Tales from the Continents (OC Winglet thingy)

So yeah... don't edit without my permission. This is going to be 3 stories with 10 chapters each- Goldust's Poison, Africa's Echo, and Cupid's choice. This story includes a few fan tribes, the LoveWings, CloudWings, SnakeWings, SeasonWings, RamWings, and InsaneWings, which is Cupid's Choice, and the CentiWings, which is in Goldust's Poison. The tribes from the Forgotten Continent don't exist yet on this wiki, sadly, but descriptions of them will be below! 
=== LoveWings ===
The LoveWings are dragons with heart shaped wings and fairly large, drooping ears. Their colors consist of magenta all the way to a dull pink, with sharp spikes similar to an IceWing's running down their backs. They have wings that are delicate and shaped similar to SilkWing wings, but not exactly the same. They have heart shaped eyes-their eyes can have a shape of a heart or a broken heart. A broken heart means they have not gotten their powers yet, and a regular heart means they have their powers. Their powers are included but not limited to: Making dragons fall in love with each other, and telling what other dragons are feeling. They all wear earrings shaped like hearts (Yes I know, how original), that symbolizes their rank. (1 heart-Servant. 2 hearts- Merchant. 3 hearts- Landowners. 4 hearts- Council. 5 hearts- Royal.) The LoveWings like all things jewelry, the most popular being gems embedded to the side of their eyes. Their horns are similar to a SandWings but more curvy, pointing upwards. They have a small horn on the end of their nose. They live near the RamWing Village in a palace, just outside of the Fang Forest, making them the closest allies to the RamWings. They also live fairly near to Hybrid Lake, but do not mess around with them. 
=== SnakeWings ===
The SnakeWings are long, thin, and scaly dragons. They have long, curving horns and slitted eyes. Their wings are smaller than the other dragons on the Forgotten Continent. They each have a unique scar on their snouts at birth. They live in burrows by the north coast of the Forgotten Continent. Their city is underground, working like ants in a colony. There are worker SnakeWings that bring food for the tribe, and the Queen and her daughters. Daughters kill the Queen like Pyrrhia does, but the daughters who do not kill the Queen in time that the other daughter does, they become invalid for the throne. The SnakeWings have poisonous teeth that can shoot venom and kill a dragon in less than 48 hours. Though it is dangerous, this venom does not come until age 3. The only cure is a special plant harvested near Hybrid Lake. They are very quiet and sneaky, making them one of the most dangerous and agressive tribes. The tribe with the most assassins or training assassins is the SnakeWings. 
=== RamWings ===
The RamWings are big, burly dragons similar to MudWings. They have almost what looks like a beard on their chin, sometimes two, and their tail ends with fur and a whip-thin end. They have long eyes, similar to frog's eyes, and fur instead of scales covering their body. They have fur along their wings and coat and have one or two fangs on each side of their face, but it is rare that they are strong enough to bite through anything or do any damage to dragon scales. On the other talon, though, they have strong horns made of ivory that are very damaging and could ingure you for life. They are weak fliers and are probably the least powerful tribe on the Forgotten Continent.
=== CloudWings ===
=== InsaneWings ===
=== SeasonWings ===
=== Hybrid Lake ===
Anyways, enjoy what I have written so far! 
= Chapter 1 =
Her whole tribe left her here, alone, seeking help to defeat Queen Wasp. Those cowards. They could have stayed and fought, she thought. Goldust was a LeafWing with lime underscales, and dark green all over with splotches of yellow. Queen Wasp decided to plant trees a few feet from the Poison Jungle, which, she thought, wasn’t a good idea. The only thing separated from her and the other jungle was a small river, where she usually drank from, and saw SilkWings or HiveWings. She hated how all the SilkWing looked at her home. They looked at the Poison Jungle in horror. If they even approached, she would make a hissing noise to scare them off.
She was walking along the treeline when she heard the hushed voices of SilkWings. 
“Is it real? The legend?” asked a young SilkWing. He was a little older than Goldust, and was a gray SilkWing with orange spots and blue underscales. 
“Let’s find out!” exclaimed the other one, who was visibly older. This one had a dark purple hue, with little yellow spots like stars. His underscales were a dark blue.  
“I don’t know. Mum would be angry!” the gray one said hesitantly.
“We’ll get back by nightfall, just to prove the legend is real!” continued the dark purple one.
“Fine. You win.” and they stepped into the forest. She tried hissing, but the two just shrugged. 
She did not like outsiders in her forest. If hissing didn’t work, she had to go to the next level. She called her LeafSpeak, and asked kindly to the plant nearest to her, the strangler vine, to not strangle them, but to simply tie them up. The plant agreed, since it was the plant's forest too. 
“Ouch! Stop touching me!”
“I’m not touching- Whoa!”
She thanked the plant and asked it to hold a little bit longer. 
