The Silkwings were outnumbered but had high morale as they were being attacked at their queen's palace. Elm was in the lead of some dragons but already had a few casualties as they rushed forward. A line of Silkwings was trying to get behind the Leafwing lines, but Elm was not going to let that happened. He instantly grew a sharp palmetto branch to use as a blade and ran forward, he raked the sharp spines against the four huge wings of a Slikwing and was hit in the face with its horns. Elm felt his face and felt blood. He threw the branch at the enemy and it slashed at its face, he could see that some of the spikes had gotten in between its scales, and it shrieked. He grabbed the Silkwing by the horns and kicked up his tail smacking the Silkwing with his tail and knocking him out.
Elm's attempts were getting harder to keep up, after every dragon he took out, two more would take his place. He grabbed some bramble seeds and threw them at the dragons, the seeds trapped the enemies and left them immobilized. He and the others pushed into a pavilion that was studded with gold and jewels, and he realized that soon they would be soaked blood-red. He saw the entrance into a large mostly silk and wood building heavily guarded by mean looking Silkwings. As Elm and his party was spotted, a flamesilk battalion charged forward and started firing flamesilk at the Leafwings. Elm threw seed in the air and they soaked most if the burning silk, but some still managed to land on his neck and wings, sending burning pain all over his body. His fellow dragons rallied and shot forward, easily taking out the dragons.
As the rest of Silkwings behind Elm receded, he saw Leafwing soldiers pouring in and forming up to take the building. Elm suspected that Monarch was in there, due to all the guards. He decided to play in the back and do seed bombing with Birch, one of the other growers. Elm decided that mangrove would be the right plant for the job and he grabbed some, he saw the trees explode from nothingness and have their messy roots wack and whip against enemy wings. The Silkwing's still wouldn't retreat any further. Just as Elm was going to move forward and help fight, he saw Ivy rage forward and remembered why she was the general of the Leafwing army.