Chapter 10

We stood on a beach outside of the Summer Palace, looking out over the ocean. Everyone was there, with the dragonets all huddled together and talking as we all looked over the beauty of the ocean. It was relaxing, being able to take a breath and just look at something relaxing for once.

"I still can't believe that you figured out what had been killing the Queen's daughters for seven yea in just one night!" Tsuumi said, looking at me. I grimaced, seeing the new bandages over her neck. The guards had arrived almost too late, but Tsunami had managed to pin the statue of Orca before it could kill her and the egg.

"I'm as equally surprised as well. With something that simple being the killer, why hadn't it already been caught? And why was it so easy for me, a random dragon who literally only heard about this mystery two days ago, had already solved it?" I asked. "Stinking plot convenience." I mumbled, hiding a grin since i had always wanted to say that.

All in all though, it had seemed too convenient. This mystery had gone unsolved for seven whole years, and is then solved in less than a day? Not to mention how precise i was about it either; the murderer had been the statue, coming alive and killing royal Seawing daughters when no one could detect it.

Tsunami proceeded to talk about how her and her mother had taken a great pleasure in destroying the statue, and now Tsunami and her sisters wouldn't be in any trouble anymore due to it. At the mention of her sisters, a tiny blue head popped up and looked over at us, with Tsunami smiling at her new sister.

As the dragonets proceeded to talk, with Tsunami mentioning how she got the privilege of naming her sister, I looked out at the ocean once more, wondering how my own sister was doing. As I stared out in the waves, i shook my head. It was time to stop focusing on my regrets, and if i wanted to see my sister again, i knew i would have to find a way home first.

I was knocked out of my thinking due to the arrival of Blister, who walked between the dragonets and the Queen, in which we all looked at her. She was wearing a smug look on her face, and asked what we were going to do now.

Before we could reply, Tsunami said how it time for us to go, and how we still needed to visit Blaze and see what she was like. Blister glared, meanwhile Queen Coral had a confused/worried look, asking why we had to go. As Blister tried to convince the Queen to keep us here, Tsunami mentioned how she couldn't keep us here, and that she should refer to Coral as Queen.

Blister looked outraged, and as she yelled at us about how she was going to be their choice for Queen, Starflight decided to add in the detail about how it was most likely Blister who had killed Kestrel, which ended with the dragonets and i glaring at Blister, with Blister glaring back, especially towards Starflight and Tsunami.

Blister looked towards Queen Coral, who looked confused as she grabbed her daughter, and then asked the Queen to put us in prison "for our safety". Queen Coral nodded, calling for guards as Tsunami protested. As Seawings guards appeared around us, Queen Coral said this was for our own good as she swam off, with Blister looking smug at us as she flew away.

As the guards surrounded us, Clay, Glory, and i prepared to fight, with Starflight and Sunny looking worried and Tsunami looking uncertain. I faced off with two guards heading towards me, thinking about using my lightning on them, but knew that that could prove to have consequences. These guards had just appeared out of the water, and using my lightning on them could prove to be more deadly than wanted.

Before we could face off though, Tsunami asked us not to fight. We all looked towards her, and could see the look on her face of wanting to fight, but not wanting to hurt her people. We nodded, though Glory looked hesitant at first. We stopped preparing to fight, and we were then surrounded by the guards, in which we began to be taken to whatever prison the Seawings had.

After flying for a bit (and having to be dragged through underwater tunnels that acter as the entrance/exit of the Summer Palace), we arrived in a tunnel that had falling water on all sides. As we walked through the tunnel, i saw the prisons were islands surrounded on all sides by water, including whatever the gate was. I began to wonder what was keeping tham in their cells when we arrived.

We were standing before a larger island, in which we jumped across one at a time until all of us were on the island. After a moment, the guards pulled two chains, one that surrounded our island with water, another that opened an underwater gate that released...eels would be the description for them, but now only were they much larger than any eel i had ever seen, but they were also much more menacing. As i stared at them, i could see an occasional shock go off of them, and realized with dread that these were monstrous electric eels.

