Cold Sand

Cold Castle

I love this!

Qibli and I decide to head to the Queen Thorn's castle now. It takes a total of two days, from where we are currently, to get to the castle. I hope Queen Thorn will accept to send a messenger. She might accept it because of Qibli, but then again...

"Winter!" Qibli's voice gets my head of the clouds . I laugh at my attempt to go sand flying. The heat at night is much easier to fly in. Qibli grabs a bird of some sort with his teeth and eats it.

"Saving any for me?" I joke. Qibli in response, opens up his mouth. Half chewed food is in there. "Gross Qib!" I make a disgusted face at him. He just flies and laughs. I have let loose. A lot. Leaving the Ice Kingdom may have been the best decision in my life. Being with Qibli. No parents shaming me. No expectations. It is the best thing anyone could ask for.

"I can't wait to see Smolder's and Thorn's dragonets. They named them after Smolder's older sister, Burn," Qibli casually mentions. I nod my head.

"If we have children, their names should be BlueFire and IceFlame." I suggest these names because we are in the topic. Qibli looks at my face blushing. His once yellow scales on his face, are even more yellow from him blushing. They are so yellow, it has an orange glow. Before Qibli, I was a arrogant, princely, had a straight future IceWing, now I am a free, loving, caring IceWing. It doesn't bother me at all. If I went back into the last and told myself this is who I am going to be, my old self would be skeptical. Qibli made me feel alive and gave a different meaning to my life.

Qibli and I finally make it to the castle. We enter through the main entrance.

"Thorn, Smolder, Six-Claws, Onyx!" Qibli yells. No response comes. We head to the gladiator arena.

We see Thorn, Smolder, and Onyx hanging from one of the balconies, disembodied.