The Story of Queen Scarlet

(This is my first actual page, just letting you know. Please don't edit. -Sachem)
== Prologue ==
Queen Sunrise sat on her throne, looking regal and important as ever. The morning sun shone on her deep red scales, and she knew she appeared as if no dragon could ever do her any harm, or even come close to doing so.
That is, until her four dragonets burst into the room, fighting as usual.
"Hey! Mother, Robin stole my favorite necklace and now she's saying it's hers!" the youngest dragonet, Scarlet, whined.
Robin, the eldest and prettiest, glared at her. "It was mine. You stole it from me first, then I just stole it back."
Queen Sunrise's son, Topaz, joined in. "I'm on Robin's side! You always take her jewelry, Scarlet!"
"No, I-"
Queen Sunrise cut her off. "Can't you just all act like Peak and be quiet for once?" 
Peak was the second-oldest dragonet, and he always behaved, obeying orders.
"Peak's an insignificant doormat!" Scarlet protested.
Queen Sunrise, growing angry, stepped off her throne and approached her children. 
"When I tell you to behave, I mean it," she growled, and scratched Scarlet's arm. She did that all too often, but how else were her children. especially Scarlet, going to learn?
Scarlet screamed, and Robin laughed. But a quick look from Sunrise shut her up.
"All of you, go to your room, and don't disturb me again. I have an entire kingdom to run, and I can't afford to have noisy little dragonets ruining everything. You don't know when something important could come up that I need to deal with. And if you're running around like fools, lives could be lost."
Robin turned to her siblings, smiling, and said, "Come now, let's go."
They followed her obediently. If they didn't respect Sunrise, one dragon they usually respected was Robin. She was the image of perfection, each dark red-orange scale perfect, her horns elegant. She was strong and intelligent as well, and Sunrise was sure she'd be queen one day.
As Robin led her away, Scarlet turned to face her mother and gave her an angry look. Sunrise glared back, but by then Scarlet and her siblings were already gone.
Finally, some peace and quiet from that awful dragonet...
But Sunrise knew that she couldn't have that forever.
== Chapter One ==
Six Months Later
It was today.
Today, Scarlet was invited to a royal meeting, with her mother, the IceWing queen, and the SandWing queen to negotiate a potential alliance. She'd never been to one of these meetings before, so she was excited.
Robin, who had attended them many times, helped her prepare.
"What's your best pair of earrings?" she asked.
Scarlet looked through her jewelry box, finding them. They were small rubies with a tiny ring of topaz around them, and in her opinion, they were very beautiful.
"No, no, those aren't nearly good enough!" Robin yelled, taking them out of Scarlet's talon and putting them back in the box. She searched through and took out a much more extravagant pair with many colors of jewel. "Here, these are the best ones. Put them on, now."
Scarlet did as Robin said, and the earrings were beautiful. She wondered why she'd never worn them before. 
"Okay, now a necklace..." Robin searched through the jewelry box again, pulling out many different items of jewelry. She then selected a certain few and told Scarlet to put them on.
By the end of it, Scarlet was wearing two necklaces, earrings, six bracelets, eight rings, a tiara, four anklets, and a rather heavy tail band. She thought each individual piece of jewelry was pretty, and she could be wearing a few of them, but all together it was downright gaudy. She didn't tell Robin though, not wanting to risk her sister's rage.
"Very pretty!" Robin sang excitedly, looking at Scarlet. "Now I just need to get ready, then we can go to the meeting."
Robin wore twice as much jewelry as Scarlet, but still managed to be pretty. That was unfair, in Scarlet's opinion, but she was too excited right now to complain.
The two SkyWing princesses made their way to the royal meeting room. It had a long table covered in a beautiful embroidered tablecloth inside, and sitting at the table were Queen Blizzard of the IceWings and her daughter, Glacier, who appeared to be Robin's age, and Queen Oasis of the SandWings and her three daughters, Burn, Blister and Blaze.
Scarlet sat with her mother on one side of her and Burn on the other. She was a bit worried now, because she knew how terrifying her mother could be, and Burn just looked... scary.
Burn appeared to be around Scarlet's age, just much taller and stronger. Unlike everyone else at the meeting, she wore no jewelry. She was only around five, Scarlet's age, but already had many scars.
