Snowheart limped out of the entrance to the healer's building, tilting his head to the side. At the same time, he made his way up to Horafrost, eyes wide with shock while Horafrost's eyes widened, noticing the dry blood that covered his stomach and right hind leg. He rushed up to the Prince, making his way around the larger Icewing to examine the extent of the wounds
"By the stars, Your Highness! Are you alright? What on three moons happened to you?!" Horafrost panicked while he went to place a forepaw upon his bloodied thigh. Yet Snowheart grabbed his paw, stopping him from doing so which caused the younger Icewing to look up at him.
"Please don't, it's still very sore, but the bleeding has yet to stop, but I'm in good talons as you can see" He let go of Horafrost's paw, limping about on his three paws when Queen Glory made her way up to Horafrost, a questionable look upon her face.
"May I ask, Who are you truly? A messenger? A healer? An ambassador?" She fired questions at the Icewing, watching him blink at her, confusion riddled his facial features.
"Oh! No, Your Majesty, I am a great friend to Prince Snowheart, and am not far enough up the rankings to be any sort of Ambassador" He shook his head, glancing at Snowheart who by now had laid down on his good side.
His eyes roamed back to the wounds, seeing the bandages, which appeared newly wrapped, were already bloodied, making the younger Icewing wince slightly before he focused back on the Rain/Nightwing Queen.
"Sorry, Your Majesty, what were you saying?" He heard a snort from Snowheart, snapping his gaze over to the larger Icewing as he watched him chuckle. "What's funny?" Horafrost questioned, ears flicking while his tail swished in slow gentle ways.
"Oh nothing, it's just, that you are soo easily distracted" Snowheart let out a chuckle, letting two Rainwing dragonets run around him, which Horafrost found to be rather interesting.
"And before you say, I know Icewings have been brought up to believe that Rainwings are dumb, lazy and pathetic. But to me, they have been nothing but brave, loyal and caring towards me and the Nightwings" Snowheart said before Horafrost would even utter a single word.
"I am surprised... Perhaps we Icewings should have chosen to not isolate ourselves for so long" Horafrost muttered, tapping a clean talon against his chin while he sat on his haunches.
"Prince Snowheart, I would like to have you and Horafrost meet me at the Royal Pavilion in one hour to discuss things... Please don't be late" Queen Glory spoke before she leapt into the air and flew away. Deathbringer gave one more look at Snowheart, watching the Prince nod at him before he too leapt into the air to follow his Queen.
Once, most of the Rainwings and Nightwings had left the two Icewings alone, Horafrost made his way over to Snowheart, looking at the Icy Prince before he returned to sitting on his haunches once more.
"So... How is my family doing" was the first thing Snowheart asked, watching Horafrotst's face morph as expressions of thoughtfulness, worry and sadness plagued his face. "Icesheet is worried sick for you, she refuses to eat and is in bed most of the time now" Horafrost explained, watching as Snowheart slipped into a more thoughtful look, tapping a talon against his chin.
"She's a strong dragoness, But it worries me that she isn't eating... Anything el-" "She's also pregnant" Horafrost blurted out loudly, enough for anyone nearby to hear. Snowheart blinked a few times, digesting the information that Horafrost had suddenly sprung onto him before he got up onto his paws.
"She's What!" He sat on his haunches, covering his face with his forepaws as he struggled to accept that. He was sure they hadn't gone all the way on that particular night, yet again, he was lost in the very heated and sweaty moment. Perhaps they had gone all the way, but then if that's the case...
"Icesheet" He snorted, shaking his head while Horafrost looked on in confusion.
"Is everything okay?" The smaller Icewing questioned as he watched Snowheart chart his course through these new turmoil waters, watching as his expression changed from mild anger to confusion, to shock, then back to mild anger.
"Icesheet said she drank Moon tea on that night we mated. Yet now, it seems she didn't have any Moon tea" Snowheart explained, shaking his head. Yet for some reason, as much as he tried, he couldn't be angry at the dragoness he held most dear to his heart.
"Hang on... You two aren't married, and yet, you both decided it was a good idea to just go all the way. didn't you try... You know, the other way?" Horafrost suggested, hoping Snowheart would get the idea.
"Yes, we did do That way at first, and I thought that we only did that way. But we must have gone all the way, for our passion for each other was very strong that night" He explained while Horafrost gave him a side glance.
He's definitely grown up. He's acting like a true Icewing Adult. I would be honoured to have him as King. Horafrost thought to himself while Snowheart kept on talking, with his voice sounding far away.
