Battlewinner stared herself down in the mirror, battle armor adorning her shoulders as she tried them on. She tried to look fierce in the mirror but she quickly dropped the facade with a sigh.

She lifted the armor off her and placed it on the bed behind her.

Any day now... she was supposed to give the order to start the invasion.

A knock came to her door and she quickly wiped away the frown from before with a smile, knowing exactly who it was at the door. She quickly went to the door and opened it too see Nova on the other side with a smile of his own.

Battlewinner kept the smile on her face but rolled her eyes, "I am sure that I told everyone to leave me alone while I got ready for the next couple days," she said as she turned around and saw her face in the mirror again. Bags under her eyes showing how tired she actually was along with the stress marks.

"Can I not come and visit the most beautiful dragon in all of Pyrrhia?" Nova asked her as he let himself in.

Battlewinner just shook her head with mirth and turned back around. Nova always knew hot to cheer her up...

She frowned at that thought, a certain IceWing popping up in her mind and the letter that she had sent him... she was supposed to meet up with him any day now.

Nova sat down on the bed, minding her armor that was still laying there, "So, when are you going to-" He was shut up when they started hearing something rattling, and then the earth started to shake underneath them. "What in three moons?" he muttered when the shaking stopped after a couple moments.

Battlewinner turned around and was about to ask him what that was but the earth started shaking again, but this time the world visibly shook, objects around them bouncing around on her shelves. Battlewinner tried to step forwards but stumbled around when she lifted one of her talons so she slammed it back down to re-gain her balance.

It started calming down again, without a word, she ran to her balcony door that led straight outside to where she could look over the island. She threw the door open and looked around.

She gasped when she turned around to her own mountain and saw a large pillar of smoke coming out of the volcano that made up the large majority of the island.

The earth started shaking again and when it did, a huge spew of ash shot out of the top and covered the whole area above the island. Nova ran out on the balcony with her and gasped when he spotted the ash above them as well, "Is it..."

Battlewinner was about to answer but the world started to violently shake. This time, a deafening boom went off that made hear ears ring. She wanted to stare away from the dust that now shot into her eyes, but she couldn't look away at the top of the mountain as it shot fire and ash into the air.

Battlewinner slowly looked down at Nova and Nova looked back at her.

No...

BOOOOM!

She was flung from the balcony violently, having no control where she was flung too. She was dazed and confused, her eyes shot open rapidly when the sight of ocean water came up AND!

Battlewinner crawled out of the water hacking and coughing up sea water, trembling as she clawed her way up the beach. Her mind raced on what just happened... Her memory was blurry after the explosion.

She looked into the night sky and looked around, trying to figure out where she was at. Coniferous trees surrounded the hills above the rocks on the upper beach... wait, was this?

"Star, your finally here!"

She felt dread at the voice she heard.

She didn't know how, but she ended up on the mainland.

"Oh no..." she muttered quietly under her breath. How did she get here, the explosion surely didn't fling her this far, did it?

"Star, are you ok?" Nilas asked as he ran up beside her.

Battlewinner stiffly lifted herself into a standing position, she looked down at Nilas, "How did I get here?" she asked him with a tone of desperation in her voice.

Nilas gave her a confused look now, just now noticing the water dripping off her dark scales, "Battlewinner, what happened?" he asked, now noticing the cuts all over her body, "You told me to meet you here around now?"

Battlewinner couldn't believe it, she had been out for over a day! She started gasping for breath as she panicked, her chest hurting from how hard her heart was pounding. Her kingdom, Nova, the war, WHAT HAPPENED! She collapsed as her breathing intensified.

"STAR!" Nova roared in panic, he quickly dove down and picked her up off the wet sand, "What's going on, are you alright?" he said, now sounding desperate.

It took Battlewinner minutes to finally calm down, she looked into his eyes, "Everything has gone wrong that could go wrong..." she gasped out, "My kingdom, my dragons, home..."

Nilas didn't know what to do, she was queen now to a whole tribe and he had no idea what happened. All he could do was watch as she fell apart all over again like the last time they were here.