Scarlet sat silently, until her mother began the meeting.
"Welcome, Queen Blizzard and Princess Glacier of the IceWings, and Queen Oasis and Princesses Burn, Blister, and Blaze of the SandWings. We gather here today to discuss the proposal of an alliance."
The queens began to converse, and from the sound of it, it seemed to be going well. But Scarlet paid no attention, afraid sitting between these two frightening dragons.
Then Burn turned to face her, and said "Hi."
Scarlet didn't know what to do, and responded fearfully. "Um- hi."
"You're Princess Scarlet, right?" Burn asked. 
"Y- yeah."
"I'm Burn. You probably know already, though. How old are you?"
"I'm five," Scarlet said, "and I'm turning six in four months."
"Five and turning six in two," Burn answered. "I think we're supposed to be friends or something."
"Yeah," Scarlet agreed. Burn was actually a lot nicer than she seemed.
"And, well, you don't want to be friends with my sisters. Blister is the middle dragonet. She's three and just a real jerk. And Blaze is one and only cares about herself."
"My sister isn't that great either," Scarlet said. She was finding it much easier to speak now. "Her name is Robin and she's nine, and she can be nice sometimes, but half the time she's nice she's pretending so she'll look good in front of our mom. But she's always so awful to me and my brothers."
"Sorry," Burn said. "Is your mom nice, though?"
"No. She's just like Robin, but she hits us."
"Your mom hits you? I didn't know moms were allowed to do that. My mom is actually pretty nice."
"Lucky." Scarlet wasn't as envious as she thought she'd be, though. Maybe Burn could be her friend.
The two princesses talked for the entirety of the meeting, and Scarlet noticed by the end she was thinking of Burn as her friend. The two had a lot in common- unkind sisters, love of fighting, hundreds of other things. The meeting ended far too soon.
"And this concludes our meeting," Queen Sunrise said happily. "To our new alliance, we will watch an arena battle."
"You have an arena?" Burn yelled excitedly. "That's just- so amazing! You're so lucky!"
"Burn, please quiet down," Queen Oasis scolded.
Burn rolled her eyes, then smiled again as Queen Sunrise announced that they would be going to the arena.
Burn and Scarlet walked together to the royal balcony over the arena, where they sat next to each other. An orange SkyWing sat in the center of the arena, and once the crowd had calmed down, he said, "Today we have Chickadee of the SkyWings-" a small red dragon entered the arena- "against Lilypad of the MudWings!" A dark brown MudWing with traces of gold entered as well.
"Claws up, fire ready, fight!" The orange SkyWing rose out of the arena as Chickadee lunged at Lilypad. He threw her off, but she landed unharmed and lunged at him again, this time latching her claws onto his scales. He roared, and dragged his long claws over her neck.
She didn't let go of him, even as the much larger MudWing scratched her. She dug her claws into his neck, and then bit down hard on it. He tried to roar at her, but only blood came out. After he collapsed onto the arena ground, the tiny SkyWing stood triumphantly over his body.
Burn, Scarlet, Queen Sunrise, and the dragons in the audience cheered, but Queen Blizzard was horrified.
"You have dragons kill each other for entertainment?" she yelled, shocked and appalled. "That's just barbaric!"
Then Robin stood next to her, and to Scarlet's surprise, she agreed. "I grew up with this kind of crap, so I'm used to it, but you brought to my attention how awful it is."
"No, it's amazing!" Burn protested. Queen Oasis shot her a warning look, ans she silenced.
Then Robin said what Scarlet never expected her to.
"Queen Sunrise of the SkyWings, I challenge you for the throne."
== Chapter Two ==
Scarlet watched excitedly as her sister and mother stepped out into the arena. 
"Claws up, fire ready, fight!" the same SkyWing who had announced the previous fight said again, then flew away.
Queen Sunrise made the first move, running at Robin and swiping a claw at her neck. Robin dodged it, then dove to rake her claws across her mother's stomach.
Sunrise roared in pain, and tried again to scratch Robin. This time she succeeded, digging her claws into Robin's side. Robin made no noise, and slipped away as Sunrise tried to scratch her again.
"You'll never get away with this!" Sunrise yelled as Robin again dodged her claws. Robin grinned evilly, and hit the side of her mother's head with her tail as hard as possible.
