."

"Where is hoping going to get you? Hope isn't helping you walk out there! Hope is making you sit here and mope about everything. Just remember what I said about that sun though, girls will dig a man who is confident," Malefor explained with a big smile, finally convincing Ignitus that he should just go for it.

"Alright, Alright, I will go for it," Ignitus agreed, earning smiles and joyful cheers from everyone, "You all are to much."

Taking a deep breath in, and then out, Ignitus walked over to the Chamber entrance, and joked, "I definitely need to get out of here before you infect me with your stupidity, Malefor... Well, wish me luck!"

Walking out of the Guardians Chambers, Ignitus finally walked the journey of finding himself a girlfriend. Just seconds before leaving, almost everyone started to talk about everything bad that was going to happen.

"When do you think he will find someone?" Volteer asked.

"Well, if he uses Malefor's advice, probably never," Cyril joked.

"My advice was perfect!" Malefor defended himself, walking back over to Carith, and sitting down next to her.

"Yeah, perfect in the sense if you want to get slapped in the face," Terrador agreed with Cyril.

"I didn't even use those words before, and I still got slapped in the face, Loud cough sound, Cynder!" Malefor grumbled, draping his wing over Carith, and looking at Cynder with a glare.

"Are you looking at my lover with a glare? Do you really want to do that?" Spyro asked, stepping in front, and blocking Cynder off with his wings, "Malefor, you should back down. I would hate to have to whip you for what you've done."

"For a simple glare?" Malefor asked.

"No, for a simple breathe that you breath," Spyro joked with a small smirk.

Looking at Carith, Malefor asked, "Do you see what I have to put up with?"

"Well, what I didn't see was you by my side when I woke up, 'mister: I will never leave your side ever again," Carith joked with a giggle, seeing Malefor look at her with wide eyes.

"After the kiss I gave you... I guess I shouldn't ever give you..."

"No, wait! I take it back! I take it back," Carith quickly cried, snuggling up to Malefor, hoping that she would get another one of those kisses from him one day.

Everyone laughed at her reaction, causing her to laugh as well.

"Yeah, haha, congratulations, you woke me up," Sparks grumbled, flying into the room with a big yawn, and landing on Spyro's head.

"How?" Malefor asked.

"Oh Ancestor, It's Malefor! Oh wait, never mind, I did that yesterday. Well, after what ever you idiots were doing down here, I think you woke up every one in the entire building. And speaking of the dragons in the building, what's up with Mr big red?" Sparks asked, remember that Ignitus was running down the hall way for someone reason.

"Who?" Volteer asked.

"The only big red guy we know mister smarty horns," Sparks grumbled, rubbing his eyes, and placing them back down.

"He is off to find himself a girlfriend," Spyro explained.

"Oh no, not big red. Oh, I feel so bad for the guy. So, I know everyone else is thinking it, but by a show of hands, or paws, who believes Ignitus isn't going to find himself a girlfriend at all this month?" Sparks asked, raising his hand, and joining along was the other three Guardians, as well as Malefor, and Carith.

"Spyro, Cynder, what about you two?" Cyril asked.

"Come on guys, we all know he is perfect. He is the greatest dad I could ever ask for. I believe he is going to get a girlfriend today. After all, he is probably pretty good with the ladies," Spyro defended Ignitus, feeling bad that everyone, except Cynder, were against his father.

"Yeah, but there are so many crazy girls out there who would love to date the Guardians. Plus, there are the crazy ones like Cynder: So deadly, so vicious," Sparks said, earning a glare from Cynder, and seeing her raise her tail blade, her corrected himself, "Okay, more like Malefor, just girl form."

"Well, it's been a bit, you think he's had any luck finding anyone?" Terrador asked.

Everyone looked at one another wondering what could be happening with Ignitus.

Standing on the grounds of Warfang, Ignitus could already feel the stress of being on the streets. Hearing whispers about how handsome he looked, or even how muscular he looked. Walking around Warfang, he tried not to let the girls get to him, but he knew he had to talk to one of them. If I go back without a some sort of dragoness, I will be picked on so much. But who, who is the dragoness for me? The Ancestors said I could have a dragoness, but who is the right one, Ignitus thought, breaking from his thoughts, as this time, he heard what sounded like a more confused dragoness.

"Excuse me?" A dragoness asked.

Ignitus already started to sweat, wondering what he should do, as he heard the dragoness all around the area whispering to there friends about what was happening. Turning around, Ignitus saw a beautiful icy blue dragoness with a shiny white cool chest and underbelly. Same for her wings, and eyes, they were a beautiful icy blue that shined perfectly in the sun shine. She had four horns: Two on the top, one on each side, and two smaller ones on the back of her head, and icy blue fins that went down the back of her neck and back all the way to her tail. Her wing flaps were the same color as her chest and underbelly, and her tail blade was near similar to Ignitus's. Swallowing hard from her appearance, he thought, Wow, she's beautiful... No, don't get distracted. Ask what she wants, help, and move on.

"Do you need help with something?" He asked.

"Well, I was actually wondering if you knew where I could find the Guardians? I'm new in town, and I would love to be shown around the place. I would ask someone else, but I'm kinda shy, and you seemed like the right Dragon to talk to," She explained with a hopeful smile.

Ignitus chuckled a little, "Well, you found one. I'm actually the fire Guardian. My name is Ignitus. What is yours?"

With a smile, she answered with a smile, "My name is Winter."

"Winter? Well, if you don't mind me saying, that's a beautiful name for a beautiful dragoness," Ignitus admitted with a blush, hoping he didn't offend her in any way with his words.

She blushed at him, and thanked kindly, "Thank you."

"You are very welcome. So, what do you want to take a tour of around Warfang? The most I know of is houses, library's, and about as much as you can think of. In Warfang, we have it all," Ignitus asked, completely forgetting about what he was supposed to be doing so he could help Winter.

"Well, to be honest, I was wondering if you could show me around that tall building up there," Winter replied, pointing a claw up towards the building that he already knew so well, as he lived in it.

"But of course," Ignitus agreed, "But I do wonder, if you would like to learn more about Warfang, would you like to take the long way? Or would you like to just fly up there? Either way is fine for me, as you are the guest, and I will obey."

Waving a paw with a smile, she thanked, "Thank you for understanding. If I had to choose, I guess we can go the long way, seems how you are right about me wanting to know more about Warfang. After all, I don't want to ruin the best part by simply flying up to it."

Ignitus chuckled with a smile, "Agreed. Well then, shall we."

Nodding her head, the two walked side by side through Warfang, looking at all the buildings. Just remember your mission. Hopefully that building up there will have what I'm looking for: The Guardians sleeping Chambers, Breaking from her thoughts, she decided to join in on some conversation to not look so suspicious, "So, Ignitus, have you ever really walked around Warfang before."

"From time to time. Mainly it's the other Guardians that do so as I am mainly a book dragon kind of guy. I always have work to be doing, but luckily, I was able to escape my work to come out here today," Ignitus explained, glad he was able to come out for once.

"Why did you decide to come out here on your day off? Normally, if you haven't had a day off in a while, dragon's would just stay in their beds at home. So what is your reason?" Winter asked, glad to see the conversation was going well, as she hoped her cover wouldn't be discovered.

Ignitus chuckled with a blush, and not wanting to admit it he was looking for a dragoness, he lied, "Well, to be honest, I love getting out and breathing in the morning air. I would train a little in a training room we have, or I would just talk to the other Guardians. But today, I felt like coming out to also make sure the citizens were okay after the attack."

"Oh, I hope I didn't interrupt your day off."

"No, no, no, of course not. I'm always here to help others, that is what we Guardians do. Especially after what happened in the Dragon Temple, we do everything in our power to make sure nothing like that will ever happen again... It's just also good that we have the strongest purple dragon in the world on our team. I don't know if you know him, but his name is Spyro."

Spyro! I have to keep digging for information! Winter thought to herself, continuing the conversation, "Spyro? I think I've heard of him before. I think his lovers name was Cynder. And this is wrong for me to ask but, where do they live? I would love to meet the one who saved the planet."

"Well, I'm sure you can meet him once we get to the Guardians Chambers in the building. If we are lucky, we will be able to catch him, but I doubt it. He will probably be back up in his house with his lover. After what happened two days ago, those two have gained the strongest bond of love I've ever seen!"

"Sure sounds like he is powerful. What about you, how strong are you?"

"Well, I guess as every one else described it, I'm second down from Spyro. My son is pretty strong, and I'm so happy that he was able to find someone who loves him just as much as she does. I hope that those two will live happy lives."

He had a son? Why am I even thinking about this? Okay, so, going back, if Spyro is the strongest, then maybe if I take him out, I will be able to take the rest out. Even if kill himwith those other Guardians around, or even Cynder, my death will be a small price to pay. Spyro dies, Cynder goes crazy from his death, and then we can finally get revenge for what Malefor did! To Me, And my Lover! Winter growled, letting somewhat of a growl escape her teeth that she had tried to keep shut.

"Are you okay?" Ignitus asked.

Winter realised her mistake, and quickly tried to make him think nothing of it, "Of course, of course. I was just thinking about something that happened from the past, but it's nothing to worry about. But, hey, enough about me, let's talk more about you."

"Okay, what do you want to know?"

Looking around to see that they were in a secluded place with not many dragons around. Better yet, if he is such a big threat, I should take him out now, and find the Guardians Chambers later. Then, all that stands in my way is Spyro, Winter thought to herself, raising up her tail blade to her side, ready to stab him in the heart, she tried to make conversation, "How about when... when... what the..."

