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Spyro woke up to a lot of pain and Cynder cuddling up against him. He winced as he tried to move a little. Spyro's movement woke Cynder up, she got up and checked on his wounds, After applying some more herbs, she looked back at him.

"Feels better?" She asked

"Much better, thank you" He kissed her, making her blush.

Michael walked into the room, he had taken off his armor and washed off the blood.

"Its time to move you to your own bed" he said to Spyro

"Alright, give me a second" Spyro started to get up

"Nope, you sit back. I'm going to teleport us directly to your bedroom" He stopped Spyro from getting up.

With a purely theatrical snap, Michael teleported the three of them to Spyro and Cynder's bedroom.

"You need time for your muscles to repair, so just relax and enjoy some peace. I feel you haven't had much of that since before you defeated Malefor" Michael told Spyro "So stay in bed for the next three days. Cynder, make sure he doesn't move"

"Will do" Cynder replied, looking forward to taking care of him after he had spent so much time taking care of her

Michael snapped again, and vanished. A few hours later, Flame and Ember visited to check in on Spyro. He used that time to tell the others about his adventure to the magicarium. After catching them up, he laid back and settled into a better position.

"So, this 'Dark Authority' corrupted Malefor, just so he would kill your parents, and now they are about to wage a war on everybody. Also, their going to do this with cursed armies and an unknown number of corrupted creatures" Ember summed it up

"Basically yes" Spyro answered "But don't worry, the Dark Authority won't attack just yet. They are still biding their time, preparing"

After some more talking, Cynder shooed Ember and Flame out when she sensed that Spyro was getting tired. Then she fed him some food that she had scrounged from the cabinets.

"I'm going to go to the market district and buy some supplies, we only had the few days supply Michael gave us when we moved in but that ran out" Cynder told Spyro

"Okay, don't be gone long, I love you" Spyro responded, kissing Cynder

After she left, Spyro closed his eyes and fell asleep. Cynder flew to the market district and began looking through the wares. She stopped and looked up as the stall owner started making worried glances at the black dragoness. Then another customer walked in and looked over at Cynder, then started a hushed conversation with the owner, sneaking glances at her every once in a while. She paid for her items and rushed out of the stall. Then she walked into a spice shop, and picked out a few she thought were interesting. Then, weighted down by supplies, Cynder flew home. When she got home, she checked in with Spyro, to find him asleep. Smiling, she let him remain peacefully asleep.

A couple of days later, Spyro's wounds had healed, and he was back and active again. In the fortress, Michael was training Spyro to use his new sword. During their break, Michael had been updating Spyro about the current events going on for the group.

"I received a message from your aunt, Mary, this morning. She said that she was finally able to get her kids ready to travel here, and is on her way. She should be here in a day or so, with her mate and three kids. She must have been really wanting to see her if she was able to scrape together her family and rush here so soon" Michael told Spyro

"I can't wait to see her" Spyro replied, looking excited.

"She seemed excited when I told her about you" Michael added "Now let's return to your training."

The two dragons squared off, swords in their jaws. Spyro whipped forward and sliced toward Michael's shoulder, but he blocked and swiped down with his claw, forcing Spyro back. Then Michael lunged forward and slammed his blade down, cracking the stone and sending a shockwave that forced spyro to dig his claws in.

"How did you do that" Spyro asked, panting

"These swards are made with ethereal gold, the strongest material to ever exist. This metal can conduct elemental power. All you need to do is charge the sword and it will relay the charge." Michael explained, then with a breath, the sword burst into flames.

Spyro practiced some elemental moves with his sword for the rest of the session. Eventually he mastered the flame, wind and earth moves, but was having difficulty figuring out the ice and electricity moves. Cynder, with unfortunate timing, landed right next to Spyro's target when he threw a lightning blast. Surprised, she ducked as the dummy next to her exploded violently with an electrical blast. Spyro rushed forward and looked her over

"Ohmygoshimsosorryididin'tseeyouareyouokay?" Spyo rambled, brushing the dust and straw off of her

"Im fine, just got buzzed a little. That was pretty hot though, what you did with that flip" Cynder answered

Blushing, Spyro leaned forward and kissed Cynder

"Do you want to try your elements?" He asked her

"Is that possible?" She looked as the dummy repairs itself and returns to its original position.

"My sword can conduct any element" He answered, handing it to her.

Carefully, she picked it up. The sword looked slightly big for her but she held it with ease. Then, trying the same flip Spyro did, and launched a powerful poison ball toward the dummy. Cracking in half, the dummy fell over, sizzling with the corrosive poison.

