The Arena

Chapter One

Sunset felt a slow, throbbing pain in the back of her head. As she blinked and shook out her wings, she noticed tht she was in a room with around 30 other dragons, including the SkyWing queen, Crimson.

"It's about time we get started." Sunset noticed that she not being restrained. Although, that was kind of obvious, given that her deadly firescales would scorch whoever dared touch her. But there were four guards nearby her, glancing at her warily with suspicious looking vials that would probably knock her out, if necessary. Sunset glared at each of the guards in turn, then folded her massive wings back.
"You dragons, out of all the ones in my empire, have been chosen to fight in my arena! How thrilling!"
A IceWing snorted then coughed to cover it up, rattling her tail spikes.
"I think it'll be time for you to introduce yourself. Of course, I already know who each of you are, but I think we need to dedicate time to getting to know each other!"
What's the point? We're going to kill each other anyway, so why even bother getting acquainted?, Sunset thought, internally growling.
"I'm Barren," a dragon who looked vaguely like a SandWing-SeaWing hybrid grunted.
"I'm Sunset," Sunset said. "I'm a firescales, so don't get too close to me." She grinned in a way she thought was quite friendly. Several other dragons backed away slowly from her, tucking their tails in tight.
"Aura," a SkyWing guard proclaimed.
"She's mute," explained Crimson. Every other dragon seemed to be sizing each other up and they were all looking at Aura with a pitying look, a knowing look.
Sunset watched the other dragons, determining in her mind which she thought were the most powerful. The IceWing who had snorted before looked very powerful; it looked like her frostbreath was colder than most IceWings, to be powerful enough to freeze things around her when she breathed.
A NightWing hybrid whispered, "I'm Twistedmind." Sunset looked at her. She seemed like she wanted to hide under somebody's wing and never come out again."A NightWing-SkyWing-RainWing hybrid."
"Adamantium," an IceWing said. Not the one with the powerful frostbreath; another one.
"Trench." The SeaWing who had said his name was very muscular.
"Frost." A different IceWing,
"Alderfly." He looked like a HiveWing-SeaWing.
"Deathbreath". An IceWing-NightWing. Sunset thought that that name would have suited the IceWing with the powerful frostbreath better.
"Cirque." That was the IceWing with the strong frostbreath. Sunset felt that in the arena, Cirque would be her only real enemy.
"Nightfall." That was a strange name, considering that Nightfall was a SeaWing.
"Sunrise." As Sunrise said her name, she glanced hopefully at Sunset. No way I'm teaming up with you, Sunset thought, flexing her talons. More likely I'll kill you first.
"Dawn,"a SkyWing said. Sunset snorted when she saw the smoke also rising from Dawn's scales.
"I think that's all we've got time for!" exclaimed Crimson loudly. She left the room, followed by her guards. A moment later, a sickly sweet smell entered her nostrils, and she felt herself spiralling into unconsciousness again...