Looking up, a drop of water dropped into her eye, quickly causing her blink rapidly, and looks back to the ground. Winter started to shiver from the cold rain that hit her back, which made her shiver as she thought, No, no not again... I can't... I can't do this, what was I thinking, i can't... Feeling a wing drape over on her, she looked at Ignitus to see him with a small smile, "Sorry. I saw that you were cold, and since it's starting to rain, I don't want you to get sick."

Winter shivered in fear once again, remembering the cold rain, the warmth of a red dragon's wing, it brought her back to a memory.

"No, I can't go back... I don't want to..." Winter cried, looking back down at the ground, dripping tears from her eyes which weren't visible because of the rain.

"Winter, are you okay? You seem scared," Ignitus asked, causing Winter to look up at him with fear, "It's okay, I will protect you. And... I'm sorry... for being this blunt but... If you really need to warm up, you could... put your side against mine for warmth. I can protect you from the rain."

No, I, I shouldn't. I have to remember what my mission is... to... kill... the Guardians. But... I can't, I can't kill him... I just, I just to get inside, I need to clear my mind... I can... I can do this, Winter motivated herself in her thoughts after fighting back and forth with herself. Putting her body up against Ignitus, she looked down with wide eyes, remembering the feeling of a warm wing, and a warm body, protecting her from the rain. We have to get inside... We have to leave! Now! Looking through the rain, Winter could see a couple of dark forces poking out of the walls, ready to assist in the kill. Breathing faster and faster, Winter looked back up at Ignitus, and begged, "We need to get away from here, now!"

"Is everything..."

"Please! I made a horrible mistake! Please... not again... not again..." Winter interrupted Ignitus, putting her head into his shoulder from fear, not wanting to see what happens.

Ignitus looked into the distance to see the dark creatures, and understood why she was scared, so he whispered to her, "Winter, close your eyes, and trust me."

"No...I can't. Last time, my lover told me to closed my eyes, and when I opened them back up... The rain, your warmth, I can't... I can't..."

This is strange. Just a minute ago she seemed so calm and collective about everything. But know she's completely broken down, as if she's paralyzed with fear. Is there something more to her story? Ignitus thought to himself, seeing more dark creatures pop out from the buildings. Great, with the clouds and the rain, it's to dark to see... I have to get her to trust me... or I could call Spyro... No... I need her to trust me, Ignitus thought, as he continued to try and work with Winter, "Winter, listen to my voice, trust me. I promise, with all of my heart, that we will be fine. Just close your eyes."

"But..."

"Winter... I will protect you, I promise," Ignitus whispered warmly.

Winter feared for what would happen next, so as she closed her eyes, she sat down, and wrapped her arms around his neck, scared to let go. Shivering from fear of what would happen next, she felt Ignitus move his wing off her. Quickly opening her eyes, moving her paws back to the ground and looking around, she breathed heavily, seeing they were now in a building. Looking at Ignitus, she hugged him, and cried, "Thank you... thank you... I don't care how you did it... it's... it's... thank you."

Pulling away from the hug, Winter tried to go back to remembering about whet she was really there for. I... I still have to remember... remember my job. I... I still have to kill him either way... Winter thought, shiver at the memories, as well as letting a couple of tears fall out her eyes.

"Are you okay Winter?" Ignitus asked, feeling awful for what ever was going on with her, "It only rains out side, and the only time it rains inside, is when someone is hurt. You can tell me, it's okay, I promise. Just like before, trust me."

I can't do this... But I can't leave... I... what do... what do I do... Winter cried in her thoughts, feeling Ignitus's wing drape over her body. She looked at him, and seeing his smile made her feel even worse about what she had to do.

"Here, I will greet you to some friends, and family, and I'm sure you will forget all about everything that has happened, I promise," Ignitus suggested warmly as an invite.

"Oh... okay... Okay yeah," Winter agreed, knowing that this would be the chance to get close to all her targets at once.

Walking with Ignitus down the hallway, Winter was deep in her thoughts, still shaken up from what happened, as well as the memories of what she remembered before, I can't believe I acted like that! Damn, what if I had blown my cover, what if... Ugh, I should've killed him, I should've... I... I should've... should I have killed him...? No... I couldn't... I... I shouldn't... But, I need to remember mission. I... I have to. Cutting the corner from the entrance of the Guardians Chambers, Ignitus smiled to see everybody was still here. Everyone looked at him with wide eyes, seeing a dragoness under his wing. Malefor was the first to comment, "I knew my pick up lines would..."

Ignitus waved his paw near his neck, telling him to cut the conversation, as he knew Winter was already afraid of what happened, and making her even more embarrassed could cause her to leave out in the rain with the dark forces. Sitting down next to Terrador, Ignitus explained with a smile, "Everyone, I would like you to meet Winter. Make her feel at home you four, I need to have a talk with the Guardians about something real quick."

Winter shivered, seeing that she was now in the den of the enemy, and one wrong move could cause her death. Looking at who she would be talking to, she saw Spyro, Cynder, and a blue dragoness that she didn't know of. But beside the blue dragoness, was another purple dragon. Malefor! He is still alive! After everything he has done to me, I should just kill him first! Winter growled, trying not to slip up and let the growl escape her teeth. Taking his wing off of Winter, Ignitus walked with the other Guardians to the back room, leaving her with the four.

"You know, he said I will leave you to the four, when I make five!" Sparks grumbled, feeling completely left out of everything now a days.

"Sparks calm down," Spyro said, walking up to Winter, and reaching a paw out, "If you don't know of me, my name is Spyro, and my lover over there is Cynder."

Winter looked at Cynder to see her nod with a smile. Looking at Spyro's paw, she decided to play nice for a while, just until she thought of the right point to strike. Raising her paw up, she shuck his paw, and greeted herself, "Nice to meet you. My name is Winter."

Pulling his paw back, as she did the same, Spyro was surprised by the name, "Winter. I'm not surprised. Seeming how Your bright blue scales say it all... Well Winter, From the looks of what Ignitus did, I'm assuming something bad happened. But don't fear, you are safe now... I promise."

Watching Spyro walk back and sit next to his lover, he draped a wing over Cynder, while Winter looked over at the other two, "Before I ask, who may I be talking to in blue as well?"

Carith giggled slightly, "My name is Carith."

Looking over at the other purple dragon, Winter snarled, but tried to be nice, "And, who is this other purple dragon. From dragon lore, there have only been two purple dragons in existence. So it's either you're new here, and grew up fast... or you're really Malefor."

Everyone got nervous, not wanting to answer that question, but bravely, Malefor stepped up, and tried to smile, "Okay, Okay, you got me. I am Malefor. But before you say anything else, no, I am not evil. I just lost my lover, Carith, and losing her made me go mad. Long, long, long story made short, like literally almost twenty years short, My lover was actually in a coma that no one knew about, since during the coma, we couldn't feel, hear, or see any life in her. Spyro saved her with his powers, and bam, I'm back to kiss central with my lover."

Everyone dropped a small drip of sweat, wondering if him telling the truth was the best idea, but he tried to make him seem more and more like he wasn't what she thought he was, "Alright , look, I know what you're thinking, and no. I had no control over my body when he attacked everyone..."

"And that's an excuse!" Winter growled, shivering everyone from the sudden out burst.

"Okay, so what did you need to talk to us about?" Cyril asked, sitting down with the rest of the Guardians in front of Ignitus.

"When I was walking with Winter, we were having a conversation about everything in Warfang. But as it started to rain, she started Shaking in fear, and I wondered why. As I looked into the rain, I saw dark forces," Ignitus explained, earning a gasp from the three, "Dark forces can only mean one thing: Something has dark powers, and from what I think, something in Warfang."

"But that can't be, Malefor was completely stripped of his dark powers. There is no way he could still be the cause, or even the source," Terrador explained, scared to know who it could be or even where the dark forces are.

"I never said it was Malefor. What I'm saying is, we need to stay vigilant. The dark forces weren't after me, after all, light and darkness aren't allowed to attack one another. Once I can tell you all the full story, I will, but it seemed like they were after Winter. Of course she was the only one they could go after, but what confuses me is: Why her? Does that mean only she was their target, or were others hurt by dark forces that we don't know about?" Ignitus questioned, looking through his thoughts and memories to see if anyone inside Warfang was hurt.

Luckily, from his search, he found nothing, but that made him grow even more suspicious of what was really happening. Feeling as if he shouldn't try and state the obvious, Terrador asked, "You don't think that Winter is the cause of the dark forces, do you?"

"No. From what we have seen if the dark force was in her body, it would take form, but the way she acted, it seemed like she had never killed anyone before. That, or, she could have made up and act to get where she is now. But, it felt to realistic, it felt like she was scared. The only thing I can say for certain is we keep a watch out. Talk with the moles and see what they can do," Ignitus explained, earning a nod from all the Guardians.

"Alright. But what ever you do, do not tell Spyro the dark forces have still survived. After all, his friendship with Malefor is a thin line right now. If he even suspects that Malefor is the cause, we could have another problem on our paws. Plus, knowing my son, he would quickly end the problem in order to protect Cynder," Ignitus explained once again, earning a nod from the four once again.

Turning away from the three, he walked with them back out in the Chambers. Seeing the Guardians walk out of the from, and shutting the door behind themselves, Spyro looked to Ignitus. Grabbing his attention, Spyro nodded his head over to Winter. Looking at her, and standing next to her, he saw anger on her face. Wondering what had happened, he asked, "So, what did we miss?"

