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Chapter 7 - New day

"Fine" Sparx said defeated and flew other side of hideout. They remained in that position for hours. Sun where setting below horizon but Spyro and Cynder still hugged eachother, in the very same position as when Sparx found them. Eventually they got tired and fell asleep, still hugging. Spyro slept deepest and calmest sleep he has ever before .He hasn't never felt himself happier than now with Cynder. Feeling her warmth trough his sleep he just smiled. Sun revealed itself above mushrooms and sun rays hit the cuddling couple, telling them it is morning and time to wake up. Spyro opened his eyes slowly and realised that Cynder's head where sitting on his neck. Spyro didn't want to wake her up by breaking hug and getting up so he decided to stay still and rest long as Cynder would show sign of waking up. It didn't take long because sun rays has hit Cynder's eyelids as well and Spyro noticed Cynder to breathe faster and move a bit.

"Good morning Cynder." Spyro said with warm voice.

"Mhmhmm... *yawn* Good morning Spyro." Cynder whispered.

"Good morning you two!" Sparx yelled anxious, still mad about yesterday and to fact that Cynder was sleeping with Spyro.

"Do you know what time it is? Sun rose at least hour ago!" Sparx continued. Cynder raised her head up letting Spyro to move his head. They looked eachother with dreamy eyes.

"Hi" Cynder whispered

"Hi" Spyro answered and kissed her. Sparx head began to turn red.

"Oh hi to you two too. GOOD MORNING!!" Sparx shout out loudly. This made Spyro to broke his kiss and turn head to look what was up with Sparx this time.

"Good morning Sparx." Spyro answered

"Welcome back purple boy. About time you to get up too. You know what... its has been bright like over hour or two." Sparx continued anxious. Spyro yawn and stretched out his legs and wings and got slowly up.

"*Yawn* You hungry?" Spyro asked

"Not really"

"I could eat whole nest of bugs. In matter of fact, I'll go tax them"

"you're always hungry" Cynder said still a bit sleepy.

"Says doomgirl who just ate whole boar yesterday."

"Are you trying to call me fat?"

"I didn't say that" Sparx said quickly. "But if you did think that, mission accomplished" Sparx whispered.

"WHAT?!" Cynder shouted furiously.

"Uh oh... I'm off!" Sparx shouted and flew where he have found ants' nest yesterday.

"Grrr... He is so dead when he gets back!" Cynder murmured. Spyro tried to hide his smile with bad success and Cynder noticed this.

"What you're smiling at?"

"Nothing, nothing." Spyro said feeling that total outburst where just an inch away.

"You never learned to lie."

"Ehe... Ahem. How's your leg?" Spyro tried to change subject.

"Getting better, or at least it wont hurt that much anymore."

"That's great to hear. You should recover in no time."

"I better do. It's deadly boring just lie around doing nothing. I feel myself useless, A burden." Cynder lowered her head.

"But Cynder you're nothing like that and you know that. If I recall correctly I was more of a burden after the fight against Dark master."

"But I just did what I had to do."

"And now I am doing the same." Spyro finished with kind and warm voice. Cynder raised her head only being kissed briefly by Spyro. Cynder started to blush but she closed her eyes and smiled.

"Well I'll go and hunt something to us to eat. I don't expect to have such luck like yesterday but I have to try anyway."

"Don't be away for too long." Cynder said and laid her head between her pawns

"I wont." Spyro walked outside of hideout and saw Sparx 'taxing' antnest like he said few minutes ago.

"Ahh... you look delicious." Sparx spoke himself and took another snack of ants. Spyro grinned and sneaked behind Sparx

"Don't eat them all." Spyro whispered just behind Sparx surprising him.

"AH! Oh its just you, the purple menace"

"Hehehe. So you're done?"

"Just about. And you're off to hunt again aren't ya?"

"Yeah. I don't expect have such luck like last time but I have to seek something to eat anyway.

"Eat ants. They're delicious" Sparx snapped another ant into his mouth.

"No thanks. Can you stay with Cynder again?"

"NO WAY! Didn't you see her eyes? If I wouldn't know better I'd say her stare would kill me. Nono... I stick with you buddy."

"But I need you to look after her in case something happens while im gone"

"I think that devious doomgirl can handle herself"

"Just stay here. You don't have to go inside hideout if you don't want to."

"..."

"Please?"

"Oh just be quick with that hunt. I hate being near her alone."

"Be sure to find me if something happens. Bye!" Spyro said and went off into mushroom forest.

"Yeah Yeah whatever..." Sparx replied and continued his hunt over ants. Spyro walked around to find any footprints to give a hint about boars or anything else what could be eaten. 'Soft ground should leave good prints' he thought. However It took nearly two hours before he could find any reasonable prints. 'Fourlegged creature, weight about 60-70 kg has walk trough here.' Spyro started to follow peen prints. Another peen prints followed few meters away. Spyro continued following prints half an hour and came edge of small lake which is turning into another swamp. He stayed behind mushroom's stem and looked around. 'Few boar's, maybe a dozen. Why they're moving around together? I thought they live alone.' Spyro thought for himself and memorized this place in case he have to hunt again. He watched wild boars to figure out winch boar he should pick up, but then he saw one boar further away from group and Spyro decided to sneak behind it. Carefully behind stems Spyro walked slowly making sure he did make absolutely no sound while creeping. In few minutes Spyro has successfully got behind lone boar. Making sure his attack would not alert the others he decided to breathe out sharp icebullet and aim it into boar's neckspine killing it instantly and hopefully quietly. Spyro moved closer and bit sideways to boar, preparing his shot.

