Author's Note:

Hey Everyone! It's been a while since I've uploaded anything to this site which I deeply regret but things have been hectic lately and I have to put my attention to more important things such as School, Work and a relationship with a person who I adore. Anyway, I wanted to release another one-shot for you because I just want to keep up my streak of uploading things and I want to keep my writing top notch.

Also, a little announcement for people who read Amity, Visions of Darkness will be uploaded very soon. We've almost finished the prologue and I can honestly say that I've never had so much fun writing something like that. I think you guys are gonna like it. Anyway, this one-shot is a continuation from the previous one-shot "When you find Love" so you could say this is written for Cheetah again. This is a brief summary of how I felt when we had our first kiss. Like I said in the last one, it won't be the exact same but it will be similar. Pretty much all my stories are written for Cheetah so… Hope you enjoy it honey if you're reading.

Hope you guys enjoy it and Happy Reading!

A Love Worth Fighting For

Two glorious months. Two glorious months was all that it took to make me the happiest dragon alive. Can't seem to fathom what it feels like to be in a relationship with someone who you love so much that you just can't stop telling them.

Cynder and I have been together for two months now. I could've said that again and again to any passer by. It was crazy to say and think how fast that time had gone and how we went from being mortal enemies to associates, to friends and then to… something more. Ancestors… I was in love. I am still in love. Feels weird to say but… I'm still in love. It felt so good to get it off my chest, but hearing Cynder say that she loves me back? Man… what a feeling that was. Living in the swamp I didn't really know what love was, it was foreign to me. Like a language that I never knew existed. I didn't even know what creature I was at first, then I met Ignitus and that all changed. Mum and Dad never really told me about it, I mean… how could they? They're dragonflies.

Finding my place in the world was a journey that I knew had to be taken. I had no place in the swamp, I wasn't meant to be there. I had a destiny, a prophecy and some unknown powers still waiting to be brought into the light and awakened inside of me. I was a mess, I felt so alone in that time. I guess I had Sparx but… it just didn't feel the same. Well… look at me now!

Am I happy? Yes. Am I where I want to be? Yes. Am I smug? Definitely. I mean… who wouldn't be? I'm also a little hungry too, I wonder if Cynder is getting steak tonight. Mmm, steak. Oh, I'm getting sidetracked. Now where was I?

Terrador actually did something neither of us suspected after a hard day of training, he gave us a break. Or a day off, whatever you want to call it.

"Good work today you two! As a reward, you can have the rest of the day off."

I'm not sure why but his voice always seemed to scare me. It's probably because he used to be twice my size and his voice sounded like somebody put a boulder in his mouth and kicked him square in the tail section while doing it. Always used to make me laugh as well. Come to think of it, it's actually quite funny.

Anyway, Cynder thanked Terrador for his session and skipped out of the training room before grabbing my paw and pulling me down the steps and into the marketplace. She seemed so happy. To be honest, I was smiling and laughing most of the time while she was doing this.

"Woah, Cynder slow down," I chuckled as she nearly pulled my arm out of my socket. "You're gonna pull my arm off."

"I don't want to waste any time!" She smiled, that sweet smile unfurling onto her lips, "We finally get a day off!"

"We're getting the rest of the day off Cynder," I corrected as I past a marketplace stool with a selection of meats on it.

"Still," she said, turning around to face me and lifting my paws so they were around her neck, "we can still do things."

Her voice took an even softer tone, I don't know why but my insides felt like they were on fire. Probably had something to do with the fact that her paw was trailing down my chest. My palms started to sweat and my cheeks burned with what felt like melting metal as she continued the arousing movement of her paw on my chest, almost making me shiver. Yeah… you can tell that I don't talk about this often. It's a boy thing.

"Cyn… Cynder, w-what are you doing?" I stammered, obviously flustered and a tad embarrassed.

