Silent Death

This page belongs to Glo. Theft won't be tolerated.
Sorry, but I am currently not taking in anymore of other ppl's OCs!
== Characters (Not mine and linked) ==
Main - Main character
Sub- Background or supporting character
Rain - Belongs to Macanut23/Rain203 (sub)
Astral - Belongs to Astralunar11 (main)
Cloudburst (main)
Glorious(main)
Dolphin - Belongs to Flurry^an^IceWing^Librarian (main)
Station 154 - Belongs to YourDailyHotaru (sub-main)
White Claws - Belongs to BronzeRattle (sub)
== Prologue - Ila ==
Ila didn't want to be an evil accomplice, but she was forced to. 
Targetted.
She had been rich, but that drained out of her talons like soup through a fork.
"Who are you?" Ila asked.
"WHO DO YOU THINK? I am a dragon, and I am going to kill you and steal your money if you don't go along with my plans!"
"Fine!" She had whimpered. "What do you want me to do?"
"I'll tell you next week. Don't try to run. Heck, don't even move. I will hunt you down, and then I shall kill you in the slowest and most grueling way possible. And don't tell anyone about me or I'll kill them too."
Then he was gone. Ila suppressed a sigh.
She'd have grabbed her cape and flew away by now, but she didn't want to risk it. That dragon seemed to really want someone dead...And he was going to use Ila to kill him, or her.
Ila didn't like the idea of being connected to someone holding a grudge.
The dragon told her to write and invitation, and to send them to a specific dragon. Ila was scared for the dragon who this dragon was going to assassinate, but she was also scared for her life. So this is what she wrote:
Hello, fellow dragon.
Greetings! I have invited you to my house, because I am rich, but I feel like I can use some new friends. I'll appreciate it if you could come, and I will do my best to make friends with you. Even though I may have never seen you before, I think that this could be a new way of making friends. I hope you will come! It's so lonely in my huge mansion, with no one to talk with. Please and thank you.
P.S. Be careful. There are lots of surprises in this house.
From Ila
Ila prayed that whoever got this letter will recognize the warning she wrote in the letter. But that is only a matter of time.
Please be safe. 
== Chapter 1 - Astral ==
"Hey look!" Astral called as the doorbell rang. "It's - Something!"
Glorious stomped over and flung open the door. "MAIL!" A dragon called, and threw it at her feet. 
"Get out of here before I drown you with venom!" Glorious snarled as the maildragon flew away. "I'm not having a good day with other dragons except for those who are here!"
"Geez, Glo," Illusion laughed, twining their tails carefully so his tail barb won't sting her by accident.
Astral flew over the other dragons and opened the letters. "Oh-ho!" She said. "An invitation! Let's go let's go!"
"HAANG ON!" Cloud yelled, grabbing Astral by the tail. "No way we're just gonna waltz into there!"
"Oh come on!" Astral smiled charmingly. "What could happen? We've got two assassins, two royal dragons, a prophet and an animus in here! We're totally safe!"
Cloud turned bright pink and muttered, "I'm not an animus anymore... After Al-" And then said something Astral couldn't make out.
"Let's go then," Dolphin the SeaWing said with authority, though Astral could tell she was very amused by this conversation. "We leave tomorrow morning."
Astral couldn't squash her excitement. Will there be more things for me to discover? She wondered.
But before she fell asleep, she heard Cloud say, "Oh, great. That sounds SO fun." Astral bit into her fist to keep from laughing, and slowly fell into a deep sleep.
"Rise and shine!" Astral yelled, and flung open the curtains. Sunlight poured in, and many of the dragons in the house covered their snouts with their blankets. "Come on! We'll be late if you sleepy-worms keep on snoring!"
"Asstralll!" Glorious grumbled as she pushed herself to her feet and slipped on her bracelet. "I was having a dream!"
Uh-oh. Astral remembered Glorious was half NightWing. Did she disturb a vision of the future?
