Umber's Revenge

== Quick notes for readers ￼ ==
* Tytytytytyty so much for reading this!
* I'm only planning on using Canon ships in this so I don't want any hate on the ships I choose (Example: Moonbli, Cleril, Amemarin).
* I had this idea in my head for a while while planning this but I'm a procrastinator so only now I'm doing this.
* THIS DOES NOT MEAN I SHIP QIBLI AND UMBER TOGETHER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS JUST A FUN IDEA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
* I made this because Umber is my personal favorite side character and he needs more time to shine.
* GAH WHY ARE CHAPTER LENGTHS SO HARD TO GET RIGHT ????????!!!!!!!!
== Chapter one ==
￼ EEEEE I can't wait to see Clay and Qibli! I wish Sora could come but I understand how the whole setting-your-classmates-on-fire-because-she-killed-your-sister would be an issue. I hope Qibli will be shocked, I mean this is a surprise visit so he probably will be but still! 
I swooped in the air currents, the wind against my back was chilly and I wished for the warmth of mud that I would find in my home in the Mud kingdom. I was hungry, but Jade Mountain was just over that mountain! If I could make it before dark, which was coming in an hour or so, I could catch Clay up on all the things that happened over the last six months since Pantala was discovered!
The sun shone brightly in my eyes as it sunk down through the mountains. I sighed in gratitude as I did a flip in the air. I couldn't keep the grin off my face as I dived low and into a valley and flapped my wings even harder to swoop back up. I saw dragons flying around the lumbering shape of Jade Mountain, and I knew that Qibli might be one of those very souls. 
Soon, so probably about fifteen minutes later. I landed in front of Jade Mountain on a small boulder, the rough stone itching my scales, ready to meet my friends. But not Winter or Carnelian... my mind whispered sorrowfully. I thought of Winter, busy working at Sanctuary, where Dragons and Humans coexisted peacefully in a small town. And Carnelian, who died soon after joining Jade Mountain from an dragonflame cactus explosion caused by my sister, who didn't mean to kill Carnelian but instead Winter's sister. I never really liked Carnelian, but I still grieved after she died.
"UMBER!" A voice said from inside the caves. "Hey Clay!" I shouted, my wings flapping as I ran up to hug my Bigwings. "How's Newt?" I asked. Newt was my brother, who joined Jade Mountain to learn about medicine to make sure that we never got sick or hurt. Clay was grinning so much I would've bet that his face hurt. "He's doing amazing. How's Sora?"
"Sora went back to our other sibs. They were really really mad but they got over it... or at least they got a hecka lot less mad." I answered. "Hey Umber!" Said a familiar voice. "HI NEWT!" I squealed as I ran up to hug my brother. He was the second youngest (Me being first) in our hatching, but he was so smart.
"Sora less murderous?" Newt asked awkwardly. "No more IceWing royalty murdered" I half joked back, my wings and tail twitching with excitement. Clay cringed a little as he limped back up to us. Clay had a real bad limp ever since a Dragonbite viper bit him, he survived by his slightly sociopathic girlfriend, who scared the actual moons out of me. Newt asked "How are the others doing, beside Sora?"
"Reed and Pheasant said to tell you that they miss you so so so so so so much and so did I!" I cried out exuberantly. Newt lifted his wings off mine and I asked, "How's Qibli and Moon and Kinkajou and Turtle?" Clay said "Come on! They'll be so excited to see you!"
I wonder if Qibli misses me, WELL HE WON'T HAVE TO ANYMORE!" I thought, elated. "Hey Moon! Look who it is!" Clay called. The mountain cave was bright and sparkly, Flamesilk and dragonfire lamps filled the halls and corridors, the crevices had students filling out homework and talking and chumming. It was easy to identify Moon, no one else had pretty silver teardrop scales by her eyes. 
The mind-reader smiled widely as she lifted her gaze from the scroll in her talons. "Hey Umber! It's so nice to see you again, Qibli is over in the food hall, and if I remember right, Turtle is in the library with Lily-pond, the new Mudwing in place of you. You will like her." I couldn't stop keeping my tail from twitching around in worriedness, even though I don't even know why I'm afraid.
