TLOS legend of the black dragon chapter 11 returning business
The legend of Spyro
Legend of the black dragon
Chapter 11 Returning business
"Pant, pant" "That was fun" "Watch out!" -Dang!- "Are you okay?" "Urg, Okay enough for today" "Hahaha, yeah I'm tired as well" "Let's call it a day, okay you guys" "Okay!"
Cynder was repeating her last voice dream during the early mornings. "Now what could that one have been about?" she wondered while laying on her side and looking out of their large window. The morning sun was rising over the buildings, the yellow colour of the sun and the buildings made a majestic sight to see. "This one was happy too" She thought "Are they oracles, glimpses of the past or maybe messages?" She tried to figure out just what those strange dreams could be about. "They seem to appear at random and are about the most diverse of situation" She stopped thinking about it because she understood that pondering about it never got her anywhere but it felt very frustrating that maybe someone was trying to reach her and she couldn't figure it out. She turned her head towards Spyro and the sight of him instantly removed the pondering from her mind. She had watched him sleep besides her countless times but it always calmed her and she could stare at him for hours. She just couldn't resist it anymore and got closer so that she could also feel him. So that she could feel his breathing, feel his powerful muscles, feel his magical energy radiating from his body and to feel him together with her. She fought against the urge to fall asleep when this close to him again in fear that she might scare him like she did a few days back. When Cynder was so in the heavens she wasn't paying any attention to time and she could feel Spyro move after what seemed like a few minutes and she quickly got away from him. "Morning Cynder" Spyro said surprisingly happily. "Morning Spyro" Cynder replied copying his gleeful tone perfectly. "You are sure in a good mood" Spyro noted. "Well so are you" Cynder shot back. "No, I don't want to mama" A voice mumbled. Cynder and Spyro just smiled to each other as it was no mystery to them who it was. They silently walked out of the room and closed the door behind them using their tails without waking him up. "So what's on the list today?" Spyro asked when he thought they were out of hearing distance. "Guess same thing as yesterday" Cynder shrugged. "Yeah I guess" Spyro said sounding a bit bored. "Hey if you want something you have to pay for it" Cynder said patting him on his back with her wing. "True" Spyro replied.
Spyro and Cynder got down to the ground level and looked at each other like they were waiting for an idea. "Let's just fly around a bit" Spyro offered. "No, I want to go visit Igüsa" Cynder said. "Igüsa?! Why her all of a sudden" Spyro asked very puzzled. "I still have my promise with Georga and Igüsa seemed to me like the best place to start getting some more information" Cynder explained. "But don't you think they could still be asleep?" Spyro questioned as it was only half past six. "Igüsa has an early job so I am sure she is awake" Cynder assured him. "Well to Igüsa it is then" Spyro said wondering how Cynder knew about Igüsa's job. "Let's say that I-" Cynder said drawing out the last tone "Race you to it" She then said playfully before storming out of the citadel and jumping just before spreading her wings shooting into the skies to fly as fast as she could. "She not going to beat me" Spyro used his comet rush to build up speed and quickly was shooting through the skies towards Igüsa.
