Deep Trouble

Chapter 3: The Rescue Plan

The Rescue Plan

Leopard stormed off (Ha, see what I did there?), his scales a hazy shade of dark grey, indicating his anger and sadness. Flurry snickered at his annoyed expression and took off into the air. She got to the mansion they lived in, and collapsed on the couch.
She stared out the window, using it for entertainment as there was nothing better to do. She looked into the icy walls of there house and saw her own reflection; Pure white scales, long elegant feathers, ripped armor and chains as if she had just been in battle.

Of course she hadn't but it made her look cool. She sighed. Leopard thought it was just extra weight. She hoped he would come back. She couldn't let her little brother run away! Yet, she had. And now he was gone. Gone. Gone. Gone. Very gone. AKA, not right next to her. Probably not even in Cloud City. She hoped he didn't stray too far. It's a dangerous world.
He could be abducted by DEEPWINGS! Ha. DeepWings aren't even real. But something could happen to him. Flurry thought about getting up and chasing after him, but she decided he needed time to cool off.

Flurry was worried when it had been three whole days since Leopard ran off. Was he not coming back? At the very thought she accidentally chopped off half of the couch. Oops. She put her spear back on her back, and decided to eat something. She hadn't eaten anything since Leopard left.

She had expected one. Thought maybe two. But three? If he didn't come back today, Flurry was gonna freak. Guess what? He didn't come back! And Flurry freaked.

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Eagle turned a bright shade of pink as everyone laughed at him. No, like, literally, his entire body. He was blind, yet he could tell what colors he turned. While most ShrinkWings SHRINK, he gets BIGGER. While most ShrinkWings are stuck with there normal neon colors, Eagle could turn different colors. And everyone made fun of him for it. Not to mention he was blind, so that didn't help.

Eagle unwillingly shrank back down to the size of a normal dragon. Still big by ShrinkWings standards, but to him, small. That's Eagle. The Not-ShrinkWing.

I might as well run away. No one cares. He sighed and flew off without a word.

Soon his wings got tired. He was just a dragonet after all. Only eight. He settled down and grew to the size of a mountain. He took a big scoop of dirt and shrunk back down so there now sat a big ditch.

Uh oh. Too big. Eagle became large again and scooched the dirt around until there was a little tunnel inside a big mound of soft brown dirt. He shrank back down again and crawled in. It was nice and snug, and he soon fell asleep.

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It was COMPLETELY UNFAIR, that Nightshade got to sit back and do nothing while Azalea, Ghost, and Rho, oh-so annoying RHO, had to save her. AZALEA wanted to be the damsel in distress, but NOOOOOO. She had to be a third, a BIG third mind you, of the knight in shining armor.

"So, I get to be a big third of the trio? Really big?"

"Azalea. We went over this. A third is a third. They're all the same size."

"You just don't want to hurt my feelings because I have a really small part, don't I?" Azalea accused Ghost.

"Just get to work on that net Azalea," Ghost sighed. Ghost closed her eyes as if trying to regain her thoughts while Azalea quickly weaved a net without even thinking about it. Soon, the net was done and they had a full plan.

"Azalea. Do you know the plan? AZALEA!"

"Oh, yes, sorry, what?"

"Do. You. Know. The. Plan?"
"Yes, you've gone over it a million times!"

"Good. Let's do it." Ghost and Rho shot into the water to do there part while Azalea was left standing there, thinking of more heroic things to say other than, 'Let's do it.' That was a disgrace. She stood there for a while before finally wondering what the plan was. Well, she was just going to have to brave the dangers of the sea to get to her friend!

Azalea leaped into the water, and the churning, bubbling stew of the sea tumbled all around her. She swam for a long time and was glad that the HollyWings were able to breath underwater for a while. Or she would have drowned.

She finally found the DeepWing palace. The light was so dim she had to strain her eyes to see even a shape as big and bright as the palace. Azalea floundered over to the side of the palace and saw a web of chains filled with glass boxes. Some containing dragons. Azalea knew this was where she needed to be. But how would she ever find Nightshade?