Dragon Studios' Flamebreathers Script

## Synopsis

One thousand years before Inferno hatched and the downfall of the tribe, Cinder become an assassin for the FlameWings and was tasked with a mission to eliminate a group of SandWing criminals.

## Script

[SCREEN TITLE: RAINFOREST KINGDOM - 2947 AS]

[scene begins with a FlameWing running around the Rainforest Kingdom while wearing a cloak to hide himself. He ran until he reached a hut, where he ran through the wooden wall. The FlameWing grabs two daggers from his pouch and throws it at the two RainWings inside, killing them. He then runs outside to kill the other RainWings on the trees with his daggers]

RAINWINGS #1: It’s him! The FlameWing spy. He’s going for the queen.

[the FlameWing sees another RainWing charging toward him, and he uses his dagger and stabs at the RainWing in the neck]

[the FlameWing eventually reached the hut where the queen is located. He enters with a dagger in his talon, seeing nobody in the room]

FLAME: [to himself] Where is she?

[Flame senses something coming from behind, and he dodges it. As he dodges, he see two drops of venom flying past his snout, inches away from hitting him]

FLAME: Shit.

[Flame immediately rolls to the side and grabs a nearby table, using it to shield himself from any possible venoms. He looks around the hut]

[suddenly, a RainWing appears from behind him after turning invisible, and the RainWing stabs Flame in the neck with a sleeping dart. Flame collapses onto the ground with a hard impact. Before falling unconscious, Flame looks in front of him and see three RainWings approaching him, one of them is the queen]

QUEEN BLOSSOM: Oh, FlameWing, what a disappointment.

[Flame wakes up outside in the middle of the village, slowly regaining his vision. The side of his head is bleeding, and his talons are tied together by a thick vine. He looks around dazedly, seeing hundreds of RainWings surrounding him, some are standing on bridges hanging from tree to tree]

[Queen Blossom is standing in front of him]

QUEEN BLOSSOM: FlameWing…

FLAME: What?

QUEEN BLOSSOM: The eighth tribe of Pyrrhia. The most mysterious and unknown tribe in the continent. I’m surprised that we would find ourselves one of them here.

[a RainWing kicks Flame onto the ground]

FLAME: [looking at Queen Blossom angrily, baring his teeth] Why didn’t you just kill me?

QUEEN BLOSSOM: Kill you? Oh no, we’re not barbaric. We wouldn’t do such a thing. [pause] How about I make you a deal, okay?

[Flame didn’t answer. Instead, he continues to stare at her angrily]

QUEEN BLOSSOM: You tell me where you and your bunch of fire dragons are, and I’ll let you go. No harm has to be done to you. Deal?

FLAME: Why do you need to know where we are?

QUEEN BLOSSOM: Oh, FlameWing, you’re so naive. FlameWings like you are the only threat we’ve ever faced. If we know where you are, we can end the tribe without them expecting it, considering our… camouflage scales.

FLAME: That’s not gonna happen.

QUEEN BLOSSOM: This is for your freedom.

FLAME: I swore my oath to never reveal my tribe. I don’t care what you could give me, or what you will do to me. So fuck you.

QUEEN BLOSSOM: [irritated and annoyed for what Flame just said] Fine… [to the RainWings] Drown him.

FLAME: What?

[all the spectating RainWings begin to cheer, chanting “Drown the FlameWing.” Flame looks around confusedly, and three RainWings grab him. They begin beating Flame up, punching him hardly in the snout multiple times until blood trickles from his nose. One of the RainWings grab Flame by his head]

[two RainWings arrived at the commotion, holding a barrel of their venoms]

FLAME: [looking at the barrel, realizing what’s gonna happen] No, no, no!

[Flame tries to fight back, flailing around. The RainWings punch him hard in the stomach, weakening him. They grab Flame’s wings and tear it off. Flame turns to look at Queen Blossom painfully, seeing her smirk smile]

QUEEN BLOSSOM: Bye, FlameWing.

[the RainWings push Flame toward the barrel. The RainWings continue cheering, but louder. The RainWing dips Flame’s head into the barrel of venom, and Flame let out a loud scream as his head is burned from the venom]

[after it was over, Flame’s body just drop onto the ground as the RainWings continue to cheer]

[scene cuts to black, as the RainWings cheer begins to muffle through the darkness]

[Dragon Studios opening plays, but the landscape switches to the FlameWings village. The opening scene starts burning as it continues, and ashes can be seen falling off of the logo. Towards the end of the opening scene, the Dragon Studios logo glow brightly and fade away]

[SCREEN TITLE: FLAMEWINGS VILLAGE - 3916 AS]

[Cinder is practicing by himself in the forest. He spins the staff in his talons multiple time, and then points the staff at a tree]

CINDER: [holding the same position for a few seconds] Ahh, that’s not good enough.

[Cinder does the same move again, but he accidentally drops the staff in the middle of his practice. He picks it up when he suddenly hears rustling noises from a bush. Cinder’s master appears from the bush, trying to sneak up on Cinder, but Cinder was able to point the staff at her]

CINDER: Look, master, you can’t pounce on me like that anymore, I’m used to it.

MASTER CHAR: I thought I could scare you once again. It would be funny.

CINDER: Master, I’m nine years old, I’m not some dragonets who’s scared of everything.

MASTER CHAR: Yeah, right. [rubbing her dirty talons after hiding in the bush] So, what assignment are you on right now?

CINDER: Fifteen.

MASTER CHAR: Then the next one would be the last. The practice course. [hold the wing cuffs for Cinder] Are you ready?

CINDER: [grabs the wing cuffs and puts it on as he walks toward the course] What’s the time I have to beat? A minute and ten seconds?

MASTER CHAR: Fifty seven seconds. You think you can break that today?

CINDER: We’ll see.

