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Spyro looked over at Cynder, and nodded at her, she nodded back and he turned towards the gate. The massive ethereal doors opened to reveal a small army of soldiers standing in an orderly group. A yellow dragon stood in front of the group; he wore armor that showed off the Triad emblem. Spyro and Cynder stepped forward and walked up to the commissioner.

"The king has been greatly angered from your refusal of his orders." The yellow dragon announced "He has graciously given you one last chance to follow his orders without any extra punishment."

Spyro sighed "I didn't want it to go like this. I only want to protect my friends and family. I will not let Lumi and Amber be punished for something so small as withholding information. Especially a punishment like removing their eggs from them."

The commissioner looked down sadly at Spyro. "This is not something you want to fight"

Spyro looked up at the stars "It's not something I want, but it is something I will do."

The commissioner followed his gaze, and sighed "Yet another scuffle between your families"

"This is unavoidable, isn't it?" Spyro asked

"Well, maybe not, but who knows. The king is stuck in his fury at Lumi, he won't let the grudge go." The yellow dragon watched a shooting star pass by.

"Your forces won't even make it through the gate" Spyro finally said.

"I know, but the captain is going to order the attack anyway." He replied.

"Did you hear that Faun was attacked a few days ago?" Spyro asked

"I saw the report the ML sent out." The commissioner answered

"You heard about the cities defenses?" Spyro replied

"I've known for a while now, it's my job to keep up on certain things." The yellow dragon told him

"And I expect you to also know that Faun is considered a ML city, and will be defended by the full force of their armies, because a lot of families live here." Spyro turned back to look at the city.

The commissioner looked at the fortresses. "It won't even get that far, just the defenses of this city alone could hold off the Triad army indefinitely, we won't even scratch the shields."

"Maybe the king will accept an agreement to stay away from each other?" Spyro said hopefully.

"He'll calm down and leave this place alone when Michael puts it too him." The yellow dragon looked back at him "It's the bloodshed that happens before then that worries me"

Spyro caught his eye "Michael will likely be gone for a few more days."

The commissioner's eyes widened "Wait, I thought he would be back In a few hours, he's out of contact range!"

"Yeah, he went to find another dark master, and his daughters are with him. Pretty much everybody else is gone, and the rest of us were going to go to Warfang tomorrow to participate in that celebration, and defend Cynder from the people." Spyro told him.

"They still mad about the corruption?"

"Yeah, the dragons are understanding but everybody else is still mad"

"I suggest having some scholars from each species go and explain it to them"

The yellow dragon shook his head "I don't want to do this, but I could get removed from my position and I have a family to support. Let it be known that I understand your fight, and would do the same thing if I was in your position"

The commissioner turned and walked back to the army, Spyro watched the yellow dragon address the captain. The dragon turned to Spyro and growled, then stopped when the commissioner said something else to him. He eyed the fortresses for a moment, then nodded. Spyro knew that there wasn't going to be a fight today. Michael would crush them if he found out that Faun was attacked by the Triad forces while he was away. The forces took flight, leaving Faun behind. Spyro sighed in relief, allowing his worry to leave him. He knew that the king will keep trying to impose his will on Faun, and try to drag Spyro off his throne. But he knew that Michael will stop him, this is something we should worry about when he gets back. Spyro looked back to Cynder, who looked just as relieved as he was. He went to stand beside her.

"What happened?" She asked

"We talked, he seemed to know that there is no chance that the king would win. Then he walked to the captain and I think he told him that it was a bad idea to attack us. Then they left." Spyro explained

"I told you it would be resolved." The general said to them "Now go home and rest, you have a big day tomorrow"

They flew home and landed in the square. Lumi was pacing back and forth until he spotted Spyro.

"What happened?" He asked

"It's fine, the captain thought better than to attack the city." Spyro told him.

Lumi sighed in relief "Good, no death tonight"

"I think Michael will handle it when he gets back, for now we have to worry about the celebration"

Lumi gave him a confused look. "What's going to happen at the celebration?"

"I'm worried they might do something to Cynder, but we need to show them that I trust her completely. They need to accept what happened and move on." Spyro answered

He nodded, then went into his house. Spyro and Cynder went to bed, and eventually fell asleep.

Spyro woke and looked out the window, he noticed the late morning sun, and nudged Cynder's snout. She groaned and opened her eyes.

"No, too early, back sleep" She mumbled

"It's almost noon" Spyro told her

"Back sleep" she mumbled, and nuzzled his neck, cuddling him.

Spyro sighed, and enjoyed the slow breathing of his mate. The events of last night fell far away. Eventually Cynder opened her eyes again and looked up at him.