“Get out of my forest!” yelled the older SilkWing.
“What are you doing?” asked the younger one in a hushed tone.	
“Nothing.”
“Fine. Rude.”
“Leave my forest. Now.”
“The legend-” Apollo started.
“I’m confused,” said Osprey. “How did you get here?”
She ignored the question.
“What are you doing here?”
“Trying to find our way home.” Apollo said convincingly.
“Aha. Then why did I see you coming into my forest?”
“Who are you?” asked Osprey, trying to go off subject.
“I am Goldust. What do you want in my forest?”
“I already told you-” Apollo started.
“Are you mind controlled?”
“What? What are you talking about?”
“Mind control? Queen Wasp can mind control HiveWings, but I was curious if SilkWings also could be mind controlled.”
“Mind control? That exists?” Apollo asked.
“You have no idea, do you? I’m going to come out, but don’t be freaked out. You're going to have to follow me.”
The two SilkWings nodded, and the plant released them. She stepped out of the shadows, and signaled her tail to follow them.
“Wow. You're a LeafWing? I thought all of them left about a year ago.” Apollo started, and Osprey nodded. “I thought you all died off, or left somewhere else on the continent.”
“They did. I’m not telling you where, though, because you might be mind controlled. Taking you to my village isn’t even a good idea.”
“Other LeafWings?” Osprey said excitedly. “I want to see!”
“Shush Osprey.”
“Okay…”
They got to her village, which looked run down and abandoned.
“Oh…” Osprey inquired sadly. “I get it now...they all left-without you.”
“Please don’t talk about it. Those that left without me deserved to be punished.” 
The two SilkWings looked at eachother, then looked down. They knew how it felt. Perhaps she could use it to her advantage? 
She went into the hut she claimed as her own, and offered a cup of tea and some roots to the SilkWings as they looked around the hut.
“So, what's the real reason you're here?” she asked as the SilkWings started to sip the tea.
“I told you. We wanted to know about the legend-” Apollo started, but Osprey interrupted.
“We wanted to get away from Queen Wasp! She’s horrible! Making us do everything for the HiveWings, and also making us plant a forest she’s probably gonna cut down anyway!”
“I’m starting to like your brother’s attitude.” Goldust said.
Apollo scowled.
“Osprey. What have I told you about shouting? What if Queen Wasp hears us?”
“She won’t,” Goldust said, “Because this forest is too thick for sound to travel through. Yell all you want.”
Apollo stared at Goldust in disgust. 
“Can I talk to you in private, Goldust?” Apollo said.
“Sure.”
When they went outside into another run down hut, Apollo started to talk about nonsense and protection blah blah and something like this should not be exposed to Osprey blah blah. So Goldust wasn’t really listening when Apollo said to go eat snails.
When they got back, Osprey was giving himself another portion of tea.
“Oh! Hey guys! This tea is really great! I’ll make some more, if that’s okay.”
“No. We’ll be on our way now.”
“Don’t you want to stay for dessert?” Goldust said.
“Dessert?”
“No, Osprey. We have to go home.”
“No. Apollo, don’t. You know she’s a liar-” 
“And?”
“I’m sorry Goldust. Apollo wants the scale reward.”
Goldust knew scales were used in forms of currency in the Hives. “You're lying!” hissed Apollo.
“Really! Explain this!” Osprey reached into Apollo’s bag, which she didn’t notice before, and pulled out a paper that was signed by Queen Wasp herself, that said: This bounty was approved by Queen Wasp. Come back with Poison Jungle LeafWing for a scale reward of 10000 scales.
“I knew it.” Goldust said. “I really thought I made some real friends.”
“I am your friend!” Osprey said. 
“Oh really?” Apollo said. “What about your brother? What about the family? The scales?”
“I don’t trust you with anything! If you want Queen Wasp to be in charge, fine! Do what you want!”
She never heard those words before. No one trusted her with anything. She knew this friendship won’t end soon. 
And as abruptly as Osprey took out the paper, Apollo used his silk to wrap up Goldust. Osprey glared at Apollo for a split second, and then started tearing the silk from Goldust.
“Osprey. Listen. Distract him, and I can get out.”
Osprey nodded, and pounced on Apollo’s face, which was pretty funny to watch.
She summoned her LeafSpeak and got herself free from some saplings that were still growing. Apollo was still strangling with Osprey. She looked at Osprey and caught his eye. He let go.
“You are going to leave my forest and not come back.” Goldust said as Osprey wrapped his brother in silk.
“I’ll just take Queen Wasp’s army here! You will pay!”
“In that case, make yourself at home here.” she kicked the silk that Apollo was in, and he slammed into another hut.
“I am concerned if he will escape.” Goldust said. “He might need a guard, but it’s just me here. With hunting and everything, it might be hard to guard him when I'm away.