MASTER CHAR: I’ll meet you on the mountain. [lifts into the air and flies toward the mountain]

[as Master Char passes Cinder overhead, Cinder begins running through the course. Cinder runs down the trail as quickly as he can, sliding below a fallen tree. He continues running down the path, where there are multiple trees with bullseye marks]

[Cinder grabs the daggers from his pouch and throws it at all the bullseye, hitting every single one perfectly. Towards the end of the path, Cinder jumps across a ravine, landing on his feet weirdly]

CINDER: Shit.

[Cinder continues running down the path, despite his right foot beginning to hurt. He climbs up the mountain, reaching to the peak, where he meets with Master Char]

CINDER: [breathing for air] How long was it?

MASTER CHAR: A minute and two seconds. Could be better, could be worse. You did good, though.

CINDER: I had an awkward landing at the ravine.

MASTER CHAR: It’s fine. Don’t worry about it. Head home, try to get a good rest. We can continue tomorrow, when your foot is doing better.

[Cinder nods, and scene cuts to him arriving back at his home. He opens the door and heads inside, a small house with some weapons laying on the table. Cinder sighs and walk over to another table, where he sits down]

CINDER: [narrating] Today is day seven hundred and thirty three of the FlameWings assassin program thingy. Don’t know why they never had an official name.

[scene cuts to later that night, Cinder is talking to a device with a blue stone inside. The device have a label which reads, “Designed by Beyond of the continent, Reon”, and the device is recording Cinder’s message]

CINDER: Bad day today, I kinda injured my foot. [chuckle] No big deal, though. [sighs, and he tap on the device to stop the recording]

[Cinder lays his face on the table, groaning in frustration. He grabs the device again, going through the history of all his messages]

CINDER (past): This is day six hundred and twelve…

[Cinder taps on the device, switching to a different message from the past]

CINDER (past): Day four hundred and sixty four of the FlameWings thing, just another normal day. [Cinder taps the device again] Today is day two hundred. Master Char is coming over to the house and she’s gonna give me something for this milestone…

[Cinder switches to his first message recorded on the device. He hesitates before turning on the message]

CINDER (past): How does this thing work? Oh, it’s glowing, I’m just gonna assume it’s recording. Well, hey, to the dragon who’s wondering where I got this thing, I stole it… from another continent. [laugh lightly in the recording]

[present day Cinder is sitting on his chair, listening to the message while making zero movement. He becomes sadden as the recording continues]

CINDER (past): … my parents died many years ago, when they tried to save me. I’m just by myself, now, living in this… small house. The ceremony where the Headmaster will pick the next assassin begins in two weeks. I don’t know if I’ll be chosen or not, but… I hope I will. I really do. This would be something my parents really want to happen.

[there was some tapping noises in the message]

CINDER (past): How did I turn off this damn thing?

[the recording eventually ended. Cinder picks up the stone and sighs, looking at it]

CINDER: Three moons…

[scene cuts to the next day, where Cinder is walking around in the market, purchasing foods for tonight. He’s holding a pouch of apples in one talon]

CINDER: Al-alright, thank you.

[Cinder walks out of the market, with a pouch of apples hanging around his neck. He walks across the village, heading back to his home when Master Char lands behind him]

MASTER CHAR: Cinder, the Headmaster… we need your help. This is urgent.

[scene cuts to Cinder standing in a large hut, with the Headmaster sitting across from him. Master Char is standing next to him, listening to what the Headmaster is saying]

HEADMASTER: One of our spies reported that a few weeks ago, some SandWing criminals began banding with each other. We fear that if this continues, it’ll lead to the downfall of the SandWings.

MASTER CHAR: But what does this have to do with the FlameWings?

HEADMASTER: This is the closest it gets to our contact with another tribe. If we can somehow handle this situation, it’ll help with our connection to the SandWings tribe.

CINDER: So what’s the mission?

HEADMASTER: Eliminate the criminals. Don’t expose yourself too much to the public. These dragons are not to be messed with.

CINDER: [nods] I understand.

[Cinder and Master Char heads outside the hut. They are having a conversation with each other while walking down the street]

MASTER CHAR: New mission. Exciting, huh?

CINDER: Never had one where I got to go to the Kingdom of Sand. Looking forward to it, not looking forward to killing SandWings, though.

MASTER CHAR: Yeah, but it’s what's best for our tribe. The survival of the FlameWings depends on assassins like you.

CINDER: Mhm. Uh, the mission starts in twenty minutes, gonna have to get my stuff ready.

MASTER CHAR: Okay. How about this? I’ll bring you back to Yeren after you finish, okay? Maybe I can show you a couple new things on that continent.

CINDER: Yeah, that'd be great. I’ll make you proud. [smiles, and Master Char smiles back]

[scene cuts to Cinder exiting his house while having a bag of weapons hanging on his shoulder. Master Char and the Headmaster are waiting for him outside his house. Cinder and Master Char embrace, and the Headmaster hands Cinder a scroll with the details for the mission]

HEADMASTER: This should contain everything you need for the mission.

CINDER: Thank you. I won’t fail you.

MASTER CHAR: Alright, Cinder. I’ll see you soon.

[Cinder nods and lifts into the air. He flies past the mountain, farther and farther from the FlameWings village, towards the Kingdom of Sand]

[scene cuts to Cinder sitting on top of a tree branch, holding the scroll. He breathes a small fireball into his talon and uses it as a light source. Cinder concentrates on the scroll to finds as many details as possible to help him succeed]

CINDER: Criminal group name: Taren. Location: Fifty miles west from the Scorpion Den. Okay. [turns to look at the three moons, and the lights from the moons reflect off his face]

CINDER: Alright, Cinder, you got this.

[Cinder slowly curls his tail onto the tree branch and hangs himself over the branch. He dangle for a moment, eventually stopping]

CINDER: Don’t fall. Don’t fall. Three moons… this is nice. [breathe slowly and look at the moons]

[Cinder closes his eyes and goes to sleep. He uses his wings to cover himself as he continues dangling on the tree branch]

[scene cuts to the next morning, where Cinder flies across the desert. The bag is still hanging over his shoulder as Cinder looks around the desert for any SandWings nearby]

[Cinder descends to minimize being seen. He continues looking around to see if he can find any SandWings. From a distance, a SandWing is watching him flying across the desert without knowing. The dragon lift into the sky and begins following after Cinder]

CINDER: [taking the scroll out of his bag] Okay. “All Taren members have a tattoo of a similar icon.”