"I caught a cow and I was just about to eat it!" Glorious complained, stomping around, and waking everyone up. Cloud cuffed her playfully on the shoulder as her sister passed her.
They all flew towards the mansion of Ila, and Astral wondered yet again, what will be there.
"Let's introduce ourselves first, shall we?" 
Ila turned out to a kind looking IceWing. Astral took a seat beside Glorious in a circle of twelve dragons. 
The first dragon was a MudWing. "I'm Ash of the MudWings."
"I'm Blossom of the RainWings."
"I'm Falcon of the SkyWings."
"Sahara. Sand."
"White Claws. If you don't want to get your face melted off, don't call me a hybrid. Night/ice."
There was only one stranger left. She seemed tribeless.
"I'm Station 154." She suddenly lifted her head and glared at the others. "Don't you dare call me tribeless."
Astral pinched herself to stop laughing. Station 154 and White Claws will be BFFs with Glo if they met!
Astral glanced around. The rest of the dragons she knew, as they spent a night together in the house.
"I'm Cloudburst. Ice/Sand." 
"I'm Glorious, call me Glo." Glorious glared at the five unfamiliar dragons. "Or else. Rain/Night."
"I'm Prophet. Night."
"Dolphin. Sea, duh."
"I'm Illusion. Night/Sand."
Finally, it was Astral's turn. "I'm Astral! Hybrid: Rain/Sky."
Everyone glanced at the last dragon, with a hood over her head.
"Speak up, lizard!" Ash snarled. 
"Shut up and mind you own business!" Glorious spat, her ruff turning an ominous red. "She talk when she wants to, not when she is forced to! Now if you open your snout again, I'll break your jaw."
Astral smiled down at her claws. Glorious may seem mean and scary, but she's a good dragon inside who cares about her friends.
Suddenly, Prophet screamed and clutched his head. The bandage over his eyes slid off and his eyes were blood red, as if it was replaced by rubies. He lifted his head to the sky.
"Beware the talons that rip,
that tear, and kill.
Beware the dragon that
think killing is a thrill.
Midnight. Hear that bell?
That's when a dragon will fall dead.
Killed right under other's noses,
While they're still sleeping in bed.
But all is not well.
For at the last hour,
When the last dragon drops dead,
The perpetrator ... shall gain ... animus power..."
Prophet gasped as he shook his head, looking dazed, as everyone fixed their gaze on him. "What happened?" He asked. "Did I miss anything?"
== Chapter 2 - Glorious ==
Bah. That MudWing is stupid. And that Prophet dragon. I wish I could stab them both in the face.
Glorious glanced up at Ila, and thought, Buuut...Nice dragon here having a party. Better be good right now. She swiveled her head, and caught Astral staring at her with a wide smile that said, "YOU TOTALLY DID SOMETHING NICE."
In a panic, Glorious quickly gave her a death stare and thought, Did she notice me being nice to that hooded dragonet?! ARGH! Don't let anyone know who you are underneath, Glo. Remember what Illusion said.
Ila clapped her talons and got everyone's attention. "Why don't we do some activities? So many new friends, and we have so much that we can do!" Glorious narrowed her eyes at the IceWing, and can't help but feel a bit suspicious.
Ila doesn't seem like a dragon that kills, but I can't be sure. If only I hatched under two full moons!
They played a lot of games, it was...actually kind of fun. I'll never admit that. Astral will never let it go.
Buut...It also made Glorious want to bite of Ash's ear, poke Prophet in the face, and spray venom over Falcon's front leg, and stomp on Blossom's tail.
"Wasn't that fun?" Ila asked, beaming as if this was the best day in the world.
"YES!" Astral piped up, and Glorious can't help but do a huge eyeroll. But the next thing that came out of her jaws hit her with the forced of a thousand suns. "Let's stay here and figure out who will be the killer! We can't risk the evil one getting animus power!" 
