FSE

Furry search engine

formerly SoFurry search engine

Chapter 13

The world exploded.

That would be the best way to describe what happened.

The world exploded.

Just like that.

It exploded.

He was everything that remained. However her own body was cast out like the rest, worthless, and unimportant. Every part of her body was numb, starting from tail tip to lips of her hanging open mouth.

The only thing she felt was the kiss, not the physical contact, the warmth or the taste. It was that surge...of...of emotion...of passion, of...love.

Love.

It was love.

Sincere, respectful, honest. And it was all for her.

Ancestors...

All for me...

...for me...

...me....

...me...

She felt blood stopping circulating in her veins, with the eye of her imagination she could see her heart turned into a cartoon one, with legs and all that. It was making a spin on one of its legs, its arm sprawled across its head. Then, suddenly, it dropped on the ground, fainted blissfully. But instead of stars, tiny arrow pierced hearts were circling above its head.

Spyro placed a gentle kiss on her lower lip and then teasingly brushed it with his own, awaiting for her lips to respond. His eyes shut themselves instinctively, he never done this before, never kissed a girl before and yet , despite all the nervousness and the almost nauseating sound of his thudding heart it felt so naturally

Just like it was meant to be, no matter the technique. The mere fact that he acted on the impulse was an accomplishment, it just couldn't go wrong.

He never felt like this before, the feeling that overwhelmed his senses was the best feeling in the world.

Completeness.

By kissing her for the very first time a void that was sucking on him for what seemed like an unending part of his life was healed.

"Good" the Fire Guardian smiled "Obstacles aren't the only things that you will meet on your path. Fate can be also generous, it will present you an opportunity to help you fill that void which you will feel after a loss. It's up to you to notice it and grab it. Remember that"

He kept staring at the statue of his late draconic father figure and after a while lowered his head and sobbed "I didn't mean to...I'm sorry. It's just that...Ignitus I need help" he sighed "I can't do it" he looked at the statue "Where is that opportunity you spoke off? How am I going to find it? What can possibly replace you?"

"There you are" a familiar female voice came from behind him

He looked behind his shoulder and winced "Cynder? What are you...why aren't you outside?"

In this moment he realized how stupid, blind and oblivious he was. She was always here, he shivered, only now realizing that he wanted to kiss her for a very long time. He was just too much of a fool to see this.

Completeness.

He did it now, they are ment for each other as Amela said, nothing can go wrong, no matter how long he remained an idiot. He could feel all the love for her running through his lips and yet...

She didn't return the kiss.

Spyro's eyes opened as he pushed back from her lips. Her eyes were wide and impossible to read, mouth was hanging open, she looked like she had a stroke.

Terror clouded his vision.

What if he read all the signals incorrectly?

What if there weren't any signals at all?

What if he ruined their friendship?

Dear Ancestors....

"Cynder..." Spyro rasped, he was surprised how unnatural his voice sounded " I'm sorry..." he muttered agonizingly "I'm really-"

Cynder blinked, his words waking her up from a trance like the loudest of alarms. He was apologizing, no wonder, she could only imagine how she looked like, her expression would probably make anyone freak out.

Think what you will, but I'm not letting you go.

Not after this.

Cynder crawled forward across his chest, her motions uncoordinated, like she would be crawling across slippery ice, desperately trying to reach the prize ahead before anyone manages to snatch it from before her eyes. She only made two clumsy moves before she sprang forward, like a snake, touching his lips and muffling whatever sound he was making.

Her move was aggressive, but the kiss wasn't, it was more of a reassuring kiss than an affectionate one. She had her eyes squinted, observing him while playing with his lips shyly, coaxing them into action, as if trying to tell them that everything is ok.

His eyelids eventually fell down, his lips began to move bashfully. As he returned the kiss, caressing the still untouched upper lip for the first time, her tail bounced up and down excitedly, every slam into the sheets seemed to kick the breath out of her lungs.

She started to pull out, while he kept pressing forward, delicately yet hungrily savoring the softness of her withdrawing lips. The moment she freed herself she licked his nose and pressed her forehead to his. They both panted from excitement and trepidation.

