The Hunter Becomes The Hunted

Fanfiction by @Attacus The Silkwing
this is not finished yet.
This may contain spoilers to the third arc.
🚨Violence alert🚨This may does contain violence. 
____The Hunter Becomes The Hunted___
Attacus was five when he first decided to be an assassin. He was in bloodworm hive - the place where he had hatched - and it had been a completely normal day. It also happened to be his sister’s metamorphosis. Viceroy, his sister, walked forward, into the Cocoon. Attacus followed after her. Viceroy winced. “What’s wrong?” Attacus asked, worried. “My wrists hurt.” Replied Viceroy. Attacus grabbed her wrist and flipped it. Her silk glands were a bit... Orange. “That’s strange.” Attacus murmured.
“Is everything ok?” A hivewing asked, slowly.
“Couldn’t be better.” Attacus lied. The hivewing left without further questioning. They continued walking to the space she was going into her metamorphosis at. Viceroy stumbled. “Are you ok?” Attacus asked, worried. 
“yeah.” Viceroy mumbled. Suddenly, silk started spiralling out of the silk glands on Viceroy’s wrists instinctively forming a cocoon like she’d done this a million times before. But... The silk... Was orange. Viceroy was a flamesilk! “Everybody, please remain calm.” Said a hivewing. “we are well prepared for silkwing diseases like this. Everything is under control.” Diseases! Flamesilk was NOT A DISEASE! Stupid hivewings! She wanted to go stab all the hivewings but- Suddenly a hivewing came and grabbed him. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the hivewings loading Viceroy’s cocoon into a metal cart. He gritted his teeth. He had to get free! He lashed out. The hivewing merely held his wrist and he was stuck. Then, a blood red silkwing jumped out at the hivewing and slit the hivewing’s throat. The hivewing released him to clutch at his throat, then crumpled to the ground, dead. Attacus stared at the mysterious silkwing. “Run.” The Silkwing said. Then he stepped into the shadows and was lost to sight.
Two days later he had found a note saying; get the Chrysalis. Tell them ab- and then... nothing. Now, at age 7, that seemed so small to what he was doing now. His target looked behind him, but didn’t see anyone. He looked down at his pouch. Did he have enough discs to last? He checked. Two left. Nope. He sighed internally, and threw one of the discs at his target. The target was some random hivewing who had heard the Chrysalis meeting. The projectile flew straight and hit just next to the spot he’d been aiming for: his vocal cords. His target died with a cry of agony which alerted the guards. They saw the dead body and flew out to investigate. And, typically, the only exit had absolutely nowhere to hide and he would be in plain sight. He decided to just fly. He leaped into the air, shooting through the tunnel that led to the outdoor markets. The guards shot after him, and they were gaining easily. He ducked under the nearest stall. The guards came after him. “come out, silkwing,” a hivewing guard said menacingly. He peaked out to look, but the guards saw the movement. One of them went to check it out. When he got close enough, Attacus shot a stream of silk at the guard. He let out a shout of surprise as Attacus tugged on the silk. The hivewing tumbled under and he snapped his neck. He came out from under the stall, and sliced the underbelly of one of the two hivewing guards who stood, ready to catch a rogue silkwing. The other one lunged at him but Attacus stepped to the right and smashed his tail into her. The first one came at him and he slammed his horns into the guard viciously. The guard stumbled and tripped over the second guard who was just getting back to his feet. He turned, but the next two were too close to avoid. One stabbed him with her paralysis stabbing bits, and his muscles refused to work. Suddenly, two dragons vaulted over the wall. A silkwing, and... A leafwing.
When he could move again, he looked around. His whole body was numb. He couldn’t feel anything. “who are you and why are you here?” the leafwing asked. “I’m... Attacus. I- “three moons! Even talking was hard! “Answer my question, silkwing.” The leafwing growled. I shouldn’t tell her. Attacus thought. But the leafwings are not with the hivewings. Soooo... I’ll tell her. I have to. “I- I’m an assassin. I was... Killing someone.” Attacus confessed. “silkwing? Assassin? Doesn’t match. What where you really doing?” said the leafwing. “I told you. Besides, why else would the guards be chasing me?” Attacus answered.
“because you snuck out?” The silkwing answered. 
“nope.” Said Attacus.
“alright.” The leafwing interrupted. “let’s say you are an assassin. Why were you hunting that particular dragon?” Attacus shrugged. “why do you need to know?” Attacus said. 