"Malefor told Winter that he is, well Malefor," Sparks explained, getting it out there and earning gasp from the Guardians.

Putting a paw on her shoulder, Ignitus tried to calm her, "Winter..."

"How did it feel?! How does it feel to have your lover back?! In the end for you, you got to enjoy your happy ending, but for me, no ending will ever be happy for me, because my lover is dead! And you walk around with a smile on your face thinking you accomplished something! How does it feel?! How... how does it feel to be able to kiss the one you love, to curl up to the one you love... to say... I love you... to say goodnight and good morning to the one you love..." Winter cried, tensing her body, as from what happened today, and seeing Malefor alive and well, she wished that her lover would've been the same.

Taking his paw off her shoulder, he felt just as bad as everyone else did, and even though they didn't know her lover, the way she described it was heartbreaking. Feeling awful for hurting her, and the dark master for killing the one she cared about, he apologized, "Winter, I'm sorry I..."

"You want to know the last thing my lover told me... At first, I thought it would be, I love you... But then he said goodnight... then he said goodbye... and now, all I can think about, is his body, his last words, his... goodbye to me... How does it feel to know you have the life with your love...? how does it feel to know... that you don't have to worry about a goodbye...?" Winter cried, ducking her head down from her tears, not wanting to show how terrible she was feeling, even though she knew it didn't matter, because she believed he didn't care.

Ignitus bravely tried his best to calm her even a little, so, draping his wing over her body, sitting down, and putting his tail on hers, he whispered softly, "Winter, I'm sorry for everything that has happened to you. Take it from Malefor, and hear the truth. He would've never done such I thing, and when it happened, now that's he's hearing it... I know he feels terrible. Just ask him yourself..."

Feeling his wing and tail calmed her down, which he was glad to see, as he didn't know he would be able to calm her down so well. But even still, she grinded her teeth thinking about Malefor, "Why? Why does he deserve to get to live? My lover never did anything to him. His dark forces ended my lover's life, but him, he gets to walk around with a lover... I never will."

"If you have anger towards him, let it out, he will understand. After all, Spyro's parents, they both died from the dark master as well, even Cynder's. But they looked past that, they saw who he truly was. Yes they still hit on him with their fist from time to time, mainly Spyro, but he understands what really happened... If you need to tell him, tell him. I know you can do great," Ignitus whisper of warmth seemed to have helped Winter out just as much as him being with her, but what made him blush, was she pushed her body against his, feeling his warmth.

Everyone blushed as well to see what looked to be like them cuddled together, and with his wing over her body, it seemed even more so. Taking a deep breath in, and then out, she looked at Malefor, and asked, "Do you even care about the ones that you killed? Do you even think about what happened?"

Malefor frowned, and explained, "Yes. Because when I look around, I see everyone that I've hurt. Spyro and his parents, Cynder and her parents, Volteer and his parents. I've hurt everyone at some point, and I believe that I don't even deserve to be cared about anymore. And for a day, they were scared, and they didn't believe me. Spyro was in so much pain that he was basically unconscious. The Guardians left me Cynder, and Spyro, not realizing it. When Cynder went to heal Spyro, she thought she was going to die, and that Spyro was going to as well. It took a while but in the end, I tried to show who I was. And even after everything that happened, I was still cared about, by my lover."

Looking over at Spyro, Winter asked, "You seem to be affected the most. Even just by looking at you, I can still tell you hate Malefor. So why even bother keeping him around? Why didn't you kill him when you had the chance."

Spyro sighed, not really wanting to explain it, as he knew it would make Malefor smile, so he tried to explain it in his own way, "Because what's the joy and fun in killing him, when I can keep him alive and make him a punching bag. Plus, killing him would've hurt more then I thought. The Guardians, Carith, even my own lover. But as we talked, and the more I got to know him, and even as weak as I was, he came through and showed, he's not so bad after all. But like I said, I will still knock his teeth in from time to time, but would I kill him, no... Only because my lover would dump me."

"You care about me," Cynder whispered with a smirk.

Spyro chuckled with a smile, and whispered, "You know I cared about you the day I laid eyes on you."

Winter sighed, seeing the two flirt with one another, as she had missed that just as much as everything else. Looking back at Malefor, she wondered in her thoughts, Would now be the best time to kill everyone... why am I even thinking about that... I shouldn't. I just, Ignitus... his warmth... I can't remember the last time I've felt this, safe... and protected... No! Stop! I need, I need to sleep, I can't, I can't let this get to me. Trying to drown out the thoughts, she looked over at Carith and asked, "What do you feel towards you lover?"

Taking a step forward, Carith was honest with her, "Well, when I first awoke from my coma, I looked and found the Guardians. While we made our way to go after him, they told me he was some sort of murder; that he killed hundreds of dragons. I never thought it to be true, and seeing him there at the time, I thought it was. But as I approached him, I saw it was harder for him to stay in that dark form. When he tried to attack me, I thought I had lost him, but it turned out, my lover had broken free, and stopped his attack before it could make contact... There is a difference between a monster, and my lover, and that is... He truly cares about everyone, and everything."

"Has he ever done anything that hurt you, maybe even physical?" Winter asked, feeling as if her attempts to get the thoughts out of her mind were only getting stronger as she was thinking about them even more then before.

"No," Carith responded with a small smile, earning wide eyes from almost everyone, especially Malefor, "My parents were killed by the dark master, and when I had learned of this, I wondered why... But as I came to see the bigger picture, I realised, I was right. My lover would never harm any one in his life, unless it meant protecting me. I don't blame Malefor for my parents deaths, I blame myself, for walking out of the walls when I shouldn't have. And plus, Why, after losing my parents, would I want to lose my lover as well?"

Winter was surprised to hear that Carith was able to get past something as deep as her parents deaths. Dumbfounded by her way of thinking, she wondered how she was able to pass something like that so easily, "But even still, leaving Malefor, you could've found another lover. Why not have just found someone else then live with someone you thought was still a monster?"

Carith giggled slightly and joked to Malefor, "You know, she has a point."

"What?" Malefor cried, earning giggles and chuckles from everyone except Winter, but, she couldn't help herself, as she accidentally let a small smile creep across her face.

"I'm just joking... But, going back, I thought of it like this: If it wasn't his fault, and if he truly was being controlled, how do you think he would've felt if I would have left him, abandoned him? Just the thought of him leaving because the Guardians were afraid, Spyro and Cynder were afraid... I could've lost him that day and thinking about those thoughts... I never would've been able to stand to this day if I had lost him," Carith's words brought about the thoughts of before, and with a slight kiss on her cheek from her lover, she smiled at him.

"Did you make the right decision?" Malefor asked with a smile.

Carith giggled at his words, and agreed, "Maybe... After that kiss from this morning, I believe you've changed my thought drastically."

"You, want another?" Malefor flirted with her, earning a small blush and a small giggle from his lover.

"Malefor, come on, I thought we were trying to help her, not show her how much more of a jerk you are," Spyro joked, causing Malefor to look over at him with squinted eyes.

"What are you talking about?" Malefor asked with a small growl.

"Oh, so you're growling at me now? I think I might have to agree with Winter on this one, you are always evil," Spyro joked, seeing a small vain pop out of Malefor's head as he knew what Spyro was trying to pull.

Clearing his throat and trying to ignore Spyro, he tried to defend himself, "Winter, for one, I'm not evil... that's only when me and Carith are in a room together."

"Malefor," Carith whispered, blushing red from embarrassment, while everyone else chuckled and giggled with slight blushes as well.

"Second," Malefor continued with a smile and a blush, "I promise you that the dark master will not return ever again. Carith made it clear that if I ever turned into the dark master again, and harmed someone... bye bye kissing, and cuddling. And there is no Hell greater then that... Unless it involves Cynder's back paw."

"I hit you one time," Cynder said.

"And once is enough to hurt like hell," Malefor chuckled, feeling the side of his face with his paw.

Terrador chuckled at a memory that he had of when Malefor and them were at the Dragon Temple, "Oh yeah. Speaking of Hell, your remember when we were back at the Dragon Temple, and Malefor decided that he was going to fight lava."

"What?" Every asked in unison, except the other Guardians as they already knew about it.

"Wait, wait, wait, let me explain my defense. I thought, by fighting lava, I would be able to get use to the heat and make my powers even stronger... turns out, even with my fire all the way to max... heh, yeah, third degree burns is the greatest. Lucky that Bastard gave me a pass and healed my paws," Malefor explained in his defence, and decided to add more on to he didn't look bad, "Plus, when I ask Ignitus for some training before, he gave me first degree burns on my body, which were healed... Ancestors, no wonder I ordered those apes to blow up that hole, that place sucked!"

"Now that you say it, you were whipped pretty hard there, you know, with the burns, the electricity, the boulders, and even ice shards," Terrador pointed out, earning a chuckle from Malefor, as well as the other Guardians.

Winter was surprised, as she never knew she would see Malefor: The dark master, chuckle, let alone be with a girl that loved him back. Was... was I wrong to come here? Should I really take his life? What would make me any different then the dark master? Killing Malefor would take him away from his lover... just like how my lover was taken away from me... and then... me and Carith would have something in common... no one deserves to go through something like that... Ugh! But I have to kill someone! Either the Guardians, Spyro, or Malefor! It's my mission, I, I have to, Winter thought, snarling accidentally once again from her thoughts, catching Ignitus's attention as he looked at her with a small smile. She looked to see his smile, and shivered, remembering that handsome smile.

