We were close to the camp now, and the sun was coming up. ''We're almost there. It's just over this hill.'' We landed softly and Blackscale was slightly annoyed from his sister. She talked the whole way here. ''Where to now?'' Snowscale asked. ''Over there.'' I pointed to the hill. ''The camp is probably a mile away, but we'll probably meet someone on the way there. When I tell you to hide, you must hide. I don't want you getting hurt.'' Both of them nodded and all three of us went towards the camp. ''Hide!'' I said to them. They hid behind the bushes when a dark blue monstrous nightmare came out from the trees. ''Stormy Wake, It's nice to see you're okay. Is the clan okay too?'' She nodded her head at me and she started to walk back to the camp ''Wait. I want you to meet some other dragons.'' She turned around and waited. ''Snowscale, Blackscale, come out'' They came out and at first, Storm Wake was aggressive, but it only lasted for a split second. Then it changed to calmness. Her emotions were different than normal, because she was expecting another egg. ''Who are they?'' she asked ''They are my children, from the Fury Clan.'' she wasn't surprised. I always used to talk about my life in my home clan. ''Let's get back to the camp.'' she said. I nodded and my kids followed behind me. It was time to get to know my kids.

-Bonding-

We entered the camp and instantly all of the other dragons hissed at the newcomers. Then I jumped up onto a rock and yelled, ''Calm down everyone! These newcomers are our friends.'' Then all of the other dragons calmed down a little. Raging Inferno ran up to me ''How do you know that they won't do a sneak attack?'' I snorted at him for not believing my word. ''Because they're my kids!'' I said into his face. His gaze was taken by surprise and I took advantage of it. I pinned him down on the ground and he tried escaping, but it was futile. He started blasting fire at me, but Night Furies could resist fire more than any other breed of dragon. I was getting ready to fire a fireball at him, but then I whispered to him, ''You will not harm my kids or I will kill you. And if you challenge me, I'll banish you.'' He let his body go limp and I got off of him. ''I see why you're leader. You're a good fighter.'' I turned around to my kids. Blackscale was the one who had complemented me. ''Thank you. You are allowed to sleep in my nest whenever you'd like. Otherwise, you can sleep with the other dragons over there.'' I pointed to the dens on the other side of the camp. ''I'll sleep in your den tonight'' Snowscale said. Blackscale sighed ''I guess I will too.'' Then the three of us went into my den to sleep.

About 5 weeks later, Snowscale found a mate and she was expecting an egg. Running Wind was proud as I was of her. Blackscale had grown more close to me. He wanted to know more about Snowfire. I decided to fly with my two children, so we could bond even closer. We were up in the air when we heard a loud buzzing noise. My heart recognized the noise at once. ''Quick! Cover your ears now! Don't ask questions!'' They did as I had said and then we saw the beast. His large, light blue body was emerging from the large rock island. I knew that if we kept going towards it, we would definitely be killed, so I used my tail to show that I wanted them to follow. I turned away from the dragon and kept flying until we were far enough away that the buzzing wouldn't bother us. ''What was that thing?'' Blackscale asked. I was to busy remembering that fateful day with Snowfire. When the same creature hit her, and she plummeted to the ground. ''Nightscale? Are you listening?'' It was Blackscale. I nodded. I was shaking from the old memory. ''What was that thing?'' I swallowed. I knew that I'd have to tell them that the dragon was responsible for their mother's death. ''Why are you shaking?'' Snowscale asked calmly. She was so much like her mother. ''That-that-that thing has caused more pain than you two could imagine.'' Both of them were confused. ''That thing is responsible for your mother's death'' Blackscale hissed. Snowscale just looked up to the beast climbing out of the island. It was howling to the sky, to show its strength. ''Are you sure?'' Snowscale asked. I slightly hissed, ''Don't you think I would have remembered the dragon that killed my mate?'' Snowscale shrunk back. I sighed. ''I didn't mean to get angry at you. It's just hard to remember that day….'' I turned away and started sobbing. I didn't want my kids to think I was weak. Then I heard Blackscale approach from behind him. ''You're not the only one who's lost their mate. I lost mine about a year ago from a raid on the humans. I know what you're feeling Nightscale… but sobbing over her won't make her come back'' he spoke with the wisdom of an old friend in the Fury Clan I remembered. ''What was your mate's father's name?'' He was surprised at the question, but answered, ''Starwing. He was killed not long before you came back.'' I turned around. ''I knew him. He used to be the flight mentor… my flight mentor. He taught me so much. How to overcome obstacles in life, and that the universe decides your fate, and you can't control it. In other words, what happens, happens.'' Then I remembered Snowfire's shrieks of pain as she fell, and I was helpless against it. ''It's going towards the Nightmare camp!'' Snowscale yelled. I snapped out of my trance of memories and began to run towards the camp. Blackscale and Snowscale were following me ''You two stay away! I don't want you to get hurt!'' Blackscale just snorted at me while Snowscale looked at me ''I can't let Running Wind get hurt either!'' I didn't argue with her about that, and I was running as fast as I could towards the camp. Then I could smell it. The smell of burning wood and grass. We entered the camp, and then we saw that the camp was completely gone. All that was left was the ashes of it. Snowscale searched relentlessly for Running Wind, and Blackscale joined her in the search. I knew that they would never find him, and if they did, he'd either be dead, or wounded enough that he would die soon after we pulled him out of the wreckage. I searched anyway, hoping they would find at least his body, but nothing was found at all. The only body that there was, was the body of Stormy Wake. She was in the egg- nest when the attack came, so she couldn't get out to escape. Other than her body, there were no others. Then I heard coughing. Snowscale and Blackscale couldn't hear it because their ears were still developing. ''This way!'' I yelled to them. I found the source of the cough. It came from Raging Inferno. He was staggering away from us, limping. ''Raging Inferno!'' He turned around to look at me. ''What happened to the camp?'' he shook his head. ''There was a large beast attacking us out of nowhere. We all ran for it, but the beast was hungry, and then… it ate all the other dragons in the camp. I escaped because I was hunting not too far I heard the screaming….'' his eyes were pits of despair and sorrow. Snowscale leaned her head under my shoulder and started sobbing. We were the only survivors of our camp, and the giant dragon was still on the loose. What would I do now?

