The Silver Moon War

Chapter 4

Silver woke to a talon in her side. She opened her eyes and saw Blueseer and Diamondback above her.

Blueseer looked at her."Hello, ready to meet another dragon?"

She blinked and stood up. The fire from last night was put out and buried under the sand."Sure."

Blueseer nudged her wing."Come on! Get up! It's time to go to Jade Mountain!"

She stood up and spread her wings. They ached from yesterday's long flight and sleeping on the sand made them look sort of dull."Alright, lets go."She launched into the sky and Blueseer and Diamondback followed.

Blueseer flew to the front of the trio and lead the way to Jade Mountain. As Silver fallowed, the sun beaten down on her silver scales and created thin layer of water on them. She blinked as water dripped into her eyes. 

She felt as though she had been dropped in a boiling pot of water. She looked over at Diamondback and he seemed to be perfectly fine in the heat, Blueseer also looked like he was having no problem. Silver looked at the horizon and saw the gray of mountains in the distance.

She clenched her jaw and carried on.

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Silver breathed a sigh of relief as the trio landed in front of the abandoned academy. It had an eerie feel to it, like evil lurked around every corner as if it was haunted.

She looked into the dark mouth of the cave. It seemed as though something or someone was in there, watching. She took a step closer and felt the same serge of power like when she had the visions.

Silver couldn't move, all she could do was let the visions weigh her down until she fell onto the hard rock. She saw the world fade as a shadow crossed her vision.

The same NightWing walking through the halls of the academy with the same RainWing that defeated her.

The NightWing and RainWing sitting side-by-side at the edge of an underground lake.

The NightWing sitting beside an IceWing, the RainWing, a SkyWing , a SandWing, and a MudWing. They were laughing and joking, as though this dragon was a completely different one than the one that caused the massacre.

"Silver! Are you okay?"Asked a voice. Worried faces of a SandWing, NightWing and IceWing crowed her vision. She blinked, and the world became clear again.

She stood up and shook, as though she was shaking off her vision."I'm fine."She walked up to Wolf."What are you doing here?"She asked.

He pointed to her arm."I saved you."

Silver sighed."I know that, why are you here? I thought you were back with the other IceWings."

Wolf lifted his head."I didn't want to leave you."

Blueseer stepped in between them."Come on, we need to meet her."He nodded towards the dark opening and walked into the academy. Diamondback fallowed, with Wolf right behind him.

Wolf looked back at her."You coming?"He asked.

Silver took in a deep breath and fallowed them inside. 

Blueseer blew a blast of flame for them to see. Everyone fallowed the NightWing as he navigated trough the tunnels. Sometimes the only way to tell where he was, was by the blast of flame every now and then. Finally they came to a cave with a hammock, a ledge with moss, a stagnate pool of water, and a pit of sand.

Torches lit the room and light cascaded out of it and onto the four dragons in front of the entrance. A SkyWing with amber eyes and reddish-gold scales was in the hammock. There was something off about her. From what Silver saw, the dragon seemed to have a SkyWing horn and a RainWing horn. 

The dragon turned towards them, and Silver saw that the other side of her face was a RainWing's. The eyes were green, and this side was a dull bright yellow. 

She tried not to back away or yelp as Blueseer stepped forward."Hello, what is your name?"

The dragon glared at him."What do you want?"She growled."Do you want to kill me? Take me back to my mother? Take care of-"She stopped, as if her voice was going to break.

Blueseer took another step forward and help out a talon."We are here to help you. There is a war going on and we need your help."

The dragon sighed."Moonseeker did say that you would come, of course then Arrow came after..."she trailed off, and climbed out of the hammock.

Silver suppressed another yelp when she saw the rest of the dragon. She was half RainWing, and half SkyWing, but it looked like her two halves were just glued together. Her wings were as big as a SkyWing's, and her body was that of a RainWings. It looked like the two parts were separating and trying to become two new dragons altogether.

Diamondback stared at her."What happened to you?"He asked, not even trying to hide what he thought. His face looked like he had just eaten a bad piece of whale.

The weird dragon looked away."I don't want to talk about it."

Silver took in a deep breath."What is your name, strange dragon?"She asked, trying to hide her fear.

The dragon looked at the ground."My name is-"She stopped and looked up, her eyes piercing Silver."How do I know that you won't runway, or kill me?"

Silver sighed."We won't hurt you because we are all outcast."She looked over at Diamondback and Blueseer. Well some of us are.

The dragon held her gaze."My name is Swan, what is yours?"

"Silver, and this is Wolf, Diamondback and Blueseer."She pointed to each one in turn with her wing.

Swan nodded."Okay."She looked over each dragon as if she was inspecting a jewel."How did you find me?"She asked.

Blueseer stepped around her and pointed to the silver scales by his eyes."I can see the future, almost as well as Clearsight could,"he said.

Swan nodded and swiveled her head to look behind her."Well, I could use some more company."She turned back to the dragons and her eyes searched the hall behind them."How would you like me to give you a tour of the academy?"

The group of dragons shook their head, not wanting to venture any further into the scene of the last animus massacre.

Swan shrugged."Oh well."She walked out of the room and up the hall."Here, let me show you a way out."