Chapter 16


"Wha… How… Wha…" Prancer couldn't believe what was in front of his eyes. His sister Ocho, standing in front of him, ALIVE!

How is this possible? I was told that she died at the school. What is she doing here? My mind must be playing tricks on me, an illusion of some sort, anything. THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!

Prancer felt lightheaded and he fell to the ground but his sister Ocho caught him before he hit the ground.

"Shhh, it's okay. I know it is a lot for you to take in but just relax."

Ocho comforted him until he was able to get his bearings back hours later. He woke up on a bed in the same room and saw his sister Ocho standing by his side.

"You up, sleepy head?" she said.

"Yeah…, but… how are you ALIVE?! I WAS TOLD YOU DIED!" Prancer still couldn't piece it together in his brain.

"Yes, I do admit that it must be a shock to learn that I still lived when all my other classmates died. Believe me, I didn't want that to happen, I fought the Cavewings there who attacked. That's how I got these scars across my body." She showed Prancer the cuts all across her belly, tail, and face. "The Cavewings must have seen something in me and had planned to use me against the Webwings but I was able to escape from them."

"Wow, that was brave of you," Prancer said. "But then, why didn't you come back home, which would have stopped me from thinking that Cavewings have killed you for all these years."

"It was a tough choice, believe me, but that is when I ran into this Tuff Resistance. They hate the war and have formed this group to figure out a way to bring peace back to the tribes. However they weren't that far with progression until I came along. I was able to help them a lot with their planning and in return I became the leader of their group. I wanted to come home to you, believe me, but it would be abandoning this group of outcasts and I couldn't bring myself to do that."

"Wait," Prancer said. "All of these dragons are outcasts? What does that even mean?"

"War is ugly, Prancer," Ocho said. "These dragons refused to fight or help in the war when they were called so they were cast out of their tribes to die. When they found more dragons like them, they decided to form this resistance to end that war and find a way to get back into their tribes."

"Couldn't you have given me a message or something saying that you were alive?" Prancer asked.

"What good would that do? Oh hey little bro just so you know, I'm alive but with a group that has been outcast from their tribes so don't worry about me. Do you see how bad that would be? I mean look at yourself. Hunter came in and told me how you kept pushing yourself to train because of my death so if a message came saying I was alive, you would not rest until you found me, which would probably end with you being captured or dying. I didn't want that for you so I made the hard choice to never see you again."

"I see," Prancer said, holding his tears back after hearing how much his sister sacrificed for him. "I just wish that I met you in a better circumstance."

"You mean you running away from the Webwing army?" Ocho asked. "Oh no, don't you worry, I know the reason why you are."

"Wait you do?" Prancer asked, startled. "Did one of my friends tell you?"

"No silly," Ocho said. "I was there when Amethyst handed you to my mom Frisky and where Hopper would be the father of the group."

"Wait so Frisky was your true mom then who was your dad?" Prancer asked.

"I don't know," Ocho said. "My mom said he died before I hatched so I never met him, only ever heard rumors of his name but I forget what it was."

"Oh, I see how that worked with me and my father joining as one big family with you and your mother."

"Yeah, even though you aren't technically my true little brother in blood, you will always be in my heart."

"Thanks but I heard that you were searching for me after my secret was found out. Why start then?"

"I wanted to find you because I believe that you have the power to end the war."

"Me?" Prancer asked. "How am I able to end the war, all I am is a hybrid between two tribes where one wants me dead and the other most likely would as well if they found me."

She folded him into her wings and spoke softly to him.

"I believe that you have the empathy to see both tribes' sides. You know how much they want this war to end, the pointless suffering for what? An artifact that may not exist? If anyone is able to find a way to get both sides to peacefully find a solution out of war, then I believe it will be you."

"Thanks sis, but you know how impossible that sounds, how are me and my friends going to end a war between two tribes that want nothing more than wiping out the other tribe."

"I do admit that it sounds impossible, Prancer," Ocho said. "But it is when you think it's impossible that it actually is, instead you have to think of ways to get around the webs that are blocking you in and then you can find the solution you are looking for."

"Wow that's a great speech, did you learn it from someone?" Prancer asked.

"I read it from the books the Cavewings here brought about the royal lineage. The quote came from Queen Lennon of the Cavewings, you know the queen who initially found the artifact with the Webwing Queen and their husbands?"

"Yeah I remember reading a bit about it from the Drillwings."

"Hmm," Ocho said. "Maybe those Drillwings could help us in our cause, but anyway, Queen Lennon was always known to be able to accomplish the most impossible odds. When a flood threatened to submerge the caves with water and kill all the dragons here, she had them all make a makeshift river that brought all the water back outside before it could fill up. She saved both tribes from a massive Dragonbite Viper invasion. From what I heard, she was the best queen ever."

"So what happened?" Prancer asked.

"No one knows," Ocho said. "A few days after finding the artifact, Lennon, Shelob, Dredge, and Nash all disappeared and were never seen again. No one knows where they went and they never gave direction of where the artifact was located so accusations started that the other tribe wanted the power and took out their queen so that they couldn't have it. One thing led to another and now here we are, in the middle of a bloody war."

"So what do you think we can do to stop this war?"

"I think I should say it to all of you when you are here, go get your friends and bring them here," Ocho said.

"Ok, I'll be right back," and Prancer walked out of the room and back to where his friends were waiting.

This is going to be a lot to tell all of them but is Ocho right? Is there a way for us to be able to stop this war or have we failed before we have even begun?

Prancer didn't know. He didn't know if they would be able to find out how to end this war or not. If they would be captured and executed. If he could protect Flint, Tulsi, and Hunter.

I don't know but I will try, I will try for my friends, for my mom, Amethyst, for my dad, Hopper, for Ocho's mom, Frisky, for all the Drillwings, Webwings, and Cavewings that want an end to this bloodshed. I will try for all of them; or everything you know will be destroyed.