Note: I do not own Wings of Fire or any of the characters or locations mentioned. The series is created by Tui T Sutherland and published by Scholastic. This work is fanfiction meant for entertainment purposes only. No profit is being made from this story.
Fatespeaker followed Sunny, Clay, and Tsunami as they traversed the academy looking for an area to have a private gathering. Clay wanted to find a spot away from the library so that Starflight wouldn't wake up and wind up eavesdropping on their conversation. "I think the Prey Center is our best spot to talk," Clay told them all as they walked. Sunny, Tsunami, and Fatespeaker nodded in agreement. Eventually, the group made their way to the Prey Center, which thankfully had no prey to cause any disruptive racket. Sunny quickly made her way to the library to grab a torch as they walked. In the Prey Center, the dragonets sat in a circle, with some rocks gathered around the torch to hold it up: The cave's only source of light. The dragonets all had solemn, somber looks on their snouts, with Clay having his eyes closed as he traversed his thoughts.
"So, we know Starflight's heartbroken over Sunny rejecting him. But I feel we should do something about it. Even though Sunny isn't interested in romance with him, he needs to know that she still cares about and loves him as a sibling. That applies to all of us as well, except Fatespeaker for obvious reasons." Clay quietly explained the group before opening his eyes to look at all of them. "Any Ideas in mind?" He then asked curiously.
The dragonets looked either down onto the ground or at the ceiling as they pondered.
"Well, I feel we should take him on a flight together, to show that we still like to spend time with him. Flying always cheers me up when I'm feeling sad." Fatespeaker offered, a bright smile adorning her snout as her tail swished for a moment.
"We could do that. Just a day of flying together and other things." Sunny agreed, a small smile adorning her snout. "I love having the wind in my face as we flipped and turned in the air" She happily added.
"And we could hunt for plenty of food along the way" Clay interjected, as his tail swished and his wings shivered excitedly for a second.
Fatespeaker shot a confused, and slightly annoyed look on her face."Ok, how can you think of food at a time like this?" Fatespeaker asked, her brow raised at Clay's interjection.
"What?" Clay asked as he shrugged his massive shoulders. "A growing MudWing needs lots of nourishment!"
Sunny laughed warmly at Clay's response before looking at Tsunami, who looked like she really didn't want to be there. She had an annoyed expression adorning her snout, and she would occasionally huff with annoyance as well.
"What about you Tsunami?" Sunny quietly asked the clearly irritated SeaWing, not wanting to make her potential rage any worse.
Tsunami looked at Sunny with a bored expression on her face, her eyelids half-closed in annoyance. "I'd suggest burning the fact that Sunny doesn't love him romantically through his brain and making him get over it. That way we all can forget about this nonsense and move on" Tsunami suggested in a rather rude tone.
Clay looked at Tsunami, a disapproving look on his snout."Tsunami, heartbreak is not that simple to move on from." Clay explained. "Starflight is in real emotional pain from Sunny's decision even if he's trying to accept it and look happy."
Tsunami, however, let out an annoyed huff as she crossed her forearms and flashed her gills. "I don't even know why we are doing this." She said with annoyance in her brash voice. I mean, what has he done for us that we should feel more sorry for him than we already are? Other than bore us with his annoying rambling about Pyrrhia"
"For Your Information, his knowledge, while admittingly annoying, played a huge part in ending the prophecy. If that isn't something big he did for us I don't know what is" Clay argued with irritation clear in his voice and the fidgeting of his wings.
Tsunami huffed, small hets of air shooting out of her nostrils. "That big brain was all he had and he almost never fought for us. If he's smart enough to know everything about the world, he's smart enough to accept that Sunny doesn't love him romantically." Tsunami argued
Fatespeaker grew a shocked, and slightly angry sneer at Tsunami. She knew that Starflight had done a lot of things to prove himself a brave dragon, especially since she accompanied him back on the island. "That is not fair to say that, Tsunami!" Fatespeaker argued, lightly stomping a step closer to the SeaWing as her wings vibrated with irritation. You guys may have been busy helping Glory stop Battlewinner and all that, But Starflight did a lot more heroic deeds than you think!"