"That was fun!" Cynder remarked handing the sword back to Spyro

"We should get Michael to make you one of these" Spyro said, looking at the intricate designs on his sword.

"That would be nice" she answered

They flew back to their house, took a quick bath, and started walking around the market district. Looking at some of the wares the couple walked past dozens of shops and stall, ignoring the whispers and looks from all the others. They bought a few things, but were mainly walking around just to be together. While walking through an alley, the couple spotted Michael inspecting some raw gemstones. They walked up to him and watched him for a moment.

"Hey Michael, what you doing?" Spyro asked

"Just restocking my gemstone collection for the forge" Michael answered, looking through an eyeglass at an onyx stone.

"Oh, I wanted to ask you, could you possibly make me a sword? One that matches my armor maybe?" Cynder asked Michael

"Of course, lets go to the forge when I'm done here" He answered

Spyro and Cynder waited while Michael inspected and bought many gemstones, including a small bag of onyx stones. Then the three of them flew to the forge, Spyro gasped as he entered the forge, watching as a dozen or so weapon smiths hammered away at their projects. They entered Michael's personal station, and Michael looked into a pile of casts. After a moment he pulled one out and showed it to Cynder, she nodded and Michael set the cast into its place and pulled the rope. Molten metal poured out and into the cast. After a few minutes, the metal solidified. Still searing, Michael picked up the sword and hammered out the aberrations, similar to how he made Flame's. Then he used his magic to carve a pattern matching Cynder's armor into the handle and base. He showed the blade to Cynder again, she nodded excitedly, amazed at the intricate designs. Then Michael dipped the blade into the barrel of oil. While it was sizzling, Michael walked over to a different station and started cutting the onyx stones. Using levitation, he lifted each stone and buffed each stone until it glittered like a star. Then Michael pulled the sword out of the barrel and sharpened the blade. After setting the stones and gluing the grip, he handed the finished sword over to Cynder, who took it and studied it carefully.

"This is beautiful, thank you so much" Cynder said, admiring the beautiful design.

"It was my pleasure, I remember making one for your mother, this design is nearly an exact copy of hers" Michael explained "I knew you would be drawn to that mold, and the design. It's been a symbol of your mother's family for years."

"It has?" Cynder asked, looking up from the sword.

"Yes, after your grandmother left her egg with me, I went to my genetic index library and looked up her family history. I found a long line of black dragonesses leading back several hundred thousand years, and several dimensions." Michael answered

"What was in the line?"

"I found that your line originated in a dimension very far from here. But when they moved here, they settled a planet for themselves. This planet was frequently subjugated to attacks by evil entities, so I stepped in and cleared any trace of evil off of any planet anywhere near it. Later on, your home planet became a haven for unusual types of dragons. But eventually other dragons began to move in in groups, then many of the unusual dragons were made fun of and attacked because of how they were born. Your family owned the planet and still do now, but they moved to a secluded part of It and cut off any contact to the rest of the dragons. When your grandmother was your age, she fell in love with a very dark blue dragon. Her love had some black dragons in his line but wasn't treated as one, so your grandmother's family wouldn't let him move with her to the new village. So, she moved here with her new mate, but she moved to a smaller city, which was a bad idea. She was under near constant attack and so was her mate. When word got out of her pregnancy, a group of radical dragons attacked her home and destroyed it. Your grandfather was killed helping her to escape. After she left the egg with me, I tracked her all the way back to her home planet. She dropped of the map after that, so I assume she made it back to her family. I also assume that her family won't let her leave."

"Should we go find her" Cynder asked

"I've tried, but I worry you will only be met with hostility, and I doubt Spyro would let you go alone" Michael answered

They left the forge and flew home, as they approached the square, they noticed Flame and Cynder talking to two adult dragons, three children running around the square, playing.

"They got here so fast" Michael exclaimed as they landed

Spyro, realizing that the female red dragon was his aunt, Mary

"Hi" he said, walking up to her

"Hi Spyro, my god, you look just like your father, just purple" Mary responded smiling "My name is Mary, this is my mate Jake, and those are my kids running around, Storm, Ray, and Sammy"

"Hello" Spyro said to Jake, then called Cynder over "This is my girlfriend, Cynder"

"Cynder, like Silver's daughter Cynder?" Jake asked, eyes wide

"Yep, that's me" Cynder answered, blushing a little

"Who would have thought" Jake replied, chuckling.

Storm ran over to Spyro, the little dragon looked up at him.

"Are you Spyro" She asked him "The Hero?"

