Tango's Suspicion

|✩'𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟐'✩|

A/N: I lied, there's going to be at least one or two more chapters.

Steve: "Is everything a joke to you?"
Tony: "Funny things are."

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Tango awoke to Swallow shaking her. 

"Wake up sleepyhead, we promised to meet up with Fateshifter again."

Tango reluctantly sat up & got out of bed, immediately folding her wings in out of habit, despite how tired they were, "Urg...what time is it?"

"Well it's currently morning, that's all I know. Neptune went to talk with Quill about her story, so don't worry about waking her up." Swallow replied, her back shifting, almost as if wings were there.

Tango nodded hesitantly, still a bit dazed from waking up less than three seconds ago. She put on her satchel, which had a silent crown in it, & they set off for the gardens.

There weren't many student's out, most were probably still sleeping, or hunting. Tango wasn't quite sure, since she didn't monitor other students.

As they walked, the entrance to the garden (aka a massive hole in the wall, sanded down) became bigger in Tango's line of vision, her tail flicking with a bit of anticipation, yet anxiety. She wasn't in an amazing mental state to view that weird tree again.

They entered the gardens, the sun beating down on Tango's scales feeling relaxing. She closed her eyes for a moment to take it in before opening them again, only to see an even larger posse than yesterday.

Amazing, more dragons...

She recognized majority of them, Peacemaker, Fateshifter, Gardevoir, Starscout, Nox & Swallow at her side. The two she didn't seem to know were a dragon that looked like Nox's counterpart, & a colorful dragon who appeared to be RainWing, but had wings of pink leaves. 

Together, there were 9 of them, which was absurd, to say the least.

Fateshifter cleared her throat, "I didn't realize we were forming a whole Winglet here, guys. Stars, why are Nox, Firefish & Hyacinth here?" Fateshifter turned her head towards Starscout with a confused brow.

"Hyacinth just kinda followed me," Gardevoir replied uncomfortably. "Firefish insisted on seeing the 'big ghost tree'." Nox said with a sigh. 

Fateshifter blinked,"Oh. Well I guess that clears that up, then. Sorry, Stars" Starscout shrugged, "no worries."

Swallow then flicked her tail, which scattered a few pebbles & got everyone's attention. "Alrighty well we can't all go down to look at the tree. Tsunami or Clay would get suspicious."

They all nodded & murmured in agreement. 

"So I suggest we split into groups. Gardevoir, Hyacinth, Starscout & Fateshifter can go look at the tree. The rest of us will stay here & come up with ideas of our own" Swallow continued.

Hyacinth let out a small sigh, her elegant, multicolored body & wings moving in perfect harmony. Tango wished she could be like that, knowing Hyacinth was actually quite popular. "Who put Wingless in charge?"

Swallows eyes narrowed, "I put myself in charge, since I didn't think Tango or Nox would be too fond of it, & nobody else here qualifies for it."

Hyacinth let out a scoff, but didn't argue back. Tango was a bit surprised to see a fierce Swallow, since they were literally squealing over a historical site not that long ago, but she was thankful for that anyway.