As the guards left, the dragonets and i huddled around, careful to keep our tails from touching the water. "So," I said. "This isn't exactly what i was expecting as a reward for solving a murder mystery. Any ideas on escape?" I asked.

As we discussed, with Starflight explaining how those were definitely electric eels, and Glory informing us just how dangerous they actually are, i began to get an idea. I would have to test my idea first, but if what i was thinking about was true, I might just be our escape out of this prison.

However, before i could mention my idea to the others, Sunny hushed us, saying she heard something. Due to the walls being made of water, we looked down towards the entrance of the caves. As we saw a shape heading down the walkway, Starflight asked Sunny if that was what she had heard, in which she shook her head. I looked at Sunny, concerned: due to the incident with the Skywings, it was obvious that Sunny had better hearing than normal, and i could only wonder what it was that she heard.

However, as we looked towards the entrance of the prison, we saw the dragon that had been walking towards us, which turned out to be Tsunami's sister Anemone. We were all surprised by this, mainly due to how she was off of the harness that seemed to always connect her to the Queen (which as i was later told had been on her her whole life at that point, due to the Queen's paranoia.) She told us how she had come to help, since she was temporarily off the leash.

When asked about escape, Anemone shook her head, with Tsunami agreeing that she didn't want her sister to get in trouble. However, she said that she could find the dragon that had attacked Tsunami in the entrance caves, (which i later had to ask about as well. It turned out it was mentioned when she first got back, but i was still suffering from my concussion at the time to panic too much about).

At that moment, Anemone held up a spear that looked like a horn, and for some reason told it to go find the dragon that had attacked Tsunami. After a moment of silence, the spear raised up and then shot down the cave and out into the open. I could only gape, realization occurring about Anemone, and how she was obviously an animus. As Tsunami told her she didn't have to do that, and asking how she felt, i could only stare at her with a mixture of concern and fear. If the last Seawing animus had decided to murder, what was holding Anemone back?

Anemone said she was feeling fine, just a tad cold, and as we heard a commotion in the tunnel, we watched as another dragon was dragged to the entrance of our prison. As he complained and bickered, Tsunami could only look on in surprise to see that it was one of the members of Queen Coral's council, Whirlpool. I didn't know much about him, other than he seemed to be incredibly boring and that the Queen liked him for some reason. In a way, he reminded me of a boring math teacher i once had, except Whirlpool didn't seem to care about anyone he deemed not important.

As he started talking after being yelled at by Tsunami for attacking her, with him explaining how he wanted the throne, and i realized he was monologuing, i realized now was the time to test my theory. With the dragonets focused on Whirlpool, i decided now was my chance, and while i stood behind the dragonets, i prepared a small jolt of lightning.

My theory was that due to how i was different from other dragons already, especially with the ability to breath lightning rather than flames, i wanted to test if my scales made me immune to electricity. If my theory was correct, then not only would i be immune to electricity, but it would also give me the ability to escape this prison, and hopefully help the dragonets get out. I held my breath, hoping for the best, and as i held out one hand, i let out a small spark that shot out and hit my hand.

I watched as the spark hit my hand, rolled around for a second, before rolling off like water and hitting the ground. I stared in wonder, realizing that i wasn't resistant to electricity, but was flat out immune to it. However, as i pondered over whether to tell the dragonets or to just go and escape now, i heard a commotion, and as i looked over at the entrance of our prison, i watched as Anemone swung the spear at Whirlpool.

There was a sickening thud as it connected with his head, and as he toppled for a moment, we all watched as he fell and slid into the water of our prison. There was suddenly a bright flash of light in the water, with electricity surging through as the eels reacted, and after a moment, it stopped, with everyone staring in shock. Everything was silent, the only noise being that of the eels and the water.