"Can we like... Not go to that party." She grumbled

"It's literally for us" He replied

"It's for you" She retorted

"Totally, just how I alone defeated Malefor and saved the world. Totally without any help or assistance from anybody else." Spyro rolled his eyes

Cynder looked up at him again "But do they know that?"

"I told them, like, a billion times that you were key to the survival of the planet" Spyro answered

"But they still don't care, they still hate me." Cynder replied, tears in her eyes.

"I'm going to make sure they won't anymore, they will understand." Spyro told her

Cynder stretched and hugged Spyro.

"I love you." She spoke

"I love you too" Spyro told her, and kissed her

They got up and put their armor back on. Then they walked out in the living room to see Flash and Nina had already packed.

"Look who finally decided to crawl into the land of the living" Sparx called to them

Nina gave him a dirty look, then motioned for the two dragons too hurry. They stepped out to meet Jake, Mary, and the kids in the city square. Mary nodded to them and opened a portal in the square. Cynder took a deep breath, then stepped through, the rest of them following. They looked around to see a crowd cheering their arrival. Cynder spotted a few angry faces pointed towards her, but she saw a few happy ones as well. She sighed, and smiled at the crowd, Spyro joined her side and looked out at the crowd. Ember and Flame greeted them. Flame said something, but Spyro couldn't hear them over the noise. He motioned them to follow, and they took off. They landed at the palace and spotted Samantha lounging in the sun, Jasper looked up and gave them a look of relief when he saw them.

"I heard Faun was attacked." He told them

"It was, the shields held" Spyro replied

Jasper laid back down. "Camry will be here tomorrow with Layla and her father"

Spyro nodded "Did they have fun?"

"Apparently Fen has some of the coolest terrain around" Jasper told him "And some pretty interesting music"

Ember cut in "My mother wants to see you"

Cynder rolled her eyes. They walked into the throne room, then past it into the royal lounge. The queen was laying on a special curtain, reading from a scroll. She looked up and smiled at them.

"You two look good together" She told them "Especially you, Cynder, you look especially happy, glowing even."

Cynder smiled at her "Thanks"

She chuckled "So you decided to attend the parade? Oh, and you're wearing your armor! That would look great on your float, I'll have to inform the planner that you don't need costumes either."

Spyro nodded "I didn't know they had planned costumes for us"

"It's nothing, fake armor, fake necklaces, there is no need now, this will look much better." The queen replied

"Float?" Cynder spoke

"It's a giant platform, suspended by magic, that's covered in flowers, you're going to ride one, so is Flame and Ember. Even Sparx gets one." The queen told them.

"I bet he's glad to hear that." Cynder smirked

"He flew around the room for like... twenty minutes. Sometimes I don't understand your brother, Spyro" she said to him. "There is a room reserved for you in the palace, you can use the day to relax, catch up with friends, and get ready. Come tomorrow, everything is preparations."

Michael walked back into the cave, he was covered in blood and bleeding from multiple wounds from his body. A sword stuck out of his chest, swaying as he walked. Trice looked up when she heard the familiar clicking of his claws. Then gasped.

"You said there were only like ten guards!" She yelled at him

"More like ten thousand" He mumbled, and slid to the ground.

"Was the master there?" She asked

"No, for once he knew better than to stick around." Michael answered

Trice grunted, then pulled the sword out of Michael's chest. Her eyes went wide when she found that it was a longsword.

"You might as well be made of sand" She mumbled

"You just need to master the ability to hold your form together with raw magic." he told her

Aura walked into the cave, and sighed when she saw Michael.

"How many this time?"

"Around eleven thousand" Michael laid his head down

"You're losing your touch." She replied, chuckling

Michael gave her a look, then closed his eyes.

"Out of magic again?" Trice asked

Michael opened one eye in answer, then closed it. They sat for a moment.

"We going back to Faun?" Aura broke the silence.

"In a bit" Michael replied "Once my wounds heal and I don't scare the small children with my blood-soaked appearance."

Aura smiled "But I love scaring them, it reminds me of how we used to participate in the fall celebrations."

Michael chuckled "The mothers did not approve of that"

"They yelled at us every year." Aura replied

"They yelled at me, Michael, every year. Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned." He said, smiling

"You saps, it's not like he's dying, or maybe he is, but this isn't the first time you watched him die." Trice cut in

"My form's fine, I didn't drain my magic completely" He told her "You're the damn sap"

Trice rolled her eyes, then laid down at the other side of the cave. Aura laughed and rolled her eyes.

"Did you get any letters?" Michael asked her.

