I'd put this up on Fanfiction.net

Keep posting it here too, but over there you would get more readers I'm sure.. Trust me I experianced this lol

I'll read this some day I figure.. just not now... I'm hard pressed to keep up with my own writing lol

Last time on CoH...
"Cynder, you can tell us about it later. But for now let's all go get something to eat." Spyro turned and walked off as I followed in a daze. "So.....who likes roasted marshmellows?"
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Chapter Fourteen

Home Sweet...Terror?

"So all of a sudden Nikki turned in a robot? Are you sure you weren't imagining all that?" Spyro questioned me as we landed at the Temple.

"Yes, Spyro, I'm sure of it! I don't see how it's possible, but it really did happen!" I looked down at the smooth floor, sighing. "But that was in the past, so I just need to get over it. Even though I don't know what to make of anything, anymore. I'm not even sure if Nikki is his real name..." I sighed once more and headed inside, glancing back at the balcony as Spyro and Sparx passed by me.

"Cynder...You coming?" Spyro asked, stopping to wait for me. I shook my head.

"Nah, I'm going to stay out here for awhile. But I kinda...Wanted to be alone for now." I said. "If it's okay with you, that is."

"Okay. It's getting pretty late, so you'll probably want to come inside soon. Don't want Nikki coming after you." The purple dragon smiled and winked, then continued going inside, disappearing from my sight. 'Yeah...Sure don't want him to...' I thought frowning, putting my two front paws on the railing along the outer edge of the golden, circuliar balcony, breathing in the fresh evening air.

I rested my head on my paws, closing my eyes as I tried to relax and take my mind off of things, when I heard a deafening howl. My head shot up, and I frantically looked around. "What the heck was that..."  My voice was drowned in worry, and my green eyes widened as I stretched my wings, flapping them a bit.

"Search the area! We must find her!!" The shouted order echoed from the forest. 'T-t-they must b-be talking about me!' I thought as I jutted back from the railing as if it were blazing hot, slowly taking a few steps backwards before I turned and ran into the Temple. I soon stopped in my tracks. 'I can't go there...I'll only cause harm to the others...' I gritted my sharp teeth together in frustration. 'What to do, what to do...If I run off again something serious might happen to me, but if I stay here I'll just be putting the others in danger, and even if I do leave, Nikki's army could still attack this place...'

Heavily sighing, I ran straight ahead and leaped up and over the railing, flapping my outstretched wings as I took to the air. "Spyro, Sparx, the Guardians...I'm sorry, but I must leave..." I whispered to myself, soaring high above the dark green trees as I heard footsteps rushing on the terrain below me. "I don't know how long I'll be gone, but I promise, with all my heart, that I will return some day..."

I flapped harder and faster, driving myself farther and farther away from the place I called home. "It's getting pretty dark out. I'll have to find shelter soon...But at least it doesn't look like it's going to rain tonight, so that's at least one good thing so far." I thought outloud.

The sky had turned the color of burnt amber. Night was approaching, and fast. I lowered a bit, the lush green grass zooming into view as I looked for a good place to stop and rest until morning came. As soon as the sunrise started, I would have to leave and start my journey all over again, going one place to another.

At last I found a small cave, surrounded by huge oak trees. It looked like a suitable place to take shelter in, so I flapped my wings one last time before carefully gliding down, landing right in front of it. I tucked my wings close to my body, my tail slithering in the grass behind me as I took a few slow steps inside.

"Eew...What is that horrible smell?" I wrinkled my nose, raising one paw up to it. "Reminds of the day Spyro and I were playing outside and he accidently stepped in that pile of dung." I sighed, remembering the good old days we used to have together, before any of this had happened.

Frowning as I uncovered my nose, I walked in farther, the smell becoming even stronger. 'Be strong, Cynder...It's just a smell...And besides, that way Nikki and his minions won't be able to track me by smell.' I thought on the bright side, starting to smile a bit. 'I just hope that nothing lives here...'

