Down the Whirlpool

When Kite, Glory, and the rest of the Dragonets of Destiny arrive in the SeaWing kingdom a murder mystery arises when a princess killer is on the loose. When the Dragonets of Destiny are imprisoned Kite must find a way to escape, and also realize her emotions towards someone.
This is the sequel to The Egg of the Sky!
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== Prologue ==
Kite. The young SkyWing dragonet wrote down her name on parchment with considerably poor handwriting. She sighed an exhale of relief when Hvitur smiled.
"Congratulations, Kite, you wrote your name down correctly!" Hvitur celebrated. His accent was so distinct from the other guardians. The elegance of it felt so celebratory for Kite
"I-I did?" Kite looked into the IceWing's blue eyes. Kite's name was relatively easy for a young dragonet like her to write. She could only imagine how frustrated Tsunami was trying to spell her name.
"You did!" Hvitur said. "Now, let's see what we can do next. Hmm.." The IceWing put a sharp talon to his chin quizzically. "Can you come up with a word you might know?"
"A rock!" Kite piped up in her soft voice.
"Good! Let's see, try to write 'rock'."
Kite grabbed onto a quill with a tight grip and dipped the fine tip into the jar of jet black ink. She turned it over to her parchment slowly, the ink beginning to form a droplet. Finally, she lowered the quill to the parchment, forming streaks which became letters, forming words.
Rok. "Did I do it?" Kite asked cheerfully to her guardian. Instead of the praise, Kite loved to get, all that escaped Hvitur's mouth was a tsk tsk tsk as he shook his head slowly.
"Well, the effort is there.." Hvitur began. "But you didn't do it exactly right." Kite frowned. The IceWing always tried his best to let her down easy, but his responses still always hurt her afterward.
"Moons, I can't do this!" Kite said as she dramatically left the cave.
"Kite, what's wrong?" Hvitur said as he caught up with her. He sat tall in front of her.
The SkyWing's emerald eyes welled up in tears. "Spelling is haaaaaarrrrddd!!!!!" She whined. Hvitur laid down and pulled her closer with his huge white wings.
"Shh.. it's okay, take deep breaths, Kite." Kite complied, inhaling and exhaling deeply. This made the emotional dragonet feel much calmer. She sniffled, her tears beginning to slow down.
"We can try again soon, okay? This happens a lot with the rest, especially Tsunami.." Hvitur chuckled, Kite laughed a little too but she shut herself up, not wanting to seem happy.
"I have to go to the rest of the Talons of Peace soon, Kestrel will have to teach you writing. Don't forget to breathe when you are upset or overwhelmed." Hvitur put his talons out in front of little Kite. "Deal?" Kite wrapped her talons around one of his and attempted to shake it in agreement, it didn't do much considering the size difference between the two dragons. Hvitur laughed softly, and stood up, once again over towering the younger dragon.
"Now, let's try again shall we?"
== Chapter 1 ==
The six dragons swooped toward an island that was extremely close to the Kingdom of the Sea. Tsunami, the newly discovered royal Dragonet of Destiny, landed first, squishing the wet sand in between her talons.
"Ahh.." Tsunami sighed, satisfied. "I never thought sand would feel so good."
"Is this supposed to be the smell of freedom?" Glory, the RainWing from the Talons of Peace remarked. "Because it smells a whole lot like fish."
"Well, I like it here." Tsunami said, holding her head up. Kite, the SkyWing Dragonet of Destiny who was raised alongside Tsunami and the other Dragonets of Destiny, pressed her talons against the beach's sand. But she didn't get the same satisfying feeling Tsunami seemed to get. She lifted her front leg and shook sand off.
"Wait, what if someone finds us? Shouldn't we be hiding? Let's get to the trees!" Starflight, the NightWing dragonet, panicked.
"Sorry, Starflight." Sunny, the strange, golden, barb-less SandWing, replied. Tsunami stuck her head in the water, the salt seemed to not affect her at all. If Kite had stuck her head in there, her eyes would've probably stung and she would've pulled her head out screaming.
"Hey, you think you can get some of these bigger fish?" Clay, the MudWing dragonet, requested.
"Didn't you already have an enormous pig a day ago?" Glory lifted an eyebrow at the MudWing. Clay shook his head.
"Yeah.. but it wasn't even that big!"
"Guys.. I'm serious the beach isn't safe! I bet the SkyWings and MudWings are probably looking for us." Starflight said.
