𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗚𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗭𝗘𝗡 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗘

Chapter Two

"Well, usually I'd be a better queen, but Sunny can be Oasis since she's a Sandwing." Tsunami said, pointing at Sunny who grinned brightly. 

"I can be the scavenger!" Clay called, picking up a rock that looked like a dragon talon. 

"Now the sisters. I'll be Burn, since she's the strongest. Starflight, you can be Blister, since she's the smartest. And Wolverine, you can be Blaze, because you volunteered to be a concussed sheep." 

The dragonets all giggled at the last sentence. "Alright, let's start!" Tsunami declared. 

Starflight started to narrate in some sort of dramatic voice. "Long ago, the Sand Kingdom was ruled by the powerful and popular Queen Oasis." This cued Sunny to walk elegantly and hop onto a pile of rocks that was used as her treasure. 

"It is I, Queen Oasis of the Sandwings! I'm a great Queen who will rule for years will all of my precious treasures. Nobody dares to challenge me!" 

"And she had her three daughters, or the heirs to her throne. Burn, Blister, and Blaze. Burn was the oldest of the siblings, and by far the strongest." 

Tsunami strutted in front of the others with her head held high. "I'm Burn, the strongest of the Sandwing sisters! I'm the one who's known to adore violence and bloodshed, and if I win, I'll keep the war going for the fun of it! I'm allied with the Mudwings and Skywings." 

Wolverine couldn't help but shudder at the idea of Burn becoming queen. She was absolutely terrifying. 

"The middle sister is Blister," Starflight continued to narrate, this time walking in front of the others like Tsunami had. "I'm the smartest by far! But I'm also the one who's scheming, and probably plotting to take over all of Pyrriah. I'm allied with the Seawings."

"Finally, there's the youngest of the sisters, Blaze." Starflight continued. Wolverine walked in front of the others like they had did, pretending to be a pretty princess. "I'm Blaze, by far the prettiest of my sisters! I may not be that smart, but I'm the most popular in my own kingdom, so why couldn't I be queen? I'm allied with the Icewings and have the most support within my kingdom." 

"One night, disaster struck. Queen Oasis was killed by a creature that was thought to be the lowest of all of Pyrriah, a scavenger!" 

Clay ran in front of Sunny, holding up the stone and pretending to make scavenger sounds. "Squeak! Squeak! Random scavenger noises!" He said menacingly. Sunny jumped slightly. "Eeep! A scavenger!"

"No Sunny, Oasis is brave! A stupid scavenger wouldn't phase her!" Tsunami whisper hissed. "Oh- yeah right! A scavenger? How funny that you think you can defeat the mighty Queen Oasis!" Sunny declared. 

Clay used the stone to pretend and stab Sunny, making her fall off the pile of stones and for him to climb on top of it. "Squeak! All mine!" He said triumphantly, making the others laugh. 

"And because of their mother's death, the sisters began the War of Sandwing Succession." Starflight finished. "Still no Nightwings or Rainwings?" Wolverine asked. 

Starflight shook his head. "The Rainwings are considered too lazy, and the Nightwings are considered too mysterious. Barely anything is known about them, not even their queen or territory location is known by any of the other tribes!"

"Ooo, spooky." Tsunami muttered, half sarcastically. "Well, if they're anything like you Starflight, they probably don't need to be hiding out." Wolverine noted, giving Starflight a small smile. The Nightwing seemed to get darker on his face, but Wolverine didn't notice. 

"Three moons, do you dragonets even sleep?!" An annoyed voice called from outside the cave. Dune limped his way to the entrance of the cavern the dragonets were in. "We're not tired though-" Sunny started to say before being interrupted. 

"No talking back, any of you. We're trying to sleep, but you stupid dragonets are keeping us awake. No late-night meals tonight, and go to bed early," Dune scolded before turning to leave. "Feel lucky that it was me who did this instead of Kestrel. She is not happy right now." He turned his head over his shoulder and glared at Wolverine, as if he did something wrong.

Dune limped away, leaving the dragonets in silence for a few minutes. "At least it wasn't Kestrel." Clay finally said. The others nodded in agreement. Wolverine couldn't help but feel like he'd done something to provoke them. 

"Why does it seem like the guardians don't like me?" Wolverine asked. "I mean, I do all my work for Webs and Dune, and Kestrel even admitted I was a pretty good fighter. But I can't help but feel like they don't like me." 

"They really don't like any of us, but you probably feel like that because you aren't supposed to be in the prophecy," Tsunami admitted. "There was supposed to be a Skywing." 

"What they think about you doesn't matter Wolverine! You still have us, and you can still fulfill the prophecy, no matter what they think!" Sunny said, giving Wolverine a bright smile. Wolverine smiled sadly back, resting his head on his talons. 

"I do want to know what's really going on," Tsunami murmured, getting up. "I'm gonna spy on them." 

Clay leapt up as well, flexing his wings slightly. "I'll go with you!" 

The Seawing shook her head, looking at Clay. "No, I can do this by myself. Besides, I think it's safer," Tsunami responded. "I won't get caught, I promise." 

Tsunami quietly slipped into the river, urged on by the dragonets wishes of good luck to her. Minutes passed as the rest of the dragonets waited. Wolverine drew his claws against the smooth stone floor, trying to block out his nervousness. 

Eventually, Tsunami returned and sloshed through the river-water to shore, helped by Clay. "Did you find anything out?" Wolverine asked. 

Tsunami nodded. "A visitor is coming. A Nightwing, apparently to test us, or something along those lines." 

"Did you catch any name?" Sunny asked, her green eyes glowing with nervousness. Wolverine found himself shifting closer to Starflight, his wings flexing slightly. 

"Morrowseer. I think that's what his name is." Tsunami replied. "Morrowseer. The one who wrote the prophecy?" Starflight said, a small squeak in his voice. Wolverine felt a small wave of fear splash over him. 

As if on cue, the sound of a boulder being moved was heard.