Perils Of War TLOS (Book 2)

Chapter Eighteen

Spyro woke to a familiar voice in the hall. He carefully got up without waking Cynder, and stepped out the room. Michael was talking to Camry and Layla about their trip.

"Your back!" Spyro said to him

"Yeah, I heard about the events, you two killed two dark masters! Together! I didn't think you had it in you." Michael replied

"So that means that there are only five left" Spyro stated

"Four, I found one while we were gone" Michael told him

"So, about the king..." Spyro started

"I already... dealt the situation, if the king bothers you or anybody else you know, he will not like the consequences." Michael told him "I was thinking about sending Fletcher to him in a tiny box"

Spyro looked up at him "Did you?"

"No, I set him and his guards free, he's probably crying to daddy as we speak." Michael replied

"Especially after the beating Cynder gave them" Mary cut in, walking out of her room.

"I can't believe he had the gall to demand their eggs" Jake said, walking out after her.

Michael snorted "He seems to have forgotten the order of power here, but I reminded him"

Spyro looked out the window, the celebration had already started, people were dancing and throwing flowers, the music could be heard all the way up to their windows.

"I can't believe it's already been a year" He stated

Michael looked over to him "To me, they go by faster than seconds go by to you, so I can believe it"

A pink dragon walked into the hall.

"Good, most of you are up, wake the rest. We need to get ready" She ordered

Michael raised his eyebrows "You wake up Trice, and see if you can leave without losing all of your limbs."

The dragon sighed, and walked into a room. There was a small explosion, and the pink dragon rushed out. She was blackened, and a few whisps of smoke rose from her decorative armor.

"There" She huffed "Now wake the rest"

Spyro laughed, then went back into his room. Cynder had amazingly slept through the explosion. He walked up to her and nuzzled her snout. She slowly opened her eyes and groaned.

"Time to get yelled at?" She asked

"They better not, or I will toast them" He smiled at her

Cynder got up and stretched, she yawned and smiled at him. They put on their newly polished armor, and stepped outside. They narrowly avoided a collision with Camry and Layla as they stepped back out into the hall. They said their hellos but were quickly brought out to their places. They put all the people that were going to be on floats in the same room. There were a few cheetahs, and a lot of moles. But Michael, Trice, Flame, Ember, and the guardians were also there. Spyro greeted the guardians and they chatted for a while. Cynder was nervous, she was trying to mentally prepare herself to be hated. After a while they were led out into a secure area filled with floats. Spyro and Cydner were led to a purple and black float, and were instructed to 'Stand and look pretty.' Once everybody was in their positions, the floats started gliding out of the square they were kept in. They passed under a bridge and through a curtain of streamers. A deafening roar exploded from the crowd as they came into view. Spyro and Cynder's float led the rest, and the crowd cheered as they passed. Confetti of all colors rained down from the sky. Cynder spotted a few scowls pointed at her from various species, but she ignored them and focused on the happier parts of the crowd. She blushed when she spotted a group of dragons that had painted themselves black and had the same chokers and bracelets. One of them caught her eye, and shouted her name. Spyro nudged Cynder, and she looked at where he motioned to see a few moles had collaborated to hoist a massive banner on the sides of their homes. One half was purple and had a drawing of Spyro and his name, while the other half was the same but for Cynder. Cynder glanced back to the float behind them and laughed at the stoic look on Michael's face. He was standing straight up, looking out at the crowd. The float that Trice and Michael was on had been covered in pink and blue petals. Cynder noticed that the float was shaped like a fortress. She laughed in amusement when the mini cannons fired, launching confetti out into the crowd. Cynder heard her name, and turned to find its source, she was surprised to find a group of black dragons, she watched them as the float approached. All of these dragons were like her, and they came to see her. Cynder watched proudly as the black dragons cheered her on. Spyro looked over at them and she noticed his eyes flash a little bit. Cynder froze when she saw a group clustered together. They were all staring at her, furious expressions on her faces. Spyro felt Cynder freeze and looked over at the group, then nuzzled her. This public display made her blush heavily, but she reciprocated his actions, rubbing him back. She glanced back to the group as they passed, and smirked at the look of bafflement that crossed their faces. Spyro gave them a look as they passed, but they ignored it and started cheering as Ember and Flame's float approached. The floats had been brought all the way around the city. They passed by tens of thousands of cheering dragons, moles, wolves, and cheetahs. Eventually they came to a stop in the main square, and everyone was guided out of the floats and onto a special area that they could watch the rest of the celebrations from. Cynder smiled at Jasper and Samantha as she sat next to them, then to Spyro as he joined her.