Chapter 17
Part 2 (plus commentary with Scorch. *Hey!*)
"Scarlet discovered my powers. I was a lone egg on top of the tallest mountain, and she had chased off someone who was trying to take me. She never specified who." We know, but we'll have to tell her later.
"She told me that when I hatched, there was a bright beam of light that struck my egg." Just like us. "That was supposedly what gave me my powers." But we didn't. Maybe when the light of the eclipse struck her egg, she got her lightning abilities because she was alone at the time of the impact, where as we all took the blow together.
"She raised me in the castle. As soon as I was of fighting age, which was, to her, three years, she threw me into the arena." Shimmer shivered, started crying, and continued.
"At that age, I didn't know what dying was. I thought I was putting my competitors to sleep when I electrocuted them." A very long sleep. "Then, one night, I was looking out the window while it was raining. A SkyWing flew by my window, what he was going to say I don't know, because right then and there he was struck with lightning. He fell to a ledge right below, and there was a gaping hole straight through his chest. I then realized what terror my power could bring." Poor SkyWing. "But Scarlet didn't care. So I had to get out. I couldn't that night, with it raining and all, so I decided to leave the next morning. I had not flown that often, so I was quite slow. Apparently, Scarlet was quite fast and captured me. She took me back to her castle. I didn't have the heart to stun her, so she ended up chaining me. She told me for the rest of my life, I would fight in the arena, or face slowly drowning until I passed out each day." What does she have with water? "One time, after I was…done…with one of my opponents, I shocked him again on accident. I saw his eyes flutter, as if he was still alive." That's odd. "I couldn't try to finish what seemed like reviving him in front of Scarlet, so I waited until he was dropped off the cliff here. Scarlet didn't seem bothered that I followed the body down. Then, I gave the smallest shock I could, and he spazzed for a second, but soon he started shakily breathing. I slowly fed him and gave him water until he gained a little strength. He was confused at first, because I killed him, and then he came back to life, but he got over his trauma, and I felt I had to help him escape. I needed help getting him out of the kingdom, and that's when I found Angel." Scorch shivered at the mention of her name. "She agreed to help me, because she thought her step-grandmother was evil for putting dragons in the arena, and she took the prisoner through secret tunnels in the castle and set him free. After a while, I found I could shock my opponents into a coma and wake them with another electric bolt when I took them out of the river. I tried healing them, and about ninety percent survived. Angel aided me in getting medical supplies for them. But as the escapees increased, we needed a sort of distraction for the soldiers. And guess who helped us? Raptor-"
"The general!" Scorch blurted out. The dragonets all swiveled their heads to stare at him. I'll have to explain that later… "J-just continue."
` "Yes. The general cleared the way for us to get the prisoners where they needed to go. Then, we got discovered, but Angel was the only one caught in the act, so she was thrown in the arena." She looks really guilty. "If we could get to her or Raptor, they could help us escape, but Angel's dead and we shouldn't involve the general. She would get serious punishment from Scarlet." If Scarlet is alive. At least mother won't get harmed. She seems to care for her tribe. A little too much, if you ask me. But then again, I don't belong to any tribe.
An idea struck Scorch. "Shimmer, show me where you buried Angel."
Ugh. So much writing. Here you go FrostFlight4, Enmity's about to appear. Well, so are the guardians and Minerva.