"Come on, Starflight! Do you really think they'd come flying all the way to this specific island in the SeaWing kingdom, just to look for us?" Kite giggled.
"Yes!" Starflight exclaimed. "Have you seen the SkyWings' queen?!"
"I agree with Kite." Tsunami stated. Kite held her head up proudly. "And down you have your magical NightWing friends to help you out or something?"
"Well I'm not worried for me.. but I'm trying to keep us all safe." Starflight pointed his talon to the dragonets.
"Isn't protecting Clay's job?" Glory added.
"Hey! I can protect you guys too! When have I lead you guys wrongly?" Tsunami hissed. Kite put a talon to her chin, pretending to think. "Hmm, well, got us all captured by Scarlet.." Tsunami splashed water at Kite as the SkyWing laughed, annoyed.
"Stop it! All of you!" Squeaked Sunny. She nudged Clay. "Clay, do something! Tsunami and Kite are annoying each other."
"And I'll do it again!" Kite said playfully as Tsunami tackled her. Glory stifled a laugh at Kite's comment and smiled, still chuckling.
Good, Kite thought, smiling a small smile. A smile is what I'm after.
"Err.. uhh." Clay lifted his head, clearly getting his thoughts together. "Starflight has every right to be worried. Scarlet may still be out there." Kite shuddered at the thought of the wicked SkyWing queen still being alive.
"And the sooner we find the SeaWings, the safer we'll be! So guys, please stop fighting!" Clay said.
"That's right! Finding my mother is number one priority!" Tsunami said like a snooty princess. Ever since she discovered she was the lost princess, Tsunami seemed to act a little more bossy than she usually did.
"So, do we just waltz in and say 'Hey, we found your missing princess'?" Glory asked.
"Yeah!" Sunny said, excitedly. "And the SeaWings will rise from the ocean and sing and have a feast!!"
"A feast!" Clay echoed. "I imagine the fish will be two times- no, TEN TIMES bigger than the ones here!" Clay trailed off, lost in his food related thoughts.
"But that's just a scroll." Starflight said. "We have no clue how the kingdom is or how it works."
"True," Clay added, out of his food trance. "You might be disappointed too, look how meeting my mother turned out."
Kite noticed Tsunami thinking for a moment.
She really wants her mother to be amazing.. Kite thought. She wasn't able to meet her mother back at the SkyWing kingdom because her mother was actually a Talons of Peace member. But the Dragonets of Destiny decided not to go back to the Talons. Though Kite hated the thought of not meeting her mother right now, she already had hope to be able to meet Robin, her mother, after the war.
"I'm just going to search for the palace." Tsunami said as she dipped a paw in the water.
"But the oceans so big. What if you get lost? There's currents and giant squids and- and- and giant monsters with huge teeth!" Starflight said.
"I'm a big thing with teeth." Tsunami smiled, revealing her sharp, white teeth.
"It's not saf-"
"Oh, lighten up, Starflight!" Kite cut in.
"It's Tsunami! You can't convince her to do anything!" Sunny said as she lay down next to Clay. But Clay shot up suddenly, sending Sunny tumbling.
"Wait! We can't breathe underwater! How are we supposed to get there?!" Clay asked.
"How did you not realize that until now?" Tsunami snorted.
"Don't worry," Starflight assured Clay. "There's an above water palace, too."
"But they are extremely hidden," Starflight said, using his narrator voice. "That's how they lasted so long in the war without fire. Nobody can find them."
"Sheesh, are they NightWings, too?" Glory asked jokingly. Kite giggled.
"They are NOT like the NightWings." Tsunami hissed at Glory.
Starflight sniffed the air. "Do you guys smell fire?"
Kite tilted her head and sniffed the air, she did smell it! But there was also the unwelcome sound of wingbeats.
No, Kite thought. The SkyWings are here.
== Chapter 2 ==
"Everyone hide! It's the SkyWings!" Tsunami yelled.
"Keep your voice down!" Clay shushed to the SeaWing.
"I can go invisible, Sunny and I think Kite can hide under my wings." Glory said. Kite was taken aback for a moment before being interrupted. "Quickly, quickly!" Glory hissed as Sunny had already run for cover under Glory's wings. Kite scampered under before Glory turned invisible.
"Clay and Starflight, you guys hide in the trees!" Kite heard Tsunami say and before she knew it, she heard the scampering of feet. 
