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(Warning! Contains some spoilers for Wings of fire book 7, read at own risk!)
"Just because you're queen doesn't mean you can be late whenever you want to….." Deathbringer called over
his shoulder as he waited outside Glory's throne room.
"Dont worry, I'm coming….." Was the only reply he could get, especially this early in the morning.
One minute….. Two minutes… Five minutes… He counted in his head, getting more nervous as every
second passed. Then, in a flash of green, She was there.
"Took you long enough….." Deathbringer said with a mischievous smile dodging a swat from her wing.
"A Queen moves at her own pace…" Glory said, cracking a sly grin. "Now, time to go….."
They flew through the trees, back and forth through the vines and bushes. Finally they came to the edge of the
jungle, where several other Rainwings waited, ready to undertake their mission.
"You all know why you're here, correct?" Glory asked the dragons around her. "Please don't tell me you've
forgotten already?" She added after a moment of silence.
"Uhhhhh… Maybe?" A yellow and blue Rainwing near her answered. "Perhaps you should just re brief us?... Just in case"
"Of course…... " Glory sighed. "Remember a while back, when we captured that really evil Icewing? Icicle?"
A chorus of nods told her to continue,
"Well, after we captured her, Queen Glacier asked what her punishment would be, and what the price was for
her freedom."
Again, another flurry of nods
Glory continued "Well, I decided that Icicles punishment was up to her queen, but, for her return I had an idea.
Stories had reached my ears of a animus touched tree, that gave the Icewings the gift of light."
The nods had begun to slow, and were turning into looks of confusion, so she finished quickly.
"So in exchange for Icicle, I asked for a seed from the tree, so that it may grow here, and bring light to the deep
parts of the forest….." After that, she noticed that she lost most of them.
"Just protect me and the seed when we get it." Glory said, getting a bit fed up. And as she said it, the nods
returned and she calmed down.
"Well, let's get a move on…." Deathbringer said, moving closer to her. "We don't want to keep Glacier
waiting….."
He was right, Glory hated it when he was right.
"Ok, let's go." She said starting forward, and one by one the other Rainwings did too. But Deathbringer preferred
to be right by her side, at all times.
"Maybe you should have stayed in the Rainforest, you never know what might happen….." Glory said
looking forward, assuming Deathbringer was in his usual place.
"You never know what might happen on this journey! The forest is safe enough with Grandeur in charge…"
Deathbringer countered, not wanting her to send him back yet. "Besides, we'll only be gone a day or two,
probably less if we keep up this pace."
"I guess you're right…. Again… But I'm not comfortable leaving the forest alone, without you or me there…"
"It's not alone!" Deathbringer said again. "Grandeur is there with a army of able Rainwings protecting the village
as we speak. I promise there is nothing to worry about…"
"Well, nevermind." Glory continued "Let's just get back before something bad does happen." And with that she
took off ahead, not wanting to hear his response. Ever since she had heard that a certain pair of unsavoury
Nightwings had escaped from Thorns prison, she was a little on edge. But what harm can two Dragonets do?
Especially when they've got an army's worth of Sandwings searching for them? glory reassured
herself, remembering the task at hand. "The meeting place is less than a day's flight from here if we hurry, so pick
up the pace!" Glory called to her guard of Rainwings as they began to fall behind. Glory looked forward as the
rest of the party caught up, All we need to do is get it, secure it, and bring it home, that doesn't sound so hard…
She thought, but there was this sinking feeling that just wouldn't leave, just sitting in the back of her head. Its ok.
Everything will be fine….. I hope…..