[below the text is an icon of a dragon’s head with a sun embedded on it. Cinder takes a closer look to see if there’s any hidden details]

CINDER: What the-

[there is suddenly an explosion midair beside Cinder. The explosion knocks Cinder onto the sand below, and he slowly stands up. Suddenly, ten SandWings land around him, surrounding him from all sides]

SANDWINGS #1: FlameWings…

CINDER: Who the hell are you?

SANDWINGS #1: You’ll see. [to the other SandWings] Get him, bring him back to Her Majesty.

[all the SandWings begin to approach closer to Cinder. Cinder pulls out a dagger from his scabbard and looks as the SandWings approach him]

[he charges at a SandWing to his right, stabbing the SandWing in the neck with the dagger. He spins around and stabs another SandWing as he approaches him. Cinder pulls the dagger from the SandWing’s body, which drops onto the ground]

[Cinder looks at the marking on the SandWing’s arm, which have an icon closely resembles the icon on the scroll]

CINDER: Taren.

[two SandWings lift onto the air and are about to land on Cinder when he rolls to the side. He charges toward them, stabbing one in the chest and kicking the other away. Cinder then threw his dagger at another SandWing, killing him as well]

[Cinder continues killing the SandWings one by one, stabbing them with his dagger. Eventually, Cinder kills every SandWings except for one, where he has him pinned onto the ground. Cinder holds the dagger inches above the SandWing’s snout]

CINDER: Who sent you here?

SANDWING #2: Kill me.

[Cinder hesitates before raising his dagger instead of the air, getting ready to kill the SandWing when he is suddenly knocked to the side by an explosion. He lays there with sands on his body before he is knocked unconscious]

[Cinder wakes up in a dark, long cave. He slowly opens his eyes, regaining his vision and looking around the area. He’s currently inside a small cell, with his talons and legs chained. He rubs his temple, groaning as he stands up and walks toward the bar, looking down the cave]

[SCREEN TITLE: BADICOR]

CINDER: [shouts] Hello?

CELES: Hey, new dragon, most of us are sleeping here, so can you be quiet?

CINDER: Oh, sorry. [looks at all the other cells, seeing dragons in terrible condition laying inside] What is this place?

CELES: It’s the prison of the Taren. Basically what they do is they find any dragons and put them here, and they’re gonna do whatever they want with them.

[Cinder stood there, confused as to what Celes just said]

CELES: In simpler form, it means you’re gonna get your ass kicked in this place a lot. Not literally, but you know what I mean.

CINDER: So this is where all the Taren hang out?

CELES: [nod] Yeah.

CINDER: This is gonna be perfect. I can break out of here and kill every single one of them in one place. They just made my work easier.

CELES: New dragon, don’t get your hopes up too much, okay? You’re not gonna get out of here, and yes, many dragons tried it before… [turning to look at a cell next to her, which contains a dragon, stabbed in the chest as blood drizzle out of his mouth]

CINDER: Well, they’ve never seen a dragon like me.

CELES: Yeah, they have. Not dragons from your tribe, though, but I’ve seen Infinites being captured here a couple times.

CINDER: What’s Infinites?

CELES: Dragons with crazy power beyond our knowledge. I don’t know much about those craps because I barely give a shit about it.

CINDER: Okay… [look down the cave] So what are they gonna do with us?

CELES: For non-interesting dragons like me, they usually pits us up against others and have us fight to the death. Winner would get to live and go back to their cell, while the loser would… you know what happens.

CINDER: And what about dragons like me?

CELES: I’ve overheard some Taren, saying you were some sort of assassin for your tribe or something. When this place gets dragons like that, they pits them up to fight against multiple dragons. In some cases, you’ll have to fight two dragons, maybe more depending on how dangerous you are.

CINDER: So this place is just for dragons like us to fight each other to death as entertainment for the Taren?

CELES: [snapping her finger and points at Cinder] Correct.

[the dragons suddenly hear a door open down the cave. They turns to look at it, and they sees a group of Taren walking down the cave, towards them]

QUEEN SUNRAY: [to the other Taren] Get the NightWing and the orange SkyWing to the arena now. [arriving in front of Cinder’s cell] Also… get him ready, the audiences want to see something new.

SANDWING #3: Understood.

CELES: [looking at Cinder and clapping silently] Oh, you’re already having your fight on the first day. This is gonna be exciting, you should be excited.

CINDER: [annoyed] Okay…

QUEEN SUNRAY: So… [looking at Cinder in his cell] you must be the newly captured FlameWing. You’re definitely gonna be a fun one.

CINDER: I’m not your dragon to be played with. None of these dragons here are for you to watch as they slaughter each other.

QUEEN SUNRAY: If you’re a good fighter, you’ll survive. If you’re not, well, enjoy the Afterworld. It’s that simple, just don’t die.

CINDER: Get me out of this chain right now before I rip off that snout of yours.

QUEEN SUNRAY: [to the Taren] I like this new dragon. He’s definitely gonna make a good show for us. Good job, you’ve finally picked up a good dragon. [looking at Cinder] Hopefully he’ll be as much of a fighter as he is talking a bunch of bullshits.

CINDER: Asshole.

QUEEN SUNRAY: [mildly offended] Okay. [to the Taren] Get him ready. We’ll have the NightWing and SkyWing later.

[the Taren nods, and Queen Sunray walks away from the cell, back to where she comes from. The Taren opens Cinder’s cell, picking him up and escort him down the cave]

CELES: [shouting down the hall] Good luck. I hope you win, if you don’t, well…

BASS: [yelling at Celes] Shut up, I’m sleeping here, dumbass.

