"Alright, so what's the plan?" Queen Stag asked. Everyone was tightly squeezed in the walls of The Scorpion Den.

"First, we need to go up to the Ice Kingdom," Copper said.

"Wait, but wouldn't it be too cold for us up there?" a LeafWing asked.

"We could provide flamesilk coats for everyone here," Queen Stag replied.

"Yeah, I agree, but shouldn't some of us stay back in case something happens," Fatebringer said. As the flamesilks started producing flamesilk, Copper walked through the crowd inspecting the newfound army.

"Huh, okay and OOF-" he said as he bumped into someone. It was Queen Fennec.

"Watch where you're going," she snarled and walked away.

"Okay, all the flamesilks are ready! We should get going!" Queen Stag yelled.

"SandWings, you should stay at the outpost near the border," Copper said, not wanting Queen Fennec to come with them.

"Fine," Queen Fennec agreed, and the three tribes and the three lone dragons flew off.


Almost 3 days later, the Ice Kingdom came into view. Copper saw the giant cliff that marked the border between the Ice Kingdom and the Sand Kingdom. He also saw the SandWing outpost that his family had hid in for almost 2 years from the time when Copper was only 3. He remembered how he his family had to leave because they were almost caught, and were on the run for almost 2 years.

I wonder how the IceWings will react to us, I hope they won't fight us. But, I will fight them if I have to, he thought as he clenched his fists and squinted his eyes. Even with the coat he still shivered inside to keep himself warm.

As they came near the palace, Copper realized that IceWings would blend in perfectly in the blizzard. Then he felt his wings go numb, and he just barely caught himself before he could barrel out of the sky.

"My wings are getting numb," Copper said.

"Me too," a LeafWing said.

"Same here," agreed a BeetleWing.

There were murmurs of agreement through the crowd as they decided to swoop back down to the ground.

"Look at this! It's in ruins," Fatebringer said as they all swooped low to land.

The dragons started climbing a gigantic cliff that lay in front of them. They knew that they couldn't fly over it because of the condition of their wings.

Copper looked around as he thought of what Fatebringer said, and suddenly he had a shocking realization and he quickly climbed down the cliff. Then he yelled out to the crowd.

"What!? The DeathWing beat us here! Guys, be alert for any-"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" a dragon screamed as he was thrown off of the cliff.

Copper turned around to see an IceWing taking out some dragons.

"Fatebringer! NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Copper screamed as he saw his friend get kicked off a cliff. Copper saw Fatebringer try to open his wings but he couldn't, as the cold air had made them numb.

"ICEWINGS! STOP! WE COME IN PEACE!" Copper yelled at the attackers as he walked towards his friend who was sprawled on the ground. The IceWings replied by kicking a BeetleWing in the face, and shoving a LeafWing off the cliff. The LeafWing just barely managed to grab onto a ledge on the cliff.

"Are you okay?" he asked Fatebringer.

"Eh, it was just a little fall. I'm okay," Fatebringer said, as he tried to stand up. He quickly fell back down into the snow.

"Well you seem very okay," Lavender said sarcastically as she walked over to them.

"Fatebringer, you call that a little fall? You practically fell out of the sky!" Copper told him.

"Yeah, you seem to have broken your right leg, and both of your talons. You also fractured your neck. Plus, you dislocated a bone in your left wing, which is ripped and torn," Lavender said, after she'd finished diagnosing Fatebringer's condition.

"Well, it's nothing a little bit of healing can't fix, right?" Fatebringer asked Lavender in a slightly worried tone.

However, neither Copper nor Lavender gave an answer, they both had their heads up, staring at something far away, eyes wide in fear.

"Right?" Fatebringer repeated, in a more worried tone.

Neither dragon moved.

"RIGHT!?" Fatebringer shouted.

Lavender and Copper ran off towards the place where they had been staring at.

Copper heard Fatebringer sigh as they attacked the huge IceWing army that was coming their way.

"Oh no," Copper said, as they saw dragons being taken out left and right.

"I think we're gonna lose," Lavender sighed.

Copper kicked an IceWing in the face, punched another in the stomach, and chopped off yet another's horns with his talon.

"Guys!" Copper called, "Guys, retreat!"

The dragons came running towards them like there were ice balls raining out of the sky. Copper thought that was maybe because there were ice balls raining from the sky, coming from the IceWings.


They ran all the way back to the SandWing outpost in about an hour or two. They were all exhausted but the fear of frostbreath raining out of the sky and the warmth and comfort that lay ahead was enough to keep them going.

As he reached the outpost, Copper lay down on a spare bed and knocked out.