The Black Silk

Prophecy of the Future book two here we go!!
This now focuses on Viceroy; now let's see what the cliffhanger brings us now, shall we?
The next PoV will be Fjorm!
Credit to:
Pugley for Icana the ice/rain hybrid, Ghoststar, Pura the hivewng, Longwing the silkwing, Cloudburst, Hackberry, Stormystar the tempestwing, Prince Tench the seawing, Saki the rainwing, Project snip, Devilpug, Banana, and Heartfinder the nightwing/skywing hybrid.
Raven for Black Sheep.
Sab for Cichlid, Ending Storm, and Landfall.
Delta for Hawkeye, Eclipse Shadow, Illumination, and Pyrope.
Aspen for Aspen.
Pumpkin for Mistress Anobiidae, Venus, Fury, and Spade.
Sunset for Sunset, Equinox The NightWing/SkyWing, Balance Breaker, Sunrise (Sunset), Bubbles, Project Scarlet, Aspen (Aspy), Pepper & Salt, Kite (Sunset), Chiffon (requested on wall), and Forestdweller.
Dusk for Dusk.
Undertale for Tilapia and Fawn.
Starspeaker for Aspen (hybrid boi).
Starflight for Polar, Hope, Honey, Fern, Raven Feather, Niha, Skysong, and Spirit.
Tidal for Tidal Wave the SeaWing (from the rebellion).
If you have submitted an OC that is accepted and I forgot to put it on the credits, please let me know.
==Prophecy of the Future's Death==
Time has its limits, and so does the future
When the end of the world has come,
the future will die.
Gather all the stones of the lost treasures
and the future might be saved.
As darkness tries to prevail
Maybe some may not survive.
They say full grown dragons will prevail,
but dragonets may as well.
Search for the secret in the stone,
and the future might possibly be saved.
If not,
Pyrrhia and Pantala and its inhabitant races
will slowly come to an end.
==Welcome to Jade Mountain Academy!==
Welcome to Jade Mountain Academy! This Jade Mountain Academy is different from the past. Now even Pantalan dragonets and dragonets from newly discovered tribes can join in!
One dragonet from every tribe will be assigned into a winglet. Interact with your peers, because you need to bond soon.
You are the hope of the future, where all tribes come together!
We still wish you all the power of the Wings of Fire!
==Winglets==
===Jade Winglet===
IceWing: Fjorm.
MudWing: Geb.
NightWing: Foewings.
SeaWing: Princess Lyndis.
RainWing: Tayra.
SandWing: Princess Isis.
SkyWing: Albein. (formerly Cormorant; killed when stabbed in the heart)
SilkWing: Viceroy.
HiveWing: Sharena.
LeafWing: Cypress. (killed; unknown who will replace him)
AviWing: Poison.
DeathWing: Black Eyes.
DriftWing: Starflier.
LightWing: Twinkle.
RainWing 2: Anthiese. (former TempestWing was Fiercewind; was suffocated)
MistWing: Sanguis.
===Gold Winglet===
IceWing: Ylgr.
MudWing: Landfall.
NightWing: Forestdweller.
RainWing: Icana the ice/rain hybrid.
SandWing: Dogface.
SeaWing: Cichlid.
SkyWing: Heartfinder the nightwing/skywing hybrid.
SilkWing: Longwing the silkwing.
HiveWing: Alfonse.
LeafWing: Aspen. (Aspy)
AviWing: Balance Breaker.
DeathWing: Eclipse Shadow.
DriftWing: Skysong.
LightWing: Morgan.
TempestWing: Stormystar the tempestwing.
MistWing: Niha
===Silver Winglet===
IceWing: Cloudburst.
MudWing: Tilapia.
NightWing: Hawkeye.
RainWing: Saki the rainwing.
SandWing: Sunset.
SeaWing: Aspen.
SkyWing: Equinox The NightWing/SkyWing.
SilkWing: Festoon.
HiveWing: Pura the hivewng.
LeafWing: Ivy.
AviWing: Spirit.
DeathWing: Raven Feather.
DriftWing:
LightWing: Illumination.
TempestWing: Ending Storm.
MistWing:
===Copper Winglet===
IceWing: Deathbreath.
MudWing: Fawn (UndertaleTrashowo).
NightWing: Leo.
RainWing: Fern.
SandWing: Dusk.
SeaWing: Prince Tench the seawing.
SkyWing: Pyrope.
SilkWing: Chrysiridia.
HiveWing: Honey.
LeafWing: Hackberry.
AviWing: Hope.
DeathWing:
DriftWing:
LightWing: Kana.
TempestWing:
MistWing:
=== Quartz Winglet ===
IceWing: Polar.
MudWing: Muskrat.
NightWing: Fury. (Saffron.)
RainWing: Rinea.
SandWing: Venus.
SeaWing: Spade.
SkyWing: Prince Berkut.
SilkWing: Pepper.
HiveWing:
LeafWing: Aspen. (da hybrid boi)
AviWing:
DeathWing:
DriftWing:
LightWing:
TempestWing:
MistWing:
== Prologue ==
Silk Kingdom.
Silverwashed was a normal, happy queen. She wasn't evil at all. In fact, she was smiling as she went to the royal hatchery.
"So do I get a little sister, Mother?" asked her daughter as she followed her.
"Yes, Atlas," said Silverwashed. Silverwashed had blue scales, but they seemed to... wear off to black. Atlas noticed it. As a young dragonet, Atlas didn't know if it was normal; she didn't have the knowledge. She didn't think her mother was hiding a secret.
Or could she?
They arrived at the royal hatchery with one orange egg sitting there. Silverwashed walked over to it as dragonet Atlas poked it. "It's about to hatch," Silverwashed said.
Silverwashed was right. The egg cracked a bit as an orange SilkWing talons peeked out. Soon, the dragonet got out of the egg, but there was one thing that wasn't normal about it.
The newly hatched SilkWing princess had black scales.
Silverwashed didn't know what to do. Black scales were rare. Her mother's tradition was to just kill the black SilkWings. Silverwashed was taught it from her mother. Silverwashed picked up the dragonet. "Viceroy," she said. "This is the princess."
"Aye, Viceroy!" Atlas started dancing in happiness with her orange scales shining in the sunlight.
What to do, what to do? Silverwashed thought. Most of the SilkWings thought that black SilkWings were so rare because those ones were prophesied to bring disaster.'
Should I kill her? No, Atlas would be way to angry at me. I just have to keep her.
A guard rushed in. "Your Highness!" he said. "The egg will hatch any--" He noticed Silverwashed had Viceroy on her back. "Oh, I see. Already hatched." He slowly backed away.
He must've noticed the black scales, Silverwashed thought.
"I'll gather the SilkWings for the coronation, Your Majesty!" said the SilkWing guard as he flew off to gather all the SilkWings.
The SilkWings probably will have to accept it for now, Silverwashed thought. She sighed. "Come on, Atlas," she said, turning to Atlas. "The coronation for your sister is about to start."
Atlas stopped dancing and nodded as she followed her mother. She mostly had her eyes on the wingless Viceroy. The hatchery was near the palace so wingless SilkWings were able to walk to from the palace to the hatchery quickly.
The SilkWings were gathered outside for the coronation. As Silverwashed showed Viceroy, some went "oooh". Others gasped in terror and shrieked.
"It's a black SilkWing!" shouted a SilkWing in the crowd.
