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CHAPTER 9
STARFLIGHT'S POV
Starflight flicked through the scrolls, feeling the curved names in the wooden part as he put them back in the right places. There were giant slabs of wood with the genre and letters curved into them so he can feel the correct places. A long-limbed SandWing named Pronghorn (from the original series) likes to help out a lot in the library. Starflight wished he could see what Pronghorn looks like.
A soft tap echoed through the cavern a few hours later (at least, that's how long it felt like). Starflight lifted his head. the steps were light and a bit fast. A tail slithered behind the steps. He felt heat near him.
"Sunny?" Starflight asked. Sunny touched him gently on the neck and pushed something round towards him. "I brought you some chicken." he sniffed out the meat and began chewing. It was juicy and tender, with a slight burnt taste, just how Starflight likes it. He looked and smiled at what he hoped was Sunny's direction. She nudged him gently again and asked "Do you need some water?" He nodded. She padded away and came back with a hollowed out piece of wood with clear water. Starflight drank it all. When he finished, he looked up and felt the heat closer than ever. "Sunny? Are you OK?" he heard a light jump and her voice saying "it's fine don't worry about me." he tilted his head. "You're usually with the students... is it Clay? And Tsunami?"
"Yeah... I'm just really... concerned. They aren't the type of dragons who leave a whole school who is waiting for the wonderful dragonets of destiny to guide them." A pause.
"Do you think they are ok? What if they're hurt? Or lost? Or... kidnapped?!" she said in a flurry. The tapping of claws told Starflight that she was pacing. Starflight said "They'll be fine. Especially Tsunami. Clay will manage too." Sunny shuffled her talons nervously.
"Alright. I trust you St- WATCH OUT!" A split second later, Starflight felt like he was in even darker blackness. He tired to move, but everything felt immobilized. He tried to cry out but his mouth was shut tight. What's happening? Scarlet? Are you back? But even the vengeful SkyWing ex-queen isn't anywhere near being able to do this. Sounding far away, he heard Sunny's single yelp before she too was silenced.
And the rest was darkness.
GLORY'S POV
They continued flying after eating. Glory wanted to drop with exhaustion, but she refused. Especially when she would go splat on the ground 50 feet below them. Besides, the desert was giving way to mountainous terrain. Trees were popping up everywhere, and the air felt cooler. "Let's try to reach that line of trees over there before dark." Glory called to the panting MistWing behind her. A rough line of thick pine trees were visible. She heard Berry moan. "Can't we stop now? I swear, my wings are going to go on without the rest of me..." Glory rolled her eyes. "Come on, just a little farther." The MistWing said nothing.
When they reached their goal, it was sunset, the first stars glittering faintly against a red-orange sky. There was a tinge of pink and blue mixed in with it. Glory chewed her fox absently, thinking about the strange dragons from before. They were kind of like NightWings, but even more dark. And definitely more large. They were more like... ShadowWings. That's a cool name. she thought. Besides, what kind of dragon has one orange and one red eye?
They sat in silence.
Derp.
"Errr... So what were those dragons? You know, he ones that attacked us?" Glory asked, even though she was sure Berry didn't know either.
That's why she was surprised when Berry answered.
"I think- I think they're possessed MistWings." she choked out. Glory shifted her claws. "What? I thought your tribe was all green and blue and stuff. Those guys were jet black!" Berry sighed and looked at the moons. "Fog did this. You know that ability of hypnotizing? Well, Fog was particularly good at that. But for whatever reason, whenever he managed to take over a dragon's body, they turned smoky black. Makes it pretty obvious don't you think? But... it wasn't that obvious..." Glory asked "Why?" Berry glanced around quickly and waited a moment before answering. "They can disguise themselves in the shadows." Glory shivered. Yep, definitely ShadowWings. But she scoffed. "Why would they do that? Are they too scared?" The MistWing just shrugged and looked away. "Probably a weird alteration of our turning invisible MistWing thing."
"Did you ever see Fog?" She thought she heard a hesitation before Berry responded "No. He was contained many years ago." Glory asked another question. "Did he kill any of your family besides your mom?" the MistWing shifted before saying "I'm- I'm not sure. My mom was really the only one I was close to."
"What about your dad?" Berry looked away. "Died after I was born." Glory was about to ask another question when Berry suddenly turned away and laid down. "I'm pretty sleepy you know. Let's get some rest." Glory tilted her head at the MistWing. Is she hiding something? No, she decided, She's too young to really hide anything. Glory too, curled up and drifted away.
So that's 9 done! Sorry it was so short but I finished chapter 10 so expect an update soon!