Glorious screamed, "ARE YOU CRRAZY?! THAT'S JUST BEGGING THE KILLER TO KILL US ALL!" But since it was still day time and she needed to be nice. Glorious screeched that inside her brain and bit her tongue. 
She didn't really want to snap at Blossom! It's just that her tail was in the way and her wings are really...blocky. 
And it wasn't her fault that Ash tripped over her left talon and went crashing to the ground. Like, what kind of idiot can't see her stretching out her talon? MudWings? 
"Have a wonderful night!" Ila smiled and gestured them to the beds she'd set up while the other dragons ate the supper she cooked, and Glorious personally thought they tasted awesome, but there was no way she was going to tell anyone. 
"Good night! I suggest you find someone to stay up to watch over all of you, because then..." 
Ila suddered, and trailed off, looking like she didn't want to finish the sentence. 
"Okay bye!" She yelled and flew out the door, her face turning an emerald shade of green. 
Glorious sat down and strained her ears, and even though it was exhausting, she was sure she was going to get some very entertaining noises back. 
She was rewarded and very amused when she finally heard the sound of Ila puking into a bowl. 
Three moons. Glorious thought as she curled up into a ball beside Illusion and Cloudburst. Other people will see my scales! Luckily, Illusion sensed her fear and spread one large wing to cover her and Cloudburst did the same.
If you're wondering, it's not easy being an outlaw.
Glorious settled her own wings and narrowed her eyes so that they seemed closed but she can still see. There is going to be a killer that is not me...
"I'll stay up for the first watch." Station 154 announced. Cloudburst looked annoyed, and open her jaws to say a snappy retort, but Glorious nudged her back with a flick of her tail. 
If that Station 154 dragon is the killer, I don't want you dead the first night.
Cloudburst seemed to understand and slid back and rested her neck beside Glorious'.
Someone's gonna die tonight...
Glorious stopped thinking about the killing when it was midnight. Nothing happened. 
Silence. 
It was...too quiet. 
Maybe that was a false prophecy-
Thwip-thunk.
== Chapter 3 - Dolphin ==
Dolphin closed her eyes. 
I hope the killer forgets their knife...
Her thoughts were cut off when she head something whistling towards her and suddenly-
Thwip. THUNK.
Dolphin scrambled to open the lights, and then she saw it. A dragon next to her was lying in a pool of blood, a scary looking disk beside him.
"What's going -" Ila flung open the door and caught sight of the dying dragon, her mouth agape. "WHAT THE NAME OF FROSTBITE HAPPEN IN HERE? Three moons, what an awful party this was!"
Glorious scrambled over and flipped over the dragon, and it was Ash.
He was lying dead in a pool of blood, his jaws open wide like his eyes, surprise still flashing in them. A deep cut was in his throat, perfectly aimed and cut off his vocal chords at the same time.
Dolphin felt petrified, and suddenly pictured her own body in that state, and gave a shudder. 
The killer was definitely well-trained. There was only one main cut, and it was throbbing angrily and blood was still spilling from the wound. "By the stars..." Dolphin murmured, and felt for his pulse.
Her blood froze when she realized it.
Ash was definitely dead.
This was bad, bad, bad, bad, bad ,bad. The killer was here, and killed Ash right under their noses, and even under the watchful eyes of Station 154.
Unless she was the one who did it. 
Dolphin couldn't stop herself. But before she could yell out her opinion, Blossom directed her accusing glare at Station 154. 
"How did you miss that?!" She demanded, and bared her fangs at the tribeless dragon. "That was justified murder!"
"Calm down, you ridiculos rainbow dragon." Station 154 snarled back. "It was unstoppable. Fate declared it, right?" She turned her gaze at Prophet, who shrinks back, as if sensing her glare. 
He told me to worry no more. But I hate him now. So, should I worry or not? 
Dolphin suddenly saw the picture of Moose she ripped before conjuring inside her mind. 
