-The party was over rather quickly. Magma had barely begun to taste the many good foods when the clock struck midnight. He never stayed up that long, usually until sunset. At least he thought it was over, until Flare announced that it was time to play a game.

"To celebrate a new era, we're going to play a game. Of course, this is only if you'd like. I won't think any less of any of you if you don't play." Flare had called out. Most of the guests had thanked Flare for the party, and left then, but there was still a handful of guests.

There was Flare and Magma, obviously, Skydive, a pair of dragonets, both orange, the royal chef, and Pezzottaite, the royal advisor, and Skydives adoptive mother.

Once the other guests left, Flare began explaining the rules.

"We will be playing hide-and-seek, but in the dark. The rules are simple. All the lights will be turned out, and a dragon will count.

All the others must try to find a good hiding spot, without any source of light. The only dragon that may use a source of light will be the seeker, who will be given a flashlight. Scaring dragons will be allowed, however, you'll basically be giving up your hiding place to do so."

A few dragons came walking in, and then Flare grinned.

"After a few minutes, if nobody is found, these guards will also start to seek. The game ends once everyone has either been found, the seeker forefits, or everyone makes it to the base, which is the front door. Now then, who'd like to go first?"

Everyone stood in silence, then, one of the dragonets volunteered.

"Are you sure you want to go first?" Flare asked. The dragonet nodded.

"If it's anything like playing hide-and-seem with my brother, then you'll all be found within five minutes."

One of the guards gave the dragonet a flashlight, a blindfold, then, the lights went out.

It didn't take Magma long to find a good hiding spot, especially when it could be passed so often in the dark. He hid in a small room, filled to the brim with cleaning supplies. Mops, brooms, buckets, soap, it would be easy to pass a dragon without thinking twice.

There was total silence for what felt like forever, (when in reality was probably like two minutes) when he heard someone cry out, "Oh! That's no fair!" He assumed that the other dragonet was found, but when they got closer, he saw that it was the chef who had said that. He couldn't help but laugh at this. Bad decision. The chef turned around.

"Is someone hiding in there?" He asked. Magma knew he was about to be found, but maybe, just maybe, he could escape. There was a small chance he could get caught in the process yes, but when he weighed that against definitely getting caught, he chose the other in a heartbeat.

He just had to distract the chef somehow. Then looked at the brooms at mops. If he could throw one far enough, he could possibly escape. He took a broom in his hands, gripping firmly, then chucked it as far away from him as he could.

It worked. The chef went towards the noise and he was able to successfully get out. Almost.He did distract the chef yes, and he did make it to the door, but he forgot about the original seeker, the dragonet.

"You give up already? Wow this is easy." The dragonet said smirking. Magma sighed. He was this close to getting away scot free.

The dragonet looked at his face.

"Well if it makes you feel better, I already found almost everyone, the last two were you and the new queen." He looked in the dragonets direction, and indeed, everyone but Flare was looking around for hiders.

In fact, Magma couldn't find Flare anywhere. He checked all around the palace. He only found her when he heard a scream come from the kitchen. He ran in just in time to see his father stabbing Flare in her chest. His scales were torn, like Flare had been fighting back, but failed.

The others came running in, then Flashfire looked up, hissed, and suddenly disappeared. He looked at the others. Pezzottaite and Skydive left to get help, and the dragonets were freaking out. Magma turned to them.

"Listen, get out of here now. Go home, you're not safe here." Magma hissed at them. The seeker didn't move, but the other did, basically dragging the other out.

"You." Magma said pointing to the chef.

"Go wake everyone up, tell them there's an important assembly, and that all SkyWings are required to be there." He didn't think he could ever be bossy, but someone had to do it with the new queen on the brink of dying. No, he had watched executions too many times to know that it was too late. Not even two days later, the queen was dead.

A small, dramatic chapter. Poor Flare, who will rule the SkyWings now?