The flapping wings got closer and Kite heard the splash of Tsunami diving into the water.
"I don't like working with the talons." A male voice grumbled from above.
"Well I don't like working with you, either." A female voice hissed back. Kite looked up immediately to see who was talking. Maybe it was Robin talking to someone else! 
"Watch it, Kite.." Glory whispered. But Kite didn't apologize and gazed at the flying dragons, but it was not was she was expecting; a MudWing dragoness and a male SkyWing. It was not Kite's mother.. 
"This dragon knows where it is?" The MudWing asked. 
"Mhm."
"I can't believe this SeaWing coward believed me," The MudWing snorted. "Like Coral would be in a forgiving mood any day."
"That queen," The SkyWing said. "Is idiotic from what I heard.."
Suddenly, Kite saw Tsunami jump out of the water and knock the SkyWing out of the air and push him down into the water. "AGRAAAAAA!!!!" The SkyWing screeched. He let out flames from his mouth as Clay jumped in, blocking the burns from reaching Tsunami's scales. Clay then dove into the water, pushing the SkyWing deeper in. Eventually the two dragonets pulled the SkyWing out onto the shore.
"What was that?!" Glory angrily said as she stormed to Tsunami. Glory turned a deep brown. Kite didn't know what that color exactly meant, but it certainly didn't mean, "I'm so proud that you two took him down!"
"What?!" Tsunami shrugged. "I just saved you all!"
"He was just flying!!!" Glory snarled. 
"Honestly, Tsunami, you can't just go around attacking whoever you want." Kite remarked, quite calmly.
"But he was going to attack us all!!" Tsunami yelled. "He was opening his mouth to call his friend!"
"You mean he was yawning?" Glory sneered at Tsunami. 
"Paranoid, much?" Kite muttered. 
"You want to say that too my face Kite?!" Tsunami growled. 
Oops, did Kite say that too loud? Kite staggered back as Tsunami began to storm up to her. Luckily, Glory came between the two, being slightly taller and more imtimidating that the both of them combined. "You need to take a breather, Tsunami." The older RainWing said.
"Just kill him and lets go." Tsunami ordered to Glory. 
"I don't kill dragons who can't fight back." Glory sneered as she returned to her bright colors. The SkyWing began to sputter and cough. "Oh great! He's waking up!"
The dragonets quickly moved a washed up tree over the SkyWing. Kite winced at him. "Aw, I feel bad for him."
"He was going to kill us, Kite!!" Tsunami hissed. Starflight glanced at Tsunami in a way that said, "Did he really try to kill us or did you just want something to beat up for a bit?"
"We're the Dragonets of Destiny!" Kite told the group. Glory gasped dramatically , and Kite lifted up a talon to as a way to tell her to be patient. "And we're with a Talons of Peace member. Shouldn't we be peaceful?"
"Yeesh," Tsunami remarked. "Did Starflight and Clay rub off on you too, Kite?" Sunny snickered. 
"I do not sound like that," Clay declared. As the group took off from the beach.
"Yes, you do." Tsunami stated as the dragonets began to head towards the horizon.
== Chapter 3 ==
"Is it just me, or do you never sleep?" Kite remarked as she came up next to Glory. The RainWing simply chuckled in reply. The group decided not to sleep on the beach, despite Tsunami insisting that they did. 
Tonight, they decided to sleep in a cave on a small island. The cave was at the edge of the ocean and had a ledge to stand and watch the sunset on. The ledge was exactly where Kite and Glory were.
"I can't tell if that's a yes or no.." Kite smiled at her older friend. Glory looked at Kite's eyes. "I sleep! I just.. admire the sunset before bed, you know!"
"Like at the last island we slept at?"
"Yes, exactly."
"Well don't you want to come sleep with the rest of us?" Kite offered, she was being very generous. She was sure Tsunami would have some thoughts about this but Kite really wanted Glory to feel welcome. It would be a lot like a sleepover! Except, one that has been happening for multiple days.. "I've noticed you sleep away from us."
"Aw, no thank you." Glory replied, she looked to the ocean again, watching the waves dance as the sun was nearly below the horizon. "I belong out here."
"You've been an art display for long enough." Kite muttered. "I think you should come in, it's warm, like the rainforest! I believe.."
"Okay.." Glory smiled a little. "But I don't want to sleep to close too the Dragonets of Destiny.." Kite nodded, understandingly. Kite noticed that Glory was pretty independent. "But, can you lay next to me, Kite?" Glory then struggle with her colors, one moment there was a splotch of white, then yellow, then back to her regular green. 