Before anyone could say anything, i realized that now was the time to do something that i hadn't planned. I grabbed Tsunami. "I'll deal with the eels. After a moment, go for your sister." Before she could reply, i dove down into the water, heading in the direction of where Whirlpool fell, the only sound i heard before my head hit the water was Sunny shouting in dismay. I felt bad about not telling them about my immunity, but decided it was either now or never.

I easily found the eels, finding three of them already chewing at a deceased Whirlpool. It had only been a minute at most, but already Whirlpool could no longer be recognized, and still the eels feasted. It wasn't until i was already right next to them that they realized i was there, and by then it was too late. I swam with a burst of speed, swinging my claws down upon them, already taking down two of the terrifying creatures.

As the third one swam forward to try to take a bite at me, i opened my mouth quickly, then proceeded to close it as fast, dealing with the third eel. I quickly spat out what i had nearly eaten, then swam towards the surface of the water. I opened my mouth, taking deep gulps of air, realizing just how close i had been to running out of air. I had never really been good at holding my breath, and when i chomped the third eel, i had lost more air than i had thought.

I looked around from where i was currently swimming to see the dragonets staring at me, though Tsunami was noticeably gone. While i climbed my way back up to the island, Sunny stood in front of me with her wings flared open. "What were you thinking Static? You could have gotten hurt!" The other dragonets agreed, but i shook my head at them.

"Sorry about that, but i wanted to take the opportunity to deal with the eels while they were weak. I just found out a moment ago i'm immune to electricity, and i didn't exactly have time to explain…" I was interrupted from my explanation as Sunny wrapped her wings around me.

"Please don't do something dangerous like that again." Sunny said. "The thought is appreciated, but please stay safe, even though you seem to think you need to protect us so much." Sunny looked up at me, and her face showed her concern. I nodded, before smiling and patting her on the head.

"Don't worry Sunny, i don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon." I said. "Now, since those eels are dealt with, we should have no problem getting out of here." Right as i said that, the water that was falling in front of the entrance of the cave of ours stopped falling, and standing in front was Tsunami, though Anemone was now gone.

Tsunami waved us over, in which one by one we flew over the water and to the other side. Once we were all over, Tsunami yelled at me for a second about doing something dangerous, though since she had heard what i had said, she also thanked me for allowing her to comfort her sister. When asked about her, Tsunami said that she should be fine, and that she was now gone so she wouldn't get in trouble when we escaped.

As we stood there, all outside of our cell, one thought occurred to us. "So now what?" I asked. After a moment, we decided to stealthily make our way out, and once we got to the entrance (after breaking out Riptide and Webs), we would all quickly fly up and through the canopy. Everyone agreed with this plan, and we slowly made our way through the cave.

Right before we made it to the entrance, we came across the cell that held Riptide and Webs. After a moment of messing with the chains, the water stopped falling, and the two were able to join us. Webs looked uneasy, especially towards me, but we continued to make our way down the tunnel. However, we stopped after a moment, Sunny and Starflight both saying that they were hearing and smelling something...off.

We realised too late what was going on, and as Tsunami rushed towards two guards to tell them what was happening, the first bomb fell. I say bomb in a sense that it was a flaming log that fell through the canopy, hitting anything flammable, including dragons, on it's descent. Time felt like it went still at that moment, as the palace erupted in chaos.

We rushed forward, going to see what was happening, but were stopped, due to Clay asking about a Mudwing that was standing before us. After a moment, Webs recognized her, saying that she was a member of the Talons of Peace. At that however, she laughed, saying how she was just using that as her cover, and how she was a spy. At this, Web's looked downcast as she revealed how she used him to find the Seawing Kingdom. However, as she kept gloating how she would now be promoted due to "capturing the Dragonets of Destiny", Glory had had enough of her, and proceeded to shoot her venom at the Mudwing.

I ignored the screaming Mudwing, deciding i could focus on that later as we rushed forward. When we got to the cave entrance, we saw just what was happening. Above the canopy, or at least what was left of it, were many Skywings and Mudwings, lighting logs on fire then throwing them down below. Meanwhile, the palace was in panic, with Seawings everywhere and a few of the guards trying to round each other up to go fight.

