Last... chapter For the sand ark... it's been a ride but we only got one more arc to go, prepare for this train wreck of a chapter and for a huge arc finale.
The song for this chapter is "AND JUSTICE FOR ALL..." by Metallica.
The news had been spread via, Winter and Qibli flying everywhere. The tribes had slowly coming in over the last phew days.
Thorn was the first dragon to show up with a small chunk of the outclaws going with her.
Queen Glacier and Moorhen showed up on the same day, Ruby was next and Coral was last since she was the farthest.
There was no joking with friends, heartfelt reunions, or meddling around. Everyone was strung tightly on a rope, knowing how important today was.
The war was officially over, after twenty years. And they were about to make it official by crowning the next SandWing Queen.
But that was not all, they were also here to decide the fate of Ex-Princess Blister.
Every general that Blister had during the war was rounded up and questioned for the trial, offering them freedom for information for the incoming trial.
The last few days they had drawn up every crime there was evidence on Blister... and the amount was staggering, taking days just to document it all.
The queens and their escorts filed into the SandKingdom compound into the courtroom, the only sound you were able to hear were the escorts muttering about how hot it was.
The room quieted the rest of the way down as the door opened. Blister was covered with chains as she was brought to the middle of the room.
The stronghold courtroom was a large circular room that had seats all around the center.
Blister was being led by four dragons, one from each tribe that had been dragged into the war. They left her in the center for everyone to see her, not having a reason to guard her.
Ruby stood up from where she stood, having been voted on to lead the trial.
"My name is Queen Ruby, and today I shall be the judge," Ruby stated officially, "Blister of the SandWings, you are being held charge of murder on fifty four counts, extortion on fifteen counts, order of war crimes on one hundred and fourteen counts, blackmailing of whole tribes on two counts, sabotaging innocent tribes on one count, attempted genocide on two counts,"
Blister looked up at that last one confused.
"The destruction of neutral territory on fourteen counts, and finally torture of the innocent on twelve counts," Ruby paused at the ending letting everything sink in for the audience, "How do you plead?"
Blister smirking, "Oh, guilty on all counts... except for the second attempted genocide, I am actually curious on what the second one was?"
Ruby nodded, pulling up the document, "May the first witness come to the stand."
Coral stood up and started to the stand.
"No, not you," Blister snorted, "I know I tried that on the SeaWings, but who was the second?"
Ruby's frown deepened, annoyed at how calm Blister was about this, "May the second Witness come to the stand?"
A dragon that Blister was not expecting stood up and walked to the stand.
"I, Stonemover am the second witness," Stonemover said proudly.
"You..." Blister hissed out.
Ruby nodded her head, hiding her smirk of satisfaction, "Please make your statement."
Stonemover nodded his head, "When I was nine years old, I was under direct command under Morrowseer of the NightWings, I was put under his command since I have animus magic, he had tasked me with helping the Night Kingdom invade the Rain Kingdom, during my time with Morrowseer, Blister had forged a secret alliance with the NightWings to help them take the Rain Kingdom."
"YOU!" Blister roared, "You were supposed to help us WIN!"
"Blister has already helped by sending stockpiles of weapons and armor," Stonemover finished.
Blister roared in rage, trying to run up at Stonemover but was stopped when stones enveloped where whole body.
Everyone turned to look at the MudWing now standing up, Reed with one of his talons held out.
The room calmed down, all of their focus now back onto the SandWing in the middle of the room roaring in rage.
Ruby was now snarling, "I shall call the first vote, GUILTY!"
Coral stood up next, "Guilty."
Moorhen voted guilty
Glacier was last, standing up, "Guilty."
Ruby nodded her head, a satisfied cruel smirk on her face, "Blister you are herby guilty and you shall be executed by the end of the week, now get out of our sight!"
The four dragons from before showed up to take her away again, Reed making the stone come off her so she could be moved again.
The weird part was that Blister showed no act of defiance or any more verbal abuse, just accepting and walking with the guards.
Nobody noticed it but a dragon was following the five down to the dungeons.
