The War's Prophecy

Shishder

Juniper couldn't stop thinking about what the ivy had said. What did 'door' mean? Could that be the exit? Equinox was quite confused as to why Juniper looked so shocked. "What?! What is it?! What did they say?!"

"One just said 'door'." Juniper replied.

"Could that be the exit?!"

"Maybe. Only one way to find out." Juniper flew up to the ivy, and used her leafspeak to find the right one, only now it was talking about sun. To Juniper's surprise, it wasn't attached to the wall. She pulled it aside like a curtain, and at first, Juniper didn't see anything, but when she looked closer, there was a gap-line in the shape of a door, and a small keyhole in the middle. "Equinox... you might want to see this." Equinox flew up to the door. "Woah. Do you know where the key is?"

Where's the key?

Key... me... keyme...

Plants were weird.

Juniper flew over to the other ivy patch. She pulled it aside, where there was another, smaller line. She wedged her claws into the side, and inside there was... nothing. But how could there be nothing? Juniper felt around the nook for something she could be missing, when she felt something... something like a key. She pulled it out, and in her claws, she saw... nothing? But she could feel it in her claws... OH.

"Invisible key. Oldest trick in the book." Juniper said. She and Equinox flew toward the door. Juniper unlocked the door and went inside. She slipped the key into a pouch on her chest. Equinox followed and closed the door. They walked through the tunnel. It was so long. They continued walking, until Juniper was sure it had been several hours. "Three moons, did Jaguar enchant this thing to take forever for us to get through?"

Equinox considered this. "Actually, that makes sense. She is an animus."

Juniper had meant that as a joke, but now that she thought about it, it was pretty logical. "Huh."

They continued walking. By Juniper's internal clock, it was pretty late at night. They took one rest, and ate a few berries that Juniper had found in one of her pouches. Then they continued. "Would you rather eat poison ivy, or a talonful of wasps?" Juniper asked.

"Wasps." Equinox replied. "Wait, the deadly kind?"

"No."

"Wasps. Would you rather have a furry poisonous spider crawl all over you, or have Hawk be the extent of furious at you?"

Ooh. This was a hard one. Juniper had severe arachnophobia, but Hawk... ack. "I choose 'or.'" Equinox made the 'HOW DARE YOU' face, mixed with the face one makes when one is trying to pinch a twig between their upper lip and their nose. They continued walking in silence. It was dark, and Juniper had stubbed each of her claws at least four times. "Man, this is a lot longer than I expect-AAAAAAAAHHH!" Juniper screamed as the tunnel sloped downward, and she fell down the tunnel. Her head hit a rock, and she was knocked unconscious.

Leafspeaker

Leafspeaker woke up disturbingly late. How was it afternoon?! She looked at Amanita, who was sitting up groggily.

"But it's Saturday." She mumbled, rubbing her eyes.

"That's no excuse to wake up in the late afternoon!" Leafspeaker exclaimed.

"Mmrrgggraaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh."

Leafspeaker snorted and pulled Amanita out of her bed. "Come on, lazy bones."

The first place Amanita went was the kitchen. She tossed some fruits and berries into something that looked like a large cup, and spinning blades blended them up. She poured the mixture into a pair of glass cups.

"Smoothie?" Amanita offered.

Leafspeaker took the glass and drank the smoothie. It was good. Amanita dropped a tiny umbrella onto the smoothie. They both giggled. When they were done with their smoothies, they flew off into the jungle. Even if there was a war going on, they were still allowed to be happy. They landed in the clearing they had been in the day before, and Amanita dug around for something. A dragon-trap dropped a paper on her head. "Ah! Here it is. Thanks, George."

Leafspeaker snorted. "You named it George?"

"Yep!"

Leafspeaker laughed. "So what's the paper for?"

"I wrote down the prophecy you delivered yesterday."

"And?"

"And I did some research."

"And?"

"And I think I found the queen who is not what she seems. I found out that before she was queen, Queen Dragonfly was such a caring dragon. Always helping others. Then one night, she revealed her true intentions."

Neither of them knew what to say.

"So." Leafspeaker said. "Good job. You found the queen who is not what she seems."

Suddenly, Leafspeaker doubled over, and saw a vision she hadn't seen in a long time.

A young LeafWing, green with gold spots and brown wings, was walking through the jungle. Nine other dragons, all different tribes, followed her. Leafspeaker, the same age as she was now, stealthily followed everyone. "Equinox, do you feel like we're being followed?" The young LeafWing asked the SkyWing. "...Maybe?" The SkyWing—Equinox—said. Leafspeaker hopped quietly from tree to tree. The IceWing, whose scales were partially red on her talons and wings, suddenly whipped around and snarled. "WHO'S THERE?! SHOW YOURSELF!" Leafspeaker surprised herself by flying down and landing in front of the LeafWing. "I'm right here." She addressed the young LeafWing. "Hello, Juniper." The last thing Leafspeaker saw in the vision was Juniper's shocked expression.

Leafspeaker's head shot up. According to the detail of the vision, this was going to happen soon. Leafspeaker dashed in the direction her mind was leading her. Amanita followed, her mind buzzing with questions.

Where is she going?

Was that a vision?

What did she see?

Is someone in danger?

Is something on fire?

What's going on?!

Leafspeaker continued running, her mind set on one intention:

Seeing her sister for the first time in years.