Wings of Fire: Saving Ashes

Wings of Fire 
Saving Ashes 
By: DragonWolfooo
Prologue 
Sunlight flooded Ashes’s eyes. It was like it wanted her to wake up. So, stretching, she got up. As a queen, she needed to wake up early. So, she took her crown, checked if one of the jewels had fallen out, and put it on. Just as she was going to go into the dining room, Ashes heard her little brother talking. She decided to listen a little bit. 
“Ashes always sleeps late,” said Volcano. Then he seemed to realize what he just said. 
“Ashes would kill me if she heard that!”
“No, she wouldn’t” a guard at the table chimed up. “She can hardly kill a pig!”
“I bet she couldn’t kill a rabbit!” another guard started. 
“Mouse!” cried Volcano. Then there was an awkward silence as if everyone were staring at him.  
Ashes opened the door and stepped out. Everyone stared at her, not expecting Ashes to be up so early. 
“I heard all you said.” began Ashes. Volcano looked worried. “But it’s true, I could barely kill a pig. I think I could kill a mouse though.” Ashes said looked at her brother and tried not to laugh. 
Forestfire, her mother, the past queen hurried into the room. 
“Is everyone ok?” she asked worriedly. “I heard something about killing!” Ashes rolled her eyes. She thought that Forestfire was WAY too protective. It wasn’t like the palace would fall on them. Forestfire looked around then settled down. Suddenly there was a loud THUNK at the window.  
The guard commander got up and walked to the glass. 
He peeked out and cried “Protect formation!” 
All the guards jumped up and made a circle around the two queens. Ashes slowly crept towards the window. She worriedly looked out and saw... two dragonets. They didn’t look like Flamewings though. One was pitch black; the other was a beautiful shade of orange. The orange one looked dazed. She shook off and noticed Ashes. First she looked surprised, then a wave of confusion washed her face. Ashes opened the window. The black dragonet seemed to become worried when she saw the FlameWing queen. 
“H-hi” the orange dragon said. 
“Hello” responded Ashes. 
“Um, where are we?” the dragonet asked. 
“Isn’t it obvious?” said Ashes. “You’re on Pakala. Where else would you be?” 
“Pakala.” The orange dragon repeated slowly. “Is that what you call this place?” 
“Yes?” 
“Whoa” the orange dragonet’s eyes widened. “You mean, we just discovered a new island?” 
Chapter 1 
Flame stared out at the ocean and thought. He thought about what the land beyond it looked like. He thought about what other kinds of dragons looked like. Of course, he already knew about Nightwings and Skywings. Anyway, Flame was a dreamer! It was only up to fate to decide for two totally different species of dragons to come and bonk into the palace's window. And it was up to fate to decide for these two dragons to ruin Flame’s dreaming. Sigh. He turned away and hung his head. He looked at the bare ground. Pakala had no grass because dragonets that were only learning to control their fire had burned it up practicing. 
“Careless dragonets.” thought Flame. but he knew he couldn’t do anything about it. Flame headed home. He had always longed for adventure. So he thought he was prepared for anything. But nothing could prepare him for what happened next.  
The earth started to shake and rumble. Flame could barely stand! So, he took off. RUMBLE! Flame even had trouble flying with this earthquake! Pakala has had earthquakes every year, in August. Forestfire, the earlier queen, had said that it was a way for the earth spirts to remind Flamewings about themselves. But it wasn't August. And this earthquake was MUCH stronger than the usual ones. Something must have been causing it! Flame whipped around and flew towards the palace. He had to warn the queen! As he was flying, Flame heard a scream. And another. And another! Moving his ears around, he located the dragon that screamed first. But to his horror, the dragon was dead. Flame flew faster than he ever did before. But instead of flying away from danger, he flew toward it. Soon he reached the dead dragon. It was a girl, but Flame didn’t know her. He saw what killed her. There was an arrow in her chest. Flame knew he should leave, but curiosity took over. He reached and pulled it out. It had a super sharp point, and a sun symbol on the other side. A word flashed through Flame’s head. Sun... arrow. No... Solar arrow! I MUST tell Ashes! RUMBLE! Huh? Flame was so lost in thought that he didn’t even notice the earthquake! It was still there! 
Flap, flap, flap! Flame launched himself into the air. 
Queen Ashes I'm coming! he thought. He flew like a bullet. Crack! Oh boy. Flame wasn’t sure how much more he could take. So, he felt faint when the Flamewing palace started crumbling before his eyes! He kept on repeating 'I have to save Ashes' to himself. But still, he was too terrified. Flame turned and shot through the air. Flying super mega ultra-fast, Flame wobbled in the air and crashed his right wing straight into the ground. 