I took a few more steps, stepping on a stick and snapping it into two. I froze on the spot as I heard a moan.

"Hmn....Who's there....?" A voice, female, asked from within the darkness.

I gulped, debating whether I make a run for it or answer. I decided to answer. "J-j-just a dragon. I-I come in p-peace." I stammered out, mentally kicking myself because of the last sentence.

I heard a yawn, then a quiet clacking as the figure walked towards me. I squinted to make out the creature, finding out that she was another dragon. Her eyes widened when she saw me, and she was soon huntched down close to the cave flooring, screaming bloody murder. "Y-y-you're C-C-C-C-C-C-Cynder.......A-A-A-A-A-A-A-AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
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So, how was it?

Chapter 13

Tick-Tock Goes the Clock

"Nowhere to run this time, little Cynder..." Nikki chuckled, obviously getting pleasure from my fear.

"Nikki, what's going on?" I questioned as I backed away from the dragon creeping closer to me. "Please stop this! You're freaking me out!!" I cried as he snapped his fangs close to my muzzle.

"Didn't you already hear me? There's nowhere to get away this time." His voice was calm, which actually alarmed me more, as I instinctively flexed my claws, preparing to attack if it was needed. 'I should at least be thankful that no one else is here to help Nikki out, though it's hard to be thankful when you have this crazed idiot after you.' I thought as I flew up, only to have my horns bump the ceiling, sending tile down. 'Tile? Wait a second...if tile is being scraped off with just a slight poke from my horns, just imagine what would happen if I did it harder...'

I started jabbing my horns into the ceiling, sending down chunks of moldy wood. "And you said there wasn't a way out!" I sneered down at Nikki, who was staring dumbly up at me. "What, too shocked that I knew to do this? Because it's actually all thanks to you." Still no reply. "Nikki?" I stopped and watched him; he was still just standing there, unmoving.

I rolled my eyes; how stupid does he think I am? Pretending to be a statue? No one would fall for that. I carefully lowered myself and stood in front of him. "Nikki? You there? Hello!?" I waved a paw in front of his face, but he didn't even blink.

"Starting countdown in 1:00. All systems ready for shutdown. Repeat. All systems ready for shutdown." I stuttered backwards as if I had just been hit, eyes going wide in shock as "Nikki" kept repeating the phrase "all systems ready for shutdown" and the room started flashing red.

"Aaaahhhhh WHAT THE HECK!!!" I screamed as I pounded the floor with my forepaws, glaring angrily at the Nikki robot. As a verbal countdown sounded off, an idea popped into my horned-head; why not just break down the walls and ceiling with one of my breaths?

I crouched down and turned my head upwards, opening my mouth wide as I felt the acid-poison-rise up my throat and shoot out of my mouth at the wall I was facing. Boom!! A huge chunk of wood broke off. 'For such an awe-striking castle, it sure does have bad construction.' I thought as I took down the walls one by one. Soon enough, I could see light protruding from behind a plank, and I slashed it with my tail blade, making a hole to the outside world.

"Freedom at last!!" I cried as I collasped onto the moist grass. The sky was covered in a grey overcast and rain was steadily pouring down, but I didn't care. I was just overjoyed to be out of that heck-hole.

"Cynder? ....Cynder! Hey Cynder!!" I raised my head to see Spyro racing over to me, Sparx riding on his head between his golden horns.

"Spyro! Sparx!" I hastily got up and flashed a toothy grin at them as they stopped in front of me.

"Cynder! We've been looking all over for you." Spyro said as he smiled, his tail wagging behind him. "Where were you all this time? It's been three months; we thought you were dead or something."

'Three months!!' It echoed throughtout my head as I stared in disbelief at them. "I've been locked up in this castle-" I pointed to it behind me. "-with Nikki. And he tricked me into going into this dungeon room and turned all evil on me. Then all of sudden a timer went off and-"

"Cynder, you can tell us about it later. But for now let's all go get something to eat." Spyro turned and walked off as I followed in a daze. "So.....who likes roasted marshmellows?"
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I'm SO sorry for the long wait, devoted readers. I got a pretty bad case of writer's block, but I've recovered from it. ....Mostly. xDx But I'll try to write way more often from now on.

