Wings Of Fire: Thorns And Roses

"Wasp"

Radiant flicked her eyes open and stretched her antennae. She looked to the sky to see a clear blue day was waiting for her, beckoning for her to soar into it. She looked to her side to see Adonis already up and eating a piece of cabbage.

"Took you long enough to wake up," Adonis criticized.

"Oh shut up," Radiant grumbled to herself.

"I heard that!" Adonis smirked. "Anyways, how was your sleep?"

"Decent. Dreamt of being swallowed up by the ground only to then be mocked at by my history teacher. It was dark, cold, and I was all alone... Everybody, pointing their talons at me and Wasp was there, looking into my soul practical..."

"Cool, I dreamt of me flying through the sky and shooting silk out of my eyes." Adonis then swallowed the rest of the leaf right up.

"Err... Neat? Anyways, let's get out of here. Hopefully Wasp is there so I can—"

"You can what, exactly?"

"Don't know. I want to hurt her, a lot."

"Why?" Adonis questioned. Radiant pointed to the burn mark of Adonis's leg and continued.

"She let your 'mister and mistress' do that to you."

Adonis looked at her own leg and let out a shallow sigh. "It would've been nice if I didn't have this branding."

"That's the spirit! Up rise against your owners, gather a following, and begin a REVOLUTION!" Radiant curled her talons into a fist and lifted her front legs into the air, shaking them at the sky.

"Shush, keep it down."

"Why? Nobody is here."

"You're too loud." Adonis covered her ears with her talons, trying to block out Radiant's words.

"Oh come on now. Let's just pack up and go," Radiant shrugged and walked away, ushering Adonis to follow. Radiant grabbed the box of radishes and cabbages and looked over to Adonis. "You got a bag to carry this in?"

"No."

"Shoot, then I guess we just take the crate," Radiant cursed. "Do you want to carry it?"

"Yeah, sure. Maybe we can take turns." Adonis grabbed the box out of Radiant's claws and lifted herself into the sky.

"Wait for me, why don't you?" Radiant critiqued, opening up her wings and soaring into the sky. She looked over into the distance to see Wasp Hive and what looks like dragons circling it in a straight pattern. Radiant felt... Scared. She wanted to go over there, she wanted to SAVE Locust, but something was blocking her.

"Are you going to fly still while keeping me waiting?" Adonis asked, breaking Radiant out of her funk a bit.

"I... No. I'm not. We're going to Wasp Hive!" Radiant yelled, speeding off towards the Hive. She dove down a few feet above the ground and hovered over the savanna, the wing blowing around her antennae. She looked up to see Wasp Hive slowly getting closer to her and she flew back up high into the air, slowing herself down.

"What was that all about?" Adonis questioned, quickly gaining on Radiant. She didn't answer the question and instead stayed silent. The feeling of fear never left her. That feeling of 'NO! This is a terrible idea!' never once gave her mercy. Yet, she wanted to do anything in her power to drag that green idiot back to safety.

Radiant just sighed. "Let's just get there," she said confidently (or, at least Radiant thought she said it confidently). She hoped Adonis got the hint that she didn't want to talk now, which seemed to be true since they didn't speak with each other until they were nearing the base of the Hive. Radiant could see nearly fifty dragons circling the entire Hive, keeping watch.