Aggro awoke early that morning to a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach. As quietly as she could without waking the others up, especially not white being on the verge of having a full-blown mental breakdown: Aggro quickly and quietly flew towards the door as she used her claws to open it enough for her to slip through. She then flew to where Dak and Leyla slept, but when she nudged the door open, she froze when she saw no sign of them. The young FireFury tried really, really, really, really hard not to panic as she flew back to the sleep cave. There was no need to tell the others about this just yet, no need to freak them out so early in the morning… right? Or should she risk going out on herown with the high possibility of she, herself, going missing along with the two Dragon Riders? Growling frustrated under her breath, Aggro frantickly shook her head from left to right, deciding to risk her chances and go out and look for her missing friends.
However, Aggro couldn't fall back asleep no matter what she did: So, instead of fighting a losing battle with herself obvious, the young FireFury decided to just get up and go out and look for both Dak and Leyla all on her own. But, what the young fire dragon failed to notice in her mad-rush to get out the door… was that she hadn't left entirely unseen like she had first thought. Because, what she didn't realize: Was the fact that Winger was in fact awake, not sleeping as Aggro had assumed him to be. The young Swiftwing, as a matter of fact, had also heard everything up until that point, and had been wide awake the whole entire time and was now following closely behind the young adolescent FireFury.
Aggro had been flying for a while when she saw something as red as fire in the corner of her eye and as she flew down to investigate, what she saw made her jaw drop in shock. It was another fire fury. A female fire fury to more preside: And right beside it was a relentless razorwing, one of who was also female as proven to be the truth by their respective scents. The fire fury shifted slightly in its sleep, groaning softly and alerting the young female next to her, as she slowly began to sit up.
As the last remaining vestiges of sleep cleared from her senses - the young FireFury across from Aggro could only stare, mouth hanging open and eyes blown open as wide as they could possibly go upon finally registering who exactly what it was that was standing directly in front of her. And it was then that she noticed Winger land beside them, causing the other fire fury to jump up in surprise, the razorwing, noticing her companions distress, quickly jumped to her feet with a warning growl
The four dragons just sat there, completely still, as they stared at each other, completely, and utterly shell-shocked, frozen to the spot and staring at one another for what felt like hours. But, it did eventually come to an end - much to Aggro's relief, and to the utter confusion of both Winger, and the other two dragons currently seated only a few feet away from the two Rescue Riders. It took a few more months though for them all to get a grip on their emotions, and start the process of explaining what exactly in the name of the alpha was going on.
And so, after a few more moment of yet another round of awkward silence had passed over the small group of dragons which felt like hours - but what was really only about five minutes, or maybe more, of staring at one another in the midst of a rather awkward silence, it was the other FireFury who eventually it was Aggro, herself, who attempted to break the ice. "Um… So, now what?" Aggro sighed, pinched the bridge of her nose, and stared blankly down at her talons in deep thought. Force, I'd sure like to know why these two dragons over here are acting so weird. The young fire dragon silently mused to herself as she miles over what she was going to say over and over a few more times in her head before finely speaking up again.
"So, do we head back to the Roost?" Winger asked in an attempt to release some of the tension that was clearly making everyone of them feel on edge. Aggro sighed, shook out her wings, and nodded her head in agreement with Winger's very awkward question. "Ok, let's go." She said, flapping her wings and lifting into the air. Aggro then watched with a bit of confusion as the other two dragons struggled to keep their wings flapping, they wobbled into the sky, dipping and falling in two second bouts. And that was making Aggro even more confused and even a bit worried and concerned.
As the four dragons flew back to the Roost, they soon caught sight of Summer, Cutter, and Burple, who were all waiting outside of the entrance of the sleep cave. "Where have you two been? And who are they?" Cutter was the first to speak once Aggro, Winger, and the two other dragons had landed. "Well, you see… the thing is: We still don't know the answer to that question ourselves." Aggro said, being completely honest. This made the other three dragons pause, and all they could do was to stare unblinkingly over at Aggro with disbalieving looks flashing over their faces. And once again, just like last time, it was the other FireFury who spoke up to break the silence.