“OWWWW!!!!!” Flame had only been hurt physically one other time in his whole life, and it was from tripping and scratching his knee. This was much worse. “RUMBLE” The earthquake was getting stronger and stronger. Flame leaped up and flew towards the water. His wing was hurting more and more! “Whizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz” Another solar arrow flew right past his ear. Flame was lucky he heard it, or he would have been toast! Flame glanced at where it came from. There was a bright yellow glowing dragon hiding in the bushes. Then it disappeared. 
Chapter 2 
“Where’d it go?” thought Flame. There was no way to find out. But one thing was clear, the Flamewings were under attack! Flying amazingly fast, Flame headed towards the water. The glimmering blue ocean was so mesmerizing up close. “Swish, swish swoosh.” The sound made him want to land right into the water and stare at the fishes, like he had done when he was a little dragonet. “Snap out of it!” he told himself. “No time for that now!” Only then Flame realized that he was way away from Pakala. The island was a little dot in the distance. No time to go back though. Then his hurt wing gave out. “Aieeeee!” Flame heard himself scream as he dropped. He saw more glowing shapes flying towards Pakala. Then he was underwater. Flame couldn’t see anything except blue, his least favorite color. “Help!” Flame thought. But there was no one to help him. He felt his wings erupt in flames, at least heat. There can’t be fire underwater! Flame didn’t know how much longer he could hold his breath. Suddenly, he could breathe. He could also see! Feeling around his head, he realized he had a bubble on it! It allowed him to breathe and see. His wings! His wings had created bubbles and one got caught around his head! He stared at a fish nearby. It stared back at him. Looking up, he could see the surface drifting farther and farther up. He was sinking! Flame could also see a glowing dragon above him. The dragon was a bright, mellow yellow color. It was getting closer, even though the surface was getting farther. “Could it be underneath the waves with me?” thought Flame. Then there was a loud “POP!” and water rushed into Flame’s ears, Flame’s eyes, and Flame’s mouth was filled with water. Then it got hard to breathe, and then everything went black. 
A ripping pain from his wing awoke Flame. 
“I... I’m still alive?!?!” Blinking, Flame opened his eyes. The glowing dragon was standing in front of him. 
“Hi!” The yellow dragon smiled cheerfully. 
“Wha... what happened?” asked Flame. 
“I put your wing back into place. That’s what hurt a lot. But I saved you from drowning!” The dragon answered.
Looking around Flame saw he was on a tiny island. “What is this place?” 
“Huh?” 
“This island. What is it?” 
“Oh, this island is my secret hideout!” 
“Ok.”
“I’m Yellow.” 
“Sure. Then I’m red.”
“No, I mean my name is Yellow.” 
“My name is Flame” 
“Cool.” Then Yellow looked behind Flame and looked a little bit surprised. 
“What’s wrong?” asked Flame. 
Yellow looked like he was going to say something, but then shook his head and said, “I can’t tell you. You should, though, look behind you. 
“Right.” Flame stood up, and when he did, memories of the crumbling castle flooded his mind ones more. I MUST save her! He turned around and nearly crashed into a palm tree. 
Yellow giggled and said, “Look behind it!” 
“Yeah, right.” Flame peeked behind and saw two strangely colored blobs flying towards the island. The closer they got, the more clearly Flame could see them. Those aren't blobs, that’s Queen Ashes visitors! The ones that crashed into the window all those years ago! The ones that I never met! The orange ‘blob’ landed first. 
“Oh! A Flamewing that wasn’t captured! I mean, there’s probably plenty of those, but you’re about the same age as us!” The dragon babbled on as her friend the black one landed. 
“Hummingbird, can you please be quiet?” the black asked. That one seems to be older than this ‘Hummingbird’ dragon. Who exactly is she? And why does it look like she is trying to keep a secret?  
Chapter 3 
The black one turned to Flame and Yellow. 
“My name is Stargazer. I’m a Nightwing. Surely, you've heard of me.” she said, looking at Flame. 
“Yes, I have.” said Flame. “Ok, that's good, but let's just get out of here!” Hummingbird cried and pointed at the ranks of glowing dragons approaching. 
“Here, follow me!” Yellow said and took off. 
“I'm coming!” Flame called and followed him. 
“Wait for me!” Stargazer and Hummingbird followed. 
After about 5 minutes of flying Yellow led them to an abandoned and crumbled castle. it seemed to have been crushed by something big and round. 
“What is this place?” asked Flame, who was quite confused.
“It's the abandoned Sunwing palace, abandoned because a meteor hit it and killed the only Sunwing queen. She had no heirs, so we had to rely on the Cobwings and be ordered by their queen, to survive.” Yellow sighed. “It happened when I was a very young dragonet. It also sent sharp things flying everywhere, and I just happened to be playing in the yard at that moment. I still have the scar.” 
Then he raised one of his wings to show a big gash on his side. “My mother died when I was an egg, and my dad, Sunrise, is my only family.” 
“That’s so sad!” Hummingbird looked surprised. 