“I’m not going back to Queen Wasp. I’m staying here. I’ll help guard and hunt, and we can switch up the order!” said Osprey excitedly. “I could live here with you!”
Goldust knew it was too risky. He could be mind controlled, or with Apollo. She learned from her time alone she couldn’t trust anyone.	
“I can’t trust you.” Goldust said hesitantly. “I don’t know if you’re mind controlled, so I can’t take the risk. What if I can’t trust you? What if you're working with Apollo and doing this to distract me?”	
The slightly older SilkWing took his talons into hers. 
“You can trust me, I promise.” Osprey said, looking into her eyes. 
“Fine,” she said as her eyes hardened, “But how can I know I can trust you?”
“I’ll prove it.”
= Chapter 2 =
For the next few days, Osprey helped with most things, like cleaning out the debris on the huts, and repairing them as well. Osprey wanted to gain her trust really badly, because she knew he wanted to get rid of Queen Wasp. On one of the days he was cleaning up, and she offered to help, but he said no. “I have to do this by myself to gain your trust,” he said. “I want to defeat Queen Wasp.” And Goldust got back to guard Apollo.
A few days later, Osprey gained Goldust's trust, and she sent him to patrol.
He came back out of breath.
“What happened?”
“HiveWings! Coming! This way!”
“Calm down,” she soothed. “Breathe.”
He took a deep breath and exhaled a few times.
“I feel better now. Thanks.”
“No problem. Now go far, far away from here. Take Apollo. You need to hide him.”
“What?! No! Why?”
“It’s too dangerous here. If they’re HiveWings, they’re looking for me, not you. So leave.”
“I’m not leaving you!” shouted Osprey. “I worked hard to gain your trust, and I’m not wasting that work.”
“Fine.”
“Let’s go then.” Osprey said. Goldust took an old book about the other continent. It might be useful later, so she put it in her pouch for later use. Knowledge is key to this prophecy.
“We know you’re in here,”  the mind controlled HiveWings said,  “If you do not bring Apollo and Osprey, we will cut down your forest.” 
“Too bad, I don’t like it anyways!” she yelled, and Osprey nodded.
“I’m here with the LeafWing. She is on this side of the forest, so come in and get her.”
And the two quietly slipped away to the other side of the forest, and ran to Ospreys house on the other side of the forest. As they went into the deeper part of the forest, she heard someone up in the trees making a bird-butterfly noise. She knew it was a SilkWing growling, and braced herself.
“Halt! Wait-Osprey! Mum! It's Osprey!”
A tiny SilkWing with no wings crawled down from the tree. The SilkWing had orange splotches with red all over. She had notably small ears for a SlikWing. This dragon was also visibly going to go through metamorphosis soon. She looked at her own wrists. She brushed off her thought quickly and looked up hurriedly to the SilkWing.
“No.” she said and looked at Goldust. “You found the LeafWing! We’ll be rich! Yes! You got it! You-”
“No. She’s a she, and she’s not for the scale reward. She’s here to get rid of Queen Wasp. And so am I. She isn’t for Queen Wasp, Ember.” 
“What about Apollo?”
“He’s gone. I fed him to the Poison Jungle.”
Ember broke down. “Why?” she whined. “He could have gotten her for us!”
“Well she’s here, isn’t she? Plus, we are not going to give her to Queen Wasp and we are not going to tell her she is here. Understand?”
Ember nodded cautiously, and took a step towards Goldust.
“Hey.” Goldust said.
Ember jumped back. “Uh-hi, I’m Ember. What's your name?”
“Goldust. Nice to meet you.” She held out a talon, but Ember moved back and disappeared into the trees. 
“Don’t tell anyone!” he yelled after her. “Sorry. She’s a little shy.”
“No problem. I knew a lot of shy dragons.”
Osprey raised an eyebrow.
“Okay, maybe not that many shy dragons.”
They crept up to the edge of some bushes, and slipped inside them.
“We’ll see what's beyond this,” Goldust said. “I hear voices, so I think the camp is here.” Osprey nodded and put his talon to his lips, and pointed out the bushes with his other talon.	
“I swear I heard something.” a HiveWing said. She wasn’t mind-controlled. 
“Shut up, Buzz. We’re looking for the LeafWing, not little creatures running around in the forest.”
“But I heard talking-”
“No you didn’t. Move along everyone.” said the rude HiveWing.
Unappreciated HiveWings. Typical. She thought that this ‘Buzz’ wouldn’t be a threat later, so she ignored the conversation. The two dragons peeked through the bushes again, and saw a HiveWing face looking curiously at the bush. 
Osprey quickly disappeared back into the bush. He stared wild-eyed at Goldust, and she looked straight back in alarm. 
“Hey. Who’s in there?” she heard a faint voice from outside the bush.
