Hello readers! I have an important announcement before the chapter comes out. I will be making the story to where most characters from all the Wings of Fire books are in the same time line. Examples: Clearsight, Fathom, etc... I hope you enjoy it; if not, then tell me right away. I also finished Wings of Fire Legends: Darkstalker, all I got to say is... Damn.

(Galactic's POV; 3:30 P.M.)

The engine to Cel's car made a low hum before going quiet. Looking out my window, I gazed at the house I used to live in. Sighing, I slowly got out of the car, but I heard Cel's door close first.

"You can't walk on your own," he told me in a stern voice. He was right with that: I pulled something in my leg, making it almost impossible to walk without pain shooting through the bottom half of body. I rolled my eyes, ignoring him. I didn't need help, not right now.

"I'm fine - agh!" I yelled as I took my first step, causing pain to shoot through my leg so sharp, I gasped in pain and started to fall face first to the concrete sidewalk, but Cel caught me by clasping my arm.

"Hell no your not," he responded as he pulled me up and put my arm over his shoulder. He then started to walk slowly, with me hopping on my good leg towards the door. It didn't take long before I got to the door. "We are only here for your car, not to have a chat over tea."

I nodded in agreement: I definitely didn't want to stick around to talk to parents who ignored me for the last nine years (dragons in college in this story are 9-13). Knocking on the door, I waited for a few seconds before I was greeted by a pair of arms wrapping around me. I leaned back on the impact, shocked to see Darkcatcher hugging me.

"Hey bro," he said, looking up at me with a smile. I smiled back at him, before remembering what I was here for.

"Hey Dark," I responded. "I just came here to get my car." His smile vanished and he stared at me intently, as if he was reading my mind. It made me very uncomfortable when he did that.

"Keys are right where you left them," he told me as he walked away, back to the couch. I nodded and told Cel to take me to the kitchen. Continuing to hop on one leg, I approached the kitchen and grabbed my keys off the counter. Cel then helped me to the garage, passing my parents on the way. I found it unsurprising when they didn't bother to glance at me as I passed by with an IceWing in our house. Cel's and mine tribes were always at each other's throats for a long time, and no one knew what it was.

"Mind if you open the garage?" I asked Cel, and he just pushed the big white button on the wall, causing the garage to move up and to rest sideways above the cars. Then helping me down the stairs, I got into my car and put the keys in the ignition. "I'll see you at the Gold Winglet parking lot."

He nodded as he watched drive onto the street. He closed the garage door and went back through the house. I was already down the road before he got into his car. I got onto the main road and headed back to the college, ready for the race tonight.

(Time skip to 8:30 P.M)

I was in my dorm right now, waiting until I had to leave for the race. Sitting at the couch, I was watching T.V. as I heard dragons outside my door. I didn't know it was Freakwave until I heard a knock on the door, usually meaning he was there. I approached the door and opened it, but I got a little more than I expected. Waterfall was standing next to him, looking at me with a blank expression.

"I got some news about the race," Freakwave announced, walking into my room with Waterfall behind him. This was when I got nervous. I didn't want Waterfall I was GalaxyPlayer, so I had all my computer equipment under covers. The SeaWing princess was eyeing them suspiciously. "It's going to take place on the old highway. Also, she wants to talk to you before you go kick ass."

Waterfall glared at him as he left the dorm room, leaving me alone with Waterfall for the first time since the 'incident'. I was about to ask her for a drink, but she fired a question at me first.

"Why did you agree to the race?" she asked instantly. I looked at her beautiful emerald green eyes for a moment before I figured out I was probably looking like an idiot.

"There's a very good explanation to that," I told her. She raised her eyebrow at me. "I don't want him to continue to hit on you. So I'll win the race easily tonight and then you'll be able to find any dragon that you like." She looked at her talons, then at me. Worry was clearly in her expression.

"I've been wanting to tell you something," she said.

"Yes?" I asked.

"I've been thinking about it for a while who was the right dragon for me," she told me. Why is she talking to me about this.

Unless...

"I like you, Galactic," she told me, standing taller, so it looked like she was more confident than what she felt like right now.

"As a friend? Right?" I asked her. She looked down at her back talons and mumbled something I barely made out. "What was that?"

"Oh nothing," she said dismissively. "Yeah, I like you as a friend."

I smiled and nodded, then looked at the clock. "Oh shit, I got to get going," I said a little louder than I wanted to. I then looked back at her. "Sorry."

"It's fine," she said. I got up, but immediately stumbled to the sharp pain that went through my leg. She grabbed my arm and helped me upright. I turned to face her, and our eyes were very close to each other.

"Thanks," I said as I put an arm around her for support. She nodded, forming a smile and helped me to the elevator. We waited a few seconds for the elevator and eventually were able to get in. The elevator went to the bottom floor and the door opened, and we went through the opening out the door. My car wasn't parked too far away, but it was still a pain to reach it. My leg was throbbing from the recent pain.