"How did that happen?" shouted another SilkWing.
Silverwashed didn't feel so good about Viceroy's black scales. She looked innocent; it was just a coincidence or her genes.
After the coronation, some of the SilkWings ran up to Silverwashed to explain how dangerous a black SilkWing might be. "I understand, peasants," Silverwashed would angrily reply every time. The SilkWings began to fear their queen for her tyranny that she showed.
That night, Silverwashed had to do it. She didn't want to, but she had to. She grabbed a spear and attempted to kill Princess Viceroy. Everyone will thank me for this if everyone thinks that black SilkWings are prophesied to bring disaster.
Every time, Viceroy ran out of the way to Atlas, where Atlas would protect her.
Viceroy was hiding with Atlas. Atlas shielded her as Silverwashed came into Atlas's room, noticing she was awake. "Um, good night, Atlas," she said.
"What's with the spear, Mother?" Atlas asked.
"Look, Viceroy will bring disaster since she has black scales," Silverwashed replied, barring some of her teeth. "Why don't you just accept that your younger sister will bring disaster?"
"She will not!" Atlas exclaimed furiously.
"Fine, I will let her live," Silverwashed said. "For now."
Atlas turned to Viceroy, who had a few scars on her. Viceroy looked like she was crying. "It's alright," Atlas said, trying to calm down the terrifying newly hatched princess. "Just ignore Mother. I will act like a better mother to you. And older sister."
== Part 1: Distinct Scales ==
=== Chapter 1 ===
After the violence falsely caused by Dogface, Viceroy felt like she was going to be safe at last. Or for now. She felt safe at Jade Mountain Academy now with nobody trying to kill her.
Tilapia smiled. "I need to go back to my winglet. They most likely need me," she said.
"See you, Tilapia," Viceroy replied as she looked at the sky closely. Viceroy had normal eyesight, unlike Geb, who has nearsightedness. She wanted to see if Silverwashed was secretly hiding. She didn't see any SilkWing wings. She thought she was fine.
It was history class anyway. The winglets went to history class.
"Welcome again, everyone!" said Black Sheep. "Today's lesson is the Dark God."
"The Dark God?" asked Viceroy. "Didn't he just attack, like, hours ago?"
"No," said Black Sheep. "You're talking about Grima. Grima is the Fell Dragon .The Dark God is something completely different."
"Well, what is the Dark God then?" Tilapia asked, confused. If Grima is the Fell Dragon, which dragon was the Dark God?
Despite the name, I think the Dark God is a NightWing,Viceroy thought. I mean, NightWings are associated with the dark.
"The Dark God is a NightWing named Loptyr," said Black Sheep. "The reason why I will be teaching you about these dragons is because there have been reports of dead dragons arising. I don't know why, but maybe you guys might."
That must be because of Blacksilk! Viceroy immediately thought. She knew that there was still trouble going around, and it's her winglet's job to put it to an end. Blacksilk can arise the dead with her animus magic! And she's using the necromancy on dragons who want to kill us all, failed, got themselves killed, and they're back for revenge.
But why is she doing that?
"Back to the lesson," Black Sheep said. "So there was this clan called the Divine Dragons, lead by an adult SandWing/SkyWing hybrid animus named Naga, said they had to seal all their powers into Dragonstones to transform into scavengers so they might be able to help some dragons. Loptyr and a few other dragons refused to since they saw the other dragons out of their clan to be pathetic. In that case, they degenerated into madness. Complete madness."
Probably Mother's madness about black SilkWings is worse than that, Viceroy thought.
Black Sheep continued. "Then, Loptyr and the rest of his group, including another dangerous deceased dragon we'll soon learn about, Medeus, then started to attack the innocent dragons, so it lead a war between the Divine Dragons and normal dragons."
"That's... terrifying," Tilapia said. "I mean, couldn't the Divine Dragons see them as an enemy?"
Black Sheep shook his head. "Loptyr, Medeus, and the other dragons on their side, were already acknowledged as part of the Divine Dragons, so the normal dragons thought they were still part of the Divine Dragons and that the Divine Dragons were responsible for it."
"Oh."
"Then, Loptyr became a scavenger and named himself Galle," Black Sheep continued. "Galle was ambitious. He wanted to acquire the power of the dragons. He knew the war would soon lead to the defeat of the Divine Dragons, so he formed a blood pact with a bishop and with his animus powers, he made an unholy tome named Loptous."
Scary, Viceroy thought. I just hope that I will never face Loptyr.
All of a sudden, a loud crash was heard from outside as an adult SilkWing rushed into the room and went straight for Viceroy's heart with a spear.
=== Chapter 2 ===
"Silverwashed!" called a voice. "Not now!"
"Do you think it's too early?" Silverwashed said as she stopped, looking embarrassed as she then ran out of the room. The dragonets couldn't hear what they were saying next; they must've flew off somewhere else.
"So Silverwashed is still here," said Viceroy. Now I'm still not safe.
"Oh, great," Tilapia said. "The SilkWing queen is here to kill us."
"The SilkWing queen?" said Black Sheep. "No; Silverwashed isn't the queen of the SilkWings anymore."
"What happened then?" Sanguis asked. His history of his family being assassins and criminals flashed through his memory.
"Well, she disappeared right after Viceroy arrived, that's what I've heard," Black Sheep said as he stomped the ground with his paw. "But then her daughter took over as queen after she was missing for about a week."
So Atlas took the throne, huh? Viceroy thought. No royal challenge or anything. Did the SilkWings think Mother was dead?
All of a sudden Viceroy heard a voice.
"Stupid Atlas!" called the voice. It was Silverwashed. "She took my throne! No challenge! No asking! No nothing! I should've destroyed all my heirs' eggs from the start! Then I will be ruling forever!" She sounded angry.
"Well, don't," said another voice. It was Blacksilk this time. "Come on; I'm almost done resurrecting Loptyr."
No way! Viceroy thought. Already? How?!
Viceroy knew one thing: she and her winglet would have to face a god.
=== Chapter 3 ===
"Class dismissed," said Black Sheep. "Next is math with Anobiidae."
"I THOUGHT IT WAS A-NOOB-E-DAY!" shouted Geb.
Viceroy sighed. Is Geb being serious or sarcastic?
"Well, um, okay, but don't say that to Anobiidae when you get to math," Sanguis said.
They went over to math. The math classroom was filled with pretty decorations, as if Anobiidae festooned it ("Hey, I'm not everywhere!" shouted Festoon). As everyone sat down, the mistress got ready to teach.
"Hello, students," said Anobiidae. "Let's do something called 'math' that the scavengers did."
"Well, if it's something scavengers did, isn't this history?" Viceroy asked. She was a little confused. If Anobiidae teaches math and it's a thing scavengers did long ago or something, wasn't it history class to find out what they did and how they did it?
"Well," the mistress replied, "I don't really think so." Anobiidae grabbed a scroll. "Alright, now, I want you guys to say the answers to all of the questions that I ask you to see how much you guys have improved."
I'm not good at math, Viceroy thought. I just hope these are easy ones.
"First problem!" Anobiidae looked at her scroll a little closely. "What is x + x +2x?" That was one of the problems Viceroy hated: algebra. Or whatever the scavengers called it.
"Um, 21?" said one of the students.
"Um, no, Aspy!" said Anobiidae. "I swear that if everyone says 21 to an answer they don't know like on a test or something I'm making the test result an F no matter what."
