Wings of Fire 1: The Hidden Secret

~Chapter 20~

"I can't do that!" Moonflower protested. She'd only just met her sister; she certainly did not want to be killing dragons for her.

"But this is serious," Firefly cried. "You have to do it! For me!"

Moonflower paused. She would do something for her sister, if she really had to. She sighed.

"Depends who it is," Moonflower said. "If it's a NightWing or a RainWing, definitely no. But if it's anyone else..."

"It's a SandWing," Firefly answered, to Moonflower's relief. She wasn't about to kill a dragons from her tribes.

"Tell me the name and where they are and I'll send Fierceclaws after them," Moonflower said. "She's an actual assassin. Or Deathbringer."

"Deathbringer and Glory won't help," Firefly said. "They don't like me."

"The don't?" Moonflower gaped. "Why?"

"I don't know," Firefly said. "But for some reason, they favourited you and threw me away. That's kind of...why I'm here."

Moonflower tented one wing over Firefly's back. Her older sister looked at the ground with a sad expression.

"Who do you want dead?" Moonflower asked. "And for what reason?"

"She's a SandWing named Sahara," Firefly said unexpectedly. Moonflower gasped.

"We ran into a SandWing named Sahara, too," Moonflower said. "She kidnapped Shadow for her...uh, never mind."

She'd almost said 'animus magic', but Firefly didn't seem to notice.

"Well Sahara also tried to kill Glory," Firefly said. "And she killed my best friend, Fawn. She was a MudWing."

"Sahara tried to kill Glory?" Moonflower exclaimed. "Mother never told me that!"

"I was there when it happened," Firefly said. "Maybe Mother doesn't want anyone to know about it."

Moonflower nodded. "Or Deathbringer wants to keep it quiet. I know where Sahara is."

"In the desert?" Firefly guessed. "No, you're wrong. She's at the Kingdom of the Sea."

Moonflower stepped back, horrified. Why did Sahara have to be in the one place she couldn't go? Maybe she could send Octopus instead; he'd be able to go there. Whenever Moonflower had gone to the Bay of a Thousand Scales to meet with the Talons of Peace, she'd been on high alert for Coral or any SeaWings besides Octopus.

Except she couldn't do that. She couldn't send someone else to do what Firefly was asking her to do. Moonflower wanted to, but Firefly need her to do this. But technically she could bring her friends along with her, right?

"Oh, wait," Firefly sighed. "You can't go to the Kingdom of the Sea."

"I will," Moonflower said firmly. "I'll go to the Kingdom of the Sea for you."

Firefly nodded, looking slightly surprised. "Um...alright then."

"I need to go back to my friends," Moonflower said. She walked out of the cave and down the tunnel. Firefly hurried after her.

Shadow smiled when they got back to the library. "You're back!"

"We're going to the Kingdom of the Sea," Moonflower ordered. "Come on, let's go. We're hunting down Sahara."

"Sahara?" Shadow squeaked. She folded her wings in close and lowered her head, looking extremely nervous.

"Don't worry," Firefly said, walking over to stand beside Shadow. "Sahara won't kidnap you a second time."