Kite gave her a small smile. "Of course." Her cheeks burned with joy as she took Glory into the cave. It was bigger than it looked like from the outside, there was a clearing for Glory and Kite to sleep in. The two lay down, Kite rested her head on her front legs while Glory gazed out the entrance. 
"Goodnight." Kite said to her friend as she began to drift to sleep. 
"Night." Glory replied, still looking out. The last thing Kite saw was Glory's snout subtly turning a shade of yellow before she fell asleep.
== Chapter 4 ==
The moment Kite closed her eyes, she fell asleep. Her eyes opened to being once again in the arena, the sky was dark, the audience's faces were unrecognizable. They simply stared down, their eyes glowing a bright white. It was unusually quiet, considering that they were all at the arena. 
Kite whipped her head around to look at Scarlet, expecting to see the queen's twisted smile. Instead, Scarlet's eyes glowed a bright white like every other audience member. 
When Kite squinted, she saw Glory next to Scarlet, standing and watching and very much not asleep. "Glory? What are you doing up there?!" Kite yelled out to her friend. No reply. Scarlet simply flicked her tail, and threw it hard down onto floor. The gate underneath the queen's perch to let out the prisoners opened.
Kite jumped to spread her wings to fly away, to her surprise, Kite could fly and hover. But not too far up, an invisible force stopped her from going any higher than above the queen's perch.
A blue IceWing ran out from the darkness of the exit. He looked familiar. Oh no.. Kite thought with sudden realization. Hvitur. 
The SkyWing dropped from the sky and fell to her side. On closer inspection, Hvitur had tears streaming down his face, his eyes were not glowing like the others, Kite could see the heartbreak and betrayal in his eyes. 
"Why did you kill me?" The IceWing sobbed. "I raised you, took care of you. Did that mean nothing to you?" 
Kite staggered up and crouched low to the ground as the crying IceWing slowly walked up to her. "I-I had no choice! You weren't the same.. I wanted to live!" Tears welled up in the SkyWing's eyes regretfully. 
"You don't realize," Hvitur began, his voice's tone shifted to serious, he no longer sounded sorrowful, and his eyes shifted from sadness, to anger. But tears continued to fall. "How close you were to dying!" He lunged at Kite biting into her neck, the feral animal was back. Kite let out a cry of agony, as Hvitur shook her around. The audience began to let out laughter, as if they weren't watching an execution, but a comedy on a stage. 
"Please! I had to! The prophecy!!" Kite screamed out. Suddenly, all went black. 
Kite woke up from a cold sweat, tears streaming down her red cheeks. It was still night and the moons were still high in the air. Kite looked around to make sure her friends were okay, luckily they were still asleep. Kite scooted closer to Glory and laid back down, as she quietly cried to herself before falling back asleep.
~
When Kite woke up, the dragonets were leaving the cave, all except Tsunami. The rest were looking for her. Kite remained quiet until Glory nudged her as they were walking to the beach, "Thanks for being with me, Kite." The RainWing smiled.
"No problem." Kite replied. "Do the others know you slept in the cave last night?" 
"Tsunami probably knows, considering she ran off before everyone woke up.." Glory said with a small eye roll. "But I woke up before everyone else to find fruit to eat."
When the group reached the group reached the beach Clay leaped from the sand and flew after two SeaWings.. No, Tsunami and a random SeaWing! The SeaWing pushed Tsunami into the water as Clay rammed into him. 
"Tsunami!!" Sunny screamed out and she also jumped into the air to help out in the battle going on above. Not that she'd make much of a difference. Tsunami resurfaced. 
"Stop it, you two!!!" Tsunami yelled as she flew into the air between the fighting dragons. Kite noticed that the other SeaWing was male with armor. So Tsunami's got herself a boyfriend now, Kite thought to herself.
"I'm saving you from that MudWing!" The male SeaWing insisted. But Tsunami shook her head.
"That's my friend, squid brain!" She hissed. 
"But MudWings are our enemies!"
"Hyah!!" Sunny yelled out as she leaped onto the male SeaWing's back. "Leave Clay alone!"
"She's my friend too, Sunny, don't hurt him Sunny! He's helpful!" Tsunami explained to the new dragon and Sunny. 
"The rest of my friends are on the beach," Tsunami said pointing towards the shore. "And Glory too." Glory tensed up for a moment but then turned a light shade of orange. 
