Open up your eyes

Chapter 1

"We're gonna kill her." Says Dune.

"I joined the Talons of Peace to STOP killing dragons!" Webs whisper-yells, worriedly.

"No one expected you to be the one to kill her." Kestrel snarls in reply.

My heart stopped. It was beating very loud. But then, nothing. I could hear everything. Every movement. Every breath. All of it.

I am Glory, the RainWing. My egg was stolen from the rainforest by Webs. He stole me from my home because the SkyWing that was supposed to hatch, died in its egg.

"You stupid, lazy RainWing! Fight me!" Kestrel yells. I am laying there, not doing anything, proving their point about me being useless.

The guardians act like this all the time. It is normal, right? They yell at me for sleeping, eating, not fighting, and basically for breathing. I wasn't supposed to hatch here apparently.

"Drowning her would be the most efficient way." Says Kestrel. Kestrel is a SkyWing. She is mean and doesn't give a crud about anyone. Dune is my second guardian. He is a SandWing that cannot fly because of the scars on his wings, from the war. Webs is my third guardian. He is a SeaWing and he is the nicest of the guardians, because he gives us the food we like and doesn't yell at me. But he doesn't do anything when the others get mad, or yell.

I am living with the other dragonets of destiny. Clay the MudWing, Tsunami the SeaWing, Sunny the SandWing, and Starflight the NightWing. Apparently they're famous. I hear talonsteps and see smoke. I immediately change colors to match the wall behind me. Kestrel comes storming out of the guardians' cave. She looks mad. I go over to the sleeping cave and see the other dragonets playing together. They're having fun. Without me, as usual.

I go to my ledge after changing back to my normal colors; green, yellow, orange, and red. I usually save the sunset colors for my ruff, which is what I'm doing now. I climb to my top ledge and sigh. Im gonna die tonight. I think to myself. What am I going to do? How can I escape? I don't know. I answer myself.

I hear the others go to bed and Kestel comes in to make sure we aren't staying up. She sees me and grabs my arm. Tsunami and Clay follow; I see them out of the corner of my eye. Kestrel brings me to the main cave and starts to claw at my face. I feel the blood trickle down it. I roar in pain and try to claw back when she pins me to the ground. Tsunami and Clay slowly dip into the water to watch, without getting in trouble.

I feel her stomp hard down on my tail and I roar again, louder than before. I hear the water splashing and see Tsunami looking at the fight, eager for it to continue. I back up against the cave wall and feel the cold cave against my scales. I can see Clay and Tsunami staring, wide-eyed. Dune isn't anywhere in sight but I see webs rush into my line of sight. Kestrel slashes my eye with her claw, and I am blinded by blood. I can barely make out shapes. I see the blood on Kestrel's claws, and the anger in her eyes.

Webs rushes over. "Let her go!" He says. "If you kill her, that's just another dead dragon on your claws!" He wants me to go? What is he doing? He's going to get himself killed.

I almost collapse from the pain in my eye when Kestrel whips around to face me. She stares deeply into me eyes and growls.

"Leave. If you ever come back you will be sorry. You come back," She pauses. "And you'll die. Go back to your lazy kingdom and eat fruit and nap all day. Get out of my sight." Kestrel snarls. I see Tsunami and Clay get out of the water, and then rush into the sleeping cave to tell Starflight and Sunny what happened. Clay glanced back but left right behind Tsunami.

He doesn't care. I finally realize. None of them do. No such thing as a true friend, huh?