Glory was waiting impatiently as the others caught up, with Clay and Tsunami standing to either side of Webs, keeping him from collapsing.
Starflight was walking next to Clay, and Sunny was behind Webs, frequently looking worriedly at the scales near the base of Webs' tail, which were a dark purple as the poison from Blister's stinger spread from the wound.
Glory was all for leaving their old guardian to die. It made her mad that she seemed to be the only one that cared that he had treated them horribly. She seemed to be the only one who remembered that he was willing to stay back and let someone kill her. She would have gone ahead, but her desire to stay with her friends overrode her hatred for the SeaWing.
Starflight glanced at the surrounding area, then at Webs. "Guys, we really need to hurry. We're only half a day away from Queen Moorhen's Palace. If we get caught, it won't be good."
Clay nodded. "More prison. We don't need any of that." he said. The others nodded in agreement, except Webs, who just groaned.
Naturally, they were immediately spotted by a MudWing patrol, though the pair didn't shout or try to intercept them, rather, they took off, flying towards the Palace.
Several hours later, the leading edge of the Rainforest Kingdom could be seen on the horizon. Glory started flying the second she saw the trees, but slowed herself down before she could get too far ahead of the others.
Once the others had caught up, they continued on. After another fifteen minutes, during which Glory complained incessantly, they had finally reached the tree line.
To Glory's annoyance, Tsunami called for them to stop here for a while. Glory looked back at her to make a snarky comment, but decided against it when she saw how tired the group was.
Tsunami and Clay carefully set Webs down on several of the logs that were scattered around the area, eliciting several groans from the old SeaWing.
Once they were sure he wouldn't shift too much, they sat down heavily, and Glory could see the exhaustion on their faces very clearly.
Webs wasn't a large dragon, and he was very light and they were strong, but by now, he had completely lost the use of his back legs, and dragging him for as long as they had would take a toll on any dragon.
Glory looked at the forest, now so close that she could touch the trees, then back at the group. Eventually, she sat down next to Starflight, deciding that Tsunami had made the right decision.
The instant she sat down, she became aware of how tired she was. She hadn't noticed before, because of her excitement at seeing her tribe, but the journey had consumed more of her energy than she had previously thought. In fact, now, she really just wanted to sleep…