And so, the sequel finally begins!

Chapter One, Deadlox's pov

"Deadlox! Take your group to secure the wall! Don't let anyone else through!," Sky tells me telepathically.

I nod. "My group! Up to the top of the wall! We can't let anything, or anyone, else through!," I shout. My group all nod and start running over to the wall. Some climb, some fly, and some have to take the stairs. I was one that flew, being in my half-form.

So, it's been a bit rough lately. It's been about a year after Sarah and I got back from the jungle, and it was soon to be our first anniversary. But, we had to hold off our celebration, because there has been a lot of attacks lately against us from an unknown source. The current attack has been going on for weeks now. They just keep coming back, freshly healed.

I had just shot an arrow at an attacker, making them fall to the ground, when a sword pierces a fan of my right wing. The attacker jumps on me, and ignoring the pain I go through when I do, I throw myself back, also throwing the person to the ground and making them let go of me.

I stand up and point a sword at them, and see an old recruit that ditched us when they didn't get to a high rank quickly. Instead of killing them I grab a rope and tie them up for questioning later. "Keep them from escaping," I tell a few from my group and they start gaurding them.

A few hours later the attack finally stops and they all flee, and most people sat on the ground from exhaustion. I had a break to see what got my wings and saw that not only were they bruised and cut, but an arrow was sticking through a fan and there was a hole from the sword in another.

"Great," I grumble, but then turn to my group. "Well done everyone. We won!," I say, and a bunch of cheers were heard.

I heard a roar and look up to see a blue and pink dragon flying toward me. They land next to me and change until they are in their half-form, and standing in front of me was my girlfriend Sarah.

"Deadlox. Your wings!," she says, already looking at the arrow.

"Sarah. I'm fine. I'll deal with them later. Are you okay though?," I ask, pulling my injured wing away.

She nods. "Just a few cuts. I was just protecting the inside," she says.

We look at the base of the Sky Army, which had drastically changed since we first became dragons. All the hallways were far larger, just in case we had to walk through in our dragon form. There was a courtyard in the very center, and flight hatches in the more common rooms we are in.

"We should really get your wings checked, Deadlox," Sarah says. I nod and turn to my group.

"Everybody go to the infirmary and get their wounds checked. Then go and get some rest in your rooms. You've done well." Then I turn back to Sarah. "We caught an old recruit," I say, leading her over to where they were.

"You need a ride to the infirmary? I can bring the old recruit too," she says, and I shrug. She changes to a dragon and I put the old recruit on her back before climbing on too. Then she takes off toward the above entrance to the captive rooms where we keep people like this old recruit.

After we drop them off we fly off to the infirmary. "Woah. Looks like its a break from flying for you," Seto says when we get there.

I nod, sitting in a chair so he can work on them. "Yeah. And I'll have to walk around with these out until they heal," I sigh, but cringe when Seto starts taking the arrow out. "Careful."

"Hey. Do you want it painless or fast?," he asks. I just huff and roll my eyes.

Tension has been a bit high lately, the constant attacks taking a toll on our energy and health. Multiple recruits have fallen ill or have severe wounds, so that only means that it's been getting worse and harder to defend the base.

"Deadlox. Sky's looking for you," MunchingBrotato, a brand new general (a crazy one at that), says. I nod.

"Tell him I'll meet him soon. Gotta deal with my wings for now," I say, and he nods, jogging off. Recruits pass by every once in a while and I sigh, dropping my head down.

"You okay?," Seto asks, stitching up the sword wound.

"Little stressed out," I admit. "Sky and I have been working non-stop lately. Guess it's started taking it's toll."

Seto finishes stitching and pats my shoulder. "Make sure you get some rest. You know how he's... you know," Seto says. I nod.

As of lately, Sky has been getting weaker and weaker. He had fallen ill a few months ago and recovered, but it still took a toll on him. Usually the whole team of the generals would be talking about the plans, but I've started to take over a bit more during the planning sessions. And he wasn't gonna die or anything. He'd just have to step down from being leader until he regains strength. That, or step down completely. And it was getting to all of us.

"Go see what he wants. Shouldn't keep him waiting," Seto says. I stand and walk out, Sarah right behind me.

"I'm really worried about him," I say after a while. Sarah moves in front of me and makes me stop.

"I know. I am too. We all are. But he's not gonna leave us. He's in his twenties. Sky has a lot of life left in him, and has a fighting spirit. I would like to see someone try to make him give up," she says.

We hug for a bit before she pulls back. "Now c'mon. He needs to talk to you." We reach Sky and Dawn's room, and Sarah stops.

"Wait for me out here?," I ask.

"Yeah. Now go see what he wants," she says. I nod and then walk into the room.

"There you are Ty. And ouch about your wings," Sky comments, sitting at his desk.

I shrug, walking over. "Eh. Could've been worse. What's up?," I ask.

He looks back down at the papers on his desk. "Remember six months ago, when there was that spy recruit, when after we went through their old room we found those papers that seemed to have old gibberish on it?," he asks.

"Yeah. What about them?," I ask.

"Watch this," he says. He starts rearranging them, and then I notice the pattern to them.

"The corners," I say quietly. Some of the corners had little barely registerable notches or curves in them, and three others would have the same. They all formed up to be one big map. But the map still looked strange.

"Now we do this," he says, starting to fold it where there were fold marks. It turns into a better looking map once he's done.

"So this is what you've been doing," I chuckle. I look over it more and see an image on the edge. "What's that?"

He looks closer. "I don't know. It's far too small to see correctly," he says. Then he slowly stands. "Anyways. This was just a little bit of what I wanted to speak to you about."

"What did you wanna talk to me about then?," I ask.

"Well," Sky starts, smiling. "Dawn's pregnant."

I smile too. "That's awesome! New leader, huh?," I say, and his smile drops into a frown. "What?"

"I'm not so sure about that," he says.

"About your baby becoming the leader one day?"

"Yeah," he sighs. "You know how I've been feeling lately. Without a strong leader, the army is gonna get weaker as well, which will spell trouble for my child. It might not make it."

"Hey. You're gonna get better. And you know I'll be right by your side, as will all the others. We won't let anything bad happen to anyone," I say.

He nods. "I still worry though, you know."

"Hey. That's a father's job," I say, and he smiles again.

"I'd better go. Seto wants me to rest and take it easy while my wings are healing. Just have someone come get me if you need me." Then I stand, walking over to the door and leaving.

Okay, first off, the story still isn't finished, and I don't know how many chapters are left to write in it, but I'm liking it way more than the other sequel I wrote, so that's good. I'm at a bit of a standstill with it right now, as in I know what I want to happen but it seems weird when I write it, but that chapter is going to be posted way in the future, so don't worry.

Also, if you want to know what the feel of the story is, listen to 'Ready, Aim, Fire' by Imagine Dragons. I heard it and it was exactly what I wanted this story to feel like. That, and it's an awesome song in general, so yeah :D

As you can see, it was 'The Wings Of Battle' that won. It had four votes, 'The Wonder Of Blood' had three, and 'The Eve Of Sapphire' had one. The rest of them had none, so I just removed them from the poll. Thanks for voting!

Hope you guys like this story!

Bye!

Ttyl

-TheRealDigiGal