Silverhowl

Chapter 11- Finale

Bowser and the Koopalings desperately looked for the DJ and Junior, the Silverhowls were also searching, but there was still ash in the air and around. The explosion had reached very far, there was nothing but ash and a few flames that were soon consumed. However, they heard a sound nearby, groaning and moaning… Iggy headed hurriedly to the source…

"I found them!" he yelled as he and Shawn ran

DJ was lying on the ground, still in his dragon form. He had his wings wrapped around himself, and he was breathing heavily. But there was no sign of Junior…

"No… Junior…" Iggy whispered, tears now rolling down his cheeks.

The rest soon came. The Koopalings eyes were soon filled with tears, the Viperwolves let out a mournful howl.

"We should have gone to search for him sooner…" Bowser muttered grief-stricken as tears rolled down his cheeks.

Ludwig and Iggy noticed DJ had opened his eyes, he seemed to be suffering very much… to their surprise, he unfolded his wings and everyone saw he had Junior cradled in his frontal paws.

"JUNIOR!" Bowser exclaimed relieved as he took his youngest son in his arms, he placed his ear in his chest, "he's alive."

DJ rested his head on the ground and closed his eyes; Ludwig checked his wings and gasped.

"His wings…" he whispered

"What's wrong with his wings?" Lemmy asked

"They're completely burned… I noticed he was suffering very much when he unfolded his wings."

When Roy touched DJ's wings, DJ suddenly altered and tried to get his wings away from him, he apparently suffered very much.

"We have to take them back to the castle…"

"But how? You saw how DJ altered when we touché his wings." Larry asked

Alondra got closer

"… We should cold his wings, like anesthesia." She suggested

"Corey, freeze his wings." Ludwig ordered

Corey got closer and used his ice breath to freeze his younger brother's wings. DJ apparently showed some relief, as his expression softened up. Jule and Fox carried him on their backs and took him back to the airship

3 days later…

Larry and Alondra were in the hospital wing; Junior was in a bed still unconscious, he had bandages wrapped around his upper body and arms. DJ was still in his dragon form; Kamek had to put three beds together to rest him in. DJ also had bandages wrapped around his burned body parts, his wings were still burned and there were some holes in them. Larry was smearing plaster on DJ's wings; it was a special plaster Alondra had made so that DJ's wings would heal.

"So… do you have any boyfriend?" Larry suddenly asked

"Err… no" Alondra replied, "why do you ask?"

"Just curiosity…"

"His wings were burned a lot… I guess he won't be able to fly in some time…"

"Who would have guessed he would have the Draco cell?"

Larry looked at Alondra for a while, and turned to keep smearing plaster on DJ's wings when she looked at him, and turned his face to her when she looked away. Suddenly, they heard moaning and noticed Junior was waking up.

"Junior!" Larry exclaimed as he ran to his brother's side

"Everyone, Junior has woken up!" Alondra called

Soon, the Koopalings, Bowser and their Viperwolves came into the room and ran next to Junior's bed. Junior opened his eyes slightly

"Uh… where… where am I?" he asked

"We're back at the castle." Bowser answered, "You had a hot fall back there, uh?"

"What…? What are you talking about?"

"We don't know. The manor exploded and it took us various hours, about 3 hours to find you. But we found DJ and you were not on his back, so we thought you were dead until DJ unfolded his wings and"- Morton talked

"SHUT UP!" Roy yelled at him

"The only thing I remember was that DJ and I were flying for the exit, but a wooden board fell and hit me, after that I don't remember anything else."

"DJ saved you wrapping you with his wings." Iggy explained

"DJ? Where's he?"

DJ suddenly struggled and wanted to flap his wings, but whimpered when he noticed he couldn't. The Silverhowls immediately ran to his side.

"See, DJ…" Ludwig tried to explain, "when you saved Junior with your wings, they got badly burned… don't worry, you will be fine, but you won't be able to fly or move them for some time."

"Don't worry, it's not so bad…" Wendy tried to comfort him

DJ just rested his head on the soft pillows once again and soon fell asleep.

"Who would have guessed he had the Draco cell?" Larry asked

"But Fawful escaped…" Alondra reminded them

"Don't worry; after what happened, I don't think he will want to come here again!" Lemmy cheered

"Don't be so sure, he is very persistent."

As they kept talking, the sun set on the Darklands as the colors of twilight danced in the sky.