Just A Nightmare (Spyro/Cynder)

Unflinching Gaze

AUTHORS NOTE!!!!
First of all, I want to apologise.
I've taken a long time to do this chapter and I'm deeply sorry about it. I'm hoping this chapter will make up for it though.

Also! You might notice a slight change in my writing style. I write the first part of this a long time ago and the part after the 'SsSsSs' line is new writing of mine. I think I write that better than the rest of my writing. It's my new writing so it should be better.
Anyway. Enjoy!

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Cynder awoke from the sounds of screams. This time though, it wasn't her own. She felt Spyro stir beside her, also awoken from the screams.

He had leaped to his feet quickly in a panic, looking at Cynder, "Was that you? Are you ok?" He asked, already checking her over, but Cynder could see the confusion flaring in his eyes.

She quickly stood up and shook her head, "No it wasn't. I heard the screams as well." They both turned to gaze at the door.

No words had to be shared. They both jumped off the bed and made their way to the door. As they opened it, They saw one of the guardians, Cyril, run down the hallway. They both followed him, obviously he had heard the screams as well.

They ran through the hallways, until they nearly ran face-first into Volteer.

"What's happened?" Cyril asked Quickly.

Volteer didn't reply, but flicked his tail and turned around, a sign for them to follow.

They followed Volteer down the hallway, until they heard weeping and saw Terradore, his head bent down towards a smaller blue dragon who was curled up into a little ball on the floor.

Cynder moved past Cyril - who had stopped dead in his tracks when they saw them - to get a better look at the scene before them. Cynder saw that the little dragon, who was curled up in a little ball, was Una.

Una had her head buried into herself, blocking her face from being seen from the other dragons around her. Around her were shards of a antique sprawled on the floor.

No one said anything, too stunned to do so it seemed. Suddenly footsteps were heard from behind Terradore. Cynder looked up to see Una's sister, Coral, running down the hallway towards them. When Una was in her sight, her eyes went wide. She rushed towards her, laid down and curled her into her side, making shushing noises to calm the young dragonet.

"What happened?" Cyril asked, again, breaking the silence.

Terradore looked up to meet his gaze, "I don't know. I heard the screams and found her here. I believe that woke you all up as well."

Coral was gently prodding Una with her snout, and slowly Una had unfolded herself from her ball to stare into her big sisters eyes. Una then nuzzled her sister, burying her face into Coral's own.

"What happened little sister?" Coral asked, voice full of concern and worry.

Una looked up once again, and gazed into Corals eyes, then turned to look at everyone else.

Her gaze finally reached Cynder's, and her gaze seemed to linger on her longer than anyone else.

Finally, she had dropped her gaze to the floor. She took a few big breaths to calm herself down before she started to speak, "Someone was here." She answered, her voice gone very high pitched than what she usually sounded like.

The guardians exchanged looks, until Terradore looked down towards her and spoke, "Do you know who was here Una? Tell us what happened."