Perils Of War TLOS (Book 2)

Chapter Twenty

Spyro grabbed Cynder, and kissed her. The white pedals fell around them. Lumi stepped out of the house for a second, and smiled at the sight before him, before Amber called him back into the house. Michael smiled as Flame and Ember ran out of their house, laughing and smiling. Michael called a few musicians and started a party. Cynder grabbed Spyro and started dancing, Spyro moved with his mate but kept glancing over to Michael. He was huddled with Trice, they were speaking with hushed, worried expressions. Cynder fallowed his glances, and looked back to him.

"Ignore them, they're preparing for what's to come. We don't have to worry about that yet, just enjoy the moment, honey." She told him

Spyro looked down at her, he was surprised by the pet name, but smiled nonetheless. The white pedals continued to fall through the night. After a while, Cynder couldn't dance anymore, so they walked to the edge of the square. Spyro noticed that Michael and Trice had disappeared, but he knew that Michael would explain everything later. They joined Ember and Flame next to their house, they were watching the party, laughing.

"So, we won?" Flame asked Spyro when he approached

"Yeah, the final assault was this morning" Spyro answered

"Thank god this is finally over." Ember sighed in relief

"Over?" Aura appeared behind them "Out of the pan, and into the fire"

She chuckled ominously and joined the party.

"What did she mean by that?" Ember asked

"Michael mentioned something about hunting down a void dragon" Cynder spoke

Flame and Ember looked confused, but shrugged it off.

"Another adventure it is" Flame said

"If he's as hard to find as Michael says he is, we might be gone for a long time." Spyro replied

Ember grabbed Flame's tail with hers "Then we should enjoy the party."

The two watched them go, then laughed a little. They walked back to their house to grab a quick meal, but were interrupted by a sky-blue snout poking out the door.

"Hey Samantha" Cynder called

She opened the door and greeted them.

"No more war, finally" she mumbled "I didn't want them hatching in all of it."

Spyro nodded, understanding, then looked into the house.

"What are you doing watching? Why don't you join in?"

"I can't bring myself to leave right now, Jasper's on the eggs but my instincts won't let me do anything right now, at least until the younglings are more developed." She answered

Spyro was about to say something, but Samantha looked back into the house, then said a quick goodbye and shut the door. Spyro gave an amused look to Cynder, who gave it back. They went into their house and Spyro sent Cynder to sit at the table, after a couple minutes he came out of the kitchen with their meals. They were halfway through their meal when Camry popped his head through the door and looked over at them.

"Hey! Why aren't you at the party?" He yelled

"We were, but we needed to take a break" Spyro called back

"Oh" Camry yelled with a smile

Spyro took the bait "Is there something you want?"

He smiled more "Maybe you should show up to our mating ceremony"

Cynder fell over, coughing. Spyro helped her up and laughed at him.

"You know, I think I'll pass" He called back