This is the third day of our heroes in Warfang, and it has been too quiet until now, don't you think? So let's warm things up…

"It's hot today, don't you think?" Cynder asked looking to Spyro on their balcony.

"More than normal." He replied.

They already had breakfast and taken Volteer's lecture. Now they were in their balcony, gazing the city in afternoon.

"Ember it's a little strange today, you noticed that?" Cynder asked.

"She looks nervous or disturbed with something." He said calmly.

"Ah, I found you two." Spyro and Cynder turned to see Volteer standing on the door.

"I almost forgot, we still having something to talk about. Follow me to the library again please." He called.

Eggs don't appear from nowhere.

Spyro and Cynder followed him until the library. Once there he sat again in front of the dragons. He looked around, and everything was silently. Hunter wasn't there to save him this time, so he began.

"Spyro, Cynder. As you can imagine, eggs don't appear from nowhere. It requires a male, and a female to mate, to generate an egg, and this egg shall be cared by them. Later it will hatch, and a hatchling will emerge from it, and it will be with his parents until it's old enough and can defend itself."

"You two don't know this because you were taken from your parents even before hatch. You two understood?"

They just nodded their heads.

"Both of you already have enough age to mate, but not enough to generate eggs. This was the easy part. Now, take this book, it teach you a little more of your own body." He slide a book to them.

They picked it and opened. They read it all together, mostly figures. They were very ashamed of reading the book, but they must know that.

It took a little time to them to finish. Meanwhile Volteer was searching for another book. They looked at each other, and their cheeks burned, so they turned their looks to the ground. Volteer saw that and giggled. "Do you two finished the book?"

"Yes we did." They said together.

"Marvelous! Any questions?" He asked and they shook their heads.

"What about our parents Volteer?" Spyro asked, gazing up to Volteer.

"We still looking for that Spyro, when we found, we will warn you." Volteer replied. "Now, I have something to say to Spyro. Could you leave us alone Cynder?"

"Sure…" She said not knowing the why he asked her that.

When she left, Volteer turned to Spyro once again.

"Spyro, one more thing that you need to know, is that when the dragonesses reach some age, their hormones spike up, this change their normal personalities and they grow eager to mate. It's a self-defense system, to impede the race to be extinct. If no dragonesses mate, then will be no eggs, and no future. Do you understand that?" Spyro just nodded his head.

"So Cynder can change a little and sometimes force herself on you. But it's not a problem, since I know that you and Cynder love each other very much. But when she does it, I found very hard that you will be able to shove her off, because they have ways to attract a male when they want, and because of you own hormones that won't just let you walk away from her." Spyro nodded his head again.

"I know that all your friends already know everything I told you here." He finished. "You can go now, and you can tell Cynder what we talked here later, but just don't do it right now. You will just confuse her."

"Thanks Volteer." Spyro said and bowed his head.

"That's nothing, young dragon." He replied.

Spyro walked off the library, and Volteer said to himself "You owe me that one Ignitus."

Cynder were waiting for him in the main corridor.

"So, how was that?" She asked.

"Well, we just had a bunch of questions answered." He sighed.

"Yeah, things are clearer now. You know, since we first kissed in Avalar, I felt a little weird, and I knew I wanted to do something with you, but I just don't knew what was that." She said.

He blushed a little.

"Why are you so ashamed Spyro? We aren't kids anymore. We have to act like the semi-adults we are!" She said confidant. "And I mean everything, not just this mating thing."

She then raised his head with her paw.

"I guess you are right." He said gazing at her eyes. He was surprised by her maturation. She was confident in her words.

Seeing that he was already more confident of himself, she said "That my boy" and gave him a short kiss. "Now I will take care of something." She said and released his chin. "I see you later." She walked away and gave him a wink.

Spyro continued sat right there in the corridor, thinking in what Volteer said to them, and in what Cynder said too. Then he saw Amphars turn a corner and head for him.

"Hello Spyro, Is Volteer in the library?" He asked.

"I guess so." Spyro replied gazing at the dragon.

"Thank you then." He said, and entered the library.

"Volteer, are you there?" He asked when entered the library. Volteer poked his head off a bookshelves' corner and said "Oh, hello Amphars. I guess you want to train more, is that it?" Amphars just nodded his head.

"Call Spyro and head outside, to the training arena. I will meet you two there." Amphars then did what he was told and met Volteer again, outside with Spyro.

"Today I want to see how you can use your retribution ability." Volteer said and Amphars nodded agreeing. "Concentrate, and prepare yourself."

He took a few seconds and said he was ready.

"Spyro, use your lighting arc in him."

Spyro threw a lightning arc in Amphars, who was eyes closed concentrating to hold the attack. The attack struck Amphars, but he stayed the way he was, and lightnings began to creep through his scales.

"Now Amphars, throw it up!" Volteer said.

Amphars took a deep breath, and opened his eyes. They were glowing yellow with energy. He opened his mouth and liberated the energy in him. He released the lightning back at Spyro, who defended himself just in time with a rock boulder.

