Wings of Fire: A Ruined Dream (Book 4)

Chapter 20

 Stratus's heart dropped. Jellyfish stood up, and Aconi disappeared. So did the hellish scene. Jellyfish stumbled, and ran out of the room.

Stratus turned off the bead and breathed heavily. He realized he had been transfixed on the scene that he didn't even realize the yelling in the ballroom.

"Shit," Jasmine said, looking up at Stratus. Her eyes looked so hollow. He could only imagine what she was feeling- the dragon that had killed her father was coming to finish off the bloodline.

"We have to go, now." Stratus said. "Run and fly as far as we can."

"Jellyfish," Jasmine said. "We can't leave without her."

Stratus wasn't about to leave Jellyfish behind. They may be fighting, but he wouldn't give up her life.

Stratus was also in shock from the interaction with Aconi. How could he have been so blind? Aconi was a bad dragon- a manipulative dragon. She had tricked him and his friends, when killing them was probably her plan all along.

They burst from the private room, and saw the guests in panic. They were yelling loudly about an earthquake, which Stratus knew to be Jellyfish's and Aconi's fight in the throne room. It must've been somewhere above the ballroom, as several chandeliers were dangling from their wires.

"We are experiencing difficulties," Aconi's voice rang from the mouths of RainWing's and Glass. "There are rogues in our walls. Eliminate them."

Every head snapped to Stratus and his friends, including those of normal dragons.

"Fuck," cursed Cloudy.

Almost every dragon produced a weapon. The SilkWing he had danced with earlier produced sais, and then a wicked looking axe.

Wait a minute. Isn't that my-

The Non-RainWings and Non-Glass turned their weapons, and lunged at the enemies. As they moved, they tore off heir formal wear to reveal armour and weapons. The SilkWing slashed the throat of a RainWing, and tossed Stratus his axe. She tore off her mask, revealing herself.

"Spectrum!" Stratus said, and the SilkWing queen candidate grinned toothly at him. "I didn't even recognize you? What are you doing here?"

"I'll explain later. Fight now, talk later." she laughed. She tossed him a chest plate from under the table.

He hastily put it on. He suddenly realized most of the guests were from the Queen's group. Some of the guests, that were not among the dragons fighting, fled the ballroom by smashing through the windows. The drunk SandWing from earlier joined the chaos instead.

A RainWing tackled him, venom-fangs bared. Stratus raised the axe, embedding it deep into its shoulder. It roared in pain, and Jasmine struck it with her spear, killing it.

"Yeah?" Stratus said, out of breath already.

"Yeah." Jasmine said, removing her spear. Jellyfish arrived, flying into her friends arms'.

"Oh my moons, you guys are okay," she said, shaking as she tore off her robes. "I thought she would've killed you already."

"We had surprise back up," Stratus said, gesturing to the writhing crowd.

"I see that," Jellyfish said. She turned and nodded to them. "Let's kill this bitch?"

"Off with her fucking head," Jeweldreamer said.

They dove into the crowd, weapons flashing, and between the rebels in the ballroom and the enchanted weapons, the guards and Glass were down in minutes.