"Winter, I know you're angry, but trust me, and everyone else, Malefor is as pure as light itself. He thought he lost his lover, and he wishes to make up for his mistakes by never making them ever again. If you still hate him, tell him why, he will understand," Ignitus whispered with a warm smile, earning a chill of joy as she felt his warmth, his wing, hearing his voice, it was just her and him, and she wanted it to stay like that, "Malefor is a trip, I will tell you that. And if you don't want to talk to him, talk to me. Trust me like you did before, and just like before, I promise, I will make you smile."

Looking at Ignitus with wide eyes, he looked at her with a smile, and the two didn't even realize how close one another's face was from one another while they looked into each other's eyes. Blinking once to get back to herself, she looked at him with a small smile, still unknowingly being so close to his face. Everyone froze, and looked at the two, wondering what they would do next.

"Do it, do it, do it," Malefor whispered with anticipation of the kiss that he hoped would happen.

As there faces moved closer, everyone started to lose their breaths, wondering if they really were about to kiss. Unfortunately, it was cut short, as when their noses touched one another's, they quickly moved their heads away in opposite directions of one another. Everyone, including Winter and Ignitus, slightly grumbled, wishing the kiss would've happened. I knew I shouldn't have done this... I knew I should've just slept... Tonight, I will just get this over with, Winter thought to herself, looking over at Terrador, and asking, "May I please stay the night?"

"Of course," Terrador said, "Right this way."

Walking away from everyone, Terrador walked with Winter following behind him. Cutting the corner, there was a door right in front of the Chambers, and two doors down, is where she was directed to. Malefor and Spyro both looked at one another, and back at Ignitus, as they tried to motivate him.

"What are you doing Ignitus? This is your chance!" Malefor said.

"What are you talking about?" Ignitus grumbled slightly, lifting his head up and looking at the Malefor.

"Don't end the day like that. Show her to her room, don't let Terrador do it, it won't look good if you can't show her how dedicated you are in making sure she is safe," Spyro explained, seeing his frown turn a little more into a smile, "If you go to bed like this, it will only hurt you more. You don't want to disappoint your son do you? Go out there and make me proud."

Ignitus growled at himself, realising that the two were right. Quickly grabbing his courage, he ran out of the Chambers, and towards the two. As Terrador reached to the door knob to show her around, his paw stopped at the door, to see Ignitus appear from the Chambers.

"Ignitus?" Terrador asked.

Ignitus stopped in front of him with a smile, as he asked politely, "Terrador, is it okay if I show Winter her room? I promised I would give her a tour of Warfang, and that tour isn't over just yet."

Terrador saw the look in his eyes, knowing what he was trying to pull. He chuckled, "Alright."

Walking away from the door and pulling his paw back down, he walked back to the Chambers. Walking into the Chambers, and over towards Volteer, he sat down next to him, and asked, "Alright, what did you guys do to convince him to talk to her?"

"The good old father son disappointment," Spyro responded with a smile.

Terrador chuckled, and hoped, "Well, I hope it goes well. You think, if Ignitus actually tried to make a move, would she be the perfect someone for him? Spyro, you're the best to ask. What do you think?"

"I think he can do it. Something doesn't exactly feel right, but then again, it's probably just me being paranoid about something," Spyro explained, feeling as if something wasn't exactly right about her, "But, I would say by tomorrow, I should have my answer."

"Ignitus?" Winter asked, blushing a little as she quickly remembered that their noses touched.

He smiled at her, trying to keep his cool and act like nothing had happened that was embarrassing for them, "Sorry. It's just, I promised I would show you around and I would feel awful if I had lied to you about this. So, now that I'm back, would you like to continue this tour."

Smiling once again, she thought, Why do I keep smiling?! I shouldn't be smiling! It's just... his laugh, and his smile... why does he make me so happy... so calm? Breaking from her thoughts, she knew if she thought about it any longer, it would start to get to her even more.

"What a gentleman," Winter giggled, now feeling guilty that she will have to kill him tonight.

Walking up to her side, he whispered with a warm smile, "Well, you know, I also don't want you to be alone. After all, what you have told us, you've had a difficult life. But here, it will only get better, I promise."

Reaching up for the door knob with his paw, he twisted it, and pushed opened the door. Revealing the room, it was plain as every other room: A bed in the back, and a book shelf to store things on the left of the room, and three small window above the bed that showed the rain was still pouring down. Walking in the room, Ignitus followed behind, and watched as she jumped up onto the bed. Laying her body down, she curled herself up into a ball. Pulling her head up, she listened as Ignitus spoke, "If you have any problems, come to me. After all, we are two doors down."

Ignitus chuckled a little, causing her to giggle a little from his words. Feeling the bed, soft, but cold, she had wished her lover would've been here to experience this type of comfort. Usually on a cold and rainy day, I would always look to my lover... he always knew what I wanted... I just wish he would've know that, I didn't want him to fight that day, Winter thought, as she admitted to Ignitus, "Well, I'm not going to lie... being here, without my lover... thinking about him, a nightmare or two might meet me."

"Then I will be ready to help even during the night. Night or day, I promise, you can talk to me, I will always be willing to help," Ignitus warmly explained, seeing Winter look at him with wide eyes, and a small tear, but from the way she laid, he couldn't see the tear, "You aren't alone anymore, I promise you. If... if you would like to... my bed is big enough... if you want some company... you can sleep with me..."

Winter's eyes once again widened as she heard his mistake, and she blushed hearing his words, so he quickly corrected himself, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that, I was just trying to be helpful and my words didn't come out the way I thought they would..."

Winter giggled slightly with a smile from how he was acting from his embarrassment. Hearing her giggle made him smile, as he now was confident one again to correct himself, "If you don't want to be alone tonight, I would be more then happy to have you lay down by my side."

Even if I sleep now, can I truly go through with this?! Every time I look at him, I think of my lover. Every time he smiles, every time he laughs, his warmth, his protection from the dark forces! How am I going to be able to go through with this?! Winter thought, dripping another tear from her eye, but this time, the moon light shined out from a crack in the clouds.

Shining down from the sky and into the windows, Ignitus saw the shimmer of her tear from the moon light, but only for a couple of seconds, as she tried to lay her head down before he could notice the tear. Looking behind himself to see if anyone was there, he was sure there wasn't. Flicking his paw at the door, it lightly shut it. With her head ducked on the bed, and facing away from the door, when she heard the door shut, she had believed that he had left. What am I supposed to do? I can't kill him, I can't... but what will happen to me if I don't? What am I supposed to do...? Now I wish... I wish Ignitus was here... Winter thought sadly, shivering from the cold weather that still continued to beat down on Warfang.

"Do you want some company?" Ignitus asked softly.

Winter picked her head up and looked at Ignitus to see his warm smile, but she couldn't believe that he actually stayed in the room instead of leaving. Watching him lay down next to her, he opens his wing, wondering if she would cuddle up with him. She didn't know what to do, but feeling the comfort from the bed, and the comfort she had felt from Ignitus, she wondered what it would feel like to snuggle up. Standing up, walking over to him, and laying down straight, she put her body against Ignitus's. Snuggling up to his side, he draped his wing over her body, giving her the warm feeling she desired. Trying to restrain herself, she couldn't help but to lay her head down on his paws that laid in front of him. Ignitus looked down at her to see her frowning, while tears spilled out of her eyes.

"If my lover was still alive, do you think he would be laying in this bed with me?" Winter murmured, thinking of what could've been if the dark master never killed the one she loved.

"You're not alone in thinking about the what if. I think the same some days. Like, What if I could've know of Carith's coma and stopped Malefor from leaving. What if we would've know about her parents deaths, Volteer's, Cynder's, Spyro's; Could we have perverted it? I think about the what if a lot, but at the end of the day, I think of the good that comes from everything," Ignitus whispered, wondering so much about what if that and what if this, still trying to figure out how he could see a what if.

"What do you mean? How do you see the good that comes from those deaths? How do you see the good in my lover's death?" Winter asked with a frown, but she was glad it was just her and him, as opening up seemed so easy.

"I don't see much good in their deaths, but, I knew Cynder's father, we knew all about their parents. But Cynder's father in particular, he would've never allowed anyone to be her love, not even Spyro. Spyro's parents were much more civilized dragons, and to be honest, they were always a great time to hang around, especially Cynder's mother. But as for Volteer, and Carith's parents... Their bond with Malefor has only gotten stronger from what happened. I'm not saying it was good they died, what I mean is; With their deaths, there is always hope at the end of the darkness," Ignitus explained, watching as Winter picked her head up, and looking at him, she wanted to hear more of his words, she wanted to hear his voice.

"What about my lover? What hope was at the end of the darkness for me?" Winter asked, wondering what he could possibly have to say.

"Maybe, maybe if your lover never would've died, you wouldn't have meet us: The Guardians, Spyro, Cynder, Carith, and even Malefor. Maybe the good that came from it was, you were able to make so much back. Everyone became your friend, and I was lucky to find you, so I could be the same. You don't have to consider us your friends, and you can slap me if I stepped out of line, but, I'm saying this, because, I believe, talking to you, now... It really makes me smile, knowing that I was able to help," Ignitus warmly explained with a smile, hoping that his words were helpful, as that's all he wanted to be right now.