"You did marvelous! You two." Volteer said proudly. "Now Amphars, every time you use it, you will use some of you own energy, but much less than attacking without being attacked."

"Also you have to take care with how much power you overcharge yourself. The more power you overcharge, the less time you have to release it, and the harder will be to control it. And if you lost control, even for a second it will fry yourself."

"I understand." Amphars said.

"I think this is sufficient for today. You can go" He nodded his head. "And thank you for your time Spyro." Volteer said and Amphars agreed.

"That was…fun, wasn't it?" Amphars giggled.

"Yeah." Spyro replied giggling.

"Where's Cynder?" Amphars noticed that Cynder wasn't around. "You always walk with her."

"She said that she was going to solve something, a time ago" He replied.

Meanwhile.

While Cynder was now feeling good, but Ember was just felling more awkward with time.

Cynder walked to Ember's room, poked her head inside and found she lay in her pillows.

"Hello Cynder. Need something?" She asked tilting her head.

"Ember, I want to talk with you." Cynder said looking Ember in her eyes.

"Uh…okay." She replied already knowing what Cynder had in mind.

"Ember I would like if you could stop trying yourself like you did the last days on Spyro, he is already with me." Cynder said.

"I know, but I want him to much! I want to be with him just as you do." She sighed "Maybe we can...share him...I would prefer to have him alone but I have no choice." Ember replied

Cynder was getting upset "No Ember, I will not share him… that is …awkward."

"Don't be egoist." Ember laughed a little and Cynder rolled her eyes.

"Ember he already loves me and I love him too. You can't change that!" Cynder pointed.

She sighed again" You two, already...mated?"

"Ember!" Cynder shouted angrily.

"Yes or no?" She asked directly.

Cynder subsided and stammered. "Well...we don't..." It was enough for Ember.

"Then I still have a chance!" She concluded happily and turned to took off rapidly through her balcony.

"Oh no, you don't!" Cynder said as tried to hold Ember's tail with her claw, but with no avail.

She growled in anger to see Ember was fleeing.

Ember took off just because she already knows that Cynder would be upset. But she didn't cared. And Cynder just gave her an idea.

Cynder calmed herself, and walked searching for the other dragons. While walking by the corridors, she found Flame exiting its room.

"Hey Flame, doing something?" She asked

He just shook his head and asked. "And you?"

"I was talking to Ember, trying to convince her to give it up with Spyro, but it doesn't work."

"I see." He sighed and hung his head in sadness.

Cynder noticed that. "Do you love her, don't you?"

He raised his head a little and spoke saddened "Yes Cynder, I do."

"So why you just don't tell her?" Cynder said. "It's better than stay this way. Even if you got your butt kicked."

"The way she is, running after Spyro, I don't know if I even have a chance. But you have a point." He said and Cynder smiled at him.

"Thanks Cynder."

"You are welcome. Now let's get to the others." She said and he agreed.

They walked to the temple entrance, where usually, they spend their time gazing at the city. There were Spyro and Amphars talking. Cynder then approached, and told Spyro what she talked with Ember.

"Talk to her Spyro. Maybe if with you saying that she is only your friend, she changes her mind." Cynder said.

"Ok." He sighed hanging his head a little. "But you said that she flew, where is she now?"

"I don't know, but I know she will be back soon. I think that she just took off because were afraid of me."

"I will talk to her once she is back then." He said.

"Thanks Spyro." She gave him a short kiss.

"Well, I'm going to fly a little. I see you all when start to get late." Amphars said and prepared to take off, and they nodded their heads.

"I guess I will head back to my room then, and think." Flame said, a little sad, and turned his way to his room.

"I guess we have the afternoon alone then Spyro." She said calmly gazing at him.

"I guess so." He replied with a smile, and she kissed him.

When the sun gone down, Amphars already had returned to his room. Spyro and Cynder were in their balcony. They just had dinned and Ember was there too.

"Go Spyro, speak with her." Cynder remembered him.

"Ok Cynder, I'm going." He replied and took off to her balcony. While this, Flame worked enough courage to talk with Ember. When Spyro landed on her balcony, he headed inside slowly. Ember was in her pillows, trying to fall asleep. But she felt his scent, and looked to the balcony.

"Spyro!" She said happily, got up on her feet and walked closer to him.

"Ember I come to…"

"I know why you come here." Her heart was beating hard, and her temp spiked. She positioned herself between him and the balcony. And started walking to him, forcing him to walk back.

"So, I just wanted to say…"

"Shh, say nothing." She cut him off again.

"This is not working." Spyro thought to himself.

He gulped in surprise, when she ran to him and knocked off his feet. She quickly positioned herself on top of him.

"I got you now!" She said happily.

"Ember what are…?" He started but she put a paw in his lips.

He could not break free from her grasp without hurting her. She was using all her weight and holding him close, to don't leave her pray any chance to escape. He remembered what Volteer said when Cynder walked off the room that afternoon.

