Wings of Fire: The Hurricane BraceletBook One of: The New Seven

Chapter 7

          Hurricane slept until noon. He was extremely tired from both the party and the moving of his animus power to his bracelet. Even when he woke up, he still felt drowsy. The good news was that it was the weekend so all he missed was breakfast and morning announcements. Besides, Indigo always filled him in if he was late for class or something.

         He walked out of the cave and made his way to the prey center where everybody was having lunch. Indigo, as he expected looked up and said, "Good afternoon sleepy-claws! We saved you some salmon, don't worry. Oh, and I'm also going to fill you in on morning announcements."

          Wow  thought Hurricane. I think I can predict just about everything Indigo will do.

          "Good afternoon to you too," Hurricane replied. "What did I miss?"

           "Well, there is an IceWing named Walrus coming to visit Puffin for some reason. Also it is probably going to be rainy for the next week due to extreme humidity, and......."

        Indigo kept blabbing on as Hurricane thought Puffin has a relative coming over already? But family visits aren't until winter! What is she up to?

       Just then, Splash walked up behind him and yelled, "WHY THE HECK DID YOU SLEEP IN? I was expecting to have a nice morning with my two older siblings! I only got a nice morning with ONE."

        "Hey, I was tired!" Hurricane protested. "I was up until like 3 hours after midnight!"

         Splash just rolled her eyes. "Then DONT stay up until that late! Three moons."

         Suddenly, Ripple came up to Hurricane and said, "What were you doing last night?"

          All eyes were on Hurricane. They knew that normally Hurricane fell asleep right when he lay down. But this was different. It kind of comforted him to know that his friends always had his back, especially his sisters.

          "Ok," he said. "Ill tell you."

            He spent the rest of lunch telling the Titanium Winglet how he told his power to move to his bracelet and also how he tested it on a nearby scroll.

           "Wow," muttered Splash. "My brother has super powers!"

           "He has always had them," replied Ripple. "But never really used them."

            "Ha ha ha very funny," said Hurricane.

            It was just then that he saw a strange IceWing in the room. Hurricane assumed that was Walrus. If he was a relative of Puffin's he could tell. He kept glancing at Hurricane and his two sisters nervously.

           Strange. Very strange.

          That night Hurricane once again couldnt sleep. He kept receiving this urge to check on Ripple and Splash. Star-sky and Fire-Claw were restless too. 

            "Thats it," announced Hurricane. "Im going to Ripple and Splash."

            "Ill go too," said Fire-Claw.

             "I might as well," replied Star-Sky.

               They walked down the hall to the main entrance, where Hurricane froze in his tracks, and stared. Ripple and Splash were on two dragons, tied up and gagged. But the identities of the two dragons dragging them was an even bigger shock. Puffin and Walrus had kidnapped his sisters.

               Immeadiately, Hurricane called upon his power and ordered all the scrolls on the nearby shelf to bury Walrus, who had captured Ripple. They obeyed and with a surprised honk, Walrus was buried. Puffin, however escaped with Splash. She muttered something under her breath then suddenly she vanished into thin air, carrying Splash with her.

              "NOOOOOO!!!!!" Yelled Hurricane. His own wing-mate, had captured his sister. 

              Fire-Claw looked like she was about to explode as she pounced on Walrus and with a swipe of her silver claws, cut four bleeding gashes into his chest. Walrus cried out in pain, then blacked out.

              Suddenly, Hurricane heard a cry of distress as Star-Sky fell to the floor curled in a ball.

              "What's wrong?" asked Fire-Claw, alarmed.

                Star-Sky stood up with distant eyes. She looked like she wasnt even there mentally. She then recited with a voice that was so not hers:

The lord of dragons has been released

The ones who he likes least

Are a count of seven

With only months of eleven 

The new must take the place of the old

The story has already been told    

           That was the wierdest prophecy Hurricane ever heard. It didnt have a logical meter, but it rhymed. There was only one thing concerning Hurricane right now, Puffin was a traitor.