[scene cuts to Cinder being led to the pre-fight room. He looks around, seeing dragons from all across the continent. All the dragons turn to look at him as he’s the first FlameWing to ever be there. Cinder walks over to a rack that holds all the weapons]

[Cinder picks up an axe from the rack, inspecting it before a dragon approaches him. He looks at the dragon]

DELTA: What are you looking at there?

CINDER: Just looking at a few weapons, seeing which one would be the best for me to use against my opponent.

DELTA: I might have not mentioned this yet, but we don’t use weapons for our fight. [Cinder looks up at Delta] Yeah, it’s a talon to talon thing, or tail to tail, whatever it is.

CINDER: Huh. [put the axe back on the rack]

DELTA: So you’re the first FlameWing here. That’s a surprise.

CINDER: You know about my tribe?

DELTA: Not until today. You were all everyone here has been talking about. The queen, the Taren, all the dragons in this room probably talked about you. You’re basically the target of everyone right now, they’ve all wanted to kill a FlameWing.

CINDER: [looking around and seeing some dragons looking back at him] Three moons.

DELTA: How are you planning to win your fight? It’s coming up in twenty minutes.

CINDER: I’m an assassin, so I can probably take care of them. They won’t be much of a problem, right? Although I heard that I might have to fight multiple dragons.

DELTA: Yeah, Her Majesty has already decided.

CINDER: So who will I be fighting?

DELTA: You’ll see when you get out onto the arena.

CINDER: I hope I don’t have to fight you.

DELTA: I hope so, too. One is that we’ve just had a friendly conversation with each other and a fight would definitely ruin it. Two, since you’re an assassin and I’m just a normal dragon, I know for sure I will get killed.

CINDER: Okay…

DELTA: Anyway, how did you end up here in the first place?

CINDER: I was flying here for a mission, but I was attacked mid-flight, and they knocked me out with this one explosive, then I woke up here. It’ll just make things a lot more simple for me, I’ll finish this fight and kill them all.

DELTA: Ahh, okay.

CINDER: Mhm.

SANDWING #4: FlameWing, you’re up.

DELTA: Okay, time for you to fight. The entire place will be watching you, everyone here will be watching you. [puts his talon on Cinder’s shoulder]

CINDER: Please don’t put more pressure on me. [pause for a moment] And get your talon off me.

DELTA: [lifting his talon off of Cinder’s shoulder] Sorry.

[outside, the arena is packed with hundreds of thousands of cheering spectators. Attached to the side of the arena is a box where Queen Sunray and four other Taren will be watching the fight from. Queen Sunray walks to the edge of the box]

QUEEN SUNRAY: Three moons. Look at everyone, never have this many dragons in the arena before, this is a surprise. This fight is what you’ve all been looking for, the fight of the century… and without further ado, let’s welcome our fighters.

[the spectators cheer loudly, preparing for the fight to starts]

QUEEN SUNRAY: His first appearance, the first of his kind to ever be in this arena, he’s not normal, he’s an assassin unlike anyone we’ve ever seen before, here he comes… I present to you, Cinder the FlameWing!

[Cinder is led onto the arena by two Taren. The Taren unchains the cuffs on his snouts, talons, and legs. Cinder stood there and watched the roaring stadium as the Taren headed back inside. Cinder walks closer to the center of the arena, looking at the box Queen Sunray is sitting in]

QUEEN SUNRAY: And now, for his opponent, or should I say, opponents, the best of them all, I give you, the Red Dune!

[Cinder looks in front of him, seeing a group of six dragons walking toward the arena. They all stare back at Cinder, getting ready to fight against him]

CINDER: Three moons…

QUEEN SUNRAY: For today's fight, the FlameWing is challenged to a match with the Red Dune. The winner will earn their freedom out of here. Winner will be decided when their opponents, or opponent, either yield or killed in the fight.

CINDER: [breathing slowly] Oh god.

[the rest of the prisoners, along with the dragons at the pre-fight room gather at an opening to watch the fight. Delta tries to make his way in front to have a better view]

DELTA: Okay. Let’s see what this FlameWing can do.

QUEEN SUNRAY: Claws up…

[the six dragons of the Red Dune begin splitting apart and surround Cinder from all sides. Cinder turns to look at each of them, studying their behavior]

QUEEN SUNRAY: Tail ready… fight!

[a SandWing to the right of Cinder charges toward him and leaps into the air. Cinder rolls to the side as the SandWing lands in front of him and kicks him across the arena. Another SandWing charges at him as Cinder rolls to the left and punches the SandWing in the snout. Cinder then approaches toward another SandWing and hits him in the snout]

DELTA: Oh. That was good.

[Cinder grabs the SandWing by the neck and throws him away. Cinder then leaps toward another SandWing charging toward him, grabbing her in the neck and throw her at the other SandWings]

[Cinder stood there, looking at all the SandWings across the arena. They’re all standing up after what Cinder did to them]

CINDER: Alright. Screw it.

[a SandWing walks toward Cinder, followed by the rest of them. The first SandWing lifts into the air and drops down onto the ground beside Cinder. Cinder try to punch the SandWing, but he rolled behind him. Cinder turns around to attack the SandWing, but the others came behind Cinder and attack him]

[Cinder is now surrounded by SandWings from all sides. One of the SandWings punch Cinder across the snout, and Cinder drops onto his knees. The SandWings then slash Cinder across his arm, creating a bloody mark]

DELTA: No, no, shit.

