NEW DAWN

CHAPTER TWO: TEMPEST

        Tempest awoke as she hit something hard. As she opened her eyes, she felt some more bodies tumble on to her. She heard several groans. Then, she noticed something was wrong. She felt small. She didn't feel... like a dragon. She couldn't feel her wings, and the hard, coolness of her scales was gone. She felt around for her tail. Nothing. She felt bare. As she looked around her, she noticed the bodies of stirring scavengers. Everywhere she looked, all she saw was scavenger, scavenger, scavenger. Where was she? What had happened? The last thing she remembered was running down the halls of deep palace. She yelled out in the darkness. "Hello? Uh... my name is Tempest! Who are you? Where am I?" Out of the gloom, a familiar answering voice came back to her. "Tempest? Tempest! It's me! Paradise! Where are you? What happened? Are you okay?" "Good." Tempest thought. " I have some friends here. She started walking towards the source of Paradise's voice. "Where are you?" she asked herself silently as she walked on. "Paradise! I can't see you! All I see are scavengers!" She yelled out loud. "Wait a minute...... are we scavengers?!" She whispered under her breath. "Paradise, if you can hear me, raise up a hand for me please." She called. Out of all the stirring, groaning scavengers, she saw one hand. As she walked toward her, she saw proof it was Paradise. The Royal SeaWing crown, and her animus skyfire pendant. A sick feeling overcame Tempest, and she almost threw up. That was definitely Paradise. "Tempest!! Your a scavenger!" Paradise exclaimed. She was about to say "You are too!" back, when something dawned upon her. She was a scavenger. They were all scavengers. A better way of saying it would be that none of these were actual scavengers. They were all ex-dragons. As Tempest looked around the room, she recognized some of the jewelry they were wearing. She saw the last FrostWing; Cloud, with his jade earing, the eldest daughter of the RainWing queen, Glory's Daughter; Huntinglily, the AshWing general, a dragon named Sycamore, with his silver magical animus spear, the ThunderWing general/prince; Stormbringer, with his skyfire bracelet, and crown, one of her other friends, a dragonet named Startide, with her crystal necklace, and some others she recognized. All dragons she knew, but both allies and enemies of the SeaWings in the war.