TBD Chapter 13 Missing Events

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Chapter 13

Missing Events

"What the heck just happened!" asked Flame totally confused.

"I'll tell you what happened." said a voice behind him. The three turned their heads to see the three guardians walking towards them. It was Terrador who spoke.

"What happened to the four of them?" asked Spyro, fearing for Cynder's life.

"Dark Delnok…summoned a flash portal." answered Cyril.

"What's a portal?" asked Flame curiously.

"A portal is a magical doorway that connects, into a seamless loop, two distant locations, whether separated by time and/or, more commonly, space." replied Volteer.

"What's a flash portal then?" asked Spyro curiously.

"Same concept as a normal portal except, it happens in a flash, such as where it got its name. It takes more energy but when done correctly, a dragon can literally vanish into thin air." explained Volteer.

"Makes sense…" mumbled Demex.

"Wait, where's Malefor?" asked Spyro in a dead serious voice. He feared for his life since he couldn't imagine what the crowd's reaction would be once they got over the shock.

"We took him to the nearest possible building and had him healed. His wounds were near-fatal." answered Cyril. Spyro winced as he felt his back ache. Now that he felt it, it wasn't just his back, it was his entire body.

"Are you okay?" asked Cyril, noticing Spyro winced.

"My body just hurts." groaned Spyro. "I need to lie down."

Cyril nodded. "You three need to lie down. Come, follow me."

The three boys nodded and followed the guardians. Cyril led them to a building which was surrounded by a crowd of dragons. When the dragons noticed the six, they immediately dispersed and formed a path for them. They were some noticeable whispering as they walked through. The guardians were stopped when a green-scaled dragon, about the age of an elder, boldly stepped in front of them.

"Terrador, is it true that the dragon inside is none other than Malefor?" asked the green dragon. There was an audible silence in the air as the crowd waited for Terrador's answer.

"…You three get inside, we'll handle this." said Terrador as he walked up to the dragon. Demex immediately knew that Terrador was referring to the three of them. He tapped Flame and Spyro's shoulder and beckoned them to go inside the building.

"I'm Flame."

"I'm Demex, nice to meet you."

"So wait, you're telling me that Malefor here is no longer a bad guy?" asked Flame.

"That is correct. Why do you people have a hard time believing that?" asked Malefor.

"Maybe because it's just too hard to believe." said Spyro.

The five dragons were currently in the lounge room of the building. Malefor was resting on the sofa; he's wound completely healed but still feeling a bit sore. Spyro was sitting on a chair whilst tapping his claw absentmindedly on the table. Demex was lying on the rug on the floor, beside him, Flame as well.

"Who was the dark dragon anyway?" asked Malefor.

"It was my brother…Delnok." answered Demex.

"You have a brother?" asked Malefor completely surprised.

"Yes I do." responded Demex.

"I see…" he mumbles something incoherent to himself. "Who stopped Dark Delnok from killing me?" asked Malefor.

"Demex here did." responded Flame. Malefor raised an eyebrow.

'That's the second time I owe you my life." he said to him. Demex smiled.

"Just doing what I do best." he replied. "Hey Spyro?"

"Yeah?"

"What happened…after I slept? You know back at the clearing?" asked Demex. Spyro thought for a moment, and then he remembered the memory.

"Oh that?" asked Spyro.

"Yeah." nodded Demex.

"What are you guys talking about?" asked Flame.

"Well…" then Spyro summarized to Flame what had happened earlier the day.
"I see. What happened next?" asked Flame, curious about the story.

"After Fira realized that Demex weren't feigning…"

***FLASHBACK***

Time Frame: Chapter 11 Hidden History. Fira's POV

"Demex, this is not funny, please open your eyes!" Fira said to Demex worriedly. She started shaking the ice dragon, vigorously now, but to no avail. Demex wasn't responding. Terrador noticed her pleas and turned around.

"What's wrong?" he asked. Fira looked at him with a worried look on her eyes.

"It's Demex, he's not waking up." she replied.

"What?" asked Terrador. Fira gestured towards and Demex and Terrador approached him. Terrador started nudging Demex but yielded same results.

