Scorpion's POV
I have been in prison before, just not on the receiving end, I have been a guard for Burn the day the war started when Burn chased out Blaze, Blister, and Horizon.
On the outside, I looked pretty chill, pacing back and forth, as far as the chains on my ankles would let me, but on the inside, I was freaking out. I never knew what Burn would do to annoying or bad prisoners, she never told me, and I never want to know.
Me and Blister were in cells directly across from each other, we were in one of 6 prison towers, and then there is the Weirdlings Section, where Sunny was once.
The cells were kinda big, which I was happy about because I hate enclosed spaces. The bars were made out of obsidian, which means flame breath is out of the question, the chains were made out of Iron, but they are fire-proof, so that's also out of the question.
"I now know how Sunny feels." I said, feeling bad for the little Sandwing, she was only 7, and had to deal with all of this, I wish mother would have let me go outside more when I was younger, I looked into Blister's cell, she was still knocked out, I just sat there looking around, I made friends with one of the guards, I think her name was Saguaro, something like that, at least I think we are friends, we talked a little bit, she mentioned another prisoner named Fierceteeth, I recognized that name, I just don't know where, anyway, apparently this "Fierceteeth" has been handing her notes, trying to convince Saguaro to let her free, If I were still a guard, I would just ignore her.
Thats when I heard a few talons steps, actually quite a few, I got close to the bars and saw Burn and Smolder... Ugh... I never really liked Smolder, he always told me the same boring story, and told me if I slacked off, Burn would have my head, even though I was doing what I was told to, Smolder looked at me with a glance that shouted a mile away, "I told you so!", Burn was paying no attention to me and Smolder, she was looking at Blister, she growled softly at her sister's knocked out body.
"Still knocked out?" Burn said, she looked at the Skywing that knocked Blister out and hissed at him, "What kind of weapon did you knock my stupid sister out with?" The Skywing backed off in fear, I rolled my eyes, I wasn't too afraid of Burn, even if she is like 5 or 6 years older then me.
"A-An iron hammer," The Skywing choked out, "Just like you t-told me to use." Burn looked at him with a terrifying glance, the Skywing started sweating, He knew he was in some sort of trouble. I thought, then a few Sandwings came by.
"Show me that hammer." Burn hissed at the Skywing, he was basically sweating up an ocean by now, the Skywing, while shaking a lot, gave Burn the very hammer that smacked Blister in the back of the head, She inspected the hammer, looked at the thickness and stuff, she gave it back to him.
"Get out of my sight," Burn growled, "Before I toss you into one of these cells." The Skywing ran faster then lightning, i'm pretty sure the Skywing slipped on his own sweat.
Burn looked at her knocked out sister and sighed, then she looked at me, I barely flinched, but her glare was intimidating enough.
"So Scorpion," Burn said, with a little yawn, "This is what you did to get in here, you betrayed me, left with those idiotic dragonets, and stayed with them for 2 months, and left with my sister, then found your brother Horizon, and then we found you, after 3 and a half months, you got a lot of stuff over your head, little brother." I nodded, "Of course, like I don't know that." I muttered, Burn growled at me and said, "So, you are probably wondering why I didn't kill you in particular when I found you." That is true, I have been wondering that, I thought if I run into her again, she will rip my head of like she told me the last time I saw her.
"Unfortunately yes," I said, "it kept me up at night a few times." Burn raised her left 'eyebrow', "'A few times?'" Burn repeated. "Hmph, it seems you aren't very afraid of me" I shrugged, "I always did beat you at fighting, but then you got bigger and stronger." I said, then forgot what the entire conversation was about, "Just get to the point, why didn't you chop my head off as soon as you found me?"
"Do you want me to?" Burn asked with a sinister expression.
"No." I said, "Of course not, just why?"
"Well," Burn said, "Would I rather kill you, or keep you as a little pet?"
I snorted, "You want to keep me as a pet? Never."
"I guess plan B will come in handy." Burn said, then I heard a crash behind her, and Burn did a 180 and looked at Blister who just woke up, struggling with her chains, "BURN!" She roared, "Let. Me. Go. Now." Burn barked a laugh, "Give me a reason before I do." She said mocking her.