"Uh… I don't know…"

She seemed a bit confused too, must've been a natural instinct or something but it made everything in my body go desensitized. Like she injected me with a poison or something. Thinking about it, it is her speciality so it's not a bad shout. It was her turn to blush, Cynder was obviously very embarrassed beings that she took a step back from me and her eyes were darting in each corner to see if anybody had seen. To be frank, we were in a marketplace so you'd have to be blind to not see something like that.

"Can we just… pretend that didn't happen?" She asked me, her voice a little higher than usual.

"Ahem, um… sure."

Cynder was silent for most of the time we walked. I wasn't really sure why she was, I mean… all things considered I kinda liked it. It was… new. We came out of the marketplace and flew up onto the roof of a nearby building. Cynder always liked the view up there, she told me it was the one place she could never bring herself to leave. Especially when the sun was setting. While we were up there, she seemed... very out of it so to speak. Very closed off. Her back was to me and I could tell that she was deep in thought.

"Well… purple boy, here's the other part of the job. Cheering up the girl, ancestors save me."

"Cynder… it's okay, you didn't do anything wrong," I reassured her, shifting myself so I was closer to her.

She stayed silent and her back was still facing me. I took a deep breath and steadied myself, it was time to be the dragon Cynder needed me to be.

"Cynder, look at me."

Cynder turned her face, and to my horror, her cheeks and the rims under her eyes were red with tears. It broke my heart seeing her like this.

"Hey, what is it?" I asked, placing my wing around her as she continued to sob and lay her head onto my shoulder. "You can tell me."

She took a deep sigh and brought her head up until her eyes met mine, wiping her snout with a claw and quivering slightly.

"I don't want to lose you, Spyro."

Thousands of questions suddenly rammed into my head. Why would she lose me? Why is she thinking like this? Most importantly, what am I having for dinner tonight? Okay, the last one was a lie but you get my point.

"Where in the world did you get the idea that you were going to lose me?" I questioned her, a look of perplexity plastering on my face.

"What if I go too far like I did at the market just now? What if… you're hurt and I can't save you? What if… what if I fall prey to the darkness again and… and…"

Cynder couldn't bring herself to finish the sentence. I felt so helpless right there and then. Yep, that's right. A purple dragon… helpless. She broke into a sob again, this time burying her head in my chest. I did the only thing which I could do, hug her.

"You cannot base your life on what ifs, Cynder," I said to her, my voiced laced with concern, "what only matters is now and right now, I love you. You hear me? I. Love. You with every bone in my body so don't even think that you're gonna lose me because you're too precious to just throw away."

"Damn, not bad. Never knew I had it in me."

Cynder looked up at me, a smile forming on her face and he emerald eyes shining in the sun's light. Honestly, I had no idea what was going to happen next but let me tell you... it was incredible. Would you like to know? Well… you're about to find out.

I felt Cynder's heartbeat against mine, it was fast but also gentle at the same time. She pushed her face upwards until it was level with mine, her eyes still wet with tears. That was when it happened. Cynder moved forwards and locked her lips with mine. I had never felt anything so amazing in all my life. My eyes rolled back into my head and a satisfied sigh left my nostrils. I felt like I was flying without even leaving the ground, like I was flying above the clouds. My heart rate was faster than a racehorse and was pounding against my scales. It was the best feeling ever.

What seemed like years, was only a matter of seconds. Cynder pulled away from the kiss and glared at me, a smile unfurling onto her lips and tears of happiness streaking down her face. I too was smiling, I never felt happier.

"I love you," she said in a sweet croaky voice, my heart still pounding as I looked into her eyes.

"I love you too."

She leaned up against me, one paw on my chest and her head resting just beneath mine. I stared at the horizon and then down at the dragoness beneath me. It feels good to be smug, to be happy and more importantly, to be loved.

There we have it guys! I hope you enjoyed it. I'll leave this ending note short cause there's not much else to say other than thanks for reading but Visions of Darkness will be out soon and I cannot wait to see what you guys think of it. Also, I want to say thank you to SKda for beta-reading for me. Means a lot. Hope you guys enjoyed this one-shot,

And this is Mystic... Signing off ^_^