"Oh really? What did Starflight do that you think he's as heroic as we are? Give me two things he did" Tsunami asked as she looked back at the NightWing, agitated.
"I can give you ten things he did to prove you wrong, Snappy Gills" Fatespeaker argued back with an insult to match.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?!" Tsunami sharply shouted in fury as she shot her head near the NightWing's face, her teeth angrily bared and her gills flaring. If one were to look closely at Tsunami's nostrils, one could see thin jets of steam fuming out as she breathed.
Sunny, however, had grown a bored expression on her face as the SeaWing and NightWing's argument escalated. Sunny then stood in a prepared stance, before she shot her head into the air, letting out a piercing roar that resonated through the cave. Fatespeaker and Tsunami stopped bickering as they, along with Clay shot surprised looks at Sunny. Despite seeing and respecting her in a new light after she ended the war, hearing a roar like that come from her still shook them all to the core.
"We're here to help Starflight, not to bicker about him!" Sunny firmly reprimanded Fatespeaker and Tsunami, in an authoritative stance. "Now both of you better calm down before I kick you both from the Jade Mountain project! Is that clear?!"
Tsunami maintained an angry glare at Sunny, her fierceness and anger still shining through. "Sorry, Sunny. I forgot that you're an independent, strong dragon now." Tsunami sarcastically responded.
Sunny was unfazed by her insult. She stood confidently at Tsunami's fierce glare. The same couldn't be said for Clay, However. The MudWing looked at the agitated SeaWing with clear disappointment on his face. He gave off a slow sigh as he shook his head at the SeaWing.
The SeaWing noticed Clay's expression over what she rambled at Fatespeaker and Sunny."What?" Tsunami asked sharply in a loud, bossy tone.
Clay remained unfazed by Tsunami's shout.."Sunny's right. You've been talking a lot of trash lately, Tsunami." Clay called out about Tsunami. "I thought you cared about this"
Tsunami looked at Clay with the same look she had at Sunny before she took a deep breath and sighed humbly. "I do, Clay. I'm sorry. Im just really in a bad mood right now." Tsunami explained. "We've got less than six months to get this school and ourselves ready for the dragonets we're gonna be teaching. I've got a lot on my mind right now to ensure that I'm as good a headmistress and teacher as I can be."
Clay's disappointed look grew into one of understanding as he placed his talon on her shoulder. "And you will be, Tsunami, but let's focus on this now." The MudWing reassured. "This is a matter of family, a matter of helping a sibling in need. Do You Understand?"
Tsunami quietly nodded before she looked back at Fatespeaker and Sunny. "I'm sorry, Sunny and Fate. I was out of line with what I said" Tsunami humbly apologized.
The two dragonets grew understanding looks on their faces over Tsunami's reason for her inappropriate behavior "It's Alright Tsunami. We understand your stress." Fatespeaker told the SeaWing.
"You are right about that though, we don't know what Starflight did while we were busy with Glory," Sunny interjected, holding up a single claw.
"So Fatespeaker, if you may, tell us what he did when you were with him?" Sunny then asked Fatespeaker, genuine curiosity in her voice.
Fatespeaker moved back to her spot and sat on her hind legs. She took a moment to collect her thoughts before she explained Starflight's many deeds. "Well, while I was with him back on NightWing Island, Im pretty sure you know about him standing up to Morrowseer, right?" Fatespeaker started
"Yeah, we do" Sunny answered, with Clay and Tsunami nodding in response.
"Well, along with that, when he was with me, he helped in fighting off Flame and Viper" Fatespeaker explained. "Heck, he even killed Viper, even if it was accidental."
Tsunami, Clay, and Sunny shared equally surprised looks on their faces over that fact they never knew.