[a SandWing grabs Cinder’s head and punch him in the face. Cinder drops onto the ground, groaning in pain and spitting a drop of blood from his mouth. The SandWings kick him onto his back, and one of them grabs him by his neck]

[the SandWing slams Cinder onto the ground, punching him across the snout and blood spews out from his nose. Cinder tries to flail and escape from the SandWing’s grasp, but he was thrown across the arena]

[Cinder slowly and painfully tries to stand up, but the SandWings arrive and kick him against the wall of the arena. A SandWing then grabs Cinder by the snout and slams his head multiple times against the wall. Upon releasing him, Cinder drops onto the ground as the six SandWings stood over him]

DELTA: [sighs] This fight is over…

[one of the SandWings grabs Cinder by the snout and drags him to the center of the arena. Once they reach there, the SandWing drops Cinder onto the ground. The crowd begins to cheer louder as the SandWing grabs Cinder by his horns and stood over him]

[Cinder groans in pain and spits more blood from his mouth. The SandWings look at him as they prepare to snaps his neck, but just before they do so, Queen Sunray shouts onto the stadium]

QUEEN SUNRAY: Alright. Stop!

[all the SandWings, including those in the arena, turn to look at Queen Sunray. Cinder slowly turns his head to look as blood trickles down his snout and onto the arena]

[Queen Sunray walks toward the edge of her box and fly down onto the arena. She lands in front of the dragons, looking at the SandWings and Cinder laying on the ground in pain]

QUEEN SUNRAY: [to the Red Dune] Get him up.

[the Red Dune SandWings grab Cinder’s snout and raise it to the air, near Queen Sunday’s talons. Cinder exhaustedly watches Queen Sunray, who’s looking down at him. Queen Sunray suddenly place her talon below Cinder’s chin and lift it up until he can see her]

QUEEN SUNRAY: To think that you’ll win and earn your freedom out of here. You could’ve been back there, but don’t worry… I’ll give the FlameWings your regards.

[Queen Sunray punches Cinder across the snout, knocking him out. Cinder lay there on the ground, blood trickling from his nose and mouth as he slowly go unconscious]

[scene cuts to Cinder lying on the floor in a room. He suddenly wakes up and jerks forward, breathing heavily and looking around confusedly. He turns to look at his arm, which has been patched up with some leaves. Cinder winces and stands up, clutching his arm and walking to the door]

[Cinder pushes onto the door, which just opens]

CINDER: What the hell?

[Cinder looks down the hallway, seeing no dragons at all. He turns right and walk down the hallway, and continues walking around the area, following down new hallways that he finds]

[Cinder eventually arrived at a large room with a large hallway. He walks down the hallway when a voice suddenly spokes to him]

QUEEN SUNRAY: Where do you think you’re going, FlameWing?

CINDER: [turning around and see Queen Sunray sitting on her throne. Cinder sighs in exasperation] It’s you again.

[some guards arrive in the room, each carrying a spear. Cinder looks at them as they get into their position, and he turns to look at Queen Sunray]

CINDER: So, are you really the queen of the SandWings? I thought Sahara was the current queen.

QUEEN SUNRAY: Well, yes she is. I’m just basically a queen here, specifically here only, I’m not the queen of the SandWings. I only rule this place.

CINDER: Okay… where am I right now?

QUEEN SUNRAY: My palace. [grabs a grape from a bowl next to her] That fight was beautiful back there.

CINDER: Please don’t talk about it. [pause] Can I get out of here? This place is terrible, absolute garbage. Although the embedded gold are quite nice.

QUEEN SUNRAY: Yeah, you can leave. You’re not that type of FlameWings we’re looking for anyway.

CINDER: [a bit offended] Really? So I can just get out of this hideous place right now?

QUEEN SUNRAY: Mhm, get out of here.

[Cinder looks at Queen Sunray for a moment, then he turns around and walks toward the exit of the palace. Suddenly, Cinder is paralyzed and he drops onto the ground as he heads toward the exit. The veins on Cinder’s body begins to turn purple]

QUEEN SUNRAY: Right, forgot to mention that the loser must wear one of these on their neck. [hold a small glass capsule in her talon] They’re paralysis poison that we attach onto the dragons to prevent them from escaping.

[Queen Sunray signals a guard to comes to her]

QUEEN SUNRAY: Hey, take this bowl away.

SANDWING #5: Right away, Your Majesty.

QUEEN SUNRAY: [holding a small device] This right here… it’ll allow me to paralyze you at any moment.

[Cinder can hardly breathe, and he grunts as the veins on his neck begin to turn purple. His talons begin twitching violently]

QUEEN SUNRAY: [standing up from her throne and walking toward the paralyzed Cinder on the ground] So you’re not gonna go anywhere. This is your home now. You’ll stay here for the rest of your life, and you’re gonna enjoy it…

[Cinder is still laying on the ground, twitching from the paralysis poison. Scene cuts to Cinder in a room, being punched across the snout by another SandWing as the song “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” by Elton John plays in the background. Cinder’s talons are chained to the wall to prevent him from fighting back. The SandWing continues to punch him many more times in the snout while Queen Sunray watches from behind]

[cuts to Cinder being drowned as a SandWing dips his head into a barrel of water. The SandWing pulls Cinder’s head up, and Cinder breathes for air before he is pushed into the water again. Cuts to Cinder sitting in his cell, exhausted and both talons chained, when Queen Sunray and two SandWings arrived with a small bucket of water]

QUEEN SUNRAY: [place the bucket of water in front of Cinder] This is for you.

[Cinder leans forward and try to pick up the bucket of water, but Queen Sunray knocks the bucket to the side, spilling all the water]

QUEEN SUNRAY: [deadpan] Oops… [gives Cinder a smirk smiles]

[scene cuts to Cinder in another match against a NightWing. Cinder rolls to the side and knocks the NightWing to the ground, preparing to kill him. Up in the box, Queen Sunray clicks on her device, paralyzing Cinder. Cinder collapse onto the ground, and the NightWing gets up and punch him hardly across the snout, knocking him out]

[the spectators in the stadium stand up and begins to cheer. Cinder groans and close his eyes as he lays on the ground]

QUEEN SUNRAY: Here’s your winner, dragons and dragonets. Landfall the NightWing!

[later, Cinder’s arms and legs are chained to a pole at the center of the arena. He sits and stare at the entrance of the arena as the sun beats down on his head. Cinder sits there for multiple days, until Queen Sunray arrives again with a bucket of water]

QUEEN SUNRAY: [put the bucket of water in front of Cinder] Alright, here. I’m serious this time.