"I was getting ready to come here," Battlewinner said as she calmed down some more, "the volcano exploded suddenly without warning," she said as she now shut her eyes as tears fell.

"For all I know, everyone I knew is dead, my kingdom is probably in ruins..."

Nilas suddenly felt how big the issue actually was. He picked her the rest of the way up off the sand and hugged her, "I am so sorry Star, everything will be fine," he said trying to re-assure her, but he truly had no idea if that was true or not... "I will take care of you."

Battlewinner's gasp for breath suddenly quieted down as she back her head from his hug, she looked him in the eyes. She doesn't know why she did it, she does not know why she had to do what she had just done at all...

She shot her head forwards and kissed him.

Nilas rapidly pulled his head back and looked at her in shock, he was about to say something but was cut off when they both heard a roar close to them, "LET HER GO!"

Battlewinner shot her head towards the voice, color draining from her face as she recognized the voice and the dark shape that now shot towards them.

No...

Nova plowed into Nilas's side, ripping him from Battlewinner's grasp and into surf.

It was like watching her worst dreams come true right in front of her.

Nova roared as he ripped his talons through Nilas's chest, making blue blood leak out of the violent jagged cuts.

Battlewinner shakily shot up and went to stop him, she jumped at the now tangled up duo while roaring, "STOOOOP!"

Nova rapidly paused to look at her in shock, "WHAT!". Nilas took this new opening and shot his maw up at Nova's throat. Nova caught the movement in the corner of his eyes and rapidly moved his head back and out of range of Nilas. Nova retaliated and shot his talons forward into Nilas's throat, ripping them through the weak under-scales. Blood shot out of Nilas's throat and he tried to roar in pain but all you could hear was him choaking on his own blood.

"NOOO!" Battlewinner cried in anguish, not believing what just happened in front of her.

Nova ripped himself from Nilas's now dead corpse and looked at Battlewinner, "What is going on?" he suddenly asked her confused and gasping for air, "Why did he kiss you," his eyes then squinted, "You didn't seem to object..."

Battlewinner was about to roar at him in anger but stopped when she saw a now pale Nova backing away from her, looking at something behind her...

Battlewinner didn't want to look away from either of her lovers, living or dead, but she turned around and saw a white dragon that was almost just as big as she was.

A very familiar female dragon...

Glacier had tears running down her face, her talons bloodied blue with how hard she was clenching them.

The world seemed to calm for just a few moments when she spoke.

"When he had told me that he found a friend in a NightWing..." her eyes seemed to narrow at the memory, "I told him to not talk to her, that it would only bring him nothing but trouble..." she said with a hiss, "Nothing but pain, HATE!" Glacier said, now roaring in rage.

Battlewinner suddenly backed up, realizing how it all looked, "Wait, I didn't kill him, I wanted him to-"

Glacier roared and jumped at her, aiming for her throat. "Battlewinner, look out!" Nova roared as she jumped into the IceWing princess, tackling her to the ground. It quickly turned into a brawl, both of the dragons trading blows as they struggled to get back up.

Battlewinner backed up even farther, the world feeling as if it was closing in on her. Tears dripped down her face, "Wait, no, no, please stop..." she cried to them, "I don't want this!"

Nova, not hearing her, "Battlewinner, can you please help me!" Nova roared from underneath Glacier as she swiped at his face, just barely missing by a scale length, "I can't hold her off for much longer."

Battlewinner started feeling her legs give out, the world around her blurring.

Dad died, Nilas died, Nighthawk was dead, Who knew how many others were dead... did she have anything else left to lose?

Nilas roared again, "HELP!"

Her world seemed to sharpen up around her at his cry. She did have one last thing...

She roared as she shot up off the ground, "GLACIER, GET OFF HIM!" She roared as she jumped into the fray. She plowed into the IceWing and threw her off Nova.

Novas was covered in scratches and cuts but he still gave her a smile, "Finally..." he muttered with a smirk. He quickly stood up and they both now walked towards the slightly panting IceWing, blue blood lightly dripping off her chest from the cuts that Nova gave her.

The two NightWings started to circle around the large IceWing.

