Transported: A Wings of Fire story

Fracture

Hazel sat frozen on the floor as the sun shone through some cracks within the leaf-woven roof.

Flame and Sundew spoke to Hazel within Queen Glory's throne room.
Originally, they were going to speak inside the Healing centre, but didn't get much of a chance.

Soon enough, knock after knock was heard from the door as eager Rainwings wanted medical assistance for things as small as bruises and even small scrapes.

At first, they were refused entry for such small issues, but it eventually became too much, and everyone was forced to move out and clear the way for them.

As such, Glory invited them to speak within her throne room as long as they didn't break anything.
Meanwhile, she would be dealing with the crowd that was starting to swarm at her return.

However, it soon became too much for even Glory to handle, so the other queens opted to help her out.
This left Sundew and Flame to speak with Hazel while the rest of the non-queens explored the kingdom.

Hazel looked up at Flame and Sundew with wide, teary eyes.
"They're..." She paused...
"They're all dead...?"

Flame nodded sorrowfully but didn't say anything else.
Meanwhile, Hazel looked at Sundew, who was visibly trying to hold back tears.

Hazel's eyes widened.
"Wait, but doesn't that mean..." She paused as Sundew tried her best to stay composed. "S-Sundew..."

Sundew broke a few moments later.
Opting to collapse on the ground and weep somewhat loudly as she mourned Willow's death.
"It's... It's all my fault..." She said softly.

Hazel couldn't help the tears that were starting to form in her eyes.
Therefore, to comfort both of them, Hazel pulled Sundew into a hug, crying over her shoulder in the process.

Sundew did the same, gripping Hazel tightly.
"I'm the reason they're dead..." Sundew said through her tears.
"If... If I had just LISTENED!" She shouted at herself, going limp, and forcing Hazel to take most of her bodyweight.
"She would still be here... Blue would still be here... Both of them would still be here! If I had just..."

Sundew fell silent as her body shook with each sob.
Hazel simply hugged Sundew tighter, trying to comfort her as she too dealt with the newfound news.

Meanwhile, Flame stood aside; he didn't exactly know what to say to ease the tension.
However, he did know he had to do something to stop the two Leafwings from continuing to sob in the middle of Queen Glory's throne room.

"H-hey! Look, I know you're really upset or whatnot, but this is not the time!" Flame said.
His remark didn't leave a tasteful feeling within Sundew, that was very apparent, especially since right afterwards she shot him a dirty glare.

Flame froze for a moment but held his ground; however, he decided to choose his next words carefully... For once...
He took a deep breath in.
"This isn't what Willow would've wanted."

Sundew's eyes widened, her glare intensified slightly, but she didn't get a chance to speak before Flame cut her off.

"I never met Blue properly, and I didn't know Willow too well; we only met on that one mission I did with the rest of the team... but what I do know is that they wouldn't want to see you like this, so get your act together."

Sundew's face darkened; it looked like she was about to snap.
Flame noticed this and prepared himself to be verbally ripped apart, however... It never came.

Instead, Sundew dropped her head in defeat, wiping her tears in the process.
"You're right..."
She got herself into an upright position, trying her best to shoot Flame a smile even though her eyes reflected immense grief.