"It's okay" Cynder whispered devotedly in between breaths

They both remained like that for a while, listening only to their breaths of their heaving underbellies and the sound of their pounding hearts as they lured one another through the scales of their pressed together chests.

He could feel the velvety scales of her body rubbing against his chest which reminded him of the soft surface of her lips as they brushed against his. He especially remembered the taste, both the sweet physical one of her body and the emotional one that warmed his very soul.

Spyro started to caress the back of her neck, feeling her shudder under his touch, he arched his head forward, placing a kiss on the corner of her mouth. Her head turned, her lips parting seductively, trying to catch his into that blissful embrace.

He escaped by kissing her cheek, he felt the softness of her kiss on his neck. He continued by placing another lover's touch a little farther, by now he felt her mouth parting, her lips wavered, sending tender shudders across his neck.

Another kiss, this one lower, right at the edge of her cheek, where the features of her snout ended. Cynder's head unconsciously tilted to the side, allowing more space for her partner to caress her.

He kissed her right in the spot where her neckline began.

She inhaled deeply, intoxicating herself on the scent of passion and love he was emanating. He shivered slightly when she let out a drunk on ecstasy, hot, wavering breath.

His lips went even lower.

To quench the excited squeak that vibrated in her throat she nibbled on his scales, sending a chill down his neck.

Then finally his lips touched the most sensitive part on her neck, the spot right above the choker.

Not able to hold it back any longer Cynder let out a heavenly whimper, not only intensified by the kiss but also the tendrils of his breath brushing against the scales underneath the choker.

He planted another kiss right below it, making her whole body shudder as she pressed her chest even stronger to his body and started to delicately rake her claws across his chest. He began to retrace his steps, but right before he started he bit on the silvery surface of the choker and tugged it gently.

Cynder's claws dug into his chest shallowly as she let out a soft, delighted moan.

His whole body shook with an ecstatic thrill at the felling of her claws stretching his scales. It forced his tail into action, it wrapped itself around hers and clenched it tightly. There was something feral and dominant about the delicate pain that rubbed his male ego in the right way.

He continued making his way up, magically finding the same spots he kissed earlier until he finally pushed away. Their eyes blissfully opening at the same time as if communing telepathically.

Her eyes were glimmering like a pair of the most valuable and pristine emeralds. Glowing with unmistakable love, passion and silent begging for it to be all true. He could sense the emotion wafting from her eyes, the gusts were so powerful that he felt his heart melting within the green ocean of her eyes.

And he allowed that to happen.

Spyro gently caressed her left cheek with his claw. She leaned her head, pressing her soft scales to his paw, making sure it won't miss a spot. She started to purr and rub her cheek against his delicate touch.

She was so beautiful.

"I love you" he mumbled entranced

Cynder's eyes flared up brightly as her whole body stiffened.

The moment he kissed her she felt the non-existing chain tighten around her neck, bonding the two of them together. The kiss told her just as much he loves her, however hearing him say that out loud triggered another torrent of feelings that words just fail to describe them.

Those were the words her entire being craved for, along with the heart and soul. Her life was nothing else than a dark sea on a stormy night, with her being the wildly tossed ship. The roars of thunder like the taunts and cries of her enemies and every creature that was scarred by her evil deeds. The deadly waves like hands of people that shoved her like she was trash. The creaking of her thick, solid hull, seemingly impenetrable from the outside, but bleeding streams of water from the inside. The surrounding darkness resembling the hopelessness of her life, ready to swallow her at the first sight of crack.

The pulsing bright yellow light of a lighthouse in the distance, looking like the beats of a golden heart was the only thing that kept her going. A light that just exploded like a sun, sending fiery gold rays everywhere, evaporating the darkness with a hiss like a disease.

It did it all for her.

My life isn't worthless.

He loves me

No one else.

But me.

All for me.

ME!

She lifted herself on her forelegs and sprang forward, throwing herself at him like a lioness on her prey. She muffled any sound of surprise from his throat by pressing her lips to his. She cupped his snout into her paws and began to bestowing him with kisses. Not gentle and unsure like in the beginning, but fiery, needy and wanting, full of passion and love.