"Perhaps the Moon tea failed to work? Were all three moons full?" Horafrost suddenly questioned, causing Snowheart to stop his worried rant as he focused on Horafrost, confusion riddled his face for a few seconds before it gave way to realisation.
"Are you suggesting that the three moons somehow caused the Moon tea to fail?" He questioned, tilting his head while he kept his gaze on his younger friend, who wasn't that much younger than him.
"Perhaps, Your Highness, though I suggest that we focus on getting hom-" "I'm not going home" This stunned the smaller Icewing, who was slightly larger than Winter. Tilting his head while he processed what Prince Snowheart had said abruptly.
"Why not?" Horafrost questioned, with not an ounce of anger or displeasure in his voice.
"I'm helping the Dragonets of Destiny get around so they can stop this terrible war" Snowheart explained while Horafrost listened intently, eyes suddenly downcast while he weighed his options.
I could go back to the Ice Kingdom and explain that Snowheart is alive... Yet injured... But that could cause mass panic in the Icewing Kingdom, and I don't think we need that anymore. Or, I would follow Prince Snowheart and his new group, and put a stop to this war... Decisions decisions. Horafrost spoke in his mind, facial expressions turning to a strong thoughtful one while he thought on what to do.
"I need to take a breather, you want to come?" Horafrost looked to Snowheart who had put forth the question, looking at the larger Prince carefully before he let out a loud sigh. "Oh okay, fine, though you should be resting!" Horafrost argued, yet stopped himself after a bit for he knew he would lose in an argument with Snowheart.
He's so much like his Mother, yet has the muscular build of his Father. Horafrost thought to himself before he and Snowheart glided down to the forest floor to take a stroll through the forest.
"Horafrost seems to be a nice Icewing, perhaps he got that from Snowheart. If so, that's a very good quality to have" Deathbringer spoke, pointing out the fact to Queen Glory who sat on her Royal Pavillion.
"I believe you may be right Deathbringer, yet we can't just go about and accept anyone. Who knows, we might let a spy from our enemy into our Kingdom, perhaps to assassinate Prince Snowheart" Glory explained while flaring her wings out slightly, showing her worry at the thought.
"Or you!" Kinkajou bounced her way into the Royal Pavillion, followed by a still anxious Moonwatcher who tried to make herself smaller when she felt everyone's eyes on her.
"Moon? Are you alright?" Deathbringer and Glory were the only ones besides Secretkeeper and Kinajou who knew about Moon's ability to read minds and see glimpses of the future.
"O-oh, Yes, I-I'm fine thank you" She made her way over to the other side of Queen Glory, sitting on her haunches before tucking her wings against her sides tightly.
The next to walk in was Secretkeeper, her slender form passing through the curtain of long stranded leaves before she made her way over to where her Daughter was sitting. "I see the Prince isn't here yet?" She exclaimed, shaking her head while she sat on her haunches, wrapping her right-wing around her Daughter as the group now waited for Prince Snowheart and Horafrost to arrive.
"So you are telling me that after I fell into the depths of frozen hell, you all defeated the rest of Snowstorm's forces?" Snowheart questioned while the two of them were now curled up around a small campfire they had made for light.
"Yes, Queen Glacier was beyond pissed when she watched you plummet to your suspected death. I had never seen her so angry before, the utter rage that pulsed from her was... Scary." Snowheart chuckled at Horafrost's fearful expression. The wind had picked up slightly, with a gentle breeze blowing through the low-lying parts of the jungle floor.
"We should probably start heading back, Queen Glory did ask for us to meet her at her Pavillion" Horafrost stated, getting up before he blew a light stream of frost breath onto the fire, snuffing it out while Snowheart got up, limping as he kept his right leg off the ground.
"You need some help, Your High-" "Stop calling me that. We are best friends, and besides, we aren't in the Ice Kingdom right now, are we" Snowheart interrupted Horafrost, seeing a bit of irritation on his facial features, though it quickly disappeared when Horafrost went back to his normal self.
"Oh! Alright then, Snowheart... Snowheart?" Horafrost stopped walking, for he didn't hear Snowheart anymore. Craning his neck, he focused his gaze on Snowheart, he appeared transfixed on a single pale blue flower, with freckles of darker blue on its petals.
Horafrost made his way back the way he came, moving up beside Snowheart as he too focused on the flower. What he noticed was something that should have been impossible.