Chapter 12

In the End, it Doesn't Even Matter

"And........." Nikki stopped, glancing nervously at the white vase of flowers. 'Hm........they also look freshly-picked.......' I smiled to myself. 'Thank you Nikki for looking at them.......dumb-o......'

"And what?" I stared at him, trying to make him more nervous so he'd spill the juice.

"And I love you." He smiled; a cheeky smile, showing his teeth.

"Shut up about that, will you? Just face it; I don't like you the way you imagine me to." I stepped away from the wall, standing in front of him, lowering my eyelids in annoyance.

"What?"

"What what?"

"What what what!?"

I rolled my eyes. "What what say what?" I was trying to get him flustered; even the tiniest bit would help......

"Stop saying that!!!" He frowned, looking as if he was going to cry. 'Baby......'

"I'm tired...." I yawned, and I could see the scared look on Nikki's face as he stared at my teeth. "It's not polite to stare." I walked over the barred-window, staring out. 'Man......how many days have I been trapped in here with this barbarian? It could be even weeks, months.......I've lost track of time.......especially for how long I was out cold......when did Nikki finally wake me up?'
I looked at the sky; dark and gray. I turned my gaze to the ground; there was snow! And lots of it! 'Hm......either it's Winter, or we're getting snow early this year.....either way, I'm tired of being trapped in this pig pen......' I softly sighed, looking back at Nik- "What the heck!?!? He's gone!!!!!!!"
I flung my head towards the door; it was closed, and plus there wasn't a doorknob on the inside.

I shrugged. "At least he's gone, and I'm al-" I stopped, not sure if this was a good thing or a bad thing, but I was alone.....

I walked over to lay down on my bed when I stepped on something thin. "Huh? Wait a sec....isn't that......" I picked the red note up flipping it open.

Dear My Love, 'Creep.....'
I have to leave to go somewhere, and if you're curious- 'Duh, I'm curious...'-, look under your bed; there should be a blue button underneath the mattress. Press it, and-don't be scared-you'll fall through the floor. There's a secret door there, and it'll automatically close. Trust me, nobody else knows about it.
See you there!

~Nikki

I frowned; another 'how would he know about this if this was his first time being here' thought popping into my spiked-head, with a few more thoughts I'd have to question him hard about later.

"I'll just have to check this little blue button out....." I poked my head underneath the bed, horns getting stuck to the top in the process. "Shoot!" I tugged my head back, tipping the bed before it fell with a SLAM!!!! falling onto me in the process.
"Ah heck!!!!" I tore at the fabric with my claws, tearing it.

Foosteps! In the hallway!

I finally ripped myself loose, pressing the button as a small door appeared on the floor, sliding open.
I jumped over the bed and fell right through it, falling through blackness as I screamed; where was it taking me? 'If this kills me, at least it'd kill Nikki too......' I though, feeling slightly bad about thinking that. I wouldn't want him dead, but if I died......

"Whoa!!!!!" I landed on something-well, someone-as they yelled out.

"Sorry about th- Nikki?" I questioned, not being able to see. The place was pure black.

"Sadly, yes....now will you get off of me?" I scrambled off of the dragon, sitting down cautiously.

"Ok, one; how the heck would you know about this place, and that we wouldn't die once we hit the bottom? And secondly, those flowers were freshly-picked, brand-new, and thirdly-" A growl came from somewhere, and I heard something snort out air through its nose.
"Uh......Nikki?....." I moved closer to the dragon, bumbing into him.

"Join us, or say goodbye to your precious life forever...."

"Nikki, this isn't funny! Knock it off......" Suddenly there was light; we were in a square room, no windows, no door, no hidden button or switch.......I was trapped......
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Evil, devious Nikki.....was all just another trap of his.......

