Wings united (Piranha's story)

Disclaimer: This takes place in my AU, not many changes are made, just that Wasp never took over the SilkWings and started the Tree Wars, anyway, ONTO THE STORY!
Prologue
Two weeks ago
Piranha
He had to run, he didn’t have any other choice. His wings were tired, he didn’t know where mother, Seashell, Mako, or Axolotl were, but he couldn’t turn back now. He had to get to shore, he was sure of that, he wouldn't die here. “C’mon! You don’t really wanna kill me!” Piranha said in aquatic. The two, much larger, SeaWing guards said nothing. “There’s an idea!” Piranha thought to himself. Suddenly, Piranha stopped swimming, shined his scales the absolute brightest they could go, and started swimming again, stunning the guards. “Urgh… I did it! I got away! B-but… where’s Axo… where’s Seashell… where’s anyone?!” Piranha shouted. As he started walking around, he felt a sharp, deep, stinging pain in his neck. After looking, he saw a huge scar on one of his gills. “One of the guards must’ve hit me with their spear while I was doing that idea.” Piranha said. “Where am I gonna go… why not the SkyWing kingdom?” Piranha told himself. And just like that, he set off to the SkyWing kingdom
Chapter 1
Present day
Piranha
As Piranha was flying through the Sky Kingdom, the only place that would welcome the abandoned SeaWing prince, he heard yelling. Now yelling is common for this kingdom, but this voice kept repeating the same thing: “Unhand me! I am the daughter of Queen Snowfall!” NOW Piranha was interested. He went to investigate and saw Beryl, one of the only SkyWings that were nice to Piranha and a SkyWing guard, holding the screaming IceWing along with Emerald, a less friendly and older SkyWing, as Beryl said with a hiss “you mean ex-daughter because last time I checked, you were exiled.” “Uh-well-I” “Shut your snout” Emerald hissed. Suddenly another SkyWing Piranha’s never seen came up. “I’ll deal with her” the admittedly handsome SkyWing said. “Well, if it isn’t the ex-prince” Emerald said to the dark crimson dragon. “I prefer my name… you know… Apex?” Piranha now noticed small flecks of fiery powder coming from the prince’s scales. “A firescales!” Piranha thought to himself. “You’re not even a full SkyWing and you want to deal with a prisoner, how does that work?” Emerald said with a smirk on his face. “I’m closer to being considered royalty than you’ll ever be” Apex said, returning the smirk. “Let him take her, it’ll make it easier on us.” Beryl said, deescalating the small conflict. “Wait what’d Emerald mean by ‘you’re not even a full SkyWing’ but he said he’s royalty. Is Apex like me?” Piranha thought to himself again. “Oh, hey Piranha!” Beryl said, drawing the attention of Apex, Sub-Zero, and Emerald. “Wait why are his scales so--” Sub-Zero said before she got cut off. “Before you say anything, I’m a hybrid ok?” Piranha said, interrupting the IceWing, not wanting to hear the SAME thing again. “How about you go help Apex deal with this IceWing?” Beryl asked Piranha “Sure, I’ll help out” Piranha said, getting cut off by the IceWing “MY NAME IS SUB-ZERO!” she shouted. “Just take her off our hands… PLEASE!” Beryl said, clearly annoyed
“So… why’d you get kicked out of the Ice Kingdom?” Piranha asked. “Well, if you NEED to know, I was kicked out because my sister told our mother that I committed a murder, IT WASN’T EVEN ME!” Sub-Zero said, starting to shout. “Huh… that’s odd… she was framed?” Piranha thought. Later that day they were in a small cave lit by Apex’s firescales and Piranha’s bioluminescent scales. As Piranha was walking through, he felt Sub-Zero kind of bump him. “Whoops! I can barely see anything in here” and Piranha noticed that she looked like she could see fine, “Meh, IceWings must not be able to see as good in darkness” He thought to himself. They eventually got a fire going and Piranha and Sub-Zero got some fish for the group to eat, and they all fell asleep eventually, and Piranha could feel Sub-Zero’s wing on his as he went to sleep, not thinking much of it.
“Alright, everyone sleep well?” Sub-Zero asked, full of energy. “I slept… ok…” Apex said. “Urgh… I got ZERO sleep last night” Apex’s thoughts told Piranha. “I slept more than perfect!” Sub-Zero said, bumping wings with Piranha, “I hope he gets the clue.” Sub’s thoughts said. “I’m gonna go kill something… don’t follow me.” Apex said. “Didn’t plan on it…” Sub-Zero and Piranha said at the same time with a chuckle coming out of Sub. “Uhm… so Piranha, why do you have that awful looking scar on your neck?” Sub asked, her eyes looking at Piranha’s scar on his gills. “Well, I got it by escaping some SeaWings who tried to kill me… it was killing me, and I thought I’d ACTUALLY die.” “Thank the moons he didn’t” Sub thought. “It’d be less work on me if he did… DON’T SAY THAT APEX! HE’S A NICE DRAGON” Apex thought. “Well, how’d you get that awful looking scar on your neck Sub-Zero?” Apex asked, and Sub responded “Well I was sent to prison and eventually I was supposed to be executed, but I managed to escape with only these scars… I’d say it’s a fair exchange.” Suddenly they all three heard a crash outside as an oddly pale SandWing hit the stone floor, HARD. “Wh-what just crashed outside?! It looked an ugly pale yellow!” Sub asked. “I can still HEAR you, and I’m a SandWing, and I have a name too!” The SandWing yelled. “Care to share said na- WHY IS THERE A DRAGONBITE VIPER?!” Piranha yelled. “Ugh… Nightmare come here!” The SandWing said, annoyed at the dragonbite viper “Back to what you were asking, I’m Mirage… and this ‘ugly pale-yellow color’ your IceWing doesn’t like isn’t under my control” He said, shooting a glare at Sub-Zero. “Well, I’m Piranha, the IceWing is Sub-Zero, and the SkyWing is… where’d he go?” Piranha said, looking around. “The SkyWing’s name is Apex, and he went to kill something, you knew that Piranha.” Sub responded. “Y-yea… I forgot” Piranha said with a sheepish smile.
“So… what are we gonna do now? I have no ideas whatsoever…” Sub told Mirage and Piranha. “I’m back… why is there a SandWing here?” Apex said, seeing Mirage. “Honestly we don’t know why he’s here and if he’s staying or not…” Sub told Apex. “I’ve got nothing better to do, so I guess I’m staying with you guys… if you guys are cool with it.” Mirage responded. “Absolutely n-” Apex said before getting cut off by both Piranha and Sub-Zero. “Of course you can Mirage!” They said at the same time. “Just shut me up then” Apex hissed.
Later that night they all couldn’t sleep, everyone but Sub, as she was sleeping cozily on Piranha’s talons. “So… why’s a SeaWing in the SkyWing kingdom?” Mirage asked. “I was exiled because I HAPPENED to be part NightWing…” Piranha said. “WHAT?! Wait, can you read my mind?! Can you see what I’m about to do next?! Wait… you’d know I would’ve crashed and helped?” Mirage asked. “W-Well… I don’t have any NightWing powers whatsoever” Piranha said, lying. “So you got screwed over by your NightWing side? Because all it got you was a horrid scar on your gills.” Mirage said with a chuckle. “Basically yeah… I’m gonna go to bed now, night” Piranha said with a yawn. “Night.” Apex responded. As Piranha drifted off, he realized Sub’s tail was wound around his, but he thought she didn’t even mean to.
“WHO’S HUNGRY!?” Mirage asked with a load of fruit, meat and fish, startling the sleeping dragons. “Wh-Mirage, don’t wake us up after we finally get two seconds of sleep.” Apex hissed. “How was I supposed to know you’d be lazy?” Mirage said with a chuckle. “THE MOONS ARE STILL OUT!” Apex roared. “BARELY!” Mirage shouted back. “Both of you shut up, and yes Mirage, we are hungry” Sub responded, stopping Apex and Mirage from battling. After they all ate they all agreed to start flying somewhere else, but no one knew where. “So… WHERE IN PYRRHIA ARE WE GOING APEX?!” Sub yelled. “I thought the sand-snorter knew!” Apex said, shooting a glare at Mirage. “Well I thought we should go to the Kingdom of the Sand but everyone said ‘No Mirage, no one wants to go there!’ and I said ‘Ok, but don’t get mad at me when no one knows where to go…’ and you guys said ‘Yeah we won’t’ and now you three are yelling at me!” Mirage cried out. “I-uhh-did we say that?” Sub asked. “I-I think so...” Piranha responded. “I say we go to the beach for now, who agrees?” Apex said. “Sure!” Mirage said. “Sounds good.” Piranha agreed. “I guess that’d be ok…” Sub said, reluctantly agreeing.