"14!" Geb shouted sarcastically.
"GOD DAMN," Anobiidae shouted. "THAT IS NOT THE ANSWER; THAT IS SOMETHING COMPLETELY RANDOM! STOP BEING COMPLETE IDIOTS!"
Viceroy sighed and thought about it for a few minutes. She got an answer. "4x?" she said. Is that correct or is my dragon brain failing me?
"Good, finally someone who's not messing around," said Anobiidae. She sighed. "Bonus points for Viceroy. Meet me after school and I'll give you something special." Viceroy knew the "something special" would be since Anobiidae was high in the rankings in the Hives.
A few hours later, class was over. It was the afternoon. Viceroy was about to leave with her winglet when she remembered that she had to go see Anobiidae for her gift to her. The Jade Winglet agreed to wait for her as Viceroy went over to Anobiidae. "What is it?" she asked.
"Oh, it's a small little gift," said Anobiidae. She handed Viceroy a red gemstone. "I want you to take this. This gemstone is called Gules. Lucina gave it to me and told me to give it to a student. She had a little note with it."
"Do you have the note?" Viceroy asked. "If so, can I see it?"
"I do," Anobiidae replied, handing Viceroy the note. "She told me to tell you to read that with your winglet as well. Also, keep a good eye on Gules, because you're going to need it in the future soon."
=== Chapter 4 ===
Why do I need to keep an eye on Gules? Viceroy thought. It's just a simple gemstone. She grabbed the note and skimmed through it. She was surprised. I must tell everyone immediately. "Thank you, Your Gra--, Mistress Anobiidae!"
"You're welcome." Anobiidae sounded firm, not minding that Viceroy was about to say "Your Grace" instead of "Mistress".
Meanwhile, the winglet was hanging out. Geb was looking at his paw a lot.
"Hey, Geb," said Fjorm. "Why are you looking at your paws too much?" She saw his right paw glow. "And why is it glowing?"
"I don't know," said Geb. "Maybe Anobiidae told Viceroy about it and that's why Viceroy has been gone for awhile?"
"Maybe."
Viceroy rushed in. "Geb! Everyone!" she shouted. "I have to tell all of you guys this?"
"What; is it necessary?" Starflier asked, grumpily. He was usually being his slacking-dragon-tone at this time.
"No," Viceroy replied. "It's about this." She took out Gules. "It's this gemstone." She then took out the note once she saw Twinkle staring at it like she saw a fascinating sight. "And Anobiidae gave me this note that Lucina gave to her that Lucina said to give to us."
"You said 'gave' twice and 'give' once," said Poison. "Impre--"
"THAT DOES NOT MATTER!" Starflier was grumpy. "You guys are all freaking idiots!"
Geb looked at Gules as the gemstone glowed red. "I have one like that," Geb said.
"You do?" said Viceroy. "Because here's what the note says." She put the note in front of her, made sure everyone was listening, and read it out loud:
"The blade bindens.
No, this is not a prophecy, but I just would like to address one thing to the Jade Winglet; our savors.
No, this is not a simple thank you note. One of you should've been given the gemstone Gules. The other should have Vert.
I believe Geb has Vert since it's like it was dropped after Dogface was defeated and you two befriended.
Is this a mysterious, magical force? I don't know, but most likely.
These are the stones of the mysterious Dragon Emblem I told you about earlier.
When all the gemstones are placed in the Dragon Emblem, it will give you absolute power.
However, only those of royal blood are able to wield it.
Others won't be able to.
Luckily, there are some royal blood members in your winglet.
There is one thing I need you all to do.
I want you to gather all the gemstones. It looks like you need to defeat evil to do that.
Then, one royal blood member will wield it. Then, everything trying to go against Jade Mountain Academy, trying to destroy it or something like that, will vanish.
You guys are Jade Mountain Academy's only hope.
-Lucina."
"Looks like we have some dragons and the world to save," said Albein.
"You ready for this, just like we did some time ago?" Anthiese asked Albein.
"Sure am!" Albein and Anthiese did a high-five.
Don't worry, those in peril right now, Viceroy thought. Because we're coming to save you.
=== Chapter 5 ===
"So let me get this straight," Poison said, turning to Viceroy. "According to the note from Lucina, there are five stones, and they will all save the world when they come together and they must all be placed in, like, some stone. Right?"
"From what I know so far, yes," Viceroy replied as she nodded. "Now, let's go. There's something we have to do: find the remaining gemstones. We have two of the five gemstones. Just five more. But, we need to get all the evil out of our way so this will be successful."
"Let's kill Silverwashed!" shouted Geb. "Because she's a pain in the butt!"
"She sure is," Viceroy said. But why? I heard she was such a nice queen before me...
There must be a reason or something I don't know about that.
They walked outside, searching for clues of where Silverwashed was.
She must be here somewhere, Viceroy thought. She knew she and her winglet had to find Silverwashed as soon as possible, because she and Blacksilk were already killing everybody.
"Viceroy! Viceroy!" Geb shouted. He sounded like he was worried and in a hurry.
"What?" Viceroy knew by his tone it was something important.
"I found something!" Geb said, handing her a note. The note was crumpled into a small ball.
Maybe the dragon who made this was thinking that nobody would be able to read it or unfold it when it was so crumpled and squashed, Viceroy thought as she unwrapped the note. It was pretty easy. She read the note aloud:
"Blacksilk! This is important.
I recently found out that Loptyr is so dangerous that he could destroy the whole school!
Okay, you might already know about that. But, I heard that they used to sacrifice dragonets to him to increase his power!
We should do that. If we sacrifice most of the students in the academy to Loptyr, then we'll be unstoppable by Loptyr's power!
Come on. We need to resurrect Loptyr.
Gather up all the dragon corpses you find, no matter if you just killed a random dragon for some reason. Then, meet me at the Great Five-Tail River. Where we always meet, remember?
Then, resurrect Loptyr using your animus powers. Then sacrifice the dragonets to him; no matter if they're dead or not. Yeah; you can kidnap some but pretend to spare them.
It won't be much longer until we kill Viceroy.
-Silverwashed."
"She's planning to sacrifice dragonets to sacrifice to Loptyr, so she'll be inevitable to defeat along with Blacksilk, and then kill Viceroy using her power!" Poison said, completely understanding the note. "This is serious business."
"What do we do?" asked Sanguis. "Go crazy? Kill Silverwashed?"
"Definitely to keep us all safe," Poison replied. "Well, only on the part where we kill Silverwashed."
"It said in the note that they're going to meet at the Great Five-Tail River, or what we call the Great River, to sacrifice dragonets to resurrect Loptyr," Viceroy explained. "Which means we need to go there as well. But be careful, because Silverwashed and Blacksilk might sacrifice our powerful souls to a god who can and will kill us all under their command. They've already unleashed Grima, who might still be here somewhere who also might possess Robin again. We need to be careful, or everyone at the school, not just us, will all be dead."
== Part 2: The God's Return ==
=== Chapter 6 ===
"Let's go," Viceroy said, "to the Great River." She flapped her SilkWing wings as the other dragonets followed her. But they only got a bit before a few dragonets called.
"Wait!" called a few voices. Viceroy recognized them. It was Sunset, Tilapia, and Heartfinder.
"What is it?" asked Anthiese. "We're in a hurry, so it better be important."
"It is," Heartfinder replied. He looked at Albein. "Are you guys in lo--"
"NOT IMPORTANT," Starflier shouted.
