Chapter 3

The SeaWings were flying along side the MudWings.

"Who's next?" Atlanta asked Clam as she flew closer to him.

"Who do you think?" Clam asked her, "We're flying right into the savanna. Can you tell me who lives there?"

"SandWings."

"So, who would we be going to?"

"The SandWings."
"Ding ding ding!" Clam said, "And the winner is, Atlanta!"

"Oh stop it." She told him. She slowed her speed to fall back behind to fly by Queen Maple. The group of MudWings flying behind their Queen. They looked so organized.

"Have you found anyone that can tell you how soon those eggs are going to hatch yet?" The MudWing Queen asked. A look of surprise crossed Atlanta's face.

"No- uh- I actually didn't think of that." She admitted.

"Well, I'd get a basket or something to hold the dragonets in after they hatch seeing how they won't be able to fly yet." Queen Maple told her

"Oh."

"And find a dragon to tell you when they are going to hatch."

"Thank you?"

"No problem. Now go!" The Queen told her in a friendly voice. Atlanta flew over to the SeaWings. Turquoise, aqua, blue, greens and sky blue colors surrounded her. It took a while of asking around but she finally found someone.

"How long have you had these eggs" the dragon asked her.

"Sense the fire."

"That's when they were laid?"

"Now, these are two of the Queen's most recent eggs."

"Oh, may I hold one?" The dragoness asked politely, Atlanta unstrapped the blue one and handed it to her. "About a few weeks for this one" she finished and began to strap the egg back into the harness for Atlanta.

"About a few weeks?" Atlanta asked, making sure she had heard the dragon correctly. The SeaWing nodded, leaving Atlanta opened mouthed. A FEW WEEKS! Her mind screamed, I'm not ready! I've never had to look after a dragonet! Not to mention TWO dragonets!

"You'll be fine." The dragon told her.

"What's your name?" Atlanta asked.

"Prismarine"

"Thank you Prismarine, do you have any dragonets of your own?"

"Yes, two. Geyser and Wave." Prismarine told her. Geyser. Atlanta's heart twisted in pain.

"Yes, um thank you for your help." Atlanta said hurriedly before flying to the back of the group. Her eyes began to tear up. Geyser. Atlanta thought, memories surfaced as she began to cry.

She was racing through the deep parts of the ocean with her brother. His deep blue scales hid him well in this dark water.

Geyser! Atlanta's flashed, lighting up the area better. Even with her night vision it was hard to see Geyser in the water. Atlanta kept swimming around until she bumped into Geyser.

Found you! She flashed excitedly,

Took you long enough Geyser flashed back. A stream of bubbles arose from his mouth, he was laughing. Atlanta looked at him. He was a much darker blue than she was, he had pale blue under scales and deep green eyes. He was smiling, laughing. He could do that all day. They began to talk for a bit. Atlanta was watching a fish swim slowly past her when Geyser got up.

See you at the surface. He flashed as he left.

I'll be up in a bit. Atlanta flashed back. When he swam away from her line of sight the water began to get hotter and hotter. Dragons were screaming. The ocean was being hit by fire. But, the dragons on the outside of the water were most certainly dead. In fact, most of the dragons were dead. Atlanta watched a fish infront of her go belly up. The water around her was boiling.

Atlanta opened her eyes. Tears still streaming down her face. They had landed in the savanna, the home of the SandWings. Unlike when the landed in the MudWing kingdom, there were dragons just walking about. SandWings burrowed, made tunnel beneath the savanna, usually to hide in. Why are the called SandWings when there's no sand in sight? Atlanta wondered, I guess it sounds better than SavannaWings. Atlanta looked at the scorched ground, holes were dug in the ground. Obviously from a burrow. SandWings were extremely dangerous. They'd burrow underneath you and then their tails would break through the ground and stab you. Sometimes they'd make holes in their burrows so they could shoot fire up at you from the ground. Fire shot out of the ground in front of Clam. He stumbled back and tripped on a rock, falling into a lake. Atlanta snorted in laughter. A SandWing crawled out of the ground.

"What are dragons like you doing here at a time like this?" He asked, clearly annoyed. His barbed tail swished back and forth in the grass. The wind blew in her face as she opened her mouth to speak. Clam burst out of the lake, showering them both in a wave of water. The SandWing growled as he shook out his wet wings and shot a glare at Clam.