Piranha set his webbed talons on the sand and spread them. “Ahhhh… it's been ALL too long since I’ve felt the sand on my talons.” Piranha said, lying down on the sand. “Looks like he likes the sand more than I do.” Mirage said with a chuckle. “Well, he’s a SeaWing so obviously he likes sand” Sub-Zero said. “Ugh… it’s too hot here… I don’t even want to IMAGINE what the Kingdom of Sand would feel like” Sub-Zero’s thoughts told Piranha. “I should help her out… she looks uncomfortable” Piranha thought. “Hey Sub, wanna race from here to that mountain over there?” Mirage asked. “You wanna race? I thought SandWings hated water, and I’m not the best swimmer, maybe ask Piranha or Apex.” Sub-Zero said, still looking uncomfortable. “Well, I don’t wanna race Piranha because he’s a… y’know… SeaWing.” Mirage said. “Before you ask, I’m not racing you Mirage, unless you want to swim in boiling water” Apex said, burning up some grass. “Guess I’ll swim alone then, thanks” Mirage said with a sigh, and then dunking himself underwater. “Hey, Sub you look uncomfortable… maybe this’ll help” Piranha said, putting his wing over Sub-Zero. “Oh, thanks Piranha.” She said, her cheeks turning a little blue. “I knew it, they like each other… I guess Piranha isn’t the dragon for me” Apex’s thoughts told Piranha. “W-wait… does Apex have a crush on me?! And does Sub too? Oh no… do I seriously have to choose between Sub and Apex?” Piranha thought, panicking inside. “Well, I’m bored… let’s go back.” Mirage suddenly said “Everyone wanna go back?”. “Sure, let’s go!” Sub-Zero said. “Why not?” Apex said, looking a little sad. “Why not?” Piranha said. “Ok… I made my choice… I’ll tell him tonight…” Sub-Zero thought.
“Hey, I caught some fish!” Piranha said. “Oh! Thanks Piranha!” Apex said, shooting Piranha a smile. As Piranha sat down Sub-Zero came and sat beside him. “U-uhm… Piranha? I have something to tell you…” Sub-Zero said, putting a talon on Piranha’s. “What’s up Sub?” Piranha asked.”Piranha, I-I sound super dumb saying this… but I love you, and I’ve loved you since I met you, and I know we only met two days ago… but... please tell me how you feel about me...” Sub-Zero said, blue filling her cheeks. “Wh-uh-S-Sub I-I…” Piranha said, extremely surprised. “I knew it… they're destined for each other… why would Piranha choose some stupid killer SkyWing over Sub?” Apex thought. “Sub I-I’m sorry… but I have feelings for Apex, but I see you as a close friend, so don’t take this the wrong way!” Piranha said, making Apex look over at Piranha in extreme shock. “Wait… Piranha… did you just say…” Apex said, getting cut off by Piranha. “Yes...  you heard me clearly…” Piranha said. “But why would you choose a killer over her? Y-you don’t know how many dragons I’ve killed… you don’t know anything I’ve done.” Apex said. “You're right, I don’t know any of that… but what I do know is you're a great dragon and the only dragon for me.” Piranha said. “Y-you like Apex... I get it…” Sub said, tears starting to roll down her face. “S-Sub, I promise we can still be friends! J-just… I like Apex… but you're a great dragon! You deserve the best dragon on all of Pyrrhia.” Piranha said, hoping to comfort Sub. “I-I need some time to think… I’ll be asleep.” Sub-Zero said. “Alright…” Piranha replied.
The next day when Piranha woke up he noticed that Sub-Zero wasn’t anywhere to be seen. “W-wait Apex… where’s Sub? D-did she…” Piranha asked. “No, Sub didn’t leave… yet… but about last night… w-were you lying when you said you liked me? Did you just say that so you didn’t have to date Sub?” Apex asked. “No Apex… I wasn’t lying… I-I do like you. You're the best dragon I’ve ever met…” Piranha replied, blush filling both of their cheeks. “Wait, I have an idea!” Piranha said. He pulled out an obsidian horn ring from the pouch on his shoulder. “I enchant this horn ring to be completely fireproof no matter what and to make the wearer able to toggle if they have too much fire or not” Piranha whispered. “Wait… are you an animus?!” Apex shouted, waking up Mirage. “Wh-who’s an animus?” Mirage said, clearly still tired. “N-no one” Apex responded. “Alright… wake me if something interesting happens…” Mirage said, falling asleep. “S-so… I put it on? What if you're not actually an animus?! You’ll lose the horn ring and—” Apex said, getting interrupted by Piranha. “I know I’m an animus Apex, ok? Just put it on, I want you to be able to feel the touch of another dragon.”  Piranha said. Suddenly Apex’s eyes were filling up with tears. “P-Piranha… thank you… no dragon has ever done this for me. I-I… it just feels wrong after being raised as a dragon who should never make contact with another dragon… and you give me this… thank you.” Apex said, fighting back tears. After Apex put the ring on, he went and touched a tree. “I-it’s not burning? P-Piranha thank you so much!” Apex said, wrapping his wings around Piranha. “I-I don’t deserve Piranha… he’s the best dragon that I’ve ever met.” Apex thought, tears rolling down his face. “A-Apex? I have something to tell you…” Piranha said, looking away. “Hmm?” Apex mumbled. “You see these teardrop scales beside my eyes? W-well in NightWing culture it shows if you're a… a mindreader… I’ve been able to read your’s, Sub’s, and Mirage’s thoughts ever since we met… I’m sorry for not telling you earlier.” Piranha said. “W-well you saw all the thoughts where I told myself that you don’t like me and you felt bad so that’s why you're dating me? Because you felt bad?” Apex asked. “Y’know what? Even if I never read those thoughts I still would’ve dated you Apex… if you think I only chose you over Sub because I felt bad, I’d be dating Sub…” Piranha said with a chuckle coming out of Apex. Suddenly a black dragon landed on the ground. “Who are you?” Apex asked, twining his tail around Piranha’s protectively. “Well… I’m Plagueseer but who are you two?” She asked. “Well I’m Piranha, and this is Apex… m-my-” Piranha said, getting interrupted by Apex. “We’re friends.” Apex said. “Wait… teardrop scales? Is she a mindreader too?” Piranha thought. “Yes I’m a mindreader, I thought you were a SeaWing?” Plagueseer thought. “W-well… I’m part NightWing…” Piranha thought. “Are you two just gonna stare at each other?” Apex said. “Oh! W-we were staring at each other?” Plagueseer said. “Sorry… Plagueseer was it?” Piranha said. “Just call me Plague,” She said “everyone just calls me Plague.” She finished with an odd pause. “Well Plague… do you plan on staying here? We need to know so we can tell the other two.” Apex said, motioning at Mirage, still asleep, and Sub, walking into the cave. “I mean if you four are cool with it I’ll stay.” Plague said with a smile. “M-morning Sub… how’d you sleep?” Piranha asked, frowning a bit. “Fine…” Sub said, not looking at Piranha, Apex, or Plague. “Also I don’t care if she stays… as long as she doesn’t bug me.” Sub said coldly. “So we’re going to assume that Mirage is cool with it.” Piranha said. “Sounds great! Thanks!” Plague said happily.
Later that night Apex and Piranha were snuggling each other slightly. “Hey Piranha? Apex? I think I know something about you two” Plague said with a chuckle. “Are you two dating? I just thought because you two are snuggling each other like that. Sorry if I’m intruding on your personal business…” Plague said smiling at Apex and Piranha. “W-well I don’t know how Apex considers it…” Piranha said, blushing. “Well I’m pretty sure that we are… if that’s what Piranha considers it then yes… we’re dating.” Apex said, twining his tail around Piranha’s. Piranha glanced over at Sub and could feel the sadness and anger radiating off of her. “Well… are the IceWing and the SandWing da-” Plague said, getting interrupted by both Sub and Mirage. “NO WE ARE NOT!” Both Sub and Mirage yelled. “Sorry! Jeez no need to yell.” Plague said. “I’m going to sleep, goodnight.” Sub said, yawning. “N-night.” Piranha said to Sub. As Piranha nodded off he felt Apex put his head on his, but Piranha had no problem with it.
