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Cynder woke up to a flash of light through the window. She looked out of it to see Michael take off, his armor flashing in the morning sun, Trica and Aura following. She laid her head back down with a sigh. She was happy to have some personal time with Spyro, he spent his healing time surrounded with friends and family who wanted to make sure he was okay, and keep him occupied from the pain. She was anticipating the quiet time with her mate. She looked out the window and watched a large group of dragons fly out of the square. Cynder knew that they were mostly alone now. She felt Spyro's breathing, and enjoyed his calm heartbeat. Cynder fell back into a light nap, enjoying Spyro's warmth. She woke when he tried to get up.

"Oops, I didn't mean to wake you." He told her

"It's fine, I wasn't really sleeping." Cynder replied, she got up and stretched.

Spyro kissed her check. "They already left?"

"Yeah, I saw them leave" Cynder answered

He smiled "Good, personal time with my beautiful mate"

Cynder blushed. "I'm not that pretty."

Spyro looked genuinely shocked "Cynder, to me you're the prettiest dragon I've ever seen"

Cynder looked at him, she could tell that through his eyes, that this was true. She watched him walk out the room and start cooking. Cynder looked back out the window, and looked at the quiet square, not a soul was in sight. It was a bit strange, calm, but strange. Cynder had this strange feeling, she couldn't quite figure out what it was. She could feel her dark element warning her, as if this was a calm before a storm. Cynder chose to ignore it, they were safe, nothing could hurt them. She joined Spyro in the dining room, he had cooked up a delicious meal, and Cynder was really hungry. They ate their meal and relaxed on the couch. They talked and relaxed for a while, then decided to go for a walk. They explored the alleyways, and admired the ruins spread around the city. Another dragon couple walked past them, they smiled at each other as they passed. They returned home and lounged some more. Cynder was napping in her bed while Spyro was cleaning. When a massive boom echoed through the whole city, sending a shockwave through the house. The city's shields became visible. Spyro rushed outside just as another boom echoed through the city again. The shockwave knocked Spyro off of his feet. Lumi stuck his head out the window, Cynder followed, she heard Spyro call to him.

"Stay with Amber"

He ran back in the house, they hurriedly put on their armor then rushed out and flew towards the city's defense center. When they got there, they saw soldiers rushing everywhere. A general approached them.

"Were under attack from an unknown force, these shots are so strong that if this was any other city, the shields would have broken on the first shot." She told them

Another shot struck the shields, causing another shockwave to rumble the whole city.

"Damn these shields are strong, they aren't even cracking. We need to find who's attacking us" She turned to them.

"Are there any fortresses nearby?" Spyro asked

"There were only three at the dock, and we lost contact with one." The general answered

"Are our element cannons operational?" Spyro flinched as another blast, and another shockwave rang out.

"They are, but we have no target." She told him

Another dragon approached them "General, we are detecting an extremely high amount of dark magic, the only possible explanation is that there are two dark masters out there."

"TWO!" The general yelled

"Affirmative" the soldier nodded, and returned to his station

"Were exposed, Michael cannot be contacted, and we only have two fortresses. But if they approach one shot from whatever is firing at us will decimate them. We need to draw the masters out, then push them away from their soldiers." The general told them.

"No, we need to draw them out and kill them" Spyro replied

"Army approaching, fire the cannons" a captain yelled

Spyro and Cynder flew out to the front gate, they looked out to see a massive army filled with cursed soldiers, mercenaries of almost every species, and a few golems. Three more shots struck the shield, but they showed no sign of yielding. Spyro spotted where the shot came from, and turned to Cynder.

