Wings of Fire Book 16: The Hidden Animus

== PROLOGUE ==
Snowfox let out a shriek as her friend fell out of the sky.
She flew up to catch Snowflake as fast as she could and called up the frost inside her to blast frostbreath over Snowflake's blackened, burning wings. Rage built up in Fox's throat, threatening to blast frostbreath over the whole Ice Kingdom.
"I'll never forgive you for this!" She roared to the NightWing. "I'll kill every last NightWing if I get a chance! You'll one day wake up with my claws in your eyes! I'm going to wipe out your whole tribe and leave you last so you know all their deaths are your fault!" Despite all the threats she yelled at them, the traitorous group ignored her and flew away with what looked like a smug grin.
Fox forced down an impulse to fly back to them and freeze their eyeballs. Fox realized she was still holding Snowflake, who was probably going into shock and hyperventilating. Fox set her down in the snow, another wave of rage climbing over her as she looked at the charred wings of her friend. 
"Fox," Snowflake gasped, making her jump. "Did we fail?" 
Fox hesitated. Yes, but at the same time no. And all for a NightWing. "No." Fox said forcefully. "We succeeded. You will not have to marry him, and I will become queen. As soon as your wing heals, I will take the throne." 
Fox let out a sigh as she thought of the dreams she had had. Her as queen with Snowflake in second-command. 
Fox clasped Snowflake's shaking talons in her own. "The dream's not dead, my friend. After all, we still have our animus magic."
== CHAPTER ONE ==
Near the peaceful town of Possibility, one of the most dangerous dragons in the world was stalking. Pacing, actually. 
Flurry let out a little terrified shriek. She took the royal scroll and threw it onto the walls of her polished frostbreath hut. (Flurry had started out with a normal, wooden hut with palm leaves. But it was extremely, undragonly hot. So she used her frostbreath on the place and polished it over the years, smoothing out the edges.) 
"Okay. Okay. I can figure this out." Flurry sighed to herself. She unrolled the scroll, revealing the words that would probably seal her fate.
Hello, Flurry. I am sure that is your name from the information my scouts gave me. I've been letting you stay in your little hut for the past few... All of your life, actually. I want you to see the Ice Kingdom. I think every IceWing should. I have my some servants setting up a room for you. I think you will like it here. But the real reason this is I've heard rumors. Rumors of you having a strange power. Let's talk about it. I will give you a month to arrive before I send dragons to find you.
Sincerely, Curiously, Queen Snowfall.
SILVERY MOONS! What was she supposed to do about that? You could cast a spell on her, Flurry's brain suggested wickedly. NO. No no no. No casting spells on other dragons. I don't do that. Besides, if she cast another spell, someone might notice that animus magic still worked for her. She had only cast two spells before she noticed that there were no other animus dragons left. One, the first spell she was taught to cast by her mother. Other animus dragons wouldn't be able to cast spells on her. And two, which Flurry had thought of herself. A scroll that told you the answers to anything you asked it. Pretty clever if you asked her. I bet no one else ever thought of that. 
It was very useful when she asked it "Why in the three moons has animus dragons' magic stopped working?" A SandWing animus named Jerboa cast a spell to stop animus dragons from casting any more spells that is irreversible. "Why in the three moons can I still cast spells?" Your protection spell reflects that spell. 
So, that was surprising. Well, I can't go to Queen Snowfall... At least not yet, I guess. A thought suddenly struck Flurry like hail in a snowstorm. I don't need a spell, I need help. I need Alpine.
CHAPTER TWO 
Alpine was talons-down, the smartest dragon she had ever met, probably for the rest of her life. If any dragon could solve Flurry's problem, it was probably him. 
Just one problem. 
Unfortunately, it was a day's flight from where Alpine lived, Sanctuary. And, at least according to the royally signed scroll, that wretched thing, she only had a month. 
Flurry let out a long, dreadful sigh. If I flew as fast as I could without any breaks, I could probably make it to Sanctuary before dusk. Probably. Ok, MAYBE.
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It was agonizingly hot, long, dreadful flight to Sanctuary. 
W.I.P
 
Character
Alpine - A dark purple with red flecks SkyWing-MudWing hybrid. Lives in Sanctuary. 
Flurry - A silvery IceWing with a light purple tinge to her scales. Animus Dragon. Lives in a frostbreathed hut near the Scorpion Den, just a few miles away from Sanctuary.
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