The next day when Piranha woke up he heard shouting. “PIRANHA, PLAGUE, MIRAGE, SUB! SOMEONE HELP ME!” Apex shouted. Piranha darted up and saw a figure on top of Apex. “What’s going on?! What’s attacking you?!” Piranha asked. “DON’T ASK ME! JUST GET IT OFF OF ME!” Apex shouted. Suddenly a glimmering red and white figure flew past Piranha, tackling the thing on Apex. “GET OFF OF ME! YOU'RE NOT MY TARGET! I’M ONLY HERE FOR THE SKYWING!” It hissed to Plague, shooting RainWing venom at her. And then before the venom hit Plague, Piranha bolted at the RainWing, but it almost felt like Piranha wasn’t in control of his own talons. “GET OFF OF ME YOU PURPLE LIZARD!” the RainWing yelled. “U-uhm Green… maybe we should lay off the mission?” Another dragon, a SilkWing, told the RainWing. “NO! I’M NOT LOSING MY REPUTATION OF A MASTER ASSASSIN TO SOME SKYWING WHO CAN’T EVEN FIGHT BACK” The RainWing shouted to the SilkWing. “If you're not gonna lay off the mission then I’m not helping!” The SilkWing said, huffing angrily. It felt like forever, but Piranha was in control of his talons again, and he was kicked off of the RainWing almost immediately. “FINALLY! Now it's time to die, SeaWing!” The RainWing said, about to shoot venom at Piranha. “NO! DON’T YOU DARE KILL PIRANHA!” Apex yelled, biting the RainWing’s neck and then slamming her into a wall viscously. All of Piranha’s body was sore when he got up, it felt like he’d been flying forever, but he’d just landed on some rocks. “Hey thanks… uhm what’s your name?” Apex asked. “Oh I’m Lilac and that’s my sister, Evergreen.” The pale green SilkWing said. “Well I’m Apex, this is Piranha, my boyfriend, the IceWing is Sub-Zero, the SandWing’s Mirage, and the NightWing is Plagueseer.” Apex said, twining his tail around Piranha. “Wait, so the IceWing isn’t dating anyone? NO! SHE WON’T LIKE A DRAGON SHE JUST MET!” Lilac thought to herself. “Lilac shut up or else I’m gonna break out of this silk and stab you.” Evergreen hissed. “Yea sure you will.” Lilac teased. “Just wait till Redwood hears about this.” Evergreen hissed. “What’s he gonna do? I’m his favorite.” Lilac said, making everyone chuckle. “Am I the only one who saw that Lilac has a crush on Sub?” Piranha thought, glancing at Plague. “Yea, but let’s just see if anything happens naturally.” Plague thought. That day Piranha and Apex were just lying down beside each other, snuggling as per usual, and Piranha noticed that Plague was kind of nudging her wing on Mirage’s. “Hey Plague, what are all of those shining scales all over you? They almost glimmer in the firelight!” Mirage asked, looking at all of Plague’s reflective scales. “Well my mother was a NightWing named Nightbringer and my father was a SkyWing IceWing hybrid named Blizzard, so I’m a mishmash of three different tribes: IceWing, SkyWing, and NightWing!” Plague said. “Wait, your father was Blizzard? I knew him, he was actually an old friend of my brother!!” Sub said. “He was actually pretty sad when he had to leave… I hadn’t hatched but my sister and my brother’s twin, Sleet, thought he was being overly emotional about his friend, who didn’t even belong in the kingdom, leaving.” “Wait, is your sister Princess Sleet?! Are you an IceWing princess?!” Plague asked, her eyes glowing more than her scales. “W-well… ex-princess… I was framed for a murder that Sleet committed.” Sub said, frowning a bit. Then Lilac put a talon on Sub’s. “That’s all in the past, you can’t worry about something that happened in the past!” Lilac said, smiling at Sub. “Oh, thanks Lilac!” Sub said, her cheeks turning a little blue. “I swear if Lilac has a crush on that stupid frost lizard I’m going to kill her” Evergreen thought.
The next day Piranha woke up to see Sub and Lilac talking, with Lilac looking a little panicked. “N-no you can’t leave! W-won’t everyone miss you?!” Lilac cried. “Ok… I didn’t think I’d ever have to tell anyone this, when I first met Piranha I had a crush on him right? So two days later I told him how I felt and he told me he liked Apex… so now I’m leaving, it’s just going to be awkward seeing them happy and me there… remembering what could’ve been…” Sub said. “S-Sub… I might not know how that feels but what I do know is that I’ll miss you! I know we just met but I wanna get to know you some more!” Lilac said. “Why would you want to learn more about me? I can tell you my entire life story: I was framed for a crime I didn’t commit, had a massive crush on a dragon I just met, got heartbroken by said dragon I just met, and now I’m here… about to leave.” Sub said, starting to fly away. “Sub quit!” Piranha yelled to Sub. “Wh-Piranha? What are you going to do to stop me? Neither of you can stop me… goodbye.” Sub said, starting to fly away again. “SUB! LOOK OUT!” A strange voice said, colliding with Sub midair. “GET OFF! I AM NOT AFRAID TO KILL Y… Sh-Shard?! WHAT IN PHYRRIA ARE YOU DOING HERE?!” Sub said, looking extremely happy. “Well me and Shiver decided we should look for you! Shiver didn’t seem the most ecstatic about it though…” The other IceWing said. “Wait… I feel like I’ve seen that SkyWing somewhere before…” He said, looking at the now awake Apex. “M-morning guys… wait… have I seen you somewhere before?” Apex asked. “That’s the firescales that attacked me near the Rainforest Kingdom!” The IceWing said, tackling Apex. “Wh-oh no… THAT WAS YOU?!” Apex shouted. And in what felt like an instant the IceWing was off of Apex, on the floor, with Sub holding him down. “SHARD! APEX ISN’T A FOE! HE’S A GREAT DRAGON AN--” Sub said before she was tackled off of Shard. “First that unnamed IceWing and now your own brother?! You truly are the worst dragon on this continent.” An oddly colored IceWing said. The IceWing, who was a lot bigger than Sub, bared his fangs and almost bit Sub on her neck, but again, Piranha wasn’t in control of his own talons it felt like. “DON’T ATTACK SUB!” Piranha found himself shouting. “What’s going on!? I could never attack an IceWing this big! And I definitely couldn’t ever TACKLE HIM off of Sub.” Piranha told himself in his head. “SHIVER PLEASE DON’T KILL HIM!” Sub pleaded. Piranha saw the IceWing raise his tail, but instead of the typical IceWing spikes, this one had a SandWing tail barb and IceWing spikes. And suddenly Piranha felt something slam his head on the rocks. As he fell unconscious, he heard Apex shouting something, but he couldn’t make any of it out
“Ow… wh-what happened? Did someone attack us?” Piranha said, groaning and rubbing the back of his head. “PIRANHA YOUR OK!” Apex shouted, tackling Piranha with tears rolling down his face. “Apex, get off! How long have I been unconscious?” Piranha said, attempting to shove Apex off. “You were out for 10 hours… I-I thought I’d lost you.” Apex said, pushing his snout into Piranha’s neck. “We all thought Shiver killed you… thank the moons he didn’t.” Sub said, shooting a glare so cold it could make any IceWing shake a bit. “Well it’s not my fault your brother attacked that SkyWing who’s currently loving on the SeaWing.” The oddly colored IceWing, who Piranha found out was named Shiver, responded with the same glare that Sub gave him. “So about the SkyWing and SeaWing…” Shard, Sub’s brother, said. “Oh well I’m Apex, and this is my boyfriend Piranha.” Apex said, with the remark of Piranha being his boyfriend filling Piranha’s cheeks with blush. “So… who’s that SilkWing “friend” of yours Sub?” Shard said, chuckling at Sub, who everyone saw was glancing at Lilac with a bit of blue on her cheeks. “Oh! Uhm… this is Lilac, a friend of mine.” Sub said, finally looking away from Lilac. “Oh… so that’s how she sees me? A friend? I guess that’s also fine” Lilac thought. “I can’t believe I just flat out lied to my brother! But I don’t know how Lilac feels about me.” Sub thought.