"Can your shadow take us there?" He asked

Cynder nodded, and they huddled up next to each other. Cynder focused and brought them to the shadow realm, Cynder concentrated their powers, and they flashed to their destination. They became visible behind two darkened dragons. One of them charged an element ball, and tossed it at the city. One of the dragons glanced back, and jumped when he saw Spyro. The other dragon flipped around and attacked. He reared up and breathed dark fire at the two, Cynder jumped forward and used her wind element to divert the flame. Spyro retaliated by using his earth element to lift a massive slab of stone, and throw it at the dark dragon. The other master fired a poison ball at Spyro, it struck his armored side, the poison sizzled as it tried to burn through the ethereal gold. Strange runes began to appear, neutralizing the poison. Spyro unsheathed his sword and used it to launch a lightning bolt, it hit both of the masters, sending them back. They shook off the attack as if it didn't even faze them, Spyro leaped forward, slicing at one of the masters, he dodged, knocking Spyro's sword aside. Spyro quickly flipped and threw a fireball at him. Taken by surprise, the fireball struck the dark dragon in the face. Cynder ducked a swipe from the other dark dragon, then flipped around and turned to shadow, she flashed behind him, and fired a poison ball. The dragon saw this and dodged left, he flipped around and dwiped again, Cynder was still in shadow form, so the claws passed right through her. Spyro ducked more fire, then concentrated, and used a new move Michael taught him. He lifted his wings and focused. Suddenly, a massive lightning bolt fell from the sky and struck the dark master, sending him flying. Spyro took this moment to pick up his sword and drove it into the grey dragon's heart. The dragon's eyes went wide, then he slumped over, his body burst into flames, leaving only his bones. Spyro looked over to see Cynder in her shadow form, holding off the other master. The master noticed the other dragon's death, and roared. He sent a shockwave of dark magic, knocking both of them back. Spyro rolled down the hill, unable to right himself. Cynder rushed forward, picked up Spyro's sword, and used it to launch a powerful poison ball at him, when he flinched back, Cynder rushed forward and sliced the dragons side, he roared again, but Cynder used the sword to amplify her fear element, causing it to make a noise that made the dark dragon's eyes go wide, right as Cynder plunged the sword into his chest. The dragon's body burst into flames, leaving her alone at the top of the hill with two skeletons. Spyro flew up to her and looked her over.

"Are you okay?" He asked

"Yeah, I'm fine" Cynder told him, nuzzling her.

They looked out at the army below, it was trying to break down the gates, but the ethereal gold is not going to break anytime soon. Spyro walked over and picked up the two dragon skulls, he was disgusted, but knew that he had to give these to Michael when he returns.

"Five down, five more to go" He stated, putting the skulls in his inventory.

Cynder nodded, then focused on something behind him, he turned to follow her gaze and smiled when six fortresses floated towards the city, firing their cannons at its attackers. They flew back to the city, dodging the elemental attacks and arrows as they passed the shields. They landed back at the defense center and approached the general.

"The dark masters are gone" Spyro told her

"Like, they retreated?" The general turned to them.

"Like, dead." Spyro replied

Everybody in the room froze, and turned to them, another general broke the silence.

"Your just like your parents." He spoke

The main general jumped up. "They have no artillery, send out the soldiers"

"Is Michael on his way?" Spyro asked

"No, he's deep in enemy territory, he was tracking another dark master, but the one he was tracking might be one of the ones here. The dark magic makes our communications very difficult, even fire letters can't reach him." The general answered

"Send word to Ember, Jasper, and Camry, tell them to stay where they are and not worry, I don't want them coming here until we've cleared out these forces." Spyro told her

She nodded to a lieutenant, and he started writing letters.

"The city's automatic defenses have activated; elemental turrets are popping up everywhere. This army can only last a few days." The general told them.

Spyro nodded, then turned to Cynder "We should check on Lumi and Mary"

Cynder nodded to him, and they took off. The shields were still visible, small pulses rang through them from small elemental blasts. They landed in the square, Cynder went to Lumi's house while Spyro went to go find Mary. Cynder knocked on the door and called to them. He quickly opened the door.

"Cynder, come in." He said, looking up at the shield.

He led her down a set of stairs into the cellar, Amber was pacing, a worried expression on her face. When she saw Cynder, Amber's face flashed with a strange expression, then returned to worry.

"Cynder, what's going on?"

"Two dark masters brought an army here; they were throwing massive dark magic balls at the city." Cynder told them

"Two?" Lumi gasped "What are two masters doing together during a war?"

"I don't know, but Spyro and I went out and killed them" Cynder replied

"You killed two dark masters, by yourselves" Amber looked at Lumi, a surprised look on her face

"Yes" Cynder answered "The remaining forces can only continue their assault for a few days, the danger is over."

Amber sighed in relief, and laid down, her pregnant belly sagged and she laid her head down. Cynder looked around the cellar, and noticed strange runes all over the walls and ceiling.