The two young dragons raced towards the low regions of Warfang and reached it in about 5 minutes. "I am going to win" Cynder thought as she hadn't seen Spyro pass her. Cynder glided down towards the street and rushed towards to door to make it official. However just as she was about to touch the door a purple paw touched it before her. "There you are" Spyro said cocky. "Spyro but how? He never passed me!" Cynder thought out loud. "I passed you very low and you didn't spot me" Spyro said with a large smirk on his face. Cynder grinded her teeth at the thought she was defeated by Spyro in a contest of speed. Spyro took the liberty this time and wanted to knock but Cynder stopped him by placing her wing in front of him. "Let's just go in and see" Cynder said "If she and her brother's are asleep after all we won't wake them up" "Good idea" Spyro nodded and silently pushed to door open. Cynder and Spyro retreated their claws back inside their paws so they wouldn't make a tapping noise. They snuck towards the living room and spotted the three beds on the floor. However the only dragon that lay there was the little Furno. Both Igüsa and Oxidus were gone. "What? Where are they?" Cynder whispered to Spyro trying not to alert anyone as they were technically breaking in. All of a sudden a powerful jet of flame appeared and hit Cynder on the side, sending her flying though the air and smacking against the wall. "Cynder!" Spyro exclaimed but before he even noticed it a fire dragon jumped on him. The dragon rammed him into the wall where Cynder had collided with just a second earlier causing her to sustain another hard blow. Cynder squealed as Spyro and the other dragon slammed into her. "Iga" A tiny voice sounded scared. Cynder's fighting instincts now kicked in and she scanned her surroundings for anything that seemed like it was an enemy. She spotted something red that seemed to lash its claws at her and therefore was identified as an enemy. She blew a powerful typhoon at it and sent it flying away from her. The dragon collided with a book shelf that fell down with him and he was getting hit by some of the books. "What's going on in here?" A female voice sounded. After only a second Igüsa appeared in the room and Cynder spotted Furno running over to her and hiding behind her front paw. It was only then that Cynder realised that the dragon that attacked them was Oxidus. "Oxidus!" Igüsa sounded very angry and punitive "What is happening?" She demanded fierce. Cynder was very surprised; although she had only seen Igüsa a few times she had always seen her as sweet and benevolent. Seeing her this fierce and angry really blew a large hole in that image. "They broke in" Oxidus shouted. "They-" He then finally looked at them "Why have you broken in" He growled at them, clearly very angry. "We only wanted to visit Igüsa" Cynder hissed back at him. Oxidus snarled and gazed at Cynder before getting into his battle stance and flames started to appear in his mouth like he was charging up another attack. Cynder now did the same and hissed at him angrily. "Oxidus!" Igüsa said stern and punitive. Oxidus bit towards Cynder before closing his mouth. He grinded his teeth as he walked towards the garden and settled down still trembling with rage. "I think we will take our leave now" Spyro said. "No" Igüsa said. "You wanted to visit me you say?" Igüsa sounded calm again as she bend down and nuzzled Furno to calm him. "Well we had some things we wanted to ask but I am sure you have other matters to attend to" Cynder said looking at the damage: There was a large bulge in the wall she had crashed into and the bookshelf was separated from the wall also Cynder's wind attack had completely blown over all the stuff in the room and the house was a mess. "No I have time left" Igüsa assured her when she had retreated her head. "Okay then" Cynder still felt a bit unsure about it but accepted the offer. "Are you injured Cynder?" Igüsa asked. "Nah, it's nothing" Cynder replied as the small black spot was barely visible.
After the dragons had settled down in the messy room it was Igüsa who started the conversation. "Now what did you want to talk about" She said friendly. "I just wondered, have you heard about the Igus cup?" Cynder took the initiative. "Yes I have and I also asked Oxidus but he said he didn't know it yet" Igüsa said looking sadly towards the garden where Oxidus was doing sentry-go. "And are you going to enter?" Spyro then asked her. "Oh I um didn't think about that yet" Igüsa said a bit surprised. "Why not? You might have a shot at it" Spyro said. "Okay then I will enter" Igüsa said satisfied. "But this was actually about Oxidus" Cynder said trying to get the subject back. "Have you heard about what happened with him and Georga 4 days ago?" Cynder asked putting on a more serious tone. "No, to tell you the truth he didn't say anything about something like that" Igüsa said sounding a bit shocked. "Well Georga came after she finished work and confronted him with how he was acting" Cynder told Igüsa. "Oxidus then burned her wings and shouted something at her that laid pretty sensitive with her" Cynder looked away to avoid eye contact. "Oh, I see" Igüsa didn't know what to say. "Does he also act so violent towards you?" Spyro asked. "No, he does listen to me as you could see and he just mostly seems absent minded" Igüsa said. "However when I start about Fouca he starts getting pretty aggressive as well" "Do you have any idea what this could be about?" Cynder asked. "No, I wasn't there when my mother was killed and Oxidus refuses to say anything about it or what is going on inside his mind" Igüsa sounded very sad now and Cynder spotted a small tear in the corner of her eye. "Igüsa" Spyro took the word again "We have a few plans ready but we need you to make sure that Oxidus enters the Igus cup" He said confident. "Plans?" Cynder asked but she fell silent again. "Can you make sure he enters and sees the entire thing through" Spyro asked Igüsa again. "I will try my very best" Igüsa assured him but she didn't seem very confident. "That's all you can do" Cynder said, she wanted to question Spyro about the 'plans' but she decided to do it later.