Blossom screeched something and snapped Dolphin from her trance. "YOU WERE THE MURDERER! ONLY YOU, CAN LIE ABOUT SOMETHING YOU DID!" She paused, catching her breath, and continued quickly because Station 154 showed every sign of interrupting. "YOU MURDERER! YOU KILLED MY HALF-BROTHER!" She shrieked. 
Station 154 shot a blast of fire right above Blossom and she finally stopped screaming. "I DIDN'T DO IT! I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM!" She roared back. "HOW COULD I HAVE KILLED HIM?!" 
Frostbreath bursts out of Ila's mouth as she froze the three droplets of venom Blossom shot at Station 154's face. "Stop fighting! We need to be calm if we want to find the perpetrator." 
Blossom and Station 154 both grunted and turned their backs on each other, though their hisses and growls still could be heard. 
"Now we need to give him a proper burial." Ila turned around, her tail sweeping a long arc across the stone floor. "Would you all like to go home now?" 
"Hang on!" Prophet pipped up. "If we all go home, who's gonna catch the murderer?" Murmurs of agreement came from the other dragons, and Ila sighed. "If you wish, then you're free to stay." 
Dolphin narrowed her eyes at Station 154. She was her main suspect. 
"This is stupid." Glorious and Station 154 hissed at the same time, and they actually smiled at each other. Dolphins brain felt as if it had just rode on a - deathly rollercoaster or something. 
"Why do we stay here all couped up while the murderer schemes to kill another one of us?" Glorious' forked tongue flicked in and of her jaws, and Station 154 added to her statement. "We're just sitting ducks here." 
"Sounds like you two are scheming together." Blossom muttered darkly, and their heads whipped up and bristled at the ominously red RainWing. 
Dolphin reached forward and touched Glorious' wing as she opened her jaws to spit out something furious and foulmouthed and the rain dragon, her scales slowly shifting to match the vermilion.
"Come, then." Station 154 hissed. "Fight me." She beckoned with an intimidating gesture of her wings, the cube above her head glowing red, green, yellow, red.
"Stop fighting!" Ila yelled, and blasted her frostbreath onto the ground until there was a solid wall of ice separating the two furious dragonesses.
"I'll tear you apart limb from limb!" Station 154 threatened Blossom through the sheet of ice. "How dare you disrespect me!
Blossom looked, and was infuriated. Dolphin was surprise that the ice block didn't melt at the force of her glare that she sent at Station 154.
Suddenly, Blossom started yelling at Station 154, "TRIBLESS WIMP! TRIBELESS WIMP!" like crazy, and Dolphin cringed.
Bad move there.
Station 154 shrieked with fury and roared a jet of flames at the ice wall, melting it in an instant.
She came surging towards Blossom and pinned her to the wall with the sharp end of her wing, and held her snout shut with her front left leg, her other limbs forcing Blossom's talons away from her unprotected underbelly.
And her talons went for her throat.
== Chapter 4 - Cloudburst ==
No.
Cloudburst felt as if the floor had turned out to be a trap door and was pulling her inside into an abyss.
A dark, endless abyss.
We can't lose another dragon. That will give power to the murderer. The real one.
She didn't want to admit it, but she suspects that Station 154 was also the killer. It was kind of strange how she volunteered to be the watcher on duty when she already knew there was a dragon about to be dead, and the prime suspect will be her. 
And now there she was...about to kill Blossom. 
"NO!" Dolphin screamed at the same time and charged at the two female dragons, knocking Blossom free with her wing and slamming Station 154 back with her powerful tail. 
"YOU MUSN'T FIGHT!" Ila shouted over the other murmurs of other dragons. 
"We must stand together!" Ila yelled over the muttering. "We're going to vote. Who thinks that Station 154 commited the crime?" 
Seven dragons put their talons up in the air. 