"I can't believe it.." The male SeaWing echoed, hovering as Sunny let go of his wing. "You guys are the Dragonets of Destiny!"
== Chapter 5 ==
"So.. Riptide," Kite awkwardly started. It turned out that the male SeaWing had a name. Riptide, Kite's thoughts echoed. That's quite a scary name.. The SkyWing dragonet shifted her large wings. 
"That is my name," Riptide said with a hint of amusement in his voice. "I can't believe you guys are the Dragonets of Destiny.. raised in a cave, no ocean.."
"Tsunami hadn't even touched sand before we escaped," Clay noted, Riptide looked as if his eyes were about to pop out of his head. 
Riptide shook his head. "Not even Webs-"
"WEBS?!" Sunny squeaked loudly, Glory turned white for a split second as she jumped before shifting back to her regular colors. "You KNOW Webs??"
"Well.. no," Riptide frowned. "When I was not much older than you guys, Webs ran away. But he's infamous for stealing her majesty, Queen Coral's egg. Webs is all I've heard about growing up."
Kite didn't know Webs was hated by the SeaWing tribe. All because of the prophecy.. Kite suddenly felt guilty despite the fact that her egg hadn't been stolen by Webs it was given to... Hvitur.. Kite bowed her head, closing her eyes. 
"How come no one assumed the egg was taken for the prophecy?" Starflight narrowed his eyes. 
Riptide frowned again. "Queen Blister doesn't like when the prophecy is mentioned."
"Queen Blister?" Glory said suspiciously. "How come she gets to decide what you SeaWings talk about?"
"I am not calling her 'Queen' Blister," Kite stated firmly. "Not until we can determine she is a good queen." Glory gave Kite an unreadable stare but no colors splotched her scales. Did I do something? Kite shifted her front legs uncomfortably and looked away from the taller RainWing. 
"Welllll.." Starflight started. "Blister is the smartest after all."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Tsunami said, harsher than she probably expected. 
"Never mind."
Tsunami rolled her eyes. "I don't want to worry about the prophecy right now. Today I am going to find my parents!" She smiled excitedly and Riptide tilted his head a bit in curiosity. "You see, I was stolen from the royal hatchery six years ago and I thought maybe my parents were out there searching for me... like in-"
"The Missing Princess?!" Riptide exclaimed and his eyeballs looked like they were going to pop out again. "Required reading in school." Riptide said in reply to the Dragonets of Destiny's shocked faces.
"Tsunami never shut up about it, when we were under the mountain," Kite snickered and Tsunami pushed her over, Tsunami's snout blushing, but barely.
"Shut up.." The female SeaWing hissed and Glory giggled in amusement as Kite got back onto her feet. Even Riptide's blue eyes danced with laughter behind that serious soldier act. Kite decided she liked this SeaWing.
"I see, but you must understand I can't take you all back with him and her coming along," Riptide made a gesture towards Clay and Kite. Kite furrowed her brow.
"But... he's a Dragonet of Destiny? She's a Dragonet of Destiny? I'm a Dragonet of Destiny?" Tsunami frowned. "We're all Dragonets of Destiny here does it really matter??" Glory cleared her throat but Tsunami made no acknowledgement towards her, barely even glancing at her. 
As if she didn't exist! Kite thought as she felt her talons clench in the sand.
Riptide stared sympathetically back. "I'm already in enough trouble with the queen and I really don't want to be in more hot water," Riptide leaned in towards Tsunami and lowered his voice just a bit but was still audible. "Can't I just bring you and wait until the queen gives permission to bring the others in?"
"No way," Tsunami snorted in amusement. "We're not doing things like that. Now imagine if Queen Coral found out you found her missing daughter and didn't bring her back." Riptide gave a thoughtful look at the swirling patterns on Tsunami's wing membrane.
"Fine.." he finally said. "But your friends have to be blind folded." Tsunami smirked satisfied with the result.
"Fine by me."
"Yeah, and I'm going to round up some scary RainWings to sleep on some SeaWing roofs!" Glory snorted. "No blindfold for me." Kite held herself back from cackling in laughter.
"Oh no you don't," Riptide stepped in. "You're a Talons of Peace member, I don't want any more risks right now." 
The RainWing shrugged in reply. "Eh, it was worth a shot."
Starflight began to speak up again. "It's really no use keeping secrets from us NightWings. They- I mean, we know everything." 
