Wings Of Fire: Dragonstar (On Hold)

Chapter 5

Wolfeye whirled around looking at the three dragons surrounding her before answering in as calm a voice as she could muster

"Can I help you?"

"what's your business here?" said the guard closest to her motioning to Gusts warehouse.

"There? I work there" she replied, "and what do you care?"

"we've been told to look out for suspicious dragons in black cloaks sneaking around at night, for they might be Talons of Power members, you perfectly match that description".

"Talons of Power?" asked Wolfeye generally confused

"don't play dumb, show us your face!" snarled the guard taking a step towards her

"ok, ok" said Wolfeye flipping off the head of her hood "happy?"

The guard looked her up and down before asking "Name?"

"Wolfeye"

"age?"

"ten"

"why do you have a sword on you?" asked the guard motioning towards her sword where it sat in it sheaf for easy access

"self defence"

"You any good with it?"

Unsheathing her sword she replied "want to find out?"

she had been given training with a sword by Apex, then some more advanced training by Badland, to the point where she could beat both of them in a duel. And she had taught her self how to fight with a shield.

The guard took a step back and reached for his sword looked at her in thought for a few moments, probably contemplating if her comment was a threat or a joke. So a smile spread across his face chuckled a little bit and signalled to the other guards to back off "you can go"

She sheafed her sword and flipped her cloak head back on "thanks, and have a good evening" she said walking off towards her home

"You to" said the Sandwing watching her go

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Wolfeye quickly made her way home after the encounter, winding her way down the dark and empty alleys, looking over her shoulder every now and then to make sure she wasn't being followed. That Sandwing gave her an odd feeling, almost like he knew more than he let on. And she had this feeling that they would meet again.

Taking flight towards her shared home. She tried to puzzle out what a Talon of Power was. Soon she reached the front step of the cave. She could hear voices coming from farther in, one was calm, the other was collected but slightly shocked, and the last was full blown shock and panic, the last one she was sure was Sahara. She hadn't really thought about how her friends would react, but thinking about it now she shouldn't have left Surge to explain everything to them.

Taking a deep breath she slowly walked forward till she was just before the main cave, keeping her head down so that the cloak covered her face, she stepped into the room and the talk abruptly stopped and she could feel all eyes focus on her.

"Wolf?" asked Apex from across the room "is that you?"

"yes, who else would it be?" she replied flipping off her hood and looking at the skywing

Apex was a dark red colour with grey under scales and tail tip, he wore a set of copper glasses that he got when he took a trip to Pantala had three necklaces wrapped around his neck, one copper one silver and one gold.