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Spyro woke to the normal hustle and bustle of the village, Cynder was already gone, she had spent most of the last thirteen days in the archive, reading through thousands of years of lineage. Spyro got up and stretched, then excited the empty room they had been staying in. Nebula was asleep on the old couch, snoring lightly, and Trice was cooking in the kitchen.

"Hey" She called to him "Breakfast is on the table; your little bookworm took off after grabbing a small meal."

Spyro chuckled "She is trying to copy as many books as she can before we leave"

"Does she realize Michael can do them all at once?" Trice replied

"I'm guessing not, because she hasn't asked him." Spyro rolled his eyes

Trice laughed. "Well, what can we do?"

Spyro shook his head and chuckled more "Absolutely nothing"

"Well, I'm going to go take a flight, see you later." Trice said and left.

Spyro finished his meal and stepped out into the small village. Most of the people were nice, smiling and nodding to Spyro as he passed. But some grumbled and shot him dirty looks. Spyro was not used to the looks of hate he received from some of these dragons, but chose not to focus on them. He occasionally stopped and talked to a few villagers, many of them were preparing for the departure tomorrow. He walked into the center of the village, and entered the archive building. He went down a few sets of stairs and found his mate laying surrounded by books, she was reading from a black book that looked newer than the rest. She looked up and smiled when she saw Spyro.

"Hi, I'm almost done, this is the last stack." She stated

"Nice" Spyro replied

He walked up and nuzzled her, then walked along the rows of shelves. He found where he had left off yesterday and kept up his search. But he stopped after a few minutes, there was a purple book mixed in with a group of white ones. Spyro pulled out the book and returned to the reading area.

"Hey, look at this." He spoke

"A purple one? They must have had one here. That could only have one dragon in it. You pulled that out of the section that sorted dragons by color, that's why I never found one in the lineage section." Cynder replied

Spyro opened the book and read, he saw not one but two dragons within.

"There was two, both of them were female." Spyro told her

Spyro finished the book, and grabbed an empty grey book. He stacked one on top of the other, then wrote a rune on the top. The grey book slowly turned purple, and became an exact copy of the original. Spyro grabbed the original and tossed it into the air. Magic took hold of it before it fell and returned it to its place. He grabbed the copy and put it in his inventory. For the next few hours Spyro curled around Cynder and napped while she read and copied the rest of the books. Eventually, Michael entered the room and smiled at the two dragons, Spyro was snoring peacefully.

"You going to be ready to go tomorrow?" Michael asked her

"Yeah, I'm done with the copying, but not with the reading." Cynder smiled

"Good, I'll leave you be then" He walked out and up the stairs.

Cynder finished her last book and sighed, her mother's family line was far more prominent than her father's. She wanted to learn as much as she can, but there is nothing here from before they came to this dimension. She remembered that Michael once mentioned that the massive archive in Providence magically updated once a year, and that it probably had both of them in it. Cynder looked down at her mate, wondering how he could not be dying to learn all that he can about his family. Maybe it is because he was raised by caring parents, and for a long while he believed he was one of them. Cynder nuzzled Spyro, and he opened his eyes and smiled at her.

"Done?"

"Yep"

They both got up, and threw the rest of the books in the air, then walked back up the stairs. When they excited the building, they squinted their eyes at the sunlight, then walked back to the house. They arrived to find Michael talking with a large group of dragons.

"You will be staying in a specific section of my district; you can then choose a job or be educated for one. Or, you can join the ML army and be trained, you will then be reassigned as guards of my district, and get paid to protect you own loved ones."

The group nodded in understanding.

"Each family will be assigned a house. So far, one hundred and twelve dragons have told me they are coming to Faun, I have prepared fifty-eight houses for everybody. If anybody surprises me tomorrow, they will have to stay in temporary housing until permanent ones are prepared for them."

More nodding.

"An escort will arrive at five in the morning tomorrow, and will stay until nine. You can arrive at any point and stay with them until we depart, once you are with them, you are safe. Any attempts to stop the departure of the escort will be met with violence, in the event of such violence, remain with the group, do not leave the group. Tell everybody who will listen what you have heard."

They nodded more and left, chatting excitedly. Spyro looked at Michael in surprise.

"One hundred and twelve?"