"That's not the right question, stupid dragon," said Sunset. She didn't sound like she appreciated him asking the question and him being next to her.
"The answer to your question is yes, Heartfinder," Anthiese replied, annoyed. "Haven't you heard our story?"
"Um, no?" Heartfinder replied, sounding like he should know.
"Ask Robin," said Albein. "He knows. He made a book about it."
"Well," said Tilapia. "Allow me to tell you the real question. So, uh, Silverwashed... returned."
How? Viceroy thought. That was so quick. Was that note a trap?
Could've been.
But why?
Were they faking their plans or were they telling the truth?
=== Chapter 7 ===
"So, uh, what to do now?" Viceroy asked. "Do we go back?"
"Duh!" said Starflier immediately diving for the school.
Tilapia caught him in midair. "No!" she shouted. "It's dangerous. Be cautious."
Viceroy sighed. Starflier's gonna get killed if he isn't careful.
Certainly.
"Rats! They're here!" called a voice. "I thought they weren't, but they were hiding over here! Damn it! DAMN THEM!" The voice was angry, but it was definitely an easy to recognize one.
"Silverwashed is over here!" Sunset replied. "Hide!" She tried not to touch them but tried to lead them over to a place to hide.
A few moments later they hid under a giant hole that Sunset found. It was a little cramped, but they managed to fit in there without Sunset touching them due to her firescales. Of course, Geb was the only one who could touch her since he was fire proof.
"Heartfinder," Sunset said, "go check if there's any dangers outside."
"WHY ME?" Heartfinder replied. "Come on! It's dangerous!"
Sunset sighed and turned to Viceroy. "Can you go with Heartfinder?"
I don't want to do this. What if I die? Viceroy thought. She remembered that her mother and Blacksilk were there, attempting to kill everyone with the deceased evil they resurrected. She didn't know if she wanted to risk death. She took a few deep breaths and said:
"Alright."
=== Chapter 8 ===
Should I not have said that? Viceroy thought. Now she was absolutely worried, and more worried than she would've ever thought she would've been.
But at least I get to help these poor dragonets.
"Come on, Vice!" Heartfinder shouted. "Come on!"
"Ugh, don't call me Vice," Viceroy replied angrily. "Viceroy."
"Okay, okay, fine," Heartfinder replied. "Now really. Come on."
The two hurried out of the hole quickly as dragonets' screams were heard.
Viceroy checked everywhere and saw dragon corpses lying everywhere.
Damn you, Mother. Does this really have to happen? Viceroy shed a tear.
Why couldn't you have been the Queen Silverwashed I heard about that was so peaceful before my hatching?
Blacksilk noticed Heartfinder. "Welcome to your place of death," she said as she scratched Heartfinder's eye.
Heartfinder screamed. "AAAAAAAAAAH!"
Not just damn Silverwashed, but damn you, too, Blacksilk! Viceroy stayed calm. I have to do this. I have to fight Blacksilk. And Mother.
=== Chapter 9 ===
"Viceroy, Viceroy!" Heartfinder called.
Viceroy was dozing off. She was looking for Blacksilk and Silverwashed. Where are they? She looked everywhere.
"VICE!" Heartfinder called angrily.
Viceroy now payed attention to him. "SHUT UP AND DON'T CALL ME THAT!" she angrily replied.
"Just had to get your attention!" The NightWing/SkyWing hybrid walked over to her and tried to show off.
Showoff, Viceroy thought.
"Okay, so listen to me," Heartfinder replied. "This is serious business. I found out that all winglets are gathered in a cave, fighting."
Fighting who? Silverwashed? Viceroy thought, confused. "Do you know who they're fighting? I still thought he wanted to get my attention to show off to me.
This better be important.
"No," Heartfinder replied as he shook his head. "All I know is that it was a NightWing."
It can't be Blacksilk, Viceroy thought. Unless if Heartfinder has mistaken her for a pure NightWing while she is clearly more SilkWing. "Well, we should gather the winglets."
"Right!" The two flew off as quickly as possible.
"Sunset, it's fine, you can touch me," Geb said back in the cave. "Remember that I am fireproof. You know; like the Clay and Peril thing we learned about."
"Okay, okay," Sunset replied. "But still; I probably don't really want to touch you."
"It most likely is fine," Tilapia replied. "I mean, I trust him. He ain't lying about his fire proof scales. I saw it happen right during battle."
"Oh, well, um, okay," Sunset replied. "Just still going to be cautious."
"Okay then."
Viceroy and Heartfinder rushed in.
"Guys!" Viceroy replied. "We need every student in the school to gather at a secret cave Heart told me about!"
"Great, Viceroy," Heartfinder said. "Now you're calling me a name?"
"It's called retaliating, hybrid!" Viceroy joked. "You called me a name, I call you one!"
Heartfinder sighed. "Never mind."
"Okay, back to what I was saying." Viceroy cleared her throat. "We need all Jade Mountain Academy students to gather at a certain hidden cave Heartfinder told me about. To fight some NightWing?"
"Do you know who the NightWing is?" Sunset asked. "Maybe I could use my firescales to save everyone."
"Well, Heart told me about the NightWing part," Viceroy replied. "I'm not sure about who the NightWing is, but I have a feeling that he's dangerous."
"Yeah, so let's go!" Tilapia said. "Come on, Geb!"
"Right!" Geb turned to Viceroy. "Go on. We'll follow you and Heart."
"WHO SAID YOU COULD CALL ME THAT?" Heart shouted at Geb.
"Nobody asked you about it, okay?" Tilapia said, sounding like she was trying to defend Geb."
Viceroy flapped her wings. "Where is it, Heartfinder?"
"Oh, yes, follow me," Heartfinder replied as he lead the way to the secret cave.
There, at the secret cave, was chaos.
"Oof!" shouted a RainWing/SandWing hybrid dragonet.
"Are you alright, Dusk?" asked a DeathWing.
"Yes, I'm fine, Eclipse Shadow," Dusk replied. She looked around and found corpses of innocent dragons near the NightWing. "Who's gonna pick up those dang corpses?"
"Me," said a tribrid from the Quartz Winglet. She walked out of the crowd and picked up a few corpses.
The Jade Winglet walked in. "What's going on?"
"I don't know," said a SkyWing. "Name's Pyrope, by the way. Don't touch me or burn and die."
"Well, I'm immune to firescales!" Geb said.
"Good, but just a message to others," Pyrope replied as she looked at the tribrid picking up corpses.
"Do you know who that dragon is?" asked Viceroy.
"Yep," Pyrope replied. "That's Fury, but she prefers to be called Saffron. She's a robot dragon who's 49 percent SandWing, 49 percent SkyWing, and 2 percent NightWing. She's freaking out that she got into the NightWing spot even though she's barely NightWing."
"That does sound like a reason why she would be so dang furious," Twinkle replied.
After Saffron was done picking up the corpses, she flew over to a cliff and threw them off. "There," she said as she landed down back into the cave. "That should take care of them so we don't have to keep track of 'em."
Okay? Viceroy thought. "Hey, where's the NightWing we're fighting?"
"Oh, right!" said an AviWing. "He's over there." She pointed to a giant NightWing who had no black on him and was almost pitch black. "His name's Loptyr. Oh, mine's Hope, by the way."
Loptyr, Viceroy thought. Now we truly have to face a god.