Later that night everyone was awake, bored out of their minds. “So… what does everyone wanna do?” Apex said, breaking the silence. “I’m probably gonna go take a swim, wanna come Apex?” Piranha asked. “Sure, who else is gonna come?” Apex asked the other dragons. “I’m gonna go, how about you Lilac?” Sub said, looking at Lilac. “Oh! I-I-Sure why not?” Lilac said, looking away from Sub. “Hey Mirage, wanna go with them? If not, I'll just stay here with you.” Plague asked Mirage. “If you want, sure!” Mirage said, smiling at Plague. As they all flew down to the beach, they noticed two dragon-like figures in the distance, one looked like a IceWing, but they were a light pink, and the other looked like a SilkWing, and there scales looked like if they ripped a part of the sunset out and put it onto a dragon. “Who are you two? Why are you here?” Apex asked, obviously scaring the smaller SilkWing. “Dawn get behind me,” the figure Piranha could now tell was a light pink IceWing hissed, “I’ll deal with them.” “O-ok, just avoid killing them” The SilkWing said. “Well if you wanna know who I am, I’m nobody important.” The IceWing said, getting cut off by the SilkWing. “You're important to me!” The SilkWing said. “Dawn!” The IceWing said, blue filling her cheeks. “Ugh… well I guess I’ll introduce myself. I’m Phoenix and this is Dawn.” The IceWing said. “You forgot the most important part!” Dawn said, smiling. “I didn’t forget anything!” Phoenix hissed to Dawn. “She’s forgetting to tell you that I’m her girlfriend.” Dawn said. “DAWN! I thought we agreed to not tell random strangers that!” Phoenix yelled. “Well I lied when I agreed to that.” Dawn said, smiling at Phoenix. “So who are all of you?” Phoenix asked. “I’m Piranha, this is my boyfriend Apex, this is Sub-Zero, this is Mirage, this is Lilac, and this is Plagueseer.” Piranha said, pointing at everyone behind him. “Well it’s been a pleasure to meet you, but we have to get going.” Phoenix said. “Phoenix we just got here! Why do we have to leave?” Dawn said. “Dawn, I just want to escape this conversation, can you not say these kinds of things to keep me in them?” Phoenix asked Dawn. “Hey, why are your scales so odd for an IceWing? I’ve never seen a pink IceWing before.” Apex asked, tilting his head at Phoenix. “Well why should I tell my life story to some dragons I just met?” Phoenix hissed. “She’s part SkyWing.” Dawn said. “DAWN!” Phoenix yelled. “She’s also a firescales.” Dawn quickly spat out. “DAWN I SWEAR IF YOU TELL THESE DRAGONS ONE MORE THING ABOUT ME!” Phoenix yelled. “I’m also the one thing that makes her happy most of the time.” Dawn spat out, faster than last time. “DAWN I SWEAR BY THE MOONS!” Phoenix screamed. “That's all I know about her.” Dawn said, smiling at Phoenix again. “Well now you know basically everything about me.” Phoenix hissed. “Well we were about to go for a swim but I think talking with you two is more fun.” Apex said. “Well we were just about to leave, right Dawn?” Phoenix hissed to Dawn. “I guess… but I think we should stay with them! They seem nice!” Dawn said excitedly. “I don’t know if everyone back at camp would be cool with that.” Apex said. “Meh, Shiver and Shard can go suck an icicle.” Sub said. “Evergreen will have to suck it up.” Lilac said. “Well… I guess you two can stay.” Apex said. “Can we PLEASEEEEE stay with them!? Please Phoenix?!” Dawn said, attempting to annoy Phoenix into letting her stay with them. “Ugh… fine, but if you tell anyone anything about me I will break up with you.” Phoenix hissed. “Sure you will!” Dawn said, pushing her snout into Phoenix’s neck. “Hey you said Phoenix was a firescales, how does Dawn make contact with you?” Apex asked. “Oh, I’m a flamesilk! Flamesilks are completely fireproof so that’s how I can love on her!” Dawn said, still snuggling Phoenix. “Huh… I-is that a SilkWing thing?” Lilac asked. “Yea! Are you not a flamesilk?” Dawn asked, looking over to Lilac. “No… but it’s most likely because I’m part LeafWing and part RainWing.” Lilac said. “Well I say we go back to camp, Shard’s probably worried about me.” Sub said. “Yea let’s go, if you two are coming, c’mon.” Apex said. “So are we going with them?” Dawn asked. “Ugh… you are really just a dragonet in a dragon’s body.” Phoenix groaned.
“Who are they?! Why are they here!?” Shiver asked, raising his tail. “Shiver! Calm down!” Sub yelled. “Hiya! I’m Dawn! You look odd… are you part SilkWing? What’s that barb on your tail? You have to be part SilkWing! I’ve never seen another dragon with 4 wings! Who are you? Why are you here?” Dawn asked, bombarding Shard with questions. “Dawn? Sweety? One thing at a time, ok?” Phoenix said, putting a wing around Dawn and lightly putting her tail on Dawn’s. “Fine… but I want answers soon!” Dawn shouted to Shiver. “That… was odd, to say the least.” Shiver said. “Wait… where’s Mirage and Sub?” Apex asked. “I’m right here… but where’d Mirage run off to?” Sub said, looking around. “I-I’m here…” Mirage said. “Ugh! ANOTHER new dragon!? Mirage, who’s the other SandWing.” Shard hissed. “Wait… another SandWing? Who- oh no…” Mirage said, getting cut off by the much larger SandWing. “Hello, my disappointment of a brother…” the SandWing hissed. “Oh… h-hey Adder…” Mirage said, looking away from the SandWing, that Piranha now knew was named Adder. “Hey! Don’t call Mirage a disappointment! He’s the greatest dragon I know!” Plague yelled, running over to Mirage. “Who. Is. She?!” Adder hissed to Mirage. “Sh-she’s a friend! Am I suddenly not allowed to have friends!?” Mirage hissed back. “Well I can tell that she sees you as MUCH MORE than a friend.” Adder said, making Plague look away. “HA! See? She can’t look at you after I pointed it out!” Adder said. “Ok, Adder, was it? You can’t just barge in and insult Mirage and Plague like that! Please leave or else we’ll make you.” Apex said. “Ah yes, Ex-Prince Apex, and if I had to guess, Ex-Prince Piranha and Ex-Princess Sub-Zero? I was informed that you three were traveling with this disappointment. Now how haven’t you killed a dragon, Miss Zero? Or was there another dragon you were traveling with that I didn't know about?” Adder said, smirking at Sub. “Alright! Insulting the SandWing I just met, cool, insulting my sister, now you messed up!” Shard yelled. “Shard I got this.” Sub said. “Get out, ok? We don’t want you here!” Piranha said. Suddenly Piranha felt himself get picked up by Adder. “Let. Go. Of. Piranha.” Apex hissed. “Or what? Why should I even listen to you? This worthless SeaWing doesn’t mean anything to all of you.” Adder said, putting his tail close to Piranha’s neck. “W-well… he means something to Apex.” Mirage stuttered. “Wh-hm? This useless SeaWing?” Adder asked, still holding Piranha. “Get your grimy hands off my boyfriend RIGHT NOW!” Apex shouted. “Oh… so he’s your boyfriend hmm?” Adder said with a chuckle. “I assume that’s why the disappointment likes the NightWing? Because he saw two dragons from different tribes loving on each other and thought he could like a NightWing?” Adder said, making Plague even more embarrassed. “Well maybe I do like Plague! What if?! Are you just gonna force me to leave!?” Mirage yelled, making Plague’s cheeks beyond red. “Well… exactly.” Adder said, dropping Piranha, picking up Mirage, and flying away. “MIRAGE!” Plague yelled, flying up after Adder. “I’ll chase him too, anyone else coming?!” Apex asked. “We don’t have a choice, do we?” Evergreen said, clearly tired and annoyed. “NOPE! C’MON!” Apex shouted.
They were flying all night chasing Adder, or at least, Plague. When they finally caught up to Plague, they saw Adder fly into the Rainforest Kingdom. “Wh-why… the Rainforest Kingdom?” Piranha said with an exasperated sigh. “I dunno… he could’ve chosen the Sky Kingdom… or just flew all the way to the Sand Kingdom…” Apex said. “Wait! Evergreen, we can see Magnolia, Red, Caiman, Hornet, Sol, and Crystalline!” Lilac said, more excited than usual. “Y’know who else is gonna be there? Neuro-” Lilac said, making Evergreen turn a little pink and cut Lilac off. “I KNOW THERE GONNA BE THERE!” Evergreen shouted. “Why’d your scales turn pink there? Do you LIKEEEE them?!” Lilac teased, making Evergreen turn even more pink. “I! DO! NOT! I AM A TRAINED ASSASSIN! I DON’T HAVE TIME TO DATE SOMEONE!” Evergreen shouted. “Whatever, c’mon guys! Follow me! I’ll take you there!” Lilac said. “Wait… you! SeaWing?! Why are you here!?” A familiar voice said. “W-wait… that voice… SEASHELL?!” Piranha said, looking behind him extremely fast. “PIRANHA?!” Seashell yelled. “P-Piranha? Who is she?” Apex asked. “Oh! OH! I never told you guys, this is my sister, Seashell! Seashell I’d like you to meet Plague, Lilac, Evergreen, Sub-Zero, Shard, and Shiver!” Piranha said. “Well… who’s the SkyWing? You never told me his name.” Seashell said. “Oh, he’s my boyfriend, Apex!” Piranha said, snuggling up to Apex and wrapping his tail around Apex’s. “Oh my little brother has a BOYFRIEND?!” Seashell asked. “Well obviously I’m more mature than you, are YOU dating anyone?” Piranha said, a smirk spreading across his snout. “Well no… wait… where’s Mako?” Seashell asked. “I-I thought she went with you.” Piranha said. “No! She said she’d follow you!” Seashell said, starting to shout. “She said she’d go with YOU!” Piranha shouted back. “Alright, no one yell at anyone, who is Mako and why do you two need her?” Apex told Piranha and Seashell. “Mako is our little sister, and she’s super easily distracted, and she gets into trouble easily so we COULD be in a lot of trouble with our father,” Seashell said, “OH YEA! Piranha! I found our father!” “Wait, I thought mother said he was killed by Coral’s guards.” Piranha said. “Wait… who’s your father, I might know him.” Lilac said. “His name is Shadowhunter, and he had three dragonets with Princess Oceanic, ring any bells?” Seashell asked. “Hmm… wait, Evergreen? Wasn’t Shadowhunter your trainer for being an assassin?” Lilac asked. “Yeah… so… yeah we know him, he’s pretty emotional after losing his wife and his dragonets, at least that’s what he told me last time we saw him.” Evergreen said. “Well all of his dragonets are alive… but his wife, o-our mother… n-not so much.” Seashell said, tears starting to fill her eyes. “Hey, Seashell, it’s ok, we all could’ve guessed, why would you be in the Rainforest Kingdom if you could be living in the SeaWing palace?” Apex said, hoping to comfort Seashell. “Well… back to Mako… P-Piranha c’mon, we’re gonna go look for her, and that wasn’t giving you a choice, you have to come with me.” Seashell said, starting to fly away. “C-could some friends come with us, for extra people to find her?” Piranha said. “I’ll go, anyone else?” Apex asked. “I’ll go!” Sub and Lilac said at the same time. “Well c’mon everyone, look for a pale orange dragonet please.” Seashell said.