"Cynder, that's just a terrible mistake coming here." He thought to himself.

"I just wanted to have some fun with you; it's not that bad, is it?" She said with a sexy look and gave him a warm lick on the nose. "And I have sure you will love it!" She gave a small chuckle licked his chest and up to his cheek only to provoke him even more, and it was working.

She continued tempting him a little time then, licking his chest and face, and liberating her scent. Then she rubbed her hind quarters against his. "See? You are already liking it!" She chuckled.

Spyro was fighting his best against himself to not succumb to Ember. But he was not able to hold himself forever. And she was only getting started.

Spyro then saw that Flame was watching everything from the doorstep; he had tears in his eyes and took off running.

Then he gazed up to Ember again, who was staring at him with a sexy look. "Please Ember….if Cynder see this she gonna rip you apart" He pleaded.

"I'm already seeing." Cynder said as she walked off the shadows of the balcony.

Ember froze; and locked her eyes on Cynder. She never was so frightened in her whole life. "Oww SHIT!" She gasped and Cynder began to approach slowly, clawing against the floor in each step, ready to leap towards and attack Ember.

"Cynder, I..." She stammered and shivered while she got off Spyro and took some steps back.

Ember saw an opportunity and turned to ran off the room fast as she could, yelling in fear. Cynder was about to hunt her down but Spyro got up and tackled Cynder to the ground.

"What are you doing Spyro!? I gonna kill her right now!" She nearly shouted.

"Exactly! I don't want anyone killing each other's here, she was not in her normal, and she does not think in what she was doing, she was driven by lust." Spyro replied

"You are protecting her?" She shouted "Do you have feelings for her?"

"No Cynder!" He shouted back. "Don't say that!"

Then he lowered his tone "But she needs to have a better control of herself. You have all the rights to be mad at her and with me." He sighed.

Her anger subsided "Oh Spyro sorry." She began whimpering.

"Don't be sorry Cynder, I understand you." He embraced her with his front paws.

She cried a little in his shoulder until come to a stop, and he gave her a lick on the nose, getting a smile from her "There, that's much better." He said with a smile.

"Don't leave me Spyro." She whimpered.

"I would never do that" he assured her while got up and helped her to get to her feet.

"Wait, if you were watching, why didn't you just stopped her earlier?" He asked and cocked his head.

She gave a small smile and replied "Because I was seeing your reaction, you acted just as I expected." She gave him a smile and a kiss.

All of sudden Spyro remembered that Flame took off running and crying like a panicked child just moments ago.

"AMPHARS!" He shouted loud as he could nearly waking half of the city, to wake up the dragon, which was probably sleeping in his room. Cynder put her paws in her ears and tried to shake the sound out of her head.

"Sorry Cynder." He nuzzled her, who was stunned from the shout.

In seconds they could hear the lightning sound crackling through the corridors and Ampharos appeared in front of the door leaving a trail of sparks and lightning through his way.

"What is it Spyro? Something happened?" He asked worried while panting.

"Ember, she nearly...well, that don't matter now, go after Flame! He saw everything and ran away crying! Don't let him running away."

"I will do it!" He said and sparked out of their visions in a blink, searching for Flame.

"I hope he doesn't lose his mind, he likes Ember a lot." Spyro said as he walked back to his room. He looked over his shoulder to Cynder and asked with a smile "Will you come too?"

She smiled back as they walked to their room. Once there they got to their pillows. Cynder curled herself at Spyro's belly and he curled around her.

Quickly Amphars had already checked Flame's room and most of the temple's chambers, trying to not awake anyone and found no signal of Flame. He grew tired very fast because of the extensive use of his powers, and after losing a battle against his own tiredness, he fell to the ground in someone's door, and seconds later he fell asleep.

After some time, Ember returned to her room. She noticed what she had done in the last days and she could not just believe how she behaved. That was not her. She was very ashamed of it. And even more of what she nearly did with a dragon already compromised. She was pretty bad with herself now.

Flame ran thought the temple, and when he saw an opportunity, took off, and flew away from there. When he just doesn't wanted to flew anymore, he landed. He landed in an area with some trees. He managed to see what looked like an old temple. He fell of tiredness on the ground, whimpering a little. Then he heard something moving around him, but he just didn't cared. For his surprise he heard a softy voice.

"You are okay? What happened to you?"

He turned his head and barely could see a black dragoness, she was about his age or a little older. He didn't replied, so the dragoness approached, cautiously. She looked at him, thrown on the forest floor. She sniffed him a little, and later poked her snout on his side, trying to move him.

"Speak with me please." She pleaded.

"I'm not hurt, not my body at least." He sighed.

"I understand. I thought you were dead. Look, you must be tired; you can stay with me this night."

He just laid his head on the ground again. She took that as a yes.

"Look, I can help you. I can do you forget all that happened to you, if you tell me it first." She said in a proposing tone.