Jasmin scowled as she ducked. The half-chewed fish splattered on the cave wall, and she twisted out of the way to avoid the rain of dead fish bits.
"Hey! Baby dragonet! Don't do that!" She shoved Swordtail out of the splatter zone as it fell down with a squelch. "That was a waste of food!"
"Here." Sundew tossed a dried mango at the young HiveWing. "Now stay quiet."
"Ooooooh," She looked at the mango with awe, and as she gnawed on it with great concentration, the baby looked at Sundew with a worshipping gaze. "Snudoooo."
"We need to name her," Cricket muffled her burst of laughter. "She looks just like a bumblebee."
"Bumblebee is a good name," Blue offered.
"Bumblebee it is," Jasmin agreed, scowling at the newly named dragonet. "Now, Bumblebee, I have a knife on me right now, and it happens to be able to burn and kill a dragonet as young and fragile as you."
"You have a knife?" Cricket gasped. "Why didn't I know that? Jasmin, don't hurt her!"
"I found it while you were gone," The hybrid explained, unsheathing the sturdy weapon from its safe strap on her wing. "It was here all along, and I didn't even know."
"It looks dangerous," The older HiveWing commented. "Don't use it on us, alright?"
"Of course not," Jasmin snorted. "I'm not going to kill a bunch of dragonets that are about to save the world. I'm saving this for Wasp, you oversized bee."
"Well, it seems that Bumblebee likes you a lot, Sundew," Swordtail interrupted. "Look at her! She's kind of cute, actually."
"Very cute," Blue agreed, just as Bumblebee let out a mournful burble as she noticed that she'd eaten all of her dried mango. The HiveWing tottered over to Sundew, holding out her talons. "Brooooolleeep. Snudooooooooooo."
"Glad that's not me," Jasmin laughed, but stiffened as she smelled and saw something unexpected, though far away.
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Assassin in Pantala (Completed)
FanfictionJasmin wakes up in a strange continent with tribes that have four, not two wings. When she saves a group of dragonets her age from a patrol of yellow-and-black dragons, the world flips upside-down for her. How will she get back to Pyrrhia? More impo...