I panicked for a moment, realizing we couldn't escape through the tunnel, which was currently blocked by panicking Seawings. I worried for a second about Tempest, but after a moment, i found her, seeing her due what looked like a professional dive into the water below, then disappearing into the crowd. Knowing that she would be fine, i decided it was time to focus on getting the dragonets and the rest of us out of here.

After deciding that our only way out was up, we flew towards what remained of the canopy. When we got there, we were in the middle of a chaotic battle between the Seawing guards and the Skywing and Mudwing soldiers. From the looks of things, the Seawings had the advantage over the Mudwings, many of which couldn't fight back due to how they were holding the logs they were using as bombs. That didn't mean they were doing too great either, with the Skywings still fighting back quite harshly.

I looked on in surprise as Riptide left us, and before i could go after him, Tsunami stopped me, explaining to us what he had just explained to her, and how he was going to fight to defend his home. I nodded, knowing that not only was it the right thing to do, but since he was fighting, Queen Coral would probably not punish him. At least, that's what we hoped.

The rest of us started to try and fly away, but we were easily spotted by the enemy soldiers. We were quickly surrounded by three Skywings. I focused on the one in front of me, who used his wings to push himself forward at me to try and swing his claws at me. At this point, i had never fought while flying, and since i didn't know how to maneuver easily in the air, i decided to fight back.

As he rushed towards me, i quickly prepared a short burst of lightning before he could get to me, that i released in his face right as he reached me. The Skywings cried out in pain, and went down towards the ocean. I hoped he would be fine, and since it was only a short burst of sparks, i knew he would be, and this would only provide as a distraction for the dragonets and i to escape.

I looked at the other dragonets, who had dealt with the other Skywings, one having been dealt with by Glory, and the other by Tsunami, meanwhile Clay protected the others with his fire resistant scales. We nodded at each other, then kept flying. We were halfway through the battle, and at this point all of the enemy soldiers were too busy fighting Seawings to focus on us. For a moment, i thought we were going to make it out unharmed.

As we flew, we were distracted by a sudden shout, and as we looked behind us, we saw a furious Blister headed in our direction. I looked at her eyes, and i saw their murderous intent. I quickly looked at the dragonets and Webs. "Everyone, quickly, FLY!" I shouted. With that initiative, everyone started flying as fast as they could as Blister started to gain on us.

I soon noticed that Webs wasn't flying fast enough, most likely since he was still recovering from his concussion, and i could see that Blister's eyes were focused on him. I remembered how she probably wanted all of the dragonet's guardians dead, and knew i had to keep him alive. I quickly swept around and headed to get to Webs before Blister could. I heard a sound behind me, and soon realized that Tsunami was following me.

We got there soon, and as we arrived, Blister did as well, glaring at us with hatred. She hissed at the three of us, telling us that we couldn't leave, and how she was their choice. I glared right back. "Face it Blister, all of the dragonets have seen how truly evil you are." I said, in which her glare shifted to me. "Even if your sisters died, no one would ever have you be Queen."

I could feel the hatred in her look. With the old saying "If looks could kill", i'm pretty certain i would be more than just dead at this point. "You…" she hissed. "You're the reason they won't choose me." She suddenly grinned. "Well, rather than use you like I was originally planning, i guess I'll just kill you!" With that comment, Blister shot straight towards me.

Once more, i prepared lightning, though this time, before she could reach me, i stopped beating my wings, letting myself fall. As she passed over me, i released my lightning, but she quickly maneuvered to escape it. However, she didn't turn towards me like i had thought she would, and she kept going, heading straight for Webs.

I saw the fear cross both Web's and Tsunami's face, but right as Blister got to him, tail barab raised to strike, i barreled into her, knocking her away. I thought i felt something like a sting against my side, but i ignored it, focusing on Blister, who was focused on me once more. She raised her tail, preparing to strike at me, but was quickly knocked away by a powerful swing of Tsunami's tail. As Blister tried to recover, i prepared more lightning, and shot straight at her tail.

