Far away from the Nest of the corrupted Queen, lay a deserted island, the once clear lakes now running with blood, the tree's stripped of all their leaves. The once green land was now submerged in a thick layer of ash and dragon scales. Dried blood ran across the burnt tree's, the air filled with the tell-tale scent of death.

In the darkness of a cave, lay two tiny hatchlings.

The young dragons shadows were pitch black against the tiny fire that sat in the heart of the cave. Their eye's patched their scale colours, a silvery pair of tiny glowing orbs, resting calmly next to a midnight blue set. The two tiny hatchlings were terrified, it was obvious in their eyes. A shadow flew past the cave entrance, banishing the faint moonlight that seeped in through the entrance.

The small blue hatchling whimpered from fear, blinking her eye's to rid them of the tears that were forming in the blue orbs. The silver one stayed silent, desperately trying to calm her with his relaxed breaths.

"It's ok, Midnight... I'm here" he told her, but his voice was small and weak.

The shadow returned to the cave entrance once again, and two blood-red eye's scanned to interior. Upon believing that the cave was empty, the creature let put an infuriated heart stopping roar, dissapearing once again into the night.

"Sil...Silver?" Midnight whimpered.

"Shuhh... It's ok... I'm here Midnight." Silver attempted to comfort the smaller female, draping a tiny wing over her trembling form.

Thunder crashed outside, the rain pooring heavily. The dry blood that stained the rocks above the cave, the once clear water becoming tainted and turning into a crimson liquid. The crimson water flowed violently down the entrance of the cave, most of it forming a large puddle in the opening: a small amount pouring down the cracks in the rocks, coming to a stop at the hatchlings feet.

Silver's claw's became stained with the blood that already accompanied his multiple cuts and bruises along his underside. The young male tried to shake the blood off, unknowingly re-opening one of the smaller cuts along his flank.

As the blood slowly dripped out, a new scent filled the air, overpowering the scent of death - the blood of a dragon; a hatchling.

For a final time the shadow returned to the cave, it's blood-red eye's were focusing on the source of the smell. The pupilless eye's clashed with Silver's terrified one's, and the two dragons held their gaze with each other, Silver trying desperately to hide his ever growing fear.

Thunder crashed once again, lightning illuminating the dragons full form. The snake like dragon hissed, preparing a flame inside his mouth.

With little to no hesitation, Silver struck first, releasing the strongest blast of fire he could muster, however the timy flame did little more than just brush off the thick scales of the silent-eater (Whispering Death). The dragon cancelled his fire, releasing a sinister chuckle at the young males attempt to fight back.

In the silence, a new sound was heard, the terrified whimpering of a young dragoness. The silent-eater's grin turned sick and sinister at the sound, and his eyes shifted to his new target.

"I thought that he said there was only one NightHowler left on his god-forsaken island. Oh well, more to kill I suppose." The Whispering Death commented, sounding slightly upset about the thought, however he shook it off 'I aint like my brother, he was a coward... A coward. I aint a coward.' He told himself.

The snake-like dragon started proceeding into the cave, when he was knocked off balance by a strong force. Looking towards the source of said force, he was shcoked to find Silver standing infront of him, teeth bared and pupils slits against his eyes. "Looks like we got a wannabe hero here." He chuckled.

Silver growled, charging at the hostile dragon with great speed. In a single leap, the tiny NightHowler was sinking it's fore-claws into his foe's head, blood slowly flowing out of the breaks in his dirt green scales. Using his tail, the Silent-Eater flung his deadly spines at Midnight, who was whimpering out of fear in the corner.

Before the deadly weapons could have any effect against er, Silver jumped infront of them, deflecting a few with his wings, however two had made it past his defences, and embedded themselves deep within his back, releasing a large amount of the crimson liquid as well as a heart-breaking cry of pain.

The tiny dragon collapsed on the floor, his breathing laboured and weak, the life already draining from his eyes. Midnight rushed to her dying brother, tears freely falling down her face.

The Silent-Eater made his way into the cave, his face marked with the claws marks of Silver.

Midnight looked over this new threat, and noticed a very distinct mark on his tail.

A night fury bite mark...

AN: First I would like to say:

Thank you to all of you for your support on this story. And I am VERY sorry for such a log delay in the update, and the shorter chapter. I would also like to thank two named Guest Reviewer's for their continued support - That lil Fox, and MMM. These two guests have been always gave me some nice comment's and 'That lil Fox' in particular is a good friend of mine, and this story wouldn't have been updated without him reminding me of it. XD

i would also like to say: Credit for the two new NightHowlers ( the dragon species is mine) 'Silver' and 'Midnight' go to a fellow writer by the name of - 'SilverMidnightFury'. If you haven't already, please check out Silver's story 'The Adventurous Adventures of Enigma and Mystery' and leave your support. Credit to the next two new OC's also goes to... 'SilverMidnightFury' and 'That lil Fox' who have both provided me with two awesome characters, 'Mystery' and 'BlightFox' - you can guess who owns which character XD. Anyway, see you Runaway's next time with chapter 8: 'Two new heroes'