Of Three Queens - A Royal Disaster (A WOF story)

Chapter 2 - Burn

"So now what?" Tsunami asked, looking at the guardians as if there was more to this that she was missing. It did seem weird to Clay. The guardians brought the three Sandwing sisters here, and now that they were standing right in front of them, what more were they to do? Heck, the guardians taught the dragonets little to nothing on how to behave in the presence of a royal, two of the three royals here looking as if they would have Clay's head if he so much as sneezed. Blaze looked a lot more carefree, she looked a lot like Sunny, much more friendly and less... Violent.

"I believe that is up to you, oh dragonets of the prophecy," Kestrel said, trying to ignore Burn's gaze on Glory.

Besides Clay, Starflight bravely rose, "So... Um..."

Blister stepped towards Starflight, "So... You're a Nightwing hm? I've heard a lot about you. I hear you're the smart one, yes?"

"Well I wouldn't say I'm the 'smart one,' but I am pretty intelligent." He smiled, flattered.

Blister purred, "Perhaps we'll have to have lunch sometime." She smiled back at him, "I bet you must've seen our visit with your power and all, hm? Tell me, have you seen who won the war?"

Hearing that, Blaze stopped chatting with one of Burn's guards and shoved passed Blister, "Oh I almost forgot you were a Nightwing!" She giggled, "So who won the war? You have to know that, right? What am I thinking right now? Well, obviously about my warm bed back at Glacier's fortress, I love my warm bed next to the fireplace, especially in the ice kingdom, where it's so cold all the time. But surely you already knew that, right?"

"Well, I..." Starflight started to say before stopping at the sound of Kestrel clearing her throat, giving him a look. "No. Yes. I mean, t-there's a lot going on in there." He chuckled sheepishly.

"Oh! Well, I'm not surprised, I am a busy dragon after all!" Blaze said, taking a step back away from Starflight.

"So Queen Burn... We've read quite a lot about you in the scrolls we have here. Why do you think you be queen?" Tsunami asked.

Clay was quite surprised it was her of all the group who would be asking that question, in fact, she seemed more confident than the rest of them. "Because I would bring peace and glory to the kingdom of sand," Burn said simply.

Sunny ran up to Glory and hugged her, "You can't take Glory, she's our family!" Glory wriggled away.

"I have no reason to that some lazy Rainwing anywhere," Burn said.

"I'll have you know that my name is Glory." She said with a growl.

"Oh." Burn said, tilting her head, "It can speak."

"Perhaps we should introduce ourselves." Tsunami said, "My name is Tsunami, and these are my friends, Clay, Starflight, Sunny, and you already know Glory."

"Pleasure," Burn said.

"You don't have to keep bowing, darlings," Blister said with a friendly smile. "I prefer looking at dragons when they're talking to me."

"Oh good," Clay said, his back starting to hurt from leaning to the ground.

"Do you plan on continuing the war if you become queen?" Tsunami asked, "Starflight here thinks you might, which we kind of don't want to happen."

"Little worms crying over a little blood." Burn hissed, "It may come as a surprise to you, but before we gathered in tribes, we used to be wild, fighting for food and territory. Well, we still do, but things have certainly changed. Personally, I don't disagree with the thought of keeping the war going. I won't, obviously, but I definitely wouldn't stop dragons from doing what they wish."