Wings of the Crystal : The Lost City

:: Chapter 18 ::

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       Cactus and Stargazer rushed together to the nearby voice of the RainWing. She skipped a few paces before a crossing some NightWing, his face filled with grief and sorrow. He had an arrow through the side of his face.
"Um, this. . Dragon?" Cactus said, awkwardly pointing to the NightWing. Stargazer shouted at her. "No!"
Cactus sighed and chased after Stargazer, pumping her back and front legs like a wolf's, her tail dragging behind her. After coming to a halt, she tried to peer around her two friends, bundled together in front of the. . . Dragon?
Once Cactus stood in the tips of her claws, she could overview the. . Dragon.
It was two headed!
From Cactus's vision, the left sided one was an albino white, with beautiful pink tinted scales. She had gorgeous pink eyes that reflected off of the beaming light inside the large, glass pane windows.
The other one was a midnight jet black, and he had lavender spikes and wings with white, sparkling dots. His eyes were a silver color, along with his stomach.
"Hello, Zombie and Furnace, nice to see you again," Stargazer exclaimed calmly, his spikes laying against his head in a glittery way.
            Zombie, seeming to be the jet black one, snorted and shook his head. His sister, Furnace, attracted her spikes and made a cricket like noise. "Well hello, Stargazer. Who may they be?"
        "Are you dumb," Zombie huffed, his claws tangling together in a twist full but annoyed way. "It's Cactus and Rain, some of the Crystal Dragonets."
          "Are you dumb, because I told you this a MILLION times before," Furnace sighed. "I DON'T  read. You know I'm annoyed by your ridiculous obsession with stories."
           "Well I'm SORRY You don't like them. If I could read them to myself without you peering over my shoulder it'd be great!" Zombie hissed.
                 Cactus and rain glared a look at each other before turning back to the two headed dragon.
          Furnace held her two claws together, Cactus now noticing the glittering, gold and silver jewelry around her neck and knuckles.
           "Excuse me about that, but anyways, what have you come for?" Furnace stared off at all three, a small grin plastered on her face.
          Stargazer spoke softly, with a bit of a large breath. He turned to face Cactus that was feet behind him. "Cactus here came for some information on. . . Something."
        Rain and Stargazer moved backwards for Cactus to walk up to the two headed dragon. Furnace reached out her one arm to shake claws with Cactus, but Zombie smacked her one arm with his own arm.
        "Don't touch her!" Zombie scowled, dusting off his claw on his side of his stomach.
         Cactus felt a bit insulted, but she understood why. It was for a better cause.
            "Oh yeah. 'Touch the SandWing and you'll burn, blah blah blah.' Well, it's nice to meet you. What did you want to kn-" Furnace started but was interjected by Zombie.
              "The lost City," he breathed sharply with a bit of a wheeze. Cactus hovered above her thoughts for a moment, before blinking softly and fluttering her wings. She nodded without the slightest word.
           "Well you came to the Right place." Zombie said, nodding to her.

Then they went into a deep conversation, and here's what Cactus took in as a summary.

The Lost City is a town, but known as a city, for the Hidden species SkullWings, an ancient, secret tribe kept secret for years. But only half the tribe is there because of a long time incident that no one can recall or speak of. They live in a large, LARGE, underground cave under the Cliffside Fallen Mud. But if a MudWing guards the entrance and will not let anyone in unless they solve a riddle. No one ha gotten any information past that, but what recorded that SkullWings are Highly Dangerous.

After everything, Cactus said her thanks and goodbyes to the two headed dragon and left the library with her friends. But halfway down the hallway was a path, that her ears had a piercing scream towards.
      Seemly interested, Cactus followed the path but her friends kept walking straight. Halfway down the piercing path, which only seemed she could hear, heard her friends yell whisper "Cactus!"
         But she feared that room she walked in that afternoon.