Es, Ch. 9: Reunion

    A few days after Ember had met Soria, Ember saw her again in town. Ember was out grocery shopping, trying to decide which fruit to buy from a fruit stand, when she saw Soria. 'Hm, is that Soria?' she thought; and so she walked up to her, not realizing who she was with. "Hi Soria, how..." She started to say until she spotted, "Flame?"
    "Ember... Hey, been awhile." Flame said, awkwardly.
    "Yeah it has been." Ember said, trying to remember how many years it's been.
    "Wait, you two know each other?" Soria asked, looking from one to the other, confused.
    "We were childhood friends... and we dated for a bit." Flame said, slightly blushing.
    "After we broke up I moved here."
    "To find Spyro?" Flame said, with a smirk.
    "Spyro..." Life seemed to freeze as pictures of Spyro came back to her. Times of them playing, of him leaving, of her waiting, of them kissing, of the last time they saw each other. Ember shook her head, ridding herself of those memories. "No, I came to Spiritgrowth to start a new life. There was nothing left for me back at the village."
    Flame wished he could ask if he or Spyro was the last thing keeping her there or if she missed him, but he decided not to.
    "So what brought you here?" Ember asked, while Soria just stood back and listened.
    "I came here to get a job. Then I met Soria here." Flame said, holding out his paw towards Soria, as though pointing.
    "Sorry Ember, but we should get going now." Soria said, taking Flame's paw and walking away.
    "Bye then." Ember said, closing her eyes, taking it all in. When she opened them, she found Flame and Soria walking, tails wrapped together. With that, she let out a sigh, think of how Flame and her have never wrapped their tails together.