"SO YOU GUYS ARRIVED, HUH?" Loptyr said. He sounded possessed.
I heard his red eyes were normal, Viceroy thought. He's not possessed by Grima or somebody like that.
"WELL, PREPARE TO DIE!" Loptyr said as he got ready to breathe his fire. He breathed fire and it looked like a giant spiral. It was hard to dodge and a few dragonets got burned.
This is going to be a fierce battle, Viceroy thought.
Outside, Blacksilk and Silverwashed were waiting.
"Is everything going alright?" Silverwashed asked. "On possessing Loptyr."
"Uh-huh," Blacksilk replied. "Nobody can tell that I'm possessing him. When I possess dragons from the dead, their eye colors don't change."
Silverwashed smirked. "There's no way Viceroy can survive now."
=== Chapter 10 ===
Loptyr viciously attacked the winglets. His red eyes were intimidating.
"Pyrope, you said that Fury was a tribrid, right?" Viceroy asked Pyrope.
"Uh, well, I was just guessing there," Pyope replied.
"She never wants to tell anyone her tribes," said a LeafWing/SilkWing hybrid. "My names Aspen, but since there are like three Aspens in the school including me, everyone calls me 'hybrid boi', so you can call me that. Some people call me Ash, too."
"Alright, hybrid boi," said a SeaWing. "I'm Aspen."
A LeafWing walked over. "Same here! Call me Aspy, though."
"Are we a duo?" asked the half SilkWing Aspen. "No, a trio?"
"I don't know," said the pure LeafWing. "Whatever though. We have a god to defeat, not a trio to set up."
A MistWing's blue-gray scales fought against Loptyr. "Hiyaa!" she said, striking him.
"FOOL!" Loptyr shouted as he smacked the MistWing with his large tail.
"Niha!" shouted a TempestWing. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, Stormystar," Niha replied. "probably for now."
"Alright, Niha, retreat," said a SilkWing.
"You're right, Longwing," Stormystar replied.
"Silverwashed might be nearby," Longwing said. "That fierce queen is intimidating." He sighed. "Why won't she just be a nice queen like I heard she was?"
"OH YEAH, GAY DUDE," said a HiveWing.
"Shut up, Pura!" Longwing replied. "Or I'll slap your face off!"
"Ok, ok, ok," Pura said, sounding scared.
Where even is Silverwashed? Viceroy thought. She must be nearby. Or at least Blacksilk is if she's controlling Loptyr.
But is she even controlling him?
She thought where Silverwashed and Blacksilk were. Bad choice. Loptyr crept behind her.
"You're next to die," Loptyr said as he got ready to breathe his fire, and Viceroy didn't hear him as she was thinking where the possible locations of Silverwashed and Blacksilk were.
=== Chapter 11 ===
"Watch out!" yelled a SkyWing just as he attacked Loptyr before he was able to attack her.
"HEY!" Loptyr said as he fought the SkyWing back.
"Who are you?" Viceroy asked the SkyWing as he fought.
"Kite," Kite replied as he fought off Loptyr. They both breathed fire. They both fought fiercely.
And only one of them would emerge victorious.
After a bit, Loptyr's blood was spilled on the floor with Kite's talons bloodstained.
"Thank you for saving my life," Viceroy said.
"You're welcome, Your Grace," Kite said, bowing to Viceroy. "Allow me to tell you more about me. I am the son of Queen Amber of the SkyWings, though I don't really like her."
Just like me, Viceroy thought. I hate my mother. He does too.
"I can't fly, unfortunately," Kite continued. "I prefer to stay on the land and doodle. What about you?"
"I never drew a picture before," Viceroy replied. "But I think it sounds fun!"
A MudWing walked over. "Are you guys having a good time?" she asked.
"Yes, Fawn," Kite replied. "We're just, well, going to hang out for a bit."
"Sounds good!" Fawn said as she left for her winglet.
"I'm not a student here since there were no spots left," Kite said as he turned to Viceroy. "Perhaps a river or something?"
"Sure," Viceroy replied as she followed Kite once he flew.
They went to a nearby river built by Lucina. They sat down together.
"Well, perhaps we should chat and get to know each other better," Kite said.
"Yeah." Viceroy began to think of what she should ask him. Do you like me? How's life as a royal? She didn't know what to ask him.
But at least I know someone isn't here to spy on us or attack us or something like that.
Viceroy was wrong as red eyes watched her from a bush.
I'll get my revenge now.
=== Chapter 12 ===
"Kite?" Viceroy asked Kite. "I have a feeling we're being watched." Viceroy knew she was being watched. She had that feeling.
Who's watching us?
"Watching us?" Kite replied. "Nah. I don't think so. Or, if it is, it's most likely not a SkyWing."
"But, don't you have that feeling?" Viceroy asked. "That feeling where you're feeling like you're being watched. I'm having that feeling."
"Uh, I'm afraid not," Kite replied.
Are you emotionless? Viceroy thought. Or are you being serious?
"SHUT UP!" called a voice.
"Who was that?" Kite replied. "I feel like that's a familiar. But that's not you or someone I know."
"That's not Silverwashed," Viceroy replied. "That's what I know." Which is a good thing, after all.
"I think the voice came from behind that bush," Kite said, pointing to a bush. They both walked over to it.
"Something's coming, Pepper!" shouted one of the voices.
"I KNOW, SALT!" shouted another voice. It was the same voice.
So those are Pepper and Salt, Viceroy thought as she walked up to the two, who were arguing. "Hello?"
"AAAH!" shouted Salt. "Oh, hi, Princess Viceroy." She looked at Kite. "And you too, Prince Kite."
"I don't mind being called just Viceroy," Viceroy said.
"Same here," Kite said. "Just call me Kite."
"Okay then," said Pepper.
"So," said Salt. "I didn't just come here to be reunited with my sister since I couldn't get into Jade Mountain with no spots left, but we were trying to find you."
"We need to give you this we found," said Pepper, handing Viceroy a letter.
"Hmm," Viceroy said, opening the note. She then read the note aloud:
"Blacksilk!
Are you being an idiot again?
Because Geb just attacked me!
I attacked that stupid idiot back.
Damn him. He's being dang dumb.
Anyways,
Meet me at the Great River. Now. This is serious.
We have another god to resurrect.
Duma, the god of strength.
I heard he was unbeatable when he was awake, but he goes out of control with his animus powers.
Many dragons tried to obtain his power but failed and were killed in the process.
Perfect to kill the school, certainly the power hungry students.
What do you think?
Oh, just meet me at the Great River and we'll discuss it."
"This is bad," Kite said. "Geb might be injured, and now Silverwashed and Blacksilk are going to resurrect another god."
"Yep," Viceroy said. "And maybe it might lead to the death of us all."
Suddenly, the ground rumbled.
"Eeek!" Pepper screamed.
"It's alright, Pepper!" Salt said.
No, we're not okay, Viceroy thought. She knew it was Duma. Duma was back.
They were too late.
"Come on guys, we have to return to Jade Mountain Academy," Viceroy said. "Or else everyone will die."
===Chapter 13===
"Do you know the way back?" Viceroy asked. "Because I lost count."
"Uh, yes, I do," Kite said. "But I can't fly, so I have to walk."
"What do we do, then?" asked Pepper. "Because this is urgent. There are most likely dead students."
"I know!" Salt said. "How about Viceroy carries Kite? Like on her back or something."