"So I can rip you to shreds to become Queen." Blister spat out.
"I'm sorry," Burn said mocking Blister again, "I can't, that is something out of my reach." She said tossing the keys to Blister's chains, at least, I think it was hers, could be mine.
Burn finally got bored of me and Blister, and decided to leave, now I just sat there, then a Sandwing came by, and my heart dropped as soon as I saw him, Pharaoh?! I thought Tsunami killed him when I helped them escape this place!, I thought, Pharoah had a pretty nasty scar over his throat, I tried to hide my black tail barb, because, once you see that, my identity is a dead giveaway, he started at me, and hissed, and walked off with his mate Lioness behind him.
"Blister?" I asked, she shot me a look and said, "What?!"
"Something tells me we are going to be here for a while," I said, Blister stared at me, she looked like she was going to face-palm, she said sarcastically, "No... I didn't know that."
Clay's POV
I looked into the distance and heard a bunch of roaring, Scorpion, I realized, I wondered if I should tell the others about this, Tsunami wouldn't care, I don't know about Glory, or Starflight, Sunny might care.
I decided to see myself, I told the others that I was going hunting since the food storage was low, and it really was. So I went and saw a few dragons go to the direction of Burn's Stronghold, I just continued going, and a dragon literally ran into me as I was looking for food, A Sandwing. I thought it was Scorpion for a second, but his tail barb was a normal pale yellow, not a black, he was talking very quickly, I couldn't understand a word he was saying, then he just flew off.
I snorted, the Sandwing was in a rush of some sort, probably missed a meeting or something, I don't know what he was doing out here at this time of day, he ran off kinda in the direction of Burn's Stronghold, but a little to the left, maybe he's confused.
I came back with 3 sheep and a couple of chickens on my back, Tsunami calmed down since the incident a few days ago, im glad too, she was shouting in my ear for the past 4 days, I didn't think I would last another 2 days of her talking my ear off, this time she apologized about her actions for the past 2 days, I forgave her, I knew she couldn't be mad at me forever, I hope it wasn't just because I got food for everyone.
I got in my cave with the rest of my cow that I didn't finish the other day, I sat there as that dragonet Moonwatcher went by and just stared at me, What is she doing?, I thought, Isn't it too early for class? Or did Webs start an hour early again? I hope he didn't. Moonwatcher then ran off, I went back to eating my cow, then Peril came in, I was delighted to see her since I haven't talked to her since the whole Scorpion situation, she told me I had to see something, she lead me down one of the caves that we don't use, and there was a sign sitting there, it said, 'Little dragons, little dragons, the real Ghosts of this mountain will rise, and soon, we are going to take this place we call home back... Spirit.
"Hm?" I was confused by the message, was it a threat or a warning? Peril told me that she was looking around the abandoned caves, and saw this, it wasn't there before, this cave was once the art room, but then we noticed a leak from the waterfall, and we had to move so the projects wouldn't get wet, the water level in here was up to my knees, we blocked this entire cave system so it wouldn't interfear with the students.
"Maybe its a threat from someone who lived here before." Peril said, I shook my head, "The only dragon I know of that lived here was Stonemover, and why would he be putting up threats?"
"Think, who else lived here?" Peril asked, I thought for a moment, I went through names I remembered, Scarlet? No, she probably is hiding somewhere or she is dead, Blister? No, she was with Scorpion, Nope, no one else lived here. Maybe it was a prank from a student.
"Hey Peril," I said, Peril looked at me and said, "What?" I got closer to her and said, "It was probably a prank from a student or something, it can't be that bad." Peril looked at me and said, "Yeah, just a prank." She flew out of the cave with me, and Peril stopped and said, "Yeah, I got somethings to do. So, I will see you later?"
"Of course Peril," I said, she gave me a little hug, and flew off, I blushed, I went to get a cow from the food area, and brought it outside with me, I needed fresh air anyway, I looked out into the distance. "What a beautiful day, the sun is shining very brightly." I said to my self as I bit into my cow, Tsunami and Glory came back and landed next to me, "Any luck finding him?" I asked, Glory's head shook, "Nope, not a single trace." She said, "Its like he vanished, even he wouldn't have gotten out of the area this quick."
