Wings of Fire; The Assassin

Chapter 13

Bubble walked to the library, knowing that he would find the dragon he was looking for there. Once again, he found himself walking through the calm still environment trying to find the same dragon. The smell of the old paper filled his nostrils, causing his brain to relax, and all his worries to flow away like sand washing off of scales.

Bubble closed his eyes, taking deep breaths, just thinking. He stood there in the doorway just letting his mind wander to wherever it wanted to go. He followed his train of thought, but it started to go down the darker paths of worry in the back of his mind. Fire and death and fear enveloped his mind, as he could see himself imagining the entire library engulfed in flames.

All of these scrolls in one place could be a big problem if there were another bombing. I was told that when my parents were here, there was someone who set off a bomb in the history cave, and it killed two students, and severely burned another. If this room went up in flames, it would become the world's largest underground bonfire.

Bubble started to panic himself remembering the fact the conversation mentioned something about a target, and that it could happen at any time. ANY TIME! He would never know when! Maybe next class! Maybe tomorrow! IT COULD BE WHENEVER!

I need to calm down. I can't convince anybody to help me (more like do it themselves while I cower in fear) if I am panicking.

Prince Bubble came to one of the aisles and saw Artemis looking through the options of scrolls to read. Bubble's heart gave a little jump, but he had to ignore it.

Artemis looked over and jumped when she saw him. He was a little confused, but then he remembered that Artemis can't read his mind because of his father's Skyfire.

"Sorry," Bubble said, feeling guilty. Not just because he scared her, but also because he was biting back a laugh.

"No, it's fine. I am just used to knowing when others are coming, so you showing up surprised me."

Bubble's heart sank as he realized that he may have really scared her because she was slightly shivering. He felt emptiness slowly trying to eat him from the inside.

He looked into her eyes, which were also gazing into his. He felt lightness beat back the stick tar-like blackness as he felt peace and joy spread through him. This gave him a new burst of confidence, so he continued.

"I need help with something, but um..." Bubble hesitated. He didn't want Artemis to hate him, think he is dumb, or something along those lines.

"What is it?" Artemis tilted her head slightly.

Bubble took a deep breath and calmed himself down. It's not like he was confessing any feelings or anything, but he was still worried that he was going to sound like an absolutely insane person. He definitely does not want to be known as Bubble The Crazy Claws SeaWing.

"This is going to sound kind of crazy, and unbelievable, but I need your help to help me stop what I think is an assassination plot?"

Bubble gulped and felt himself starting to shake. He saw Artemis' expression which was a mix of confusion and surprise, and he realized she was trying to process what he said. Bubble was internally bolting out of the library, but he was physically holding steady in front of Artemis.

"I'm sorry... but what?" Artemis replied. She swished her tail over her back talons, bringing a few loose rocks along with it.

"I need your super awesome mindreading abilities to help me track down someone who I think is trying to assassinate someone?"

Artemis started to crouch more and more, and back up slowly, which caused Prince Bubble to start to worry more and more.

Bubble knew that he sounded absolutely insane, but his hopes were still high. Wait... That is bad. He should not get his hopes up. Getting your hopes up means hurting more when you get let down, and Bubble did not want to feel that.

Artemis crouched down so low, that she became about half her usual size. She was slowly backing up until she bumped into a shelf of scrolls, knocking a few

"I'm sorry but..." Bubble felt his heart drop, and his hopes die, and he knew exactly what she was going to say, "I can't help you."

Artemis ran out of the library leaving Bubble behind. He felt tears welling up in his eyes, but he knew that he had a mission. But he couldn't help thinking of how she would react if he told her what he truly wanted to tell her. Not that she would ever like him that way again, if she ever did, after this.

Starflight looked over from his desk in the general direction of Bubble, who was left standing there in shock and sadness.

"Is everything okay over there?" Starflight said, trailing off at the end.

"It's Bubble sir, and yes. Everything is fine." Bubble responded back over to the blind NightWing. The NightWing just nodded and looked back down at a scroll, and started to glide his talons over the piece of paper.

The SeaWing looked down, closing his eyes. He felt his face tingle as tears rolled down his face. Little drops of water streamed down his scales like a waterfall, creating little lakes below.

He looked back up and started to slowly walk away when he looked back over at the Starflight, who was still running his talons over a scroll.

Bubble read the biographies about each of the Dragonets of Destiny, and he read the NightWing loved to read, but when he went blind, there was no way for him to read. So, why did it look like he was reading? It has been literally years since he went blind, and there has been no way for him to read the entire time, so maybe he managed to do something about it.

Bubble was curious so he walked over to the NightWing. As he approached, he started to notice little holes punched inward on the scroll making little bumps along the paper.

"What are you doing?" Bubble asked. Starflight looked up at Bubble with a very happy look on his face. Bubble looked over the desk at the scroll, and he saw the holes in special patterns. Some patterns seemed to repeat every few spaces, sort of like letters in words.

"I finally found a way for blind dragons to read," Starflight said, handing Bubble another scroll with the same patterns on it. Above each pattern was a letter.

"Each of these patterns of holes represents a letter, and all you have to do is slide your talons over them to read them! This is the first real story that was translated into this. Per request of Tsunami, this is The Lost Princess."

Bubble looked back and forth between the translated story and the scroll in his hands. He started to be able to translate the scroll slowly, figuring out each letter one by one. Like a puzzle.

Wait a second. Like a puzzle! That's it! Is not just a quest or something. It's a puzzle! Now I just need to find someone who can solve hard puzzles, and FAST!