Kite sent Starflight a confused glance. "What?" Starflight just blinked.
It was decided that Starflight was the only exception to the blindfold rule. Kite sat still and squeezed her green eyes shut as Riptide tied a slimy piece of kelp behind her horns. "This is disgusting.." she remarked, trying not to think about the slime from the kelp blindfold penetrating her pores and causing some sort of disease. 
"Well I like it, maybe I like disgusting!" Clay mused. Kite turned to his direction, unable to see him.
"Ewwwwwwww!" Came Sunny's voice.
"That's gross, Clay," Glory commented. 
After the slimy gross blindfolds were tied the group took off. The blindfolded dragons held onto someone. Kite held onto Tsunami and Clay, who kept close to her, helping her feel a bit safer. Glory was probably holding onto Starflight. Starflight carried Sunny on his back.
"Are those pink dolphins?" Tsunami exclaimed nearly dropping Kite in the process.
The SkyWing gasped. "Tsunami!!"
"Sorry."
"Can we eat them?" Clay asked, probably licking his lips hungrily.
"NO!" Riptide exclaimed. That was a way more aggressive reply than expected. Riptide proceeded to explain to the dragonets how Queen Coral thought that dolphins could possibly be related to dragons (SeaWings specifically of course) and refused to let the SeaWings eat them.
Kite thought it was a silly theory. Dolphins don't even have scales! Do they?
Eventually, the group came to a sudden stop. "Guys, stay hovering here..." Tsunami's voice ordered and Kite obeyed, letting go of Tsunami's arm. Kite focused her ears and heard the flapping of many wings and hissing. 
"Oh moons! We're dead aren't we?!" Kite exclaimed but Starflight shushed her before anyone could make any further comments.
"What is the meaning of this, Riptide?!" Came a stern, deep, and commanding voice. 
"I have the missing princess," Riptide replied in a tone that was way calmer than Kite could have ever sounded.
"Oh yeah? That's likely coming from you.." the stern voice hissed, most likely referring to Riptide.
"Who's this?" Tsunami asked.
"Commander Shark, brother to the queen," Riptide responded. 
Moons! That's Tsunami's uncle! Kite realized. He isn't very nice though.
"What makes you think this half bite is the missing princess?" Shark snarled and "oohs" and "ahhs" filled the air. 
"The Royal Pattern!" 
"Shark's are the exact same!" 
Kite didn't know what was going on. The Royal Pattern must have been the swirling pattern on Tsunami's wing membrane.
"I see.." Shark's calculating voice spoke up again. "Kill the others and bring her to the Summer Palace."
Kite's heart dropped and she felt like screaming. No! I've nearly died way too many times in the past few days than I can remember! Give me a break!
"Stop!" Tsunami shrieked. "Don't you dare touch them! As your princess I order you to leave them all alone!
Shark seemed to let out a disappointed sigh. "Very well, come along."
"Take me to my mother," Tsunami demanded. 
"Her majesty is conducting business at the Deep Palace, we're going to the Summer Palace to wait for her.
That was the end of that. Kite felt a SeaWing grab her front leg and pull her toward an unknown destination. "How far are we from there?" Kite asked.
"Not long, it appears.." Starflight said sounding distracted. "Oh, you are going to love this place, Kite."
== Chapter 6 ==
"Take a deep breath!"
Then there was the coldness of salty water. Kite's eyes began to sting, unfamiliar with the salt from the water. Though Kite couldn't see a single thing she could tell they were going down some sort of underwater tunnel, judging by the way the SeaWing holding onto her was pulling and tugging.
Kite finally was able to get a peak after her slimy blindfold began to slip off, at some point having one eye covered and one eye not like some sort of pirate. Kite couldn't see very well underwater and the water blurred her vision. Also the tunnel was completely dark, aside from the glowing of the SeaWings' glow-in-the-dark stripes that ran up the sides of their bodies and legs.
Whoa.. compared to SeaWings, Skywings seem pretty dull! Kite thought. She resisted the urge to gasp for air even when her chest began to pain her. 
The SkyWing thought she wouldn't be able to make it but eventually the group emerged at the end of the tunnel. Kite scrambled to her feet as she left the water. She shook herself dry, sending droplets at Glory who shielded herself with her large wings. Kite chuckled in amusement and caught Glory rolling her eyes as she tore off her blindfold.