"Wow…um.." Tsunami began to say awkwardly, her talon placed on the back of her head. "I didn't think he would actually kill a dragon"
As Fatespeaker continued to explain other daring deeds Starflight had done, which included figuring out his tribe's plan to invade the rainforest and tricking some guards to rescue the SkyWings held prisoner, among other things. Each deed was met with a short pause, which ranged from awkward to even a mite regretful for the dragonets who thought of Starflight otherwise.
"Starflight really did all that?" Sunny asked Fatespeaker with sadness tinged in her voice.
"He sure did, That's what I love about him because he is a lot braver and stronger than you think," Fatespeaker replied proudly with a confident stance.
The tension in the air quickly dissipated as the three dragonets grew solemn, regretful looks on their snouts. Tsunami looked down onto the rocky floor in shame as she let her wings drop like 2 giant flies. They lay sprawled on the ground, showcasing Tsunami's shame for all to see. "I…I instantly regret everything I ever said and thought about Starflight" Tsunami pieced together humbly.
"I can't believe I never noticed that," Clay said, an equally ashamed look on his face, minus the wing drooping. "I thought Starflight just cared about knowledge. I didn't think he could be so brave before he stopped Morrowseer". Clay managed to piece together, without feeling any sadder over how he saw his brother.
Sunny, however, remained silent as the others spoke. She had a pained expression on her face, the revelations Fatespeaker made hitting her the hardest. She felt her eyes slightly burn as they glistened with unshed tears. She looked like she was on the verge of sobbing, but was trying her hardest not to. "Starflight's been so much during our journey," Sunny stated in realization. "I can't believe we underestimated him all this time...I underestimated him." Sunny's pain from Starflight's Heartbreak and now her complete unawareness of Starflight's previous deeds was showcased in the form of a single tear that was shed from her eye and dropped onto the rocky floor of the cave.
Clay moved his head towards Sunny upon seeing her distraught state and gently nuzzled her as a form of comfort for the near-sobbing hybrid. "It's OK, Sunny. You couldn't have known. Clay gently whispered. "None of us could."
"Along with showing him how much we love and care about him, we all owe him an apology. He deserves our appreciation for what he's done for us." Sunny announced to the entire group.
"Agreed" Fatespeaker, Tsunami, and Clay said in unison as they nodded their heads in the process.
Fatespeaker, however, suddenly had a look that seemed like a thought had passed her mind. "Actually, I may as well ask." Fatespeaker started, curiosity in her voice. "Do you guys think we should have Glory be involved with this?"
Sunny was quick to rule it out, however. "As much as we love and miss her, I feel it's best not to burden her with our personal troubles," Sunny responded cautiously. "She already has enough on her plate with being Queen of RainWings and NightWings."
Tsunami responded with an agreeing nod. "You're right, especially with that bodyguard she now has on her scales" Tsumami joked about Deathbringer. "We can handle this ourselves"
With their ideas set in motion, the dragonets spent the night discussing how they were gonna execute their plan. Eventually, they all decided to have it so that they would come to the library and each take turns apologizing to Starflight and telling them how much they love and appreciate him as their friend and brother, at least for Clay, Tsunami, and especially Sunny.
As they left to rest in their caves for the night, Clay turned to Fatespeaker with a determined look in his snout, and in the way he stood. "I want you to make it look like a normal day for Starflight," Clay explained quietly. "Maybe tell him you have a new scroll to read to him. Once you say that, give us the cue to enter the library. We'll handle the rest from there. Do you understand?"
Fatespeaker responded to Clay's plan of action with a confident nod. " I won't let you guys down" she replied.
Clay smiled as they shared a quick embrace before Fatespeaker went into the library, with Clay walking to his cave. Fatespeaker quietly enter the library and settled on a bed of moss near Starflight. "Don't worry, Star" the NightWing whispered in her head as she looked at Starflight. "We'll help you through your pain. We swear it"
Fatespeaker hoped this could help Starflight get through his heartbreak. She wanted to make sure this would let him know how much they loved, appreciated, and valued him as their friend, brother, and love interest(to her that is). She continued to believe it as she slowly enter the realm of dreams, picturing how their plan could go the next day.