"Yes, I am, and you must be Storm"

She giggled and Ray ran up to her and tagged her. Giggling, she ran after him

"The Hero huh" Cynder responded, bumping Spyro

"Don't think yourself so badly, you're a hero too" Mary told her.

Blushing, Cynder motioned towards her house.

"Should we go inside?" She asked

"Let's" Mary answered.

After Mary gathered her children and forced them inside, the family settled down in the dining room. Suddenly, Michael walked out of the kitchen with a large meal levitating behind him, as everybody settled down Michael caught them up on what happened to Spyro and Cynder in Genrir. He kept out the bad parts because of the kids, but he did get the jist of it across.

"So, then they woke you up, and you brought them here?" Mary asked

"This is possibly the safest place someone can be" Michael answered

"You're not wrong" She responded.

After they finished their meal, Mary and Jake settled their kids into bed. Spyro caught Cynder watching them and she blushed. Mary walked out of the spare bedroom.

"They got tuckered out by the trip. We were thinking that we should stay here for a while and get to know you better. If that's okay with you of course" Mary whispered as Jake sneaked out, closing the door.

"of course, stay as long as you liked" Spyro whispered back

The two parents looked exhausted, so Spyro showed them to their room and said goodnight. Spyro found Cynder sitting her office, Rose's old one. She was looking at a photo book of both their parents. The book must have been newer because looked as if it had never been opened

"I wish we could meet them" She whispered, flipping to the next page.

"Me too, we still might though, if Michael's spell works" Spyro replied looking at the photos

Cynder flipped the page, and focused on one of the photos. This photo only had Rose and Silver in it. They were holding their bellies and smiling brightly. Cynder flipped the page again and looked at a set of photos that showed their mothers. The first one showed little change, but in the second one both their bellies had grown slightly bigger. The next one showed them much bigger, both mothers to be smiling happily, Rose was laughing at something behind the camera. The final image showed both mothers holding their eggs. But this one was different. Both Rose, and Silver had expressions of worry mixed in with their pride. There smiles were barely there, and they just looked tired. The very last photo in the book showed Silver in her nest guarding both the purple and black eggs. Rose was in the background reading from the same book that was in the same room. Closing the book, Cynder sighed and went to bed, Spyro following.

The next morning, Spyro woke up curled around Cynder. He looked at her and sighed, happy to be with the one he loves. Cynder looked up at him.

"You okay?" She asked

"Just enjoying the view" He answered

"You tease" She replied

Getting up, she stretched, spreading her wings wide. Suddenly the couple could hear the tiny footfalls of small children running around the house, giggling. Smiling, Cynder looked over at Spyro.

"That could be us one day" Cynder said to him

"Do you want that?" Spyro asked, suddenly serious

"I do, I've wanted a family since before you rescued me. I never really thought about it until recently though." Cynder answered "Do you"

"With you" He answered, blushing "I want to have a family with you"

Startled with his statement, Cynder looked up at him, and smiled.

"Should we start planning are mating ceremony" she asked him

"Yes, definitely" He replied, then leaned up to kiss her.

They pulled apart, and walked out of their bedroom to see the three kids running around. They walked into the kitchen to see Jake cooking up some breakfast.

"Oh, Hi, I hope you don't mind me taking over your kitchen" he said

"No, go ahead" Cynder expressed.

"You want some breakfast" Jake asked him

"Sure, I can eat" Spyro answered

They walked to the dining room and sat down. Ray ran past them, giggling. Soon after, Jake brought in a few plates of food and just as they had started eating Mary walked in.

"Hi I'm late for work" Mary said "Ill be back in a few hours"

"She's working?" Cynder asked as Mary left

"She works for the Triad social services, in exchange for staying here as long as she wants, she has to go out and check in on the people of this city. Her job is to make sure everybody is happy, but sometimes she has to separate families if they are abusive or neglecting." Jake explained "Also we need the extra cash"

"Isn't she a princess?" Spyro asked

"Yes. Flame did not know how asking Michael to leave would affect others. His resources are what kept the kingship afloat. When he left, he only was able to leave us about 3 decades worth of money. That's why we waited so long to have kids; we had no stability." Jake said

"But know that he's back..."

"When he got here, he immediately contacted us. He offered to move us back here, which were considering, or just to take care of us. We know that if we move here, we will be taken care of, but we also have a life back home." Jake said looking out at the kids

"Whether you leave or stay, I'm glad I got to know you" Spyro told Jake "You're the first family I have ever met"

Then, Spyro got up to play with the kids.