Dusk had passed out after the fight with Thunder. His whole body hurt but he was nowhere near death just yet. He was pretty sure one of his legs was broken together with a few ribs. He was still on the small island where he had fought Thunder and lost. He got up and had to walk on three legs. He had no other choice than to start flying towards the rainforest. He had a hard time flying fast so he had to be gentle and slow for now.

Sunny woke up on a tree platform. She had been knocked out by a sleeping dart without releasing it. It was time to find the others.

It didn't take long before she spotted the others already up eating. She found herself a few bananas to eat. She was sad, Dusk could be dead and Webs could die and she feared that rainwing could mean serious trouble for the group as a whole. If it got Dusk so worried then it's not good. She decided to just lay down and rest. She did not feel like doing anything right now.

Clay noticed Sunny's sadness and wanted to go and comfort her. He was about to when he was stopped by Tsunami and Starflight.

''Don't.'' Said Tsunami. She was not the one to be emotional but this was an exception. Dusk was gone and probably dead and it saddened her greatly. He was not her best friend but she grew to like him as a good friend and part of the group.

''Why? why shouldn't i go and comfort her?'' Asked Clay with sadness in his voice. He too had liked Dusk as a friend and he held a good amount of respect towards the Nightwing/Sandwing hybrid. Dusk had been there for Sunny when she was trapped in that cage in the sky kingdom. He helped them in the ways he could and he had just been a good friend overall.

''I think we should let Sunny be for a day or two. Remember they had a strong bond. Let her grieve over her lost friend in peace.'' Said Starflight as Tsunami nodded to this.

Clay sighed. ''Alright. It might be for the best.'' he said sadly.

Glory too was sad. She had tried to hide it all day. She had heard a dragon named Mangrove say fourteen Rainwings was missing. She was currently trying to find clues. She had asked the queen about it but she didn't seem to care. She had acted like she didn't care about Dusk at all but deep down she did also care. She somehow knew that he would come back. Dusk was a fighter after all. Not literally because he actually sucked at any form of combat. No, he had a fighting spirit. He would not rest before his task was done.

Dusk was very slowly moving between small islands. It was almost dusk again and he had not gotten too far. He could see the mainland in the distance but it would take him at least a day or two before he was in the rainforest. He would NOT die on the dragonet's just yet. It hurt him to fly but he just had to ignore it for now. His chest hurt when he was breathing too hard or just breathing at all and he could not land normally because of his broken leg. He was pretty sure he had inner bleeding as well.

Thunder hit hard and if he had continued Dusk would have died on that island. But instead, that stupid Rainwing had spared him death. Dusk knew he would face him again it would probably be in the kingdom of sand, where his mother lived. Burn would probably kill Dusk if she got her claws on him. Kill him and stuff him to add him to her collection. Dusk shivered at that thought. 'No thank you.' He thought.

The others were probably already thinking he was dead. Did they have that little faith in him? Were they grieving over him? 'Please stay strong guys. I am on my way. Just a little longer.' he thought. This made him push himself. He was going to get there as fast as possible. He ignored all the pain. He shot out a giant burst of red hot flames. You heard that right. Dusk could breathe red flames instead of orange ones. It could have something to do with the fact that he was a hybrid. He didn't know. He was determined to get to the mainland this night and return to his friends the next day.

The night sky had just appeared and he felt a lot more happy and more full of energy. Dusk smirked when he saw one of the moons was full. He flapped his wings harder to get more speed. Still ignoring the pain it caused him. He could see the shapes of trees and mountains not too far away. He was getting closer.

It didn't take too long before he had landed on the mainland and found himself a place to sleep under trees and bushes. he was pretty well hidden there too.

Sunny had done nothing all day. She had heard that Tsunami and Starflight had taken Webs to the healer's hut and Clay and Glory had started to investigate the missing Rainwings. Glory of all dragons had come to her to tell her about the things that had happened today. She had told her about the animus tunnel that led to the kingdom of sand. Glory had then gone back to the tunnel to guard it saying ''I am going to let you be a little more alone. I understand your pain. And i know it's hard. I miss him as well.'' Admitted Glory.

Sunny nodded and tried to sleep. It was starting to get dark outside again after all. Her eyes let out a few tears as she drifted to sleep.