Um, he most likely is heavy, Viceroy thought. But I'll do it anyway. She picked up Kite and put him on her back. She spread her wings to make it easier for her to fly. Since her giant SilkWing wings were so large, she was able to fly while Kite was on her back. They all went back to Jade Mountain Academy. What did they see? Blood.
Blood was scavenged everywhere.
"Viceroy, there you are!" Geb said, rushing over to her. He was injured. "This is madness!"
"What's going on?" Viceroy asked as Kite got off her back.
"Duma said he's trusting power to everyone," Tilapia said, walking over. "But those students who fell for it were killed."
"Duma?!" Viceroy shouted. This is bad.
Terribly.
Everyone's dead, and it's because of us.
We're too late, and bad stuff is going to happen.
Viceroy was right because red and green eyes were watching them.
=== Chapter 14 ===
"The earth goddess can't stop me," Duma said as he flew down to Viceroy and the others.
"Crap," Viceroy said as she looked at Duma.
Duma had dark blue scales, NightWing head and Wings, and a SeaWing body that looked terrifying that Viceroy wanted to leave in fear.
There was one problem.
Just one problem.
Duma's eyes were red.
"Hello there, Princess," said another dragon.
"Blacksilk!" Viceroy shouted. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, just doing what I normally do," Blacksilk said. For some reason the non-color changing eyes when I possessed Loptyr didn't work here on Duma. Maybe because his eyes were already red. Duma's eyes are now red, but they were originally... some dark color. Orange I think?
Foewings rushed over. "What?! Blacksilk, you have revealed your plan."
Blacksilk didn't say anything. She stormed off, leaving the dragonets with Duma.
The entire Jade Winglet rushed over.
"I heard you say something about Blacksilk's plan, Foewings," Sharena said. "What is it?"
"I can't say it in front of Duma," Foewings said. "Because they will turn against us with it."
=== Chapter 15 ===
"Then, don't say it now, I guess," Sharena said. "Come on, let's run."
Viceroy noded. "Yes! Follow me!" She ran over to their winglet cave along with her winglet while Tilapia went to gather everyone up in their winglet caves to make sure they were safe. She took a couple twists and turns when she saw Duma following them to confuse him.
They landed in their winglet cave after what seemed like forever. "Are you guys alright?" Viceroy asked.
"Yep," Geb said. "Not sure if Tilapia is, but knowing her, I bet she'll be fine."
"Not again..." Albein groaned.
"Albein?" Viceroy asked him. "Are you alright?"
"I don't know," Albein replied. "But most likely not." How was this able to happen to us again?
He killed my father.
I don't care that he was out of his mind and that my father was evil.
"I can tell that Albein is actually not okay," Viceroy said. She turned to Anthiese. "Anthiese, since you and Albein have been together since childhood, maybe you know what's wrong?"
"I can definitely tell," Anthiese replied. She sighed. "So a few years ago, Duma attacked, and Albein and I fought together with our friends to seal Duma away with the help of Duma's sister, Mila. But looks like Duma came back. but to Albein, Duma is never a good thing. Duma made tons of dragons fall for his power, and they ended up dying or suffering a bad fate in the process. Berkut almost killed Rinea in the process, attempting to fall to Duma's power, but Rudolf, Albein's father, fell to his power and was killed."
"Oh."
"I think I should let you guys know something," Foewings said. "I can't say it in front of the evil though, but it's important."
"What is it?" Fjorm asked.
"So, Blacksilk is actually controlling them," Foewings said.
So Duma isn't out of control this time, Albein thought.
Foewings continued. "And the eye colors of a dragon doesn't change when Blacksilk possesses them, apparently. Looks like Loptyr already had red eyes, and kept 'em. But we have to be careful. Everyone in the school has to be careful, since Blacksilk and Silverwashed might turn against us with this."
All of a sudden, a dark green dragon rushed in and pinned Viceroy to the ground with teeth baring.
Viceroy's eyes were wide open in shock. "Fiercewind?"
=== Chapter 16 ===
"Were you not dead all this time?" Viceroy asked Fiercewind.
Fiercewind didn't reply.
"Can you hear me?" Viceroy asked again. Can he not hear me?
Fiercewind still didn't reply.
Ugh.
"He must be controlled by Blacksilk!" Geb exclaimed. "Maybe Blacksilk is making him not able to hear us!
True, Viceroy thought.
I think I know what to do.
I need to fight back.
Viceroy got up and leaped at Fiercewind. The two fought. The clash between the TempestWing and the SilkWing spilled blood everywhere, which wasn't Twinkle's favorite sight.
"EEEK!" Twinkle screamed. "STOP IT! STOP IT NOW! WHERE'S MOM? WHERE'S DAD?"
"Robin and Lucina are... somewhere," Anthiese said, trying to calm down Twinkle.
When Fiercewind and Viceroy were fighting, Fiercewind all of a sudden... stopped.
"Fiercewind?" Viceroy asked him. Maybe his true self his back.
No, it's probably not.
He's dead.
Fiercewind didn't say anything as he walked out of the cave, silent.
"...Awkward," Viceroy said she saw him walk out of the cave. She laid down and took a short nap. She was tired and bleeding.
Dogface rushed in. "I have to tell you this, guys!"
"What is it?" Viceroy said as she woke up, tired.
"You guys were attacked by Fiercewind a bit ago, right?" Dogface asked.
"Yeah, we were attacked by our former TempestWing until you suffocated him," Starflier said.
"Listen, I was corrupted, okay?"
"Fine, dumb dog."
"MY NAME'S DOGFACE!"
"I don't care."
Viceroy intervened their arguing. "Please, calm down. We need to find out why Fiercewind was here."
"Right!" Dogface said, giving a sharp stare at Starflier and then looking at Viceroy. "So, anyways, Fiercewind wasn't dead the whole time. Silverwashed convinced me to suffocate him, but I had to suffocate him with some animus enchanted rock by Blacksilk. I didn't think I would turn to your side and I didn't know what Silverwashed was planning. Yep. Fiercewind is alive, but Silverwashed doesn't want him back. I remember Silverwashed telling me she and Blacksilk want to use the power of the TempestWings to annihilate Viceroy. So, Blacksilk controlled Fiercewind to attack her, hoping for her to die."
So Blacksilk and Mother were behind this... Viceroy thought. Damn them. Why can't they just accept my black scales?
"There's one last thing I have to tell you all," Dogface said. "It is super important. I mean, three million supers! Silverwashed told me that she hatched with black scales, but her mother feared that everyone was going to kill her for the princess being a black silk. So, her mother put some blue substance over it to make it look like her scales were blue-- a common SilkWing color."
...Why Mother? Viceroy looked blue. ("Hey, I'm over here!" Blue would shout. Luna was always embarrassed by her half-brother.)
"I can feel your pain, Viceroy, how you were the one suffering everything instead of her," Dogface replied, seeing Viceroy looking blue. "If I were you, I would think of her as a damned brat. Anyway, so her mother taught her to hide her scales, and everyone thought she was normal. Yeah. That's what I needed to tell you. She's a black silk."
There's one thing I noticed that Mother didn't do, Viceroy thought.
Hide my own black scales.
But why?
=== Chapter 17 ===
"Hah, well I guess it's good that you were so bad for a bit," Geb said. "Because now we found out some important information."
Viceroy would've replied, but she didn't. She was in shock that her mother didn't hide her black scales, but her deceased grandmother did.