What am I suppose to say? Laying on this bed with him, both in comfort and happiness, does killing them really accomplish anything? I... I don't believe it does... and I can't keep thinking that it will. Maybe, maybe going to sleep, by his side, will be for the best... Just for today! Then, I can clear my mind and... and... clear my mind, Winter thought, once again not realising that the two were looking at one another with small smiles. Once again, their noses touched one another's, but as the two looked into one another's eyes, and blushed, they didn't pull away. Instead, they put their foreheads on one another's, smiling from the amazing feeling, as they wished they wouldn't have to even move.

"Ignitus, you remember that offer that you said... The one about us, laying together in bed... can I... can I take you up on your offer?" Winter asked with a smile, hoping that maybe she wouldn't have to sleep alone tonight, hoping that maybe she's seeing what he meant by the the hope at the end of the darkness.

Ignitus chuckled with a smile, and whispered, "Of course you can. I would feel better if it was like that anyway. Seeing the dark forces in Warfang, having you by my side, I would feel better if you were with me through the night... and maybe... even the next morning."

Pulling her head back, and looking back into his eyes, she giggled a little, and whispered, "Is someone going to miss me if I leave in the morning."

With a small smile on his face, as well as a blush, he admitted, "To be honest... I believe I will."

Winter's eyes widened from his words, wondering what he really meant behind his words. Sighing with a smile, she decided, since her comforted her, she would do the same to him, "Well then, I believe you won't have to worry about a thing then. And, being honest... I would miss you to if you left in the morning."

Ignitus couldn't believe her words, especially the end of her sentence, as he thought to himself, Is she the dragoness that I've been looking for? I already feel like I care about her so much, and it's only been a day... Maybe, maybe as tomorrow progresses, I will have my answer for sure, but for now, I believe I do! Taking his wing off her body and jumping off the bed, Ignitus asked, "Is the beautiful blue dragoness going to join me?"

Winter giggled as she jumped off the bed, and walking to his side, she joked, "That depends, which beautiful blue dragoness could you be talking about? There are hundreds out there."

"I'm talking about the best one out there, and her name, is Winter," Ignitus whispered warmly, draping his wing over her side.

Winter blushed with a smile, and joked, "I'm going to tell Carith that you said that... I wonder... I wonder how Malefor would react."

Ignitus raised a brow, and asked, "Are you trusting Malefor?"

Winter sighed, still feeling all the hate in the world for him, but she didn't feel as much hate as she did before, "Not completely, but I somewhat understand what happened. And I feel like Spyro is making him pay for what he's done by the sounds of him saying punching bag."

"Yeah, Spyro gives him a beat down every now and then, but I know, and hope, those two will get along someday. Just today the two were fighting it out in the training room. While I watched, I thought Spyro had lost, but of course, I was wrong. I just wish I didn't decide to dose off when he set up a trap in our room. But, going back, you don't need to worry about Malefor, If he ever turned again, which is as low as a negative, he knows he would lose his lover, and Spyro would kill him, so his paws are pretty tied."

"How did you trust Malefor after what he did?"

"When everything happened, they came back to Warfang. Nemours times Malefor helped, saved, and protected both Spyro and Cynder, as they were both exhausted, and Spyro even almost died from the dark master. But as Malefor took back control, he came through and saved his life, which I know he doesn't want to admit. But, the sadness on his face, how lonely he was as he laid in the corner of that hallway by himself... and then when he thought he was about to lose it all because of Spyro's threats... If Cynder never would've been there, if she was the one who was in a near death because of him... We would not be here right now. Spyro would've killed him on the spot."

"Spyro was stronger then the dark master? By himself or with help?"

"I guess you could say with help. When Spyro was knocked away by and attack, the dark master cut Cynder all around her body before hitting her right near Spyro. Seeing her body, he snapped. And when he punched Malefor, I'm surprised he even stood back up."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, the punch didn't just hit, and make contact with Malefor. It hit, made contact with Malefor, and made contact with just about the entire forest area back there. The whole land back there is nothing but craters and destroyed tress. In his dark mode of his, he is pretty powerful."

"What does he look like when he's in that, mode, of his?"

"He looks quite normal, but if he goes all out, and really punches with all his power... It hurts my jaw just thinking about it... Let's just say, when ever he is in the mode of his, you have to hope your not the one on his bad side when he is like that."

Winter dripped a drop of sweat, going back to her thoughts of having to kill one of them, If Spyro is his son, and I do kill Ignitus... does that mean I will be on that end of his fist? No! No, I would never! I'm not going to kill Ignitus! I can't... I can't... I have to think of something else... If I don't kill someone, that new dark master will kill me... but who? Not really wanting to think about it, as she was having an amazing night, she quickly changed her thoughts by changing the conversation. And lucky for her, she yawned, which caused Ignitus to yawn.

"I guess that means I've talked more then I should have. So what do you say, you ready to go to bed, or, do you want to talk so more? Because either one is fine for me," Ignitus asked, enjoying her company, as talking to her made him feel so happy, especially when she smiled or giggled at his words.

"To be honest, I don't care either way," Winter whispered with a warm smile, "We can walk and talk I guess. And maybe while we are laying down, talking to one another will be a lot easier, especially since we would be so comfortable."

Ignitus nodded with a smile. Walking up to the door, and grabbing the door knob, he pulled open the door.

"They have been in there for the longest time," Spyro said.

"Maybe third base was easier for Ignitus then I thought," Malefor joked with a smile.

"Malefor!" Everyone growled with a blush.

"Okay, okay. But even still, you have to think; The only time someone could be a room that long with someone, it's either they are having a major make out with one another secession, or... I'm guessing third base is out of the question, so, I guess, maybe second base?" Malefor suggested, thinking about what could really be going in that room, "We have a mystery on our paws."

"Two things. One, shut up. Two, the fact that you are giving it this much thought is kinda creepy. Especially since you keep thinking that he is going to third base with a girl he just met," Spyro explained, not really giving much thought on what Ignitus was really up to, as he was wondering how he was going to give Cynder that kiss.

Before being able to say anything else, as Terrador cleared his throat, the two looked at him. Pointing a claw behind the two, they looked to see Ignitus standing there with Winter under his wing. The two blushed just as much as Spyro and Malefor, but they were not alone, as everyone blushed too, wondering what their response would be.

"How... how much of that did you hear?" Spyro asked.

Winter was way to embarrassed to say anything, so Ignitus decided he would tell, "Right up to the point where Malefor said he had a mystery on his paws, so, about everything you said..."

Malefor chuckled, embarrassed that he said something like that with Ignitus around, "Hay man, I don't know what kind of Dragon you are, but I was talking about how you were moving to third base with the girl, as in, moving three more steps then you would normally take. If you know what I mean, none embarrassingly."

Ignitus tried to ignore Malefor, seeing how he kept on making it more embarrassing for the two of them. Walking with Winter up to the Guardians, he sat himself down, and said, "Before anyone says anything, Winter is going to lay with me because she is afraid to have a nightmare. That, and... in the room, it's cold, but when she's with me... you know, she feels the warmth from my body."

Malefor let a small grin appear across his face, as he opened his mouth to say something about his words. Everyone, except for Ignitus and Winter, held their breaths, wondering what he could possibly have to say. Carith quickly whispered to him before he made it more embarrassing on the two, "You'll sleep on the floor if you embarrass those two again."

Malefor quickly shut his mouth, and everyone sighed hugely from the relief.

"I wish the four of you a goodnight. Tomorrow we won't have anything to do once again so you'll be able to enjoy another day off. I will tell you when we have something to do, and as always, I will tell you if there is any danger. So sleep well my friends, and son," Ignitus warmly said, smiling with the four as they smiled back.

Turning away from the four, Ignitus walked with Winter to the back of the room. Opening the door, the two walked in the door way, and lifting his tail up and around the door knob, he shut the door behind himself. Once Malefor knew they were out of hearing range, he had to come out and say it, "Come on guys. Ignitus is in a room, by himself, with a girl, comes back out, and says how she likes his warmth from his body. Please tell me one of you realises what I'm realising."

"Well, when you put it like that, yeah, I will admit, it sounds embarrassing. But, Come on, think about it. She lost her lover to the dark master, and she seems so, loving to Ignitus. I'm going to guess her lover was a red Dragon as well, who gave her warmth and a smile when she needed it the most. Maybe that's why she likes Ignitus, because it reminds her of how things use to be," Spyro defended her, feeling depressed just thinking about what she could've gone through, and to still make it this far.

"Well, when you put it like that I feel awful now. But yeah, I held my tongue, and I didn't say anything else that could hurt Ignitus or Winter in any way," Malefor pointed out, feeling accomplished, especially now that he didn't have to sleep on the floor.

"Yeah, after I threatened you that you would sleep on the floor if you did," Carith giggled, seeing a small blush and a smile on Malefor's face.

"You're pretty cold to be making that kind of threat," Cynder joked, pecking Spyro on the cheek before continuing, "See, with my lover, I would never do such a thing. Mainly because Spyro knows me a lot better then I thought, so even if he does something wrong, or he's about to, he quickly makes up for it. Plus, he doesn't play a death prank on me and almost give me a heart attack."

Carith looked at Malefor with a raised brow, and he quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I swear. It was stupid of me. I paid for it in full because of Cynder's punishment. And as I think about it, me and you have only kissed like three times today. What happened to my other hundred?"

Carith realised he was corrected, even after that one kiss from the afternoon, she still wanted more. Pulling up and putting the tip of her claw on Malefor's chin, she moved her lips right in front of Malefor's, and whispered with her cool breath, "We could still make up for it. One kiss every minute, since you were so well behaved."