"I found that filthy letter that you sent Nilas," Glacier said with a his, "I knew it would end badly," she said, now keeping her eyes on Battlewinner, "I almost forbid him from coming here," she said, tears now slowly dripping down her face again, "But, I thought for once that a NightWing might actually be telling the truth..." hey eyes shut in pain, "And it ended with the dragon I love the most getting killed!" Glacier roared.

Battlewinner shook her head, "I didn't want him to die!" she said pleading, "I really wanted for us to be allies."

"SHUT UP!" Glacier roared again, "You should have known that the NightWings should never bewith the IceWings, yet you put that stupid image in his head, and now he is dead!"

Nova must have thought there was an opening, he jumped at the IceWing and aimed at her back. Glacier was paying more attention than he gave her credit for.

Glacier swung her jagged tail around and stabbed it into his chest mid jump, digging the tail spikes deep into the already sliced up chest. A wet slick sound being heard as she did so.

Battlewinner cried as she watched, "NOOO!" She roared, watching the final person she loved being killed right in front of her once more.

Glacier flicked her tail and threw the NightWing off it, throwing Nova across the beach.

Battlewinner ran from Glacier over to where Nova was writhing on the ground, he was desperately trying to hold the injuries closed on his chest, but blood was still spilling out with no avail.

She dove down next to him and grabbed him into her embrace, she held him tightly as she started shaking, "No, not you," she pleaded, "Your not allowed to die!" she said, now crying again. "Not you, I am tired of everyone I love dying!"

Nova gave up trying to hold his injuries closed, "You just said that you loved me?"

Battlewinner tried to be strong, but tears kept coming. She gave him a sad smile, "Yes you idiot, I loved you... I loved you both..." she muttered as she bent forwards and kissed him.

She came back up from the kiss when she tasted iron on her lips, not noticing the blood leaking from his mouth. Nova gave her a smile, "Finally... it took you long enough," he gasped out, more blood coming out of his mouth. He breathing started slowing down... till it stopped altogether.

Battlewinner... still held his now dead body in her embrace, hoping... no, praying that it was all just some cruel nightmare. She gently placed him onto the ground and closed his eyes for him. She didn't want to, even in death his eyes glowed with joy.

It was hard for her to stand up with how badly it hurt, a ringing sound in her head was the only thing she could hear right now. Everything around her was blurry once more as she could only stare down at the dragon that was supposed to be her mate...

Dad died to Rigel.

Rigel died to her...

Nilas died to Nova.

Nova died to Glacier...

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"I would say that I am sorry, but that would be a lie." Glacier said with a sickening tone as she walked up to the duo on the ground, "This was well deserved after what you just took from me!"

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Battlewinner remained quiet, not being able to properly process her thoughts at all.

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"You took away my future mate," Glacier hissed, "My kingdom's future King," she said as she now stood over Battlewinner, "The LOVE of my life!" Glacier roared as she now grabbed ahold of Battlewinner's head.

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"I saw that kiss you gave him," Glacier hissed as she picked Battlewinner up violently, "You wanted to kiss an IceWing so bad, then have my kiss of death!"

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She ripped Battlewinner's maw open, taking in a deep breath of air. A white glow coming to her maw.

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She would kill Glacier.

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Battlewinner finally realized what was about to happen and went to jerk her head away, but it was too late.

Glacier fired her ice breath right down her maw. Battlewinner immediately screamed in pain, trying to jerk herself out of Glacier's grasp but couldn't budge from her death grip.

Glacier finished with a hiss and threw Battlewinner's head into the sand, "Now lay here and die like the filthy NightWing you are..." Glacier growled as she walked away from the violently writhing Queen.

Battlewinner tried to scream again, but she could feel her throat freeze shut. She could feel the flesh inside her throat freeze together, and crack and rip when she tried to use it.

She went to use her fire to melt the ice inside of her, but all that did was give her momentarily relief. She went to stand up, but the movement made the ice inside of her shift and crack, ripping her insides even more.

She screamed in agony, blood flying out of her moth as she did so.

Battlewinner used her fire again, but like last time, only getting momentary relief.

She started rapidly using her fire continuously, standing up and launching into the air as she did so.

She flew away from this hellscape.