One of his paws landed on her wing while the other started to caress her back, the moment he returned the kiss her stomach made a flip and burst open. It was like thousands upon thousands of butterflies started to bounce off the walls of her belly.

One of his paws found its way to the back of her neck, both his paws started to push her closer. Their chests pressed against each other, with him holding her not even her rapid breathing was enough to unglue her scales from his.

And then she felt it.

The excited beats of his heart.

They were loud like a bell's rumble and vibrated within her like an echo from an explosion in a tunnel. Every blissful beat made the butterflies inside her belly to twirl around, sending magically numbing pulses throughout her entire being, making her suck on his lower lip and moan softly.

The sweet taste of his lips combined with the twirling butterflies in her stomach made her dizzy, lost in the world of delight.

The paw from her back slid down, massaging her right flank as he tilted his head, to passionately trap her lips into a loving kiss. They were completely lost in the moment, doing everything for the first time, with lack of any technique and yet everything was perfect.

Lips knew how to respond, paws knew where to touch and caress, hearts knew how to excite. They were a perfect match.

With the last hungry suck on his upper lip Cynder withdrew her head and opened her dreamily locked eyes while taking a deep wavering breath, still worrying that this is just another cruel dream. His eyes opened soon after and as she looked into those beautiful amethyst orbs realization struck her like the deadliest of spears.

He was here.

It was real.

My lighthouse.

Her eyes burst with loving tears, a full of emotion and joy sob wrecked her throat. She cupped his snout into her paws again and once more pressed her lips to his. Kissing him with fiery happiness not really giving him a chance to return the affection since momentarily she broke away, directing her attention elsewhere..

Her head went lower, right below his jaw it stopped and pressed forward, kissing the part of his neckline that she could reach. Excited and surprised Spyro instinctively arched his jaw up. She took advantage of it immediately, placing a kiss one after the other in quick succession, constantly lowering her head.

A shiver ran through his body when Cynder began to slide down the thin surface of his golden scales, her body sensuously rubbing against his underbelly.as she planted kiss after kiss during her descent.

She stopped on his chest, exactly were his heart pulsed and pressed his lips to his scales. This kiss was different from the rest, it was beaming with loving passions and gratitude. She pushed her head up slightly and offered his heart another kiss, right in the same place. Her head went up again and a third kiss landed on his chest.

His heart was so overjoyed by the loving attention that it started to race beyond any reasonable pace. It was thudding so fast that it almost hurt.

After the third kiss her head didn't went up but instead tilted to the side, her cheek once more pressed to his chest.

"Thank you" she sobbed quietly

Spyro craned his neck up sharply in alarm.

"Cynder? A-are you crying?"

Tears splashed onto his scales when a crying-cackle blurt out from her throat.

"A little"

He caressed her head affectionately.

"Did I do something wrong?" he muttered painfully

"No silly" Cynder sprang forward once more and kissed him passionately again before she pressed her forehead to his

"You did nothing wrong" she sniveled

Spyro brushed his lips against hers and nuzzled her "Then what's going on?"

She let another crying laugh and hugged him tightly.

"Nothing" she still wept "I'm just happy"

Spyro lovingly pushed her closer, listening to her sobbing and caressing her back comfortingly

"You could have any girl you wanted, all you had to do was to wink"

"That's not true"

"But you chose me" she ignored his expected, modest protest "From among all those pretty girls you chose me"

She touched his cheek with her lips "I've waited very long for this" her warm breath wavered with emotion

Spyro's eyes widened "Long? How long?"

She nuzzled his cheek with her nose "Doesn't matter"

"It does for me. Cynder please, tell me"

She hesitated, not really wanting to remember the painful days that she just knew would trigger guilt in him. But at the same time realizing that they are more than friends now, not mates, but just as important. She just didn't want to start this new road of their relationship from a lie. It wouldn't be right.

She pushed back from his cheek, aiming her tear-moist eyes at him.