"Sorry but I really have to go now" Igüsa stood up "I can't be late" "We understand we will clean up for you in here" Cynder said feeling a bit guilty for making the mess. "No, I will make sure Oxidus does it" Igüsa sneered. "No, It was us that broke in so it's our responsibility" Cynder insisted. "Okay then" Igüsa said "Just stay away from Oxidus. I don't know what could happen if I am not there to stop him" Igüsa sounded a bit reluctant to leave. "We will" Spyro said like Igüsa was his mother and had given him an order. "Furno come here!" Igüsa ordered sweet but very clear. The little dragon walked in front of her and just waited. "Huh?" Spyro tilted his head "What are you going to do to him?" He asked. "He can't fly yet and he is too young to walk all alone around the city so I have to bring him to the day-care before going to work." Igüsa said as she lowered her head and gently picked up Furno in her mouth. In spite of being held between Igüsa's jaws Furno looked perfectly calm and still looked happy. "How is she picking him up so gently?" Cynder thought as she was fascinated by how Igüsa could carry Furno in her jaws apparently without him feeling anything. Igüsa weaved with her wing before spreading it together with her other wing and flying towards the day-care with Furno tightly in her mouth. "Bye, Spy and Cyn" Furno shouted before they were out of hearing distance.
After Igüsa was out of sight Spyro and Cynder walked back inside the house and started to clean up. "How do you think we are going to fix this?" Spyro asked when they turned their attention to the broken bookshelf. "Hmmm" Cynder muttered "Wait I know!" "I will use my poison element" Cynder said "It is very sticky and I am sure that it can do the trick". "Sure? It does sound a bit dangerous to use a lethal poison as a glue" Spyro said. "You may have a point there" Cynder admitted. "Let's just leave this for Oxidus and focus and the other things" Spyro suggested. "Okay we will leave the damage to the house for Oxidus to fix" Cynder said. "That does make sense since he caused the structural damage and you caused the mess" Spyro said while drawing a smirk. Cynder just let it slide and returned to pile up the different stuff in the room.
After about 20 minutes they were finished with all the mess inside the room. "Let's just leave the rest to Oxidus" Cynder proclaimed. "Okay let's go back towards the citadel" Spyro said before turning and walking towards the door. Cynder followed him but she stopped and turned her head "Bye Oxidus" She said but when she didn't get a reply she just dismissed it and followed Spyro.
They flew back towards the citadel without saying anything to each other. When they landed at the gates of the citadel they spotted Sparx flying towards them. "There you are!" He said annoyed. "I have been looking all over for you two" "What's the problem Sparx?" Spyro asked. "The guardians want to speak with you two" Sparx said. "Oh, no!" Cynder gasped. "What's-what's wrong Cynder?" Spyro said a bit taken back by her sudden shout. "I totally forgot that I need to go and pick up the posters" Cynder said a bit hasty and she flew off towards the shop of Panten without waiting for a response. "Looks like they have to settle for just me" Spyro thought as he followed Sparx into the citadel.
He stepped into the main hall where the guardians were already waiting for him. "Where is Cynder?" Terrador asked as he spotted Spyro alone. "She had some other business to take care of" Spyro said "Is it also fine if I am alone or do you really need her present as well?". "No it's fine you will just inform her later" Terrador said as Spyro walked up to him and sat down on his haunches to listen to what the guardians had to say. "As you know the tournament will start soon" Terrador began "It will be ordered a bit like this" Terrador took a large sheet of paper that Cyril handed to him with his wings. On that there was maze of blocks and lines that moved upwards. "We don't know how many are going to participate but we can be that it will be over the number 64" Terrador began. "The tournament will have two rounds, the preliminary rounds and the victory tournament" Terrador prepared his sentence before continuing "In the preliminary rounds the competitors will be spread between boxes. How many boxes there are and how many of each box are going to compete depends on the number of entries". "What is the idea of those boxes?" Spyro interrupted. "Inside a box, all competitors are going to fight against each other and for every victory they will gain a point. When they have all battled each other the dragons that have the most points will be included in the best 64 who will then progress to the victory tournament" Terrador explained to Spyro. "So what's the victory tournament?" Spyro asked. Terrador pointed his claws towards the poster he had laid in front of Spyro. "On the underside of the poster you can see that there are 64 boxes" Terrador said pointing at the boxes. "Those lines will indicate who will fight who and who will progress" Terrador said. "I get it! It is a elimination race, the one that wins will be to fight the winner of the previous round next to him until only one is left" Spyro said. "That's right" Terrador said. "And that one will be the master of eternal fire" "Well this was the plan and we called you to ask if you thought it was a good one" Volteer said. "I think it is good" Spyro was a bit surprised that the guardians asked for his approval. "Good but what about Cynder?" Cyril brought in. "I'm sure she thinks it's a good idea as well" Sparx said. "When is the registering counter going to open?" Spyro asked now excited about the cup. "Right now little one so why don't you go and give another speech" Terrador said encouraging. Spyro now rushed out of the citadel to give another speech to the masses.
