Wings of Fire: The Fallen Heirs

Chapter Four

Today was a great day for hunting. Nocturnal swooped over a large lake surrounded by trees and towering mountains. He dived a little lower, putting his claws in the water. I just don't get why no one else likes the feeling of splashing water and rain. Then, finally deciding he was ready to hunt, he flew up, hovering above the small body of water.

He closed his eyes, steadied his breathing, and cleared his mind. His mind was completely blank within seconds. Then, out of nowhere, he saw the image of a large fish leaping out of the water. As fast as he could, he swooped down, grabbed that very fish he had seen in his mind, flipped in mid air, and then flew to the beach, setting the fish into a large net. That was a good start. Let's do that again, but a bit better.

He did this over and over. Finally, the vision he had was a little different. A large group of fish was swimming somewhere in the murky depths of the lake. Ooo ya! A challenge! Grabbing the half full net and diving through the air like a bullet, he slipped into the water with barely a splash. The only sine of his decent were a few bubbles and ripples, but those quickly disappeared, leaving the lake completely still, almost like a sheet of smooth glass.

Nocturnal dived down further and further, until he reached the sand and stone covered bottom. Looking up, his eyes wide open to see as much as he could. Then, without a second thought, he leaped up, his wings tucked to his side's to make him more aerodynamic. He grabbed the net held it out for a second closed it, and dived up as fast as he could. Well that went well. Now to get some more fresh clean air.

He burst out of the water, opening his wings the very second he leaped out. Flying over to a small hill, he lay down, drying off in the suns light, while counting the fish in his net. After that he was done doing that, he sat down.

Then, his ears started to twitch, and he quickly turned his head around. "Come on out, I know your there."

"Awww, your no fun," Crimson said, stepping out from behind a tree. The second she saw the net full of fish lyeing beside him, her mouth went wide open. "Okay, that's no fair. How are you doing that?!?!" She ran over, the sun reflecting off her deep red scales, and blue eyes.

Nocturnal chuckled, and then he shrugged. "Sorry, my future sight ability only allows me to see a few seconds in to the future, where I am." He stretched, and stood up, yawning. "Terrible for making epic prophecies, but great for avoiding punches in the face and hunting."

Nocturnal grabbed the net and began walking back to Jade Mountain.

"Sometime could you at least tone it down a little bit? I mean seriously, that looks a little bigger than the pile Tsunami has, and she had help from three other dragons."

"Okay, okay, okay. I promise I'll try and hunt not as good as I purposely did today, and instead hunt like normal, boring, old dragons."

"Hey!", Crimson yelled. She tried to slap Nocturnal on the back of the head while he wasn't looking, but he ducked "A normal, boring, old dragon happened to catch two hippos today!"

He chuckled again. "You know, I can't teach you to see into the future or rummage through the minds of other dragons like they were scrolls, or keep a strait face unlike what your doing after I made that mind reading comment." He paused, readjusting the net of fish on his back. "But I could probably teach you to hunt. Maybe not quite as good as me, but pretty good."

"Are you kidding? That's Tsunami's job. Besides, I don't want her to think everyone's a better hunter than she is." She started laughing uncontrollably. "Could you imagine the on her face?"