[Cinder looks at Queen Sunray and hesitates before leaning forward to dip his snout in the bucket. Cinder drinks the water for a moment, before Queen Sunray pulls the bucket away from his reach]

QUEEN SUNRAY: That’s enough.

[scene cuts to Cinder sitting on the stair of the prison. Both his talons are bleeding and he’s slowly biting onto the roasted chicken. A SandWing guard came from behind him and hit the chicken off of Cinder’s talons. Cinder sat there and watches as the guard walks away]

SANDWING #6: FlameWing, your fight is in ten minutes.

[cuts to Cinder fighting against a SandWing. Cinder try to punch the SandWing in the snout, but he misses due to exhaustion. The SandWing spins around, grabs Cinder and punches him onto the ground. As Cinder lays on the ground with bleeding bruises all over his body, the SandWing grabs Cinder by the snout and hold it up]

[the spectators cheer louder as they see the SandWing holding his talon by Cinder’s snout. Blood trickles down Cinder’s nose, and the SandWing punches him hard in the jaw. Cinder collapses onto the ground]

[scene cuts to Cinder being led by two SandWing guards down the hallway of the prison. Both of Cinder’s talons are chained, and he look at the other cells in exhaustion]

CELES: [looking at Cinder, all beaten up and exhausted] What happened out there?

[eventually, the dragons reached Cinder’s cell. The SandWing guards unchain the chains on Cinder’s talons and kick him into the cell. Cinder slowly stands up and look as the two guards walk down the hall, away from him]

CELES: [from her cell] You don’t look good. What happened?

[Cinder didn’t answer. He slowly walks to a rag in his cell and slowly lays down. Cinder closes his eyes and proceeds to go to sleep]

[down the hall, Cinder hears footsteps and dragons talking. He opens his eyes and sees two SandWing guards leading a younger SandWing through the prison. Eventually, they reach Cinder’s cell, and the guards open the cell door to let the young SandWing in]

[Cinder painfully sits up and look as the young SandWing sits in front of him. She’s holding a paper with a dragon-made pencil in her talons]

CINDER: What are you doing here?

DAWN: [looking at the paper she’s holding] To check on your status. [look up at Cinder] So, how are you feeling?

CINDER: Like shit.

DAWN: [seeing Cinder’s bruises and injuries] Yeah, I can tell. When’s the last time you eat?

CINDER: I don’t remember…

DAWN: What else do you remember?

CINDER: Absolutely nothing.

DAWN: You were hit in the head that hard, weren’t you?

CINDER: I don’t know.

DAWN: [looking at her paper] So, according to this paper right here, you’ve only been here for five days. That’s nothing compared to many others.

CINDER: What do you mean?

DAWN: Down this hall, somewhere down there, [pointing down the hallway] there’s a dragon who's been here for the last twenty years. Maybe more, I wasn’t alive during that time.

CINDER: How old are you?

DAWN: One and a half years.

CINDER: [in disbelief] You’re one and a half? And you’re here?

DAWN: I might not look much, but I can definitely do a lot. Back where I came from, they called me a genius. Queen Sunray ordered me here to check on the prisoners to make sure they’re alive.

CINDER: [muttering to himself] This is gonna be easy.

DAWN: [seeing Cinder looking at her] You’re planning to kill me, aren’t you?

CINDER: No, no, no, I’m not, I don’t know why you would assume that.

DAWN: I can see the look on your face, assassin. If you even consider attacking me… [takes the paralyze device from her pouch] I’ll be forced to give you a hard time. So let’s just make this easy and not harder than it already is.

DAWN: [looking at her paper] Anyway, this paper also said that you were sent here to kill the Taren. [pause] Seems like you’ve failed.

CINDER: I didn’t fail. I’m gonna break myself out of this shitty place and kill every single SandWings here. If you help me out of here, I might spare your life.

DAWN: That’s not gonna happen, okay? My job is to check on dragons, not helping them escape. I don’t take sides, I just do what I was ordered to do. [stands up and walks to the cell door. She opens the door and locks it once she’s outside] I’m just gonna say this now, good luck with tomorrow. It’s gonna be a lot worse.

[scene cuts to Cinder’s talons being chains onto the wall again. A SandWing is punching him many times across the snout. Queen Sunray and Dawn are standing in the distance, watching. Dawn is having the paper over her snout]

SANDWING #7: Twenty four… twenty five…

QUEEN SUNRAY: [to Dawn] Make sure you’re tracking this. Wouldn’t wanna get it wrong.

DAWN: [seeing Cinder being tortured by the SandWing guard. She’s cringing from watching it] Oh, that looks painful.

QUEEN SUNRAY: [turning over to look at Dawn] Why are you having the paper over your snout? Put it down.

[Cinder collapses onto the ground and blood drizzle down his snout. The SandWing guard breathes heavily and turns to look at Queen Sunray]

SANDWING #7: Thirty seven, Your Majesty. This was a tough one.

QUEEN SUNRAY: [to Dawn] Make sure to write that down. [to the SandWing guard] Bring the FlameWing away. Let’s get him ready for his next fight.

[two guards arrive in the area, and they drag Cinder away. Dawn lowers the paper from her snout]

[scene cuts to later that night. Dawn is sitting in Cinder’s cell again, and the two dragons are having a conversation with each other. Dawn is looking at her paper]

DAWN: So… [impress] thirty seven punches to the snout. That’s impressive, I gotta say. None of the prisoners here have ever lasted twenty. I, myself, wouldn’t even last one.

CINDER: [looking at another cell] Yeah, okay.

DAWN: And the fight, you were so close to winning, too.

CINDER: I would’ve won if that dumbass queen of yours didn’t paralyze me. [try to pull the capsule off his neck] Couldn’t even get this thing off of me.

DAWN: It’s impossible to get it off… unless you have one of these. [hold the device up to show Cinder]

CINDER: I have a feeling you’re teasing me with that thing. Are you?