On the other side of town Cynder was already carrying the piles of posters on her back. "How could I forget something so important?" She bit herself as she wondered how she was going to hang all those posters up without anything to do it with. "Hey Cynder, having trouble?" Cynder turned to see Georga standing behind her. "Yeah, I am just wondering how I am going to hang up all these things?" Cynder said a bit embarrassed. "We still have some glue left in the house and I will be more then happy to help you" Georga said generous. "Thank you Georga, I don't know what we would do without you" Cynder sighed as Georga came to her rescue. Georga raced back into her house that stood only a few metres away. She quickly returned carrying a large bucked between her jaws and having a set of brushes into it. "Sorry Cynder but I can't help you" Georga said after she had put down the bucked. "I'm sorry that I said I would but I just forgot that I need to be at my job soon" Georga lowered her head in shame. "Ow" Cynder was a bit disappointed that she had to do it alone now. "But I know someone that does have the time and I'm sure that she will help you" Georga said gleefully before flying off. Not knowing how long it was going to take Cynder picked up one of the brushes in her tail and started to apply the glue to the walls and then she got to her hind legs to try and put the poster on the wall. "This is going to be tough" Cynder thought as the body of a dragon wasn't really suited for this kind of thing.
She continued to try and stick the poster to the wall for another 10 minutes but she just could stick it the right way. "Um excuse me" Cynder turned as she heard a voice behind her. Cynder was a bit surprised by what she saw. In the street stood a pink dragoness of about her age and size. "Hallo there" Cynder replied in a kind tone "Can I do something for you?" Cynder asked. "Well to be honest" The dragoness sounded a little bit uncertain "Georga asked me to help you hang up those posters" "Oh she did" Cynder said as she remembered that Georga had said that she would sent someone to help her. "My name is Ember and it is an honour to meet you" Ember bowed like was normal for Cynder by now. "Well you know that my name is Cynder" Cynder said, the praising wasn't necessary for her but it didn't bother her as much as it did Spyro. After the pleasantries were over the two dragonesses got to work and flew around and hang a poster on every busy corner they found. "Cynder give me one to stick it up there" Ember said when they wanted to stick a poster on another busy street. Cynder gave her a poster that already had glue stuck to it and carefully handed it over to Ember. Ember carefully took it in her paws and flew up to stick it on the side of a house in the middle of the street. "Having Ember with me is really helpful" Cynder thought as she watched the pink dragoness gently apply the poster on the wall. Cynder mostly handed Ember everything and applied the glue while Ember stuck them to the walls. Ember was somehow able to apply the posters fine while Cynder just couldn't get them straight without ripping them to pieces. Ember glided down and looked at her "Let's go I know a place where many dragons stop before going to work" Ember turned and walked away with Cynder close behind. It was then that Cynder noticed a vague red spot on the base of Ember's tail. "Is that a birthmark on your tailbase?" She bluntly asked her as Ember seemed very friendly. "No, it isn't" Ember said sounding dark and superficial. "Okay then" That the up until now always friendly dragoness put up such a tone was an indication for Cynder not to pursue the topic since it apparently laid very sensitive with Ember.