"I've made a confession, after we defeated Malefor, when you were busy saving the world everything started to shake and I've thought we won't make it so I-"

"THAT long?" Spyro mumbled, his voice was filled with suffering. He rested his head on top of hers in a caring, apologetic hug

"I'm so sorry"

"Don't be" she whispered, enjoying his loving embrace "It's not your fault that you didn't love me"

"But I did! This night with you made me see that. I always loved you, I was just too stupid to realize that"

Cynder smiled, hearing him say that forced more tears of happiness out of her "Ancestors I can't believe this"

"What?"

She lifted her head, licking his nose affectionately on the way up.

He beamed happily.

As she looked at his smiling snout she felt like she fell in love all over again.

"This. Us. My life was nothing more than a range of disasters" she snorted mockingly "Was. IS a range of disasters. Everything was forced upon me, all the bad and evil, whatever good was in my life was stolen away from me. Then you showed up, the only guy that showed me any kindness, but you were only a friend. I know it sounds stupid, especially that only since I clung to you like to a straw, that kindness you bestowed on me, it was your decision, that good, the very first good thing in my life was also forced upon me"

Spyro nodded, her words leaving painful cuts on his heart, they are partners now. Every pain she feels, he does too.

"I think I understand. You feel like you've been living a lie, living other people's lives. No destiny, no own choice"

"One hell of an independent girl, huh?" she smiled sadly "Yes, I've been living a lie. But it changed now, because I was the one that developed romantic feelings towards you, it was my heart, it was me. To make you feel what I felt for you, it was my battle, and I won you over. The victory is mine, MINE alone"

She touched his cheek, caressing it with all the love a girl can give to a boy. Tears were flowing from the corners of her eyes as she smiled beautifully at him.

"I love you Spyro, so that makes you the most screwed dragon in the whole world, past or present. I won, and I'm not going to let go of my spoils. You're mine. I'm going to love you till the day I die"

He leaned in, catching her lips into a gentle, passionate kiss. She whimpered emotionally as she tasted and smelled the reassuring affection.

Their eyes remained closed as he broke the kiss, pressing his forehead to hers afterwards he softly wiped tears from the corner of one of her eyes.

"I don't mind" he cooed

"I'm in deep debt" Cynder whispered "without you I wouldn't survive"

"Hey, don't say such things. You're strong, stronger than me, how many could withstand your fate? I'm sure I wouldn't"

"Strong?" she giggled "I'm the one that's crying"

"You're happy, you have all the right to cry" he pulled her into a close hug "I'm glad that I'm the one that made you happy"

His closeness woke up another torrent of emotion, she sobbed while massaging his chest, convincing her every sense that this is truly happening.

Spyro stroked her head fondly "You're not alone Cynder, you'll never be again"

She lifted her head to kiss him again, delicately, touching every sensitive spot that sent tingles across the whole surface of her own velvety lips. Feeling the deep connection that shackled their hearts. Unbreakable and everlasting bond. Affinity that connects only two hearts and no more.

Soul mates.

She broke the kiss and nuzzled him, sliding her cheek against his, breathing warmly.

"How do you feel about some cuddle time?" she mumbled hungrily "I need you to hold me"

He didn't need more encouragement, Spyro opened his paws and she immediately took advantage of the space and slithered up his body. She moved her head underneath his jaw and slightly tilted it to the side, giving him enough room to rest his head on top of hers without her horns getting in the way. She curled her body to the best of her ability, making her hind legs dangle from both sides of his thighs. One of her front paws rested on his shoulder while the other was wrapped around the back of his neck. She felt extremely secure when he wrapped his own paws around her back.

She let out a blissful moan, feeling his warmth pulsing below her.

"Tell me when it'll become uncomfortable for you"

Spyro smiled as he caressed her back "You could start jumping on me and I wouldn't complain"

She giggled, the feeling of her soft belly slightly bouncing on top of his chest forced his nose to gently rub against her neck, feeling her scent and warmth almost with the craving of an addict.

"Don't tempt me"

Spyro chuckled and once more rested his chin on top of her head tenderly.

"I love you so much" she purred

"I love you too"

"Should we tell people about...us?"

Spyro sensed the fear in her voice, mixed with the urge to scream out the news to the whole world. Whatever he would say, he knew she won't like the answer.