"Take that, mother," Robin said. "I'll show you what you do to us."
"She does that to you?" Burn asked.
Scarlet nodded solemnly. "Almost every day."
Robin seized her mother's temporary shock from the blow and hopped on top of her, pinning her to the ground. Her talons wrapped around her mother's neck.
"Say goodbye, Mother," Robin muttered, and snapped Sunrise's neck.
The orange dragon appeared again.
"Your new queen! Queen Robin of the SkyWings!"
It hit Scarlet right then. Her sister was the queen. 
"This was... a rather unusual alliance meeting, wouldn't you say?"
Scarlet turned around, and saw Blister behind her, smiling evilly. The SandWing princess had a long neck and snout, and her pale yellow scales had black snakelike markings running down them.
"Blister, stay out of this," Burn sighed.
"Out of what? Your girlfriend's sister becoming queen? I, personally, believe that I should-"
"Blister, she's not my girlfriend, and I said stay out of this!"
"I believe I should be a part of it. It does involve me."
Scarlet couldn't argue with that. But Blister was being rather annoying. As she and Burn began to yell at each other, Queen Oasis cut them off.
"Girls, please! Can't I go a day without your constant fighting?" 
The two SandWing princesses stopped, and Burn sat back down next to Scarlet. 
"She's queen," Scarlet muttered. "I can't believe it."
Robin looked right at her sister. "Now that I'm queen, things are going to be very different. Today's meeting is over. Everyone go back home."
She rose into the air, landing on the royal balcony. "Come, Scarlet, we're going inside."
"But-" Scarlet tried to protest.
"I don't care. We're leaving. Everyone, go home."
Scarlet watched behind her as the other queens stared, shocked, Blister smiled evilly, Glacier scowled, Blaze just looked confused, and Burn stared back at her, shocked as well.
They turned a corner, and everyone else disappeared.
Scarlet finally noticed how her sister was covered in blood, and leaving footprints of it as she walked. She didn't seem to notice, only caring about taking Scarlet somewhere else.
She stopped at their room, and shoved Scarlet in. Her brothers were in there, playing Truth or Dare.
"Topaz, I dare you to eat that slug there."
"Can I change to truth?"
"No."
Peak finally noticed her, and saw her with blood on her wrist where Robin had dragged her inside.
"Scarlet? What happened?" he asked.
Scarlet sighed, and told them the whole story. Topaz and Peak stared, shocked, as she finished.
"Robin's... the queen?" Topaz asked finally.
Scarlet nodded silently. "Mother's dead too, and the IceWing alliance might be gone."
"So you and Robin leave for two hours and this happens?" Peak yelled. "That's insane. That's just insane. I can't believe Robin's the queen... she seems incompetent."
"She said it would be very different," Scarlet whispered, "and I don't think it'll be in a good way.
But nothing could have prepared her for the months to come.
== Chapter Three ==
Robin had been queen for a week. Just a week. And already, all normalcy had flown out the window.
Scarlet sat on the royal balcony in front of the arena. It was her only comfort; the only thing that had stayed the same. As barbaric as it was, Scarlet loved the arena, and knew if she was queen one day she'd keep it around.
The IceWings were no longer a part of the alliance. The SandWings were a bit unsure, too. How could she chase away all our allies? Scarlet wondered.
She sat, staring at the empty arena. 
This was no way to live.
"Priness Scarlet, come inside."
Scarlet turned around and saw a tiny SkyWing. One of the maids. Scarlet nodded and entered the palace.
It was vastly different from the palace of Queen Sunrise's reign. There was much more gold, jewels and riches all over, catching the light blindingly. 
Scarlet thought it was nice, but strange.
She went to her room and sat on her bed. Topaz immediately sat next to her.
"You were watching an empty arena again, weren't you?" he sighed. "You must be going crazy."
"Not in the way you're thinking," Scarlet replied, "but I will admit I am going crazy."
Peak sat on the other side of her. "I should challenge her."
"You're a boy though," Scarlet said.
"I could be a girl. You shouldn't assume dragons' genders."
"You're a girl?"
"No, I'm not. But I could have been."
Topaz sighed. "Anyway, why can't boys rule? We're the same as girls."
"Girls are classier," Scarlet grinned.