I got into my car, with the help of Waterfall. I put the key into the ignition, only to feel something on my shoulder. I turned to see the SeaWing princess looking at me with a smile.

"Good luck tonight," she said, then leaned in and kissed me on the cheek. I froze in shock at the sudden contact. I managed to break free of the daze and smile up at her. She backed up from the car and I reversed out of the parking lot, onto the open road. Remember, I'm doing this to keep Waterfall safe, I thought. Now let's win this race.

(Time skip 9:00 P.M.)

I reached the group of cars on the highway. On the way here, I passed a canyon with an opening on the side of the road. There were also a cluster of rocks on the way here. I calculated that I was probably going to have to race through those obstacles.

Through the crowd of dragons, I spotted Freakwave and Cel together by the SeaWing Prince's car. I grinned at them I passed through the dragons. Most of the dragons were looking my way, possibly at the car I was driving; it wasn't everyday you got to see a Trion Nemesis up close. I finally spotted Desert, and his car...

This is going to be harder than I thought.

He was by his car, a McLaren P1 GTR, one of the fastest cars in the world. How the hell did he afford that thing! I glared at him as I put my car right next to his and looked through the passenger window. He only shot back a mischievous smile at me.

"Look who showed up," he called out, making every dragon look our way. "The NightWing loser finally showed up!"

"I'm ready to race," I responded as I looked back out the front window. "Unless you want to chicken out right now."

They were a couple oh's in the crowd of dragons, but they went silent as Desert glared at the dragons. He glared right back at me and got into his car. Gunning his engine to life, a hum came from the McLaren engine as we waited for the signal to go.

A SkyWing dragoness came out in front of the cars with a white flag.

"The race will start down the highway, through the canyon, and through the rock formations. Once you see an old warehouse, drive around it! Whoever gets there and back first wins the race! Do not cheat, dragons are out there to make sure you do not get an advantage over the other driver! Ready!" she called out to us. I revved up my engine, an intimidation tactic I found on the Internet.

"Set!"

"GO!" she yelled as she waved the flag down, and we accelerated right past her. I only heard the dragons start to cheer for a second before they were drowned out by the noise of the eight cylinder engines roaring at each other. My headlights were lighting up my side of street and his doing the same.

We sped down the highway, heading to the canyon. We were neck and neck right now, but I wanted this race to end as me being the victor. I hit second gear, then third, passing him with the sudden burst of speed. I didn't see his expression, but I knew he must of been pissed at me. We continued like this and I eventually hit up to fifth gear, staying ahead of him. I was also driving in front of him, making it impossible for him to pass me. It wasn't until two minutes later that I saw the outline of the canyon. As I approached to drive into the canyon, I drifted. It blocked any chance of Desert passing I was whizzed into the narrow passage. No one was watching here because it was way longer to go around the canyon, making it pointless to cheat.

I suddenly felt something hit me from behind me. I jerked forward and breifly looked at my rear view mirror, only to see Desert with a furious expression getting closer to me. I growled at what he was doing: trying to make me crash in the canyon wall. It was a cheap move, but I was expecting something like this. I accelerated, making me get way ahead of him right now. I turned and swerved through the canyon, and eventually made it out the of narrow path.

My eyes then went wide, I immediately swerved to the left, narrowly avoiding a cluster of rock formations that could've killed me. "Crazy track," I muttered as I continue to swerve out of the way of incoming rock formations. Desert was having an easier time, and he eventually caught up to me, making it neck and neck again once more. He eventually stole the lead by a couple feet, with me right next to him. I was focused on the road ahead of me, being aware of of the many obstacles I might have to avoid. I took a moment to glance at my speedometer, which read 195 miles per hour. I'm really going that fast!

I then saw the warehouse; and it was massive. It probably covered two thirds of a football field easily. I looked at it for a moment before I hit sixth gear and sped up to pass Desert. We drifted around the warehouse from the right and continued to drift around the whole building. We tapped each other's cars softly during the drifting, but I think Desert wanted to do it on purpose. At the end of the drift, I stayed ahead of him.

We were now on our journey back to the start. Focus, Galactic, stay on track, I thought as I avoided rock after rock with small drifts. Desert must of had more handling to his car, because he sped right past me while I was still avoiding obstacles. I growled in my throat as I got behind him and followed his moves. We were out of the rock formations in no time; this was my only opening to beating him once and for all. I hit the seventh gear and started to pass him slowly, but I didn't know what he had planned.

In the corner of my eye, I saw him turn left for a moment. Maybe he's backing down, I thought, but he isn't one to do that. I was calculating the possblilities in my head. I finally found the most likely one, and my eyes went wide.

Oh shit!