“We have to go. We’ve already been found.” Osprey said.
Goldust shook her head. “We can’t give up now. We have to free the SilkWings from the mind-controlled HiveWings.”
“Good point, but what if this one is mind-controlled?” 
“True. Let's get out of here.”
“You're not going anywhere.”  said Queen Wasp from the young HiveWing.
“Run.” Goldust said, and flew out of the bushes like an eagle flying along the wind.
“You can run, but you can’t hide!” Queen Wasp bellowed. A few moments later, most of the village, she presumed, was already mind controlled, and was flying her way. She saw Osprey next to her, and she screeched to a stop. 
“Osprey!” she whispered loudly.
Osprey flew back to her. “What? Why are we stop-” she shoved an apple into his mouth, and pulled him into a hollow in a tree trunk. He spat out the apple.
“Sorry,” he whispered, “I saw a-'' she shoved the apple back into his mouth and pointed outside.
“Come out, come out, wherever you are…” Queen Wasp said 
through the HiveWings. “You can’t hide forever…”  a mind controlled HiveWing snapped its head towards the trunk. Goldust ducked down quickly, but it was too late. 
“Found you!”  the MindWing stuck their head inside of the hollow and hissed.
Goldust panicked. She lashed out, and the MindWing fell back in pain.
“Osprey. Start clawing on the opposite side of the hole, and down push on it until I say so. Make it thin enough to bash through.” Osprey was already at it, clawing the bark.
A MindWing came to stick its head through, but she flung out with her claws. She kept flinging out, and she accidentally scratched Osprey.
He flinched, but he kept going. “Sorry.” she said quickly, and then: “I really mean it.” which she didn’t know she could actually say that before.
“Ready!” he said. She gave him a nod, and they bashed through the wood, and ran as fast as they could to somewhere safe. She let Osprey take the lead, and he led her to a hut, out of sight and in the forest. This was a place where nobody could see them. The hut was well camouflaged, and when they came to it, he pushed open the door and slammed it behind him.
“Hey. I’m home.” Osprey said, out of breath.
“Where were you?” said a grown SilkWing, coming out of another room. She knew it was the kitchen, since it smelled like food.
She gasped as she saw Goldust. “Ember wasn’t lying?” 
Osprey smacked his head. Ember had given away their secret. 
“Yes, mom. Ember wasn’t supposed to tell you. That little rat.”
“Now we have scales! Thank you, Osprey. Now, I will take this LeafWing-” and the SilkWing reached her hand out. Goldust slashed the SilkWing near her snout, barely touching her.
“Ah! How dare you!” the SilkWing said sharply.
“How dare YOU touch me?” she snapped back.
“Huh! It speaks!” she gasped.
“WHY does everyone say that? DRAGONS CAN SPEAK. OTHER ANIMALS CANNOT. How does NOBODY understand that?” Goldust said.
“She’s right. Mum, she isn’t for scales and we are not going to sell her. So don’t do anything about it, and don’t tell the HiveWings or Queen Wasp especially. So please, please don’t say anything about it and- MUM!” Osprey said as she opened her mouth. She nodded, and quickly walked away into the kitchen and came out with a pie. 
“Thank you.” she said gratefully. She waited until Osprey’s mother left the room, and she reached into her bag and pulled out a salt shaker. It didn’t have salt in it, though.
“What are you doing!?” Osprey whispered in a hushed tone as she shook the substance into the pie.
“Who knows IT COULD BE POISONED.” she said rather loudly, and Osprey’s mom stuck her head out with a raised eyebrow.
“Why would she POISON US?” Osprey whispered.
“Yes, why would I poison you?” she asked as she came into the room.
“Well, for one, to maybe steal my body or something, and, I don’t know, to steal my pouch.”
“Good points, but if it was poisoned, you would be safe anyway, because of that...stuff in your...salt shaker?
Goldust rolled her eyes.
“Okay. Me and Osprey have to discuss. Where can we go where it’s private?”
“Follow me.” Osprey said.
She got led into a hallway and Osprey took a right. She followed him, and the room was dusty from the hay roof. She looked around at the hay-strewn floor, and then looked at the walls, which looked like leaves, and to her surprise, were strikingly similar to her hut back in the Poison Jungle. He sat on a mattress which was, you guessed it, stuffed with hay. 
“This is my room. My family really doesn’t have much scales, so we don’t really have money to buy me stuff. It’s okay though. Our family was never that wealthy.” He stared at her for a moment which felt like a long time, and she blushed. 
“Er-” she said, her voice feeling tight. “That’s kinda making me uncomfortable-”
“Oh. I’m so sorry.” he looked away for a moment and then the silence broke by her saying, “Well, we have to know what’s happening, so let's get to it.'' She cleared her throat. “What do we know?”