Feeling her cool breath made him shiver, just as much as her offer. Looking at her lick her lips, he looked at everyone, and said, "Like Ignitus said, something about seeing you all tomorrow. All that good stuff. But, you know, Carith's lips call, and I have to answer with mine."

Spyro shuck his head and suggested, "Maybe instead of announcing your kiss to everyone, you keep something like that a secret while you run off and go kiss. First the third base thing and now the announcement about you kissing your girlfriend."

Pointing a claw at him, Malefor opened his mouth to say something, but Carith whispered to him once again, "You're wasting time. Your one hundred kiss is now only down to fifty if you keep talking. The longer you talk, the more you lose."

Malefor grumbled, but he shut his mouth, not wanting to say anything else, he looked at her with a smile. She smiled back, and the two turned away, and walked out of the Guardians Chambers and up to their rooms. Spyro put his paw on his face as he mumbled to himself, "Honestly, that guy is such a wreak."

Looking at Cynder, he joked with her, "But it's weird. How come Carith is more loving to her lover then you are to me? Is there something you want to tell me? Or do you hate how I kiss you, and you wish for me to find... someone else?"

Cynder gasped, hearing his words, she commanded, "Me, you, bedroom, now."

"Okay, yeah, I'm getting off your head now," Sparks grumbled, flying off his head just in time as the two quickly turned and ran with one another towards their rooms for some privacy, "At least us guys are still disgusting free, am I right?"

The Guardians all looked at one another, blushing from how the way the four were acting to each other.

"I sure hope Ignitus doesn't be like that. It's going to feel real awkward if we have to listen to him kissing someone, while it echoes in our sleeping Chambers all night. After all, Ignitus doesn't even have to sleep, and knowing him, he's probably going to find a way so his lover doesn't have to either, then we would have to hear it all the time," Cyril cried, thinking about how he would miss out on all of his sleep just like before with Volteer.

"You shouldn't blame them though. Being in love with someone, and having that feeling of kissing one another is just something lover's do. Those four know way more about it then we all do obviously. So, I believe it would be funny to look back at these times, thinking about how we thought kissing was gross, and then we would be there kissing our lover's," Terrador said, wondering if he, or even the other two would find lover's as well.

"I feel like I have the greatest chance then all of you," Volteer said with a smile.

"What, the greatest chance to fail the most?" Sparks joked.

Volteer was surprised to see Sparks made that joke, and not Cyril, but he tried not to let it get to him, as he continued, "No, no, no, of course not. I am a smooth talker. I have almost ever single love, and or care word in my vocab to make any dragoness feel special. And plus, as I've read, a dragon with lighting, Me of course, can make a kiss feel even better."

"How's that?" Cyril asked.

"If you send a small jolt of electricity to the right part of the mouth that stimulates the pleasure you feel during a kiss, it can actually stimulate the kiss to feel even better over a short period of time," Volteer explained, seeing everyone blush at his words, but to him, it was all just science and vocab.

"Okay, if we continue this any longer, I'm scared to know where this would go, so, I'm just going to ah... go," Sparks said, feeling uncomfortable after Volteer's words, seeing he quickly fly out of the Guardians Chambers and up to meet the other two.

The two shuck their heads slightly from his words, but Volteer was confused by their embarrassment. Cyril didn't want to say anything, as he was afraid Volteer would bring it up again. Walking away from Volteer, he decided it would be best to just sleep now before he had to think about what else Volteer would say. Terrador patted a paw on his shoulder, as he said, "That'll do Volteer, That'll do."

Pulling his paw back down to the ground and turning around, Terrador joined Cyril as he walked back to the room as well. I guess they are jealous because they know I will be able to kiss a girl better then they will ever be able to, Volteer thought with a smile, joining along with the two. Walking into the sleeping Chambers, Volteer wrapped his tail around the door as he passed by, and shut it. As they walked over to their beds, they couldn't help but see Ignitus and Winter, side by side one another with his wing draped over her. They smiled and laughed with one another, which they were glad to see. Jumping up and laying down on their beds, their heads followed, putting them on their paws. Ignitus looked at the three and asked, "Are the other four going to bed as well?"

"If by going to bed, you mean, have a smooching fest with one another's lover. Then you would be correct," Terrador responded.

"Definitely can't blame them. After all, having a day off like this one is very rare for them. And now I feel like they are getting more use to being able to chill out and not have to worry about anything. Which is good, having peace in this world for once is what we need, especially after everything that has happened," Ignitus happily said, feeling even happier then he was feeling before, seeing and hearing good news about everything and everyone.

"What about you? How are you enjoying your day off?" Cyril asked.

"Couldn't have felt any better. Today was a lot more fun then I thought it would be, and I had forgotten what it felt like to go outside of these walls, or even my Temple. I'm just glad I was able to meet Winter," Ignitus said warmly, looking Winter in her eyes, and as he smiled, she smiled back.

The three wondered what Ignitus could be thinking as he seemed happy, but they didn't know if this was the girl he was looking for, or if this was just to help her out for the day. The three yawned, as thinking right now was difficult for them, and as they yawned, so did the other two.

"I guess that means it time for bed," Ignitus said, laying his head down on his paws in front of him.

"Finally. But you know, now that Spyro has nothing to do, he's going to want to train with someone. Sooner or later he is going to come looking for us, and then we would have a real problem on our paws," Cyril said, remembering the last time they had to fight him, three on one.

"Don't worry about it," Ignitus suggested, watching Winter put her head down, "I will have Cynder keep him busy. And I know Spyro would rather kick Malefor a couple hundred times before coming to us. After all, he is a lot stronger."

"Yeah, I guess you're right," Cyril agreed, closing his eyes, and hoping that Malefor would be able to give Spyro the training he desired.

Terrador was the next to close his eyes, followed by Volteer, then Ignitus. Just as Winter went to close her eyes, she nuzzled the side of Ignitus's cheek, and laid her head next to his with a blush.

"What was that for?" Ignitus whispered, opening his eyes back up.

"You've been the biggest help. With the dark master deal, with the dark forces during the storm, and, even in the room. Sleeping alone once again, I thought I would have nightmares, and instead of leaving, you jumped up on the bed, and helped me through it... I don't know how to thank you," Winter whispered, as the feeling of the nuzzle was a huge help as well, even though Ignitus didn't do anything.

"That nuzzle was a pretty nice thank you," Ignitus whispered, blushing a little as well, as he couldn't lie, he did enjoy the nuzzle.

Winter giggled softly and slightly, as she whispered, "See you in the morning?"

Ignitus chuckled softly as he agreed, "See you in the morning."

Closing their eyes, snuggled up and happy, they all fell into a peaceful sleep, but with one thing on the Guardians, and Ignitus's minds: Who was the new dark master, and where could he or she be.

Shutting the door behind himself, Spyro stretched himself out, and said, "Finally, we made it. It feels like every single day is an adventure just to get back to our room. And now that Malefor is always going to be around, I always have to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid, or even turn."

"You still don't trust the dragon?" Cynder asked with a smile, watching Spyro walk up, and jump up onto the bed with her.

Laying down on her belly, and her paws in front of her, Spyro followed, doing the same. Draping his wing over her, and putting his tail over hers, he admitted, "No. But I at least trust him better then before. I was so close in the training room to killing him too, then you two walked in and I was like, 'Plan foiled'."

"Well, I for one, and I definitely know Carith is another; we are glad you didn't go through with your plan. And what was funny, was I actually believed you would kill him to. But I thought to myself, 'Spyro would never do such a thing, he knows what would happen'. And my theory was correct," Cynder whispered, snuggling her head underneath Spyro's with a smile.

"And... What would have happened?" Spyro asked, scared to know the answer, as he thought it was her leaving him, but he was completely surprised by what she said.

"You would've disappointed me," Cynder whispered, earning a chill from Spyro, "I know you would never do such a thing. You've proven me wrong time and time again. And this time, I didn't fall for it. I also knew you didn't kill him because you weren't giving me a sorry kiss."

"Well, I haven't given you a kiss that I promised since the afternoon. I know you've been dying to get that kiss from me," Spyro teased, seeing the blush and the smile on her face as she licked her lips from the memory.

Standing up, and standing above Spyro's body, he turned his body up to face her. She smiled at him as she whispered, "You've only kissed me a couple of times today, Spyro. I feel like it's time that I get to have myself the kiss I've been waiting for."

Spyro raised a brow with a smile, as he agreed, "Alright, fine. But..."

Quickly pulling his wings up, and onto Cynder's back, he rolled her over on her back, while the two shared a laugh with one another. With Spyro now on top, and Cynder on the bottom, he pulled his wings back up to his sides, and whispered, "You might be able to beat me in a fight, but I will always win in a fight of who gets to kiss who from on top."

Pulling her paw up and circling her claw around his chest, she whispered warmly to him with a blush, "Then why don't you show me why you kiss me while your on top. Depending on how well you do, it might even stay that way."

Spyro chuckled with a blush, and whispered, "Then I better do a good job then."

"You better," Cynder whispered with lust in her voice, and with a smile, she wrapped her arms around the back of Spyro's neck.