"Well that's about it for the simple ones" Cynder said as she only carried one more poster "Were do you think would be a good place for the big one?" She asked her pink companion. "Maybe on the central square?" Ember suggested as they walked towards the unknown together. "Sounds good. Let's go" Cynder had the last poster between her paws now, so she and Ember could fly towards the central square instead of having to walk to it. When they almost had reached the central square they suddenly heard a powerful voice "The registration will end after only 5 days now and the tournament will be held the day after that" A very familiar voice shouted. "I don't think going to work inside the central square is a good idea now" Cynder concluded raising an eyebrow. "Yeah good point" Ember agreed. "Let's just say that you leave the rest to me Cynder" Ember offered. "I will apply the poster after the crowd has settled and I will also return the buckets of glue and the brushes to Georga". "Will you do that for me?" Cynder was a bit stunned that Ember was so generous to her after they had just met. "Sure I don't have any other obligations" Ember said jaunty. "Thank you Ember, you are a true friend." Cynder said warmly and nuzzling her side before silently taking off and stealthy hiding behind the building on which Spyro was giving his speech so that she could help him in case he got mobbed. "That Ember is really a nice dragon" Cynder thought as Spyro continued with his speech "Ember? Ember? Somehow I have heard that name before" Cynder pondered as she tried to remember why it felt like she heard the name before somewhere. "Oh yeah Spyro once mentioned her" Cynder thought out loud.
"That's how it is and I want all fire dragons to give it all they have!" Spyro shouted as he had finished his speech. Not waiting for the crowd to rush up to him he quickly jumped of the building and started to run. He rushed into the alley behind the building and looked around to see if anyone was there. The allay dark and dirty but he didn't spot anyone. "Are you the legendary Spyro?!" A voice sounded excitably just besides him. Spyro jumped up and turned his head while panting heavily both from fear and from surprise. He didn't see anyone but somehow he could sense someone. The dark alley was so dirty that the bad odour overwhelmed his nostrils so he couldn't rely on his nose to detect who was with him in the alley. "Are you that scared?" a voice sounded evilly just besides his sound receptors. "Cynder what's the..." Spyro said the name on instinct when he heard the voice. "Cynder what are you doing here?" He asked forcefully now that he knew it was Cynder. Cynder's black scales were almost impossible to spot in the dark alley. "Making sure I am here to save you" Cynder said laughingly. "Well this isn't a good way to do that" Spyro shot back. "Let's just go back" Cynder said while she grinned but made sure Spyro couldn't see it. After that the two dragons sneaked back to the citadel as they had done many times before.
They couldn't use the front entrance since there were too many creatures so they used the back door and stealthily snuck towards their room without passing through the main hall. "How did you hang up all those posters on your own?" Spyro asked when they were safely back inside their room. "I didn't do it alone" Cynder shook her head "I had Ember to help me". "Ember?" Spyro was a bit surprised but he also thought that it actually didn't really matter.
"Are you ready to call it a day already" Cynder asked Spyro as the day seemed finished but it was only half past three. "No, I still have something else I want to do" Spyro said. "And what's that?" Cynder asked. "We still have one other news connection we still have to do" Spyro said vague. "And which one is that" Cynder asked sounding a bit annoyed. "Frost" Spyro said in one word. "Oh yeah, you asked him to spread the news" Cynder said as she remember it now. "And I am going too" A voice sounded. Spyro and Cynder turned to see Sparx flying into their room. "Of course Sparx" Spyro said warmly.
