Chapter 19
Phantom backed off them as a form started to shape in the fiery tendrils of fire. A familiar form. The green eyes were all too recognizable. As the inferno died down, there was no doubt who it was.
"A-angel!" Scorch stuttered, butterflies eating his stomach. She's been fireborn! Her beauty seemed magnified by the fire enveloping her. She flapped once, twice, then landed gracefully on the ground. She seemed stronger, bigger, more agile and quick. "And I believe your name is Scorch," said Angel, with the most eloquent, beautiful voice he had ever heard. " And thank you for doing whatever you just did! I feel…rejuvenated. On fire!"
Hurricane gave a queasy smile.
"But, what happened? Last I can think of, I was in the arena with Kestrel. Poor dragon in a bad situation." She doesn't know her mother? Well, then again, she didn't hear the end of the battle. But Komodo wanted to explain in her own way.
"That poor dragon was our guardian and your mother," Komodo spat. Why does she always have to be rude like that? Hurricane lightly swatted her on the ear.
"Wh-what? My mother?" Angel questioned, until something crashed on the roof of the grave (…cave?).
"We'll have to tell you on the way. We have to go now!" Shimmer shouted as the walls came crashing in, a platoon of soldiers closely behind. They took to the air and flew as hard as they could. "Now would be a great time for your famous escape plots, Angel!" Komodo speculated.
Angel seemed to be counting under her breath. "One, two, three…NOW!" She dove straight towards the ground, where a prison tower jutted out from the sea. The dragonets looked at each other and flew after her. When she was closer to the rock, he flung out her wings and twirled towards the bottom of the stone. She headed straight towards it. Three moons, there better be a secret passage or something…
Scorch watched as she got closer and closer to the wall. He watched as she, not crashed, but flew straight through the rock. When he became near the heap of stone, he gulped a lungful of air and cannoned right behind her, his friends and the platoon closely behind.
When he opened his eyes, he was in a small tunnel with a bright light at the end.
"Come on! SkyWing animus tunnel!" Angel yelled and took off towards the opening. Scorch waited as one by one his friends popped in the secret entrance. As they ran through the narrow channel, Scorch caught sideways glances of Hurricane admiring the flat, smooth carvings of the rock, Komodo half blending in, and Phantom concentrating on something.
As he turned his head back around to jump out the exit, he collided with Angel, who was hissing and face to face with a giant MudWing whose horn was snapped off and had a few teeth missing.
Whoo! Sorry for the hiatus, folks! But I was on vacation, so don't judge! Finally got this character back in. You'll see who I mean in the next ch.
P.S.- If you want to know what the hybrid dragonets look like, search for the Hybrid Prophecy on the fanfiction wiki!