Kingdoms of Ethirebard: Silver Eastcastle

Chapter 5

Sira moved to the alley where she met Dyghem, Midnight, and Flame. The alley had a small slope with a few dents in it. Some of the grass was cut down to make a path from the lake to the clan. The alley was covered in trees and small patches of sunlight made the dark alley visible. Sira moved toward the lake where she picked a bunch of moss for Mallow and herself. The moss was wet and sticks poked out of the moss, making it difficult to move around. The lake glowed as the sunlight hit the top of the water. Everything was calm; too calm that Sira felt that something was wrong. But she decided to leave that thought far away. No birds chirped or animals ran away from her sharp claws. Sira went back the alley. She stared at the hill as she remembers what had happened with Midnight and Dyghem. It was a mistake. He rolled down. Flame ruined everything thought Sira.

Sira started to move again, not noticing the eyes that stared at her. Havoc, the ran-away dragon who joined Apophis and his forces, stared at Sira as she moved up-hill. Havoc was send so he could see what was happening in Ayndirth. Apophis didn't know what she was here, but something in Havoc's heart made him keep the secret. Havoc moved from his hiding spot and went to the spot Sira was, before flying away.

Sira came back to the clan and went to the orphanage where she scrapped the dry moss and replaced it with the new one. It was more comfortable than the dry and pointy moss. The light from the sun shined through the holes in the roof. Sira knew it's been too early to go to sleep, so she stood up and went outside. She forgot about The Sky Oak, completely. Sira paced to the main path where the Sky Oak was. Not noticing Dyghem walking to her, Sira jumped the small barrier of roseberry bushes and ran to the Sky Oak. She felt another presence in the forest. Probably Dyghem thought Sira, as she walked to the Sky Oak.

"What do you want." asked Sira as she turned around and saw Dyghem.

"Oh. You found out I was following you?"

"Yes. What do you want?" asked Sira annoyed.

"Want to go hunting? That's why I wanted to ask you, but you left the clan, so I went looking for you." said Dyghem.

"Ok."

Sira knew that Dyghem didn't stalk her just to go hunting, but she decided not to press on and go with the flow. Both dragons moved from the main path and started hunting. Sira spotted a small deer moving away from her. Sira spotted and dropped to a hunters crouch. She began to move careful to the deer, making sure that she didn't step on something to alert her prey. Dyghem was in the other side of Sira, also luring into the prey. She was so concentrated she didn't notice Dyghem attacking the prey. The dragon moved to Sira with the deer in his mouth.

"Sorry. I didn't see you going for it."

"Huh. Oh, it's fine."

Sira moved out of the clearing and went for a smaller prey. The path was smaller than the main one. The trees in the path were lighter in compare to the ones in the main path. Sunlight rays made the path look less menacing. Birds chirp in the distance. The sudden movement of the roseberry bush near Sira caught her attention. She moved to the bush, carefully, not wanting to alert whatever was behind the bush. A small red fox was behind the bush, eating a rabbit. The fox looked scrawny and most of its rib cage was visible. Foxes weren't a big deal to dragons. Foxes were much smaller than a dragon. Sira padded away from the bush and continue to hunt. The thought of the fox made her feel bad. What if the fox had pups for its own? Sira focused on hunting a rabbit for the fox. The path divided into three. Sira stopped and listened. The lake was up ahead. Sira padded to the lake's direction. The forest was bathed in sunshine.

Sira stopped in front of the lake, and waited till a fish pass by. A big salmon pass by. Sira quickly slashed through the water, digging her claws in the fish. Another salmon passed by and Sira caught it. Sira had caught enough fish to go back to the clan. She passed through the roseberry bush where the fox was. The fox was still there trying to bite the meat off. Sira casted a magic circle so that the fox couldn't leave. Sira padded to the fox, which turned around and began to growl. Sira laid the biggest salmon in front of the fox. The fox looked at the fish and, then, at Sira. It moved a step and began to eat the fish. Sira moved out of the magic circle and disappear the circle. She went back to the clan, and deposits her prey. Most of the dragons went to the fresh-kill pile and grabbed a fish.