Chapter 3
Crimson froze. All of the muscles in his body went still. He was staring at his sister. After all of the time they were apart he was finally reunited. He could see the look on her face, she was just as surprised as he was. In fact everyone in the room stared at him in disbelief.
"What did you just say?" The Skywing who was his sister asked.
"I said I'm looking for my sister, she has too much fire and I have too little."
"You, your my brother." The Skywing said to him. "I'm Peril. How... How are you alive I thought our mother killed you."
"After she cut my neck". He said pointing to the large scar on his throat. "One of the guards took my body and hid me behind the waterfall. He then raised me until I was old enough to fend for myself. He told me about you so I've been following you ever since. I was last in the Ice Kingdom and that's when I became friends with Tundra. We then got caught by these guards and were took here. So yeah I'm your brother."
"So what your saying is that you were right under my snout and never talked to me?" Peril asked looking hurt.
"I wasn't sure how you would react when I told you."
"That's amazing Peril, your brother is alive." Clay said trying to cheer her up.
"I'd love to see the look on Kestrel's face if she was still alive to see that she didn't kill you." Tsunami said to Crimson.
"What! Kestrels dead?" Crimson asked. The smile of Tsunami's 'joke'.
"Yeah, Blister killed her after I freed her." Peril said sharing her brothers pain. It took him a while for this new found information to sink in. He always thought he would see his mother again. Even though she tried to kill him, she was only doing it because Queen Scarlet told her to.
"So what are we intruding upon." Tundra said trying to act more sophisticated then he actually was.
"Well we were just about to have a feast for my daughter and her friends." Queen Thorn said. Crimson and Tundra both sat down at the table. A group of guards brought in more food as they ate. Crimson ate two cows, a sheep, three chicken, and some mangoes.
"Well this a very nice meal." Crimson said licking his talons clean.
"Um can I speak to you in private for a moment." Peril said standing up and walking towards the door.
"Sure!" Crimson said following his sister out the door and down the hall.
"I can't believe your alive. We have so much catching up to do." Peril said smiling at him.
"Ok let me think where to start." Crimson said. Nether Peril nor Crimson saw the sand colored snake come up to him. It hissed softly and lunged at Crimson's leg. The fangs felt like searing talons raking across the back of his leg.
"Ahhhhhhh!" Crimson shouted as the snake slowly slithered away.