Did you know that lightning, which can reach temperatures of over thirty-five thousand degrees fahrenheit, can set things on fire? And did you know that Sandwing venom is flammable?

As my lightning connected, Blister's tail barb went up in flames, with Blister yelling in pain as she shot down towards the ocean. I knew she might come back for revenge, and now was our only chance to escape. I quickly waved Tsunami and Web's to keep flying. They nodded, with Web's saying "Thank you", before going as well.

The dragonets, Webs and I kept flying for a while, trying to put as much distance between us, the battle, and Blister as possible. Eventually, we came across the mainland, and even then, we kept flying inwards for a bit until we finally found a cave by a creak to stop at. We deemed the place safe (though i was questioning why there were so many conveniently placed caves around), and we decided it was time to rest.

I landed with a loud thud, feeling exhausted from the flying. I didn't know why, but i was feeling weaker from the flight than usual; we had done a lot of flying when looking for the Seawing Palace, and i hadn't felt this weak until a full day of flying. I shrugged it off, deciding to focus on the dragonets. I went over to them, finding them huddled up as usual.

"Is everyone alright?" I asked, looking around. Everyone checked over themselves, and after a moment, everyone nodded. I breathed a sigh of relief. "Well, that's good news at least. I'm honestly surprised we made it out without a scratch, especially after seeing the scale of that battle. I just hope the Seawings will be fine." I said. The others agreed, but Sunny did a quiet panicked yelp before rushing over to me.

"Static, you're hurt!" She said, going over to me side. I quickly peered over to what she was looking at, only to find a small prick on my side. It looked odd, like a sting, but my scales were reacting weird to it, with the slow moving clouds on my scales moving to avoid the wound.

"Huh. I guess i am. It doesn't look too bad though. I think i got that when i was fighting Blister. I should be fine though." The dragonets looked worried though, with Sunny staring at the wound before looking up at me fearfully.

"This isn't from her tail, is it?" Sunny asked, fear evident in her voice. I thought for a moment, rethinking the battle. Was this wound from Blister's tail? I remembered when i had felt a prick, and as i thought about it, at that moment, Blister had looked...overjoyed.

"I...think it might be, though it was only for a split second. Why? What's so dangerous about it?" I asked. The dragonets looked downcast, meanwhile Starflight stepped forward to explain.

"If that wound is from her tail, then you probably got at least a drop of Sandwing venom in your system. However, a single drop is all it takes, with Sandwing venom being so toxic that it can kill even adult dragons. If we can't find a cure before it's too late…" Starflight trailed off.

I paled, realizing what he meant. As the dragonets looked even worse, with Web's looking like he wished he could help, and Sunny even having tears form on the edges of her eyes, i did the only thing I could do: think.

There had to be a cure for the venom, since it was such a widely known and common poison. However, the only ones who might know that cure are Sandwings, and the majority of them were controlled by Burn, who already wanted me dead. However, as i thought, i realized another tribe that had a form of poison.

"What about… the Rainwings?" I said, pausing due to sudden lightheadedness. The dragonets looked at me. "If they also have...a form of poison, maybe they will have… a cure." I said. The world was starting to spin at this point, and i felt very tired. I tried to focus, and as the dragonets nodded, deciding we would go to the Rainforest next, the world went dark.

Meanwhile, on the edges of the Kingdom of the Sea…

I had finally made it to the Sea Kingdom, but i could only sigh as i looked at the horizon, realizing just how many islands there were. One of these had to be where my brother was at, but there were just so many…

I stopped, seeing a pillar of smoke off in the distance. I suddenly became filled with hope, and decided to head in the direction of the smoke. I passed over one island over another, but my focus was up ahead, and as the smoke grew larger, i realized that this was too much smoke for just an ordinary fire. I beat my wings harder, trying to get there quickly.