"Viceroy, why aren't you saying anything?" Geb asked her. "Is it because you're in shock?"
Viceroy didn't want to talk, so she just nodded.
"Maybe we should let Viceroy, well, be in her own head, I guess," Sanguis said. The MistWing's blue-gray scales seemed to stand out.
Viceroy remembered the day her mother escaped.
Silk Kingdom, a few months ago.
"I need to go, Atlas," Silverwashed said. "Take good care of Viceroy." She flew out the window with a smirk.
"Okay, Mother," Atlas replied.
Viceroy then just finished her metamorphosis. "Where's she going?" she asked.
"I'm not sure," Atlas replied. "I just hope she returned.
A few weeks later..
"Where is the queen?" one SilkWing soldier screamed, worried. "She's been missing for weeks!"
"She said she would be back, but I'm not sure," Atlas said.
"If she's dead, then a war of succession will start!" the SilkWing. "It's just like how Ramon, the deceased king of the LeafWings, feared when he had his daughter Elincia after his brother, Prince Renning, declared he would be the next ruler no matter what, then, they all died out and Elincia found out she was part of the lineage since other queens and kings knew, and then she took the throne! Maybe something like this happened! Maybe the queen is dead!"
"No need to worry about other royal families," Atlas replied.
"Alright, Your Majesty," the SilkWing replied.
Viceroy walked in. "Maybe you should take the throne if Mother's been missing for weeks," she said.
"But the throne is inherited through a challenge, not a bloodline inheritance," Atlas replied. "I would have to challenge her. Maybe you would also want to be queen as well. I don't want to start the War of the SandWing Succession or the almost caused war of succession for the LeafWings again."
"I think it's the best idea," said a female SilkWing with purple scales, walking in.
"Yes, Purple," Atlas replied.
Purple nodded. "A new queen. I will prepare the coronation."
"Do I need a husband?" Atlas replied.
"Hm, maybe not yet," Purple replied.
During the royal coronation of Queen Atlas, it was such a beautiful moment that Viceroy always cherished it.
How would've Mother thought about Atlas becoming queen? Viceroy thought.
Would Mother want to kill her for stealing her position?
=== Chapter 18 ===
The ground shaked.
"Is the earth shaking again like that prophecy a long time ago said?" Viceroy said, worried. "Because maybe that prophecy is back!" Something is coming to shake the earth.
It was true. Something was coming to shake the earth. Duma then crashed in.
Twinkle screamed. "ALBEIN! ANTHIESE! CAN YOU DEFEAT HIM?"
"He was tough to defeat," Albein replied. "But we have to do it again." He pulled out a royal sword. "Don't worry."
Anthiese did the same thing. "We did this once before, but we're doing it again." Mila, where are you?
Albein stabbed Duma in his talons. Duma roared and attacked Albein, but he dodged and struck him again.
"Duma isn't as powerful as when Anthiese and I fought him," Albein replied. "But that means he'll be gone easier."
Should I step in? Viceroy thought. No, these scars still burn. I can't unless if I want more, which I do not.
Duma looked at Viceroy instead of focusing on Albein and Anthiese, who were still fighting him, and attacked Viceroy.
Viceroy jumped out of the way. "Eeek!" she screamed.
"Viceroy, move out of the way!" Albein said as he and Anthiese protected her.
"Alright, I've had enough of just sitting here," Fjorm said as she used her frostbreath on Duma.
It worked. Duma began to freeze. Duma roared, as his paws and talons were frozen into ice and he wasn't able to move.
"Can you freeze Duma entirely, Fjorm?" Viceroy asked her.
"I can try," Fjorm replied. She tried even harder and got Duma's stomach. He roared again from how cold it was as Fjorm did it again. It worked. Duma was completely frozen in ice.
"That should be the last of him," Albein said.
Another Night and Sea hybrid walked in. "Who awoke him?" she asked. "Because I didn't want to get up for this. Damn whoever woke him."
"Mila!" Anthiese cried. "There you are! I thought you were here!"
"Anthiese, do you know what happened?" Mila asked.
"Yep," Anthiese replied. "But I believe Viceroy knows more than I do. You can speak, Viceroy."
"Viceroy?" Mila said, confused. "I don't believe I've met you, but that sounds like a SilkWing name." She looked around to find a SilkWing and saw Viceroy. "Black scales. Pretty. I wonder why the SilkWings always underestimate their beauty."
"My mother, the queen, does," Viceroy replied. "And she's coming to kill me."
"What a horrible queen," Mila replied. "I've never seen such tyranny on a princess from a queen herself."
"Anyways, about the whole Duma thing," Viceroy said. "So, my mother's friend who's also trying to kill me, Blacksilk, has necromancy powers where she can apparently resurrect any dead dragon and control them. She's an animus, I believe. But anyways, she's been resurrecting powerful dragons that tried to destroy the world, including Duma, and tried to use it to kill us."
Mila was shocked. "How dare she!" She was angry. "She woke up my brother for this, and then I had to as well?! At least my brother enchanted me to have powers since I'm not an animus."
"Duma's your brother?" Viceroy asked. "Sorry, I just never met you before."
"Yep," Anthiese said for Mila. "Well, you can go back to what you were doing, Mila, since I don't believe Blacksilk's sending more 'gods' at us."
Mila nodded. "I'll take Duma with me as well." She used her animus enchantment from Duma to lift up his entire body trapped in Fjorm's ice and left.
"Well, now that those powerful resurrected dragons are out of the way," Viceroy said. "There probably will be no more. There's one thing left to do: find Blacksilk and Silverwashed and kill them."
== Part Three: The Search for the Queen ==
=== Chapter 19 ===
"Where exactly is Silverwashed?" Geb asked Viceroy as they walked out of the cave.
"Not sure," Viceroy replied. "Maybe Dogface might know."
"Hey, there's also one other thing we have to do," Poison said. "Remember that we need to rescue Fiercewind; Silverwashed and Blacksilk probably have him."
I heard the TempestWings are powerful, Viceroy thought. Mother and Blacksilk must be using him for their own purposes.
"I remember Silverwashed told me that she and Blacksilk like to meet at rivers," Dogface said. "She said their favorite to meet at was the Great River apparently since she likes the name of it so much."
"Huh," Viceroy said. "No wonder the name applies to her arrogant personality."
"That means we must move over there," Geb said.
"Right," Viceroy said.
"Hold it!" a SeaWing said. It was Tench.
"Tench, what is it?" Viceroy asked.
"I just wanted to give you this," he said, handing him a narwhal spear.
"A spear?" Poison said as he looked at the spear curiously.
"From my collection," Tench replied. "You're welcome." He flew off.
"Um, okay," Viceroy said as she lead her winglet to Possibilty.
A few hours later, they were in Possibility. The villagers were everywhere and buying things, but they were looking for the river.
"Do you think we should get a map?" Poison asked. "It's a good idea."
"Yeah." Viceroy walked over to a dragon selling maps. "Can we have a map, please?"
"Five gold coins," the dragon replied. Viceroy handed him five gold coins and the dragon handed her a map. "Come back again soon!"
"Alright," Viceroy said as she studied the map. "The Great River is just a bit away from here."
A dragon screamed.
"Maybe we don't have to travel," Fjorm said, looking at two SilkWings. One orange, one black.
"Great," Viceroy said. "They're already here."
"Wait!" Fjorm said, looking at a dark green dragon attacking everybody. It was a TempestWing.
