"Alright, let's move it!" Totem barked, clapping his talons loudly.
Borealis snarled and threw a pebble at the MudWing. Totem barely paused, sending a withering glance at Borealis, before continuing his loud packing up of their makeshift campsite.
"Well he seems awake!" Blossom yawned, coiling her tail around her talons, her scales a sleepy grey-blue.
Borealis snorted, and the Rainwing grinned at him. Then he remembered he was ignoring her and turned away.
He heard her sigh softly, and almost turned back around, but reminded himself there was no time for that and instead stiffened his already rigid posture.
"Stardust." Totem said, in a softer tone.
"Hm?" The silvery Nightwing glanced up.
"Time to head out!" The Mudwing shouldered a satchel which contained their 'adventuring supplies', as Blossom put it.
Just a few reed mats and various pieces of fruit, half of which Blossom had already eaten the previous night, claiming she was 'homesick'.
He thought it would be hard to be homesick from what she had, which he barely considered a home.
He wondered if she would like the Ice Kingdom better. Maybe she could come stay with him in his ice cave, and they could hunt walruses together, and build snow dragons to destroy in rage together. Then he remembered that only IceWings could even survive the temperatures of the Ice Kingdom. Then he remembered he wasn't supposed to be thinking stuff like that about some Rainwing.
He had his pride to think of.
It was probably all the mangoes. Too much fruit going to his head.
"Borealis!"
A voice called from overhead. Glancing up he saw Totem looking down at him exasperated. Stardust was hovering at his side, wearing a matching expression. Blossom was doing loop de loops in the air.
The Icewing growled insulting things under his breath, and stretched out his aching wings, bracing himself for another day of flying.
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Stardust blinked the rainwater out of her eyes.
The rain had started as a mere sprinkle a couple hours ago, but had gradually built up to a furious downpour.
Murky grey fog clouded the sky, making it difficult to see two talons in front of her.
"Totem," she turned to the dragon on her left, "how much farther do you-"
The Nightwing cut herself off as she realized the Mudwing had disappeared. She glanced to her right.
No Totem. Behind her. Nope.
Frantically she whirled around in circles, finally spotting the vague silhouette of a dragon up ahead.
"TOTEM!" She called, fighting the gusts of wind, which were growing steadily stronger.
With each wing beat it got harder to stay in the air, as the wind kept trying to push her off course.
"Blossom! Borealis!" She desperately shouted, her words drowned out by the low rumble of thunder.
As she got closer to the dragon figure, gradually regaining speed, a flash of lightning lit up the sky.
The dragon was illuminated by the blinding light briefly, long enough to reveal that this was most definitely a Seawing.
Frantically, Stardust tried to turn herself around, but it was too late to even try, the wind shoved her forward viciously, and she slammed into the stranger with a sickening crack.
Plummeting down, the NightWing felt her breath escape her, as the Seawing dove after her.
She tried to scream out for help, but consciousness was already slipping away, as her weak claws grasped at nothing.
"Totem…" she managed weakly, closing her eyes hopelessly.
"Stardust!" The frantic timbre of the Mudwings voice was the last thing she acknowledged before everything went dark.
Sorry for not updating in eons. I have no excuse, I just didn't update. Watcha gonna do? Anyway, hopefully updates will be a little more regular from now on, maybe weekly, or every few days. Thanks for reading!