Chapter 13 should be up by tomorrow since I won't have any (or much) homework this week and next week because of testing. Yay........ x3

Chapter 11

Closer to the Truth

"Y-y-you're orange!!!!" I stuttered, looking at the ferocious now-orange dragon before me. He was a dark reddish-orange, and his once bluish-green eyes had changed to a deep ruby red, his horns had stayed the same, but his claws had become sharper, almost curling they were so long, and his tail had become more spiked-which worried me a lot.

"Huh?" He cocked his head to the left, but then his mouth opened and his now-ruby eyes widened, muttering, "Darn, that wasn't supposed to happen!"

"What wasn't supposed to happen?" I moved away from the wall and circled him, tail dragging against the cold stone flooring behind me. My claws clacked softly as I stopped in front of him.

"Uh........er....... I was supposed to have dinner with my girlfriend today, and now I can't!" 'Dumbest lie in history......I saw your eye twitch, dude!'

"Uh-huh, yeah. What's her name?"

"Faith!" He smiled as if remembering his first time seeing her. 'Faith, my tail.'

"What's she look like? Full description, and don't use any words that you would describe her as." There went another eye twitch.

"She's sky blue like me-well, like I used to be, anyway-, bright blue eyes, spiky white horns like your's, tiny spikes trailing down her backbone and to her tail, which was a lot like how mine used to be." He paused, then started talking again. "That's all I can really say about her. And since you're probably going to ask about her personality, she's got a temper just as bad as your's-"

"Hey!! I do not have a bad temper!" I stomped one paw onto the floor, frowning as I glared at him.

"Even if you didn't used to have one, you have one now, girly. But anyway, she gets mad at me all the time-"

"Can't blame her....."

"Will you stop doing that.......anyway, she gets mad all the time, but is still gentle and wouldn't hurt a fly, um......she's very loyal, likes to fly whenever she can, and if she isn't walking she's flying, she hates dragons who used to be evil," At this he looked at me. "and is very flirty."

"Hm-hm.........alright, then, when did you two first meet?" I smirked as he frowned slightly, tail twitching. 'I almost have him where I want him.......all I need is some more info.....but he's gotta be catching on, so I better make it quick.....'

"I met her a year ago. It was during Winter, and there was a ton of snow everywhere. I was in Warfang, which hadn't been destroyed yet, walking along the streets when I spotted her amongst a croud of carolers, and as soon as I heard her beautiful voice-"

"You can't describe anything by how you would see it." I reminded him, smirking once more as his eyescales lowered.

"As soon as I heard her voice, I was comepletely in awe. I stood there in the midnight chill, listening until they stopped singing and broke up, each walking off a different way. I quickly dashed up to her and told her how I loved her singing, and her red blush could be seen like the Christmas lights around us. She said thanks, and immediantly starting going ga-ga over me, so I just had to ask-"

"Ok, ok, I get it! I can't take this mooshy junk anymore......." I turned and waltzed over to my flat, cold bed and lay down on my stomach, chin resting on my paws.

"Excuse me, but please don't describe anything by how you would see it."

"Shut up, Nikki. I'm trying to go too sleep." I muttered, rolling over onto my right side, facing the brick wall.

Silence fell over the circular room as I let out a quiet sigh through my nostrils, moving my tail so that it was "hanging" over the edge of the bed. 'Man is it cold in here.......I wish I had some sort of warmth.....' I thought as I heard Nikki sigh. But just what was he doing? Was he laying down as well, just standing there like the idiot he was, or.......something else useless to me.

"Cynder? You asleep yet?" I quickly closed my eyelids shut, trying my best to breathe calm and slow. "Hm.......guess you-well, she is...." He murmered to himself, and I heard his wings flap a little. "She sure is calm looking, unlike how she is while she's awake....." I heard him sigh, and I had to bite down onto my tongue hard to keep from saying something.
"She sure is pretty, though......good thing-I think-that she believed the story about "Faith"........she probably thought that I was cheating on her this whole time," He snorted, then continued as I faked sleeping. "because Cynder's so dumb she'll defiantly believe my lie about Faith dying from food poisoning tomorrow, and I clearly made it clear that she was still "alive", but that's just dumb 'ol Cynder for 'ya. But that's how I like 'em; pretty and dumber than a haystack."

