Shadow of Fire

Chapter 2

Sahara opened her eyes.
The water around her was so deep. Taking a moment to remember she couldn't breath, she forced herself to start trying to swim.
She quickly swam out of the gulping surrounding threatening to swallow her.

She broke the surface.
Gasping she felt like everything around her was spinning.
She squinted, where was her brother?

"Gobi!" She yelled out.
No one answered.
She felt so sore.
She looked around again.
Then stared in hotter as water around her started to crash together.
She looked forward, seeing rocks.
She stated to paddle as fast as she could in the opposite direction.

She flared open her wings, then let a cry out from pain.
It hurt so much. What was wrong with her.
"HELP!" She gasped.

She was forced underwater once more.
Thinking this was the end she excepted defeat.
I'm sorry Gobi, Mom, Dad I love you....

Suddenly a green dragon came infront of her, grabbing her.
The female dragon looked worried.
She's gorgeous.

Sahara thought closing her eyes smiling.

...

Sahara gasped out of the water.
She laid on the sand, her wing hurt, she tried to crunch it up next to her, but she noticed a bangdage.

"Hey you." Sahara turned her head, seeing to weird looking dragons, they both held so ears, snd had so many pointy horns on them.
One was black and orange, with spots of yellow along her face.

The other was almost complete dark and dull yellow, barley black, both of their eyes pure black with only a speck of white.

"Stay where you are!" The male ordered, the female guard landed beside her.
She shook her head.
"Weird thing." She hissed.
"What even is this." The female backed away from her.
"This, thing has a name." Sahara growled.

"Worm we should take her back to the palace." The female frowned.
The male nodded.
"I agree with you Dragonfly." He started to help Sahara get up.
Then turned and snarled at Dragonfly.
"For once."

Dragonfly rolled her eyes, and helped Worm, get Sahara steady.
"Can you fly." Asked Dragonfly, her voice sounded so dull, not even caring if the dragonet was okay.
"No, I must have crushed my wing on something well I washed up here." She answered her.

Worm, looked at her wound, then quickly looked away.
"Disgusting." He growled.

Dragonfly sighed.
"I'll have to go get a beam, from one of the camps...stay here." She turned to Worm, nodded, then flew off.

...

Worm sighed.
They both had sat in silence for some time.
Suddenly Dragonfly landed next to him.
Holding a weird contraption she slowly rolled over Sahara onto her stomach, Sahara let out a yelp of pain.
Soon she was rolled back onto her back, but now on the weird object Drainfly had been holding. It felt like leaves, and around the carefully tied leaves were 4 strong beans to hold it up.
Sahara felt herself get carried up into the sky.

"We'll be to the hive soon." Worm said.
The hive?! Sahara thought wide eyed.

She felt the beam get set down. And Dragonfly came up to her. Forcing her up.
"Come on." She hissed.
They took her along a weird long hallway,
it had ridges instead of smooth sides.

Suddenly light came out from the end. And as they got closer, it showed the inside. It was huge!
And it had so many dragons like Worm and Dragonfly, and even more weird looking ones.

They walked across a non busy part of this huge place, and were met with a line of guards Sahara guessed.

"Which one of you wants to take this dragon to the Queen." Dragonfly asked.
She glared at all of them.
They each turned to each other, and only one came up.

"Good." Worm nodded.
"She's injured so be careful." Dragonfly said.

The guard nodded.
Dragonfly and Worm walked off.
They started to talk, and Sahara pricked her ears, wanting to hear what they would say.

"Oh thank Clearsight we don't have to care of that weird dragonet anymore." Dragonfly hissed, Worm nodded, they both laughed and continued to talk but Sahara stopped listening, turning to her new guard.
She looked around.
The other guards had left.

"This way." The guard said.

She followed him.

They walked in silence for a few minutes.
"So." The guard said, trying to start a conversation.

"I'm Douber." He grinned.
"Sahara." She spoke back.
"What type of dragon are you? A hybrid?" Douber asked.
Sahara looked at him.
"I could ask you the same question." She hissed.
"A hivewing." He talked.
"A...hivewing?" Sahara said.
"Never heard of it." She growled.

Douber was just about to respond when the door to a huge room opened.
In the room, was a dragon sitting high in a throne.
And around her were many other hivewings.

No way I can fight my way out of this. Sahara sighed.

She looked at the dragon on the throne. Her eyes were filled with sweetness.

"Hello." She smiled.
"My guards say you injured your wing." She said frowning.
"That's awful, please don't worry about it my medic will take care of you, tomorrow, after you've rested." She grinned.
"We have the perfect treatment to your wound." She said.
Sahara notice a golden crown layed on her head.

"Your the Queen?" Sahara asked.

"Why yes I am, my name is Queen Centipede, of the hivewings." The Queen said flarring out her wings.
Sahara jumped back as she noticed that Queen Centipede had four wings instead of two.

"What's the matter." Queen Centipede asked.
"You look frightened."
Sahara took a breath of the cold air in the room.
"I just...I've never seen your type of dragon." She admitted.

"Oh dear, nor have I seen your kind." She said.
Stepping off of her throne.
She came up to Sahara.

Then took a look at her wing.
"Anasa come here." Centipede flicked her tail, a small female hivewing came up to her.
"Don't these wounds look like the green monsters doing." She said, Anasa nodded.
"Yes my Queen they do."

Sahara looked at them both.
"Green monsters." The dragon from before the one she had seen in the ocean, came into mind.
"Yes you must NEVER come up to one, they attack any dragon they see." Cetepede warned.
"There very dangerous." Anasa agreed.

Sahara froze with horror.

The Queen wrapped her wings around Sahara.

"Don't worry dear." She smiled.

"We'll take care of you."