Darkness. That was all Sunny saw. But then she saw rain, flashes of light and she heard thunder. She was on an island in the kingdom of the sea. She saw Dusk in the distance, fighting that Rainwing assassin. She had figured that it had to be an assassin. She saw Dusk breathe his fire in the Rainwings face and then tried to stab the Rainwing with his tail barb. He missed and was then sprayed down with poison. Dusk screamed with agony as his body was burning. The Rainwing now looked Sunny dead in the eye. ''Sweet dreams.'' he said slowly as he gave her an evil grin.

Sunny jolted up from her nightmare. She started to cry silently. She hated this. She hated that Rainwing and she hated Dusk for doing what he did. She didn't actually hate Dusk but it's what he did that she hates. He protected them but at the cost of himself. She now truly believed that he had died. Her best friend, gone. She had to take a small flight to think. And she was heading towards the sea before she even realized.

'Don't fly to the ocean Sunny. You will only find sadness and grief there.' She thought to her self. 'No i will go there. So i can pay my respect and say my final goodbye to him.'

It took her hours but she reached the ocean in the morning. At dawn.

It was relaxing to just watch the sunrise with the sound of waves and sea birds in the background.

Dusk had just woken up. He stretched and regretted it the second he did it. A jolt of pain came from his ribs. He ignored it and decided to find himself some fruits and watch the sunrise. He found himself a few bananas and walked towards the beach. He wanted to see the ocean one last time before he left for the rainforest. And there on the beach sat a gold colored sandwing with no barb on her tail. Sunny? But how she was in the rainforest.

''Sunny?'' He said as he slowly made his way to her.

''Dusk?'' She asked back.

Dusk just gave her a small smile.

''You are alive!'' She ran towards him and gave him a hug.

''Ow ow ow.'' Said Dusk as his broken ribs were pressed on.

She smacked him in the head with her tail. ''You had me scared for life. What were you thinking? I did not do anything other than lay in a bed crying because i thought you were dead!'' She said scolding him as she started to cry. ''Dusk you are my best friend. I actually thought i had lost you. I had a nightmare where i saw you get killed by that Rainwing.''

Dusk hugged her carefully. ''I am so sorry. I was just trying to protect you all. That rainwing is the son of burn. He is her spy and assassin. And he is also an animus. I knew he was dangerous and i saw it when we were waiting out the storm so we could continue. I did not want to see you hurt.''

Sunny hugged him back. ''Jack. Don't ever do that again.''

Dusk gave her a grin. ''Fine, mom.''

''i am serious. Please don't scare me like that again. We care about you too much for us to lose you. I know the others don't always show it but they do care about you Jack.'' Said Sunny not caring that she used his real name.

''I know.'' Dusk said. He then fell to the ground as he felt another jolt of pain coming from his broken ribs and rear leg.

''Jack!'' Yelled Sunny as she tried to get him up on his feet again.

''Some of my ribs are broken. One of my rear legs as well.'' Said Dusk as he got up on three legs.

''Can you fly?'' Asked Sunny concerned.

''Yes i can fly. But it's painful.'' Said Dusk.

''We have to get you to the healer's hut in the rainforest.'' Said Sunny.

Dusk nodded. ''Agreed. Let's go.''

The sun was almost gone from the horizon when Sunny and Dusk arrived in the rainforest. And the stars were visible. Sunny led Dusk to the healer's hut. He collapsed on one of the beds. She giggled at the sight. The other dragonet's had heard from Jambu, Glory's brother that a Sandwing had arrived with a Nightwing and was on their way to the healer's hut. The others had of course gotten there as fast as possible wanting to see both Sunny and a not dead Dusk.

The whole group made an aww sound when they saw Sunny curled up with Dusk both exhausted and asleep.

''Should we wake them and shout at them?'' Asked Tsunami.

''Let's wait with that.'' Said Glory.

Clay, Tsunami, and Starflight nodded to that.

I think this chapter is on my personal favorite list of chapters. I think it's also one of my saddest chapters ever. It was so fun and sad to write. I felt so strong emotions when writing this. I swear i almost cried a couple of times. Anyways i am back with uploading chapters more often. And i hope you guys are enjoying it as much as i do.

See you all in the next one. Bye bye.