The New Prophecy

Chapter 3

"Yes, yes. You are right. I should probably split this hunting trip into two parts." Kinkajou beams at her friends as Tsunami nods, considering how to split the group up. Now they just had to hope that they were together and with the new dragonet. "Alright. Falcon, Winter, Qibli, Moon and Zero will be on one team. Pike, Peril, Kinkajou, Turtle, Tamarin and Secretdawn will be on the other." Kinkajou frowned. The group of her friends had decided earlier, while getting ready for the hunting trip, that it would be best if Moon was with Secretdawn, since Moon has powers. "But, Tsunami, maybe Secretdawn should be on our team. Moon is a great hunter and maybe she could help Secretdawn if needed." Qibli said, trying to help the situation. Kinkajou saw Secretdawn frown at the mention that she would need help hunting. "Yes, sure, fine,"Tsunami sighed "Falcon and Secretdawn can switch." Falcon, the dragonet who replaced Flame, nodded and Secretdawn bobbed her head. 

"Okay, lets go!" Kinkajou exclaimed, nearly bouncing up and down with excitement. The two groups flew off in different directions, Kinkajou's group flew to the ground area surrounding the mountains, while Moon's group flew to hunt on the mountain. Kinkajou looked back at Moon, Winter, Qibli, Zero and Secretdawn, knowing she would be missing out on a key part of another adventure.

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Secretdawn flew alongside Zero as they tried to hunt. Yeah, sure, Moon is a great hunter, Dawn can tell. But still, that comment the SandWing made about her hunting hurts. How would the SandWing know anything about her? Let alone if she needs help to hunt? None of his friends had even TRIED to talk with her- except for Kinkajou- so how would he know? Dawn knows she shouldn't let other dragons words bother her, she learned that a while ago, but somehow, it still stung. Dawn spots the other dragonets in the group fly down to a grassy clearing on a less steep patch of the mountainside. She nudged Zero, who quickly understood, and followed the others, landing with a soft thud in the flower-spotted grass. Moon looked uncomfortable, the IceWing looked stern but annoyed and the SandWing looked determined. Zero landed beside her, looking just as confused as she felt. The SandWing spoke first.

"Hey, I'm Qibli, but I have something to ask you about."

Oh course. My tribal problems, being so obviously a hybrid.

"About your powers." The SandWing-Qibli- finished.

Dawn could feel her body freeze, and she went numb. She kept a good poker face, not revealing anything, but her blood seemingly stopped flowing. Panic struck her like lightning, and Dawn can feel her years of hard work keeping the visions at bay, blocking any other NightWing powers, keeping her secret hidden, never showing anything crumble away. All her hard work, shredded by one dragon. Then hate, and doubt. Really? How would he know? He can't know, that's impossible. No, no, no, she knew he is observant by the way this SandWing constantly eyes her up and down, as if a mystery that needed solving. No, this can't be happening. He can't know. NO he couldn't know. He doesn't. In her panic, Dawn accidentally broke her concentration of keeping the visions away. Her constant attention to her powers has been happening for so long, it's just in the back of her mind, been there for years. It was just-there. In her corner of her head, her subconscious secretly holding it all back. But she could feel it break. Instead of pushing it down, down into the deep depths where her secrets are kept, she released it. Keeping her poker face, she searched through the possible futures. One future was constant, at the end of every tunnel. Her nightmare. Even her layers of protection in her soul couldn't keep one vision out. And now, it is bubbling to the top.

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At first, Qibli was smug. Watching her freeze up, he knew that would happen when she would be confronted. So it was true, only a dragon with a secret would freeze like that. But what powers? Did Zero know? By the confusion on his face, Qibli would guess the answer to that would be no. But then, Qibli frowned. What was she thinking? Her face was blank, a perfect, untouched sheet. Her body is stiff and tense, but her face shows nothing. Her poker face is great, and Qibli felt a sting of jealousy. Is his face ever that emotionless, perfect at never revealing his thoughts? But then, her powerful emotions betrayed Secretdawn, and panic flashes across her deep purple eyes. Then, suddenly, a glossy sheet of white folds over her eyes. All emotion that might have been flows out of her posture and face, and she opens her mouth to speak in a tone not of her own.