-Chapter 10

"But she only became queen yesterday." He heard people panic. Magma didn't want to lose his mind himself. Why had his father done this? How had he done this?

"I know you are all wondering who will take her place, but I assure you all, we have everything under control. We will have a funeral for her in a few days. Until we find someone to take her place as queen, I will temporarily take control of the kingdom." Magma replied in exhaustion.

As he finished speaking, he headed inside. He had been up all night, and needed sleep, but he couldn't right now.

"I need a search party on Flashfire." He said tiredly the head of the defense, a dragon named Stratosphere. She nodded, then proceeded to fly off.

Magma walked to his room. He jumped into his bed and was just about to drift off when a voice snapped him awake.

"Prince Magma," the voice said. "Several dragons have come to see you." Magma sighed.

"Send them in." The dragon nodded, then a few seconds later, a couple dragons walked in. He only recognized who it was once he heard the voice. (Mostly because he was so tired.)

"Magma!" Nightsky called cheerily, "How are you doing?" Magma groaned.

"Sleepy, I've been up all night." He responded.

"Why would you-" Nightsky cut himself short.

"Anyways, Jade Mpintain erupted, so uh, there's no classes or anything. Almost everyone went home, but we came to see you!"

"We?" Magma thought. He looked behind him to see three other dragons standing there. Cyclone, Snowstorm, and Gecko. Cyclone, as usual, had a scowl on his face. Snowstorm was smiling, and from where he was, he couldn't see Geckos face.

"Magma! It's been ages!" Snowstorm cried giving Magma a big hug.

"Ages?" Magma asked confused. "Snowball, it's been three days."

"Are you sure?" Snowstorm asked skeptically. "It feels like it's been at least a week." Magma rolled his eyes. He couldn't help but admit that he missed Snowstorm, it had felt like forever since they've interacted.

"Well, it's been nice seeing you, but if you don't mind, I would like to sleep now." Nightsky frowned.

"Oh. I would probably wait until the others get here." Nightsky chuckled. Magma groaned. "There's more? How many of you did you bring, I want to sleep." Magma whined.

"It's only three more. Just a SkyWing that said she knew you, a SandWing, and a RainWing, although he really didn't want to go, he basically declined, but only agreed because Sol forced him to go." Magma began to close his eyes.

"Sol knows the palace, so she'll know how to get here, and can lead the others here. I'm going to sleep. If you want to rest up, the guest rooms are down the hall, and they're the last three doors to the left." Magma said. He heard Cyclone snort.

"Good, then I'm going to sleep also. Snow, you're crazy. You can stay with him or something." Magma didn't know how he felt about that. He was tired and wanted to sleep alone, but at the same time, he really missed Snowstorm and wanted to be with him.

It didn't take him long to find sleep. Especially since he was up for the past two days. He managed to get a good sleep when he heard voices.

"He's over there, but he's asleep right now."

"Oh that's ok, I'm sure he'll be happy to see me." The first voice snorted.

"Yes, he's asleep, so he'll definitely see you."

"Oh don't be such a smart snout." The voices got closer, until they were right in front of the door.

"Oh. Maybe I should come back later." Sol said. Magma heard Nightsky laugh.

"Oh this is even better. Now's the perfect time to talk to him." Sol snorted.

"You know, sometimes you can be annoying." She stated.

"But it's adorable." Nightsky said a little too innocently.

"Who here thinks it's annoying?" Sol demanded, flaring her wings to show a point. A voice Magma never heard before responded.

"It is cute." Magma opened his eyes, and found the SandWing nodding with confirmation. Magma smiled.

"I have to admit, it is kinda adorable." Magma said weakly. Sol turned around to see Magmas eyes.

"Aw come on, you too?" She asked him. Magma shrugged. Nightsky was a bit annoying, but he learned to get over that.

"You could have giving us a warning next time." Nightsky said, pointing behind Magma. Magma turned around to see Snowstorm cuddled up close to him. He didn't even know when Snowstorm was able to get there, considering his scales were so cold.

Magma nudged Snowstorm with his snout. "Hey, time to wake up." Magma said affectionately, although he didn't catch it himself. Snowstorm yawned, and stretched his legs.

"Have a good nap?" Magma laughed.

"You didn't tell me you two were a thing." Sol observed.

"We're not. I just can't seem to shake him off." Magma replied. He could see Snowstorm blush, then mumbled something.

"You seem to always want to be by him Snowball." Nightsky observed. Snowstorm shot him a glare.

"And what about you?" Aren't you always with Gecko?" Snowstorm challenged. Nightsky scoffed.

"He's not here now is he?" He waited for an answer, but when no one responded, Nightskys eyes lit up.

"Are you actually here Gecko?" Nightsky asked into the air. At first, there was no response, but then, slowly, the air in front of Magma turned green.

"Yeah. I'm here." Gecko replied. Snowstorm gave a triumphant snort.

