Wings of Fire: A Human in a Dragonet's Prophecy.

Dance of Death (Chapter 16)

"I'm HUNGRY." Complained Clay, his unhappiness evident at the lack of food during the past few days. "We know Clay." Glory repeated, her irritation growing as she heard Clay complain for what felt like the thousandth time. "Tsunami, could you hurry up and get us out of here?" Glory wished, her scales unconsciously turning an optimistic yellowish blue.

She had been subject to Clay's loud complaints and Starflight's fidgety pacing for much longer than she would have liked, with only Sunny making it somewhat bearable as she tried keeping both Starflight and Clay in check. "Clay's trying to catch an eel again." Glory said, causing Sunny to pull on Clay's tail, pulling him away from the watery edge with practice.

Tsunami had only had a short time to speak with them before they were transferred to their new prison, managing to explain some of the recent events before she was forced to leave them. She explained that the scavenger had somehow known about a magical murderous statue that had been killing seawing eggs and apparently saved both Tsunami and her sister from it.

"Saved by a magic scavenger." Glory thought incredulously. Glory would be sure to tease Tsunami about being rescued by a scavenger later, though she was acutely aware of how dangerous Y/N was.

She had witnessed Y/N's resounding display in Scarlet's arena and his more recent display of power when they entered the Seawing's hidden Summer Palace. Y/N had terrified the Seawings and Dragonets when he had gone on a rampage, flinging Seawing soldiers that charged him into stone walls with seemingly little effort.

Sunny had said that Y/N had acted strangely before he had begun rampaging, but that had only increased their worries. This was especially so after Starflight shared that he had read that animus dragons would go mad the more they used magic.

Glory had tolerated Y/N despite her own opinions, as he had used his animus magic to help them escape from Skywing territory and was generally friendly towards them. "But if he is dangerous to us, I don't care what anyone says; I will melt him." Glory thought her venom-spewing fangs twitching.

"Gloryyy, help me," Sunny begged, a starved Clay pulling the small Sandwing back towards the edge. Glory sighed. "Clay, Tsunami promised to bring a barrel of fish, and if you keep trying to electrocute yourself, you won't get a single one."

"Really!?" Clay said, turning. Before Glory could reply, their stone platform shook as a loud noise boomed from outside, the piercing sound penetrating the noise of the falling water streams that kept them trapped. "I think it might be delayed," Glory answered as chaos unfolded.

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It had only taken seconds after Tsunami took off for the palace to become chaos. Seawings flew into the sky only to be met with Skywings and Sandwings diving in to attack, driving them out of the air or sending them spiraling into the stone walls with roars and distressed cries. What was worse was that Tsunami was heading straight up toward the descending chaos with Y/N doing his best not to panic as they flew higher. "LEFT" Y/N warned as the Seawing soldier was sent careening in their direction. Tsunami quickly dodged backward, avoiding the falling Seawing, quickly continuing towards her destination.

It had only taken a handful of seconds before Y/N and Tsunami arrived at the Seawings prison, but in those few seconds, they had not gone unnoticed, mostly due to Y/N being recognizable due to his distinctive appearance. "One went that way!" a Skywing shouted out to a Sandwing now pursuing along with the Skywing as they sent their previous opponent down into the water below.

Y/N and Tsunami bolted into the prison chamber, with Y/N dropping out of Tsunami's grip as she landed. Y/N took a moment to glance around the chamber as they landed, noticing that the rest of the dragonets were sealed behind a wall of flowing water, with dark shapes moving in the shimmering water below. Y/N knew that those electric eels were no joke, as they were able to paralyze and even kill dragons. "If I fell in." Y/N shivered, imagining just how fried he would be if he fell in.