Frigid Straights

The Summer Palace

I slowly opened my eyes to a very energetic Flurry swimming around in circles and playing tag with Glow, Tempest, Aquaria, and Pearl. I yawned and stretched my claws as I made my way out of the room and out into the palice main area to join the others.

"Hey sleepyhead!" Flurry teased me once I swam over to my friends. I frowned slightly at her comment but I obviously knew she was joking.

"Are you guys playing tag?" I asked and Glow nodded her head and swam over and gently nudged her wing with mine, causing me to look at Icefire with a raised eyebrow.

"Tag! You're it now Auster! Try to keep up me!" she says while swimming off and laughing gleefully as I gave chase. Now it turned into a game of keep away.

"Break hearts, not promises, Willow." Flurry had told me one day when we had gone for an early morning flight. I had no idea what she had meant by that.

"What does that even mean, Flurry?" I had asked her but she had just laughed and flew downwards, tucking her wings in and pulling up at the last second.

"I dunno. But just roll with it, Aus." She said, smiling cheekily at me before we raced back to the IceWing palace.

TEMPEST

I just smiled brightly to myself as I watched my sisters play with Auster, Flurry, and Glow. They took a rather fast liking to the three IceWing dragonets.

I snickered quietly to myself as I snuck up behind Glow. I tapped her on the shoulder, causing the IceWing dragonet to jump in surprise. I laughed quietly as Glow scowled and pouted up at me.

"TEMPEST!" Glow yelled at the top of her lungs as she began chasing me around the palice before we were stopped in our game of keep away by my mother calling for me.

"Hey Tempest, guess who's back?" My mother said and I chugged my wings in response.

"No clue, who is it, mother?" I replied back with a small laugh. My mother smiled and spoke up after a short while.

"Cora!" My mother replied with the biggest smile I had ever seen plastered on her face. I looked up at her with wide eyes, my oldest sister was back from exploring the outside world.

"Cora's back?" Aquaria exclaims with wide eyes as she swam into the room followed closely by the others. My mother nodded and I turned to face my two sisters with a wide grin plastered on my face.

AQUARIA

I smiled widely up at Tempest as we swam to go find Cora. I still couldn't believe that she was back. "Can you believe it, Tempest? Cora's back!" I said, nudging my sister's wing with my own. Tempest smiled brightly and nodded her head.

"How long has Cora been away for?" Auster chimed in curiously, joins the conversation. I shrugged my wings in response and turned to Tempest.

"How old is Cora?" Glow asked and this time, Tempest was the to answers the IceWing's question.

"Cora is 7 and she's been gone for about 3 months I think." Tempest explained, answering Glow's question.

"So Cora's the oldest I presume?" Auster asked while looking over at Tempest with curious icy blue eyes.

"Yup, Cora's the oldest. I'm the second oldest and Aquaria and Pearl are twins." Tempest explained to her friends while looking back to stare at Auster.

"Do you have any sisters, Auster?" I asked, staring at the IceWing with curious light blue eyes. The IceWing dragonet smiled and nodded her head in conformation.

"Yes, I have a younger sister, her name's Freezecrystal." She told me with a bright smile forming on her face as she spoke.

TEMPEST

"Ugh! I'm so bored!" I say as I stared at the other dragonets with wide eyes.

"Me too. If only there was something to do." Auster says while staring over at me. Then after a few moments of silence, Auster was the first to speak up.

"We should play a game." She suggested and I smiled brightly at her.

"I have an idea," I say and Auster blinked owlishly and looked over at me with curiosity shinning in her eyes.

"And what might that be, my good lady?" She asked me with a teasing grin spreading across her face. I giggled softly and gave her a knowing wink.

"We should play truth or dare," I said and she smiled widely and nodded her head in excitement.

The others all smiled back at me and nodded their heads in agreement.

"What in the name of StarClan is truth or dare?" Aquaria asked, looking at me and Auster with confused light blue eyes.

"You seriously don't know what truth or dare is, Aquaria?" Cora asked her in disbelief and Aquaria smiled sheepishly and looked down at her talons.

"It's really not that complicated, Aquaria." Auster spoke up and I smiled at her and nodded my head in agreement with her statement.

"I still don't know what truth or dare is!" Aquaria exclaimed and crickets chirping was her only answer.

"Ugh! Fine, it's really not that complicated Aquaria. You ask a person next to you truth or dare, they pick one and they have to do what you say. For example, err... I'll ask Cora, truth or dare, and she'll say, truth. So she has to answer a question that I give her truthfully. But if she says dare, she has to do a dare that I give her." Flurry explained, and Aquaria's eyes shine with understanding.

"Understand now?" I asked and Aquaria nods her head in response.

"Yeah, let's get this thing started!" Aquaria says and the game begins.

I was ready to start the game and my first victim which was of course, Icefire. "Auster, truth or dare?" I asked and the white-scaled IceWing dragonet smirked brightly at me.

"Dare! Make it a good one, Tempest." She said and I grinned evilly at her.

"I dare you to go up to Queen Bluebell and tell her that I'm your daughter!" I said and Auster grinned and nodded her head, giggling quietly to herself and heading out of the room to tell Queen Bluebell.

"Now, Glow, truth or dare?" Flurry asked and the former IceWing guard thought for a moment before she replied.

"Dare!" she said and Auster grinned cheekily at her best friend.

"I dare you to ask Seashell if she has any dragonets." Glow sighed softly but nodded her head and went to find Seashell.

"Okay, Cora, truth or dare?" Flurry says and Cora thought for a moment before she replied.

"Truth!" she eventually decided and stared at Flurry with a challenging green in her eyes.

"Is it true that you like Starfish?" She asked the older SeaWing, who blushed and looked away from Icicle.

"Okay, Tempest, truth or dare?" She asked me and I smiled cheekily at her.

"Truth!" I said and she grinned widely at me. That was the part that scared me.

Oh StarClan, what could she be thinking about? I wondered to myself as I nervously needed my talons into the soft lining of my coral bed.