Next to the ocean under the treeline next to Starflight and Glory, Frigid was dozing. The sound of the breeze in the trees and the waves was a dangerous lullaby only added too by the familiar bickering of his friends' voices.
"Let me guess," Glory spoke up, a teasing tone to her voice, "you guys, that's the smell of freedom."
"Freedom smells a lot like fish." Starflight spoke up then, "Which, to be clear, is kind of nose curlingly awful."
If Frigid wasn't super relaxed and extremely comfortable he would've replied with something clever like 'So you don't want more fish for dinner then?' or something to that effect but all his thoughts were floaty right now, so he could be clever later.
Tsunamis voice drifted back towards them, but she didn't sound too concerned about the fish insults she was probably enjoying the seaside as much as he was right now.
Starflight's nervous fidgeting was making that total relaxation feeling hard to hold on to though - "Shouldn't we stay under the trees? What if a patrol spots us? I mean-" He stopped and took a breath "-We must stay under the trees. Alright. Every one back under the trees right now."
A silence stretched out meaning he was very purposely ignored and Frigid managed a quiet chuckle at his pseudo-siblings expense.
"You what I love?" Clay's voice broke through the peaceful silence, "Fish. Lots of fish, not these little wiggle scraps."
Sunny giggled, "Clay, its only been a day since you caught that enormous pig for all of us."
The mention of that pig made Frigid's stomach growl mournfully, more food sounded really good right about now.
"Wasn't enormous, that was the smallest pig in the whole world."
"You should have eaten my carrots then before Frigid got a hold of them."
"Quit talking about foood." Frigid whined, wiggling a bit to try to regain enough comfort to fall asleep, but alas it seemed to have disappeared.
"I'm serious everybody." Starflight continued, having moved towards the others at the edge of the water now, like being closer would make them more compliant to listen to his worries. It might've worked if he didn't stop every few feet to shake sand of his talons, "It's not safe on the beach with all the Skywings and Mudwing looking for us."
"Why are you so nervous?" Tsunami asked as Frigid joined Glory at standing closer to the others, "If they recapture us, won't your Nightwing friends just swoop in to recuse you again?"
"I'm just trying to keep us all safe." Starflight said, ducking his head and sneaking a glance at Sunny.
Tsunami raised her chin, "I'm keeping us safe just fine! When have I ever led you wrong?"
"Well..." Glory and Frigid began at the same time, shared a look before Tsunami lashed out with her tail with a growl, sending a wave towards the both of them. Glory dodged away with a hiss, but he wasn't so lucky getting a splash of cold seawater to the eyes. He sputtered a stumbled backward before bearing his teeth at both of them.
"Stop it!" Sunny spoke up, "Stop fighting, all of you. Clay, make them stop."
"Oh yes, let's hear from our Bigwings." Glory teased with a smirk as she sat down next to Frigid, who shook the remaining saltwater onto her scales, she hissed showing her venom spitting fangs, he smiled innocently.
"Hey," Clay began, nudging Tsunami with a wing, "It's all right for Starflight to worry. We don't even know if Queen Scarlet is alive or dead...BUT," He added quickly, "I know you want to find the SeaWings as fast as possible. So let's find them instead of fighting about it, and then we can get to safety sooner."
"Aww." Glory said after a beat of silence, "So wise and big."
"I think he is." Sunny said from the Mudwing's shoulders, giving him a hug. Starflight plopped down next to Frigid with an unhappy noise, flopping his tail over his talons. Poor thing was so very obvious about his crush.
Glory tucked her wings closer, "So now what? Should we shout 'Hey SeaWings, we've got your missing princess!' and wait for dragons to bound joyfully out of the ocean?"
"With a feast!" Clay cried, startling a nearby seagull into the air. "There was a feast at the end of the story! When the missing princess got home, her parents were so happy they had a feast. They ate a whole whale, I bet I could eat a whole whale."
"Doesn't that sound exciting, Starflight? All the fish you could possibly eat." Frigid stage whispered to the sulking NightWing, who pulled a grossed out face that made him laugh.