I distracted myself from worrying by thinking about Lily-pond ￼. She seemed, at least by the way Moon said it, like she might be a gentle soul. Clay nudged me with his tail and I waved bye to Moon. She grinned and brought her greenish blueish blackish eyes back to the scroll.
Clay said he needed to go hunt with another winglet so I chose that opportunity to go to the Library, where Turtle and Lily-pond were.￼ "Umber? is that you?" Turtle's deep voice said from a bundle of blankets in the corner. "Hey Turtle. Yep it's me, Umber." I mumbled. Starflight peered his sightless eyes over to me from a table in the middle of the library and said with a playful grin "Nice to hear of you again Umber, did you come for a visit?"
"Yeah! I mainly came here to visit you all, after the whole accident happened and now that everything has calmed down for once without demon dragons and discovering whole new tribes of dragons." Turtle gaze fell and I remembered the rumors of him going across the freaking ocean to find the lost continent Pantala. Even as a MudWing who can hold his breath for an hour, that seemed insane.
"Well I'm glad you came. Did you say hello to your brothers?" "Yeah! I literally just finished talking to them a couple minutes ago." I boldly answered. A MudWing lifted her amber/gold head and gave me a look of curiosity. she must be Lily-pond! I realized. "Are you Lily-pond? I'm Umber, well you know that... er... like Jade Mountain so far?" The MudWing smiled calmly and said "Yes, I'm Lily-Pond, but I mostly just go by Lily, even if it makes me sound like a RainWing. But yes, I am enjoying Jade Mountain Academy so far."
"I'm just working on my writing essay, want to join me?" Turtle asked. "Yeah! What's it about?" I asked as I trotted over to Turtle and Lily. Turtle handed me a blanket and tied it around my shoulders as he began explaining.
After I helped Turtle, I walked over to the food hall, Qibli was unlikely there for so long, but it was worth checking. I peaked my head in and I saw a dusty brown SandWing talking to a NightWing, a NightWing with silver teardrop scales...
"Hey Umber! Long time no see, huh?" Qibli asked as he ran up to me from his spot in the near empty food hall. Qibli's heated scales washed over me as his wings went over my shoulders in a hug. "Hey Qibli, I guess it has been quite a while." I said quietly in his ear. Moon was watching us with a happy expression. Qibli put his wings to his side but his tail twitched with excitedness.
"Let me guess? Surprise visit to visit your brothers?" Qibli questioned, his black eyes glittering with happiness and curiosity. "And you guys." I added, answering his question. My chest seemed to swell and I smiled sheepishly. "So, I've read all the scrolls and books but tell me more about the-saving-the-day thing!"
"For the moment we landed to rest on the outskirts of Pantala, a whole troop of HiveWings gathered around us and we began to attack with invisibility! We all fought, but some dragons and a human were missing! We fought off the mindcontroled HiveWings as best as we could, but they managed to capture Some of us, even me!" Qibli was a very good story teller, I grabbed his claws and stared at him giddy, waiting for even more of this already frightful story.
The story dragged on for an hour and I watched and listened with wide eyes and open ears. I was about ready to burst when Qibli got to the point where he was talking in Luna's Point of View of being taken away by the othermind. As he finished the story all I could say was "You were so brave." with awestruck eyes.
"Hey Umber, leave the couple alone for a minute and you want to go hunting?" Newt's voice came from the hall. Wait, WHAT? Moon is Qibli's GIRLFRIEND? "Yeah, I'll go hunting with you, the food hall is practically empty" I called back.
== Chapter two ==
As I walked out I said to my big brother "Those two are a couple?" "A real cute one at that." Newt answered. I felt fury fill my chest and I thought bitterly to Moon, who hopefully could hear me "He's mine."
We were silent as we hunted, we killed sheep, goats, pigeons, hawks, eagles, lizards, and foxes. Newt carried two sheep in his mouth and a armful of other prey in his arms and I carried several foxes and lizards in my arms.