“Hey! Is that her?” Sub asked. “Wait… is it?” Seashell asked. “Hey! What are all of you doing here!? Why are you with the Prince?!” A random SkyWing said. “Wh-oh… Peak? Why are you here!?” Apex shouted. “I’m saving you from them!” Peak shouted. “Who is she?” Sub asked. “Th-this is Peak… m-my-” Apex said, getting cut off by Peak. “-I’m his fiance.” Peak said. “Wh-Apex, I-I thought we were…” Piranha said. “ We are Piranha. Peak I’m… not really sorry, I chose someone else.” Apex said. “You can’t, Queen Ruby already had the idea to make me your fiance, you can’t just CHOOSE someone else.” Peak hissed. “Well I guess you’ll have to tell her that, because I chose Piranha, and you can’t change that.” Apex hissed back. “Th-the-HIM?!” Peak shouted. Suddenly Piranha felt a blast of heat hit his chest and felt something slam against his head, and just like that, he was out.
“Wh...huh… what happened? Wh-why can’t I move?!” Piranha asked, panicking. “Oh, you're up? Well you hit a rock fairly hard and you’re just now waking up after… three days?” A RainWing medic said. “PIRANHA! YOUR OK!” Apex shouted, landing on Piranha with tears rolling down his face. “Wh-where are we? D-did you guys find Mako?” Piranha asked, still unable to move. “We found Mako, stopped Adder, and also… Lilac kinda sorta got fire right to her face and also hit the ground harder than you… w-we don’t know if she’s gonna live.” Apex said quietly. Piranha got up, his entire body being sore. “W-well let’s go and find her… d-does…” Piranha said. “Yea… Evergreen knows.” Apex said. When Piranha walked in the room Apex said Lilac was in, he saw Evergreen, Sub, a crimson, orange, and black dragon, a LeafWing that had… purple on it, and some other dragon who Piranha couldn’t pin what tribe he was in. “I-is she… is she breathing?” Piranha quietly asked. “Yea… she’s good…” the crimson, orange, and black dragon said. “Piranha! Are you ok?!” Sub asked. “I-I’m good, just a little sore, that’s all.” Piranha said, blatantly lying. “Hey Piranha! You ok?” Seashell asked, scaring Piranha. “Yea, I’m good.” Piranha said. “I can read your mind Piranha, you're still super sore, c’mon, I’ll take you somewhere you can rest.” Seashell said. “Do I have a choice?” Piranha asked unenthusiastically. “Nope!” Seashell shouted. “Brother!” A familiar voice shouted, landing beside Piranha. “Hey Mako.” Piranha said, still sore. “Who is he? Why is he so big?” Mako asked Piranha. As Piranha turned around, he was startled by Apex standing behind him, and he smacked right into Apex’s chest. “Oh! You good Piranha?” Apex asked. “I-I’m fine.” Piranha said. “So this is your little sister?” Apex asked, “She’s… a lot more orange than you and Seashell.” “Yea… we don’t really know why she’s orange, but we ALSO don’t really CARE.” Piranha said, making Apex chuckle. “Why are there more new dragons?” “Don’t we already have enough dragons here?” “Queen Glory needs to stop letting new dragons in” A lot of RainWing and NightWing thoughts told Piranha, but he decided to shrug it off.
Later, after Piranha slept and started to feel better, Seashell wanted to introduce him to some friends of her’s. “What’s this dragon’s name again?” Piranha asked. “His name is Nightbird, he’s just like us, a NightWing SeaWing hybrid!” Seashell said enthusiastically. “Really?” Piranha questioned. “Yea! He’s also kind of a scroll-worm so that’s something about him, you two will most likely get along.” Seashell said, chuckling. “Night?! Are you here?!” Seashell asked, a little loud. “Eh?! O-oh hey Seashell.” A black-ish NightWing said to Seashell. “Hey Night, this is my brother I told you about.” Seashell said. “U-uhm, hi… Piranha was it? I’m N-Nightbird.” He said nervously.
Chapter 2
Sub-Zero
As she was flying through the rainforest in the middle of the rain, she started to think to herself. “What if Lilac never wakes up? What if Adder attacks us again? What if Shard ends up getting attacked by SkyWings again? Will Shiver even help if that happens?”. Her mind was racing. Her brother said Shiver, Apex, and him were going on a patrol mission and will be back shortly, but they’ve been gone for a few hours now. “QUIT THINKING THAT WAY!” She demanded to herself. “But it could happen… I could never see them again… but at least Shard’s secret he told me, the one about him having a crush on Shiver, might come true… oh no. Shiver told me when I was leaving the prison that he hates both of us… so… Shiver doesn’t like Shard! I should have told him!” She told herself. “U-uhm… Sub?” Piranha said. “OH! Uhm, Piranha, what are you doing here? How long were you there?” Sub asked. “Not very long… but I have something to tell you…” Piranha said, looking away from her. “Go ahead.” She told him. “Everything you just thought to yourself, I could hear all of it, I-I’m a mindreader… it’s a NightWing thing.” Piranha said quietly. “WAIT WHAT?! YOU COULD HEAR EVERY LITTLE THING I THOUGHT SENSE WE FIRST MET?!” She shouted. “Uhm… yes?” He said, more quiet. “You have got to be kidding me! Piranha! I’m supposed to know these things!” She shouted. “So if I had to guess, you told Apex already?” She hissed. “I told everyone already, but I was the most reluctant to tell you because I knew you’d act exactly like this! You’d get mad and demand I stop reading your mind! But I can’t control it!” Piranha yelled. “Well why don’t you just enchant something to remove your stupid mindreading powers! I overheard you enchant that horn ring for Apex! I know you're an animus!” Sub shouted. “Well I don’t want to lose my soul enchanting things for a living! Maybe you should think of what I feel when I enchant stuff! Maybe you should think of how someone else feels for two seconds!” Piranha yelled. “I-wh…” Sub mumbled. And then he flew off suddenly, fuming with rage. “Good riddance.” Sub hissed quietly. “What does he mean ‘think of how someone else feels for two seconds’? I’m very considerate of other dragon’s feelings… I think…” Sub thought.
A few days later Sub was just lying around, all of her thoughts still swirling, still mad at Piranha. “U-uhm… Sub?” A voice said. “Lilac?!” Sub shouted. “H-hey… I’m up…” Lilac said with a half smile, half frown. “By the moons I thought you were dead!” Sub said. “W-well… I’m not… but I have something to tell you, please don’t tell anyone else.” Lilac said, looking beyond embarrassed. “Go ahead.” Sub said, kind of quietly. “I-I… by the moons how do I say this without embarrassing myself?! I-I… l…I can’t say it! I’m gonna sound so dumb and you definitely don’t feel the same!” Lilac shouted. “Just say it, I promise you won’t sound dumb.” Sub said. “Okay… here goes… S-Sub… I-I have a crush on you… not a little one, like... a massive one. You’re the best dragon I ever met.” Lilac said. Sub was speechless, she didn’t have any words for the situation, either that, or she was too surprised that Lilac confessed to her and not the other way around. “Haha… I knew it… you see me as the dumbest dragon on Pyrrhia, don’t you?” Lilac said. “N-no, far from it, I’m just… surprised… I literally can not find any words to say right now.” Sub said. “Oh… well I guess we’ll just both be lying here until you find the right words huh?” Lilac said with a smile. “I guess we’ll be here for a while, I am just speechless…” Sub said. “I’m good with staying here for a while, as long as it’s with you.” Lilac responded. “Are you trying to make me blush? If so, good job, it’s working.” Sub said. A few hours later, Sub thought she knew exactly what to tell Lilac. “Ok… Lilac, I finally know what to say… I like you too, and I honestly thought you wouldn’t like me AT ALL, but here we are… and I guess we could start dating?” Sub said. “Haha… I guess…” Lilac said, putting her tail around Sub’s. “So are we gonna tell the others about this?” Lilac asked. “I dunno… do you want them all to know?” Sub asked. “That’s why I asked you, I’m fine with it if you are…” Lilac said. “Haha… I-I guess we’ll tell them.” Sub said. 
