Clay gingerly touched the soft spot on his leg where the dragonbite viper bit him. The scales had grown over the spot where Peril ripped out the poisoned flesh. He still couldn't believe what she had done. She was a hero. The war was over too, no more battles or rival queens, peace had been restored. Blaze must have been upset that she wasn't queen, Sunny's mother was. At least it was better than Blister or Burn being in control of the SandWing Kingdom. After 20 years the war was finally over. Clay thought about how many innocent lives had been taken due to a discrepancy with the Sandwing throne. To think it wasn't even one of the fighting sisters on the throne made Clay wonder if all of the fighting could have been easily avoided. He slowly opened his eyes and raised his head out of the cradle of the hammock. Tsunami stared at him for a moment then hugged him so tight he thought she might break his ribs, even if they were almost as strong as diamonds.

"Guys he's awake!" Tsunami shouted turning to yell at all of his friends. Clay could hear scrambling of talons on wood and the sounds of all his friends. Sunny leaned to give him a hug, the warmth of her scales making him feel a lot better. Next was Glory who wore a crown of lilies on her head. "Wow she's even more beautiful than I remember." Clay thought as she embraced him into a hug. Finally, Starflight fumbled his way over but made his way to where Clay was laying. He still had the bandage over his eyes and Clay wondered if there was a way to fix it. Poor Starflight, when they were escaping the NightWing kingdom he was blinded by the fire that engulfed them. Clay had protected him from being seriously injured but Starflight had already been hurt when Clay had shielded him with his fireproof scales. Starflight hugged him briefly then backed off as if he didn't want to hurt Clay even more. All of his friends backed away and stared at him.

"Can we eat?" Clay asked as his stomach growled in response. All of his friends started to laugh and a small dragon ducked through the curtains into the hospital. Clay remembered this little Dragonet, it was Kinkajou who had been abducted by the NightWings before they pledged loyalty to Glory who was now the Queen of the RainWings and NightWings. Kinkajou dropped the small basket beside Clay and smiled gleefully.

"Queen Glory told me to wait outside until you asked to eat." Kinkajou explained looking at Glory.

"I had a feeling you would be hungry when you woke up so I had Kinkajou go and grab me some mangoes and dragon fruit." Clay reached for a mango and slid his talons through its soft skin. Juice dripped out of the fruit and Clay gobbled it up fast. Small drops of mango juice spurted onto the scales of his underbelly.

"I was so worried about you." Sunny said looking at him. "Thank you for saving my life."

"Me too." Starflight said to Clay looking in his general direction.

"Where's Peril?" Clay asked looking around the room hoping to spot the steam rising from her scales or the orange color bouncing around the room from the lights reflection.

"She left." Sunny said looking at Clay. "She felt bad for injuring you and she said she couldn't bear it.

"She's here in one of the houses we had to make special for her so she didn't burn it." Glory said.

"Yeah we are fine too you know. Just worried sick about your condition, no big deal." Tsunami said in her I'm going to make you feel bad voice.

"Sorry I'm fine though." Clay said climbing out of the hammock. "I just really need to see Peril, I need to thank her for saving my life. Twice. Clay thought about the time when Peril had helped his friends escape from Queen Scarlet's Palace. Clay grabbed another mango and lifted into the air. The air was warm in the rain forest and all the dragons looked happier than he ever saw them. There were also guards that were weird looking because the RainWings never really had an official army until Glory became queen and Tsunami became general. Clay flew through the trees dodging vines and branches. He noticed a house that had stone lining the door way and floor. As he flew to the doorway, he noticed that the entire room was filled with stone, the only thing that wasn't was the windows. Clay automatically noticed Peril curled in a ball on the floor. He dropped the mango and curled around her. She popped her head out from the ball she was so tightly curled in and stared at him. She started to cry and Clay soothed her by wrapping his tail around hers.

"I…I… I'm so sorry Clay. I didn't want to hurt you but the venom. I couldn't let you die from that horrid Queen Blister's trick." Her voice faltered as she spoke. She was shaking from head to tail.

"Peril no you didn't hurt me at all. You saved my life for the second time. You were so brave to pull out the poisoned muscles. Don't worry it's a little numb but it isn't that bad, it will heal. Besides a little limp won't stop us from being together."

"Oh Clay, are you serious. You like me even when I hurt you?"

"Peril its ok, I'm ok. You saved my life and now I want to spend it with you."

Clay felt Peril move closer to him and he embraced her with his wings.