"Is he okay?" asked Fira with concern. Terrador was about to answer when Spyro and Cynder walked up to them.

"What's going on?" asked Spyro.

"It's Demex, he's not waking up." answered Fira. Spyro stared at Demex's seemingly lifeless body.

"I think I know what's wrong with him." stated Spyro.

"You do?" asked everyone. Spyro nodded. Spyro looked at Demex's face and noted movement under his eyelids; rapid movement.

"…He's dreaming. And if my guess is correct then he's probably talking to the Chronicler." said Spyro.

"The Chronicler…? Why would the Chronicler talk to him?" asked Cynder.

"That…I do not know." answered Spyro, shaking his head.

"Do you know when he'll wake up?" asked Fira. Spyro shook his head.

"I'm not sure. It could be a few minutes from now to hours." said Spyro.

"What are we to do then? We can't just sit here and wait, it's already nearing noon and flying under the burning sun isn't good for you." said Terrador.

"Well we could…" trailed Spyro.

"You did what?" asked Demex.

"Yeah… we carried you." answered Spyro.

"You carried me on your backs?" asked Demex.

"And you are one heavy dragon Demex." said Malefor. Flame snickered which made Demex give him a look.

"Do you know you nearly died?" asked Spyro.

"What?" asked Demex.

Spyro looked ahead and saw the three guardians flying ahead. In front of them was a huge outline forming out at the horizon. First it was small then it slowly grew bigger as they approached. Spyro recognized it as Warfang. He veered slightly to the right as the weight of Demex's body shifted.

"Watch it!" he said to Redd who was next to him.

"I'm trying! He keeps shif—WHOA DEMEX!" yelled Redd as Demex slipped from their backs.

"DEMEX!" yelled Fira as she dived straight down.

Demex was oblivious to the yells of Redd and Fira for him; Demex was unaware of his impending doom at the hands of the fast approaching ground. Fira closed up her wings to enable air to flow faster. She needed speed and she needed it fast. She was unafraid of the ground quickly approaching her as she was determined to save Demex. Just as she was about to hit the ground she spread open her wings, tossing to one side whilst turning her body fluidly to avoid the low lying trees.

Everyone up above silently watched in horror as they saw Demex's body go into the canopy, the same time Fira opened her wings. They could hear twigs snapping and branches breaking as Demex fell. They all looked to the right to see a red blur emerge in a flurry of leaves that crashed into the clearing next to the forest.

"Fira are you okay!" asked Cynder the moment she touched down. She saw the red dragoness was standing up and removing leaves and twigs that got stuck in her horns. Lying next to her was Demex, still unconscious; his body was covered with branches and leaves and had cuts that were bleeding.

"Fira are you okay?" repeated Spyro as he noticed that Fira didn't respond to Cynder's question. Fira looked at them, shook her head and smiled.

"I'm fine…It was just…quite a rush." said Fira, panting a bit.

"That's a relief." said Malefor.

***END OF FLASHBACK***

"Wow…Fira must've broken the sound barrier. Who knew she could fly that well?" stated Demex with awe. Flame was equally at awe. Spyro nodded.

"What happened next?" asked Demex.

"Well… you tell us." said Malefor. Demex looked at him.

"What?" he asked him.

"After that, we managed to arrive at Warfang, where we placed you in a room to heal. Fira stayed with you whilst the rest of us proceeded onwards to the gathering." said Malefor.

"Where I eventually bumped into Flame and we managed to chit-chat." continued Spyro.

"Afterwards, all hell broke loose. Someone, who we found out later to be your brother, Delnok, released a fury attack. We eventually ganged up and tried to take out your brother. Malefor here got tackled by Delnok, which ended to him being nearly killed. You arrived just in time, to prevent your brother from killing Malefor. And that's basically It." finished Flame.

Then the three of them stared at Demex.

"What?" asked Demex, unnerved by the staring he was getting.

"You tell us your side now." said Spyro.

"My side?" asked Demex.

