( Another update, I hope you enjoy it )

Chapter Four: Strangers

Eucalyptus flew passed the mountainous border, past the sand and went into the sky kingdom. Sobs still wracking his body, threatening to rip him from the sky, still he pushed himself with tears still rolling down his snout.

What do I do know?, he thought sadly, he had nowhere to go. Sure he could go back to his home but he had a feeling that he would get captured again. Through his sadness he felt tired...so tired. Eucalyptus began to drop, lower and lower until he landed next to a small cave. Walking inside he laid down, still crying. Slowly but surely Eucalyptus fell asleep, but before he closed his tear filled tired eyes he swore he heard his mother and father's voice

" Goodnight, little Eucy. "

Hours passed and it was dusk, the sun casting a ghostly glow over the land, as if kissing it with light rays. Eucalyptus laid in the cave, dried tear marks on his face. He was too deep in sleep for dreams but somehow , whether his senses were still on high alert or not the sudden WHOOSH of wings made him spring up.

OH MOONS, NOT NOW!, He thought in terror. Quickly and quietly he hid behind a group of stalagmites and camouflaged himself. Carefully, cautiously, he peeked out and was glad he woke up in time.

A group of six dragonets landed in the cave. He saw them, one was a skywing, one he assumed was a sandwing, another was light blue. He had no idea what he was, nor did he know what the brown and deep blue ones where. But one was most definitely another nightwing, and she caught his eye the most. She had deep purple scales that lined perfectly with her black wings and white underside. Suddenly one of them spoke and he ducked behind the Stalagmite.

" We should go live on an island, ", the skywing, which was male, said. " find somewhere else to go! "

" ISLAND! WHERE? THE KINGDOM OF SEA! ", the deep blue dragon said in a rather sarcastic outrage, " They'll find us no matter where we go! "

" Trench, calm down- " The skywing said.

" CALM DOWN? WE ARE BEING SEARCHED FOR LIKE RATS AND YOUR TELLING ME TO CALM DOWN. ", Trench yelled back. " Sorry Agate, I will not! "

" At least my sister didn't tell of our existence. ", Trench added

Agate snorted, " She is just down right evil, this was just bound to happen. "

" So where should we go, Pantalia? " The brown dragon asked.

" Alligator, you know the stories aren't true. ", the light blue dragon stated.

" I know Polar, but you never know. ", Alligator replied. Now Eucalyptus was more curious, then afraid. They all seemed to be in the same situation and…..the same energy that he had. Rather than letting himself be known he decided it was better to just sit and wait. Polar just rolled his eyes in response and looked away.

The nightwing suddenly spoke, " I know of an island down south, near the rainwing kingdom. They never explore or even go past the southern border onto the islands, we could go seek shelter there. ". Everyone was silent, then the sandwing spoke up.

" That actually sounds pretty good Comet. " The sandwing said. Oh, so that's the nightwings name, Comet., He thought with a slight smile, Her name fit her description, as if she came from the stars themselves.

" Thank you Scorpion. What do y'all think? " Comet asked. Everyone agreed quite smoothly.

" It's getting late we should head out now, under the cover of darkness. ", Agate sated. Eucalyptus moved out of his hiding spot, taking a step forward, however he became unaware of his surrounding and with his left hand, snapped of a piece of stalagmite. The group went silent as they heard the noise.

" Someone's here!. " Polar said. Comet got up and went over to his hiding spot.

Oh moons please no, no, no!, Eucalyptus thought. He covered his face with his wings and subconsciously lost control of his scale color, turning pale green with fear. He heard Comet gasp in surprise.

" Oh my goodness, It's the Rainwing Animtide! ", Comet burst out in what sounded like a mix of joy and relief. Eucalyptus cautiously uncovered his head with his wings, and saw the most beautiful face ever, right there. The Nightwing, Comet, had an almost perfect facial complexity unlike that of anything Eucalyptus had ever seen.

Wow, he thought, she's even better up close!. Then he noticed the silver teardrop scale next to her purple eyes. OH MOONS SHE HEARD ME!, he thought in a panic, turning a slight red with embarrassment. Comet just smiled slightly.

" Come on out, we promise not to hurt you. ", Comet said softly. She held out her talons and Eucalyptus grabbed them and she helped him up. She lead him to the group, once he got a closer look he noticed all the little details of the dragons.

Agate was a male skywing, tall, heavily muscular, with large wings. His scales were all red ...much like the skywing he met in the forest, except he had a yellow under belly. His Irises were red and his horns and claws were black.

Scorpion which was female, was almost yellow, almost a gold color. The only parts that weren't yellow were her horns and claws. She seemed less muscular but just by looking at her she seemed to be quick witted.

Polar was male with a mix of light blue and whites. His claws were blue and so were his wings, while his many many horns and spikes were white as well as his under belly. Polars face seemed to be held in a permanent scowl. Even as Eucalyptus looked at him Polar held himself tail and proud with a frown on his face.

Trench was a deep blue all over, she had luminescent scales that glowed slightly with a light blueish greenish light. Her horns unlike her scales were black as well as her claws. Her wings showed splashed markings of curls and swirls, a beautiful but odd thing in Eucalyptus's opinion. Her Irises matched her scales, like the others.

Alligator was the most muscular out of everyone, with large broad wings, dark brown and umber scales and a somewhat goofy nature about him. Eucalyptus got the sense that he was rather funny, but in this case he was pretty scared and angry. His eye color once again like the others, matched his scales.

But there was something that Eucalyptus noticed out of all of them. They all had black horns and claws, had that same strange energy that he had, and had lightning strike like markings, each matching the color of their scales. He looked down at his own claws and saw that his where the same but different, he had two, one blue, the other red. He was about to think why when Agate spoke up.

" Are you alright? ", he asked while looking him over.

" No, not in the least. ", He said while wiping away his tear marks. He felt a wing being put over him.

" It's alright, " Comet said sympathetically, " I know how you feel. "

" We all do. ", Agate said patting his head gently, " The important thing is that your safe with us now. "

" It's rather lucky we stumbled upon you. ", Trench stated.

" So we have the Anim- wait what's your name? ", Polar asked.

" Eucalyptus. ".

Such a nice name , he heard Comet echo his last thought with an internal giggle. While trying not to turn red in the face he tilted his head in her direction and she ducked out of view.

Alligator interrupted this little moment, " Guys I may not be the smartest out of us all but i think we'll be just fine. "

Trench rolled her eyes, " yeah sure fi- "

" Can we hurry up, because we've got company! ", Scorpion said while looking out the cave. Everyone stuck their heads out of the cave to see a small squadron of dragons nearing the area. Eucalyptus's adrenaline kicked in and he felt no longer tired.

" Can you fly? ", Agate asked.

" Yes. " He responded.

" Good, now try not to fall behind. ", Scorpion said. They all spread their wings and flew East. Eucalyptus looked back and saw that the squadron was heading the opposite direction, " Thank the moons! ".

" Good thing they didn't see us! ", Alligator stated while swooping into his view.

" Now we stick to Comets plan. Head south and live on an Island. " Polar said.

" Yep. ", Agate replied. With his home behind him Eucalyptus soared through the clouds and into the unknown world.

( I hope you enjoyed this chapter, feel free to include your thoughts about each chapter, opinions and even whole theories. Chapter Four while be out soon, till then Bye )