At the very moment boar raised it's head Spyro shot icebullet out from his mouth which missed barely it's target. Boar where now alerted to Spyro's presence and where about to run away but Spyro went all out and shot next icebullet after another to boar trying to kill it as fast as possible. Few missed but boar took many hits and one sharp bullet hit boar behind it's head just before it would have made any noise to alert his pack, ending it's live quickly. Spyro looked around to see where the other boars alerted as well but Spyro got relieved to fact that they where not. Spyro crept to boar, emped his teeth into boar's neck and trew it on his back and walked out of sight. It took nearly two hours before he could see familiar hideout far away. Sparx seemed to be upset about something, flying slowly back and forth on entrance of hideout. Spyro got near and Sparx noticed lone hunter and his pray.

"About time you got back!"

"Has something happened while I was gone?"

"Something happened he ask. I'll tell you what happened. Cynder almost turned me into pancake when I spoke with her!" Sparx yelled.

"And what about you spoke with her?"

"About she being evil she-dragon of doom, about leaving you alone, about she being weight issued, abo--"

"I got the picture." Spyro interrupted and passed Sparx into hideout.

"Well this is just great..." Sparx said and stayed behind. Spyro saw Cynder angry and heard her murmuring something herself.

"I said leave me alone!" Cynder shouted while being turned away and eyes closed.

"And eat this all alone?" Spyro replied warmly. Cynder opened her eyes, turned her head quickly and her anger turned to happiness

"You're back!"

"Yeah and I found whole group of these two hours walk from here. We don't have to worry about food anytime soon. Spyro said smiling and dropped boar from his back.

"That's great!"

"Say, what about with Sparx?"

"Argh! He is unbelievable Not only he kept calling me dragon of doom and stuff but he also kept calling me fat!" Cynder spoke with increasing anger.

"But I totally got furious when he said I should leave you alone." Cynder continued with such anger that her stare alone indeed could turn Sparx into ashes.

"Forget about what he said. Deep inside himself I know he cares about you."

"What way to show it too."

"Yeah... Well he is not so good with what he speaks. Heh... Actually he never was."

"And this rate never will."

"Ah but the boar. Are you hungry?"

"A bit but no way I'm going to eat that alot like yesterday."

"That's okay, I'll just dig small hole and freeze boar in it. That way it should be eatable for at least over night." Spyro said and started to remove boar skin. Sparx peeked over rocks to see what was going on and flew behind Cynder hoping she would not know his presence, but Cynder heard buzz what Sparx wings made an she closed her eyes.

"Please tell me Sparx ain't behind me." Cynder said in disbelief. Sparx tried to signal with his hands to Spyro not to tell he's behind her.

"But then I would be lying." Spyro said and continued skinning boar. Sparx gave murdering glance over Spyro.

"Okay now Cynder. Count to ten slowly and calm." Sparx said carefully

"One... Two... Seven-Ten!" Cynder ended and flapped her wing upwards hitting Sparx and making him drop on moss.

"Ow ow ow ow..." Sparx hold his back.

"Got ya!" Cynder said with triumph voice. Spyro started to laugh and Cynder soon afterwards.

Days passed on with same basic routine. Spyro went for huntrip almost every day and most time he came back with yet another boar. On days when Spyro where unable to bring anything with him they usually just melted some of meat Spyro has froze into hole he has made in hideout. Sparx usually stayed with Cynder and almost every day Sparx argued with her too but Cynder got used to Sparx not-so-compliment comments but sometimes it where all out verbal war between them and Spyro had to cut in. And almost every night Spyro and Cynder slept cuddling eachother and Sparx usually mad about it too. There weren't anything unusual seen or heard for almost Three weeks and wounds they got during both fighting against Dark master and their escape has been healed and Cynder's leg has has mostly healed now as well, allowing her to move short distances by walking. They kept low profile in case some orcs or this mysterious ranger where around so they flew only if they really had to, which didn't happen often. One night Spyro slept tirelessly, moving all the time while sleeping, dreaming.

Spyro Was in huge dark hall. Walls where made from solid rock which reflected little of burning torches light. In the middle of hall there where circle of torches and purple winged creature standing on two legs back towards Spyro. Spyro walked slowly towards this dragon looking creature. In blink of the eye creature turned around and looked deep into Spyro's eyes with its golden and cold eyes.

"Power is nothing if you don't know how to control it but I have total control over it now. I AM NOW BLOODTHIRSTY GOD OF DESTRUCTION!" Creature spoke with deep, empty tone which would make anyone feel cold shiver in their spine. After blink of the eye Spyro was on huge grassland, forest's on far left and huge snowtipped mountain ahead and ocean behind. He was relaxing on grass with Cynder. Sparx flying back and forth chasing off some butterflies. Suddenly everything went white. Spyro heard Cynder screaming but he couldn't see anything, light where too bright. After the moment light gave in and Spyro could see again, only to see Enormous fireball miles away growing rapidly.

Clouds fled fireball and Ground started to shake violently. Fireball didn't seem to grow any larger but something, barely visible came right at them with enormous speed. Shockwave hit Spyro like hammer to chests and sent him, Cynder and Sparx off ground flying uncontrolled. Soon they crashed back on ground. A bit dazed Spyro got up again and saw something else approach. Spyro's eyes widened as he realised what it was: a firewall so high they could not possibly fly over it or run away from it. Cynder took Spyro into strong hug and stared incoming firestorm

"Spyro..." She whispered. As soon as wall was about to swallow them, everything went black and quiet. A single familiar voice spoke calmly.

"Some things are shown before they are written, even if they never find their way into books of time. This is what is going to happen if you fail, young dragon."

"Chronicler?"