sorry guys its been a long time, my next chapter will PROBALY be after haloween since thats when my jobs quits. anyway thx for the wait and thx for all the positive feed back. i like it when i get a review... but who dosnt. lol anyway hope u guys injoy.. :)

Algae took the lead as they swam, leading them toward his secret lair. What would they think of him for having one? Everyone is entitled to have secrets right? He continued to swim, a weight in his stomach as he saw the cave.

"Through here he said as he swam inside. Lighting up his scales he lit the path to the cave and came up into the cavern, shaking himself dry. He sat down on the floor and looked all the expressions of the dragons before him, surprised when he realized they were looks of excitement of joy rather than anger and jealousy.

"This place is so cool." Firn said.

"It really is." Cobalt answered, looking around at all the slag mites. "Hey, what's this?" she said as she came up to a wall and poked it.

"Oh, that's a pearl; they are throughout all the tunnels." Algae said

"Why?" asked Cobalt

"I don't know" Algae said, turning to look at firn.

Firn looked up surprised "don't ask me, I haven't been out of the crevasse my whole life" she said looking down a tunnel. "Hey, there's more" she said as she followed them.

"Wait firn, you might get lost down there" shouted Algae

"No I won't" she said looking back "I'll just follow them back"

"There are pearls in every tunnel" Algae said following her, looking back to make sure Cobalt was following him, she was.

"I bet not like these" she said as she pointed to the pearl in front of her and to the next one down the tunnel.

Algae stopped to look, she was right these pearls looked different; they had black spots on them, that looked like a small circle with a branch and tiny branches off the bottom.

Algae and Cobalt looked at each other in shock. "THE KEY" they shout together.

Firn lead the way twisting and turning all the way into the middle of the cavern.

"Will this ever end" Cobalt said

"Just be patient" Algae answered calmly, but he felt the same way. What if the shape wasn't a key and just a defected pearl, or what if it was all just a trap? As he was about to tell them to stop, Firn sped up and went around the corner. Algae and Cobalt followed close behind.

There was firn, in the middle of the most beautiful cavern Algae had ever seen. It was lined with crystals, pearls, emeralds, rubies and sapphires. There was a globe of light from the icewing kingdom on the roof setting the whole place alight with many different colors, but in the middle of the cavern was a coral pedestal. On this pedestal sat two identical necklaces. The rope looked like it was made of spider silk and on the end was a multi colored pearl. An opal, Algae thought thinking back to a scroll he had read.

"Are these…" Cobalt asked

"I think so" Algae said looking at Cobalt. "We found them, the keys."

ok guys i am taking OCs and suggestions for the next chapter. plz pm me. the subject will be called OCs 4 TDOBAG. plz and thx. till next time.