The ground was shaking. Not just any shake, but an earth-shattering shake, cracking up land left and right. Terrified RainWings jumped off of the trees they were in, yelling and screaming as the whole forest toppled. Sequoia dodged trees slamming to the ground, swooping up and down to avoid the deadly tall trees. Just one could snap your spine.
She scanned the panicked crowd for her parents and siblings, but the dragons flew past way too fast to recognize anyone. She started to worry, then one running dragon caught her eye. Sequoia swooped down, tackling her friend away from a falling tree at the last moment. "
"Sequoia!" Jasmine cried. Her torn wings set her apart from everyone else, luckily.
"Jaz! I don't know what's going on. It's bad." Sequoia shook mud off her wings.
Jasmine started to sprint again, Sequoia close by flying. The great rain forest was crumbling, cracking down as if a thousand SteelWings were battling nearby.
Suddenly a tree loomed out from nowhere and smashed right on top of Jasmine. She shrieked before being buried by leaves and branches.
"Jasmine!" Sequoia spun around and dashed back to Jasmine. She started to separate the branches, hoping to find her best friend unhurt or at least alive.
Branches rained from the sky, reburying what Sequoia had dug up. She persisted, Jasmine was the only thing left right now. There is no way she's dead, my friend can't be dead!
Sequoia threw a branch aside and found a crumpled wing. She brushed away the branches around that area and found Jasmine, still alive.
"My legs... I can't feel my legs..." She rasped and coughed.
Sequoia tried to shove the tree off of Jasmines leg, even though she knew it was impossible.
"I'm not gonna make it..." Jasmine coughed again.
"You're my friend, I won't let you die." Sequoia was trying to chew away the bark.
"I won't be able to fly..." Jasmine pointed her snout at her tail, crooked and broken.
"You weren't able to fly anyways." Sequoia glanced at her torn wings.
Jasmine lay down, not able to reply.
The tree slid off of Jasmine, making her yelp. Sequoia dragged her off the ground, placing her onto her feet. Jasmine screamed, and Sequoia dropped her. She winced as her friends flopped helplessly onto the ground.
"My legs are broken!" Jasmine flapped her useless wings in panic.
"Calm down, we'll need a healer. If you follow me, We can find one." Sequoia assured her friend.
"I hope." Jasmine fluttered her wings again.
Sequoia propped Jasmine on her, placing her forearm around her neck. They slowly walked, basically dragging Jasmine across the ground.
"The world's not gonna end." Sequoia said, mostly to herself. Then she lowered her voice. "I hope so."