"I'm Atlanta of the SeaWings and we have come to speak with your Queen." She told him.

"I'm Drought of the SandWings and we don't have a Queen." He growled back at her, "Now please leave."

"Who is the highest in command then?" Clam asked, still dripping with water.

"..."

"Like a leading officer?"
"Uhh, Famine I guess." Drought replied.

"Thank you" Clam said calmly. Atlanta smiled. It was funny seeing Clam trying to keep his cool when he was obviously annoyed. Atlanta turned back to the two tribes and walked over to Queen Maple.

"I was going to send a small group over to the SilkWings to see if there was any survivors, do you wish to send any MudWings?" Atlanta asked the young Queen.

"Yes, my leading commander, Alligator. He's hatched from a red egg, I hear that the SilkWIngs have flamesilks so he might be the best to go." Queen Maple told her,

"I'm going to send some SeaWings." Atlanta said before turning over to her tribe. She selected three other SeaWings and she sent them off. Something tapped her shoulder after the dragons had left and she turned around to see Drought standing in front of her. He had sandy scales, his face was dotted with freckles and black diamond patterns along his body.

"So are you or that other SeaWing in charge here?" He asked in a rough voice.

"Clam is." She told him softly, "but we mostly do it together."

"Oh, well our queen died." Drought told her, "I'm guessing yours did to."

"Yeah, she did." Atlanta told him, looking out at the calm savanna. Drought looked down and seemed to notice the eggs for the first time.

"Who's the father?" Drought asked, "Clam?"
"NO!" She yelped, "No, no, no, no, NO! That is SO WRONG! These are the only royals left in the Kingdom of the Sea. The queen's last surviving kids."

"Oh." Drought said.

"Anyways, you should go and talk to Famine with Clam or something." Atlanta told him, trying to get rid of him. She walked over to Prismarine and sat down next to her. There were two green dragonets sitting at her turquoise tail who she assumed where Geyser and Wave, Prismarine's two dragonets. They talked until Clam and Famine came out of hiding and announced that the SandWings would be joining the group of survivors. Cheers erupted throughout the area as Drought and some other SandWings walked into the growing group of dragons. All Atlanta could do was smile. The group of leaders decided that they should wait for the group that went out to look for the SilkWings to come back. The moons rose over the savanna and Atlanta sat out to watch as the rest of her tribe slept. It had been five days since the fire and everyone was still sad about it. She shook her head as Clam walked over to her and sat down. Four shapes flew in front of the first moon. They began to get closer until Atlanta noticed them.

"What are those?" She asked pointing at them.

"Maybe it's that squad that you sent out." Clam pointed out and Atlanta immediately felt stupid.

"Oh yeah." Atlanta said in reilization. It took forever but the group of four finally landed. The MudWing was holding a fiery cocoon.

"Is that a SilkWIng cocoon?" Clam asked. The MudWing nodded.

"Why is it red?" Atlanta asked. The MudWing shrugged.

"Why did you take it?" Clam questioned him. The MudWing shrugged as one of the SeaWings stepped forward.

"It was all alone and any vicious animal could of stolen it and eaten the dragon inside. When SilkWings go into a cocoon they go into a trance and don't wake up for five days while they grow their wings. Any wolf or bear could've ripped apart the cocoon and killed the dragon." After the SeaWing finished the cocoon began to break open as a SilkWing burst out with amazing green and blue scales. He unfurled his green and blue wings as if for the first time and looked at them all with piercing blue eyes.

"Where am I?" He asked, looking around, then back at his cocoon, "Where did you take me?"

"Your cocoon was alone by a rock, we found you and this MudWing carried your cocoon here." The same SeaWing explained, "You were in danger."

"A fire scorched the land three days ago, you were probably already in your cocoon and don't remember." Atlanta told him, "They couldn't find your tribe anywhere. They may all be dead."

"No." The SilkWing whispered as he fell to his knees in shock.

"What's your name?" Clam asked him calmly as he kneeled down in front of him.

"Pyrrhia." The SilkWIng whispered, "My name is Pyrrhia."

Author's note -

If you haven't noticed yet, they live in Pantala.