"No way... They're using Fiercewind to kill everyone?" Viceroy asked, shocked.
=== Chapter 20 ===
A pink SeaWing walked over. "Perfect."
"Um, who are you?" Viceroy asked.
"Oh, me?" the SeaWing replied. You fools. "Chiffon."
"I remember you!" Lyndis shouted.
"You know him?" Viceroy asked.
"Uh, huh," Lyndis replied. "He tried to murder Tsunami."
"The princess?" Geb replied. "I thought she was the queen!"
"No; my adoptive sister Marine took over instead," Lyndis replied. "Tsunami didn't want the throne."
"Oh."
"Anyways, back to the topic," Viceroy replied. "So we just gotta stop Fiercewind and this pink fish guy."
Chiffon didn't say a word and attacked Lyndis.
"Hey!" Viceroy shouted. She fought off Chiffon until Chiffon left without saying a word.
Weird, Viceroy thought. Is he going back to the Kingdom of the Sea or something?
Blacksilk walked over. "Welcome, dragonets," she said. "I'm surprised you got past my magic." She leaped at Viceroy. "But now you're gonna die!" Fiercewind, possessed, accompanied her.
Viceroy wasn't ready to fight and was already feeling weak from fighting off Duma. She didn't think she was going to win.
=== Chapter 21 ===
"Woah, this is just like how Chiffon was trying to kill Tsunami," Lyndis said.
"Wait, we didn't, well, um, hear you on that," Viceroy said. "Or at least me." Viceroy didn't pay attention because she didn't know where Chiffon went. Probably the others freaked out, but she didn't hear it. She was probably, well, in her mind and didn't pay attention.
"Chiffon sounds like an interesting dragon," Blacksilk said. "Nah. It's just time for you to die."
Viceroy dodged and immediately grabbed Blacksilk's neck. I feel bad about this. I'm sorry. She snapped it. Blacksilk was dead. It was over a lot quicker than Viceroy expected. "Now it's time to get Fiercewind back," she said.
They walked over across Possibility to the Great River.
Finally, Viceroy thought. She could finally settle her mother's crimes. Or that's what she thought. She then saw Atlas fighting Silverwashed.
Why is Atlas here? Shouldn't she be ruling home?
Viceroy then realized it was a royal challenge.
But why aren't they doing it back at home?
She then saw Atlas's blood drip into the river from the battle. Virtuous royal blood.
Should I step in?
Then, Fiercewind attacked. Viceroy didn't say a word and shoved him into the bloody river. Fiercewind then tried to get Viceroy's blood in the river but failed as Viceroy shoved him against a tree. He didn't do anything after that.
"Great Viceroy, did you kill him?" Starflier asked.
"Not sure," Viceroy said. "But I had to shove him against the tree to snap him out of this state, that's all."
Fiercewind woke up. "Huh?" he said. "What happened?"
"Fiercewind's alive!" Viceroy said. "Yay!"
"I don't know what happened, but I think good and bad stuff," Fiercewind replied.
"Um, actually, exactly right," Lyndis said.
Silverwashed walked over with Atlas not dead, but exhausted, by her side. "So you came," she said.
Viceroy saw Atlas in her state of suffering. "NO!"
Silverwashed knew she was scared about Atlas. "Say goodnight. Forever. Because you're dead right where you stand."
=== Chapter 22 ===
Viceroy didn't know what to say.
Atlas tried to look at her. "Viceroy, Mother has bl--"
"SHUT UP!" Silverwashed shouted as she slapped Atlas. Viceroy was now terrified and wanted to cry.
No. Not when I'm close to defeating her. She that Silverwashed was already weakened due to her killing Blacksilk and Blacksilk couldn't assist her.
Kite ran over. "Viceroy!" he said. He put his paw on her. "It's going to be alright. Go after her if you would like or we can also take care of it."
"How did you get here?" Viceroy asked him. "You can't fly."
"I ran all the way, or, most of it." He turned and Tilapia came over. "Tilapia flew me over most of the way."
Must be tiring for her, Geb thought.
"Nah, it was fine carrying him." Tilapia knew what Geb thought when she saw him.
Silverwashed looked at Tilapia. "...Why?"
Tilapia didn't answer. She knew she was going to ask why she came.
It was great that Atlas distracted Silverwashed, because then she pulled off the blue on Silverwashed.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Silverwashed shouted as she attempted to kick off Atlas. Atlas stayed on and she failed to get her off.
It turned out the blue on Silverwashed was just a disguise. Her so-called blue scales were actually black and in cover.
"...Of course you hid this secret," Viceroy said, disgusted. "I'm sorry." She turned to Anthiese. "Can I borrow your sword?"
=== Chapter 23 ===
"Alright then." Anthiese handed her royal sword to Viceroy.
"What are you doing?" Silverwashed asked angrily.
Viceroy didn't answer.
"HELLO?!"
She still didn't answer.
I'm sorry, Mother. Viceroy took deep breaths. She didn't know if she wanted to do it. She had a few inner voices tell her so many things.
"Kill her!"
"No!"
"Give her another chance!"
"Just kill her! You should never forgive her for what she done."
She agreed with her final voice. She could never forgive Silverwashed for what she did.
"Mother, I'm not sorry," Viceroy said as she stabbed Silverwashed.
"Why-- you--" Silverwashed's dying voice didn't allow her to finish the sentence as she fell over, her stomach bleeding where Viceroy stabbed her.
"That should be the end of her terrible reign," Kite said.
"Yep, nothing to worry about," Geb said.
Atlas walked over to Viceroy. "Viceroy," she said. "You killed Mother. I thank you for that. But you get that spot as Queen of the SilkWings, not me. You did a great job."
Viceroy didn't know what to do. Should she take the throne or let Atlas take it? Should she move on with her friends? After all, she was still a dragonet and Atlas was fully grown. "No thank you, Atlas," Viceroy then replied to Atlas. "You fought without help and were injured badly. Anthiese helped me. You should take the throne instead. I don't want it."
"Are you sure?" Atlas said.
"Yes," Viceroy replied. "I want to stay with my friends and save the world."
"Alright then," Atlas said. "Please come home soon." She flew off excited. She wasn't Princess Atlas anymore. She was Queen Atlas. She was truly the queen now. She didn't have to think about Silverwashed still being out there now she was dead.
Viceroy smiled and turned to Kite. "You know," she said. "The two of us share similar backstories. Plus, our SkyWing died and Albein took his place. Our LeafWing died too. Albein is half LeafWing, so Albein can take the LeafWing spot, and you can move in as the SkyWing. I'll talk to Lucina about it. Is that okay?"
Kite thought about it for a moment. Would his mother be alright with it or not? He closed his eyes and smiled as he said,
"Alright."
== Epilogue ==
"Loki!" Chiffon said as he ran in. "From what I saw so far, they were fighting Silverwashed. Silverwashed's probably dead now from their power. What do we do next?"
Loki smiled. The NightWing and SkyWing turned to her ally. "I remember my old times now."
Chiffon was confused. "Huh?"
"Oh," Loki replied. "It's a thing you wouldn't understand unless if I took like, three hours or something to explain it." She looked outside from where she was and saw Jade Mountain Academy.
Let the old times come back, Fjorm and Ylgr.
I don't think Hríd and Gunnthrá will be there to save you now.
I will avenge Surtr.
== Next Book ==
The Princess of Ice
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