"Yeah, of the five hundred that live here, a huge chunk will be leaving tomorrow. I will be waking you up when the escort arrives, and you will armor up and stay under their protection." Michael told them

Flame and Ember landed next to them, laughing. They turned to Cynder.

"Speak of the devil, we were wondering if we would ever see you in the daylight." Ember chuckled

Cynder shouldered her "Maybe when I would see you in general, where have you been going?"

"There is a waterfall surrounded by thousands of different kinds of stones, we were just messing around." Flame replied "We told you, but you were too busy."

Nebula stepped out of the house and yawned. "Why is everyone so loud."

"We sleep during the night in most places, so the work is done during the day." Michael answered

"Ugh, why?" She rubbed her head.

"Because its during the daylight, not everybody gets bright starlight and constant moonlight." Michael told her

Spyro and Cynder entered the house, cooked and ate a meal, and took off for a flight. They flew out over the village, and explored the woods. They found the waterfall the others told them about, and it was more beautiful than they had imagined. They jumped into the pool and bathed themselves. Then explored the waterfall and the colorful stones surrounding it. Cynder relaxed in the water, and dug around in a little beach. She heard some giggling and looked up to see a small group of dragonesses huddling together and watching Spyro. They hadn't noticed her and were watching Spyro as he was standing under the falls, letting the water pound on his back like a massage. He had his back turned to them, and was looking at the strange veins of crystals on the walls. Cynder smiled and looked back to the dragonesses, they were giggling and whispering to each other.

"Yeah, he's pretty hot." She said to them

They jumped and looked down at her. Surprised and embarrassed, they apologized to her.

"Don't be sorry, he's hot, but he's mine, just remember that." Cynder smiled

They nodded.

"You can hop in; I know this is a regular spot for you guys." Cynder told them

They nodded again and went to the far side of the pool. Spyro heard a splash and looked over at them, then at Cynder, a confused look on his face. He came down and jumped into the water, swimming towards her. He surfaced with a splash and laid in the water on the smooth stones.

"You have some admirers" Cynder told him

Spyro raised an eyebrow, and settled his head next to her. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the relaxing feeling of the water. Cynder watched him fall asleep and rolled her eyes, of course he would sleep more. Dragons are inherently lazy, and loved to sleep. She watched as a group of drakes walked up to the pool and talked with the dragonesses. Suddenly, they jumped into the pool and splashed them, making them squeal and laugh as everybody started splashing each other. Cynder and Spyro stayed in the pool until the sun set. Some of the gemstones were magical, and were glowing different colors. Spyro and Cynder floated around and enjoyed the beauty of the falls and the glowing pool. The younger dragons had left, some of them needed to prepare for their departure. Eventually Cynder pulled Spyro out of the pool. He laughed and got up.

"I could have done that myself" He chuckled

"Really? Or would you have stayed in there all night?" Cynder replied

Spyro smirked and casually used his tail to knock Cynder back into the water. She fell with a yelp and a splash. By the time she climbed back out, Spyro had already vanished into the trees. She chased after him, but he easily beat her to the house. Cynder gave Spyro a dirty look when she entered the house, and sat down at the table. They ate and talked for a little while, then everyone settled into their rooms. As Spyro was walking into their room, Cynder wrapped her tail around one of Spyro's back leg and pulled. Spyro fell with an oof.

"You can stay there." She said, smiling and stretching, then she laid down and watched him for a moment.

Spyro stared at her, then huffed and backed out of the room. Cynder could tell he was calling her bluff, and was waiting just outside of the room. Eventually Cynder squirmed and folded.

"Hey, can you just get back in here already?" She called

Spyro walked back into the room with a confident expression on his face. She rolled her eyes as he curled up around her.

"Your bad at acting spiteful." He mumbled into her neck "But I will have to get used to it when you get pregnant."

Cynder blushed at the thought. "I better not force you out, I can't stand sleeping without you now, I'm just too used to it."

"Same" Spyro mumbled

They fell asleep. Listening to the sounds of the forest.

Michael woke up the two young adult dragons by knocking on the door, and calling out their names. They both opened their eyes and stretched, the cold morning air had seeped into the unheated house, but Cynder was unaffected by it. They put on their armor and walked out of the house. Michael was waiting for them by the road.