"I rest my case." He smiled. Magma giggled. It was kind of funny knowing Mr. Smart Snout was getting told.

"Well," a voice suddenly said. Everyone turned to Amazon. "If everyone's having their little romance party here, I think I'm going to take a walk." He started to leave, but Magma stopped him.

"Wait." He gave Amazon a small piece of paper. Amazon scrunched his nose.

"A piece of paper. Thanks." Amazon said skeptically. Magma rolled his eyes.

"It's so people will know you're a guest, and not trespassing."

"Then why didn't we need one earlier?" Snowstorm asked.

"Because you weren't already inside when they stopped you, and the others were with Sol, so it was clear they were guests."

"Oh. Well I guess that makes sense." Amazon flicked his tail.

"I'm leaving now." He declared, walking away. Magma watched him march off. He somehow suspected that Amazon would get lost.

There was an awkward silence after that, until Sol decided to break it.

"So what are you doing controlling the Kingdom?" She asked. Magma shrugged.

"I don't know, waiting for a queen I guess." He answered, looking at the ground.

"Isn't there already a queen?" Nightsky asked.

"I mean, there was. Until Flashfire decided to get rid of her." He tried to answer casually, but there was no mistaking the cracking in his voice. Sol tilted her head.

"What do you mean 'get rid of her?' Magma, what happened?" Magma looked like he wanted to cry, but surprisingly, he didn't. He slowly explained what had happened. The epic battle, the hide and seek game, Flashfire's sudden disappearance. After he finished it, Sol sighed.

"So you're telling me, that your father killed the only other queen, and now there's nobody to rule the land." She asked. Magma shook his head.

"I'm taking care of it, until I can get a new queen." Magma said, although it was hard not to sound upset.

"It's been really hard. I would go track down Flashfire, but he's been long gone, and I have to stay here and watch over the kingdom now."

A voice suddenly came from behind them. They turned to see Cyclone, awake.

"I'll go. I'll do anything to get out of here." He said.

"Cyclone, when did you wake up?" Snowstorm asked. Cyclone shrugged.

"I can't sleep when there's six noisy dragons blabbering their mouths off." Quicksand looked offended. (To be honest, Magma completely forgot he was here.)

"I haven't said a word since we've got here!" He protested. Cyclone noted this for a second, then nodded.

"Fair point. Five noisy dragons." Magma shook his head.

"You can't go. You wouldn't even know where to look."

Cyclone shrugged.

"If I don't find him, then I'm just going straight home. Any volunteers to come?" Cyclone asked. Only Quicksand seemed eager to go. Everyone else hesitated.

"I think I'll stay here with Magma." Snowstorm said, and Nightsky nodded in agreement.

"Fine by me if the rest of you stay, but you," Cyclone pointed his talons to Snowstorm. "You dragged me along, so you have to come." Snowstorm groaned. Magma didn't want Snowstorm to leave either, but he had to admit, it was fair.

"Hey," Magma spoke softly to Snowstorm. "I'm not going anywhere. I'll be here by time you get back, and you can see me then." He insisted. Snowstorm looked behind him, as though they might never see each other again. Finally, he took a breathe,

"I'll see you soon." He nodded. Cyclone began marching out, and Snowstorm and Quicksand soon followed.

"Soon." Magma whispered.

Epilogue

"Are you sure she's dead?" He asked. Flashfire nodded. "Good." He couldn't afford to think of what would happen if this idiot already ruined his plan.

"What next?" Flashfire asked. He turned away, forming a smile that seemed to stretch as long as a river.

"Now we wait for Angler, Podzol, and Iceshard to get the Sea, Mud, and Ice queens." He waved off.

"But what about the other two? The Sand and Rain?" Deathstalker's cruel smile seemed to open wider.

"I'll take care of themselves." He could hear Flashfire snicker.

"How will you kill both queens? Your just a four year old." Deathstalker sighed.

"You underestimate me just because I'm young. But, how I do it will be none of your concern, unless you learn to keep that dumb mouth of yours shut." Deathstalker warned.

"Why should I even trust you?" Flashfire asked. Deathstalker growled.

"Because the plan is perfect. Everything will happen as I say it will." He frowned.

"Three dragons will look for you. They will find you in the Talons of Peace, where you will take care of them. Is that understood?" He asked Flashfire. Flashfire scratched his head?

"Wait, when you say 'take care of' do you mean-"

"Of course I mean kill. What else would I mean? Invite dragons who will try to stop us to a tea party?" He hissed. Of all the dragons he could've worked with, Flashfire had to be the dumbest. It didn't matter, his plan was in motion.

A/N: So, this is the last chapter of this story. I want to thank everyone who read it for giving it a chance. The next story will focus on Cyclones POV, so please be sure to Review one final time.

Joseph101 said: NOOOO NOT FLARE *sniff* :(

It's uh, kinda too late for that. Sorry.