"You're side of the story, from the point where you woke up. I want to know what took you so long to get to the City Center, which is only a few blocks away." said Malefor.

"Oh…my side…" said Demex. He sighed as he began relaying what had happened when he woke up.

***FLASHBACK***

Time Frame: Chapter 12 City Center Mayhem. Demex's POV

Demex slowly felt himself come to as he felt himself come back to his body. He opened his eyes and looked around. He couldn't see much since his vision was slightly blurry. It eventually focused and Demex noted where he was. He was in a relatively small room that could easily fit five fully grown dragons, and the bed he was lying on could support two.

He tried to lift his head and he felt something heavy on top of it. With this realization he noticed warmth. He turned his head and noticed another dragon, snuggled up to him. He recognized the red scales as Fira. Gently removing the paw that was draped over him, he sat up.

"Ugh…" he groaned as he felt his back ache along with his entire body. He lied down the bed again, to stop the pain. His groan triggered Fira to shift from her position. She felt the source of warmth next to her was gone, and this made her open her eyes. The first thing she saw was Demex, still, she thought, unconscious due to him still lying. She yawned; completely unaware that Demex was awake beside her, just not moving. She sighed as she hovered her head on top of his body.

"Don't worry Demex… I'll take care of you." she said gently as she lay again beside him. But before she did that, she aligned her maw to his ear and whispered.

"I love you." then she closed her eyes again, wanting nothing more than to sleep next to the one she loved the most.

Demex froze in place. Not because he wanted to stop the aching pain in his back, which he did not why it was there, but, because he was shocked. Shocked by what Fira had whispered to him. Did she not know that he was awake? Slowly and quietly, he sat up. He felt his heart race as the words sunk deeper into him.

'I love you.' Her words echoed inside his head.

Demex did not know what to do next. His mind was racing. He was confused…very confused. He didn't think of himself as a caring, lovable and downright boyfriend material. Why? Because he…just wasn't. Sure he was nice and kind but that was just it. He never thought of himself having a special relationship with someone. He never found the time to make someone…more than just a friend; because…he wasn't good with special relationships. He didn't know what to do when something happens. Kind of like what was happening right now. He didn't know how to respond to someone if they confessed their love to him.

All he could do was look at her sleeping body; his emotions in conflict with one another.

Sure he liked Fira… but he kept it to himself. He hid it at the very back of his mind, intended to be lost and forgotten in time. Now though, that back of his mind was now releasing conflicting emotions.

'What are you waiting for!'said the voice inside his head.

'What are you talking about?' he counter asked.

'Duh…It's your turn.'

'For what?'

'To say 'I love you too' to her!'

'What! I can't do that…'

'Why not?'

'Because…because…she's' he didn't finish as he was cut off.

'A dragon and you are a human? Damn dude, that doesn't matter. Love knows no boundaries and conquers all. And for goodness sake, what do you think of yourself, a dragonfly? You're also a dragon.'

Demex was about to argue further but the battle has been won…in favor of the voice.

'…You have a point.' he said partially defeated. 'How should I say it?'

'Well you could…' began the voice and started explaining the best and romantic way he could think off to say 'I love you' to her. All the while Demex just stared at Fira's sleeping body.

Now that he openly admitted it to himself that he also loved her, he found that he looked at Fira in a different perspective; he was eyeing her from head to tail. He liked the look of her; she was so beautiful for a dragon and a very attractive one too; a dragon princess by any standards. As Demex continued to eye her he realized what he was doing and blushed at his own thoughts.

'Got all that?' asked the voice when he finished explaining. Demex nodded to himself.

'Good. Go get him cowboy!'whooped the voice.

Nudge.

Fira groaned as she was torn from a very nice dream; a dream that she didn't want to end. In her dream, she and Demex were lying together in a clearing, she, snuggled up to him. She murmured something incoherent as she slowly started to drift back to sleep.

Nudge.

This time her stupor was zapped out of her body and this made her open her eyes. As soon as it focused, she found herself staring into the midnight-blue eyes of Demex.

"Demex! You're awake!" she said as she sat up. "Are you feeling better?"