"I AM NOT DUMB!!!!!!!!" My head had shot up so fast when I heard that that I was surprised that I didn't break it.
I sat up, stepped down from the bed, and stalked over to him, tail flying around randomly behind me. "You do not have the freakin' right to call me dumb and insult me like!! You know what, if I'm so dumb, then how did I know to fake being asleep to hear you talk to yourself like you always do!?!? Huh, how did I!?!??!?" I snapped my fangs close to his face, then quickly withdrew before they touched his rough scales.

He recoiled, crouched down low to the floor, shivering uncontrolibly. "I-I-I d-d-didn't m-m-mean to insult y-y-you, your m-m-m-majesty......" He stammered, bowing his head so low that the tips of his horns scraped against the stone flooring.

"Hmph, I'm not falling for that 'I'm so sorry Cynder, I promise I won't insult you ever again. I worship you like a queen, and I'm in love with you' act! Also, I knew you were lying from the start, so that makes you the dumb one." I snapped as I crept closer to him, opening my mouth wide and letting a wind funnel shoot out, which caused Nikki to be sent to the wall, pushed up against it as I stopped my attack.

This time, instead of using a breath, I lowered my head and charged, hearing my paws click-clack against the stone.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!! Cynder, knock this off!!!!!!!!!! This isn't very funny!!!!!" He screamed in terror as he dodged, but I quickly flew my tail at him, making him trip and fall flat onto his face.
He moaned as he weakly lifted his head, staring into my green eyes.

He didn't say anything, just stared. "What? Do I have something in my teeth? Yes? No? Maybe? Don't be scared to tell me." He still just stared, blinking a few times. "What the heck do you want!?" It wasn't making sense; why as he staring at me like this?

I looked away, instead focusing my attention on a vase of bright red rosed in the "corner"; since the room was circular, there were no corners, but it was there. And hanging off one of the green-thorned stems was a little square piece of red paper, which had a big pink and white heart in the center.

"Who are those for?" I asked as I turned my head to look at him, and he was now staring at them.

"They were for........they were for someone very special to me....." He sighed loudly, and instantly I knew who they were for.

"Those roses.......they're for me, aren't they!?!?" He solemnly nodded his head, closing his eyes as his reddish-orange scales became even more red. "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwww!!!!!!!!!!" I whined, thinking 'Why me? Man is that sick!!' But then another thought came to mind. 'But wait......if Nikki hasn't ever been here before, then why are the flowers here? And I didn't see them when I was first put in here.......'

"What's the matter Cynder? What are you thinking about?" Nikki stepped closer to me, sticking his muzzle near mine.

"Get away from me." I stepped backwards away from him. "And it's none of your business you little liar."

He looked at me, hurt in his eyes. "Why do you call me a liar when I never lied-"

"'Why do you call me a liar when-' my tail end!!!! You know you lied about "Faith", and you even admitted it, so shut up about that!!" I snarled, showing my sharp teeth as I backed away from him, bumping into the wall.

"Cyn, please don't talk like that. It doesn't suite your ladyness-"

"Ladyness!?!? Whoever said I had a ladyness!?!? Know what? I don't know who the heck you are, but stop telling me all these flippin' lies and start telling the darn truth right now or be suffacated in shadow!!!!" I blew a puff of the stuff at him, making his put his huge wings over his front side, whimpering.

"Ok, Cynder. If you really want to know the truth, my name is Nikki, I have two forms; my Ice Form and my Fire Form, I'm a dragon, I'm 14 and a half, and........"
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Don't 'ya just love a good cliffhanger? xD

Sorry for the long delay, guys. I promise to write more frequently now.