The Coming Storm: a WoF Fanfiction by Liontail52

WARNING: This book contains spoilers for Wings of Fire books 11-13! Read at your own risk!
WIP!
== Chapter 1 ==
The buzz of wingbeats filled the cool morning air. Gladiator was almost late to work- an unforgivable error. The crimson HiveWing's occupation, hence his name, was entertaining the members of Cicada Hive through... well, gladiating. Gladiator had been the champion for a few years now, giving him a much higher rank than his previous one. He did somewhat enjoy gladiating, though, and he would likely keep doing it for many years more. Like always, he'd left his SilkWing servant at home, since, as he would say, it was so inferior that it shouldn't be allowed to come with him. As soon as he got to the arena, he noticed his opponent: a HiveWing, as usual. The arena battles were never fights to the death, but it was still risky. The fight lasted for less than usual, and of course Gladiator won. He flew home immediately, finally landing at his extravagant house in Cicada Hive. His home was decorated with red furniture, matching his scales, and some white furniture mixed in. Pierrot, his servant, was nowhere to be found. Gladiator decided to think not much of it.
"Pierrot? Where are you?" He called, getting slightly worried. A small HiveWing came in and he whipped around, almost biting it.
"I am so sorry to bother you, sir, but I am merely here to tell you where your servant is," she said timidly.
Gladiator relaxed, dropping his shoulders. "Alright," he said, "where is she, then?"
The other HiveWing seemed to step back, wary of the deadly poison in Gladiator's teeth. "Well... we- we don't actually know. Pierrot is missing, and has been for a few hours." Gladiator almost lunged at the dragon. He roared in fury. Over the noise, the HiveWing yelled, "We're getting you a replacement! Free of charge!"
"Good. Bring it to me at once." He growled.
The SilkWing, accompanied by a HiveWing guard, shuffled in hours later.
"This is Swallowtail," the guard said, shoving the SilkWing forward. She was a beautiful turquoise with hints of sky blue mixed in.
"What is your name?" She said confidently, tipping her head up. Gladiator was taken aback by her confidence.
"Gladiator," he said quickly, "And go to the market. Now." He dropped a small bag of scales in her outstretched talons.
"What should I get there, Gladiator?" She asked, still confident.
Gladiator growled at her stubbornness. "Zebra meat." He answered, and waved her away.
Swallowtail, surprisingly, did what he asked, bringing back the meat. She set it down in front of him (while holding her nose), and dipped her head politely. Her? Polite? Gladiator thought, hissing under his breath.
"I will show you to your room. Come." He commanded, flicking his tail at the confused SilkWing.
"But- don't we get- something worse? Or- what I mean is, don't we have to live outside or something?" She asked, seeming to lower her guard.
"I don't know, SilkWing! I haven't been a high rank for that long! All I know is Hive etiquette, how to fight, and other stuff. I don't know or care about the needs of SilkWings." Swallowtail squinted, curious.
"Okay... show me my room, then." She said. Gladiator showed her up the treestuff stairs, helping her up the last one (it had been broken for months. Gladiator had tried to get someone to fix it, but no one would bother).
"Thank you," she muttered.
"Well. Here it is." Gladiator said dryly.
Swallowtail gasped at the immense space.
"You may rearrange the furniture to how you'd like. Come on. I need to pick something up at the post office." Swallowtail beamed at Gladiator, walking beside him.
They wove their way through the bustling Hive, Swallowtail asking infinite questions along the way. Gladiator answered them with little detail, causing Swallowtail to ask them all over again. Gladiator eventually gave in and answered some of them.
"So, what's your job? Ooooh, do you work in another Hive?" Swallowtail asked.
"I don't work in another Hive. I'm a gladiator." Gladiator answered, bored.
"Oh, nice! So it fits your name, I guess, haha."
"Okay, we're here. Wait for me in the market; you can get something for yourself if needed." Gladiator advised.
Gladiator then sauntered into the post office.
"I'm here to pick up a bird. It was the order for "Gladiator". I ordered a hawk." The postman nodded and scuttled away, eventually coming out with a cage that contained a calm-looking hawk. Gladiator put a bag of coins on the table, took the bird, and went to find Swallowtail.
"Ah, there you are," He said as he found the easy-to-spot SilkWing in the crowd of orange and yellow. The teal SilkWing nodded, showcasing the various fruits she'd bought. Gladiator dipped his head in agreement and the two began the journey back to Gladiator's home.
Once there, Swallowtail started cooking the meat, while Gladiator made himself busy by cutting up the fruits.
"Um. That's- that's not how you cut a fruit," Swallowtail observed. Gladiator's new hawk squawked and Swallowtail tossed it a sliver of meat.
"Here," Swallowtail said. Gladiator handed her the sticky green fruit; a mango. Swallowtail gracefully used her claws to slice the fruit until it was in neat cubes.
"Hm. Impressive. Now, please get back to that meat; it'll burn soon." Gladiator popped a piece of mango into his mouth, before spitting it out. Swallowtail giggled.
"I think the meat is done," she said. Gladiator tore into it, and Swallowtail winced.
Suddenly, Gladiator froze.
"Gladiator? Gladiator?!" Swallowtail cried.
Gladiator's eyes rolled back into his head, turning white.
"Get him," came a voice that was not his own. Swallowtail stepped back, a look of utter dread on her face.
"No," she whispered.
"It's the blue one. The blue SilkWing. Get him," Gladiator/Wasp hissed. Gladiator flew out onto the balcony, disappearing into the night with many other HiveWings, their hearts beating in unison.
"Swallowtail!" A voice made Swallowtail jump. It was Viceroy, a fellow member of the Chrysalis.
"Viceroy! Are you okay?" Swallowtail asked.
"I'm okay. It'll be okay. Whoever that HiveWing is won't be under the mind control for too long. W- wait. Did you see which direction he was going?" Viceroy suddenly stiffened.
"Are you alright?!"
"Yes, I'm fine. It's just- tell me which Hive he went to." Viceroy responded.
"Bloodworm Hive. Why?" Swallowtail questioned.
"Oh no. Follow me, we need to get there. Now," Viceroy hurried to the door, waving Swallowtail past him.
"What? Why?" Swallowtail seemed confused.
"Because Blue and his friends are going to burn it down." Viceroy replied solemnly.
== Chapter 2 ==
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