Flying in through the hole in the main doors of the house, Sparks flew over to Spyro and Cynder's room. Finally, I can get some sleep. But then again, I've been tried a lot... Then again, rain is so soothing. More soothing then hearing, Sparks's thoughts were cut, when he flew in the hole above the room he wanted to go, just to hear and see Spyro on top of Cynder, and the two kissing one another lovingly. Quickly turning his head away, he threw up in his mouth, as he thought, No way am I going to sleep in there. Flying over to Malefor and Carith's room, he flew into the hole above, just to see those two were doing the same thing: Malefor on top of Carith, and the two were kissing. Slapping his head and turning around, he flew out of the hole, and thought, I've never been so disgusted in my life! Where else can I sleep? There's no... Wait... Having an idea, he flew over to the forest room. Flying up and in the hole above the door, he looked around to see it was peaceful, and the waterfall made it even better with its sound. Laying down on the floor near the Water fall, Sparks stretched his body, and as he closed his eyes, he thought, Might as well get comfortable. Those two... Those four, and there kissing habits are terrible. At least I don't have to worry about that with the Guardians. Glad that he at least didn't have to worry about seeing something like that with the Guardians, he fell asleep with a small smile, still somewhat sad that he won't spend some time with his brother before he fell asleep.

Pulling away from his kiss, Malefor smiled down on Carith as he said, "Sorry, I know it definitely was not as good as any other kiss that I've given you. That kiss I gave you before was just being I was excited to see that... Even after everything that has happened, I was able to see Ignitus try and get a girlfriend... I never knew I would see the day... I never knew I would see it with you."

Putting her paw on the side of his face, which he rested his head on, she whispered to make him feel better, "Don't worry about what happened. Everything from the past that the dark master did will slowly heal over time. I feel bad that she lost her lover, but, the way she acted towards Ignitus, the way they acted to one another, maybe it was a good thing, as they found one another."

"Maybe. I mean, she did seem loving to him. I could be wrong, but in the off chance I'm right, this will have been a very good day indeed for everyone. Well, aside from the fact that I told Spyro to fake kill me and scare you both," Malefor whispered, sadden by that fact that he made Carith shed a tear once again during that prank.

"You didn't die, so don't worry about a thing. And, I was actually more looking to the bright side of things once you were back from that prank. It made me think that, Spyro could've killed you, and yet, instead of doing so, he spared you. Maybe Spyro is growing more of a friendship with you then we thought."

"That, or, Spyro is doing the whole, 'Keep your lover close, but keep your enemies closer'. Which I wouldn't blame him for, because it's still better then being killed. But it makes me shiver, as I think that, if I make a mistake, I would have to pay for it with my life."

"You still believe Spyro would kill you?"

"No, not as much as before. Especially after we talked about the leash that you two had on use. If I killed him, you would leave me. If he killed me, Cynder would either leave him, or get disappointed for his actions. Which I know both would stab him harder then he would with his tail blade against my heart."

Getting off of Carith, he laid down beside her, and as she rolled back over and snuggled up to his side, he draped his wing over her, while she wrapped her tail around his. Nuzzling their cheeks together with one another, they laid their heads down right next to each other as they closed their eyes.

"Well, for what it's worth, I have faith in Spyro. If you still fear that he will kill you, I will just tell him that everyday he doesn't kill you, I will put in a good word for him for Cynder. He knows that Cynder would be kissing him night and day if I kept saying how well he was doing," Carith suggested, feeling as if the plan was the best one she's had yet.

Malefor chuckled as he agreed, "That definitely would do it. But I have faith in Spyro, so let's hope my faith doesn't get thrown down to the ground. Your idea would help, but lets save that for when ever he is mad at me or something, just to cool him off, not that that would ever happen, I hope."

"I hope so as well, but I will still sleep well knowing you will be fine. Goodnight my love, I'll see you in the morning. But hopefully this time you won't leave me because Spyro said so. Leaving your girlfriend in the room all by herself," Carith joked.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I will make sure Spyro never does something like that ever again. After all, I am supposed to be protecting you... So maybe fighting Spyro some more would be good to help me get stronger, but not without you there...! But, anyway, goodnight to you as well my love," Malefor whispered, wishing that he had the power Spyro had, but the sight it gives off is something he doesn't want.

Carith fell peacefully into sleep, but Malefor wondered how he would be able to protect her if anything were to happen. I will leave tomorrow's problems to tomorrow, Malefor thought before falling asleep.

Pulling away from the kiss, Spyro put his forehead on Cynder's, and apologized, "I'm sorry, Cynder. I wanted to give you that special kiss, but I didn't really know how to. I love you so much, and I can't even give you the kiss you desire."

Cynder giggled at his attitude, "Spyro, it's okay. As much as I wanted the kiss, I would trade that any day for this right here; Me and you, kissing in the moon light, with one another. I never even thought I would kiss a dragon, let alone be protected so well by one."

Spyro chuckled with a warm smile as he whispered, "I guess when I see someone who's so perfect, I try my best to be the first one to be her lover. And I was lucky enough to get to her fast enough... You're right, you're always so right... The way you described it, me and you, kissing in the moon light, it was worth the pain I had to go through."

"I'm, Sorry for causing you most of your pain."

"It was never you, Cynder, I promise... I was just so sacred at the end, being so weak, knowing that I wouldn't be able to protect you, even after everything, I still couldn't grab the strength to protect you... And I still hate myself for that."

Pulling his head up, and looking into her eyes, she smiled as she whispered, "You grabbed the strength to save me from the darkness, to save me from that Mountain, the destroyer, Malefor. There is so much you did to save me, and you think I'm disappointed because you broke your bones to protect me. Does someone want another kiss to see how wrong they are?"

Spyro sighed with a warm smile, as he whispered, "Please."

Kissing one another lovingly once again was the best feeling, especially since he still felt bad about it, it felt good to still be kissed by his lover. Pulling his lips away, slowly, Cynder shivered, looking at his handsome face.

"You know, you were pretty muscular out there. Maybe if you weren't in that dark form, you probably would've lost," Cynder whispered, seeing Spyro raise a brow, she explained with a slight blush, "Seeing you with those muscles, and that body, and your face... Oh, that was such a heartwarming sight. If you didn't have that aura around you, and you looked purple still, you better believe I would've been on those lips in a heartbeat."

Spyro chuckled with a small blush, and asked, "So, you're telling me, if I found a way to be that powerful, just with out that dark aura and voice, I would probably be the one that wouldn't be able to feel his legs in the morning."

Putting her wings on his back, she flipped him over this time, and as he laid on his back, he saw the lust in Cynder's eyes. Pulling her head down to his lips, she whispered with her warm breath, "You wouldn't be able to feel any part of your body after my kiss. Seeing that kind of body, that handsome face, that soothing voice... You wouldn't leave the room."

Spyro blushed at her words, wondering why she was acting so loving. But he had to admit, he liked Cynder this way as well. Seeing his blush, and bringing the words back in her mind, she blushed as well. Getting off of Spyro, she apologized, "Sorry, I went a little over board."

Laying down on her belly, she laid her paws out in front of her, and laid her head down on them. Rolling back on his belly, he stood up and walked over to his lover. Laying down next to her, he draped his wing over her, and whispered, "What are you sorry for Cynder? It's okay to be this open with me. We are lover's, we are lover's, Remember? Are you scared that saying something like this will make me leave you? You know I would never, right?"

Looking at Spyro, she let a small smile form, as she decided to tell him, "You're right. Now... now that we are lover's, even before, I am so afraid that saying something like that would make you hate me, or you would feel disgusted... Now that I'm able to tell you, what do you really think when I say something like that?"

Spyro chuckled with a smile as he flirted with her, "I think that I need to hurry myself up and get that kiss that you're talking about."

Cynder had a smile with a slight blush, glad to see his words were just as she was hoping they would be. Snuggling her head underneath Spyro's, she laid her head down on his paws, with her head against his chest to hear his heart beat. Closing her eyes, she thought to herself, Being Spyro's lover... Greatest decision I've ever made in my entire life. And it gets me wondering... does that mean, if I ask Spyro to marry me, or... have... Hatchlings with me, would he say yes? Laying his head down on Cynder's, and closing his eyes, he whispered, "Goodnight Cynder."

Breaking from her thoughts, she whispered back, "Goodnight Spyro."

With their last words for the night, the two fell asleep with one another, happily in love. But Cynder still wondered, even in her sleep, I kinda hope he does go for that form that I'm thinking about... he would look so handsome, and as if he didn't already. But I also wonder, if he kisses this good now, how good would his lips feel if he kissed like that? But I shouldn't force it. I would rather stay in love with Spyro forever then lose him because of his training to get to something like that.

Slowly opening her eyes and moaning from the sounds of the Guardians snoring, Winter pulled her head up and looked behind herself to see outside the window. The moonlight shined down and into the room, making it seem almost like a dream. Looking back around and over at Ignitus, she wondered what she would do next, I have his trust, everyone trust me. So, does that mean I should take advantage of this fact and kill him off? I thought taking a nap would help me with my option but... The more I am with him, the harder it is for me to decide... Does that mean I should kill him before I get to attached, or... should I get attached? Carefully and slowly, She moved herself from out of his wing, and crawled off the bed. Shivering, she didn't understand why, but she felt terrible in having to move. Standing above his body, she watched as he slept with a smile, and she wondered, Is he smiling because I was with him, or because he's just having a good dream... I smiled when I was with him... Does that mean... I should be, with him?

Thinking about what she should do, she pulled her paw up, and wondered if she would kill Ignitus or not, as most of her said not to, while the other half said she should.

"Claire! Claire, can you hear me?!" A voice called from in her head."What? Um, yes, I can hear you. Is that you dark master... I haven't gotten your name yet?" Winter asked. "Who else could it possible be? You don't know anyone else! And don't worry about my name. Now, getting back on subject, did you kill the Guardians. I can see you looking at your paw, but I don't see you killing them!"

