Three months later
It had been months since the initial fighting at Wasp Palace, Elm had volunteered to the Leafwing army, and had finally drafted to an engagement at the Hivewing city of Coccus to destroy the Hivewing stores of flamesilk, with the Silkwings joining on the Leafwing side.
He kicked off the ground, preparing himself for his first battle with the Hivewings. He yearned to get revenge for them trying to kill his older sister, Ivy. He realized that this would not be as hard as it seems, with Silkwing sending one of their flamesilk battalion. He landed at the forward base seeing his packs of seeds to fight with. He was better than most at that. It was easy for him to force-grow trees and other plants.
It was time to charge the city and he followed his group, led by his sister, ivy. Even though she was only 2 years older than him, she rose through ranks, becoming the queen's second in command after their parents died. He saw the giant stone walls of the city and heard a buzzing noise. Instantly Ivy shouted to spread out and he saw the arrows flying through the air at the battalion. Elm dived down and started to zigzag, one arrow going right by where his head would have been. They were almost the wall, Ivy shouted to pull up, and he did. He gripped his birch seeds, hoping to use them to make spikes against the Hivewings.
They reached the Hivewing mob and he aimed some seeds at the group forcing them to grow in air and crush any Hivewings below. He leaped down and started to clash with a red and black Hivewing. The Hivewing jumped forward, using their wrist stingers as daggers, he moved to the side and slashed the Hivewing's tail, and it roared. It reared up and hit Elm over the head with his claws and Elm struggled under its weight. He was able to throw one seed before he passed out and he forced it to grow. It shot up and hit the Hivewing square in the chest, sending it flying into the mob. Elm looked around for Ivy and saw her protecting Kentia, one of the weaker Leafwings in their group from a large yellow Hivewing. Elm jumped in and slashed across the back of the Hivewing's head, sending him running. Kentia gave him a look of thanks. "What are you doing!', Ivy shouted, "You need to be pushing towards the flamesilk storage!", she pointed towards a large building made of stone, bristling with Hivewings. "Follow me!" Elm shouted getting about ten dragons to follow him including Ivy, Kentia, and a couple of Silkwings.
The group formed up and attacked the horde of Hivewings, but they wouldn't budge, so Ivy and Elm through seeds that then exploded into trees sending Hivewings flying. The group rushed forwards into a dark corridor. Elm led the group holding a flamesilk torch and found the way to the flamesilk stores. They had found, all the needed to do was to cover it with dirt and have it die out. Just as he grew some plants to help move soil, he felt a sharp pain at the back of his head and was knocked to the ground. Elm looked up from the ground and saw Silkwings leaning over him with a strand of flamesilk in his hand. The Silkwings had betrayed them.
Elm using what little strength he had called out for reinforcements, soon a few dozen Leafwings charged the Silkwing defended flamesilk, and were just able to retrieve the immobilized Leafwings and Elm slowly drifted into darkness.