A calm time of silence was abruptly brought to an end when a long shriek of terror sounded. Startled Oceana and Wish looked in the general direction in which the shriek came from. "What was that?" Oceana tugged onto Wish softly looking right at him.

"I'm not quite sure, should we check it out? Maybe some dragon is hurt." Wish replied starting to rise from his haunches. Oceana nods and quickly rises only to race towards the sound, Wish following close behind." A voice sounded.

"WHERE ARE THEY!?" A large thud followed after. "TELL ME OR YOU'RE DEAD!" Oceana peeked over at the commotion and stared, eyes wide open in horror. A ferocious looking SandWing with sharp and bloody claws stood over a mangled body of a SeaWing. Wish looked also with the same level of shock.

"What's a SandWing doing here?" Oceana panicked slightly. Wish looked around, almost wondering why no one else had came to see what had happened.

"I'M WARNING YOU OLD TIMER!" The SandWing clearly running out of patience rolled its eyes and sighed to the silence of the SeaWing. With a quick swing the neck of the SeaWing rotated around with a piercing snap. The body dropped to the floor, the SandWing walking away procrastinating inaudible things to himself. The SandWing swiftly turned left in the direction of Oceana and Wish. It sniffed lightly. "I thought I smelt something." It said aloud. "COME OUT!" The dragon yells out. "Or do I have to come to you." It turns to the area Oceana and Wish were hiding. Wish was trembling heavily, his paws jittering around in the soil below, as he tried to re-adjust himself he fell...Right into the view of the SandWing.

The SandWing paused suddenly its piercing gaze staring down at Wish. A small chuckle turned into a larger one as the SandWing burst into uncontrollable laughter. Clearly insane. Wish thought as he stayed on the ground hoping the SandWing would not attack.

"You make it so easy to find you." The SandWing ended its laugh and wavered its way towards Wish, upon instinct Oceana jumped in front of Wish and leaped towards the SandWing, her claws extended. The SandWing saw her early and a large smile emerged, followed by a menacing chuckle. One swipe was all it took, one swipe sent Oceana flailing away, crashing down onto the soil, blood scattering below her. The large claw of the SandWing created a masterpiece of pain. Three large gaping slashes were torn into her. Screams of agony followed from Oceana as her blood flowed out ceaselessly. "How cute, putrid dragonet." The SandWing looked back to Wish with a 'I can't wait to do this to you' look on its face, a deadly smile shone from cheek to cheek. It leaned down and slithered its snake like tongue around.

"Who… Why?" Wish managed to erupt some confidence, but barely any. The SandWing threw

itself onto its back laughing hysterically. Its laugh was quickly silenced and its jaw was pried shut by none other than Tide. A small smile came from Wish as his uncle came to the rescue.

"Listen here you lizard, I'm about to.." Tide was silenced and began gasping as the SandWing jabbed its tail inside Tide's sides. The SandWing threw him off and pinned him down.

"Tide, Tide… Tide, so this is where you've been? Hiding my precious cargo." Its tail jabbed Tide again.

"You've been such a nuisance, but it ends here." The SandWings tail slide close to Tide's neck. "Such wasted breath." With a large push Tide found the strength to push the SandWing off of him and reverse the pin. Tide looked over to Wish.

"GET OCEANA AND RUN!" Tide demanded, Wish had never heard such desperation in his voice. Wish was frozen in place staring at the two dragons fighting each other, he then looked over to Oceana, her wounds bleeding and her breathing heavy. "GO!" Wish looked back his eyes beginning to water. Wish saw the desperation of Tide and he turned to run towards Oceana, behind him were the sounds of the dragons clawing and slashing at each other. Wish grabbed Oceana, luckily she wasn't too heavy. Her eyes barely open were focused on Wish before closing falling unconscious.

Wish made a run for the small cabin he lived in and ran towards his uncle's room. He put Oceana down carefully before lifting up a small trapdoor and pushed Oceana gently down. Before leaving he thought of his uncle. Was he alive? Did he know the assailant? He had no time to ponder and he zipped into the underground passage, beneath the cabin. He quickly closed the door above him. He didn't have to worry about the SandWing finding it. The door was completely hidden. Behind him Oceana lay panting heavily on the ground, her wounds big for her body. They needed help and quick. Wish had to move onward if he were to save her from certain death.

"Please be okay." He silently spoke to her even though she couldn't hear him. He picked her up again and walked onward down the passage, there seemed to be no end to the passage, the only consolation was that they were away from the SandWing. The walls didn't generate a sense of accomplishment as they all seemed the same, Wish just felt he was getting nowhere. A small groan from Oceana told him to stop for a moment. He lightly put her down and sat by her, hoping she'd wake up and be alright. But she didn't, the blood she was losing was catastrophic. It kept pouring out.

Suddenly a loud roar enveloped the air. Wish could've sworn that the SandWing was hunting them down relentlessly. Oh no, we need to go. He thought to himself as he carefully pulled Oceana into his arms and began moving again. A loud crashing noise grew closer and closer. Filled with anxiety Wish had no choice but to keep going, clutching onto his hopes that he'd find something of use. And there it was, a light, the crashing of water. A cave in a waterfall. Wish raced over to it hoping they were safe. Then he reached it and put Oceana down in a safe spot. Many things raced through Wish's head, but none more than the injured friend before him. The thoughts became too much and his eyes started tearing up before the tears dropped like the waterfall next to them.

A small clanking noise grew close, and closer. Wish looked up slowly in fear to see a SandWing much their size with a venomous looking stinger at the end of their tail and a prosthetic fore leg.

"What are you doing here?" It demanded.