"Boys are cooler," Peak argued.
Topaz sighed, this time playfully. "How about boys, girls, and dragons who aren't either are all equal?"
"Yeah," Peak agreed. Scarlet nodded.
They all sat still for a moment, then Peak broke the silence.
"I wasn't kidding about the challenge thing."
"No. Don't!" Topaz shouted. "She's so much stronger than all of us. She'll kill you!"
Scarlet nodded in agreement. "Don't do it, Peak."
Peak stood up and walked to the window, placing one talon on it. "If I don't, who will? She's a tyrant. She makes everyone give her gifts every week, she's changed all the rules and taken away so many dragons' rights, and she's so terrifying nobody will defy her! She sees us as puppets. Puppets who won't fight back. But I will, and you can't stop me."
Scarlet walked over to him and put him in a headlock. "Yes, I can."
Peak wiggled out of it and stood in front of the door, looking at both his siblings. "I will. Someone needs to stop her."
"You can't," Topaz whimpered.
"I can," Peak insisted, "and tomorrow, at sunrise, I will."
== Chapter Four ==
Scarlet worried for her brother. He was going to die, and she knew it.
The next morning, when the guards let her and her brothers out of their room after they finished the breakfast that was delivered an hour ago, Scarlet followed himthrough the halls, hoping he'd changed his mind.
She and Topaz followed him into the throne room.
No.
That was the last place Scarlet wanted him to be.
"It seems my dear siblings have decided to visit," Robin said, her voice dripping with sweetness.
"Not just visit," Peak said.
"Then what have you decided to do?" the queen asked.
Peak looked into her eyes, and said, "Queen Robin of the SkyWings, I challenge you for the throne."
Robin laughed. "You can't. You're a boy."
"I can," Peak said. "And I'm serious. I challenge."
"Alright then," Robin grinned. "Let's go to the arena."
Scarlet sat in the royal balcony that now meant so much to her, watching her siblings on opposite sides of the arena.
"Claws up, fire ready, fight!" the SkyWing announced once again, then flew away.
As Scarlet expected, Robin made the first move, swiping at Peak with her claws.
He jumped back, then lunged at her. She easily batted him away.
He landed hard on the ground with a wing under him, and Scarlet heard an audible crack. He roared, and got back up again, running at her with his broken wing dragging behind him.
He swiped at her neck, successfully drawing blood. She scowled and whipped him with her tail as hard as she could, knocking him down.
He quickly jumped back up, but Robin crashed into him, shoving him back down. She pinned him to the ground and grinned evilly.
"It's been fun, dear brother, but this is my kingdom."
And with that, she broke his neck.
Scarlet screamed. Her brother was dead, and it was all Robin's fault.
She ran to the edge of the royal balcony and tried to soar off of it, but two guards grebbed her by the wings just before sh could. She growled and attempted to free herself, but the guards held her tightly.
She glared at the queen, and screamed, "You'll pay for this!"
"Guards, take her inside. Her brother too," Robin ordered. Scarlet screamed and tried to fight as the guards dragged her in, but they were too strong. They threw her and Topaz into their room and locked the door.
Topaz wrapped one wing around her, and whispered, "I can't believe this happened."
"Well, it did!" Scarlet yelled, shaking him off. "And I don't need your pity! When she kills you, it'll just make me miss you more!"
"Scarlet, don't talk like that!" Topaz begged. "We'll get through this together. It'll be okay."
"It's only been a week!" Scarlet screamed. "A week and our brother is already dead! It's not going to be okay!"
He walked over to her, and said, "Please, Scarlet. Calm down. If we keep calm, we can-"
"Don't tell me to calm down! What reason is there to? Our brother is dead, and we're going to die, too! It's inevitable! So DON'T!"
Topaz gave up and sat down.
Scarlet didn't give up and continued screaming. She didn't care that she was acting like a child. She didn't care if Robin came in and killed her. It didn't matter anymore.
After a while, she stopped screaming. This wasn't a good idea. It would only get Topaz killed. She wiped the tears off her face and took out a piece of paper and some ink, and wrote to her only friend.
Dear Burn,
My brother is dead.
Robin killed him.
Peak, not Topaz. But I think she's going to kill us too. So what difference does it make who's dead?
