Talons Of Fury

== Day One ==
-Warning until one is officially added! This story shows gore, abuse, trauma, and themes of depression and anxiety, including scenes of anxiety/trauma responses. Reader discretion is advised.- 
Snow Fox woke up in the darkened cave, her wings bound by some type of elastic-metal stuff, her claws and tail-spikes bound in thick fabric, her frostbite-inducing wrists and ankles all had shiny blue metal bands around them, and an odd piece of metal in the back of her mouth causing her frostbreath to not come out. A lava river flowed steadily through the open cave mouth, and she could see the silhouette of a dragon flying away, their shape barely lit by firelight. Two dragon's shapes were sleeping in the back of the large cave, a very noticeable, glowing, vibrant red and orange SkyWing, and a dull reddish MudWing. A third dragon, a SandWing, lay in the torchlight of a corner with a leaf-mat. She could hear the rustling of scales as her cave-mates woke up, from the forced sleep. The MudWing woke first, raising her head curiously. 
"Where am I?" The MudWing asked, whipping her big, clueless head around. The SkyWing lifted her head and let out a yawn. "I dunno, sweetheart, but it don't matter to me." Snow Fox glared over at the obnoxious SkyWing, but she just shrugged. "That was a very nice rest, that's all I care about." The SandWing seemed to also be annoyed, as she turned her head and hissed, flicking her snakelike tongue. The SandWing flicked her tail up to reveal four tail barbs, all covered in this thick metal casing. 
"I'm Kitsune. As you all can see, don't mess with me." The SkyWing began to snicker at Kitsune. "You don't look very dangerous now, do you, with that metal tail casing. All of us must have some special ability that whoever took us managed to prevent, so we don't hurt them or each other." Kitsune snarled. "I'm still dangerous! Watch!" Kitsune spurted a river of fire from her throat, and it hit the SkyWing with no damage, it even seemingly did good for her scales. "And I'm still fireproof. My name is Ember, and usually I'm very deadly, with my firescales." The MudWing lifted her head higher.
"I'm dangerous, too! I'm very fireproof, and I have undragonly strength!" She called, over the hisses of Ember and Kitsune. "Oh, and my name's Puddle! What's your cool talent and name, threatening-looking IceWing?" Snow Fox rolled her eyes.
"Hi." She said dryly. "My name is Snow Fox, and I'm heat-proof and can cause frostbite." Ember looked over at her with another laugh. "Oh, then you don't matter to me!" Ember cried. "Fire always destroys ice, and unfortunately for you, once I have my power back, I'll destroy you!" Snow Fox grinned back. "Did somebody forget that I'm heat-proof? As in, fireproof." Puddle burst into laughter.
"Oh! That's...so...funny!" She found time to speak between deep, roaring laughs. "HILARIOUS!" Ember gave a hiss. "Watch it, dirt-brain!" Puddle shot Ember a glare, something Snow Fox didn't expect to ever see. "I'm actually quite intelligent," Puddle hissed. "Of course, that's something you wouldn't know." Kitsune burst into violent laughter, followed by Snow Fox herself, as Ember grew more and more of a violent glowing red, like the lava itself. Suddenly, Kitsune's roaring laughs cut off. Ember shrunk away, her scales fading back to the bright, hardly glowing red they were before. All the dragonets exchanged glances as the sound of loud wingbeats and wind filled the tiny cave. A female NightWing, perhaps the most elegant one other than Queen Snowstorm she had ever seen. The dragon had her wings and scales practically covered with gleaming diamonds, and her gray eyes glowed menacingly in the light from the torches and lava. Snow Fox knew that this dragon could easily kill her, even without a single weapon, oddly enough. She had a strange sort of aura around her, nearly suffocating yet fizzy and light. "I," She said in a voice that matched her menacing feeling, deep, yet royal and commanding, and with a few lighter notes that didn't make it very rough around the edges. "Am Queen Vex. And if you set one talon out of line here..." Vex lifted one sharp-clawed talon and slammed it into the side of her face, jolting her with pain. She shed a single tear as she lifted a talon to the wound, leaving her talon stained and dripping with neon blue blood. Snow Fox felt betrayed, as this dragon had also given the tiniest radiance of trustworthiness, which had faded with a sweep of her claws. She remembered the Ice wing Kingdom, sitting at the Queen's side, living in constant torture, used only as a weapon or a toy. She remembered how Queen Snowstorm would put thick metal over her talons and slam it into her scales, then watch her lie there in pain while laughing. She remembered all the forced murders, all the torture, all the nights she spent in constant fear and crying herself to sleep. "All of you, yes there are more dragonets in different caves, will be trained by my strongest guards and myself to become prime weapons for the NightWings, and give me ultimate power. Farewell, dragonets, and good luck." Without another word, Vex unfolded her massive wings and swooped through a small hole in the top of the cave. Snow Fox heard the loud roars of NightWings nearby, and loud wingbeats. Two NightWings dressed in dark grey silver and a thick belt of weapons swooped down onto a tiny ledge across the lava, and began to whisper inaudibly. Kitsune glanced over at her and the rest of them, gave a quaint nod, and began to move stealthily towards the NightWings. Suddenly, while Kitsune was nearly to the edge of the lava, her tail slammed against the wall, causing a loud bang to echo across the area. The guards whirled around, and one of them reached into the belt of weapons and threw a tiny, spiky piece of silver at Kitsune. It sliced through her wing, causing her to fall back and roar in pain as she lay in a puddle of her own blood. Another tiny thing, like a bright-pink needle swung through the air and landed in Kitsune's leg and she crumpled to the ground, her breathing faint. Ember let out an earsplitting roar of anger and lunged at the guards, only to be taken down by the flying needles as well. "Take down the rest!" The first NightWing called, flapping down to pick up Kitsune and Ember's unconscious bodies. The second one nodded and launched a needle at her. She narrowly dodged it, pulling together as much of a glide she could do with bound wings. They snarled with annoyance and launched a whole handful of needles. Snow Fox nearly made it to survival, but her wing stuck out and she crumpled to the ground, her body numb with pain and the darkness eating her alive. 