“Well, we know that the breath of evil was a success. But it didn’t affect the SilkWings. We also know most of the LeafWings and SilkWing left, and that the rest got mind controlled.” Osprey said.
Goldust shuddered. She didn’t like thinking of some of her tribe as MindWings. 
Osprey saw her shuddering, and he curled his tail around hers.
“We also know the lost continent is definitely real.” She said, and tried to ignore his tail wrapping around hers.  “And there was most likely a prophecy, since Clearsight knew she was going to come here. All we need is the Book of Clearsight, then we can figure out what happened. Luckily, I have a decoy.” she reached into her pouch and took out a decoy of the Book. 
“Let’s see.” she flipped through the pages and landed on a page with a prophecy. 
“Nobody read the whole book thoroughly, so they might have missed this.” she put her talon on the page, and recited the prophecy:
“Turn your eyes, your wings, your fire
To the land across the sea 
Where dragons are poisoned and dragons are 
dying
And no one can ever be free.
A secret lurks inside their eggs.
A secret hides within their book.
A secret buried far below
May save those brave enough to look.
Open your hearts, your minds, your wings
To the dragons who flee from the Hive.
Face a great evil with talons united
Or none of the tribes will survive.”
“Okay.” Osprey said. “Let's see. The first part, Turn your eyes, your wings, your fire to the land across the sea where dragons are poisoned and dragons are dying and no one can ever be free, must mean the other continent, the one Clearsight came from, must help us. Next, it says that dragons are poisoned and dying. That is true, but what about the part where it says, no one can ever be free? Does that mean that we have to live like this?” Osprey said. 
“The thing is, if the prophecy told the other continent to come, why would it then say that no one will ever be free? It might mean that it will leave a permanent scar on the land.” Goldust said. “It doesn’t make sense that the prophecy would say that we need help, and then we will never be free. Then why would the other continent want to come here and waste their energy?”
“Goldust? I just want to point out that it's called Pyrrhia.” Osprey said.
“It says that?” She looked at the page. “Huh. Yeah, I guess it does. Anyway, that's a good piece of information. We need to remember that, just in case.”
“The next part is pretty clear. Sundew and the others already went and found out about the eggs. The secret part must be this prophecy in the book. So that part is done.” Osprey said.
“There are other tribes on the other continent, with different dragons. They have to come ‘with talons united’ or we won’t survive. That’s why the others left.” Goldust concluded. 
“So. Now we know about the prophecy and the breath of evil, but how are we going to stop the Hives? I mean, what about the others? The prophecy gave hints on how to stop the HiveWings, ‘with talons united’, but how are they going to do it? Burn the hives? Use their flamesilks?” Osprey covered his mouth. “I wasn’t supposed to tell you that.” Osprey said. “I might as well tell you. Flamesilks are SilkWings that-'' 
Goldust stopped him with a wave of her talon. “I know about your Flamesilks. They have fire in the form of silk. I know.” Goldust said.
“But how?” Osprey lowered his voice down to a whisper. Did Apollo tell you? Who told you?” he shook Goldust. 
“Okay, okay, I will tell you, but if I keep your secret, will you keep mine?” Goldust asked Osprey.
“I won’t tell anyone, I promise.” 
“Okay. I’m a hybrid. I’m a SilkWing and LeafWing hybrid. You can’t really see how I’m a SilkWing. I have this though.” Her horns had gold 
spirals that looked like they were part of her horns, but when she uncurled her spirals, they became antenne. 
“Wow. I never knew. Was your dad a Flamesilk?” Osprey questioned.
“Well, yes, he was, but-”
“Wow! Do you have Flamesilk?”
“Well, maybe I do, but-”
“Can you make a fire?”
“What? I just said-”
“Can you make me a piece of silk?”
“OSPREY!”
“Sorry.” Osprey grinned.
“Anyway, we have to leave.” Goldust said. “We need to find Queen Wasp and get rid of the mind control.” 
“But how?”
“Well, we need an army. The SilkWings. So we've got that down. And-”
The door swung open, and a purple, yellow, and pink SilkWing stepped in the room.
Goldust stared at the SilkWing. The SilkWing stared back.
“Hummingbird?” Goldust looked at Hummingbird.
“Goldust?” Hummingbird said.
“How do I know you?” They both said at the same time.
= Chapter 3 =
Goldust looked at Hummingbird. Why is she here?  thought Goldust.
“Hummingbird? Why are you here?” Goldust blurted. “How are you here?”
“I don’t know. How are you here?” Hummingbird said in her soft voice. 
“How do we remember each other if we never met?” Goldust asked herself. “Wait a minute. Weird prophecies, unnamed coincidences, and now this? It can’t be random.”
“I agree. We've seen each other in-” Hummingbird started.
“The visions.” Goldust said. “The visions we keep getting at night. We know all about each other because of our dreams.” Goldust gasped. “That means we have our army! SilkWings can help!” Goldust said excitedly.
