Disclaimer: I own nothing of Dragon Flyz, which is owned by Gaumont Pictures. Only the plot is mine.

Note: This is set in the same AU as Chocolate and Bitter.

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Peak was curious when Dread Wing asked him to come to the throne room that afternoon.

The teen had heard from Gangryn that Dread was having an audience with some other mutant ruler and typically Peak wasn't invited to those for one reason or another. Could this new ruler want to open trade routes with Airlandis too? It'd help with amber gathering for one and Peak thought that they could fashion a second treaty similar to the one Dread Wing had with the city if that was the case.

What Peak had definitely not been expecting was to see the mutant child that had been plaguing him for the last two weeks. He was standing next to a much larger, darker blue adult mutant that looked a lot like the boy.

The teen narrowed his eyes at the little blue mutant and growled, "You!"

Dread Wing neatly intervened, taking Peak's arm and gesturing specifically with his other hand to make Peak look at the indicated mutant, "Peak, I'd like you to meet Stone Fist, -"

The other adult mutant cut Dread off, proudly boasting, "High Lord of the Northern Mountains! And this here is my boy, but he hasn't earned a name yet. We've been calling him Basalt until he does."

He patted a hand on the mutant child's shoulder to indicate him, to the small boy's clear displeasure. Peak blinked, completely thrown off here, "Uh, hello, nice to -"

Then he got cut off, as Stone Fist laughed and stepped forward to look Peak over, talking at the same time, "So you're the one that's been feeding my boy? Good! Keep it up! The little rascal needs the weight and the chase after it's good training for the mountains."

Saying that, he slapped a hand down on Peak's shoulder and the teen instantly knew why he had the name 'Stone Fist'. It felt like he'd gotten hit with a small boulder and it was all he could do to keep from staggering under the friendly blow.

Now ignoring the human, Stone Fist turned to an irritated Dread Wing, "So, as I was saying, we could open a couple of trade passes in my mountains, but it'd be limited time to travel, what with the snow and all."

Peak took the opportunity to take Stone Fist in, trying to ignore the pain in his shoulder as he did so. Like his son, Stone Fist had his wings out and had the similar odd head fin/ear combination. Unlike his son though, Stone Fist was large enough that it was hard to tell what was bulk and what was muscle. Given that he was a little taller than Dread Wing, that was a lot of weight to carry around and Peak wasn't about to risk an unfriendly blow by making a rude comment.

Dread Wing stepped forward and pushed Stone Fist's hand off of Peak's shoulder to replace it with one of his own, "And as I was saying, the dragons could increase that time by flying over the mountains when the passes are closed. My Black Heart has made the trip before and I'm certain the Airlandian dragons could do it, once they know the way."

Now Peak knew why he'd been asked to show up, in addition to finally finding out who that boy was. He kept himself from groaning and dutifully talked about the Airlandian dragons and their flight capabilities when asked.

He hated political work, but if it meant more amber for Airlandis and better trade routes for Dread Wing, he'd put up with it.