Chapter 3
Essex
He was caught. He failed his one actual mission, protecting Shard. “He’ll hate me. I can already tell… I’m the reason him and the SkyWing are here, trapped in a prison, and now he’ll be given back to Queen Snowfall, and I’ll never see him again… nice one Essex!” He thought to himself. “You, whatever you are, a prisoner wanted to move cells into this one, do you care?” A light, dull pink SkyWing told him. “What prisoner?” Essex asked. “The IceWing prince.” He told him. “YES! I mean, yes, let him in, not like I care.” Essex said. “Ugh, do you seriously have feelings for him!? Essex, he’s a prince and you're nobody! Royalty doesn’t date nobodys!” Essex thought to himself. “SHIVER!” Shard yelled, wrapping his wings around him. “Oh hey Shard…” Essex mumbled. “Wh-why are you negative right now?” Shard said, looking into Essex’s eyes. As Essex locked eyes with the prince’s purple and green eyes, he suddenly looked away. “N-no… I-I’m not supposed to think this about you…feel this way about you... you’re high and mighty royalty and I’m just a nobody who shouldn’t have even met you. You should hate me, I’m the reason you’re in prison, I couldn’t protect you...” Essex told him. “Shiver… What do you mean ‘high and mighty royalty’? When we left from the IceWing kingdom I stopped being royalty and I’m just your friend now, not royalty, not high, and not mighty.” Shard said. “What? I only went with you so I could protect the only royalty that cares for me, and I learned you don’t even consider yourself royalty…” Essex said with a slight chuckle. “Also what did you mean ‘feel this way about you’? D-do you…” Shard said, slowly quieting himself. “I never thought I would confess this… by the moons how do I say this?” Essex told himself. “Just… say it the best you can… you don’t have to feel embarrassed…” Shard told him. “I have no idea how to say this… Shard… I-I… UGH! WHY CAN I NOT SAY THIS?! Alright I think I can say it now, Sh-Shard… I have a c-” Essex said, but he got interrupted by some dragon. “Hello my brother, and your useless friend, it’s been a few months, why’d you run away again? To save our murderous sister?” Sleet said. “SLEET?! Why are you here?! Where’s mother?! Shouldn’t she be here?!” Shard said. “Oh, mother? She’s... how do I say this… resigned… from her position as queen, and I am the new queen of the IceWings.” Sleet said, glaring at both of them. “What? The queen can’t just resign… y-you…” Essex said, quieting himself. “Yes, very sad… but it’s worth it for all the power being queen, now come on brother, we have to leave.” Sleet hissed. “No! I’m not leaving unless Shiver can go with us!” Shard said. “Why do you care for him? He’s a nobody, you shouldn’t want him with us. He doesn’t DESERVE our company.” Sleet hissed. “He is NOT a nobody! If you say that about him, I will attack you!” Shard yelled. “Shard you don’t have to say that about me, you don’t have to lie like that…” Essex said. “Shiver, I am not lying about anything! I think you are far from a nobody, you’re more than what I could ever be.” Shard said. “By the MOONS will you shut up already!? It’s either come with me, or be forced to take part as a part of Queen Ruby’s arena, your choice, royalty or… that.” Sleet said, shooting a disgusted glare at Essex. “Well, I guess I choose the dragon that actually cares for me, goodbye, Queen Sleet.” Shard said, walking back into their cell. “Wh-why would you choose me over a life of royalty?” Essex said. “Shiver… I guess I should probably tell you this… I have a… ugh… I see how you felt…” Shard told him, making them both chuckle. “Well… how about we both say what we were going to say at the same time? That’ll make it less embarrassing if the other also feels embarrassed.” Essex suggested. “Th-that’ll work… on three.” Shard said. “One. Two. Three.” They both said. “I have feelings for you!” Essex said. “I have a crush on you!” Shard said at the same time. “W-wait really?” They both asked. “No way you actually like me… I have to be the most unlikeable dragon on any of the continents!” Essex said. “Haha! Same to you…” Shard said. As hours passed, the sun started to set on the SkyWing Kingdom, the two dragons were still in a conversation. “Haha! You actually killed a HiveWing prince? I find that a little hard to believe.” Shard said. “Well you really shouldn’t.” Essex said. “Anyway… I can’t believe we’ve been talking all day… I’m still surprised you have feelings for me…” Shard said. “Hey Shard, before we go to sleep, I need to tell you something.” Essex said. “Hit me with it.” Shard responded. “Well my real name isn’t Shiver, it’s Essex, I just came up with Shiver as an alias, I just thought you should know.” Essex said. “Oh, to be honest, I like Essex a lot more than Shiver, I honestly think it’s a pretty cute name.” Shard said. “Yea sure! You can’t fool me! I know you have no idea what Essex means, do you?” Essex said. “I… no, not really.” Shard said sheepishly. “Well don’t feel bad, I don’t know what it means either!” Essex said. “Haha! I thought you’d be a little mad at me for not knowing.” Shard said. “Why would I be mad about that?!” Essex asked, starting to yawn. “Tired?” Shard asked. “Y-yea… I’m gonna go to sleep now.” Essex said. “How do I ask him to sleep beside me without sounding beyond weird????” Essex asked himself. “Well, goodnight Essex!” Shard said. As Essex was drifting off, he felt Shard put a wing over him, and right after that, he was out.
Chapter 4
Apex
He woke up, or opened his eyes, from the tireless “sleep”, if you could even call it that, and remembered just what happened, him, Shiver, and Shard went on patrol, SkyWings attacked, Shiver and Shard got sent to prison, and he was taken back to his grandmother, Queen Ruby. “Ah, I see you’re up? Now how did you get this horn ring? I don’t remember anyone giving you one, let alone a fireproof one, if I HAD to guess, it was that stupid SeaWing Peak told me about?” Ruby said. Apex said nothing, just glaring at his grandmother and the ring. “Hmm… I assume you’re plotting to attack me? Well too bad for you, I have an animus too, now good luck burning anything.” Ruby hissed. He was still speechless, tempted to run at her and attack her, firescales or not. “No matter, GUARDS! Take him to the prison, put him with the other two we captured, Queen Sleet should be here soon and I don’t want her seeing my disappointment of a champion.” Ruby demanded. “Y-yes ma’am…” A SkyWing Apex used to be friends with told Ruby. As he was placed into the cell, his old friend wanted to talk to him for a bit. “Why Apex? Why would you leave the Sky Kingdom for a SeaWing? I don’t want to have to lock you up, but I’m loyal to Ruby, so I have to.” She said, Apex still said nothing. “See?! You just won’t talk to anyone! No wonder Ruby calls you a disappointment!” She yelled. All Apex did was walk into his cell, and lie down and start sleeping. “What's up with you?” Shiver hissed. Apex then mouthed the words “I was enchanted to not be able to talk, I can’t say anything.” “Really? Huh, talk about family drama.” Shiver said, Apex nodding about that. “Also Shiver’s name isn’t Shiver, it’s actually Essex, also me and Essex are… I actually don’t know how you see it, how about you tell him?” Shard said. “Sure, so me and Shard both found out we have feelings for each other, and I’m 99% sure we’re dating now.” Essex said. “Ugh, I wanna tell them something, ANYTHING!” Apex roared in his head. “So… how are we gonna tell anyone where we are?” Essex asked. “Hey lovebirds, can you SHUT UP?! Some of us want to sleep.” A voice hissed. “Go suck an icicle!” Shard yelled. “Wait… that voice… no way…” Essex mumbled. “Hear something familiar?” Shard asked. “Y-yes… that voice sounded all too much like my sister, Aurora… but I haven’t seen her in… I don’t know how long… but there’s no way that’s her.” Essex mumbled. “Well… best to find out if that’s her.” Shard said. “Hey you!” Essex shouted. “What?!” The other dragon hissed. “If you don’t mind me asking, what exactly is your name?” Essex asked. “If I tell you, will you buzz off?” The dragon asked, fairly rudely. “I guess…” Essex said oddly. “I’m Aurora. Happy?” She hissed. “Aurora! It’s me, Essex!” Essex shouted. “Yea right! You sound nothing like him!” She said, “I have no way to believe you’re actually my brother.” “You’re joking? You actually don’t remember how I sound? Aurora it’s me! Y’know, the one who killed that HiveWing prince for you?” Essex said. Before Apex could hear anything else, he randomly got knocked out. “Wh-what happened? Why is my entire body sore?” Apex groaned, “Wait, why can I talk all of a sudden?! Where’d Shard and Essex go?! Why can’t I move?!” “Ugh, I knew removing the silencing spell was a mistake.” Queen Ruby hissed. “Oh, you.” Apex hissed with a glare. “Do not talk to your queen that way!” Ruby hissed, scratching Apex’s snout. “Ow! Why am I here?! Why do you still have Piranha’s horn ring?!” Apex roared. “Oh so that’s that lowlife bottom-feeder you call a boyfriend’s name, well I