King of The Dragons (Wings of Fire X Monster Hunter)

Part 2: Chapter 13 & 14

(3rd Pov Starflight)

'That's who was following us,' Starflight thought with a jolt of shock as eight NightWings came through the door, breathing flames in all directions. He saw the tables and the map catch fire, and he saw flames engulf the orange dragon, and then he felt talons seize his tail and he was dragged out the door into the pounding rain outside.
Flame, Viper, Ochre, and Squid were tossed on top of him, howling.

By the time Starflight struggled free and looked up, the door of the outpost was ablaze. Inside the cave, fire raged from wall to wall. SkyWings were shrieking in agony. A troop of black dragons blocked the way out, killing any soldier who tried to escape.
"No!" Starflight yelled. "I promised them! I promised them!" He flung himself at the back of the nearest NightWings, but the dragon shrugged him off easily. "You cant kill them!"

Starflight hadn't wanted to be taken prisoner, but these soldiers were just ordinary dragons, following their queen and doing their jobs. They wanted peace as much as he did. They didn't deserve to die like this.
"Morrowseer!" Starflight cried. "Stop them!"

"You are peculiar," Morrowseer said from the shadows right beside him. Starflight jumped. "They're only a handful of SkyWings. Why would you care?"
"Can't you spare them?" Starflight said desperately. "Please let them live."
"It's much too late for that," said Morrowseer.

Starflight turned to face the flames and realized that this had been Morrowseer's plan all along. That's why he'd chosen remote location with a limited number of dragons. That's why he didn't care if the soldiers questioned Squid's presence - it was all part of the test. But whether the dragonets passed or failed, he'd planned to kill all the SkyWings, no matter what.

'To erase any evidence that we were here - by murdering any witnesses who might wreck our story.'
He stated hopelessly into the fire, certain that he'd be hearing dragons screaming for the rest of his life.

"They nearly killed me!" Squid shouted at Morrowseer. "Just like I said they would! I quit! I don't want to be in the prophecy anymore! There's no treasure and it's boring and stupid and I'm hungry and I hate your island and I want to go home!"

"Fine," Morrowseer snarled coldly at him. "I've never met a dragonet more pointless than you. Go sniveling back to the Talons of Peace. See if you can find them yourself. I hope you die on the way." he shoved Squid forcefully in the chest. "Get out of here! Go!"

Squid stumbled back slipping on the wet rocks. It took him a moment before he could talk. "By myself?" he squeaked. "But - but you wouldn't - my dad is the leader of the Talons - you have to be nice to me. You can't send me off -"

"I certainly can," Morrowseer hissed. Lightning flashed in the sky above him, illuminating the dark mountains looming over them all. "Leave or I will kill you. I never want to see you again."
'Three moons.' Starflight thought. 'He really hates Squid.'

"Wait," Fatespeaker said, reaching toward the SeaWing. "Morrowseer, wait. he's one of us. We can't lose him." Squid grabbed her front talons and squeezed, looking desperate.

"We have another one," Morrowseer said. "We just have to retrieve her from the rainforest. But she's clearly made an impression on any dragons who've run into her, so we're stuck with her. Whereas this one is nothing buy useless."
"It's not fair," Squid whined. "it's not my fault some other SeaWing is better than me."

'That's true,' Starflight thought, feeling an unexpected stab of pity for the sniveling green dragonet. 'No one could live up to Tsunami.'
"You can't do this," Fatespeaker cried. "Flame! Viper! Tell him!"
Viper shrugged, and Flame hunched his wings. His eyes were fixed on the cave where his fellow SkyWings were burning.
"He said he doesn't want to be in the prophecy anyway," Ochre said to Fatespeaker.