Ila sighed. "That's the majority. The minority, please respect that you have been outvoted. Tonight, how about I lock her into a room and then we see if anyone is killed? Then we can figure out if Station 154 is the killer or not!" 
Murmurs of agreement came up across the dragons, and even Glorious gave an approving nod. 
Station 154 suddenly screamed, "I'M GONNA RICKROLL YOU ALL!!!!!" And then, she shrieks at the top of her lungs, and very out of tune, "NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP! NEVER GONNA LET YOU D-" 
She stops to find all the dragons fainting. 
Okay, back to the story. The real one. 
"You all are idiots for not believing me!" Station 154 snarled furiously. "You will all die! I swear! I don't even have to kill you myself!" 
Ila sighed, and said, "I think it will be best if we lock her in the room now. I'll go put some food inside the room, and operate the lockdown system I have. You guys try to pin her down to carry her safely into the room." 
"You will all pay for this!" Station 154 roared, and stood up on her hind legs, flaring her wings to look bigger and more menacing, but it was kinda cute in Cloudburst's opinion. 
But Dolphin was already rearing up, and she smashed her powerful tail between Station 154's legs, knocking her down. 
Cloudburst hesitated, then rushed forward to pin one of Station 154's wings down. Glorious was by her side in an instant, Illusion close on her tail. 
Glorious took both of Station 154's front talons, so she couldn't rip out any of the throats she was aiming for. 
Illusion suddenly barked something at White Claws, and the dragoness snarled back something, but Cloudburst didn't catch any of it. Station 154's flailing wings was the center of her attention. 
A moment later, Cloudburst realized what Illusion had yelled. White Claws smashed into Station 154 and pinned her neck and back talons, and Station 154 roared with fury. 
Ila ran back into the room. "I found a perfect place. Lead her this way!" 
Cloudburst lifted up her snout to meet her aquamarine eyes. "What if she is not the killer?" She asked casually. 
Ila sighed. And the next words that came out of her mouth froze in the air. "Then, we are all going to die." 
== Chapter 5 - Astral ==
Why is this happening? This party was supposed to be fun!
Astral felt all her cheerfulness seep out of her, and she tried to gather herself back together.
No, no no no no no no no!
Astral couldn't give up. She wouldn't give up. What would the hero do in this story? What could she do to help and more importantly, set thing back to normal?
This is why she missed all the action. She didn't even help her friends pin down a possible killer! Astral felt like the worst friend and the worst dragon in the world.
"I SWEAR YOU WILL ALL DIE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH!" Station 154 broke free from Dolphin's grip and howled. Dolphin growled and grabbed her snout again.
Astral cringed at the comment, and was surprise to see Glorious doing the same out of the corner of her eye. Astral tried to make a 'see? Totally creepy' face at her, but she was sure she didn't position her scrunched up nose right.
Station 154 thrashed as the other dragons carried her out of the room. Astral dashed out of the room and saw the five dragons toss Station 154 into a room with metal walls and doors, and then they slammed the door and locked it.
"Is she going to be alright?" Astral asked, peering anxiously at the door.
White Claws rolled her eyes. "Duh." She replied "If she dies then we would be the killers. Speaking about killing," She clicked her claws together to make a menacing sound.
"LET ME OUT!"
"Is this the time to offer some food?" Ila peeped from behind the doorframe. "Um...Does anyone want ice cream?"
***
"I'll watch this time..." Astral squeaked. "Because you all know I won't kill anyone!"
"You sure won't." Dolphin laughed and patted her head. Astral glared daggers at her. "You just wish that I'm not the killer!"
Astral stared at the sleeping dragons around her, and found herself kind of peaceful. She believed that they had caught the killer.
Or had they?
Suddenly, a hard force knocked on the back of Astral's head, and she crashed to the ground. A blur went by, and Astral found her talons coated with slick, fresh blood.
Astral screamed like she never did.
The killer had succeeded.
Another dragon was dead.
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