“What?” Hummingbird said confused. “What army? Why?”
Goldust explained about the breath of evil, the other continent, and the rest of the LeafWings and SilkWings.
“So we can use my army to save Pantala?” Hummingbird asked. “That’s great! Now I can finally use my army for something!”
“I just want to clarify that I have no idea what’s going on.” Osprey said. “But I do know Hummingbird from school.” Osprey looked awkwardly to Hummingbird. “Erm. We are kinda in a relationship.” Osprey said to Goldust. “It’s a bit awkward to say that.”
Goldust nodded. “That's good for you two! I hope you will stay with each other.”
“Really?” Osprey asked. “You are?” 
“Sure I am.” Goldust said. “Why wouldn’t I be?”
Osprey turned pale. “I don’t know! Why did I ask that? Haha, I’m sorry!”
“Do you need a break?” Hummingbird soothed. “Maybe a breath of fresh air?” 
“No, no, I’m okay. So, how do you two know each other?”
“Are you kidding me?” Hummingbird slapped her palm against her head. “Goldust, please help me.” 
“Sure. You see, we know each other because of our dreams, basically. I also know her secrets, like that necklace. Anyway, we have to-” Goldust paused as she heard the door of the house knock loudly. 
“OPEN THIS DOOR!”  Queen Wasp shouted. 
“Shoot. We have to go. Now. Hummingbird, come with us. I know where we can go to get help.” Goldust said.
“Okay. We have to go through the window into the forest. There we will easily be covered by it.” Osprey said quickly. “Let’s go.”
The group escaped through the open window looking outside to check if Queen Wasp’s army was there. They stepped out into the grass and flew west of the jungle, and came to a rest at a patch of grassland on the plain.
“Goldust, why did we fly all the way here?” asked Osprey. “This is pointless. Why are we here? There is nothing out here!” 
“Osprey, you know nothing. We have some old friends here at northwestern Pantala. Only the LeafWings know about them. We have to keep flying to get there. Trust me, Osprey.” 
Osprey groaned as they lifted off after their rest. 
***
They finally reached northwestern Pantala by nightfall. It was cold and swampy as they stepped into the refuge area. 
“So...where are these friends of yours?” Osprey asked.
“Don’t worry, they're here. One of them has been waiting for me, every day, every month, every year, hoping I would come back.”
“That’s pretty cool...regarding that they are stalking you…” said Osprey.
“They aren’t stalkers, Osprey...they’re friends.” Goldust said.
“Halt! Who goes there!” said the shadows. 
“It’s me! Goldust!”
Out of the shadows came a dragon. It wasn’t a regular dragon though. It had a centipede body, and had no wings. Instead of a tail, it had a giant pinsir at the end of its long, centipede-like body. “Goldust? You're 
here! You're actually here! Welcome back!” Hummingbird and Osprey gave each other confused and surprised looks. 
“Hummingbird, Osprey, meet Mudtalons. Mudtalons is a CentiWing, a little known tribe in Pantala. So far, only the LeafWings know about them.” Goldust said. “Anyway, Mudtalons are one of the CentiWings that speak dragon. They have their own language, but Mudtalons is one of the CentiWings that can speak our language.” 
“That’s really cool! But don’t we need permission to go into the CentiWing camp?” Hummingbird asked.
“We don’t. I already told them! Let's get to camp!” said Mudtalons, literally jumping with joy. 
As they neared the camp at the heart of the forest, Goldust noticed no dangerous plants along the way. It's really different from the Poison Jungle. Goldust thought. 
As they reached the camp, they got a few glances along the way. All the huts were made of swamp grasses and bricks made of mud. They reached one house made of swamp grass and ancient wood from the trees around it. It was visibly different from the other huts.
When  they entered the hut, there was an old-looking CentiWing in the middle of the hut.
“𝔗𝖍𝕖𝓈𝕖 𝓪ℝέ ⓣħ𝐄 𝕕ᖇⒶﻮ𝔬Ⓝѕ 𝕴 ωαˢ 丅ⒶⓛⓀί𝔫𝓰 ᵃв𝓸ù𝐓, ⓕ𝓇𝔬𝓂 丅𝒽Ｅ𝐉𝐮𝓝𝑔ˡｅş, ỖＮｔⒽⓔ 𝐨𝐭Ħ𝕖𝕣 𝓼Ⓘｄє όｆ 𝓹𝔞几ⓣ𝔞𝕝𝐚!” Mudtalons said in Centipese. 
“ｃᗩ𝔫 𝓣ᕼ€𝓎 𝓊ή𝒹ᖇẸsᵗ卂𝓝ᵈ ยⓈ?” Asked the older dragon.
