"Wait! Wait! Wait! We're doing what?!" Silverstream cried out in alarm. "B-but why? Why are we leaving?" Her stormy blue eyes were wide as she stared up at me with a puzzled expression crossing over her normally calm face.
I sighed and explained my reason for wanting to leave the IceWing Kingdom. "I just don't feel right staying here - the circle system is too demanding and the pressure is just suffocating me!" I puffed out a burst of frost in my frustration. "I'm sorry you guys, but I just can't do this anymore!"
Frostbite just gave me a baffled look before shaking herself and speaking in a more subdued tone of voice. "Okay okay just relax Sleet! We'll go with you if that's what you want. And even if you no we'd still go cause there's no way in hell I'm staying behind!" She said to me as her face growing determined as Willow nodded her head in agreement.
I felt myself relax a bit upon hearing Frostbite's declaration. "I'm glad that you guys are tagging along with me! After all, I wouldn't want to go out into the world alone." I replied back with a small laugh and a wide grin forming on my face at the thought of leaving with my two best friends in the whole wide world.
"Oh come on Sleet! We'd NEVER let you go alone anyways even if you refused to let us come with you!" Silverstream cried while flapping her wings and raising an eyebrow at me.
"We're in this together, Sleet. Even if we get kidnapped by SkyWings." Frostbite said while smiling cheekily at me and Silverstream.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Hold your course Frostbite! Who said anything about getting kidnapped by SkyWings?" I said while rolling my eyes and staring pointedly at Frostbite.
"No one, I was just saying even if we were to be kidnapped by SkyWings, were with you all the way on this." Frostbite explained, putting her front talons up in a defense manner.
"I hope we don't get kidnapped by SkyWings thought cause they're really mean and they have one heck of a fiery temper." Silverstream remarked with a small frown forming on her face.
"Silverstream relax, we won't be kidnapped by SkyWings so there's no need to worry." I tried to generally reassure my friend while giving her a bright smile.
"What kinds of stuff should we take with us?" Frostbite asked as we were flying back to the palace. I put a talon on my chin in thought.
"We won't need much," I said after a few moments of silence. As we flew in through my bedroom window, I pulled a few scrolls off of my shelf and put them into a small leaf pouch that I had made myself.
"What about our parents? What will they say if we just up leave with no working what-so-ever?" Silverstream asked, looking worldly at both me and Frostbite. I paused In my task to look up at her with a small frown.
"We should just leave a note, that way they don't worry too much." I say while walking over to my small desk, I grabbed three blank scrolls and some ink, I then sat them gently on the floor and me, Frostbite, and Silverstream all wrote a small notes to our parents.
Lying on my sleeping shelf, my mind wandered over my meeting with my friends and our escape plan. I knew deep down in my heart that I would be leaving both my parents and younger sister heartbroken, but I don't feel like I fit in with the other IceWings. Even the dragons in the 5th circle, technically no better than 6th, felt it necessary to rub their ranks in my snout all the time with frivolous commands. But, now I'm in the 5th circle, and they still tease me about anything and everything. It's so frustrating.
I had made a plan with Frostbite and Silverstream, we would be leaving at night when the moon is at its peak in the sky.
We packed a small pouch full of things like scrolls, herbs for treating wounds, and other sentimental items. So, once the moon was high in the sky, the three of us spread our wings and took off into the night sky.
"Hey Sleet? Where exactly are we headed now?" Silverstream asked while staring up at me with curious stormy blue eyes. I frowned and put my talons on my chin in thought.
"What about we head to the SeaWing Kingdom?" I suggested after a few moments of silence. After a few more moments of silence, two friends thought it over for a moment before they both nodded their heads in agreement.
"How long will it take to get there?" Frostbite asked after a few moments of silence. I just shrugged my wings in response with a look that clearly said "I don't know! Why're you asking me?"
"It will probably take a few days or so to get there, I mean, the IceWing Kingdom and the SeaWing Kingdom are on opposite sides of Pyrrhia." I replied to her question after thinking it over for a few minutes.
"How did you figure that out in only a few minutes?!" Frostbite exclaimed as she began staring at me with wide eyes. I just laughed quietly at Frostbite's antics and gave her a cheeky grin instead of giving her an answer.
"I don't really know myself, Frostbite. I mean, I guess I just took a wild guess. But the two kingdoms are pretty far from one another so there's that math to figure out too... ugh! I hate mental math!" I replied after a moment of silence while also mentally cursing mathematics in my head as we kept on flying.
"Three moons! You're really smart, Sleet." Silverstream said, joining the conversation. I smiled shyly and ducked my head.
"Not really Silver. I just read a lot of scrolls, that's all." I replied with a small shrug of my wings. But it was true about what I said. I really had no clue. I never really liked being put on the spot.