"I got a ton" She pulled out a stack and set it down "You have no idea how far I had to go before these got to me"

Michael eyed the stack, then picked them up and started reading. He read the entire stack, then set them down and sighed.

"What is it?" Aura asked

"Right after we left Faun was attacked by two dark masters. Spyro and Cynder killed them both. Not long after, the king found out that Amber's pregnant, and got mad because Lumi didn't tell him. So, a small army showed up to the gates and ordered Lumi captured and his eggs to be handed over when they were lain. Spyro defended him, and the army thought better than to attack, and left." Michael looked annoyed

"What does that mean for us?" Trice called from across the cave.

"It means that we need to go to the capital, and yell at the king for a bit. Then join Spyro and the others at Warfang." Michael called back

Aura smiled maliciously "Oh, yelling at a king, fun"

"It's been a while since we last beat up a king" Trice called back

"Just an everyday occurrence" Aura mumbled

"What else did you expect? You wanted to come to this dimension." Michael looked at her

"I expected more fighting armies and less... DRAMA" She groaned

"You think that's drama?" Michael laughed "The dramas a bit lighter than normal actually"

"What?" Aura perked up

"Yeah, normally the only thing you get is drama, drama, drama. It was the reason I left the dimension in the first place." Trice replied

Aura rolled her eyes "I bet you just got tired of a bunch of princes hitting on you."

"That too, but the drama within that is annoying." Trice told her "Aren't you supposed to be hoping that princes would hit on you.

"Yes" Michael said just as Aura recoiled and said "No"

Michael shot her a look. "Most girls dream of having a prince hit on them."

Aura burst out laughing. "AND WHAT, I say I say. Makes you think that I am one of THOSE GIRLS"

Michael laughed back "I don't but you should be spending your time looking for a mate, not hanging around with two immortals that have all the time in existence. Let Trice work her magic"

Aura looked over at Trice, then did a double take when she noticed Trice was looking at her with a hopeful expression.

"Fine" She groaned.

Trice smiled and curled up to go to sleep. "Give me two weeks"

Aura curled up next to Michael, and fell asleep. Her sleep always came better when she heard her father's breathing nearby. Michael watched his daughters sleep, and looked out of the cave to the stars overhead. He tried to send out a magical projection, but the lingering dark magic prevented Michael from establishing a connection with the aether dragon. He sighed, and fell asleep himself.

Aura awoke to Trice's pacing.

"It's king smacking time" She exclaimed "My favorite thing to do in the mornings"

Michael gave her a strange look, then shook his head at the strange excitedness from his daughter. Aura got up and yawned, then put on her armor and nodded to Michael. They took off and flew towards the nearest portal possible location. They landed in a field filled blue flowers. These were Aura's favorite, because it signified Michael's magic. When she was young, he used to take her to a field like this one and let her play. Michael opened a portal, and the sprawling capital of Triad glimmered into view. They stepped through the portal and were brought back to the Homeworld. Trice smiled when the guards noticed them and flew off in a hurry. She took off and quickly sped her way to the palace. Michael sighed and Aura laughed as Trice quickly overtook the guards and landed at the palace gates. Michael motioned to Aura, then they took off. By the time they made it to the throne room, Trice had already disabled the guards, they were lying trapped in ice on the floor. She was standing over the king, one paw on his neck. Trice snarled at him.

"This is what you get for trying to steal eggs from an ML general." She said t him

Aura knew that this was the real reason Trice wanted to beat up the king. The separating of mates and the stealing of eggs is against her and Michael's codes.

Michael flicked his head, and Trice pushed off the king's throat. The king got up and snarled, Michael ignored him.

"You are aware that Faun had been an ML city since long before your ancestors created the Triad territory?" Michael snapped

The king snorted, not averting his gaze.

"Then you should be aware that unwelcome forces at our front gate can be seen as an act of aggression?"

The king still said nothing.

"If you attempt to order any member of my city again, I will dissolve the Triad territory." Michael told him "And if you attempt to separate willing and able parents from their eggs again, she, will rip you into pieces."

The king nodded, Trice feigned attacking, and he flinched. Trice scowled at him, and left the room. Michael motioned for Aura to follow her, and she did. As soon as they were gone Michael lunged forward, knocking the king back to the floor.

"If you ever mess with my friends, my generals, or my family again, you will be wishing for death long before I'm done with you." Michael whispered into his ear.

Michael walked out to the gates, and smiled to his daughters.

"Now let's hurry, we have a party awaiting us, and a float apparently."

He opened another portal, this one to Warfang, they stepped through without another word, and it closed behind them.