“Ⓞⓝ𝕝ү 丅卄ᗴ ｇ𝓇έεⓝ ㄖｎᗴ. 𝓗έ𝔯 ⓝᗩ𝕄έ ᶤ𝕤 ᵍỖĹ𝒹υ𝔰ⓣ.” Mudtalons said.
“ħ𝐞𝓛𝕃𝐨. 𝐢 𝔞𝐌 ｇ𝕠ＬĐǗş𝓣. Į Ħ𝐀𝔳ᵉ Ｂєᗴ𝔫 𝔥𝔼𝕣𝔢 乃єⒻ𝓸ᖇＥ.” Goldust said.
“What are they saying?” Osprey asked Hummingbird.
“We are talking about us and if he remembers us. His name is Carpenter Earworm, and he is the oldest member of the CentiWings. He’s technically the leader of them.” Goldust said. 
“Uh...tell him I like his...name choice?” Hummingbird said. 
“He didn’t choose his name. His name used to be Earworm, but when the CentiWings get their job, their job turns into their first part of their name. They get their name when they get through all 3 of their sheddings. They shed when they are old enough to get their jobs. I think Mudtalons is on her...2nd shedding? Is that right?” Goldust countered. 
“It is. Almost on my third! I’m finally going to have a job! So I don’t  go to a boring school!” Mudtalons jumped for joy.
“𝐰Ĥץ ⓗᵃᵛ𝒆 Ⓣ𝓗έ𝐲 cόϻ𝒆 卄𝕖ℝέ ｔ๏ ๏ⓤŕ Ⓥιㄥl𝐚𝐠ⓔ?” asked Carpenter Earworm.
“Ｗε 𝐇𝔸ⓥｅ c𝐨мẸ Ｔ𝓸 ᔕ€ｅ𝓀 𝓢𝒽ε𝕃ᵗεя ᖴ𝐑ⓞ𝓂 тн乇 ⓗ𝐢ѶⒺ𝔴Ꭵηg𝕤. 𝓽ｈⓔ𝓎 Ｗ𝐀𝐍t 𝕌Ŝ, єŜק𝓔ς𝐈𝐚ℓ𝐋𝔶 ᗰ𝔢.” Goldust said.
“ч๏ᵘ 𝓐Řέ ｈẸяẸ 𝓽Ø ʰⒾĎᗴ 𝒇ℝⓄ𝕄 ｈĮ𝕍𝑒ŴĮ𝓃𝐠s? 𝕪𝓞ⓤ cᗝＵᒪđ ⓔ𝐱𝓟ᵒ丂乇 ᑌ丂 𝒶ᶰᗪ Ƥย𝓉 ｕ𝓢 ᶤ𝕟 Ď𝕒ŇĞⓔ𝐑! ʸㄖᑌ 卂ŕ𝐄 ℕ𝕠Ｔ ฬ𝓔l𝐜ㄖＭ𝔼 н€尺Ⓔ.”
“𝐛𝓊Ｔ-” said Mudtalons. 
“η𝕠. үᵒᵘ άяᵉ 𝔫𝔬𝔱 ฬ𝑒ˡ匚ⓞ𝔪𝐞 𝒽€𝓻乇. 𝓰𝑜 𝕤ØᒪᵛＥ 𝐲𝓞Ⓤ𝐫 Ỗ𝔴ᑎ 卩ŕᗝвl𝓔ᵐ𝐬.”
“I’m sorry, Goldust.”  said Mudtalons. 
“It’s okay. We can go somewhere else. Come on, guys,” said Goldust.
“It seems like we cannot be trusted.”
= Chapter 4 =
“It’s too bad, really.” Osprey said. “We could have given something in return.”
They were walking back to the jungle which was a few miles away when Osprey asked why they had to walk instead of fly.
“You know exactly why we can’t fly. Queen Wasp’s HiveWings might come and see us. I see some now coming our way.”
There were a few HiveWings coming towards them, and they ran to the nearest dead bush to hide themselves. 
“Anyone?'' asked a HiveWing.
“I don’t think so. Let’s go.” said the patrol leader.
“You guys go. I will stay and make sure nothing comes out.” Goldust noticed that the dragon who said that was Buzz from the jungle. 
Buzz looked at the bush and said, “I know you are there. I won’t hurt you.”
Goldust looked at Osprey skeptically, but Osprey shrugged and made a face that looked like ‘Eh. Doesn’t matter. We’ll die soon anyways.’ 
Goldust rolled her eyes at Osprey. She stayed silent so Buzz didn’t see her through the bush. 
“I can’t be mind controlled,” Buzz said.
“Yeah right.” Osprey said. “Like we’d believe you.” he said as he stepped out of the bush. 
Goldust groaned.
“Maybe she can’t. I’ve heard rumors around Tsetse Hive. It’s where we used to live.” Hummingbird looked at Osprey. “Rumors say that some eggs were not injected by Queen Wasp and can’t be mind controlled.” 