"So, um, we have to tell you guys something very important…" she trailed off and looked at the other razorwing, who nodded her head for her to continue speaking. "Um, well, you see… the thing is… the two of us weren't actually born dragons." The FireFury admitted, laughing nerviously as she met each of the dragon's wide, incredulous, stares. Once that ominous statement was out in the open, and left hanging in the air for a few seconds more: The silence was eventually shattered by everyone talking at the same time. The younger FireFury had unintentionally opened a huge bucket of worms at leaving the last hunk of her speech unsaid. And now: With the annoying combo of unspoken words and confusion drifting through the air - the other Rescue Riders were all left with the task of starting to slowly put the puzzle pieces together.
After a few moments of very awkward silence, it was Winger who attempted to break it. "Dak and Leyla?" He asked the two human-turned dragons. The two dragons both nodded and more silence fell on the group and this time, Summer was the one who broke it. "But how? Just… how? And when?" Dak and Leyla glanced at one another and the two dragons just shrugged their wings in response. They didn't know how it had happened, but all they knew was that they were dragons now. "Well… to tell you the truth, we honestly have no idea." Leyla replied, looking up at Summer, who bent her head down to be eye-level with her friend. "Woah! You're really big, OMSC! That's so crazy!" Leyla exclaimed as she stood as tall as she could, so she could see the other dragons.
"Wait! Wait! Wait! Hold up for just a second! Ley, how in the name of the Force did both you and Dak end up transformed into dragons? More importantly: How in the galaxy was Dak turned into A GIRL!?" Cutter nearly shrieked, tilting his head in confusion as he stared at both Dak and Leyla with wide-eyed confusion still written on his face. "Yeah, Ley, how the Force did that happen?" Burple asked them. Leyla and Summer glanced at each other with identical looks of confusion. "A young witch, about 13-years-old who was most likely still in training, used a spell on us and everything went downhill from there." Leyla explained, trying to remember what exactly had happened. But she couldn't figure it out for the life of her. "So, you two will need to change your names," Winger eventually replied, bringing Leyla out of her thoughts as she stared up at the swiftwing. "Wait, what? But why?" Dak asked and Summer continued to explain. "Because you two aren't human anymore, well for the time being at least…" she trailed off after receiving a glare from Dak. Leyla tried to bat her with one of her small wings. But it was Aggro who did it for her.
"Hey! Watch it!" Aggro snapped as she turned back to Summer, the fastfin was staring at her former human-turned dragon best friend with sad eyes. "Let Summer finish speaking, Dak. It's rude to interrupt someone when there speaking to you," Leyla scolded her. Dak nodded her head and turned back to give Summer her full attention. "Anyways, as I was saying, we need to think of new names for the two of you." Summer continued, her tail swishing back-and- forth as she spoke. "I thought of a few names," Aggro spoke up after a short while and everyone turned to her with anticipation.
"Cynder, Spike, Burn, Everest, Ruby, Dawn, Silver, Ember... should I continue?" She asked and they all paused to think over the names that had been listed. Then Dak spoke up after a few moments of silence. "I like the name Burn," she said. Leyla spoke up next, "and I'll go with... Cynder," she eventually replied. The other dragons all smiled and they then started talking about training, Aggro volunteered to help train Cynder how to use and control her fire while Cutter volunteered to train Burn. The others just sat and watched to see what progress would be made for the two human-turned dragons, they were all hoping for the best, Winger and Summer had especially high hopes for their friends, due to knowing the two for so long.
"Rise and shine everyone!" Came Winger's voice as he flew around the other half-awake-half-asleep dragons. "Ugh! But why, Winger? It's still early." Cutter muttered tiredly with a yawn as he shook out his wings and slowly stood to his paws.
Aggro yawned and rubbed her eyes as she stared up at Winger. "I get it, you wanna get an early start on training. Am I right, Winger?" She asked. And he nodded his head in conformation. "That's correct, Aggro."
"But why so early in the morning?" Came Summer's voice, as she trotted up to join the others with Burple, Burn, and Cynder close behind her. "Because it's good to get an early start, and besides, Dak and Leyla, I-I mean, Burn and Cynder need help with training, and they also need help learning how to use there fire."