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Ayla smiled as she flew towards her home. It has been almost 3 years since she had been to a gathering and she was pretty excited to finally go to one again. She soon landed on the cliff that extended out from her and her dad's cave.
"Hey dad! I'm back!" Ayla called out as she closed her wings and walked inside.
Her father walked out of his spot in the shadows to greet his daughter. "There you are. I'm sure that you are ready for the gathering tonight?" He asked.
"Yeah! I'm always ready!" Ayla exclaimed in a happy tone which made her father chuckle in amusement.
"Alright then, let's go. We have to be there early before all the other clans arrive." Her father explained and walked outside, opening his large black wings that were double the size of Ayla's. He looked at Ayla who was ready before taking off into the sky.
The two Halflings landed in a large clearing that was surrounded by trees. There was an path that lead to the beach that the Ocean Dwellers used to go in or out of the area. Around the clearing, 7 rocks high from the ground stood. Each rock had a colored marking on it. For example, the Fiery Attackers had a red marking, the Rock Eaters had a brown marking, and so on.
Vidarr flew up to the rock that had a black marking on it and sat down on the very top of it. Ayla looked around for a moment before she sat down on the base of the rock that her dad was sitting on.
A few hours passed before one of the other 6 clans finally came. The clan happened to be the Unknowns. Their leader, Yamanu, sat down on the rock that had a grey marking on it. He looked at Viddar and gave him a nod as did Viddar.
Ayla looked around for her friend, Veila, she knew that she had to be here. She was the person who reminded her of that the gathering was today. After moments of searching, she finally spotted Veila who, she guessed, was her. She quickly ran trough the crowd and tackled her poor friend to the ground.
"Ayla! There you are! I've been looking for you!" Veila exclaimed as she got up after Ayla got off of her.
"Yeah, well I guess I found you first!" Ayla said with a smile.
"I'm surprised that we were the first of the other clans to be here. I thought that another clan would be here before us." Veila said.
"Yeah we-" Ayla began but was cut off by the sound of another clan coming into the clearing. The clan was the Ocean Dwellers who were, as always, drenched in water. One of the members walked over to the two once she spotted them.
"Hey guys! I haven't seen you in awhile!" The girl said happily.
"Hey Aquata!" Ayla greeted. Veila gave Aquata a friendly wave.
The 3 girls continued to talk to each other. A few more of Ayla's friends joined their little group once they arrived.
All the little children who had came to the gathering were playing with each other in their dragon forms while the elders were talking amongst themselves, most likely telling stories.
Once all the clans have arrived, Vidarr blew a small fireball towards the sky, telling the others that the gathering was going to begin. Everyone stopped talking and looked up at the leaders.
"Thank you all for coming to the gathering this year. Yamanu, would you like to start the gathering?" Vidarr asked.
"Of course." Yamanu answered and cleared his throat, getting ready to speak.
"Everything is going fine in our clan. We have a new member in our clan. Her name is Hadyn, her dragon counterpart is a Boneknapper. That is all the news from our clan. " Yamanu announced.
"I'm sure she'll make a fine member in your clan. Moana, do you have anything to say?" Viddar said, looking over to the Ocean Dweller leader.
"Yes I do. Sadly, one of our clan members has died." Moana announced, lowering her head down in sadness as well as the other members of her clan.
"I'm very sorry for your lose." Viddar said and bowed his head in respect.
After a few more announcements from the others clan leaders, it was Vidarr turn to speak.
"Everything is fine in my clan. I want to talk about something more important that I'm sure, all the other clans have noticed. I have heard that some of the members of each clan have suddenly disappeared at night by an unknown presence." Viddar explained.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you Viddar but I don't think that it is just an unknown presence." Pyrrhos, the leader of the Fiery Attackers said, earning a few confused noises from the others.
"What do you mean Pyrrhos?" Moana asked.
"Think about it, we are the only things that lives on this island and there are no other island that are close by. It has to be one of the clans that are capturing other clan members." Pyrrhos explained.
Ayla and her other friends were looking at each other with confused looks on their face.
"But Pyrrhos, there could be other islands." Orjan, the leader of the Rock Eaters, argued.
"Well, Orjan, me and the members of my clan haven't seen any land in the ocean." Moana told him.
"See! It has to be one of the clans! I think that the Rock Eaters are the one that are capturing other clan members. They have members that live underground!" Pyrrhos said. The members of the Rock Eaters looked at their leader with worried looks.
"What?! We are not the ones capturing others. Maybe it's you clan! You seem quick to blame another clan of the capturing!" Orjan argued.
"I'll have you know that my clan only comes out during the day!" Pyrrhos argued back. Noises of agreement from his clan were heard after his statement.
Soon, the clans began to blame each other.
"It's probably the Unknowns! They are sneaky and quiet! They could be sneaking around the forest without us knowing!" One leader exclaimed.
"It is not us! We don't even go to the others parts of the forest!" Yamanu defended.
"We don't know that! You could be lying for all we know!" The same leader argued, earning a growl from Yamanu.
"Enough! There is to be no blame on any of the clans until we find some more evidence. Now everyone, go back to your respective territories and clans." Viddar declared.
The leaders nodded their heads and flew down to ground, meeting up with their clan.
"This is not good. The clans won't trust each other after this." Aquata said.
"Can we do anything about it?" Veila asked.
"I don't know..." Aquata answered in a sad tone.
"We can find help." Ayla suggested.
"But you heard Moana, there isn't any islands nearby." Sigrid told her.
"Maybe, but there are probably some islands that are a bit far from here. There might be something that can help us." Ayla explained.
Sigrid sighed and looked at Ayla with a serious look. "Well, I can't stop you from finding help. What's the plan?" She asked.
Just then, Ayla's dad called her.
"Coming! I'll think about, just don't tell anyone about this." Ayla explained, receiving a nod from her friends. She then flew off with her dad. As the two flew, Ayla kept thinking of a plan. But a thought came into her mind. 'Will I be able to find help before the clans begin a war?'
Wow! I didn't think that I would finish this chapter so early (I guess that's what happens when you're bored on a rainy day and listening to your favorite music. :3) Well, as a treat for you guys, here's another update! Again, I'm sorry if this chapter feels rushed or bad. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Until next time, Ride On Dragon Riders!
~AI