The Hybrid Sisters

Chapter 15: Nightmares and Bad Memories

"Frostfire! Run! Hurry! Go on, get out of here. If you don't - then they'll kill you too!" My mother, Avalanche, yelled, as she stared at me with pleating dark blue eyes. My little sister, Lynx, had been stabbed in the chest multiple times with a spear, her dark blue blood was pooled all around her.

I felt like I was going to be sick as I watched my father, Eagle, get his side and wings slashed to the point where he couldn't escape. My mother's words echoed in my mind, but my body was frozen in place. I screamed for them to stop, to leave my parents alone, but they just laughed and slashed my fathers throat.

When my mother was grabbed, I screamed even louder, tears were cascading down my face and I was forced to watch as they slashed her throat, and then they turned their blood-thirsty gaze on to my trembling form.

I then ran as fast as I could run. I was only four, so I couldn't run very fast or that far. I screamed in terror as the SkyWings caught up with me. One of my wings was slashed and my right front talon was broken. My back left talon was sprained when I tripped on some muddy slopes. I fought them off of me and sprayed them in the face with something black, not the color of frost breath. I was too scared and terrified. I was scared for my life, and I turned tail and ran.

I had branches smack in my face and I tripped over tree roots and rocks. I remembered that my mother always tod me that if I was ever In danger, then I flee as fast as I could to the IceWing Kingdom. That's where I was heading at this very moment. It would take a while to get there, so I'll need to rest and find something to eat.

The only thing that was keeping me alive right now is running on fear and adrenaline. I stopped under the folds of a tall tree. I was panting heavily and everything ached. But my mind was still on high alert, these SkyWings and NightWings killed my family, they won't stop until they find me. I finally took a full recount of what had just happened. My parents and sister are dead, I'm all alone now. I'm a hybrid, an IceWing/SkyWing hybrid.

Tears began running down my face once more as I thought of my parents and younger sister. I would never see my mother's smiling face, nore would I hear her soothing voice when I woke up crying from nightmares. I would never get lessons from my father about how to fly super fast, nore would I be able to show my father that I had just learned to use both Fire and Frost breath. I wouldn't be able to have food fights with my little sister, nore would I be able to teach her to fly like I had promised. I curled up into a tight ball as sobs racked my body. My body hurt, I was scared, tired, hungry, and I just wanted my parents and little sister back. I ended up crying myself to sleep that night.

The sound of singing birds was what woke me from my restless sleep. I groaned and slowly opened my eyes, I went to sit up and instantly, pain flared up in my entire body. I collapsed back down to the forest floor with a cry. I whimpered and my stomach growled, I haven't eaten since yesterday morning. I curled up into a ball and tried to stop the pain. The sudden sound of a twig snapping made me shot upright in a panic, my whole body cried out in protest but I was now on high alert. My eyes went wide as one of the SkyWings entered the clearing that I was in. The last thing that I saw was a knife rushing towards me, then everything went dark.

- - Flashback

I awoke with a startled scream and my whole body was shaking. I looked around fearfully as my eyes darted around the room. I curled up into a tight ball and felt two pairs of wings wrap around me. I looked up to see the worried and concerned faces of Shadow and Tempest.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! It's okay, Frostfire. Just take a deep breath and relax." Tempest whispered in concern, her aqua-green eyes looked like they were glowing in the dark as she stared at me.

"Y-yeah, yeah I-I'll be f-fine." I quietly replied as I clenched and unclenched my talons. Shadow frowned, looking unconvinced. Her amethyst eyes stared right into my dark blue ones.

By this point, Ruby had woken up and she quietly patted over to my sleeping platform where both Shadow and Tempest were sitting.

"What's wrong?" The SkyWing quietly whispered and Shadow just sighed softly in response. I looked up at Ruby, who stared at me with concerned yellow-gold eyes. I sighed and took another shaky breath.

"You okay, Frostfire?" Ruby asked me with a worried look crossing her face. I looked down at my talons. I was too embarrassed to tell them that I had had a nightmare. I mean, what would they say if I told them? I wondered quietly to myself with a bit of trepidation.

I sighed softly and raised my gaze to meet Tempest's. After a few moments of silence, I finally regained the ability to speak.

"T-to be compliantly honest with you - the reason that I'm so scared of Coyote is because I had a bad experience with a SandWing when I was younger." I explained, looking down at my talons. I then lifted my wings where two deep gashes went from the top to the bottom of my wings.

I folded my wings back at my sides and I looked back up at my friends, who were all silent. I fiddled nervously with the sapphire necklace that hung around my neck. I thought of telling them that I was an orphan... but judging by their silence... that might not be the best idea.

It felt like hours but it was only a few minutes before Shadow was the first to speak.

"Oh my gosh! That's horrible! I understand now." The NightWing said quietly as she looked at me with horrified amethyst eyes. I just nodded my head numbly in response.

I was really squeamish around blood because of my traumatizing past - and I hate small spaces and I'm afraid to be alone.