Wings of Darkness

but pulled off course

My favorite time of the year... FALLLLL! Where all the bugs start going back to hell where they belong and deer season!

Glory and Deathbringer flew towards Jade Mountain, with Sky and the strange scavenger named Wren riding on Sky's back right next to them.

Deathbringer looked back at the scavenger. "So, if you don't mind me asking," Deathbringer started, "what were you doing when I first saw you?"

Wren cleared her throat. "Some SandWing had captured Sky, and I kinda needed help!" she hollered through the wind in her strange, squeaky accent.

Deathbringer was surprised since she obviously succeeded. "Really, how?"

Wren got a violent look in her eyes. "He was pretty compliant after he took a shot of rat poison."

Glory looked at Deathbringer, who had an "I told you so" look on his face, with Glory just rolling her eyes at him.

They came up the side of the mountain, the ledge to their home in sight.

The three swept open their wings and smoothly landed on the ledge, Deathbringer turning around with a smile on his face. "Well, here we are... home," he paused before continuing. "One second, I'll go and see if nobody cares that you can come inside," he said as he started to walk in.

"See if who cares?" Wren asked, but Deathbringer ignored her, continuing on his way.

Deathbringer spotted Starflight and Moon talking with each other, Moon likely having just gotten back from the Scorpion Den with Kinkajou and Sora. He walked up to the two and cleared his throat.

Starflight paused his conversation to look at Deathbringer. "Nice to see you back, Deathbringer. Where's Glory?"

Deathbringer pointed back towards the entrance to the cave. "Just right outside." He flashed a smile at Moon. "Hey Moon, did it go well in the Scorpion Den?"

Moon smiled back and nodded her head. "Yep, Six-Claws agreed with Queen Thorn that he will stay there to watch over it."

Deathbringer nodded and looked back over to Starflight. "What I was getting ready to ask you is, well... Glory and I ran into some peculiar strangers, and we just wanted to make sure that it was fine with everyone else if they came in?" Deathbringer asked nervously.

Starflight shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly until he saw what Deathbringer was thinking, almost falling down with how surprised he was. "Why is there a—" Starflight began until Deathbringer cut him off.

"It can speak dragon..."

Starflight and Moon stared at him, dumbfounded. Starflight nodded his head, trying to grasp what he just said. "You're... not pulling my tail?"

Deathbringer shook his head. "We brought the scavenger here since we thought Winter would love to meet her... and you have got to see this."

Both Moon and Starflight peeked around the corner of the main hall in curiosity, spotting the SkyWing and scavenger. Sky spotted the two and pointed at them. "Look, Wren, more dragons!" he said excitedly. Wren looked like she wanted to run, but she stayed silent.

Starflight picked up on her scared feelings. "No, wait, please don't be scared," he said with an apologetic face. "We don't want to hurt you."

Wren got an aggressive look on her face, Starflight sensing that it was just a facade. "How can we trust you?"

"Holy moons, she can speak dragon," Starflight muttered before continuing. "If we wanted to hurt you, then you would have never seen us to begin with. You would have been dead the moment Glory sensed you," Starflight said, recalling the story in Glory's mind. Glory quickly turned invisible, making Wren jump back.