“I want to know because you can possibly help me. So. Why?” the leafwing growled. Attacus sighed. 
“he was listening to the Chrysalis meeting.” The leafwing stopped, looking thoughtful. 
“do you know how to get to the Chrysalis?” the leafwing asked. 
"there`ll be a message. at the salvation statue." Attacus replied. attacus paused. "and if you find them, you can ask them about me. what are your names?" the leafwing stopped to look thoughtful again. she looked at the silkwing, who nodded.
"alright. i'm sundew, that's swordtail, and- cricket! blue!" a silkwing and a hivewing came in. "thats cricket and blue." Attacus stared at cricket. he tried to get up before discovering that he was tied up. "no! its fine. she cant be mind controlled, shes with us." Sundew said hastily. Attacus relaxed. before looking down. some sort of silk was binding him. 
"any chance you could take this off?" he asked.blue stepped forward and sliced the silk off with one talon. 
"while your out their, could you find the flamesilk cavern and free danaid?" blue asked.
"i kill people not rescue them. ok, sounded wrong." attacus answered. but then... this dragon could have the location of the flamesilk cavern, and that meant rescuing viceroy. if she is still alive... "nope, i've changed my mind. where is the entrance?"
"what made you change your mind so quickly?" sundew asked. annoyance surged through him. 
"my sisters there. wouldn't you even tryto rescue her?!" attacus growled. 
"its near the entrance to wasp's greenhouse." blue said before sundew could answer. Attacus nodded and took off.
The tunnel was semi-lit. he neared the end. and Viceroy.he reached the end. he stepped out of the tunnel, quiet as a mouse. a bunch of flamesilks were asleep. he also saw a cocoon the color of the sun. that poor dragon. he will be so confused. the guards flew down. there were two of them. perfect. he shot silk at one of them and pulled, causing him to fall into the other hivewing. their heads hit each other with a sickening crack. five of the silkwings woke up. "Viceroy! Danaid! im getting you both out of here!" he called out. two dragons stepped forward. an orange dragon and a light blue dragon. 
"Attacus?" said the light blue dragon weakly. "its really you!" viceroy ran forward but he stopped her. 
"come on, we've gotta go. Viceroy stepped into the tunnel. "come on danaid. we've got to leave before the guards get here."
danaid hesitated a step before stepping into the tunnel. attacus followed along. now to find somewhere safe. he thought.
He stepped out into the bright, scorching sunlight. "This is great!" Shout-whispered Viceroy. Viceroy stretched her wings. Attacus looked at her, giving her his best seriously? look. "Really? I hate the sun. It's too hot." Attacus whispered. "Come on. We should find a cave. Somewhere cool." He led them around a greenhouse. Then he peaked around the corner and saw a pair of guards. "Two guards." Attacus pointed to the guards." This way. Follow me." He hurried along the east side of the greenhouse, staying in the shadows, away from the guards. When they were far enough away from the guards, he signalled to fly as hard and as low as they could. When they stood their looking confused, he sighed."Fly. And remember to fly as low and hard as you can." They nodded and took off. He took off after them, quickly getting in front. "Hey, Attacus?" Viceroy asked. "When I was... Taken, what did you do?" Attacus thought about this. Should I tell her? He decided to. "A guard grabbed me. He was going to take me, I think, maybe because I may have been a flamesilk, but a silkwing helped me escape." He remembered the silkwing as clear as day. Those red scales. the determined look. The way she fought. Her fighting style was not normal, he realised, now that he thought about it. "I was a fugitive, so I stole whatever I could and walked to jewel hive. It was a long and tiring journey, bit I made it. It had been a cool few days, luckily, and I had to sleep in caves. When my food ran out, I was forced to eat meat. It was ok, but I was lucky to know how to start a small fire." Attacus sighed. Finally, he saw a cave. He dived towards it, relieved. Danaid and Viceroy flew after him. "Danaid, are you ok?" Viceroy asked. Danaid looked over at her, startled. "Yeah. Tired. That's it." Viceroy nodded. Attacus landed on the cave floor. Then Viceroy and lastly, Danaid. "What did the meat taste like?" Viceroy wondered. Attacus thought about this. He hadn't liked it too much, but he could eat it if need be. "Meh. I would eat it if I needed to. Not that I like vegetables that much either. The only food I like is fruit, but certain types. Oh, and honey. A tiny bit. And I don't like eating much." Attacus said. Viceroy feined gasping. "You don't like eating?" Viceroy said, horrified. "I don't like eating