Casting Shadows (re writing)

Chapter 29 Ashes

Scorpion looked down at the strange dragonet. On the way back, they had found Active sleeping in a fruit tree. They were lucky the fire had burnt away its huge leaves, or they wouldn't had seen him. And he'd be a messed up pile of ash. The thought of it made her flinch.  

It was morning now, he was still asleep. Then again, Blaze was sleeping too. Violet had offered to hunt this morning. She oddly liked hunting. Infact, she liked killing things all in all. She sighed, resting her head on her talons. She Sightless, and Scar...And Fang and Cloud and Widow. She missed them all. She looked over at Active. At least she had one less dragon to miss...

Scorpions ear twitched as Violet entered the clearing. She passed her and Active, who was just staring to awaken, two rabbits. Violet gave the last two to herself, and Blaze. "Thanks," Scorpion said softly with a smile. Violet smiled. "Oh, of course," 

Scorpion looked to her side, and jumped. She hissed, her barbed tail raised. The figure jumped with her, baking up. He waved his talons. "Geez! Stop, stop!" It was Active, Scorpion rolled her eyes. "Really? Geez you shouldn't scare dragons like that," "You were the one who got scared," the dragon argued. "I just got up," he raised his talon down, Scorpion rested her barbed tail on the earth.

"You'd be so dead right now if you didn't have a good reason," Scorpion teased. Active laughed, his red-orange scales glistening in the sun's light. "You wouldn't dare," he stood on his hind legs, spreading out is wings so looked two times bigger.  "I'm a RadioactiveWing, the last of it's kind. You'd need a reason to stab m with your tail stinger," he gestured his talon in a circle. 

Scorpion rolled her eyes. "Ok Mr. Show off. You can be annoying with that amazing accent of yours," she teased back. "Annoying? I'm offended!" He put an exaggerated talon on his chest. Using his tail and legs to stable him. Scorpion rose onto her hind legs, she spread her yellow wings, they almost glew like stars in the sun. "Good," she smirked. Active sat back down, he wasn't strong enough to stay on is hind legs of so long.

"Whos Miss.Show of now?" He curled his tail around his webbed front talons. Scorpion laughed. She landed back on to four legs. "Can you not win a combershion?" She playfully questioned. He shrugged "I was born intelligent," he joked. "Show off," Scorpion rolled her eyes, se nudged him with her barbed tail, careful not to scratch him. She could sense him jump behind her. She arched her wings. "Race ya to the Rain forest," "Pardon? W-wait! Wh-" Scorpion flew off before he could finnish.

He caught up quickly. Sandwings were the fourth fastest flying dragons, but Radioactivewings were the second. "Whos annoying now?" He panted. "You," she said. She flapped her wings down in one strong motion, making her fly ahead of him. The Radioactivewing tried to catch up, but Scorpion was already diving for the cooled, smoking forest. 

She hesitated, the hold forest was...gone. It was almost just a huge bundle of ashes, with some dark, ask cover trees poking out like gravestones. "Geez, how are you so-" he broke off when he saw what she was gazing at. A long, unsettling silence fell over them, before Scorpion tarted towards the forest. To her surprise, Active didn't try to stop her. He just gingerly followed the sand colored dragon.