Chapter Twenty-Six
Flicker
Flicker roared in fury as she felt a dragon slam into her. She reered around, slashing the dragon, a shifty and grumpy looking Skywing, in the snout. He screamed in rage and pain, releasing his grip on Flicker. She felt herself falling, but quickly righted herself, soaring in for a landing just outside the clearing. The strange dragon followed her as she alighted on the ground. She whirled around, hissing.
"Don't try anything, idiot." She growled. "My talons are nice and clean right now, and I don't want to muck them up with any more of your blood." The Skywing looked as angry as she felt, and probably also looked.
"Is that a threat, dragon? Because I'd like to know what you were doing flying around the clearing that I and my-companions are sleeping in! What, planning to murder us in our sleep?" Flicker was outraged at this dragon's accusations.
"You and your companions? I didn't even know that you were there! I was just flying around, minding my own business, and you came up and attacked ME! So if anyone deserves an explanation, it definitely isn't you!" The dragon growled.
"Just minding your own business? Well, it looked like you were planning an attack to me, and that's not something that I can take lying down." He paused for a moment, as if he was listening to some small voices in his head, all the while retaining a furious look on his face. "SHUT UP!" He yelled suddenly. Flicker's look changed from anger to wariness.
"What are you, mentally disturbed? I DIDN'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING YET! By the way, in case you'd like to know the name of the dragon who's about to tear your scales off if you don't beat it, it's Flicker. Now leave me alone, and go back to your stupid campsite or whatever." Flicker stormed off, not even glancing back at the crazy dragon holding a demented conversation inside his head. Were all other Skywings like this? She hoped not. She decided to fly around a little bit more. Oh wait, she might get tackled by more slap-happy Skywings, possibly the same one. No thank you, back to the clearing and back to sleep it was. She burst into the clearing, just in time to see Crystal slam to the ground with an angry Seawing clutched in her talons.