The two dragons flew out of their room using the aerial exit and flew towards Frost's house. They quickly reached it and Cynder knocked on the door. After a few minutes the round door opened and Spyro, Cynder and Sparx gasped and their eyes became as wide as saucers. "Igüsa!" They all exclaimed. "Oh it's you" Igüsa also sounded very surprised. "What in the name of the ancestors are you doing here?" Cynder asked. "She is my maid of course" A male voice sounded behind Igüsa. Spyro and Cynder looked to see Frost appearing besides Igüsa. "Igüsa is your maid!" Sparx shouted in disbelief. "I am" Igüsa said. "Why don't you come inside and I will explain it" Frost weaved for them to enter. Spyro and Cynder walked after Frost and jumped on the leather couches in the room Sparx landed between Cynder's horns. "Wow, Frost is rich" Cynder thought as she observed the room that was filled with expensive items and works of very refined art. "Wow nice place you got here rich-boy" Sparx said. "Yeah I know" Frost replied. "I think you want to know why I am here" Igüsa said as she appeared from the black curtain. "I just could never image you to work as a maid for Frost" Spyro said still very surprised. "I needed money to support Oxidus and Furno and this was the only thing that was available to me. "Igüsa..." Cynder had a very hard time to believe that the Igüsa she looked up to so much was a maid to a teenaged dragon. "Nice place and a hot maid. I think I am moving in with you instead." Sparx said. Cynder growled and shot her head forwards causing Sparx to be hurled towards the wall. However he managed to stop before hitting the wall and flew over to Spyro now without saying anything. "She is actually the maid of my father" Frost said "But he is often away". "Yeah and I couldn't be happier with that" Igüsa said cynically. "Um, Igüsa I think you better get started on the garden if you want to get it done before my father arrives" Frost said. "Of course" Igüsa bowed and walked out of the house. "Does she do the cleaning?" Spyro asked as the room looked very neat now. "Yeah she cleans as well as many other chores" Frost said. "Can't you do those chores yourself" Cynder snapped. "Whoa, calm down there Cynder" Frost said moving a few centimetres back. "She is the maid of my father and she does what my father asks of her" Frost reminded her. Cynder still was feeling something against Frost but she knew that he had a point. However the knowledge that Igüsa worked as a maid for a rich ice dragon left an eerie feeling with in her stomach. "I totally forgot to introduce myself" Frost said taking on a more formal tone. He jumped of the couch and walked towards Cynder "My name is Frost and is an honour to welcome you in my house my lady" he bowed while he picked up one of Cynder's paws and gave a small kiss on it. "Oh" Cynder retreated her paw and blushed. "He surely knows etiquette" she thought as the small ice dragon greeted her like a real lady. Spyro and Sparx made a blowing sound because they had to do their best not to laugh at it.
"So why are you here?" Frost asked when he had returned to his couch. "We wanted to check up on how things are going with the news on your end" Cynder said. "They are going fine" Frost assured her "Many dragons are aware of it and are looking for more details for it" "That's good" Cynder said. "And how is it with my honour seat?" Frost asked Spyro. "Honour seat?" Cynder repeated looking at Spyro as well. Spyro was a bit indecisive about who to answer first "That special first seat that I promised you as payment isn't ready yet but I'm sure that it won't be a problem" Spyro said hoping to answer both dragons at the same time. "Oh so that's why you are doing it" Cynder said with a bit of an accusing tone in her voice. "Hey it isn't such a great deal to ask" Frost tried to stay polite but sounded a mad now. "But you still couldn't do it for free! Could you?" Cynder asked him. "Now, now Cynder don't be like that" Spyro said. "I promised him that he would gain a special seat if he would help us" Spyro explained. Cynder wanted to reply but closed her mouth because she didn't want to offend Frost who acted like such a good host. The dragons talked for some more time. Frost loved to talk and the three dragons quickly lost track of time.
When the clock rang 5 o'clock Frost suddenly jumped of the couch. "You two have to go now" He said calm but somewhere also in panic and his face showed hints of fear. "Why so suddenly?" Cynder asked as he seemed to have had plenty of time before. "My father will arrive soon and I'm sure you don't want to meet him when if sees you in here" Frost said a bit hastily. "Come on Cynder" Spyro already started to walk out of the house. Suddenly they spotted a large adult ice dragon that stood in the middle of the hall. "What are you doing here?" He snapped at Spyro and Cynder. "We were just about to leave" Sparx said sounding a bit scared. The large ice dragon stomped and spread his wing in order to stop them. "What are you doing in my house" The dragon demanded to know. "We came to visit Frost since I asked a favour of him" Spyro said a bit offset by the gruff tone of the ice dragon. "He accepted a favour from someone like you!?" The ice dragon really sounded angry now. "Frost!" he shouted punitive. "Yeah he accepted it like a proper dragon should" Cynder said very sharp, defending Frost's honour. "Proper! Don't you know who I am" The ice dragon shot back. "No, we don't know who you are, but don't you have any idea who we are" Cynder shot back now getting angry. Suddenly Frost shot up in front of her. "Please stop this and just go" He pleaded. Cynder hissed at the rude ice dragon but now Spyro also stepped in front of her and shook his head. Cynder looked away from the ice dragon and followed Spyro outside without looking at Frost's father again.
