The guards instantly rushed at me, and my friends. Peril stepped in, but it was already too late, I moved at lightning speed, slitting their throats. I had killed 3 guards, and the rest ran. The three grabbed their throats in surprise, trying to cover the blood spilling out. Starflight covered his eyes. Clay had a grim expression on his face. "You didn't have to kill them. Peril would have scared them off." Clay said, looking at me in the eyes with a serious expression.
"What report would you rather hear if you were Queen Scarlet? Peril has turned on her, the dragonet she raised since birth? Or that the LightningWing had gotten away, with Peril on his side?" I said, with an equally serious face. " From my point of View, I would not want to send more guards blundering to their doom. Plus, I killed those three so I could scare the guards. I know, that sounds psychotic, but it will make the rest scared, then that leads to them less likely to attack us." I said, with a calculating view of things. Clay didn't say anything back, and we continued through the palace. The room with all the Skywings was empty, except for a group of nervous guards. I stepped into view, with a menacing style of walk. They were scared, it was visible. The group bolted after a stare down. I turned to Clay and shot him an "I told you so" face. We continued, when guards from behind rushed at us. They carried long spears, and skidded to a stop when they saw me, and also looked nervous with Peril there. They charged, regardless.
They're brave, I'll give them that. I thought, as a soldier got close. He thrusted with the spear, and I caught it in time. I electrified it, and it shocked him. The other two backed off slowly, and ran. We walked on, to another doorway. It was the throne room. "Ah, you've finally come." Scarlet said, with a menacing tone, but she looked nervous. Burn, who sat next to her, flew right out of her throne, and blasted fire at Clay. I looked, shocked, as Clay took the whole thing. The fires went down, and I realized, Clay was hatched from a blood red egg. This shocked me pretty much everyone. Scarlet didn't however, it was clear she knew. Burn didn't stop, and tried to bombard Tsunami and Starflight with fire, but I tackled her out of the air before she could finish. She struggled under my talon on her throat. Scarlet looked utterly terrified. Burn looked into my eyes, and I looked back. She had a defiant look. I could end Burn right now. But did I really want to? Yes. She caused the dragonets' suffering. She is a problem. A problem that must be terminated. I thought, as I snapped her neck. Bones snapping could be heard. I killed Burn.
I looked back to my friends. They nodded, like they understood. Scarlet was furious, but had tears streaking down her face. I saw Glory looking at Queen Scarlet. Her mouth sprung open, and shot Rainwing Venom. It struck Scarlet in the face. It began to burn, she screamed in agony as her face melted. I looked surprised. I knew about the venom, I saw Glory try it once, but I didn't think it was that potent. Peril started to cry. I heard Clay comforting her. Striker saw what had happened, and broke out of the cage. He and Sunny flew over to us. Sunny looked a little shocked. Striker just put his talon on my shoulder. I needed it. Glory broke from her chains and walked over to us. "You did the right thing. There was no way Burn could be queen." Glory said, with a serious face on. I nodded, standing up.
"We're free. That means you could find your families." Striker said, facing the exit.
"Come with us, both of you. There is a place for you both here." I said, hoping Peril and Striker would accept.
"Yes. I will accompany you. I hope my Grandmother won't be mad..." Striker trailed off, muttering something no one could hear.
"I don't know. I have to think about it." Peril said, looking around. We had moved outside. I nodded. "You can find me hear anytime. I'm sorry for not coming." Peril said.
"It's ok. We understand." Clay said, reading my mind. We lifted off, and flew to a nearby clearing by a river. We slept there. I created a barrier around the group as we slept. I woke up and looked around. Everyone was still sleeping, except for Tsunami, Sunny, and Glory. They were discussing something. I crept up nearby, behind a rock. Glory said something about hiding, to see if Clay was thinking about replacing her. "Really? You think Clay would do that?" I said, stepping into view. Sunny gasped, surprised. Glory and Tsunami glared at me. I sighed. "Clay would never do that. We are siblings, in his mind. Why would he get rid of one? It wouldn't make any sen-" I was cut off by Glory.
"Because I'm not part of the prophecy!" Glory hissed at me. I looked surprised, she actually thought harmless Clay would do that?
"You don't trust him. Why not? I'm not part of the prophecy, but I don't go around pulling mean things like this. I deal with it. I try to do my best. I suggest you do the same. All of you." I said, walking back the others. Striker was yawning, getting up.
Glory didn't disappear, and see if Clay wanted to replace her. There was no way that Clay was going to do that no way.
Author's Note: Another chapter. I have made a decision. Because my story is WAY down below all the new ones, I'm going to create a second one, that starts at the beginning of the second book, and I might rebirth this one too. I don't know... No one even reads this anymore. So, when we reach the point of the second book, I will rebirth this one, and start the second. Thank you for reading.