"Ergh, we need to find him soon," Tsunami said, "If he gave any information about us to Blister, we are in BIG trouble."
"We'll find Scorpion eventually." I said, "Get some rest you two, you've had a long day." Glory nodded, and went into the cave, Tsunami followed, and it was just me again, I continued eating this juicy cow of mine, I never tasted something so good, well, maybe I have, im not sure.
I decided to go up higher on Jade mountain before I went back in, just to see the beautiful view, and believe me, It was truly amazing, I saw those mini dragon things with feathers fly by in a V formation, I started going down, but then the ground started shaking again, so much that I fell past the cave I needed to go to, I fell back first into a river, and all I remember last was a rock hitting me right in my face, which was when I blacked out.
Horizon's POV
THINGS ARE NOT GOING GOOD FOR ME! My brother Scorpion got caught with Blister by Burn, all because I lead them to Scorpion on accident, now I think Burn took them away knowing her, that or they are dead, I hope not.
The sun was almost down, and I have to find shelter or help, in case Burn's and Blaze's soldiers are looking for me, the night is a good time for people who are on the run, because its harder to see in the dark, unless your a Seawing and you turn on your lights to see in the dark, then your screwed, But I doubt that Burn or Blaze would send Seawings after me, considering that they are not too friendly towards them, in better terms, Burn, Blaze and the Seawings are enemies.
I started to fly a little bit off the ground, to speed things up, plus I was in a forest next to Jade Mountain, so it shouldn't be easy for dragons to find me, I stayed under the treetops and continued flying towards the South side of the Sand Kingdom, im taking the longer route because if I take the short way, I would have to deal with Burn's forces on the way there, and may lead them to my hideout, then Burn would come to me, and either rip me to shreds, or take me with her back to the palace, and that is something that is not on my list.
I eventually found a cave to sleep in, then I went to find food, I scouted around the place and found something odd, a Mudwing in the river next to me, then I realized that he was knocked out, or dead. I flew to that Mudwing and brought him to the shore, first thing I noticed that there was a nasty cut on his leg, and I had nothing to cover it, I went to a nearby tree and tore a leaf off it, and I wrapped it around his leg, so it would stop the bleeding, I dragged the Mudwing to the cave I found, afterwards I went to find food, I found 2 cows, I killed both of them, one for me and another for that Mudwing when he wakes up, If he does, Once I got back to the cave from hunting, I checked the Mudwing for a pulse, I got a pretty good pulse, and he was still breathing, so he is still alive, which is good, I decided to wait to eat the cow, and went to sleep first, I rather keep my sleep schedule the same.
(Dream)
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING BLAZE?!" I heard mother yell, Blaze screamed, "GET OUT OF HERE, AND CLEAN THIS MESS UP WHILE YOUR AT IT!" Blaze ran by, crying her eyes out, I snuck a look at mother, there were daisies and roses everywhere, I grabbed a daisy and a rose, mother sighed, and started to pick up all the daisies and roses, she put them all in a flower bucket, and left.
I went to see Blaze, she looked very upset, I know its rude to go into someone's room, I understand that seeing as I hate anyone besides Scorpion being in my room. I went in, and saw the poor thing crying on her bed, Ugh, I hate seeing Blaze acting like a little baby, a real heir could take mothers scoldings without bawling like a little wuss. I went over to comfort her, "Its okay Blaze, just ask mother next time if you can have some of mothers roses and daisies, and maybe she will say 'no' in a more polite way." I said, I gave her the rose and daisy, she sniffed and said, "T-thank you Horizon.. I appreciate you trying to cheer me up." She got up and hugged me at the wrong time, as Burn came in and burst out laughing, "HAHAHA! Horizon and Blaze, sitting on a dune, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" She said mockingly, I shot her a look and said annoyingly at her, "Burn, Blaze is having a moment! Do us a favor and get out." Burn snickered, "I don't care, I enjoy making those moments worse!" That's it, I thought, I pushed Burn out the door and slammed it on her face, "Fine, I'll go mess with Blister instead," She said while laughing.
