Section 1: Chapter 1: Before the Attack

5012 AS (After Scorching), Rainforest Kingdom, Royal Tree house...

Glory was pacing around the house, waiting for the arrival of an unknown visitor. The letter she received didn't have the name of the sender, so for all she knew it might as well be Deathbringer.

Good day. Meet me outside your tree house ASAP, at 5:00PM. I have very confidential information about scavengers. If you could please meet me at that time it would be a great help to both Pyhrria and yourself. Please believe me; I have been dismissed by all the other queens as crazy.

Considering her personality, Glory was certain she would say the mystery dragon was crazy, but nevertheless she got ready to meet him, or her, soon. She also told one of her Rainwing guards to watch in one of the treetops to protect her. She also packed a blowgun just to be sure.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5:00PM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

She waited under her treehouse, as the mystery dragon said. She was seriously thinking this was a stupid prank pulled off by Deathbringer when she heard a voice, calling "Get over to the bush with that frog sitting on one of the branches."

She carefully walked through the bush, careful not to touch the frog. And then she saw the dragon. The first thing she noticed was that even in the darkness the canopy provided, she still seemed extremely tired. The second thing she realized about the dragon was that she was a Seawing. Glory looked at her and decided to start. "So, why did you call me?" She asked.

The mystery dragon looked at her and said "I have been flying for many days and nights. While I was flying along the Bay of A Thousand Scales, I noticed a lot of floating box things, and they were headed towards the islands. I decided to fly a little closer and that was when streaks of light started to fly at me. I couldn't understand what was shooting those lights, before I realized it was coming from the scavengers. When I flew a little closer, a streak hit my talon."

She lifted her talon so Glory could see. It was marked by a large scar. Dried blood covered her hand. Glory didn't think scavengers were smart enough to make things like that. She didn't even think this story was real. She was starting to see how this dragon may have made others think she was crazy. But she still wanted to see what was next, just because of curiosity. So, she urged "Go on, tell me more."

So she continued. "My talon started to bleed. I quickly flew to Queen Coral to tell her about the imminent threat, but she dismissed me and said that I was crazy. I went to all the Queens around Pyhrria, and they had similar reactions."

Glory thought about it for a moment. She really did think this Seawing was crazy. Her stories sounded like things from before the Scorching, and half of that was just a tale. Right? Now that she thought about it, she understood why everyone thought this Seawing was crazy. Why would any dragon ever have the resolve to fly around Pyhrria, just to tell the Queens some stupid tale about Scavengers? Sure, she had that scar, but it probably was just some cut she got while she fumbled around without sleep. Glory began to fume. She angrily said "Seriously? You expect me to believe this stupid scavenger story? And why would a bunch of boxes scare us? They're JUST SCAVENGERS!" With that final remark, Glory stomped out of the hidden bush and flew back to her tree house, thinking how this was all just a waste of time.