Anyway, I should have known Robin would kill one of us before a month passed. But I was too stupid to think about that.
It's her fault.
I can't believe she'd kill him.
Please write back. I'm lonely.
Scarlet
She folded the letter and put it in a small envelope. She'd mail it as soon as she could.
The days passed endlessly. Scarlet felt dead. She was bored and Peak was gone. Truth or Dare wasn't quite as fun with only two dragons, and she and Topaz weren't nearly as talented at it as Peak was. So they stopped playing that, and soon stopped doing anything.
A month must have passed. But she didn't seem to notice through the long, painful days.
Until weeks later, a letter appeared on the windowsill.
Scarlet excitedly opened it and began reading.
Dear Scarlet,
First of all, sorry about your brother. I didn't know him too well, but he seemed nice. I wish I could have known him better.
Well, to cheer you up, I have a kind of funny story. It's not really that funny, but here you go.
So Blister was being a total jerk like always. So I stole the plans to a trap she was planning to set on me and I set it on her instead! I got her really good. You should have seen her face!
Well... sorry if you don't want funny stories right now. I just wrote it in ink and I hate writing and I can't erase it. And I am NOT starting this over.
Anyway, is the arena still open? Are there still fights? If there are, at least you have some entertainment. I should come over sometime to watch a fight. 
And I'm out of ideas now. 
Bye. Write me back.
Burn
Scarlet smiled for the first time since Robin became queen.
She knew for sure now that Burn was a friend.
== Chapter Five ==
A year passed. A year of writing letters to Burn, getting letters from Burn. She lost Topaz too, but Burn's letters made it far easier. And she'd gotten better at writing too, though she didn't really enjoy it.
A year had passed of her growing larger and stronger.
She wasn't ready to challenge. She wanted too, but Robin would still beat her. And she wasn't allowed to either- she was only six, and Peak had been eight when he challenged. A dragon had to be at least seven to.
She hoped Burn could visit sometime. They could watch arena fights together. And they'd bonded so well over their letters.
Then, finally, she got her wish.
A SkyWing guard entered her room. "Princess Scarlet."
Scarlet looked up from re-reading a letter. "Yes?"
"Queen Robin requests your presence."
"Okay," she said, following him.
The palace seemed less familiar with the gold Robin had put in. More beautiful. She liked it better, but it wasn't the palace she knew.
She hadn't left her room in so long. What could Robin want of her?
She entered the throne room and sat down in front of the queen, bowing her head. "What am I here for?"
Robin smiled- a real smile for once. "I found one of your letters. I didn't know you were so lonely. And having lost both our dear brothers, I thought a visit from a friend would do us both good." She turned to look at a door to another hallway. "You may come in now."
The door opened, and Scarlet saw the SandWing queen with her three daughters.
"Scarlet!" the tallest exclaimed.
Scarlet ran toward her, hugging her. Burn flinched a bit, but let her. 
"I can't believe you came," Scarlet said. "She... let you?"
"It was for the sake of both of us," Robin explained from her throne. "Though you're Scarlet's friends, not mine, I thought a visit from other dragons would be good for us."
"Thank you," Scarlet shouted, for once appreciating her sister. She looked up at Burn and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"An arena fight?" Burn suggested. "I've been wanting to see another since I came here for the first time."
"She's obsessed," Blister giggled. "She begs Mother for one every single day. Always going, 'Mommy, Mommy, I wanna arena! Do we have one now, Mommy?'"
"Blister, shut up!" Burn yelled. "I don't beg like that, and I don't call her 'Mommy'!"
"Oh, sure you don't," Blister said.
"Blister, another word and I'll-"
"Girls, stop, or there will be no arena for anyone," Queen Oasis said. Blister stuck her tongue out and mothed the word "Mommy", but Burn ignored her.
"Let's go to the arena, then," Robin said, elegantly stepping off her throne. "Come now."
The other dragons followed her, and they all sat on the royal balcony. Robin looked at Scarlet evilly.
"When I told you I invited you here to do us all good," she growled, "that was a lie."
"What are we actually here for, then?" Blaze whined.
"Scarlet, I read your letters. In one of them, you said you wanted to challenge me, and I took it seriously." She gazed at the audience. "I know you're underage, and I know you're not ready. But you seem to think you are, so I wholeheartedly accept your challenge, Princess Scarlet."