have decided that I much like the ring so I have chosen to keep it as mine.” Ruby said, revealing the ring. “You can’t just take it! It’s Piranha’s! He gave it to me so I’m able to actually not burn everything I come in contact with!” Apex roared. “I have the power to do whatever I want.” Ruby hissed. “Why do you even still want me here?!” Apex roared. “As you know, after I killed your mother for choosing to have a dragonet with a RainWing of all tribes, you were the only remaining royalty, so I need you to be a actual responsible prince and care for the only tribe that takes care of you, Queen Glory could care less about you and I assure that… other dragon… only wants you to usurp my throne and make all SkyWings bow to Glory.” Ruby said. “Piranha is the opposite of that! He was betrayed by the SeaWings and isn’t even allowed to go see his aunt, so obviously becoming royalty isn’t a major thing on his bucket list!” Apex said. “If you're going to be like this, I should just execute you and send your corpse back to the Rainforest Kingdom, just to tell that pathetic excuse for a SeaWing that you can be killed for everything you did.” Ruby hissed. “YOU WOULDN’T!” Apex roared. “U-uhm… Queen Ruby? Y-you have a visitor…” a guard nervously told Ruby. “WHO IS IT?!” She demanded. “I-it’s… uhm… Q-Queen Glory of the RainW-” She said before abruptly getting cut off. “Oh, it’s her? Let her in I suppose.” Ruby said. Moments later, Queen Glory entered the throne room. “Greetings Queen Ruby.” Glory said, bowing politely. “Hello Queen Glory. What a pleasant surprise, why are you here exactly?” Ruby said, trying to hide her rage. “I have had some reports of you… attacking five different dragons? All of them were from my kingdom, is there something we must discuss about that?” Glory said, surprisingly calm. “Hmmm, I have no records of any attackings on any RainWing or NightWing scouts.” Ruby said. “Well my reports tell me that two of them were attacks on RainWing hybrids, and one was an attack on a NightWing hybrid.” Glory said. “Please tell me these dragon’s names, and maybe I will remember.” Ruby said through gritted teeth. “The dragons names, in order, were Piranha of the SeaWings and NightWings, Lilac of the SilkWings, LeafWings, and RainWings, and Apex of the SkyWings and RainWings, does that jog your memory of the attacks?” Glory asked, still somehow incredibly calm. “Hmmm… my scouts simply thought Piranha and Lilac were unfamiliar dragons and attacked out of fear.” Ruby said, visibly mad. “Glory’s got her in a corner! She HAS to admit that everyone was attacked on purpose!” Apex thought. “And what of Apex? Did your scouts have a reason to attack him?” Glory asked. “Why yes, they had a very good reason to attack him, they saw their prince with the SeaW-err, Piranha, and thought he came and stole him from us.” Ruby said, now even more mad. “And they thought it would be a good idea to attack Piranha over that, and didn’t see it fit to learn more about the situation first?” Glory asked. “I-I-uhm-w-well.” Ruby said, extremely surprised at the accusation Glory had made. “Why don’t we let the young prince speak for himself, if he is even here.” Glory said. “Yes. We. Shall. Let. Apex. Explain. His. Side. Of. The. Story.” Ruby said, extremely frustrated. “So I tell the story exactly how it happened, in the full truth?” Apex asked. “Unless you don’t want to, yes.” Glory said. After Apex explained how it happened, at least to him, both queens were shocked, both with different reasons. “He-he’s just making that up to make me look bad! He’s still a dragonet, he doesn’t know what any of this means!” Ruby said. “Hmm… if I remember correctly, Apex is 7 years old? That doesn’t seem like a dragonet to me.” Glory said. “I-I… what if he’s not making it up? What are you going to make me do, give him to you?! He’s my champion and the only royal dragon besides me.” Ruby hissed. “It’s either allow Apex to return to the rainforest, or face the consequences of attacking dragons from my tribe.” Glory said, still extremely calm. “What are you going to do? Declare war on the SkyWings?” Ruby hissed. “Unless you don’t let Apex return where he wants, yes, I will.” Glory said. “Ugh, fine, but if I see you again, no, if my scouts see him again, they have all rights to attack and kill.” Ruby said. “That works. Now you still have something of mine.” Apex said. “What? Ohhh… fine, here.” Ruby hissed, tossing the horn ring to Apex. “Thank you grandmother, also could you please let Aurora, Essex, and Shard out too?” Apex asked. “Who?” Ruby said, actually confused at that. “The IceWing prince and the SilkWing IceWing SandWing hybrids.” Apex said. “Hmm, fine.” Ruby said. Later, the 5 dragons flew back to the Rainforest Kingdom. “APEX!” Piranha shouted. “PIRANHA!” Apex shouted, wrapping his wings around Piranha. “Wait… this is Apex? Is he your…” A strange colored SeaWing said. “Oh yea! Apex, this is Axolotl, Axo, this is my boyfriend, Apex!” Piranha said, “Anyway, why were you three gone for a week?! I thought you were dead!” Piranha said. “A week? It felt like 2000 YEARS!” Apex shouted. “Shard! Shiver!” Sub said. “Oh hey Sub! I...I have some news… you might not like it.” Shard said. “What is it?” Sub said. “M-mother… she was… k-killed… by Sleet… Sub, Sleet is queen now.” Shard said. “Wait what?! Nononono! She’ll send IceWings to kill me! I already know!” Sub yelled. “If she sends anybody, I will make sure that they do not get to you, you have my promise.” Queen Glory said. “Wh-Queen Glory?!” Sub said. “Oh yea I forgot to mention, thanks to Glory, Ruby isn’t allowed to take any of us back into the SkyWing kingdom!” Apex said. “That’s where you were?! The SkyWing Palace!?” Piranha shouted. “Yea, Ruby almost killed us three.” Apex said. “Wait, who is she?” Sub said, looking at Aurora. “Oh yea, that’s Aurora, Essex’s sister, I think.” Apex said. “Yep.” Essex replied. “Anyway, I’m going to bed, I am beyond tired.” Apex groaned.
Chapter 5
Near the end of chapter 4
Phoenix
“Wh-where am I!?” Phoenix shouted. “You are still asleep, but using this thing I found, I am able to talk to you whenever.” A voice hissed. “What thing?!” Phoenix yelled. “I think it’s name will explain itself to you, it is called a ‘dreamvisitor’. Doesn’t that explain everything.” The voice said. “Who are you? And why me?!” Phoenix asked. “Why should I tell you any of that?!” The voice shouted. “Typical, the mysterious voice in my head won’t tell me anything. Anyway, I’m going to wake up, you’d better leave me and Dawn alone, ok?” Phoenix hissed. And just like that, the dream was over, but it wasn’t Phoenix who woke herself up, it was Dawn. “Wh-Dawn! I’m up, I’m up!” Phoenix said. “Okay, good, you were sleep talking, not much of it sounded good either.” Dawn said. “Oh… what was I saying?” Phoenix asked. “It sounded like you were talking to another dragon… but that’s impossible, right? No one can talk to you in your dreams.” Dawn said. “Dawn, you have no idea what’s possible… but how do I tell her?!” Phoenix thought. “Anyway, let’s go see how Piranha is doing!” Dawn said. “Alright.” Phoenix groaned. As they flew up, Phoenix remembered that Piranha managed to enchant her to be fireproof and turn it on whenever she wanted. “Hey Piranha!” Dawn said. “Oh hey! It’s been a while since I saw either of you around.” Piranha said. “Yeah… we sorta haven't done anything ever since we got here.” Dawn said. “And how are you Phoenix?” Piranha asked. “I’m… fine… I guess…” Phoenix said. “So whatcha wanna do? I’m cool with anything.” Dawn said. “Nothing really…” Phoenix said. “Aw c'mon! You have to wanna do something! If not, I’ll force you to!” Dawn said. “You two could go flying with me! Considering Apex is STILL on patrol, I have been so bored.” Piranha shouted. “Haha! I’d love to!” Dawn said. “Sure I’ll go…” Phoenix said. Mid-flight, Piranha had stopped them for seemingly no reason. “What is it Piranha?” Dawn asked. “You see that SeaWing over there? I’m pretty sure I know her…” Piranha said. “Well go up to her!” Dawn said, shoving Piranha to the SeaWing. “Dawn!” Piranha shouted. “Huh… wait… PIRANHA?!” The other SeaWing shouted. “H-hey Axo… it’s been a while huh?” Piranha said. “No duh! I thought Coral’s guards killed you! Never scare me like that again!” The other SeaWing said, wrapping her wings around Piranha, “Anyway, who were you yelling to?” “Uhm… some friends of mine, Dawn! Phoenix! You two can come out!” Piranha shouted. “Dawn, stay behind me.” Phoenix whispered. “Hiya! I’m Dawn! That’s my girlfriend, Phoenix. And you are?” Dawn said, immediately disobeying what Phoenix deliberately told her to do. “Oh, I’m Axolotl!” She said, shooting Dawn a friendly smile. “Axo I thought Coral killed you because you told me she was sending guards to kill me!” Piranha said. “Well she had no idea it was me! Also did Mako and Seashell get out ok?” Axolotl said. “Yea	h, you should come with me to see them!” Piranha said. “Gladly! Anything to spend some time with you!” Axolotl said, giving Piranha a little hug.
