Hello again from Las Vegas! Guess what? Another challenge! I'll have it at the end! Once again, I'm thinking about making a second arc for this series, and I've decided. If I get five or more reviews asking for it I'll make a second arc, if it's four or less, I'll move on to something new. Like the new story coming out possibly soon, I'm not sure if I can get it working though, I'll let you know next chapter! Want to see a second story arc?

Point of view for this chapter is...Carnelian (cause I felt like it)

Me: Hey Starflight, do I own Wings of Fire?

Starflight: No

Me: I thought so

Everything was back to normal...right? No more insane to be queens, no more video chats of torture, and no more freezing up poison...Carnelian couldn't believe Winter went through all of that. It was close to nine at the academy, and Winter should have been coming back soon with Moon.

Tired of waiting, Carnelian snatched up her phone and impatiently dialed Moon's number.

Ring...ring...ring...

"Hey Carnelian, what's up?" Moon's voice said through the other end.

"Where are you two?" Carnelian snapped.

"We're just leaving the hospital...paperwork takes forever."

"Ok, I'll see you when you get here."

Beep.

Back to waiting...Carnelian's least favorite thing to do.

She couldn't shake this feeling in her head.

The feeling that she knew Scarlet from somewhere.

Was it a relative? No, her family was bad tempered, but not evil.

A political figure? No, the most important one was Ruby…

Wait…

Ruby! That's where she knew it from, someone named Scarlet was Ruby's mother!

And she had wanted to throw over her own daughter…

That's it...she had to call her.

Ring…ring...ring…

"Hello?" Ruby's voice said, "Carnelian? Is that you?"

"Yeah it's me." Carnelian replied, "Have you heard about Scarlet?"

"Yes...how she died."

"Anything else?"

"That boy Winter…and that girl Moonwatcher."

"Why would she want to be a queen?"

"She's always had a thing for power, and torture. Being a royal figure would mean she could do those things without punishment."

"I've seen that she likes torture, alright."

"What about her followers? I haven't heard anything from them…"

"Apparently one was Moon's father, one was Turtle, my classmate's, sister, and one used to live in the rainforest."

"I know that one, Morrowseer."

"Moon's dad?"

"Yes, he came to visit me one day telling me to be careful."

"Huh...do you think he could be a spy?"

"I don't know."

"School's very weird so far."

"Carnelian, I've got to go, just look out for yourself, and your friends, okay?"

"Yes, I will."

"Bye."

Beep!

Ugh! And back to waiting. Carnelian was tempted to shake Kinkajou out of her rainbow colored bed so that they could suffer together, but she wouldn't do that...she'd stayed up all night for who knows how long. Winter even commented that she looked like his sister, Icicle, did once after staying up for a week. She'd probably done that, even.

Carnelian tried to pass the time by taking out her laptop and researching about that poison, how deadly it was, how valuable it was, and side effects.

So it was called sub-tonic, a freezing poison, it was very cheap, but valuable in certain places, highly illegal, and had side effects of…

Oh no…

There were headaches, excessive bleeding, and some other things, but the worst of all.

Winter would be fully color blind...forever…

How did a poison even do that? Messing with your vision that awfully…

At least he would still be able to see…

Knock knock knock.

"Carnelian! Kinkajou! I'm back!" Moon called. Carnelian opened the door for her and let her in.

"So...how's Winter?" Carnelian asked.

"He's looking fine, but he seems like he's dealing with something he won't talk about."

"I know what it is…"

"What?"

"He'll be color blind, forever…"

"What?"

"I know."

"That's awful! Nothing worse though, right? Have you been researching it?"

"Yes, but it doesn't look like there's anything else permanent, but it's highly illegal."

"I can see why!"

"I know."

"Well, if nothing else, we should get some sleep, and I'm glad to see that Kinkajou's getting some, and she should probably stay that way tomorrow, too."

"Good idea." Carnelian said, flopping into her bed without changing her clothes.

She fell asleep almost instantly.

Carnelian was in the same white room, horror flooding her mind, and seeing terrible sights. Winter was there, getting shot with the sub-tonic infused bullet, and she couldn't do anything. Moon was strapped in shackles, and she couldn't do anything.

Worst of all…

She was helping Scarlet, pushing Winter to the ground, pulling out a gun, and pointing it at her friends, pulling the trigger four times, as Qibli, Kinkajou, Turtle, and Umber fell, dead.

She couldn't do anything.

Laughing, she put her hands around Winter's neck, choking him until he lay limp, and finishing it by putting another bullet in him, this time his head,

She couldn't do anything.

She saw herself walk over, help Scarlet up off the ground, and go over to Moon, seeing her horrified face, and her screaming.

She couldn't do anything.

Moon screamed about how Carnelian betrayed them, and she would never help as there was nothing else left to live for.

She couldn't do anything.

She watched as her own figure pulled out her gun, and put the last shot in Moon's head, killing her.

She couldn't do anything…

"AH!" Carnelian screamed, leaping out of bed.

The sun was rising, it was early in the morning.

She looked at Moon and Kinkajou, who she'd just murdered...no...it was a dream...nothing could happen.

She decided to take a walk, and try to calm herself down.

Getting outside, she saw Winter on a bench under a tree, she walked over to him.

"Hey Winter." she said softly, still scared of the nightmare she'd had.

"Oh..hey...uh…" he trailed off.

"Carnelian."

"Oh...hey Carnelian, it's a lot harder to notice you without your orange hair." he chuckled, as if expected her to be surprised, but was surprised himself when she said,

"I know, that poison's vision side effect is awful...do you think you'll be okay?"

"Of course." he said, somewhat depressed, "It's just color."

"Alright, so what are you doing up so early?"

"Turns out when you're in the hospital for a week doing nothing, you get restless." he joked.

"Qibli, what have you done with Winter?" she said back. He laughed a bit. The. His face fell, and some tears streamed out of his gray eyes.

"Winter?" Carnelian asked.

"I-I-I'm sorry."

"No, keep crying, no one will judge you."

He did, he cried silently, putting his head on her shoulder as she patted his.

She let him cry, letting out all the troubles he'd gone through.

"Y-you know wh-what?" he asked, choking on his words.

"Yeah?"

"It was worth it…" he said with a smile.

She understood. The way Moon and talked about Winte rathe previous week had led her to believe that they would fall into a relationship. Come on...they both gave their lives for each other, so it was kind of obvious.

"You go...Winter, you go…"

They sat there is silence for a while, and Winter asked, "Do you want to see a show with me tonight?"

"Uh...sure." she replied, nervous.

"Don't worry, I'm inviting everyone."

"Oh, okay." Carnelian said, sounding relived.

The rest of the day went on with everyone he knew welcoming Winter back, and then ending with a trip uptown to see the show Winter had planned. Everyone agreed, and they saw an amazing acrobatics performance where these two twins got separated and reunited to take down an evil villain. It was a very heartwarming performance, and a nice change of pace from the depressing feeling of the last week.

Everything was back to normal, and everyone was safe. No hanging threat loomed over everyone, and everyone was alive. Carnelian slept peacefully for the first time that week, and everyone knew that everything was going to be alright.

Wow...that was...to me...very emotional. Probably because I feel like I relate to these characters. So, the challenge was to guess the show that the group watched! A hint, the company that made it is known as 'The Circus of the Sun.' Happy searching for that. One last time, if I get five reviews or more asking for it, I'll make a second arc. And if not, the next chapter will be like a curtain call, and special thanks. See you very soon.