Ruby cleared her throat, "Now that that's out of the way, it is time... who shall rule the SandKingdom?"
The room was quiet, all eyes now on the dragonets, even the queens were looking at them expectantly. They had proved to be trusted, all the queens indebted to them.
"Me and my friends talked about this almost our whole entire lives, and we actually only just came up with a candidate not too long ago," Sunny said smiling.
"And we would be foolish to not at least hear what you have to say," Ruby said, motioning to give her the floor.
Sunny walked up to the stand, pulling out a bag, "First off, we found an item that would be of interest to all of you," Sunny said as she placed the bag on the stand.
"In this bag, lies the eye of Onix."
A couple of gasp went around the courtroom, most of them coming from the older SandWings.
"This item is one of the few animus-touched items that the SandKindom owns, if a dragon is able to hold this item and not die, then they are worthy of being queen, if they are not... then they die," Sunny explained that last part grim.
Many of the queens were shocked by this, but also worried. Were they worthy of their own throne...
"But, this is not our proposal, me and my friends were wanting to ask if my own mother, Thorn would take the throne," Sunny said that last part while smiling in her direction.
Some dragons started to grumble favoritism and being biased but Sunny cut them off again, "We talked with the locals of the scorpion den, and they say she has been practically running the scorpion den since the last leader, Armadillo went missing years ago. We have visited almost every SandWing town and she seemed to be leading the best."
Some of the SandWings in the audience nodded their head, agreeing with that. Having heard of the scorpion den almost doing a one-eighty in how it was ran.
"Sunny I- is this what you and your friends actually think?" Thorn asked her, standing up in shock.
"Mom, we looked everywhere for other possible candidates, and we could find none better than you, after we had decided that all the princesses were not fit, we started looking," Sunny finished.
Ruby nodded her head, "Before we make any decisions, do we have any volunteers?"
...
Ruby nodded once more, "Thorn of the SandWIngs, what say you?"
Thorn walked up to her daughter shocked at what was happening, "Sunny, please let me see the bag."
"Mom..." Sunny said worried.
"No, I will only decide if the eye thinks I am worthy!" Thorn said sternly.
"But it could kill you!" Sunny argued back. She just got her mom, she didn't want to loose her.
"Every day, living in the Scorpion den could have killed mee, I do not fear this risk," Thorn said as she took the bag off the stand.
Sunny nodded, "Please... don't die."
Thorn took a shaky breath, opening the bag, reaching inside of it while closing her eyes.
Stonemover sat in the corner watching in shock, a spell already on his lips secretly going to cast it if things looked bad.
Thorn's eyes shot open, taking the eye of Onix out of the bag.
Ruby smiled, clapping her talons, "Then it is decided!"
"Please welcome her majesty, Queen Thorn!"
Roars filled the room, the first being the dragonets themselves, their mission for peace among the SandKingdom, complete...
All except for one, one of them was missing.
Blister sat patiently waiting in her cell, muttering to herself, "Fools actually think they are going to kill me... Vulture should be here any hour."
Her ears perked up when a voice started down the halls.
"When the war has lasted twenty years... the dragonets will come."
A light orange glow started to show down the hallway, the jail cell around Blister starting to warm.
"When the land is soaked in blood and tears...
The dragonets will come."
A dragon that was glowing like fire appeared in the hallway, showing it to be Peril. Blister's eyes growing at the sight, looking at what was like watching the devil himself walk down the halls.
"Find the SeaWing egg of deepest blue, Wings of night shall come to you, the largest egg in mountain high, will give you the wings of sky," Peril muttered out as she neared the cell.
"For wings of earth, search through the mud for an egg the color of dragon's blood. And hidden alone from rival queens, the SandWing egg awaits unseen."
Peril was now Infront of Blister's cell. The cell bars starting to turn a slight shade of orange, the heat being unbearable.
"Of three queens who Blister, Blaze, and Burn... two shall die... and one shall learn..."
Peril swung her talons, melting the bars like butter. Walking into the cell.
"And this one... just learned how fucked she was."