"I don't know if I can. Seeing him, and how he protected me, during the rain, against the dark creatures, it just brought back my... my dead lover. Ignitus is like him in many ways, and in same ways, better," Winter admitted to herself, knowing what she would do. "Cry me a Damn river! Your lover is dead! Do you want to go through that again? No! Killing him will prevent anything from ever happening again, trust me," Flint snarled, causing Winter to clench her first in rage. "I don't want to go through loss again, but I do want to go through love again!" Winter cried. "All because you're pretty doesn't mean he will love you. You don't love him, you love your old lover. You only love him, because he brings back memories of your old lover. Stop being blinded by that fact!" Flint commanded, wishing he wouldn't have to have this conversation. "No! Ignitus is more then that! My lover dead because he tried to protect me, he died, because he wanted to show how great he was... And I already knew that, and in the end, it got him killed... Ignitus wouldn't make the mistake if he was my lover, would he?" Winter questioned, wondering if the same thing would happen again in time. "Stop acting like he is your lover! He doesn't care about you, and he doesn't love you! Same with you! You care about him because of your old lover, end of story! You don't know a thing about him, and all because he helped you in the rain, with Malefor, and in that room, that doesn't mean a damn thing! And... And... Ugh! It's so hard to talk with all this Damn snoring! It's Ignitus that is snoring the loudest, so here, let me help you with your kill..." Flint growled.

Pulling Winter paw up, she made her blow ice over Ignitus's mouth and nose to prevent him from breathing. Forming an ice shard in her paw, Flint continued, "Now, finish the job. With the ice over his mouth, no one will hear his scream when he dies. Now, it's either you kill him, or i will kill the both of you! Do it! Now!"

"No!" Winter yelled, crushing the ice shard in her paws. Ignitus started to feel his air depleting. Quickly throwing open his eyes, be put his paw on his mouth and burned off the ice. The ice broke and water dripped to the floor as he gasped for air. Breathing heavily from the air he lost, he looked over to see Winter with her eyes clenched shut, and her body trembling, as if she was fighting something.

"I have control over your body, Claire. No matter what you do, I will still be able to kill Ignitus! The cycle continues, and I will kill your lover! Just like before, and you need to accept that fact!" Flint growled in her head, "I'm going to enjoy watching the other Guardians cry over his death, especially Spy..." Feeling a wing drape over her back, she threw open her eyes, breathing heavily, as it seemed she was now in control. Looking at her paws, she opened them, and closed them, seeing she was now back in control. H...How? Winter thought, looking up at Ignitus. He looked concerned as he asked, "Are you okay, Winter? You seem scared of..."

Quickly wrapping her arms around the back of his neck, she nuzzled her head underneath his as she let tears drip down her eyes. Looking at the other Guardians, he didn't want them to know what was happening. So, pulling up his fingers, he snapped them, muting out all the sound, except for his and her voice. Pulling her head back, she looked around, and asked, "What... what happened?"

"It's okay, Winter. I just made sure that only me and you are heard. If there is anything you want to tell me, you can. With all the sound muted out, it's just my voice, and yours. So what's bothering you?" Ignitus asked, hoping that he would be able to figure out what has happened while he slept.

She didn't know how to tell him the truth. On the off chance she did say anything, she knew she would've either been killed, or banished forever for attempted murder on the Guardians. Shaking her head slightly with a frown, she tried to cover what happened up, "I just, I woke up and started thinking about what happened to my lover again... I can never get past what happened, I don't think I ever will."

"That's not such a bad thing, Winter," Ignitus admitted with a smile, seeing Winter look at him with wide eyes, "It's good that you think about him. It shows how much you loved him, and that, even though he's gone, you'd never let go of him. If you do think of your lover, don't think about what you missed, think about what you did with one another. Laughing, smiling, cuddling, and all the adventures you had."

Some of his words made her feel better about what happened, but another part of her felt terrible about having to see good from what happened to her lover. We did do all of that, every night and day. And now we can't even talk to one another anymore. Some dragons that I have spoken to told me to move on, to keep the memories, and find someone just like him... But how? How is it so easy for someone to tell me to move on, if they haven't lost someone they loved?! Winter growled in her thoughts, clenching her body from the thoughts, and the tears she shed back then. Feeling her body tense, he apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that. I was trying to help you, and it was inappropriate to bring back those memories to you."

Damn it, I don't understand. I can't even find out where her past is. I've looked through every single book on a dragoness that has the name Winter, and I can't even find her in any book. It would be some much easier if I could just figure out what happened; The complete story of what happened, Ignitus thought, still looking through his thoughts to find someone with the same description as Winter.

"No, it's not you. It's... It's just me remembering the times that some dragons told me to move on, while others told me to never do what they tell me to do. I can't tell what would be best for me. My life has always been twist and turns," Winter murmured, taking her arms off his neck, and putting them back to the ground, she looked down at the ground with a sigh.

Pulling his head down, he whispered to her, "So, why don't I help you in making your life become a straight line once again?"

Looking over at him, she wondered what he meant. He smiled with a slight chuckle and a blush as he explained, "I mean, you said some dragons tell you one thing or another, but what do you think? Is love something you're missing? Is someone you love, and feeling their embrace something you're missing? If so, then do what you think is right to get what you want. You can still remember your lover no matter what, but I'm not the one to choose what you do. I will support you in any decision that you feel will turn your life around."

Seeing his smile, listing to his words and feeling his wing over her, she thought to herself, Is he right? Is love something I'm missing? That dark master told me to kill the Guardians, but do I have to? Why didn't I realise this before?! Is it because... my memories of my lover are holding me back? But what do I do now? I finally realised it, but after I tried to hurt the one... The one that... that I do care about.

"Oh, and, Winter. Not to bring up if something bad happened, but when I woke up, my mouth was iced over by some ice," Ignitus said, earning a drip of sweat from Winter, wondering if he would figure out what she was up to, "It's either Cyril was playing a prank on me, or, you iced over my mouth. Was it you?"

What do I say, I have nothing to counter that question! But I can't back out now, not when I'm close to realising something I should've a long time ago! What should I say?! What do I do?! Winter thought, scaring herself as she admitted to herself that she really does have feeling towards Ignitus. What would everyone else do? What would they do?! When a bad situation, they always seemed like they tried to make light of the situation. They try to smile and laugh, instead of feeling bad about something so small, Winter thought, knowing she wouldn't be able to think any longer, as she knew Ignitus would grow suspicious.

"Well, now that you say it, when I woke up, I saw Cyril laying back down in his bed after doing something. It looked like a cool breath of ice escaped his mouth as he laid down," Winter said, looking over at Cyril, "And he's even smiling, which means he must have done something."

Ignitus grumbled with a small smile, as he said, "Alright, I will remember that. He was probably testing to see if I was asleep for real this time. To be honest, I actually slept good. I haven't done something like that on a long time. Now I'm afraid to sleep, as that prank he pulled actually almost killed me."

Winter felt awful for making the dark master take control over her body, and she felt awful for hurting Ignitus in anyway, especially after everything he has done for her in a day. Not wanting to really get Cyril into any trouble, she looked back at Ignitus, and asked him, "Well, is it okay for now that you let it slide? I promise he won't ever do something like that again."

"Alright, Alright, but only this one time. If he tries that again, I will be sure to make him pay for it," Ignitus declared, but it still got him wondering why Cyril would try something like that.

I should ask Cyril and see why he would try something like that. If he did that to Terrador, he surely would've died, and he knows that. Did he really do this just to see if I was asleep, or was it Winter? I guess I could always just look back through the books of what happened, but I should check with Cyril first, Ignitus thought, wondering what really happened while he was asleep. Stretching out his body, he said, "Well, I guess there isn't much I can do about it now. I slept well with you by my side."

Pulling up his paw, and snapping his fingers, he brought the sound back, as well as the slight snoring from the Guardians. Taking his wing off her to get on the bed, she trembled as her body tensed, and she felt the darkness quickly trying to take her body back over. Winter quickly turned around, and asked, "Ignitus... your wing...?"

She blushed a little, but the feeling of her body being controlled was terrifying to her. Ignitus looked to see she was shaking for some reason, putting his wing back over her, he asked in a whisper, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, yeah... it's... That feeling came back from before of being... alone," Winter murmured, feeling her body was once again back under her control.

How is he able to protect me from the darkness? When his wing is over me, when I'm with him, the darkness can't take control of my mind... Winter thought to herself, but thinking of that made her want to stay with him even more. Feeling the safety from him, she couldn't help but snuggle up to the side of his body. The two blushed, but they tried not to say anything about it. Moving with Ignitus, Winter laid down with him, both laid on their belly with their paws out in front of them. Laying her head down, she closed her eyes, but Ignitus looked down with a blush, and asked with embarrassment, "Um... Winter... is... is it okay if you... place your head on my paws."

Winter's eyes shot opened, as she picked up her head and looked at him. Ignitus's blush only got bigger as he thought, Thank the Ancestors my scales are red. Trying to ignore his blush, as well as how she reacted, he explained, "Well, you... You looked scared and... I just want you... to feel safe."

She didn't want to decline and make him feel bad, and miss a chance that she thought was given to her by the Ancestors. Laying her head down over his paws, she closed her eyes once again with a small smile. But the smile got even bigger, as she felt Ignitus's head lay on hers. Closing his eyes, he smiled, knowing he was able to help Winter out. A small tear fell out of her eyes as she smiled. I miss this... Winter thought, before falling back into a peaceful sleep with Ignitus once again.