DAWN: No, I’m not.

CINDER: Okay…

[Cinder and Dawn hear noises coming down the hall. Two guards escort Celes back to her cell, where they unchain her chains and throw her inside]

CINDER: [to Celes] So, how did it go?

CELES: [having some blood stains on her snout. There’s a bloody scratch mark on her chest] It was good. I snapped her neck.

CINDER: Huh. I wish I could do that.

CELES: What?

CINDER: It’s just that whenever I fight someone, when I had an advantage over them or when I had them on the ground, the queen would just paralyze me. [points at the small capsule on his neck]

CELES: That explains it. I was wondering why you were standing over a dragon when you suddenly collapse onto the ground.

CINDER: You don’t have that thing on you?

CELES: Queen Sunray never puts one on me.

CINDER: [sigh and turn to look at Dawn] Do you guys have something against FlameWings?

DAWN: Well, we do, not just us. Look, when your tribe first landed on this continent, every single queen wants to destroy the FlameWings because they thought you guys are gonna be a problem.

CINDER: We’re not that bad.

DAWN: Mind telling me why you’re going all over the continent killing random dragons?

CINDER: I see what you did there.

DAWN: [gives Cinder a smirk smile] Yep.

CINDER: Anyway, back to what we talked about earlier? Celes, since you won, [pause and think about all his possible victories that were taken from him] when are they gonna let you leave this place?

CELES: Oh, no, the reward for my fight isn’t freedom. [holding a roasted chicken she found from the corner of her cell] We just fought. Reward is you get to live.

CINDER: Wow, that sucks.

CELES: [to Dawn] Hey, SandWing, you want this chicken? It’s good.

DAWN: Uh, no thanks. I don’t know how unsanitary that thing could be.

CELES: The guard gave me this earlier. It’s pretty new. Here, just take a bite, one bite, okay? It’s easy.

DAWN: [sighs] Okay, fine. [walks out of Cinder’s cell and grabs the chicken that Celes is holding out of her cell] I’ll definitely regret this.

[Dawn took a bite from the chicken. Celes turns to look at Cinder and smiles, and Cinder gives her a wink. Dawn is still chewing the chicken]

DAWN: [chewing the chicken and turning to look at Celes] You know what, you’re right. This thing is actually good. A bit different from the usual.

CINDER: It is. Because… [hold up a small bottle for Dawn to see] we put sleeping serum in it.

[Dawn’s eyes grow wide as she realizes. She suddenly becomes sleepy, and she collapses onto the ground. Before she falls unconscious, she turns to look at Cinder]

[scene cuts back to the FlameWings village. Master Char is standing at location Cinder promised, waiting for him to come back. She’s looking into the sky, hoping to see Cinder flying towards her. The Headmaster came from behind Master Char and stood beside her]

HEADMATER: What are you doing?

MASTER CHAR: Waiting for Cinder.

HEADMASTER: No luck?

MASTER CHAR: It has been a week. The mission should’ve been over three days ago. [sighs] I don’t know if he finished the mission. I just hope he’s safe.

HEADMATER: Me too. [look at the sky] The tribe is depending on him.

[Dawn wakes up in a circular room. She’s tied onto a chair, and she tries to flail around and escape. Cinder is across the room, looking in the drawer. Celes is behind Dawn and watching the door]

DAWN: What are you guys doing here?

CINDER: Figuring out a plan to get out of this place.

DAWN: You’re not gonna get out of here. I’ll alert the queen and she’ll hunt you across the continent if they have to.

CINDER: Really? [holding up the device for Dawn to see]

[behind Dawn’s neck is the paralyze capsule]

CINDER: So… we’re gonna do this the easy way, and no one will get hurts. You will get us out of this place, and I’ll remove the capsule on your neck. Simple. If you try to run, I’ll show you what I’ve felt.

CELES: Still no guards. [to Cinder] Do you think they’ve found our empty cells?

CINDER: If they did, they’ll already be here. [referring about Dawn] Unties her. If she run, I’ll paralyze her.

[Celes unties the rope on Dawn, releasing her. Dawn stands up and look at Cinder, remembering how he tricked her]

CINDER: [to Celes] Let’s get out of here.

[the dragons slowly sneak their way across the palace. Cinder lead the group, checking for any guards. He runs across a wide hallway, and signal for Celes and Dawn to follow after]

CINDER: [to Dawn] Do you know where the exit is?

DAWN: The main entrance. That’s the only one I know.

CELES: [to Cinder] We should just paralyze her right now and leave her right here.

CINDER: No, we keep her with us until we’re out of here. There’s no guarantee that she won’t alert the queen.

[the dragons sneak across the palace until they reached a room. Cinder closes the door silently and locks it. The dragons begin to investigate the room, looking for anything that helps]

CELES: Okay, so the main entrance is down the hall. The problem is, that’s where Queen Sunray sits for the most of her day. We won’t be able to reach the main entrance without being noticed.

DAWN: I know a way.

CINDER: If it’s stupid, I’ll paralyze you right now.

[Dawn rolls her eyes and lead the group to the hall. She peeks through a corner and see Queen Sunray sitting on her throne, there’s six guards with spear in their position]

DAWN: I’ll distract her. [walks toward Queen Sunray while Cinder and Celes stays back and watch]

QUEEN SUNRAY: [notices Dawn approaching her] Dawn. Surprised to see you here this early. What happened to the FlameWing?

DAWN: He’s doing well right now… kinda annoying sometimes, and also an asshole.

CINDER: [whisper to Celes] I am very tempted to paralyze her right now. Should I do it?

DAWN: I forgot to mention. He said he’s not doing well, and I’m gonna need you to come check it out. This is very bad.

QUEEN SUNRAY: How bad?

DAWN: Well, he’s being more aggressive than before, and he’ll attack anyone he gets his talons on. We’re gonna have to put him down.

QUEEN SUNRAY: [standing up from her throne, pointing at the two nearest guards] You two, come with me.

