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Clay was happy, the MudWings left the war, his family was safe, and now he was hunting with his brother Reed. Life was great. They were hunting for food for the celebration he and his friends were having, for successfully getting the MudWings out of the war.
They were going through one of the many swamps out in the Mud Kingdom. The cypress trees were huge, and the wildlife was plentiful. Clay had already visited one of the cypress swamps with Peril, so he knew what there was to see in these swamps, but he still liked to look at all the plants and wildflowers everywhere. The birds looked strange and there were fish everywhere in the swamps.
Reed was leading the way, having a bit more experience hunting alligators. It was nice, finally getting to spend some alone time with one of his brothers by himself. They whispered while they were hunting not wanting to scare anything away. They talked about various things, not really staying on a specific topic.
Reed and Clay were able to eventually catch two alligators, hauling them out on their backs, back to the place Clay and the dragonets were staying at.
Everybody was excited, especially the dragonets, they had never been to or thrown a party. Even Icicle was out, she was busy talking to the dragonets. She wasn't even being rude.
Clay walked into the kitchen to the house and put one of the alligators over a fire, letting it roast.
Reed put the other alligator on the table, starting to carve it up for consumption.
Icicle was busy talking with Crane. "No really, I don't know how you caught me that quickly!" Crane said, wondering back to how Icicle was able to catch her in such a short reaction time, and kill her.
To say Icicle was uncomfortable would be an understatement. "You are really calm about the whole, getting your throat ripped out?" Icicle said, grimacing, "Who just casually walks up to somebody who ripped their throat out and talks to them?"
Crane smiled at her, "It's war, ya, you may have almost killed me, but that was what you were supposed to do!"
Icicle just shrugged her shoulders, "Fair enough," Icicle remembered her original question, "When a princess is born, from a very young age, they are taught how to react quickly in case of an assassination attempt," Icicle answered, remembering her training, "Actually, my trainers put me through the same situation you gave me about a hundred times, its actually a mandatory thing that even the queen has to go through."
"Ohhh, I didn't even think about that, no wonder you crushed me instantly," Crane said impressed.
Icicle gave her a nod, "Thank you, it is reassuring that my annoying training is useful."
Starflight was busy talking with Turtle, and Umber was listening. Starflight and Turtle were happy talking with each other, both with a love of reading scrolls, and wanting to one day be Authors themselves. Umber was listening attentively, wanting to one day have an education, a thing that very few MudWings have.
Sora was talking with Glory, asking her various question about the plants she can grow with her powers, and which ones were her favorite.
Marsh and Pheasant were playing Scroll Tower with Sunny, whose tower was almost chest high now. Marsh was busy trying to match her in height, while Pheasant gave up a while ago, not being able to get her tower even a quarter of Sunny's height.
Tsunami was hanging out with Anemone and Riptide, talking about various topics about the Sea Kingdom. "Yea, don't really care if I become the queen or not," Tsunami told Anemone.
"Me neither, I would much rather go and explore the world!" Anemone said smiling.
Tsunami frowned at that, "Yea, that would be cool, but who would rule the kingdom after mom dies?"
"I know that mom and dad were supposed to be trying for at least one more princess, so who knows?" Anemone said, shrugging her shoulders.
"I did not need to know that!" Tsunami said, slapping her face.
Clay just laughed, listening to the conversation Tsunami was having. Peril was sitting next to him, leaning against him.
Peril looked over at Clay, "Thank Clay!"
Clay was confused at what she was talking about, "What do you mean?" he said, not knowing what he did.
"For everything, ever since you got me away from Scarlet, and took me on your adventure my life has been so much better," Peril said, snuggling up next to him.
Clay just blushed and looked away, not knowing what to say or do, remembering what Tsunami said in the arena before the competition, "You wish she was your girlfriend!". Clay blushed even more thinking about what Tsunami said. Was she right, Is that what he wanted?
He looked back at Peril, who was still snuggled up next to him. Looking away, remembering all the times that he has hung out with her since he met her, it was just so easy to talk to her. She wasn't one of his adopted siblings and she understood everything he talked about. They both loved to hang out together.
