Moonwatcher raced through the tunnels once again, but soon realized with dismay that she could hear talonsteps not far behind her. If they were running from grown dragons, they wouldn't last long. She had to think of something.

There was nowhere to hide, and she knew that they couldn't fight so many enemies at once. Their chances were also slim if they tried to talk with the dragons, since they had already been attacked.

Moonwatcher risked a glance back, and saw something coming towards her. Only when she realized it was a talon, everything went black.

…

Moonwatcher's eyes fluttered open. She remembered being hit by someone… she felt no pain, but when she tried to look around, she couldn't see anything. Something was on her face, covering her eyes. When Moon tried to reach for it, though, she found that her talons were bound together.

But she could still talk. "Winter? Hailstorm? Hello..?" she asked the darkness.

"Moon? Wha- hey! Where are we?" Winter's voice replied in shock, "I'm blindfolded! And bound!"

"Me too," Moon said.

"Blindfolds? Guess that won't take effect.." mumbled Hailstorm to her left.

Moon could also hear voices on the far side of wherever they were. Judging by sound and scent, Moon guessed that they were in a large cave.

"Com'on, they're just dragonets...can't...blindfolds?"

Moon could only hear bits of the conversation, but it sounded like there were dragons arguing about them.

"Didn't you see…..? Bloodied!...he was strong…they are dangerous!"

"Fine,"

"Look, they're awake!"

Two sets of talonsteps rushed to them, and the next thing Moon knew, she could see.

"Hey! I told you they were dangerous!"

The dragon who had said that was a male Nightwing; a big one with a slightly ripped wing.

"And I told you that they're dragonets! Besides, they have ropes on."

Snapped a female Skywing. The Skywing had a golden tear-drop like earring hanging from one ear, while an hourglass necklace hung from her neck.

They were in a large cave, much like the one with the stream through it. Moon realized that her front talons had ropes on that were connected to the side of the cave wall. Looking around, she saw her two Icewing companions with the same accessories, but their blindfolds were still on, (As well as their skyfire bracelets). Nothing else was in the cave besides them and the two grown dragons.

The Nightwing glared at Moon, "What is your name?" He demanded in a gruff and hostile tone.

A chill ran along her spine. Something told her this dragon was off.

"M-Moonwatcher," she replied. When the Skywing heard her stutter, she seemed to soften.

"Quit that, Nightshade," She said to the Nightwing. The Skywing leaned down to meet eyes with Moon, who was lying on the floor.

"Thats a nice name. Mine is Sunfire," Sunfire said.

"Oh, three moons! First you take off her blindfold, then you tell her our names! What's next?" Nightshade groaned.

Sunfire smirked at him and said, "This!" as she walked to Hailstorm and took off his blindfold.

While she was doing this, Nightshade kept growling, "Your going to be the one in trouble.."

At the same time, Moonwatcher pulled her tail around and slowly slid off her skyfire bracelet, so she could read their minds.

As soon as she did, she could hear only one mind. Sunfire's.

How cute! They all have matching bracelets! Poor things must have only been exploring… I wish they hadn't found this place.

Puzzled, Moon looked over to Nightshade and found that he had a silver tailband on. Embedded in it, was Skyfire.

As Sunfire's thought rambled on about the dragonets and jewelry, she looked at Hailstorm's eyes.

"Oh! What happened to your eyes?" She yelped, startled by Hailstorm's foggy grey-blue eye color as he gazed at her sightlessly.

Winter growled, "Leave him alone. He can't see."

"O-oh.. sorry," Sunfire apologized.

She hesitated when she put her talons on Winter's blindfold.

This one is snappy, the Skywing thought, better not offend him.

"You," Nightshade suddenly growled, "What is with you?"

It took a moment for Moon to realize that Nightshade was talking to her. Looking up, he had a scowl on his face.

"Are you have'n some sort of headache?" he demanded.

"Um.. no,"

He grunted and turned back to Sinfire, who had backed away from Winter. Just then, and Icewing entered the room. But not just any Icewing- it was Snowfall.