"How... How is this here?" He muttered, watching as little sparkling flakes of dark blue fell gently from the flower face. Both Snowheart and Horafrost looked at each other, shocked, yet bewildered at the same time. What they were looking at was a flower that only grew in the northern parts of the Ice Kingdom, and it was by far the rarest flower on Pyrrhia. "The Great Ice Dragon herself may be watching over us... Or it's a sign of something else?" Horafrost suggested while Snowheart kept his eyes transfixed upon the flower.
"Icesheet" He whined softly, for the flower had similar colours to Icesheet. Even the freckles on the flower were of the same colour.
"Icesheet? Oh!, yeah, looking at it now, it does share the same... colours... as her scales." Horafrost said, with realisation bleeding into the ending part of his sentence before the both of them stared at each other.
Icesheet had decided to join one of the royal council meetings, listening to all kinds of talk, from how to attack the Skywings who threaten their Sandwing allies, to making sure their coastal areas are safe to fish.
"We have been getting alarming reports that the Skywings have been able to break through the defences that protect the south-eastern part of our Kingdom," Snowdancer explained, pointing to a map of the Ice Kingdom, tapping her talon upon the southern areas of the Kingdom.
Glacier and Frostbite both looked exhausted, yet they both focused, for they had a Kingdom to run.
"General, do you think we have forces spare to send to this area, just in case?" Queen Glacier asked her General, who scanned the map with a careful eye while she flexed her wings slightly, her tail dragging across the icy floor before she spoke.
"I do believe that we might have one squad of Icewings left, which I can send to the part you outlined Snowdancer" he bowed slightly toward the Royal Council member, showing her respect. That was when Icesheet decided to speak.
"No, Don't do that" Shaking her head while everyone in the room focused on her.
"Oh? And why not Princess Icesheet?" Frostbite questioned, flicking his gaze to her while he cleaned up the small mess Mink had made when she spilt her small cup of drink while she looked up at her father, licking her little lips with her blue tongue.
"Daddy, I'm hungry" She whined, her little tail flicking about when Snowdancer spoke up.
"Your Majesty, If I may, I would like to take Princess Mink to get her something to eat" She bowed towards King Frostbite, watching his thoughtful gaze upon her.
"Hmm... Very well. Mink, Be a good girl, okay" He picked the little Icewing up before passing her to Snowdancer, allowing the old Icewing dragoness to take her to the royal kitchen.
"As you were saying... My Daughter-In-Law" Frostbite grinned at Icesheet's shocked expression, watching while she went through shock, happiness then relief before she went back to being her normal self.
"I was going to say, Your Majesty, that I believe that the Skywings are attempting to lure most of our forces away from the front lines. I suggest we send a portion of our forces to the South Eastern part of the Kingdom to check out the area" Icesheet explained, pointing to certain parts of the Southern part of the Kingdom with a careful talon, making sure she carefully showed each weak defensive part to the Royal family and Council.
"I believe that Princess Icesheet might be right... We haven't seen any real Skywing threats near the Ice Cliff, yet I still think that having a large percentage of our forces at the Ice Wall, just in case the Skywings push forth with an assault will be the best way to go with it" Snowcast said, running a paw across the old map before the group once more went back to discussing about situations.
Princess Orca was as sad as the ocean, she kicked a small seashell that lay on the beach into the water while she strolled across the sand, her long tail dragging behind her. She then stopped, and turned to the ocean before sitting down on her haunches, looking out to the flat horizon of the ocean, watching a few storms flash their lightning.
"Missing Snowheart as well?" Came a young feminine voice, making Orca crane her neck as she looked to her left to see her younger sister, Anenome slipping out of the water, making her way across the soft sand toward the larger Seaweed-coloured dragoness.
"Yeah, I am, He was so special, He understood me, Mother, you and everyone else, Not once did he treat us like enemies, even when we treated him like one" Orca shook her head, disappointed with herself before Anenome spoke.
"I miss him too, I know it sounds odd, but I really do. He made me open my eyes to see Icewings in a different light, to see them as not rude, snobbish dragons, but normal dragons trying to live a normal life" The young princess muttered the last part while the sound of the water washing against the beach filled their ears.
Orca looked down at her younger sister, watching as the pink Seawing let out a depressed sigh before Orca wrapped her left wing around her, pulling her into a tight hug, to which Anenome returned.
"I'm sure we'll see him again, after all, the three Sandwing sisters must meet soon to choose who becomes Queen" The Seaweed-coloured dragoness whispered to her sister while the stars shone brightly above them, with three triple sister moons leaving their full moon phase.