"They're strength and protection runes, you have them in your cellar too, it turns it into a little bunker." Lumi told her.

Amber closed her eyes, and quickly fell asleep, Lumi and Cynder went back into the living room.

"How's she doing?" Cynder asked

"She's fine, instincts, nerves, and hormones are messing with her right now, she's going to start nesting soon." Lumi answered "This attack just added real danger to the mix."

Cynder sighed "And here I was hoping for some peace and quiet with Spyro"

"This attack will be over by tomorrow, sooner if the mercenaries realize that their payers are dead. Michael and the others will be gone for a week. You still have time." Lumi replied

Cynder nodded, and walked out of the house to find Spyro. She walked up to Mary and Jake's house, and knocked on the door, after a moment Spyro answered. He motioned her outside and into yet another cellar. Mary was laying down, covering her kids with her wings. She was alert, staring intently out the small window. Jake was curled around her.

"Hey" Cynder called to them.

Jake lifted his head and smiled faintly.

"Hey, I heard what you did, nice job"

"You okay?" Cynder asked

"Just some PTSD from my time in the last war" Jake replied "Mary's in defense mode"

A small grey snout followed by two eyes poked out from under Mary's wing, then a small boom rumbled through the shields, causing them to retreat.

"They were raised in the capital; this is the first time they have every experienced war." Jake explained

"I can't believe they would attack Faun, the strongest city in this dimension, what did they think would happen?" Mary broke her trance.

"Probably the opposite of what actually happened" Spyro replied

A small series of booms echoed from the element cannons. Mary perked up and looked out the window.

"Those are the long-range cannons, either they are retreating, or another army is approaching."

"The mercenaries must have found out that their employers are dead" Spyro replied

"You should go find out, were fine" Mary told them

They left the house and Spyro turned to her.

"Did you see those runes?" He asked

"Yeah, Lumi's house had them too, he said that they were for protection and strength, and that we had them too." Cynder answered

Spyro nodded, then they took off, flying back to the gate. They landed on top of it, and watched as what was left of the army retreated into a series of portals that had formed.

"We watched a few dragons fly up to the top of that hill you went too. Then they told everyone else, and they started running." A captain told them.

A few soldiers cheered as the portals closed, the rest of them looked annoyed, wondering why they would even attack them in the first place. Spyro smiled at Cynder, and they watched the shields disappear into their dormant state. Thousands of small cannons spread along the walls started to retreat back to their stationary positions. They flew back to the defense center for the last time. The general was in her office, she sat back on the cushion she sat on, exhausted. The battle had only lasted for a couple of hours but it had drained her. When she noticed Spyro, she sat up and nodded to him.

"We sent out an all clear, and notified your family as well." She said to him

"Do you have a second in command?" Spyro asked

The general looked up "Yes, why?"

"Give him command, and take the rest of the day off." He ordered

The general opened her mouth as if to say something, but thought better of it, she nodded and walked out of the room. Cynder laughed when she heard her shout someone else's name. Another dragon walked into the office and sat down, double checking a report he had in his hand.

"The only reported damages are from the shockwaves causing some houses to crack, other than that, there was only some minor damage inflicted on the gate and walls. The shields took no damage, and neither did any cannons or turrets." He told them, not looking up.

"How long until all damages are repaired?" Spyro asked

"A week, max" The dragon replied

Spyro nodded "As soon as Michael is within range of communication, send him an update."

"Yes sir" The dragon saluted.

Spyro and Cynder left, and flew home, Spyro could see how this attempted siege had worn Cynder out, she was hiding it very well, but Spyro could tell. They landed back in the square, and saw Amber laying in the sun, her wings were extended as she slept in the warm afternoon light. Lumi was reading a book a little way away from her.

"The fighting is over, they retreated" Spyro told him

He looked up "Yeah, I saw the shields disappear."

Cynder looked around "Why are you way over here"

"Amber doesn't want to hear my breathing, but also doesn't want me to leave her sight." He looked over at her "She kinda lost control over her emotions for a moment"

They watched her sleep for a moment, then Spyro and Cynder walked into their house. They laid back on the couch and relaxed for a few minutes. Spyro looked at her.

"I wonder what Michael and the others are doing"