Clay made up his mind but did Peril like him back? Clay looked back to Peril... Clay knew he wasn't the smartest in the group, he could miss some of the simple things he was told, but even he could see the signs that Peril was sending, with how much she instigated being with Clay whenever she could.
Tsunami sees Clay looking at Peril, blushing while looking at her. Clay's gaze turns to Tsunami, realizing that she saw him. Tsunami gave him a smile and motioned with her paw to go.
Clay nodded to her, smiling. Leaning down and whispered something into Peril's ear. She gave him a confused look but nodded and stood up, both of them leaving the house, flying off.
Tsunami sighed, knowing what was about to happen. She walked over to the table Sunny was at, her tower now almost head level. Sunny saw Tsunami walking over, "What do you need Tsunami?"
Tsunami took out a small bag of gold and put it into Sunny's talons. "What's this for?" Sunny asked for, apparently not remembering the dare they all made.
"You'll find out later," Tsunami said, now a little grumpy at losing her dare.
Back with Clay and Peril
Clay was leading the way, with Peril right behind him and still confused about why he wanted to leave.
The sky was turning golden, with the sky turning a beautiful copper color, getting ready to turn into night.
Clay saw what he was looking for, an open dry area in the middle of a field of wildflowers.
Clay turned back around so he could land on the dry area and Peril landed right behind him.
"Clay, not that I don't like to go out flying with you," Peril said walking up to him, "But I am sure that you had a reason for this?"
Clay was freaking out, not having a clue how to do this. Three moons, what do I say, what if I mess this up!
Clay took a big gulp, "Peril I-" Clay froze, not knowing how to go about this.
"Clay what's wrong, you can tell me if-" Peril was cut off as Clay's mouth met hers. Making her freeze instantly in shock, but then melting into the kiss, happily squealing internally at what was happening.
Clay let go of the kiss, "Peril, will you be my girlfrie-" Clay was shut up again, Peril answering his question by kissing him again.
Peril let go this time, "Of course you bozo!" Peril said happily. "When did you decide you wanted to be my boyfriend?"
Clay blushed thinking about it. For a little while I guess, I am going to have to say a hair bit after the sea kingdom, a little bit after we started to hang out, but Tsunami said something to make me realize it."
"Well remind me to thank her when we get back," Peril said, kissing him again.
Back with the rest of the group.
Starflight was talking with Icicle, "I am being serious, it would look great for both the dragonets and you if you helped us out with this."
"I know that you are probably right, but I am going to have to think about it first," Answered Icicle, "I know that if I help you with the war, I would look like a hero, and you would look like you're not for a certain side, with all kinds of dragons being with you."
Starflight nodded, "Especially with you being a princess, that would mean we would have a lot more sway in whatever we do."
Clay and Peril walked back in right after Starflight said this. Tsunami saw them walk in and she knew she had one mission right now, embarrass them horribly. With a big smile on her face, "Hey Clay, Peril, do you have something to tell everybody?"
Clay blushed but nodded, "Yes, yes I do," Clay paused before continuing, "Me and Peril are courting,"
Everybody was quiet for a bit, it was cut off by Sunny, "Pay up, weep to your mistress!"
Everybody groaned and started to hand her bags of coins. Even Icicle was in on the bet.
"Did you... were you betting on us dating?" Clay asked, shocked that everybody was in on this.
Sunny laughed, "Yep, we all knew that you were going to get together, we were just betting on WHEN!"
Now Clay was smiling, knowing how Sunny was with her betting, "So what did you guys bet against her?" Everyone just groaned again, giving their various answers.
"I would have thought by now that you guys would know better than to bet against Sunny," Clay said like he was scolding a child.
"You would have thought by now, that we would have!" Glory said upset with her now, a lighter bag of coins.
"I don't care, I am happy Sunny was right," Peril said, rubbing her head against Clay's.
And that's a wrap for today! Clay and Peril are together, Whiteout's genes are showing in Sunny, and everybody is crying that they are broke now. A couple of new characters are showing themselves in the next chapter, I bet you won't guess who is showing up in the next chapter. To finish this off, I am about to start live streaming on Twitch, I will tell you my profile when it's up, Warning, I have no filter on what I say. You have been warned.