Scarlet gasped. "I didn't mean-"
"Well, I accepted it, and I brought witnesses."
Scarlet sighed. "If that's what you want, Your Majesty, I'll fight you."
Robin grinned. "Perfect. Now, let's go to the arena, shall we?"
Scarlet entered the arena. She'd seen fights here, but she never thought she'd be part of one.
The SkyWing who announced the fights stood in the center of the arena, Scarlet and Robin on either side. "Today we have Queen Robin and Princess Scarlet of the SkyWings in an unexpected royal challenge," he announced. "Claws up, fire ready, fight!"
Then he flew away, leaving Scarlet alone with her sister.
Like with Peak, Robin made the first move. She shot fire at Scarlet, which she managed to dodge.
"Try harder," Scarlet growled.
"Oh, I will," Robin said, and lunged at her, pinning her to the ground with her claws digging into Scarlet's arms.
"It seems you have," Scarlet grinned. "You've got me."
"Too easy," Robin giggled. "Now I'll just-"
Scarlet blasted fire into her sister's face, cutting off her words, and stood again.
Robin screamed, clawing at her own face. Scarlet took the opportunity and ran as fast as she could at her sister, slamming her into the ground.
She pinned her sister and herld her mouth shut with one talon. "Say goodbye, and don't forget me."
And she blasted another jet of fire at her sister, killing her.
"Tell Peak and Topaz you were killed by me," she whispered, "Queen Scarlet of the SkyWings."
She left her sister's body on the ground and looked at the crowd. Her new subjects.
A familiar voice yelled "Queen Scarlet!"
She looked at the royal balcony, and saw Burn cheering loudly. Then Oasis began clapping, and soon the entire crowd was cheering for her.
She flew into the royal balcony, hugging Burn once again. She laughed, yelling "I thought I'd die! But I didn't! I won!"
"You're the queen now," Burn grinned. "What are you gonna do?"
"The first thing I'll do," Scarlet said, "is set my subjects free."
== Chapter Six ==
Well, she wouldn't set them free. Not exactly. But she would at least try to clean up after Robin.
"It seems that every time I'm here, there's a new queen," Burn noted.
"Hopefully that won't happen again for a long, long time," Scarlet growled. 
Burn nodded, and Scarlet looked at the dragons in the arena. Her subjects.
She was queen now.
She could do what she wanted.
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A week had passed since Scarlet had become queen. And she loved being queen. She wondered why she hadn't challenged earlier.
Burn had left, but promised to return as soon as possible. Maybe it had been for the best- Scarlet had a whole kingdom to run now. She didn't have time for friends.
She sat on her throne. Only a little over a year ago, it had been her mother's, and she had lived in fear. A week ago, her sister's, and she had lived in more fear. 
But now, it was hers, and she lived in glory.
Well, glory got boring sometimes, but arena fights fixed that.
She stepped off her throne and walked toward a small group of guards. They immediately bowed to her, and she said, "I want to see a fight."
"In the arena?" one of them asked.
"Of course! Are you stupid?" Scarlet said, laughing. "Come on, let's go."
As she walked to her balcony to watch the fight, a red SkyWing near her said, "I hope this fight is thrilling."
Thrilling.
 She liked that word.
The fight was between Chickadee, again, and a SandWing named Desert. 
The fight began. Chickadee won easily. This dragon had been winning fight after fight, and Scarlet needed a champion...
That was a good idea.
As soldiers dragged Desert's body away, Scarlet stood and yelled, "I need a champion, and Chickadee is talented in the arena. She is my champion now." She sat down and Chickadee looked at her, shocked. Then a small group of soldiers took her inside the palace.
She had to meet this Chickadee, if she was going to be her champion.
She walked inside her palace and was led to the room where Chickadee was by a guard. The small SkyWing's scales were stained by the blood of the dragons she'd killed, and she was in the corner, shivering.
Scarlet approached her. "Hello, Chickadee."
Chickadee squirmed further into the corner.
"Don't be afraid. You're not a prisoner anymore- you're my champion, and you're powerful."
"I- killed-" the small dragon stuttered. "I- I killed- so many dragons-"
"That's not a bad thing," Scarlet said. "It means you're strong. Stronger than the other dragons, if you can kill them."