"You are just going to let him have such an attitude towards you!" Cynder shouted to Spyro when they had existed the house. "Frost told us to leave so that's what we do Cynder" Spyro looked serious now "We are guests here and we should take our leave when our host requests that of us". Cynder still felt angry at Frost's father but just let it slide for now. "If I ever run into that guy again..." She thought angrily "I am going to ram some respect into him" She thought evilly and looked forward to the occasion. "Hey try to learn how to control yourself there blacky" Sparx said. Cynder hissed at him causing him to hide behind one of Spyro's horns
Spyro and Cynder flew back to the citadel with Sparx holding on to Spyro's horns. They saw that there were no more creatures at the front gates so they landed and walked into the large building. The interiors had chanced: There were a lot of supplies stacked up in every corner of the room. There was a large counter in the middle of the room but it wasn't manned. "Looks like the guardians have been busy" Spyro said as he saw the amount of piled up supplies. "Yeah I guess we should go and get dinner now" Cynder suggested as the smell of food was almost overwhelmingly inside the room. The young dragons climbed over the supplies and got to the kitchen. There they spotted the guardians eating there diner without them. "There you are" Cyril said. "Looks like you guys didn't miss us" Sparx said a bit indignant. Terrador raised his wing to stop Cyril from giving an angry reply "We are sorry we started without you" He apologised. "It's okay" Spyro assured the earth guardian.
After Spyro and Cynder placed their orders and gotten their food they ate together with the guardians. After they had gorged themselves Spyro asked Cynder what to do next. "You two just go and have some fun" Terrador said. "Okay" Spyro and Cynder replied in unison. They got to their room and played around with their toys until it was time for bed. "How do you think today went?" Spyro asked in order to start their usual day review. "I think it went quite well" Cynder said. "You managed to inform a large crowd and I managed to hang up quite some posters" She said. "Our meeting with rich-boy could have gone better though" Sparx said, perfectly joining in with the conversation. "Yeah you might be right at that" Cynder admitted "I did get a little carried away by Frost's father". "But don't think that I didn't agree with you about the attitude of him" Spyro said. "I too think that he was downright rude" "Something that I think is weird is that such a bastard of a dragon has babe like Igüsa as a maid" Sparx said. "Babe!" Cynder hissed looking very dangerous. "I mean: how can such a rude dragon have such a nice dragoness as a maid" Sparx quickly repeated his reformed statement hoping that it would get him out of the situation. "Yeah I was pretty shocked that Igüsa works as a maid for someone like that" Cynder said now sounding friendly again. "She also said she didn't have much other choice" Spyro reminded her. "Yeah that's true" Cynder said, however the thought that Igüsa took orders from that arrogant ice dragon still seemed to make her very angry. "Also what do you think about that incident with Oxidus?" Spyro then asked her. "I don't know what to think of it Spyro" Cynder replied. "We were breaking in but he shouldn't have attacked us like that" She said. "Oh yeah what plans did you have for Oxidus if Igüsa manages to make him enter the Igus cup. "Actually I don't have a clue myself" Spyro said grinning while he shrugged. "You lied to her?!" Cynder shouted looking shocked. "Cynder, if he doesn't enter the Igus cup then there is absolutely nothing we can do anyway" Spyro explained "I needed to assure Igüsa that we had everything covered" "But still; you lied to her" Cynder snapped. "Oxidus needs to enter the Igus cup and Igüsa is the only one that could make that happen" Spyro tried to explain it again "I needed to assure her that we could help him if he entered. If he doesn't enter then we don't have anything to build upon. We organised this tournament in the first place to lure him out of his shell and learn the reason behind his depression" Spyro explained. Cynder looked down on the ground and before she walked to their bed and rested down without saying anything back at Spyro. Spyro sighed and walked over to their bed and laid down besides Cynder. "Good night you two" Sparx said while floating towards his toy bed. "Good night Cynder" Spyro whispered to her. "Good night Spyro" Cynder sounded a bit more warm now but still had a cold sharp edge.