“That rumor is true,” Buzz said. “I wasn’t injected even once, and my mother hid me to keep me safe from Queen Wasp. I was taken to Mantis Hive to grow up so Queen Wasp didn’t have to come and inject me. We just kept rotating through Hives.” Buzz explained. “So I think you can trust me.” 
“Likely story.” Goldust scoffed. “Even if we did trust you, you could turn us in to Queen Wasp with that tail of yours.” Goldust looked at her poisonous tail.
“Otherwise, you're not coming with us, and we’ll leave you alone if you let us go. Deal?” Goldust said. 
“No. I would actually want to help you on your journey. It sounds fun.”
“Fun? You think this is some little game? This is nothing but fun, it’s life or death. Not some ‘fun’ journey. We're going to get rid of Queen Wasp. And you are not coming.” Goldust said. 
Buzz looked at Goldust. “I can be useful. I know all the shortcuts and the locations of the Hives. I can help.”
“We can’t trust you. Prove that you aren’t mind-controlled.”
“Wouldn’t I be mind-controlled by now if I was really mind- controlled?” Buzz said.
Goldust groaned. “Fine, if you must come.” Buzz did a little bounce.
“Don’t get too excited,” Goldust added. “Remember this is a life or death journey.” Buzz started to take off, and Goldust followed her and swooped ahead. She would not let this suspicious HiveWing lead the way back to the jungle. 
        ***
They traveled for a long time over the clouds to avoid being seen. They had to fly over Tsetse Hive and Yellowjacket Hive to get back to the quote on quote ‘Jungle’. 
“I’ve never been to the Jungle. What’s it like?” Buzz asked.
“Horrible.” Goldust said.
“How about the Poison Jungle?”
“Amazing.”
“How about Hummingbirds house?” 
“Shut up. Stop asking questions.”
“Why?”
“Why not?”
“But why?” 
“Because I have no idea what  Hummingbird's house looks like.”
Buzz made a mopey face and caught the wind to fly next to Hummingbird. Goldust looked back and rolled her eyes. 
“You sure do roll your eyes a lot.” Buzz said.
“Thanks for the compliment.” Goldust said, about to roll her eyes again, but she stopped herself. “Hey, aren’t you supposed to be scouting out?”
“Uh…sorry, but I’m kind of busy…uh, scouting out?” she shook herself.
Goldust also scouted out, so that klutzy brainless salamander wouldn't miss anything. 
Osprey flew up to Goldust. “Hey, I just wanted you to know that I kind of like you.” Osprey said.
“But I thought you liked Hummingbird.”
“I do. I like both of you.”
“How do you like both of us?”
“I don’t know, but I like you now that I’ve met you and known you.”
“What will you tell Hummingbird?”
“I don’t know yet.”
“Sorry about your love triangle.”
“Don’t be sorry, it’s not your fault. It’s fine. I’ll talk with Hummingbird.” Osprey caught the wind and flew downwind to Hummingbird and started talking to her. Goldust avoided eye contact to make sure she didn’t feel guilty. She decided to scout out below.
Flying, flying, flying. All we ever do is run from Queen Wasp and fly away from her and all the MindWings. Nothing we ever do is good enough. That HiveWing is not to trust. I know it. 
Goldust remembered something. An old book. About the other continent. Why didn’t she think of it before?
She stopped in midair. 
“Why are we stopping?” asked Hummingbird. “I thought we were going to stop a little bit later.”
“We were. Until I remembered something. An old book at my village I took before we went into the jungle. It wasn’t with Buzz or Hummingbird. It was about the other continent. We need to land. Now.”
They looked at the ground and made sure there were no HiveWIng patrols around and shot to the ground. They saw a dead tree and started digging under the roots. With all of them working together, they eventually got a hole big enough to fit all of them. Goldust got moss from a rock to make a kind of bedding. She made a few moss coverings and squeezed inside. She took a seat and beckoned for the others. Osprey pulled a boulder enough to cover the entrance with a bit of space so they could see through at the top, in case any MindWing patrols came. 
“A book about the other continent?” Osprey whispered. “Why didn’t you tell us before?”
“It slipped my mind when we were escaping the forest. I took it with me, just in case we needed it for more information.”
“Well, start reading it!” Hummingbird said. 
“I will, I will, calm down.” 
Osprey shoved his way to the front next to Goldust. Hummingbird looked a bit heartbroken, but fixed her face immediately. 
“As I explored this new continent, things changed many times through the journeys I took.” Golust said. 
“Pause.” Osprey said. “Who’s the author? Someone from our continent? Or from the other continent?” 
“The author is a HiveWing.” 
“What’s their name?” Osprey tried to look at the name, but Goldust pushed him away.
“You are not going to believe this.”
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