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Cynder woke up to a quite hospital, Ember was sleeping peacefully with Flame curled around her. She looked around to see Trice and Michael, covered in bandages, were also asleep. Aura was sitting on a couch next to the bed, and looked up when she saw Cynder's movements.

"Hey there." She said

"How long have I been out?" Cynder asked

"Only a couple hours" Aura answered

"What did the medics say about Spyro? I was too out of my head to pay attention."

"They said that he was hit with a dragonbolt, it had magic on it to prevent healing, and it had at least four poisons on it. Michael used all his remaining magic to remove the poison and jumpstart his heart. He is going to be asleep for a while, weeks even."

"Who were those guys?"

"Mercenaries sent by the Dark Authority to kill us, their plan was to distract Michael and Trice long enough to finish the rest of us off, but they underestimated our strength."

"How are they?" Cynder asked, looking at the two dragons

"Drained, Michael used most of his magic to keep himself moving, then the rest to save Spyro. Trice used all of hers to protect me." Aura answered

A medic dragon approached Cynder, wanting to check Spyro's vitals. She hissed at the medic, then gave her an apologetic look, and lifted her wing. The medic checked Spyro's pulse and his heartbeat.

"I'll be right back." She told Cynder

"You okay?" Aura asked her

"Yeah, I just have this strange instinct to kill anything that approaches him, I can't control it" Cynder answered

"Yeah, I have that a lot." Flame cut in, blinking the tiredness from his eyes

"Really?" Cynder turned to him

"Yeah, males always feel that feeling, while females only feel it when their mate is really vulnerable." Flame replied

The medic returned with a plate of food and a strange core.

"This core will keep Spyro nourished while he's asleep, but you need to eat. When I come back, that plate better be empty." She told Cynder

Cynder squirmed when the medic lifted her wing and placed the core next to Spyro's heart. The purple dragon coughed, but showed no signs of waking. Cynder grabbed the plate and ate slowly.

"So, Spyro always feels this instinct?" Cynder asked

"Probably, and it multiplies when you actually are vulnerable, you get used to it, but when it takes control, it tends to freak a dragon out." Flame answered

Ember nuzzled against him in her sleep, he looked at her.

"Is she okay?" Cynder asked

"Yeah, the axe that hit her had the same spell that prevents magical healing, and with Michael out for the count, it will have to heal naturally, so she won't be walking for a few days, maybe a week." Flame told her

Suddenly a familiar ice dragon walked through the door.

"Cyril?" Cynder exclaimed, surprised.

"Hi, Cynder" The ice dragon replied

"What are you doing here?" Cynder asked

"We heard about the attack, and came to check on Spyro"

"We?"

"We as in all three of the guardians, Terrador and Volteer are outside, they only let one guest in at a time." Cyril replied

"We'll he's asleep, and he might stay that way for a while. He was hit by a dragonbolt." She told him

"The others will be glad to hear that" He said "Thanks for being here for him"

Cyril left, and Mary immediately rushed in.

"How many people are out there?" Cynder asked

"Were all out there, were worried about you guys. I heard her mom walk in as I was leaving." Mary motioned toward Ember.

Just as she said that, Cynder could here the queen's voice ringing through the hallways, demanding to see her daughter. Ember jumped at the sound of her mother's voice, and tried to get up. Flame stopped her, and leaned her back. The queen walked into the room and rushed up to her daughter.

"Are you okay? What happened? How did this happen?" She asked

Flame explained the events to her, when he was done, the queen was furious.

"How could you let this happen to her" She yelled at Flame

"It's not his fault, he stopped tons of arrows and attacks, he was fighting off two dragons when a random hyena threw an axe at me." Ember objected.

"Why were you even there in the first place"

"We were traveling to go meet someone outside the city" Ember told her

"That's it, you two are coming to live in the palace. I don't want you to be in any fights anymore." The queen told them.

"We're at war, there's going to be fighting, we were caught off guard without our armor." Ember replied.

The queen sighed "I don't want to constantly worry about you, I want you close"

"I know mom, but we have a home here, and I want to fight" Ember told her

The queen softened when she noticed Cynder curled around Spyro. Her face went white.

"Is he okay" She asked

"He's going to be fine, he just needs to heal" Cynder told her

She looked around at the others, at Michael and Trice laying asleep.