"I am." Demex replied.

"I'm so glad you're okay." Fira said to him, visually relaxing.

"Where are we?" asked Demex sliding out of the bed and stretching like a cat. The back pains were gone now and he could finally move with no worries.

"We're currently at Warfang. Specifically inside a building of the city, which we were left in when the others headed ahead to the gathering." answered Fira.

"Headed ahead? Why did they leave us?" asked Demex.

"Well…" then Fira summarized to Demex all the events that had happen starting from the clearing to now.

"You volunteered to stay by me. Why is that?" asked Demex, even though he already knew the answer. Fira blushed at the question but it wasn't noticeable under her red scales.

"I-uh… wanted to-uh…make sure you were fine." answered Fira. Demex raised an eyebrow.

"But I was fine aren't I?" asked Demex. Fira bowed her head as she didn't want Demex to see her face as she answered the prying question.

"I just…wanted…to make sure." she answered barely audible but Demex managed to understand.

"Fira?"

"Yes?" replied Fira looking up. She looked up and was surprised to see Demex staring at her, their maws right in front of each other.

"This has to stop." said Demex in a dead serious tone. Fira blinked.

"Wha-what are you talking about?" she asked.

'This…thing…between us…has to stop." clarified Demex not breaking eye contact from her. Fira couldn't reply to him as she was speechless. She did, however, have a clear idea of what he was talking about. Was he asking her to stop her relationship with him? Stop being a friend?

Demex noticed that Fira didn't answer so he continued.

"I don't want to be 'friends' anymore." said Demex in the coldest voice he could muster.

Fira felt the tears rise up to her eyes and she didn't do a thing to stop it.

"But-but why?" she managed to say, through her gasps of air as she was beginning to sob. She bowed her head to not let see Demex see her crying face. She felt a paw on her cheek as it guided her to face Demex again, this time with a warm smile on his face.

"Because…I want to be more than 'friends'." and with that Demex leaned towards her, closing the gap between their muzzles, and kissed her. Demex felt his heart race as he gave her a long passionate kiss. Fira was surprised by Demex's move but didn't pull away. Instead she savored every moment of their first kiss with each other. After a few seconds, Demex pulled away from her and looked deeply into her eyes.

"I wasn't asleep." he whispered smiling slyly. It took a moment for her to realize what he meant but when she did, she looked at him with astonished eyes.

"You…You…Heard…?" stammered Fira as she asked him.

"Yes I did." answered Demex. He licked her side of the face. "I love you too." Fira was completely dumbstruck at what was transpiring. She turned her head to face Demex whom was smiling at her. She noticed that he was about to give her another kiss when...

BOOM!

The ground shook as the shockwave from whatever it was resonated.

"That came from the direction of the gathering venue!" said Fira standing up.

"Are you sure?" asked Demex.

"Positive." Demex nodded.

"Let's go then, they may need our help." said Demex walking towards the door. He stopped when he felt something wrap around his tail. He turned around and saw Fira's tail wrapped around his. He looked at her whom was smiling warmly at him. He blushed slightly, it being evident as it greatly contrasted his blue scales, as they headed outside.

***END OF FLASHBACK***

"Are you sure that's all that happened?" asked Spyro curiously. Demex nodded.

"Your sure your leaving anything out." asked Flame.

"Positive." said Demex as he finished relaying what had happened when he woke up. But…he didn't tell them what really happened when he woke up. He didn't want to since he wanted to keep that…event… a secret between him and Fira only. Fira, his would be mate.

Malefor shifted from the sofa as the doors opened and the three guardians stepped in.

"We've gotten ourselves a handful." said Terrador.

"What's wrong?" asked Malefor.

"Well…there's you; even though we explained to them that you weren't all that bad, they still want to hear it coming from you. Then there's also the fact about the Dark Dragon. Where can he have possibly teleported himself?" answered Volteer.

"I think I know where he would go. That's the only place where the Dark Elements would think they're safe." answered Malefor.

"And where would that be?" asked Cyril.

Everyone turned their heads to Malefor, waiting for the answer.

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