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Cynder woke up, wiggled out from Spyro, and stretched. She looked at her mate's relaxed expression as he slept. He twitched a little, curling his legs back against himself. His body had noticed her absence. Cynder walked out onto the square, then over too Michael's house and up to his door. She knocked, and Michael answered, looking at her with a slightly annoyed expression.

"Its 6 in the morning" he stated

"What's going on?" Layla's voice came from inside

"Nothing" He called back "You should get more sleep, you got back late"

"I was wondering if you found my uncle" Cynder stated

"I did, they're in the guest house" Michael told her, then closed the door.

Cynder stood there for a moment, confused, then walked over to the guest house. She stopped at the door, realizing that it might be a little too early to wake them up just yet, she was just about to leave when Japser opened the door.

"It's fine, come in." He called her in.

She walked into the house and they sat down in the dining room.

"Samantha is still asleep, and Camry went for a quick flight around the city." He told her

"Oh" Cynder replied

"So, six months in a dimension very far from here. How was your vacation?" He asked

"It was cool, the landscape was beautiful, but we were worried about everything the whole time. Also, Spyro spent half of it with a broken wing and a few broken ribs." Cynder answered

"Broken wing?" Jasper replied, confused

"I may have accidently landed on him when we fell through the portal" she told him

"Ouch"

"Yeah, it was bad" Cynder replied

Samantha stumbled into the room, yawning, then froze when she saw Cynder.

"Oh, hey sweetie, I didn't know you were here." She spoke

"I wanted to get to know you guys a little better, since you are the only members of my family I've had a chance to" Cynder explained

"Well, I wish could help with that, but I have to get started on the hunt." Samantha told her

"What are you hunting?" Cynder asked

"Just some dragon that stole something valuable, the usual" Samantha explained

"So, you work for Michael?" Cynder replied

"The hunters do work for Michael, but we also pick up contracts here and there. This one was worth too much to pass up, and it gave us a chance to come see you" She responded while putting on her armor "I got to go, see you later"

She kissed Jasper, then left. Cynder could hear Camry arrive and say a quick goodbye with his mother before she left. He walked into the room and gave a surprised look at Cynder.

"Mornin' cuz" he said

"Hi, have a good flight?" She asked

"Yeah, this city is pretty cool" He answered

The three dragons talked for a while, Jasper explained their story, and how they have been living since Malefor corrupted. He told Cynder about how they bought a massive amount of land using Michael's support, and accepted the lord status. They have been living near a large city, Samantha working as a hunter while Jasper managed the land.

"So, you're a lord?" Cynder asked

"Always have been, your family has owned a massive amount of land not far from here for thousands of years." Jasper answered "We just have to own land ourselves to gain the lord status"

"How do these status things even work?" Cynder replied

"Well, a lord is a dragon that owns a large amount of land. A king and queen are obvious, and their children are princes and princesses for life, even when their eldest sibling becomes king. Their mates also pick up the role. The children of a prince and princess are dukes or duchesses, and so are their children, and so on. Close friends of people with any of those can be given the status of baron, or baroness. That status makes them royals, and allows them all the rights of such. Finally, a count or countess is a status given to those as a reward for extreme acts of good."

"Wow, that's a lot of options" Cynder replied

"It is, technically you are a Queen, a lord, a count, and a princess."

"I get the lord and count, but what is the princess for?" Cynder asked

"Your grandmother was supposed to inherit the role of queen of her planet, the name of which we never found out. Then your mother was supposed to get it, then you, and until you get the role, you're still a princess. I wouldn't think about it too much, everybody is going to call you by your higher status anyway." Jasper explained

Spyro knocked on the door, and Camry answered it.

"Hey" Spyro said "Nice to see you again"

"Hi, Cynder's in the dining room" Camry replied, nodding in her direction

Before closing the door, movement caught Camry's eye. Michael's door opened, and the most beautiful blue dragoness he had ever seen walked out the door. Camry froze, and stared openly. Another light blue dragoness walked out of the door, talking with her and laughing. The light blue dragoness looked around and stopped when her eyes fell on Camry, then looked between him and the blue dragoness for a moment. Then smiled, a devious look in her eyes. The light blue dragoness nudged the blue one, and motioned for her to follow. Camry stepped outside to meet them.