"DON'T YOU DARE BURN!" I heard Blister shout from her room.
"Hey Horizon?" Blaze asked, "Yeah?" I said.
"Could you get me a cute scarf from the shop later today?" She asked, I rolled my eyes, "Why?"
"So I can pose and look cuter," She looked at me with 'Dragonet eyes', I couldn't say no to this kid, I said yes, and her face lit up, "YAY! Thank you Horizon! You're the best!" Blaze said, she then did her 'Excited Scavenger' pose, then I heard a crash, I opened the door reluctantly, and saw Burn and Blister fighting in the hallway, and it looked like Burn was winning the fight, she pinned Blister down and said, "Too easy." while Blister was trying to throw Burn off her.
"Oh how surprising.." Scorpion's voice said as he reared the corner of the hallway, "Burn wins again." He said with sarcasm, I went by him, "And how many wins is that?" I asked, Scorpion shrugged, "I lost count at 51 to 0."
"Oh, perfect." I said, "When do you think she will win?"
"When mother moves to the Icewing Kingdom." Scorpion said, I continued and said, "Which is when?" I asked.
"In 200 years." He said. "Oooh." I said silently, "She has a long way to go before she strikes gold, aka Burns scales."
"Oh, how sarcastic you two are," Burn smirked, "But some of that is true, that part when she will never win."
(Reality)
I woke up with the sun shining right in my eyes, I blinked. It was morning. I looked at that Mudwing, Still asleep eh? I thought, I slid that cow closer to him, he started sniffing it, then, he took a little bite out of it, he apparently eats in his sleep, I laughed a little bit, and went outside to stretch my legs, I want to get moving, but I also want to know the deal with this Mudwing, why was he knocked out in a river? Why was he this far away from the Mud Kingdom? Where is his sibs? Does he even know where he is?
I heard a yawn and I thought one thing and one thing only, The Mudwing is up. I went into the cave, and the Mudwing was up, he looked at me, surprisingly, he didn't freak out.
"Who are you?" he asked, I guess it would be nice to make a friend while saving Scorpion's butt.
"I am Horizon," I said proudly. "and you?"
"I'm Clay," Clay said, "Nice to meet you." CLAY?! Like, THE Clay? The dragonet of destiny?
"Nice to meet you as well," I said, "I was just going around the area the other night and I saw you knocked out in the river, I dragged you out and tended to your wounds." I think he noticed the leaves around his leg now.
"Oh, where are we?" He asked, I was right, he didn't know where he was.
"We are at the base of Jade mountain," I said, "West side."
"WEST?!" He shouted, "I need to get to the other side!" He was about to take off.
"WAIT!" I yelled, "You need to rest, your wounds have not fully healed from last night!" Clay flinched in pain from his foot, I was afraid that might happen.
"Ugh, I need to get to my friends," He said looking off into the distance, "They are probably worried." I looked around, checking for Sandwing soldiers, and continued, "They probably are, you should get back, but your leg-"
"Its fine! I can- ow, manage it!" Clay said, he started walking around the mountain, This is going to be a setback for my escape to the south, but I could get all the help I can get to find Scorpion. I thought.
"Hey Clay," I said, Clay turned around, "Yeah?"
"Do you need some help getting home?" I asked, he probably needed it, Clay looked at his leg and said, "Sure, do you know the way?", I nodded, "We just got to go around the mountain, unless you want to climb it, which I wouldn't recommend."
"We can go around." He said, Phew, I don't care if it's longer, at least he knows what best for him.
I then realized that we were going to be walking for a while, we would probably make it to the East side by nighttime or tomorrow morning.
This is going to be a long day.
YES! Chapter 6 is out! I'm already working on Chapter 7, yes this took a little while to put out, but it's worth it in the end.
Make sure to review, I'd like to do anything to improve this story! And as always, Divine is out! (Probably killing Zenix, if you know what I mean), okay seriously, cya.