-Leaving again-

We slept in a hollow tree trunk, and Raging Inferno was gone when I woke up. I didn't sleep the night before, because I was thinking of what to do. Then I thought of something. I had to send my kids back home, to Moontail, so that they wouldn't get hurt. I engraved a rock with my initials on it saying that I left, and would never come back. It also said my plan to send them back home. Hopefully they didn't try to follow me. I flew away without saying goodbye. It would have been too painful to do it. I flew for days and days without stopping. On the third day of flying, I needed to land for food. I saw a village on an island. It was slightly colder here than other places, but at least it had more food. I landed in the field and was about to take a sheep when a human saw me. He yelled ''Night Fury!'' After he said that, all the humans woke up and were heading towards me. I grabbed the sheep and flew away. If I lived here for the rest of my life, I would have to become more violent at getting my food. I finished my meal while in the air, and then I found the perfect spot to make a nest. It was a moderately sized den with an emergency exit. I gathered leaves and placed them on the ground of the den. I used a fireball to heat it up and then I lied down in it to fall asleep. Soon after I closed my eyes, I was asleep.

-Shot Down-

I'd lived here for a couple of weeks, and I found out from another dragon, that this place was for all dragons. No boundaries, except for the humans. That was the only bad thing about this place. I also found out that all the dragons together attack the humans to get a lot of food at once. It made sense. So I wanted to join the raid. We were headed for the humans island, when I looked around for any other Night Furies, I saw none. I was the only one. So I was appointed the distraction to the humans. All the other dragons also knew that I was the fastest dragon there, even in my species. Then I saw the lights from the nests of the humans. I flew ahead and fired a fireball at one of the towers. Then all the humans woke up and looked around to see what had happened. I fired another one at the same tower and it fell to the ground. Then the other dragons snatched up the food. I kept shooting the towers until each of them fell. There was only one more tower left, and I was ready to fire on it. I fired a fireball at it and it toppled over. I was happy with the work I had done, but in the middle of my gloating, I was shot at and then I was tangled in something similar to a net. I braced myself for the landing. I hit some trees before I hit the ground, but then I was finally still. I tried getting out of the rope, but it was no use. I was too tangled in it to do anything. I knew that the human would come for me soon, but I fell asleep to think about my life, Snowfire, my kids, and Moontail.

I was woken up by something standing on me. I flexed my arm to get it off. Then I smelt human. I knew that I'd die. The humans never let any of us live when we were caught stealing food. I slumped down ready to see Snowfire again, and the human inched closer. I didn't open my eyes until he was almost touching me. When I opened them, the first thing I noticed was that it was just a boy, but he had a knife in one of his hands, so he was still dangerous. ''I'm going to kill you dragon.'' he was breathing deeply. ''I'm gonna cut out your heart and bring it to my father.'' he breathed deeply again ''I'm a viking'' he whispered ''I'm a viking!'' he yelled at me. He lifted the knife over his head, ready to puncture me with it. Sure, I was scared, but I knew that I'd die proud. Before he stabbed me with the knife, he looked into my eyes. His eyes were showing that he was just as scared as I was. He closed his eyes and lifted the knife higher, so I slumped down again, closing my eyes, moaning. I had lived a long life for one of my kind. ''Snowfire, I love you'' I said before thinking of the rest of my family. Blackscale, Snowscale, Moontail, Skystorm, and Darkfire. I imagined my mother and kids mourning over my death. Then something I didn't expect at all happened. The human boy was cutting me loose. I watched him do it, rope by rope. Then I was free and I tackled the boy. I pinned him against a rock and he was just staring at me, and breathing hard. This boy was different from the rest. He didn't kill me when all other humans probably would have. I stared into his, small, scared, and helpless eyes. I reared back, as if to shoot a fireball, but instead, I just roared as loud as I could into his face to show him that I could have killed him right there at that moment. I turned and ran away from him victoriously. I opened my wings to go faster, but for some reason, I couldn't get in the air. So I just kept running on the ground until I found a medium sized hole with a pond and grass all over. I walked to the edge of it. I slipped in, but I got up soon after I fell. I saw some fish in the water, and I was so hungry, so I waited by the water for a fish. One got close enough for me to catch, but I was horrible at catching fish. I gave up at it later, so I was still hungry. I knew that my kind could go at least 3 days without food, and it's already been 1 and a half. I decided to go to sleep in the hole, so I burned the grass around my belly for it to be warm. My sleep that night was hard, but I endured it.

The next day I was constantly trying to get out of that hole, but I couldn't fly for some strange reason. Over and over again I tried, but to no avail. The sun was high above me when I stopped trying, and I settled down by the pond. I saw a fish coming towards me, but I couldn't get it. I put my head on top of my paws and sighed. I might have gotten away from the human, but now I'm probably going to die of starvation. There was a small crack on the other side of the clearing. I looked over to see where it came from. Then I noticed the boy I saw the other day, just sitting up at the top of the hole, staring at me. I was curious. Why would he come here after I almost killed him? He quickly left after I noticed he was watching me. Then I repeated what I did yesterday. I made a nest, and went to sleep, except now I was even more hungry. Hopefully I'd be able to see Blackscale and Snowscale again before I see Snowfire.