KICKED OUT
The StormWings were strong. Maybe not the strongest tribe around the lost continent, but certainly in the top ten.
Queen Cyclone impatiently waited for Rain to arrive. Why was he always late?
The doors flew open and Rain gasped. "Queen Cyclone! The BirdWings are coming!"
"They better not! We'll blast 'em out of the sky!" Cyclone said happily.
"NO!" Rain warned.
"So where is Leap Year?"
"He got out of the reef. Presumably going back to his island."
"YOU FAILED TO GET THE PRISONER!" Cyclone yelled.
"No- well yes- but it was an accident," Rain stammered, his giant wings trembling as Cyclone's eyes pierced through him like lightning bolts.
Cyclone stood up, and stepped forward. A loud bang echoed through, although Rain assumed that lightning had just struck the roof.
"How exactly did Leap Year escape?" she asked me, "You are an animus, after all."
Rain cringed at hearing that. He'd only used his magic once, and it had consequences so dire he'd sworn to his family never to use it again.
Another loud boom, and the roof fell down, ablaze. It wasn't lightning, Rain realized, but it was in fact the BirdWing's attack.
"We need to go!" he told the startled queen.
"No!" the queen said, concentrating. Rain knew she was trying to strike lightning on the BirdWings, but there were too many.
Another section of the roof fell, and Rain tried to yank the queen away. Her lightning struck them but to no effect, however, the roof came flying down on top of them.
Rain jolted awake just moments later. He shifted the rubble off himself, virtually unaware he was covered in blood.
He threw a bunch of the rocks away, finding the queen, nearly dead.
"You're such an idiot," Rain told her.
"I know," she said, and then she died.
Rain ran through the castle, desperate to get a way out. He found a hole in a roof that wasn't buzzing with activity (evil BirdWings,) and flew up into it.
The Storm Village was wrecked. Dragons ran and flew around looking for refuge. Some dragons attempted to swim or fly away.
Rain yelled from his perch; "EVERYONE, GO UNDER THE CLIFF LEDGE!"
The BirdWings couldn't understand his language, so why not try to save his tribe?
Nobody could hear him though. The BirdWIngs had destroyed the castle and moved on to the village, at least, so they couldn't hear him.
He thought desperately. If he flew down there he'd very likely get killed. They'd see the royal patterns on his scales.
He targeted lightning at some of the BirdWings, hoping he'd hit them.
He didn't. They were so fast that he told the lightning to hit the area behind them. Rain stopped before he destroyed any of the last things safe in the island.
No, he needed a real idea. Suddenly, Queen Cyclone's comment about being an animus echoed through his mind. He shouldn't- but he was desperate.
"Ok, rock. When I talk into you, make it so all StormWings can hear my voice."
Amazingly, nothing happened. Maybe he worded this spell more carefully then last time.
"Everybody meet under the ledge if you want to survive. The BirdWings won't be able to drop their bombs onto us."
He flew to the ledge, and saw may others flying too.
He spoke into the rock again. "Everybody, retreat from this island and go to the sand bank."
Everyone started to fly to the distant sand bank. Suddenly, Rain remembered something important: the royal eggs.