"Hi, I'm Trice, Michael's daughter, and this is Layla, princess of Fen. Layla, this is Camry, Lord of, what's the name of your planet again?" Trice asked, putting emphasis on lord.

"Skol" Was all Camry replied

"Lord of Skol, right. I have to go, stuff to do, you guys should hang out, bye" Trice took off with speed, the wind blowing away Layla's quiet objections.

"So... Do you want to... Go get something to eat?" Camry asked, extremely nervous.

"Sure" Layla answered, blushing a little.

Camry told Jasper he was leaving, then took off with Layla towards the food district.

"What was that about?" Jasper asked

Spyro smiled "Trice introduced Layla to Camry"

Cynder chuckled "She's pretty good at that, isn't she?"

"I heard that she's famous for her matchmaking skills" Spyro replied

Jasper choked, just realizing what was going on.

"Wait, did he *cough* seem interested?" Jasper asked

"He definitely did" Spyro laughed

"Samantha is going to be so happy to hear that."

They talked for a while more, then Jasper made lunch. Much to their objections, he made an extravagant meal for the three of them. After the meal was over, a letter appeared over Spyro's head. He grabbed it, expecting it to be from Michael, but after reading he discovered it was from Samantha.

"Samantha needs help with something I guess, she said not to bother you two and that she's fine." He told them.

"Are there no hunters here? When she needs help, she usually calls one from close by" Jasper asked

"Michael has been sending them on his hunts" Cynder answered "You should go, see you later"

Spyro kissed Cynder on the cheek and left.

"Hey, I'm going to go to a lord's market, you can come with me if you want" Jasper told her

"What's that?" She replied

"It's basically a market for royals, it's most used by lords to trade supplies and help each other." Jasper answered

"Sure, why not"

They took off, Jasper kept having to check the map because he didn't know where the market was. But eventually they made it to a hidden part of the city Cynder had never seen before.

Camry and Layla landed back in the square. Michael and Trice were waiting for them near their house.

"How was your date" Trice asked, Michael gave her an amused look and chuckled

"How blunt" He whispered to his daughter, who rolled her eyes.

"It was... good, I enjoyed it" Camry stated, then turned to Layla "I would like to do it again"

She blushed at his words "Me too"

Then Layla walked into the house and Trice followed her. Michael gave Camry a knowing look, before taking flight.

Spyro landed in the middle of an abandoned square, he spotted Samantha talking with a couple of hyenas. He waited until she was done, then walked up to her.

"You didn't have to wear your fancy armor" she said to him

"You said to be ready for a fight. Also, this is my only set." He replied

"Alright, I'm looking for the thief that stole the Triad king's royal sword." She told him

"Somebody stole that? How?" Spyro asked

"The king never uses it anymore; he won't even show up to battles anymore" Samantha replied

They walked through alley after alley. Eventually, they walked up to a door.

"Hey, big man with your big armor, knock it down" Samantha told him

Spyro gave her a cold look. Then pulled his sword out, he charged his sword with wind power then launched it at the door. The reinforced wooden door vaporized, sending wood shards in all directions. Samantha looked at the new hole, stunned.

"I said knock it down, not blow it into smithereens. You show off" She mumbled

A green dragon rushed out of the house, but Samantha stopped him in his tracks, slapping him with her tail. She grabbed him by his neck and threw him back against the wall.

"I don't know where he is, I promise" the green dragon yelled

"I don't need to know where he is, I just need to know where he will go" Samantha told him

"I don't know" the green dragon answered, then looked at his captor's faces. "Okay, okay. I think he might be going to his old family home. It's about two clicks west of here."

Samantha motioned for the dragon to leave, and he did so with haste.

"Is this normal for your job?" Spyro asked her

"Pretty much, trace your prey's steps, interrogate their close relatives and friends, cut his ties, chase him down, repeat." Samantha answered "Michael trained me himself, so I'm pretty popular. This contract is worth a lot of money, enough to push us forward for years. I stopped caring about the money, and since Camry is older, I just can't sit still for long."

