Prologue

Deathshadow's POV….

Deathshadow paced back and forth in his lab. He was bored, and he didn't like being bored. He needed something to do, something that would keep him busy instead of this pointless pacing.

There was a tapping sound at the door. Deathshadow sighed and went over to the door. He unlocked it and pulled it open. Inferno was standing outside the door, with a bigger SkyWing behind him carrying something silvery.

"Inferno, pleasure seeing you." Deathshadow said, then looked at the other SkyWing. "What's he carrying?"

"A possible new project for you, if you can keep him alive." Inferno answered. Deathshadow nodded and stepped out of the doorway, allowing them in.

"Put him on the table over there." The big NightWing said. The SkyWing carried his load over to a metal table and set it down on top of it. Deathshadow approached as the SkyWing backed away.

"An IceWing? Where'd you find an IceWing?" He asked, glancing at Inferno, who stayed silent. He ran his claws across the IceWings scales, stopping when he came to a scorch mark across his side.

"You fought him, didn't you?" The NightWing asked. Inferno nodded once.

"Can you save him?" He asked. Deathshadow put a claw against the IceWings neck and nodded.

"It's lucky he isn't hurt too bad." He remarked. "He one of those dragonets you captured a while back.

"Yes, but his friends got away while he stayed back to distract me." Inferno growled. "I was going to kill him, but at the last moment I went past his neck and grabbed a chunk of rock, smacking him in the side of the head. Pretty sure they think I killed him."

"So, let me guess." Deathshadow said slowly. "You want me to bring him back from the brink of death, then you're going to force him to work for you?"

Inferno smiled. "Not of his own free will, but yes." He said. "I can't wait to see the shock on his friends faces when they realize he's still alive."

Deathshadow nodded. "Then go. I'll get started right away."

Inferno nodded and gestured to the other SkyWing. The two turned and walked out the door, Deathshadow locking it behind them. The NightWing turned back to the IceWing, a cruel smile on his face.

"I think I'll call you project Frozendeath." He said, then walked towards his supply cave.

A/N:

I decided I couldn't kill off Frostbite. This is my way of keeping him in the story. We'll see the return of 'Frozendeath' in book six. Until then, we won't see him except possibly in prologues and epilogues.