Wings Of Fire: Angelwing's Journey

Chapter 18

//Pigeon belongs V E on Facebook//

Angel felt overjoyed at Bluemoon's words. She was finally here. Her mom was here. She tried to fly calm and collected as the castle came more into view.

"We're going to stop by the castle first, just to let the Queen know about you guys."

The group nodded in agreement, knowing that would be best with all the tension between the tribes lately. Angel looked at the ice homes as they flew over, every home glittered as if they were made of a million diamonds, same with the ground and some of the tiny trees that grew there. They landed in front of a large doorway and walked into the palace. There was a small yelp from Dawn.

"Three moons, It's free-zing here." She shivered.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I forget that not all dragons can handle the cold." Bluemoon responded.

Constellation put a wing around Dawn. "Maybe we should head back to Possibility."

Dawn hesitated. Angel knew what she was thinking. On the one talon, she was so close to seeing mom. On the other, she didn't want to freeze to death. It took a few moments before she responded.

"I think you're right." She said, then turned to Angel. "I'm sorry sis, please say hi to mom for me. And please don't forget to visit."

Angel ran up to Dawn and hugged her tightly, and Dawn returned the gesture. "I promise, I'll visit soon."

Bluemoon called over, what looked to be a seawing , over and asked them to escort them out. The dragoness agreed, nodding at Bluemoon, then walked up to Dawn and Constellation.

"Hello, My name is Midnightblue, and I'll be your escort." She said gently, then walked towards the door.

"Wait." Dragonfruit said. "I-I'd like to go too."

Angel gave a hug to Dragonfruit. "Are you sure? You were my first real friend."

Dragonfruit nodded. "I'm going to live in Possibility, now that I know what a beautiful place it is, come visit me there."

Angel gave him a nod. "I definitely will."

Angelwing watched as Midnightblue lead the three out of the palace before turning to follow Bluemoon, with Wintertide following close behind. She was a little confused on why the cold wasn't effecting her. She was no less Rainwing than Dawn or Dragonfruit, so why was it too cold for them and not for her?

They walked down a long corridor and into a large throne room, with a very pale blue and white dragoness sitting on the throne, and a dark purple and green dragon sitting next to her.

"Welcome back, Prince Bluemoon. What brings you to the Ice Kingdom?" The Queen said.

Bluemoon gave a little bow. "I'm here to show my mate, Angelwing, the Ice Kingdom. And Wintertide is here for..." Bluemoon stopped as he realized that he didn't know why he was here.

Wintertide stepped forward and gave a low bow. "I'm here to find my mate, Crystalwinter, your majesty."

"Ah, Crystalwinter works here." She turned to the dark Icewing. "Darkhail, would you please show, Wintertide, where the food preparation room is?"

"Yes, My Queen.'' Darkhail said, giving a bow, then gestured for Wintertide to follow him.

The queen turned to Angel. "It is a pleasure to meet you Miss Angelwing, I am Queen Heartbeat."

"Please, call me Angel. It is nice to meet you." Angel said with a bow. " Can I please ask why you are called Heartbeat? It's not a regular Icewing name, is it?"

Heartbeat shook her head. "No, it is not normal. I am a twin, and an animus who hated our parents, cursed our egg. We were cursed that one of us would drain all the power from the other and gain the Skywing defect of Firescales. My brother, Snowblaze, got the Firescales. I was born, nearly dead, and the only sign of life I had for the first couple of weeks, was a heartbeat. Hence what I was named."

"I'm sorry that happened to you." Angel said.

Heartbeat shrugged. "I'm healthy, and happy. So, don't be. Now, I think it's time for you to finish your tour, Bluemoon."

Bluemoon nodded and lead Angel off a large balcony, not far from the throne room. The sky was now a firey red blaze as the sun began to set.

"We, don't have much time before it gets dark. Is there anything you would like to do today?"

"I would like to meet Redfox, Please." She said, quietly.

Bluemoon nodded, "Of course, follow me."

He lead her over a bunch of Ice homes, going towards the outskirts of the kingdom. Angel broke the small silence between them. "Hey, do you know why I don't feel cold? Dawn and Dragonfruit did, But I didn't."

There was a slight pause from Bluemoon, like he was hesitating. "Uhm, well, you see. The necklace charm I gave you was to make sure you were always the perfect temperature. You know, sou you weren't too hot in the desert, or too cold here."

"Oh! Thank you." She said, which caused Bluemoon to slightly relax.

He then landed in front of a small hut, which glittered like the rest of the homes here, but upon closer inspection, there were ice leaves carved into the walls. Blemoon knocked on the door and a white and grey Icewing answered.

"Hello? How may I help you?" He asked.

"Hi there, we were wondering if we could possibly meet Redfox?" Bluemoon asked, kindly.

The Icewing nodded. "Of course. Please, come in."

He moved the side and allowed them to enter. "I'm Pigeon, by the way."

"I'm Bluemoon, and this is Angelwing, and the dragonet is Hope." He introduced.

The inside was small but comfortable the inner walls also had leaves carved into the wall and vines made of ice adorned the ceiling like hanging garland.

And near the back wall, sat a red and orange rainwing, currently fixing dinner. She looked a little tired and worn, and had a few scars here and there. Her scales complemented the bright green of her eyes.

Angel was lost for words. She wanted to say a million things to this dragoness. But only one came out.

"Mom?" She said, in a high voice, causing the older Dragoness to look at her.