He swerved right, hitting me with his McLaren. Time seemed to slow down for that moment. I looked to see him smile triumphantly as he sped past me, knowing that he was the victor. My car started to spin in circle, throwing sand in all directions. I grabbed the wheel and tried to get under control, but it was too late. As I looked out the windows, which was making the landscape spin, I saw the formation of a big rock. And I was heading towards it at eight five miles per hour.

I closed my eyes, and felt the impact of the rock hit me. The first thing that went wrong, was that my airbags failed to deploy. My car smashed into the rock, and the windows shattered. The pieces of glass sliced and dug into my scales, causing me to yell out in pain. The Trion went airborne, but it was doing multiple barrel rolls sideways. I got dizzy from the amount of g-force I was taking in. My eyesight was going black and was continuing to get darker.

Crash!

The Trion met solid ground again. My head went flying into the ceiling of the car, and I let out another cry of agony. The car scraped across the desert sand, upside down, before finally stopping. I sighed in relief, before I felt the amount of pain my body just crossed. I gritted my teeth as I looked at myself.

I was now hanging upside down, with some wounds oozing out blood. I was covered in my own blood, from tail to head. It smeared across my arms and legs during the crash. Glass was sticking out of open wounds, trying to make my life even more miserable. I was completely out of energy and in too much pain to do anything. The very worst part, was that right claw was almost completely cut off. It was hanging loosely by a few scales. I managed to turn away and not puke from the event I just saw. I just sat in the car, waiting to die from too much blood loss.

(15 minutes later...)

I felt myself on the verge of death. I was starting to feel light headed, but what could I do about it? I was stranded in the middle of the desert, waiting for a miracle to happen. My vision started to fade red as I heard the engine of a vehicle get louder by the second. Help! It finally came! I tried to call out, but I couldn't find my voice. I just looked at the pair of headlights getting closer until the car stopped. The engine stopped, and a figure got out.

"Hello?" The dragon said, a little nervous. "Anyone in there?" I tried to call for help again, but my voice was gone. Instead, I got arm outside of the smashed window and weakly waved towards the dragon. Fortunately, he saw my signal for help.

"Three moons," he breathed as he saw me. I probably looked like a mess, but I wasn't worried about that now. "Don't worry, NightWing, I'll get you out of there."

I smiled faintly at the dragon, who was apparently a green SeaWing. He looked smiliar to Freakwave... but this wasn't him. The SeaWing grabbed my arm and tried to pull me out. I unbuckled my seatbelt as fast as possible, and his plan seemed to work. The glass in my back dug in a little deeper, and I gritted my teeth from the pain. I didn't want the SeaWing to see I was hurting and stop his attempt to free me.

He eventually pulled me free, and I saw a good look at his face. He looked very familiar to Freakwave, he was the same age and all. I managed to get my voice back to ask him one question:

"Do I know you?"

"I don't think so," he responded. "But Freakwave mentioned the name Galactic, and you must be him. You got all the features."

He got him arms under me and lifted me up. I realized he was carrying to his car, which was a jeep. He managed to open the passenger door and get me in. I gasped in pain when I met contact with the seat. The glass dug in a little deeper. I didn't;t care right now, I was holding onto my right claw, as if it might go somewhere. I leaned back on the seat and began to doze off.

"You might want to sleep, NightWing," the SeaWing told me as he got into the driver seat.

I looked him a for moment and asked him one simple question: "Who are you?"

"My name," he said, "is Fathom. Now get some rest NightWing, your going to need it."

(Celsius's POV)

It was thirty minutes since Desert got back arrived from the race, and Galactic was still no where to be found. Some of the dragons drove back to their homes, others just kept waiting for the NightWing to appear. They told me I couldn't;t go search for him, because I might interfere with the race. My patience was now gone.

"I'm going out there to find him," I told Freakwave.

"But they said-"

"I don't care what they said!" I yelled, looking at the crowd of dragons. Some of them looked at me before going back to their conversations. "It's usually bad news when Galactic isn't here. Even after thirty minutes of waiting."

The SeaWing prince just sighed. "Go then. I'll make sure they don't find out what you're doing." I nodded and hopped into my SUV. I put the car in the ignition and drove the car down the old highway.

It was a long, peaceful drive down the highway and through the canyon. I looked at the orangish walls of the canyon, hoping that something didn't suddenly attack me. I continued to drive through the narrowly passage way. I eventually made it out the canyon, and there was no sign of Galactic.

My gut was immediately starting to fill up with fear. What could of happened to him? I found my answer a few minutes later.

My headlights finally crossed a wrecked Trion. Oh fuck! I hurried out the door of my car and ran to the wreckage. "Galactic!" There was no response. Instead, I found blood, everywhere. It was in the car and outside the surrounding area. I followed any blood trailers, but they stopped short, not too far from the car.

Something happened to my best friend, and he might be dead.

Finished the chapter. I know, it's a little dark, but it spices things up. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, and I will see you guys soon. Also, if you play the game "Roblox", and want to play some games with me,feel free to make an account of just PM me. Friend me at Zmike_6.