MUCH." Attacus said. Danaid laughed. Attacus sighed. "Stop in the name of Queen Wasp!" A hivewing commanded. Two hivewings stepped in. Attacus rolled his eyes as he got up. "If we're going to fight, let's get it over with." Suddenly glowing orange silk shot out and attached to a guard. The guard cried out at the heat. A black patch spread where the silk touched his scales. Attacus leapt forward and slit the guards throat. Then Viceroy lept forward and smashed into the guard. They rolled into the open. The guard shoved Viceroy into the wall. Her head hit the stone with a clunk and she slumped onto the floor. Attacus leapt forward but the guard sliced his claws at Attacus' underbelly. He felt a bright sting of pain. He gritted his teeth and stepped back into the darkness, where he threw his remaining disc. It hit in between the guard's eyes, piercing deep into the guards head and killing him instantly. Attacus walked towards Viceroy. The spots where the guard cut were stinging, but it would have to wait. He dragged Viceroy half into the cave, but stumbled. He went deeper into the cave to look for Danaid. There! Danaid was sitting on a rock, looking worried. "Come on. Help me get Viceroy back into the cave," he said. Danaid nodded. She stood up but then noticed the cut. Before she could ask, Attacus said "I'm fine. Come on." They walked towards the cave entrance. When they got there, Viceroy was already standing. "Oh. You're awake." Attacus said. "Yup. I'm fine. Hey, you should probably fix that up. It looks bad," Viceroy said. Danaid nodded. "You definitely should. Do you need me or Viceroy to do it or can you?" Danaid asked. Attacus thought for a moment. "I'm fine." Attacus got out the medical stuff in his pouch and applied some to his wounds. It was awkward but he eventually got it done. "We should get moving. I say we go to the coast. Maybe find an island to stay." Attacus said. 
It was raining. The rain was wet and annoying, but it was better than the sun. He saw an island and decided to go there. "Follow me. There's an island over here." Attacus said. He turned around towards the island. When they were close enough, he dived down. He landed on the wet grass. "Gross! It's all wet and... Wet." Danaid exclaimed. "Wait... Is that a... Some kind of mini-hive-thing?" Attacus peered at what Danaid was looking at. "Let's go check it out!" Viceroy said excitedly. She ran off towards the structure. Attacus sighed and started after her. Daniad flew towards Viceroy. 
"Why are you here?" Someone asked. Attacus turned. A blood red silkwing stood by a tree. "Huh. It's you isn't it. The Silkwing I saved from the hivewings." The Silkwing said. Attacus nodded. "That was two years ago." Attacus said. The Silkwing looked startled. "Really? Seems like more! How old were you, five?" Attacus nodded again. The blood red silkwing stepped forward. "So, are you here escaping from wasp?" 
"Yes. My name's attacus and this is Viceroy and Danaid." Just then a light purple silkwing came tumbling in. "Quickly, come, it's urgent. Queen Wasp is attacking the leafwings." The silkwing looked around and saw Attacus. His face became alight with fury for a second. "Attacus? We thought you were dead!" ￼ 
Attacus shook his head. "Very much alive for the moment. Sorry to disappoint you." The Silkwing looked at Viceroy. "And who are you?" She asked with a hint of malice. Viceroy growled but said nothing. "We should get flying." Attacus said. 
 
"She can?" Viceroy asked in alarm. Sundew nodded. "That's why we've got to flee to the distant kingdoms. We don't want to lose anymore silkwings and leafwings to the othermind or queen wasp." Attacus nodded. "We've already lost enough dragons. I mean, Danaid is lost, I don't know what happened to that spiteful purple silkwing, and countless other dragons are lost too. We've got to find an antidote or something. And I bet there will be one across the ocean." Viceroy nodded. "I'll stay behind. I think I could find an antidote if it was in Pantala." Attacus opened his mouth to argue but Sundew stopped him. "I'll assign a leafwing to help you. Attacus, don't argue. Your coming with us and she will stay behind." Attacus sighed. Why am I listening to her? He thought. "Fine. But only because she would be the best at finding an antidote. Although why is it so important that I come?"￼ 
"Whats it like being an assassin?" Psyche asked as they were flying. "It's great but there's not much business." Attacus said. "what have you been doing?" 
"Hiding. Turns out one of the guards saw me. Occasionally I would fly to a hive and steal books or food, but other than that I had no contact with Pantala." Psyche said. Attacus nodded. "Is that an island in the distance?" Attacus said. "Yep." Sundew said. "Our first stop." 
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