"I think we should try to keep this a secret for now"

Cynder shifted uneasily.

"People had no trouble making up stories so far, all of them included you seducing me..." his eyes widened in embarrassment "But they were right! Ancestors they were right! You seduced me! People felt something, complete strangers saw that I feel something for you. While I...I..."

She rubbed his chest comfortingly as she looked into his eyes "Don't be too hard on yourself. Your occasional obliviousness is kinda cute"

"That cute made you suffer"

"Nah, it wasn't that bad".

He didn't believe her but there was no sense to dwell on the subject.

"At least that solves our problem, they will find out eventually. We should let them sweat for a while"

"What about Sparx?"

Spyro's eyes widened in sudden amusement "Oh boy!" he laughed "He's going to freak out!"

Cynder smiled "Judging from your reaction I guess you want to tell him"

"Hell yeah! All our childhood I was the one with the stupid look on my snout. For once I want him to feel awkward and dumbfounded"

"I'm glad I could be of help. Nothing warms up my heart more than seeing two brothers taunting each other because of me"

She felt Spyro's muscles tensing uncomfortably.

She patted his chest playfully "Relax, I was joking"

He narrowed his eyes mischievously "You think you're so funny?" he hissed endearingly

Spyro pushed his paws closer, tightening the already strong grip on her even further. Before she managed to react he swayed his body sharply to the right. Cynder yelped in surprise, feeling that he was about to throw her off of him. She slid down his swaying body, his strong grip held her in the air, making her dangle slightly above the sheets.

Instinctively she extended her paws, trying to reach solid ground, but the moment her claws brushed the sheets Spyro sharply swayed to the opposite side. She cried out happily, her wings impulsively flared open, her paws shot forward, and latched onto his shoulders. They didn't remain there long, one of his paws swiftly broke free from the clench he had on her and then unexpectedly, with one strong move pushed her paws from his shoulder and pressed them to her chest.

Cynder cried out happily once more when she dangled above the sheets on the opposite side of his body this time. Just as before she didn't remain there long since almost instantly Spyro jerked his body to the other side, dragging her with him.

For the next seconds she felt like she was a hatchling in some sort of a scaly cradle that was rocking wildly from side to side. And just like a child, that was given some extreme, shaking treatment, she was laughing all the way.

"Point taken! Point taken!" she squealed in between happy screams

He immediately stopped moving, making her lay flat on his chest, panting from the merry extortion. Her head limply hung from his shoulder, squeaky laugher filling the room.

Spyro grinned proudly, selflessly admiring his ability to make her laugh and especially happy that he sated his addictive hunger for that sound.

When she finally managed to take control of her body Cynder inhaled the air deeply with a squealing, joyful whizz and smiled at him lovingly.

"You're unbelievable"

He shrugged with a smile "You like the sound of my heart, only fair for me to love something of yours. Laughter is one of those things"

"You like to hear me laugh? she raised her head, aiming her eyes at him saucily

"What else do you love about me?"

Spyro chuckled "Not so fast"

"Please" she whined, seductively caressing his chest "Tell me"

"You need to fall asleep first"

"How will that help me?"

"You'll know when you wake up"

Cynder growled and punched his chest playfully "You tease, but alright, I'll bite"

She huddled tighter to him, allowing herself to be wrapped into his safe, loving embrace, before giving him a full of affection kiss that he tenderly returned.

"Goodnight" she cooed and closed her eyes, resting her head in the same position as if during their first hug

"Goodnight" he kissed her head before placing his chin on top of it. He held her tightly as his eyes were starting to be shrouded by the itching veil of sleep. Before his consciousness drifted into blissful oblivion, only one thought bounced inside his skull.

She is all that matters.

*

She yawned loudly at some point, smacking her lips a couple of times, her sleeping consciousness still blissfully lost within the embrace of her partner. Yet she felt everything around her, part of her instinct has awakened, it was sharp enough to sense some odd things.

Like the delicate gust of cold wind.

Or the creaking sound of glassy door swinging open.

"So sleep sugar...

Or the sound of hollow singing.