“Hey Seashell! You’ll never guess who I found again!” Piranha shouted. “Wh-no way! Axolotl!” Seashell said, “I honestly thought Coral had you executed for helping us!” Seashell said. “Luckily no.” Axolotl said. “Also Piranha, I’m pretty sure I saw a dark crimson figure flying over here, I think you might wanna go check it out.” Seashell said. “Wait really!? Is Apex back?!” Piranha said. “Who’s Apex?” Axolotl asked. “He’s the greatest dragon I ever met! I’ll introduce you to him!” Piranha said.
Chapter 6
Present time
Plagueseer
“Uhm… s-so… M-Mirage? I-I...  have something I wanted to tell you…” Plague said. “Go ahead.” Mirage said, “She looks beautiful under the moonlight… I wish I could tell her how I feel about her… she’d never feel the same though.” Mirage thought. “Uhm… I-I… three moons, how do I tell you this!” Plague yelled. “Just… try the best you can… I’ll listen and stay here all night if I have to.” Mirage said. “Haha… well… I-I… M-Mirage I-I… I have a-a… I-I… I...I’m sorry for wasting your time, you probably don’t want to hear me stutter all night.” Plague said, starting to get up. “NO! I-I mean, stay, I don’t mind hearing someone stutter if it’s your voice.” Mirage said, putting a talon on her’s. “O-oh… thanks then…” Plague said. “Mirage you’re being all too obvious! She’s just trying to let you down easily…” Mirage thought. “Ok ok ok… let me try one more time… Mirage, I have feelings for you!” Plague said. “Y-you do?!” Mirage asked. “Y-yes… I do Mirage, but… I don’t know how you feel about me and-” Plague said, locking eyes with Mirage’s almost full black eyes. “Plague… of course I feel the same!” Mirage said. “You didn’t have to tell her anything, she told you… but at least we feel the same about each other.” Mirage thought. “Guys! We just decided something! C’mon!” Sub shouted. A little later, a lot of dragons were piled in, all of them being part of Piranha’s friend group. “We made a choice, anyone who wants to help, has to help me overthrow my evil sister, Queen Sleet.” Sub said. “When was this decided?!” Plague yelled. “It was decided while you two were being all lovey-dovey with each other.” Sub said. “I’m probably not going.” Phoenix said. “Whatever, just tell me if you are going or not.” Sub said. “I’ll go!” Apex shouted. “I’m going!” Shard, Essex, and Aurora shouted. “I-I’ll go!” Mirage said. “Mirage is risking his life… I have to be there with him in case that scenario happens…” Plague thought. “I’ll go!” Plague yelled. “I-I’m going to come too!” Lilac yelled. “No you are not Lilac! This is Frosty's family drama! You are not allowed to get involved in it!” Evergreen yelled. “Well I don’t care, maybe I don’t want my girlfriend to die because of her tyrant sister.” Lilac said, sticking her tongue out at Evergreen. “Ugh… you are such a dragonet.” Evergreen hissed. “Don’t forget, I’m older than you.” Lilac said with a chuckle. “Anyway, anyone else?” Sub asked. “Me!” Piranha said. “Ok, so, in two days, me, Shard, Essex, Aurora, Piranha, Lilac, Apex, Plague, and Mirage are going to the IceWing kingdom and hopefully we don’t die.” Sub said.
Chapter 7
1 day left until the raiding party departs
Mirage
“Uhm… Plague? I don’t know if going to the IceWing kingdom is going to scare you or not… but if you ever just wanna, suddenly turn back, I’m all for going with you.” Mirage said. “Well… thanks Mirage.” Plague said, wrapping a wing around him. “Uhm… so… after all of this goes down… if… when… it all goes successful… what are we gonna do afterwards? I-I mean… if you don’t have somewhere to go already.” Mirage said. “Well… I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.” Plague said, giving Mirage a friendly smile, her scales gleaming in the firelight. “N-Night.” Mirage said. “Sweet dreams!” Plague said, lightly laying on Mirage while dozing off.
“EVERYONE UUUUPPP! IT’S TIME TO TAKE DOWN MY TYRANNICAL SISTER!” Sub shouted. “Ugh… fine…” Mirage groaned. “So… we’re all just going to fly there?” Plague asked. “That’s the plan!” Sub yelled. “Well let’s get to going.” Apex said. By the time Mirage had felt as if his wings were about to fall off, they were at the border of the SandWing kingdom and the IceWing kingdom. “Can we please stop?! My wings are about to fall off!” Mirage yelled. “Nope!” Sub shouted. “Sub please? Mirage looks exhausted, don’t make us go any longer.” Plague asked. “Ugh, 10 minutes.” Sub groaned. “Urgh… my wings are KILLING ME!” Mirage shouted. “Well… I wish I could do something to make them feel better.” Plague said, lying down beside Mirage. “Anyway… nice view of the ocean huh?” Mirage said. “Yeah… It’s pretty nice…” Plague said. There was a silence between the two that lasted for what seemed like years when suddenly Sub told them “C’mon lovebirds! We gotta get goin’!” “Ok fine.” Mirage groaned. As they started nearing Sleet’s castle, Mirage realized that he might have made a mistake. “That is where your sister is?” Mirage said. “Yep… but to do this… Shard… Essex… could you two please come with me? You two only.” Sub asked. “Sure.” They both said.
Chapter 8
Sub-Zero
“SLEET! I AM HERE TO CHALLENGE YOU FOR THE THRONE!” Sub shouted. “Oh… you’re still alive? Of course… now let me guess, you, our brother, and the nobody are going to fight me and try to take my throne?” Sleet hissed. “Uhm… yes?” Sub said. “Well sobeit, you asked for this, ask, and you shall receive.” Sleet hissed, lunging at Sub. There was a long conflict, Sleet constantly throwing her, Essex, and Shard against the wall many times, but her movements were slowing down, all they had to do was tire her out. Suddenly, Sub felt the crushing weight of Sleet slamming her onto the ground, she almost fell unconscious, but she fought to stay awake. “N-no… I can’t die… not here…” Sub groaned. “Oh save me the theatrics and just die already.” Sleet groaned. “DO! NOT! KILL! SUB!” Essex shouted, shooting flamesilk from his wrists. “AUGH! GET THIS OFF OF ME! WHAT IS THIS?!” Her sister’s voice shouted. Essex raised his tail, going for the finishing blow, suddenly, “No Essex… we need to let Sub kill her… she challenged her for the throne, it’s only fair we let her kill her.” Shard said. As Sub snapped her sister’s neck, she finally realized what happened. “No way… did I actually… am I actually queen now?” Sub said. “Yea… Sub… we did it! We killed her!” Shard said, wrapping a wing around Sub.
Chapter 9
3 days later
Piranha
It was actually happening, Sub was being crowned queen of the IceWings. “Sub! Good job!” Piranha shouted from the massive crowd of IceWings. “I would like to thank you, my tribe, for welcoming me back into the tribe, not as a murderer, but a queen.” Sub said, sounding super regal. “Now there are some specific dragons I want to thank, and I will say them by name: Piranha, Apex, Plagueseer, Mirage, Dawn, Phoenix, and Evergreen.” Sub said, looking at the seven of them. “I-I didn’t know we’d be put on the spot like this… uhm... HI.” Apex said. “Ugh… Apex… you ruined the moment…” Sub groaned. “Yeah… I-I kinda did.” Apex said. “Just come here.” Sub said. “From now on, these seven dragons will not be treated as guests, but honored friends of the queen, despite my relationship with one of them.” Sub said, shooting a glare at Evergreen.
Epilogue
3 months later
Plagueseer
“Mirage! Come on! They're going to hatch tonight! I can just tell!” Plague said, skipping with excitement. “You said that a week ago… what makes you so confident they're going to hatch tonight?” Mirage asked. “Just believe me!” Plague said. When they walked into where their eggs were being kept, there was a crack forming on the darker one. “See! They're hatching tonight!” Plague said. “By the moon's Plague, you are all too excited about this.” Mirage said, wrapping his tail around her’s. “Well maybe I’m excited to be a parent!” Plague said. As the first egg bursted open, Plague looked into her newborn daughter’s eyes. “She’s so… adorable!” Plague said quietly. “What are you going to name her? In NightWing culture, the mother’s name the dragonets, so give her a name Plague.” Mirage said. “Hmmm… what do you think of ‘Voydmaker’?” Plague asked. “Sounds perfect, wait, look at her scales, they're shining like yours!” Mirage said. “Wait, the other one!” Plague said. “Oh!” Mirage said, running over to the other dragonet. “What do you wanna name him?” Mirage asked. “As tempted as I am to name him ‘Troublemaker’, I insist you name him Mirage, give him a SandWing name, seeing as he likes you more. “Well… uhm… ok, how about ‘Pit Viper’?” Mirage asked. “Sound’s perfect.” Plague said, putting her snout onto Mirage’s neck
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