== Day Two ==
Talons shook her body violently, and Snow Fox groaned with pain. As she wiped the blurriness from her eyes, she glanced around to see that she wasn't in the little cave anymore, but a massive room. Vex sat in the center of the pure-white massive square room, each wall and floor gently cushioned. Snow Fox glanced around with bewilderment and confusion. "Can't have my precious weapons getting hurt!" She said, following her gaze. The muscular soldier that woke her up fluttered away and disappeared through the wall. "As a little gift for being so obedient, you get your wings unbound!" She glanced at a shadowy corner and the shape of a dragon unfolded and glided over. "Bat, snap the chains." The dragon was much less intimidating than Snow Fox thought she would be, small and lanky with deep red scales, unnaturally large wings, and covered with pattering of black and flame-red. "Watch them." Vex commanded, then swooped away, her wings arching around and, again, disappearing. Bat pulled out a black rough-looking knife and began to saw through the wires. There was a loud sound like the crack of a whip, and the tension of the wires broke away, leaving her wings permanently bent and violent blue scars on both sides. Her wings made a violent pop sound as she spread her wings, and she slowly lifted herself up. Her pale blue scales rippled as she raised her tail and up into the air. After Bat had freed the rest, she settled into the cushions with a sigh. Ember lifted silently, a singular teardrop of joy running down her face, which was twisted in a wide smile. Ember twisted into many loops and flips, before gliding away happily. Kitsune and Puddle glided around slowly, stretching their wings and glancing around the large room curiously. They did the same for what felt like an endless amount of time, before Puddle flapped to the middle of the room and declared "Hey! We should play SkyWings And Scavengers! I'll be the SkyWing, and you guys are the scavengers." Ember rolled her eyes. "Yes. Because there is no actual SkyWing present here." The three 'scavengers' pressed up against the wall, until Puddle soared into the middle and cried "Scramble, scavengers, scramble!" EMber flashed by like a spark, dipping under Puddle and slamming into the other wall. Snow Fox darted forward, launching into one of the walls and watching Kitsune as she slowly made her way across the wall. Kitsune, following Snow Fox, raised across the side of the wall, led by Snow Fox herself. They played rounds and rounds more, before collapsing onto the padded ground in a laughing fit. That's when the room began to suddenly shake. Her vision grew blurred, and there was a horrible wailing in her ears. She heard a scream, but she didn't know if it was her own or someone else's. The room began to spin around her, and her muscles grew sore. Colors flashed all around her, and she knew she was the one screaming now. She threw her wings over her head, and felt icy tears becoming a puddle under her. Blackness swallowed her up nightmarishly, and she heard a sinister laugh. The laugh. Queen Snowstorm materialized in front of her, a majestic, terrible icy blue shape in the swirling black void. "Is she okay?" A distorted voice warbled, muffled from the stinging roar in her ears. A wave of blue, inky IceWing blood slammed into her, sweeping her away into icy terror. The wave swept her into an endless dark pit; the eyes of IceWings staring at her judgingly from the walls. "Let it end!" She shrieked. "Let everything end!" Snow Fox felt as if she were melting away as everything she knew faded from existence. 
== Day Five ==
I sigh, laying on the floor of the same padded white room. They had never turned the lights off, making it impossible for me to sleep when I am told it is night; and I've only eaten one pathetic piece of albatross for the days that have seemed endless. Time is meaningless here, causing me to spiral and question my existence and reality. Even though my light blue wings are unbound, I haven't really flown over the past few days, instead I sit around and watch the others flap around, clearly bored. I know Bat's concerned about me, but no one's intervened yet. I stare down at my talons, every once in a while they seem to drip with blood, red and blue, though I'm pretty sure it's just me hallucinating. I prick my ears as I hear a seemingly familiar voice. "Congratulations! I got you guys a new cave, and a new cavemate!" Queen Vex flaps down to the center of the room, followed by seven guards, all holding sleep darts and mysterious pink vials. Puddle swooped down, hissing and flailing her wings open right next to her. Vex gave a fake sigh and drooped her wings. "Hmmm, pity, pity," I narrow my eyes as she raises a talon. "Guards." The guards slammed up, some flying to Ember and Kitsune, others headed for me and Puddle. I freeze, then slide away, blending in with the wall. 
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