It took us about two days of nonstop flying to get to the ocean. We flew past clear-blue water that shined like emeralds in the sunlight.
"Oh my goodness! The ocean is so amazing and HUGE!" Frostbite exclaimed as she stared down at the rippling water under her talons.
We had landed on a white sandy beach that had small waves lapping near the shoreline. It was all so new and breathtakingly gorgeous.
"How are we going to find the palace if none of us can dive down there?" Silverstream asked as she looked out over the expanse of searingly never ending water.
"I'm not sure, none of us can swim. They don't teach us those kinds of things in the IceWing Kingdom," I replied while flicking my tail in slight annoyance.
"Oh Sleet, you silly dragon! Did you forget that we know how to swim remember? Your mother taught us," Frostbite replied as she smiled cheekily at me. I smiled sheepishly and looked down at my talons.
"Yeah, I guess I forgot." I replied with a small laugh. I then turned to stare out at the ocean with wide eyes. It was breathtaking to look at.
"So will we live in the SeaWing Kingdom if Queen Bluebell says yes?" Silverstream asked as she tilted her head to the side in thought. I shrugged my wings in response.
"I'm not sure, Silver. I think we'll stay for a little while and see how we like it." I replied as I returned my gaze to the ocean.
"We have to ask Queen Bluebell first before we do anything though," Frostbite chimed in and I nodded my head in agreement with her statement.
"You make a good point there, Frostbite." Silverstream remarked with a small smile.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go do some deep water diving!" Frostbite exclaimed as she dived gracefully into the water, with me and Silverstream following close behind.
We dived down and swam past groups of fish and bright yellow anemone, it was all breathtakingly gorgeous. I stared at everything as we continued swimming.
We eventually had to swim up back to the surface to breath in some fresh air. We did this about four or five times before giving up for the time being.
"Oh for the love of StarClan! We'll never find the SeaWing palace at this rate!" Frostbite exclaimed, her tail thrashing angrily. I sighed and shook myself dry, trying to smooth my spikes back in place.
"What are three IceWings doing all the way out here?" The three of us looked to see a SeaWing about our age walk in. With her scales a light blue, aqua green wing membranes and eyes. I couldn't deny she looked pretty.
"Who are you?" I asked while looking up at the light blue SeaWing dragonet. She grinned cheekily at us as she spoke up.
"The name's Tempest," she said, though with a conceal smile and a nod of her head in greeting.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Tempest. My name's Sleet, and these are my friends, Frostbite and Silverstream." I said warmly while smiling warmly at the SeaWing.
"You mean Princess Sleet." Frostbite said while smiling cheekily at me and I just sighed and rolled my eyes.
"You're a princess?" Tempest said with wide eyes. I smiled shyly and slowly nodded my head. "Wow! That's so cool!" She practically squealed in excitement.
"Yes, yes I am." I said quietly as I looked down at my talons, my face beefing up in embarrassment.
"We were wanting to speak with Queen Bluebell but we have no idea where the SeaWing palace is located." I said, successfully changing the topic. Tempest smiled widely and spoke up.
"I can help you get there if you want! Oh, but first things first, can you all swim?" She asked and we all nodded. She smiled and we all took a deep breath and dived back into the water.
We eventually came to a small aria of rushing water which Tempest said was called Angel Falls. "Three moons! This is so amazing! You guys really live her in such a huge place like this?" I asked in both amazement and aww, Tempest just nodded her head in confirmation.
"Where is the SeaWing palace anyway? Is it under water or above the water?" Silverstream asked, tilting her head to the side curiously. Tempest laughed quietly and replied after a short while.
"It's underwater of course! That's how we stay safe and hidden." The SeaWing replied with a wide flap of her wings and an amused smile on her face.
The water parted around Tempest as she plunged into the water. I watched as the SeaWing swam through the water as gracefully as a dolphin, I smiled as I swam faster, catching up with Tempest, who smiled brightly at me.
"You swim pretty fast and swiftly for an IceWing," Tempest commented and I laughed and explained to her that I was taught a young age to swim and I also told her that I'm a hybrid, a SkyWing/IceWing hybrid.
"Oh wow! Okay, that makes a lot more sense now. How you weave and dive in the water and how you were able to catch those fish so easily." Tempest said, and I nodded my head with a wide smile on my face.
"That's cool! I wish I was a hybrid, it sounds like a lot of fun!" Tempest exclaimed with a flash of her luminescent scales. I shook my head and chuckled softly
"I guess it is pretty fun, isn't it?" I remark with a small laugh and Tempest nods her head rapidly in response to my comment. We then swam on in silence as we got closer and closer to the SeaWing Palace.