CINDER: Shit.

[Cinder and Celes look at Dawn, who secretly signals for them to get out of the place. There are still four guards at the area, but Cinder and Celes slowly sneaks toward the exit of the palace]

CELES: What are they gonna do to her if they find out?

CINDER: I don’t know. Let’s get out of here first.

[the two dragons run to the main entrance of the palace. The dragons run outside, seeing a vast desert ahead of them. Cinder and Celes lifts into the air, flying away from the area]

[while flying away, Cinder suddenly stops and turn around. Celes turns around to look at him]

CELES: Cinder, what are you doing?

CINDER: The queen is going to hurt her. [turn around to look at Celes] You get away from here. I’ll go back and get her.

CELES: What? Why? You’re finally free? Why do you want to go back?

CINDER: She helped us escape. It’s my turn to help her. Just get out of here.

[Cinder flies back to Badicor. Celes hovers in the air for a moment, seeing Cinder flying back to the SandWings. Celes then turns around and fly in the opposite direction]

[back in the prison, Dawn is sitting inside a cell, looking at Queen Dawn and two SandWing guards outside her cell]

QUEEN DAWN: I’ll decides what your punishment will be.

DAWN: I don’t care what you’ll do to me. The FlameWing is gone. You’re not getting your talons on him anymore.

QUEEN DAWN: [scoffs] We’ll see. Guards. Alert the others, search the continent. Don’t stop until you find the FlameWing.

[the guards nod, and they run back down the hall. Queen Dawn is still standing outside of Dawn’s cell when she hears the guards groaning and shouting. Dawn also turns to look down the hall]

[suddenly, all the torches in the prison goes off, leaving the room in darkness. Queen Dawn breathes slowly, squinting her eyes to look down the hall through the dark. Suddenly, a fire spark, showing a silhouette of a dragon]

[Queen Dawn gasps in horror, and the fire goes off. The fire sparks again, revealing the same silhouette, this time closer. The fire goes off again. Suddenly, Cinder appears in front, baring his teeth at her. Cinder grabs Queen Dawn by the neck and hold her up]

DAWN: [surprised] Cinder!

[Cinder breaks open a cell and throw Queen Dawn inside. He turns around and head over to Dawn’s cell, releasing her]

DAWN: You saved me.

CINDER: Only because you saved me first. Let’s get out of here.

[scene cuts to Cinder and Dawn running across the palace. Cinder launches multiple fireballs from his talons at the guards. The two eventually made it to the exit, lifting into the air and flying away from the area]

[the two dragons fly together until theyget far enough from Badicor, where they stop]

CINDER: Okay. [looking back at the desert behind them] Well, you can’t go back there now.

DAWN: Yeah, I’m gonna have to find somewhere else to live.

CINDER: So where are you gonna go?

DAWN: [sighs] Most likely just build myself a home in the middle of nowhere. Hopefully they won’t be able to find me for a long time. What about you?

CINDER: My mission was to eliminate the Taren. Couldn’t do it, and there’s a part of me that doesn’t want to go back there again. Best option right now is probably to head home.

[Dawn nods, and Cinder smiles]

[the two dragons shake each other talons, and fly their separate ways. Cinder fly north to head back to the FlameWings village]

[scene cuts to later at night, Cinder is flying across the Sky Kingdom. He’s having flashbacks of his terrible experience at Badicor, distracting him from his flight. Cinder tries to forget about it, grunting in annoyance]

[suddenly, a dragon tackles Cinder from above, dragging him down to the ground. Cinder kicks the dragon away, collapsing onto the ground hard and hitting his head on a boulder. Cinder try to lifts his head, but he drops to the ground as a group of NightWings approach him]

[Cinder wakes up in the middle of a camp. He slowly regains his vision, seeing hundreds of tents around him. His snout is tied with a vine, he slowly breathes, and look forward, seeing four NightWings approaching him]

[one of the NightWings lifts Cinder’s snout so he can see him]

STARSTEALER: So this is the FlameWing?

NIGHTSHINE: Yes, my noble leader.

STARSTEALER: I’ve never seen one with my own eyes before. [unsheathe a knife from his scabbard] And I would love to have one of their blood in my talon.

[Cinder grunts and try to break free, staring angrily at the NightWings. More NightWings approach to the area, murmuring to each other]

NIGHTWING #1: Three moons, it really is a FlameWing.

NIGHTWING #2: I heard they’re very rare.

STARSTEALER: FlameWing. I’ll give you a choice. You tell me where your tribe is, and I’ll give you six hours to get as far away as possible before we hunt you again.

[Cinder grunts, and a NightWing approaches from beside him and cuts the vine that’s tying Cinder snout. Cinder breathes for a moment]

CINDER: I’ll never tell you anything.

STARSTEALER: [scoffs] I was expecting you to say that. Considering you and this puny tribe of yours are extremely stubborn. You know you’ll have nothing against the NightWings.

CINDER: If so, then why do you fear them? Why are the NightWings, the most powerful tribe in Pyrrhia, afraid of my tribe? The FlameWings are beyond what you can ever imagine. We’re more than just dragons. We’ll destroy your tribe with ease.

NIGHTSHINE: The NightWings are afraid of no one. Not even you. [pull up her knife, and hold it over Cinder’s neck] Would you like to see how it starts?

CINDER: You’ll start a war.

NIGHTSHINE: A war where we get rid of the last FlameWings. Let’s call it… the FlameWings massacre.

[Nightshine slits Cinder’s throat, killing him. Cinder’s body drops onto the ground, and Starstealer and Nightshine stood over his body, kicking it to the side]

STARSTEALER: [shouting so every NightWings can hear him] So let this be our vow. No FlameWings shall be left alive.

NIGHTSHINE: Search every corner of the continent. We’ll show them what the NightWings can do.

[all the NightWings cheer, and Cinder’s body is still laying on the ground]

[scene cuts to black, and the credit rolls. Toward the end of the credit, the title is formed by the fire sparking]

[THE END]