Chickadee turned her head a little. "I'm... strong?"
"Yes," Scarlet whispered. "You're very strong. You're my champion. You'll win so many fights."
"I'll win..."
"Yes.
"You will win."
== Chapter Seven ==
Three years later
Scarlet had been queen for three years now. Three years, and she'd become more and more evil. 
And she didn't care.
It was better than being good. Easier. And even if she tried, she knew she was evil. Always had been. It was better for her, and it was keeping her on the throne.
Where she was right now.
Chickadee, the champion, was still alive, and had gone insane. She was in chains right now, next to Scarlet's throne.
The blood of three dragons sentenced to death still pooled on the floor, though the bodies had been removed an hour ago. It was still on Chickadee's talons. It was dark red, and beautiful.
Scarlet looked out of the throne room to the open sky. A small sot was coming toward her.
Probaby a bird, Scarlet thought, and ignored it.
But it came closer. Chickadee jumped to her feet and growled.
The figure of a large SandWing came into view and landed in the throne room.
Burn.
The large SandWing ran to Scarlet and wrapped her wings around her.
"Burn! What are you doing here? Why did you-"
Burn interrupted her. "She's dead."
"Huh?" Scarlet asked. "Who's dead?"
Burn looked away. "My mother. Queen Oasis."
"What?" Scaret yelled. "How?"
"Scavengers," Burn said.
Scarlet tried not to laugh. She might be evil, but her friend's mother had just died. "Sorry," she said.
"I know you're trying not to laugh," Burn pointed out.
Scarlet nodded.
"Well, at least you're not laughing," Burn said.
"Did you actually come from the Kingdom of Sand?" Scarlet asked, changing the subject.
"Yeah," Burn answered. "I flew for a few days. And I'm really tired. Do you have anything to eat?"
"I'm a queen. Of course I do." She turned around to face the hall. "Get some food in here!" she shouted, and a few minutes later a dead boar was offered to them.
Burn began eating, and Chickadee growled at her.
Burn looked up. "Who's that?"
Scarlet smiled evilly. "Chickadee. My champion."
"She's small."
"Yeah, but she's never lost a fight."
"Obviously," Burn said, and went back to eating.
Then it really hit her. Queen Oasis was dead, and there was probably going to be a war.
== Chapter Eight ==
Scarlet and Burn sat in the balcony. Chickadee and a SeaWing were in the arena, fighting.
The SeaWing was more difficult to fight than the other opponents. He had been in the arena for a long time now, and he was still alive.
Chickadee shot a blast of fire at him, which he ducked, and tried to hit her with his powerful tail. He missed, but enraged her.
She furiously pounced on top of him, digging her claws into his scales, and bit his neck, killing him.
Scarlet noticed a flash of yellow in the crowd. She looked at it. It was a RainWing, in her kingdom for some reason, being bright and pretty.
And she wanted one.
She pointed at it. "Burn, I want one."
"What do you want?" Burn asked.
"The RainWing."
Burn looked at it. It was changing its scales to blues and greens, and becoming even more beautiful.
Then Burn said, "I don't know how you'd get one, though."
"Yeah..." Scarlet agreed. "Maybe I could kidnap one, and keep them as a hostage. Or a pet."
Suddenly, a large group of SeaWings and SandWings burst into the arena. Hundreds of dragons screamed and the arena became stained with bloody footprints.
Chickadee, who was still in the arena, roared and threw herself at them. Then a pair of guards shoved Burn and Scarlet inside. "Quick," one of them said. "This is an attack."
Burn turned around. "Well, I'm not just gonna sit here and watch it happen. I'm going out there to fight them!"
"Burn!" Scarlet yelled. "Don't do that! You'll die!"
"I'll be fine. I can take care of myself," Burn said, and flew down into the arena.
Scarlet was ushered into her room. She looked out the window. The arena was littered with bodies and hundreds of dragons were fighing inside it. Burn was among them. The large SandWing had been injured, but fought on, killing many dragons.
Scarlet watched the SeaWings and SandWings retreat, and the SkyWings emerge victorious. 
Then she noticed one of the retreating SandWings was Burn's sister. Blister. She was unhurt, and appeared to have only watched the fight, not participate in it.
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