"How many were there?" She asked

"At least a hundred, half of them were dragons" Flame answered

The queen sat back, then sat down on a couch next to them. Mary smiled to Cynder, and left. A strange dragon entered as she left, she was a red dragon that Cynder had never met before.

"Hi" she said to Cynder

"Who are you?" Cynder asked, ducking her head low and baring her teeth

"I'm Nuri, Spyro's grandmother." The red dragoness answered

Cynder blinked in surprise.

"I'm guessing you're his mate, Cynder" she said to her

Cynder nodded, then lifted her wing slowly to let her see Spyro. Nuri gasped, looking at his horns and his tail, they were the same as hers. She stared at him for a while, studying the features she recognized from her own self and her son. After a couple of minutes, she looked back to Cynder.

"We don't know when he will wake up." She told Nuri, lowering her wing.

"I'm guessing your not moving until he does?" Nuri replied

"Nope" Cynder answered

Nuri stayed with them for a while, before leaving. Cynder fell asleep. She woke up to the noon sun shining through the big windows. She looked around to see about a million flowers, notes, cards, and sweets spread about the room. Confused, she looked around for Michael, he was still in the same bed, but he had removed the bandages, Cynder could see he had regained a small amount of his magic and was able to hold the wounds closed. She could feel Spyro's steady breathing and his heartbeat, she lifted her wing to look at him, some of his cuts were healing, but not very fast. Cynder sighed and lowered her wing again, Michael heard her and looked over at her.

"Good sleep?" he smiled faintly

"Not really" Cynder answered

She wanted to get up, but her instincts didn't want her to move.

Michael got up and walked next to her.

"You should get up and move about, don't worry I will guard him 'till your back." Michael told her

Cynder nodded, then got up, her entire body was screaming at her to go back, but she resisted. She walked out of the room, used the bathroom, and stretched. Cynder looked out of the window and noticed a large crowd had formed outside the entrance to the infirmary. Cynder did not want anything to do with them, so she immediately returned to the room. When she walked through the doorway, she noticed that someone had brought in a few plates of food. Flame and Ember were eating theirs. Cynder settled back around Spyro, and began to eat her breakfast. She looked up at Michael, she noticed that movements were painful for him, and that every time he stretched a muscle, pain soared through him.

"What's with the crowd outside?" Cynder asked

"They heard about you guys, and press is press, there going to show up wherever they can" Michael answered, flinching as he sat back down on his bed.

Cynder finished her meal and sat back. "I wish my instincts would relax; I know he's safe with you."

"You will get them ten times as bad when you lay eggs" Michael told her, he summoned a book, and flipped through its pages

"Really? They feel so bad already" Cynder replied

Michael chuckled "You have no idea"

Samantha had just walked in and heard their conversation; she blushed a little. Cynder looked over at strange expression and cocked her head.

"What is it?" She asked Samantha

"Well... um... about that... I'm pregnant" She stuttered.

Cynder jumped "Congrats, I didn't know you were trying"

"We weren't, but with Camry leaving us, I couldn't help but want to have a full clutch this time." She told him

"Well I'm happy for you" Cynder replied

Flame and Ember nodded in agreement.

"When are you guys going to have your own?" Samantha asked

Ember blushed heavily, and hid her face under Flame's wing.

"I hope that we will soon, but Ember shies from the topic." Flame told her

"I don't know when, but I hope its soon as well" Cynder answered

For the next three weeks, Cynder did not leave Spyro's side. Ember healed after a few days, and went home with Michael and Trice, but Spyro kept sleeping. Cynder woke up to the usual sight of a medic giving her a plate of food. But unlike most days, when she reached out to grab it Spyro mumbled and slowly opened his eyes.

"Cynder?"

"Spyro! Your awake!" She kissed him, and nuzzled him furiously.

"How long have I been asleep?" He asked looking around at all the gifts that were in the room.

"Three weeks" Cynder answered, purring against his neck. "The arrow had poisons and curses on it that slowed your healing, but you're okay now"

Spyro tried to get up, but hissed in pain and clutched his side.