"Yuck!" Sunny exclaimed as she removed her blindfold. She tossed it to the ground. "Heyyy, where's your blindfold Kite?"
Kite shrugged. "Fell off," The SkyWing heard a grunt and turned her gaze back at the water they had just come out of. Clay heaved himself out and laid on stone floor for a bit like a beached whale. Starflight soon followed, gasping for air.
"I don't want to do anything like that ever again.." Groaned Starflight. He proceeded to shake off the droplets on his wings.
"Is that the missing princess?" A SeaWing cried out. Kite looked around wildly before spotting Tsunami, who was landing beside the rest of the dragonets. 
"So this is where I should've grown up.." Tsunami sighed.
"Come on, let's get you ready to meet your mother," Riptide smiled and got ready to take off again. "And bring your friends too." 
"Let's move!" Tsunami ordered and took off after Riptide.
"Moons, I didn't think it was possible but I think she's becoming bossier!" Glory commented to which Kite snorted in reply.
"This place is beautiful!!!" Sunny exclaimed.
The group flew over the very top pavilion and landed on a platform. Tsunami and Riptide landed first and the rest of the group landed shortly after them. Kite chuckled and shook her head when she noticed Tsunami gawking at two very elegant looking thrones. 
These thrones are much better looking than the one at Scarlet's palace, Kite noted. 
"That one must be my mother's and that one's too small for the king... is that mine?" Tsunami smiled and Kite smiled back.
"They must've built one for you!" Sunny squeaked positively. Though Kite loved seeing her friend smile, she wasn't sure about the throne. Something wasn't right here.. surely the SeaWings would have disassembled the throne after years of waiting for Tsunami's return.
"Can you guys please attempt to look more presentable when the queen arrives?" Riptide begged the dragonets. Luckily, they didn't have to wait long for Queen Coral to arrive as she had flown to the very top pavilion moments later.
"Speak of the devil," Glory mused dryly. 
The dragonets turned their gaze toward the much larger dragon. Now that Kite had seen both Tsunami and Coral, she had to note that Tsunami was the spitting image of her mother. Similar shades of blue, same snout shape. Kite would have believed it if she'd been told Tsunami was a clone of Coral.
The main difference between them was that Coral was older, taller, and definitely carried much more of a regal presence. She was also bejeweled, absolutely covered in pearls. Coral had several pearl necklaces wrapped around her giraffe-like neck.
Kite understood the jewelry, but what she didn't understand was the bejeweled harness that Coral was attached to. Could the SeaWing queen not be trusted with herself? In that case, why is she the queen? 
"Mother!" exclaimed Tsunami as she embraced the queen in a great hug. "You don't know how long I've been waiting to come back to you!"
"Oh child, my dear baby!" Coral hugged Tsunami tightly. "I will never let you out of my sight ever again!"
"Ow!" A sudden yelp came from a voice attached to the harness. "Mother, you pulled too hard!" 
Mother? Kite analyzed the dragonet who was on the other end of the harness. She was the strangest SeaWing Kite had ever seen. The SeaWing was a pale pearly blue and had light, equally as pearly, pink wing membranes. She was very small in stature which suggested that the dragonet was very young. The princess did not have as much jewelry as the queen did, only wearing a necklace around her short (in comparison to Coral's) neck.
Oh, so Coral is taking care of someone, not the other way around, the SkyWing thought, a bit ashamed she'd thought something so mean.
"Oh, darling! Meet your sister, Anemone!" Coral presented her other daughter. Tsunami and Anemone stared at each other for a moment. Kite could tell that Tsunami was deciding whether or not this tiny princess was a friend or foe.
"And Tsunami said she'd be queen of the SeaWings?" Glory wondered out loud to which Kite shoved her lightly to shut her up.
"Tsunami," the elder princess offered her talons out to her sister for a hand shake. Apparently she had decided that Anemone was a friend.
Anemone hesitantly took her sister's talons and shook them, her own talons being dramatically smaller than Tsunami's. "Anemone," she smiled.
"Huh, Tsunami," Coral noted. "At least Webs did one thing right." The queen suddenly flared her wings angrily. "And where is he?? His punishment will be slow and painful..." Kite stepped back, hoping that they hadn't stumbled upon another Burn. But Kite's movement caught Coral's attention and the queen turned her gaze towards Kite and Clay specifically. 
"What.. WHAT IS A SKYWING AND A MUDWING DOING IN MY PALACE?"
== Chapter 7 ==
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