When i arrived, I found an island that was strangely shaped like a dragon's skull. However, coming out of the top of the island was a large amount of smoke, looking like a fire had just finished burning many plants that were no longer there. That wasn't what had caught my eyes however. I stared down at a place that looked like it once held great beauty, but was now destroyed. As i looked on, i saw many blue dragons, and after a moment, i realized that not only were they not moving, but that they would never move again.

I averted my gaze, knowing i had found the kingdom of the Seawings, but as fear filled my heart, i realized i was too late. I still had to search for my brother though, and i swooped down into the ruins of the palace and began yelling out for Jack.

I kept yelling his name, meanwhile i searched the whole place for even a trace of him. I found many caves, anywhere from a caves with many empty cauldrons in it to a empty weapons barracks. I searched up and down, and there were traces showing that this had just happened earlier that day, but there was no trace of Jack.

I kept searching, panic filling my heart, but relief at not having found a corpse. As i exited one cave, about to shout his name again, i nearly bumped into a dragon that was standing there. As soon as i realized she was there, i quickly jumped back into a battle position. I saw she was not a Seawing, but was some kind of sandish-yellow dragon with a diamond like pattern on her back, a barb on the end of her tail that was wrapped in bandages, and glistening black eyes. "Are you the one who did this?" I asked her through grit teeth.

She casually waved before answering. "No, not at all. In fact, these Seawings were my allies, and i've come to mourn for them. But that doesn't matter right now, because the real question is who are you, and who is this Jack you keep yelling about?" She asked. I held my position for a moment, but the concern in her voice sounded real, so i relaxed before answering.

"My name is Spark, and Jack...that's just a nickname for my brother. Have you met a dragon that looks like me by the name of Static? I've been looking for him, and I heard he was supposed to be here. Though, looking around now…" I said, looking around.

There was some sort of glint in her eyes before she answered me. "Oh, why yes, i have met young Static. Yes, i can definitely see the resemblance. And don't worry though, from what i had seen, he escaped from here unharmed and," She said, holding the world for a moment, "I think i know where he went." She replied.

I felt hope rise in me once more, overjoyed at the fact of how my brother was okay. "Really? Then what are we waiting for? Please, take me to him!" I said, opening my wings, but the dragon shook her head before looking at me.

"I'm afraid it isn't that simple, Spark. I said i know where he is. I didn't say that i could get you to him though." She said, in which i felt the hope leave me. "I believe he is either being held by one of my two sisters, and i do want to get him back as well, but i'm afraid i just can't right now." She said, but then looked at me straight in my eyes. "However, i believe that with your help, we could get him back. So, Spark," She said, holding her hand out, "Do you want to get your brother back?"

I looked at her hand for a moment, before firmly shaking it. "I'll do anything to get my brother back." I told her. She nodded, grinning for a moment before letting go of my hand.

"Excellent. Don't worry, just follow me and you'll meet your brother again." She said, before opening her wings and flying upwards, leaving the devastated area. I quickly followed her, catching up and beginning to follow her.

I was going to rescue my brother, no matter what it took, and as i followed the dragon, i remembered something. "Hey," I yelled out to her, "I forgot to ask you your name." I said. She grinned at me once more before replying.

"My name is Blister, the future Queen of the Sandwings."

Author's note: HAHAHAHA...okay, yeah, i'm sorry i'm causing so much trouble with the story. Heck, at the time, i was only planning on the part of having Sara work for Blister, and it only came to me while i was actually writing to have Jack poisoned instead of Webs. I kind of feel bad, but don't worry, everything should be fine...I hope. Either way, thank you all for your support on this story so far, especially with the lovely oc's. Btw, still need a Mudwing, but other than that, I have an oc of every dragon type! You guys are so great, and thank you so much for your support. Meanwhile, at times i really wished i had more time to write; I mean, seriously, i am super busy, and i barely have any time for this story, and just got an idea for a story for a game called "Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion", AND I HAVE NO EXTRA TIME FOR IT! CURSE YOU RESPONSIBILITIES! Anyhow, thank you so much for reading this story up to this point, and as usual, the next chapter should be up next week.