"You're not completely healed yet; the arrow punctured your lung and barely missed your heart." Cynder told him

Spyro licked her "Were you here the whole time"

"Never left you for longer than ten minutes." She nuzzled him

Spyro tried to get up again, this time he was successful. He walked out of the room, Cynder following, and out the back entrance. A medic tried to stop them, but Spyro brushed them aside and walked home. Once he got to the square, everybody greeted him. Samantha told Spyro about her pregnancy and he smiled brightly and congratulated her. She already had a small bump forming in her stomach. The group threw a small celebration for Spyro. Everybody showed up but Michael, even Lumi and his mate. Cynder stepped back from the crowd, and saw Amber laying near a wall. She walked up to her and sat down.

"What are your doing away from the party?" Cynder asked

"It's my first pregnancy, my mood swings are pretty hard to control, for some reason I feel sad. I know I should feel happy, but I feel sad, and I don't know why." She told her

Cynder looked out at the crowd. "Yeah, I don't like crowds"

"I never really did either" Amber replied

"How are you feeling about the pregnancy?"

"I'm glad that I have someone else going through the same thing as me. Dragonesses tend to get pregnant in groups so that they have each other. Samantha is a big help because this is her second clutch. It's also helpful for Lumi to have a friend as well." Amber sighed

"Is that why my parents and Spyro's parents laid eggs at the same time?" Cynder asked her

"Precisely, we tried then too but had no luck." Amber answered

Cynder watched the kids run around, Camry and Layla were relacing at the opposite wall, Cynder caught Layla's eye and smiled too her.

"They're so cute together" Amber remarked

Spyro looked at the crowd around him, everybody had shown up, except for one person.

"Where's Michael?" He asked Trice

"He left right after he was released from the infirmary, He was called to the front lines." Trice answered

The party lasted well into the night, but eventually died down and they went to bed. Spyro winced as he was climbing into bed, he had been hiding his pain in front of everybody, but now that it was just him and his mate, Spyro let his pain show. Cynder nuzzled him kissed him on his check. Spyro curled up around her, Cynder could tell that he was exhausted from the excitement and holding back his pain. He quickly fell asleep, allowing his body to relax around his mate. Cynder was glad that Spyro was awake and okay. She watched him sleep for a while, then allowed it's peacefulness to take her into her dreams.

Spyro woke to a burning pain in his side, the wound was still healing, and the exertion from last night stretched muscles that hadn't fully healed yet. Cynder was still sleeping, he watched her for a while, then lightly licked her nose, she opened her eyes and smiled at him. Spyro smiled back, and coughed, a searing pain ran through his body, and he flinched, his body curled in pain. Cynder's face changed from joy to worry as he writhed in pain. The pain subsided and Spyro relaxed, the attack had left him exhausted and defeated. Cynder licked her mate, still worried.

"I'm... fine" He gasped

"I'm going to go find some pain medicine" Cynder told him

"No... I'm fine" Spyro wheezed

Cynder nuzzled Spyro's snout as lightly as she could, he tried to lift his head, but flinched again and laid it back. She walked out the door and up to Michael's. After knocking on the door, she stepped back, and Trice answered.

"Hey" She yawned

"I was wondering if you had any kind of medication for Spyro? he's in a lot of pain." Cynder aked

Trice vanished behind the door for a minute, then returned, handing Cynder a large bottle of a strange liquid.

"Give him a small sip of this when he starts feeling high amounts of pain." Trice told her

"Are you okay?" Cynder asked, noticing her discomfort

"I haven't fully healed yet; my magic is low and I can barely stand right now." She answered

"I'll let you go back to sleep now" Cynder told her "Thank you"

Trice nodded and closed the door. She returned to Spyro, he was groaning, and breathing heavily. She uncorked the bottle and gave him a small sip of its contents. Spyro immediately relaxed, his breathing calm. He looked up at her and gave her a thankful look. Cynder curled back against him.

"So, what happened while I was asleep?" She asked

"Well, other than Samantha announcing that she was pregnant, you grandmother came, apparently that was who we were going to see." Cynder told him

"What!" Spyro lifted her head, then set it back down.

"Yeah, she didn't want to come to the city, but changed her mind when she heard that you got hurt. I heard she was staying in the palace for the time being." Cynder replied

"Can we go see her?" Spyro asked

"No, she can come to us, you're not flying for a long time." Cynder told him, a stern look in her eyes.

She reached out and grabbed a pen and paper, she wrote a quick message on it before sending it off.

"There" She stated

Spyro kissed her "Thank you"

Cynder smiled, and kissed him back.