They took off, and flew west. After a quick flight, they landed outside of an old abandoned home, this obviously used to be a high-class house. But had started to fall apart from disuse. Samantha got into position, and motioned for Spyro to knock down the door, he raised his eyebrows, and lightly tapped on the door's hinges. The door fell with a slam. Samantha rolled her eyes and entered, Spyro following. Spyro flicked his tail, launching a ball of light across the room, exposing a dragon halfway out the opposite window. Samantha reached forward and grabbed the brown dragon by the tail, and pulled him back. The second the dragons head was back through the window, he turned on Samantha. He bit down hard on her neck; the sudden movement left Samantha unprepared. Her legs wobbled a bit as she almost lost her balance. Spyro jumped forward and slammed his head against the brown dragon, the dragon lost his grip on Samantha's neck. He lunged forward towards Spyro and clawed at him. But his claws bounced off his armor. Spyro leapt forward and swung back, batting the thief's head back. He quickly cast a binding spell on the dragon, binding his jaw, and his green wings closed. Spyro turned back to Samantha, who was bleeding heavily from various bite wounds on her neck.

"Are you okay?" He asked

"I'm nnnnrghhh I'm fine, I've been through worse." She answered, clearly in pain.

Spyro quickly dragged the theif outside then bound him to a wall, then helped Samantha outside.

"Here, let me help you." He told her

Samantha gave him a worried look, then exposed her wounds. Spyro quickly cast a healing spell on one side of her neck, then the other. Samantha sighed; her pain lessened.

"That's as far as my healing magic will go. Your wounds are deep, you should have a rest after we turn him in." Spyro told her

"I'm fine. Thanks, but I'm fine" Samantha told him

Samantha walked up to the thief, who was still grumbling angerly. She tried to use her claws to break his bindings to the wall, but it would not budge.

"Can you let him off the wall, and free his mouth?" She asked him

Spyro cautiously walked forward, and cut the two binds with his sword.

"You bitch" The green dragon yelled.

Samantha slapped him, raking her claws across his face. Spyro backed up, and went back into the house.

"Where is the sword?" She yelled

Spyro looked around and launched another light ball. He saw a gleam of polished metal hidden in between the walls. Spyro walked up to it and pulled it out, revealing a beautiful sword. Its design was similar to his own, gleaming diamonds glittered instead of amethysts. Spyro walked out and threw the sword on the ground. It clattered, causing the green dragon to flinch. Samantha gave the thief a sinister smile, and dragged him forward. They walked this way to the nearest jail. After the thief was imprisoned, a portal opened, and seven royal guards walked through. They froze when they saw Spyro holding the sword, looking between the one in his paws and the one attached to his side. He wordlessly handed the lead one the sword. He grabbed it, and nodded to him, then turned around and led the guards back through the portal.

"That was the first time I've seen that prick speechless." Samantha smirked at Spyro, then flinched when she stretched her neck.

"Let's go back" Spyro said "You need to rest, or your wounds will open again"

Samantha begrudgingly agreed, and they walked back home. When they walked through the door of the guest house, Jasper walked over to greet them, then noticed his mate flinching in pain. He rushed over to her, nuzzling her and looking her over. He saw the wounds on her neck.

"He fought back I'm guessing." He spoke

"He was faster than he looked." Samantha replied, flinching when he nuzzled her neck

He looked back at Spyro.

"These are your healing spells, thank you, I'm glad you were there to help her." He said to him

Spyro nodded.

"Hey, I know what will cheer you up, Camry met a girl" Jasper lit up

Samantha lifted her head in surprise, then flinched. "He what? Who? Where? Was she pretty? Did he like her?" Then looked down to Spyro with narrowed eyes "Why didn't you tell me?"

Spyro returned the look "Because he wanted to do it"

"Cynder told me her name is Layla, she is a blue ice dragon. Trice set them up on a date in like, half a second right in front of the door. I didn't see her myself but from what I heard, she's quite pretty. She's the princess of one of Genrir's other territories, and she's under Michael's protection until she can find a mate. Oh, and Spyro said he looked pretty interested." Jasper told her.

"He's grown up so fast" Samantha cooed, glassy eyed. "Maybe its time to have another"

Jasper choked again, coughing. Camry had just walked into the room as she said that, and immediately turned around and walked back.

"No, you get back out here mister, I want details" Samantha called to him.