"You go to the main gate with Nebula, I'm waiting for Flame and Ember." He told them

They nodded and followed Nebula as she led them through the village. More dragons joined them as the progressed, some were weighed down with packs, while others were carrying children. As they reached the main gate, Trice checked everybody's names off of a paper in her paws. They joined a group of dragons, surrounded by a large group of soldiers. They were vigilantly watching the village and waiting. After a couple more minutes, Flame and Ember joined them, talking with a few others. Spyro and Cynder chatted with a bunch of dragons for a while, they all wanted to hear about their new home. They found out that none of the dragons were staying in the planet's capital, they all were going to Faun. Michael joined them when it was time to leave, Trice nodded to them and they got ready to leave.

"Stop" A dragon ran up to them "Mark, come here now!"

Michael looked around the crowd and sighed when Mark stepped out from the others.

"Mom, I'm going." He said "I can make my own decisions"

"No, you aren't, come with me, NOW!" She ordered

"Mom, I want to go with my friends." Mark replied "I can go if I want to."

Mark's mom made a move as if to grab him, but stopped when Michael shot her a look. She looked back at her son.

"Please, stay with us."

"No mom, it's time for me to find my own life, not live after yours."

He turned around and walked back to Star. Then, to everyone's surprise, he nuzzled her cheek. Cynder gasped, and Star blushed heavily. She returned the public display by nuzzling him back. Mark looked back at his mom, who nodded in understanding, and walked away. A few members of the crowd congratulated the two blushing dragons. Then Michael got their attention and led them out of the city. Michael stopped with a sigh just outside of the gate.

"Oh what now?"

The Guardian, Nara, and Vox were standing in their way. The Guardian looked like she wanted to turn back to stone, while the other two had fierce looks on their faces. A few other dragons appeared, surrounding the crowd and its escort.

"You think we would let you just leave?" Vox shouted "You are a fool to..."

Michael didn't let him finish, he blasted the opposing dragons with a gust of wind, knocking them back and out of the way. They kept marching past, the Guardian smiled and nodded as they passed. After a short walk, they returned to the gate, to find it destroyed. Michael stepped forward and summoned a new one. Michael then stepped back and made sure everyone went through, then shot Vox a withering look and stepped through, the portal closed with a snap. The crowd gasped and awed at the city they were brought through.

"They will be really amazed at Faun" Cynder whispered

Michael turned to the crowd and took a deep breath.

"You are now free; you no longer need to follow me. The only difference between coming to Faun and going anywhere else is that you know exactly where you are going. Temporary housing is available in almost any city, your powers or other skill sets can be used throughout the ML and it's defended territories. Or you can become a nomad and join one of the many tribes spread about in this galaxy."

Nobody in the crowd moved.

"Alright, lets go to Faun" He replied, rolling his eyes

The crowd cheered, and Michael opened another portal. Nebula led them through the portal, and the square quickly emptied of the black dragons. Michael closed the portal behind the last dragon and turned around.

"Thank god that is over. I assigned Star and Mark to a house near the main square, I saw you guys connecting with them." He told them

"Where to now?" Spyro asked

"We have to pick up Aura, and her mate." Michael answered "Hopefully"

Trice leapt forward and summoned the portal before Michael could even raise a paw. Then jumped through, Michael rolled his eyes and followed.

"Excited much?"

It was late afternoon, a change from the early morning where they came from. Spyro and Cynder followed Michael back to the tribe. He spotted the white dragon and walked up to her. She was laying asleep on the soft grass; Sam was curled around her. When Michael stopped in front of her, she opened one eye and blushed. Michael raised an eyebrow as she jumped about two feet in the air and hugged him.

"Did you accept him?" Michael asked

She nodded, blushing even more. He nuzzled her cheek and smiled.

"Congrats" He spoke

Spyro jumped when a large group of drakes suddenly leapt up and took off. Michael looked up and watched them.

"This is the last offering hunt." He told them "The last chance to offer to the dragonesses, some won't be stopping until they get one and bring it back, no matter how long it takes."

Spyro watched them as they flew all the way to the buffalo herd, Sam laughed.

"They waited too long." He spoke.

Michael looked down at him and he blushed and lowered his head.

"Don't shy at me, your part of the family now, you are a prince, act like it." Michael chuckled

"Don't mess with him." Aura replied, then turned to Sam "He's right though. You don't have to be shy to him, he has already accepted you."

"Unlike my great grandparents and Spyro." Cynder sighed

"Forget them" Michael groaned "You won't have to see them again"