“Says the one whose own queen turned on her.” Stargazer nudged her. 
“How? Tell us!” Flame begged. 
“I don’t know. I was an egg then. Ask Stargazer. She’s the one who rescued my egg when she was a dragonet a year old. I just hatched and got named by her. Then we lived long enough for me to learn to fly, which took less time than other dragonets because I'm a SkyWing and SkyWings are the dragons of the sky. Finally, someone discovered us, so we had to flee. We flew over the ocean and found your island.” she nodded at Flame. “I thought the window was open, but it turned out to be super transparent glass. I knocked into it, met Queen Ashes, and lived with her for six years. Then the attack by, umm, who?” Hummingbird looked at Yellow. 
“We are Sunwings.” 
“Then, the attack by Sunwings, and now we are here.” 
“Ok. Now, where do we go?” Flame asked Yellow.
“Well, since we are alone right now, let's explore!” 
“Great!” Hummingbird cried. “I LOVE exploring!” 
“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Stargazer asked cautiously. “It might be dangerous.” 
“No, it won’t! The SunWings are out raiding Pakala, and the CobWings are raiding Pant-something-or-other.” Yellow smiled. 
“Ok.” Stargazer gave in.  
Flap flap flap. Flame’s talons touched the earth. “Well, here we are!” Yellow said. 
“Where do we go first?” Hummingbird looked excited. “Well, there’s the meat storage and the library.” 
“Library? I love reading!” Now Stargazer looked excited. 
“Ok, this way!” Yellow obviously loved leading, or knowing what others don’t.  
As they headed down the street, Flame thought he heard something. “Wait! What was that?”
“What? What was what?” Hummingbird asked. 
“I heard something! Something like a groan!?”
“But everyone has left! There can’t be someone who stayed! At least, I don’t think so...” Yellow cried. 
“Uuh...” “There is the sound again!” Flame was kind of not really but sort of terrified. 
“I heard it this time!” Stargazer looked much more afraid than Flame felt. 
“There!” Hummingbird pointed at a hole in the ground. Yellow, probably the bravest of all of them, cautiously peeked in. They all held their breath. “It's...” began Yellow. “Very dark. I can’t see anything.”
“Aww, I wanted something to be exciting! This is no fun.” pouted Hummingbird. 
“Wait!” Yellow leaned in. “There is something in there! But I can’t see clear enough.” 
Then something amazing happened. A claw on Yellow’s talons lit up. The glow was brighter than his usual glow that vibrated around him. The glow traveled from that claw onto the rest of the ones on the talon, then traveled up his leg, into the others, also lighting them up. As the glow went into his wings, Flame saw they were a little more golden than the rest of Yellow’s body. But when his head lit up too, it became too bright to see, and Flame had to cover his eyes. 
“It’s a dragon!” 
“What?” “I can see it now! It’s a dragon in the hole! And it looks like it’s hurt!” 
“What kind of dragon is it?” That was Stargazer. 
“It looks like a... CobWing.”  
                     Chapter 4 
“What is it doing in that hole?” Stargazer came closer and peered down. 
Yellow was just dimming, but when her wing brushed his, he glowed even brighter than before, which Flame thought wasn’t possible. What Flame had thought was possible was that the dragon in the hole would probably die. After all, how did it get into the hole in the first place? 
“Yes...  there is a dragon in there.” Stargazer confirmed. 
“MAKE WAY!” Hummingbird ran forward and dove in. 
“HUMMINGBIRD!” Stargazer looked as if she wanted to dive in after her. 
“Stop! Don’t go!” Flame grabbed her. 
“But my best friend...” 
Suddenly Hummingbird screamed. “He has EIGHT LEGS!!!” 
Yellow shaked his head and cried into the pit. “Well, obviously he has eight legs! It’s a CobWing!” 
“Oh, okay.” Hummingbird’s mood seems to change in two seconds. “Wait! I think he is waking up!”
This changed Flame’s mood, too. Maybe he would survive! Flame peeked into the hole. 
“Uhhhhh... Who-o are y-y-you?” The strange white dragon with eight legs and black horns and a black row of spikes running down his back asked. 
“Me?” Hummingbird asked. “Well, I’m Hummingbird. Up there is Flame and Yellow and my best friend Stargazer. She is the BEST! C’mon! Let’s go up!” 
“Ok-k.”The dragon tried to stand up, wincing. He looks very hurt. Flame spread his wings and flew into the hole. 
“Hello. Here, I’ll help you up.” Grabbing one of the eight legs, Flame rose into the sky. 
“Come on, I know you can do it!” Then Hummingbird grabbed a leg on the other side, and together they lifted the hurt dragon and brought him out of the hole.
When they were out Yellow asked the dragon what his name was. 
“I’m T-taran-n-tula.” 
Tarantula. A name that sent a little shiver through Flame’s spine.  
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