The Queen Is Not Dead (cringe but ppl like it so it's here)

Chapter 14

Whew! It's been awhile! I hope you aren't mad at me. XD Also, I want to introduce, (drumroll please,) MY LITTLE SISTER!!! (Who is literally a living Kinkajou.) I kinda feel like Glory when I have to babysit her. Maybe I should write a fanfic in where Glory and Kinkajou are related.... ANYWAYS. Let's get on to the vide-I mean chapter. (Hehe. I would like to start a YouTube channel one day.)

Edit: Looks like your dumb and forgetful author forgot to include Riptide and 'the dragon who found the cave'. Hehe, I kinda just wrote some junk at last minute so I wouldn't feel guilty about not  updating this crappy/very cringe fanfic. Lol. I also DO plan do edit out some of the cringe. Someday. Maybe. In the distant future. (Gurl that day is today)

Glory paced the floor of Tamarin's hut, with Tsunami and even Sunny looking upset. Suddenly, she looked to Tsunami.

"Do you know who told you where they saw Clay, or at least where whoever they are think he is?"

Tsunami blinked. "Yeah. Riptide told me that one of his dragons are 'working' with them," She made air quotes with her talons, "And as they were spies, working with the Talons, it just happened to be a lovely coincidence that they found Clay."

"Well, where?!"

Tsunami thought for a moment, then checked the messenger scroll. "It's says right here, 'We were told he was in a cave high above ground, about 6 SkyWing wingspans high, in the Claws of the Clouds Mountain Range, NorthEast, near the Bay of A Thousand Scales, overlooking the Diamond Spray Delta.' "

Glory blinked. "That's... pretty specific. Well, when can get going?" Not looking up from her scroll, Tsunami answered, "We have to wait until Mangrove comes and drops off the supplies, then we have to plan our route, getting there as quickly as possible."

Glory rolled her eyes. "Who are you, Starflight?" Sunny and Tsunami looked at her. Realizing that she pulled a Glory, she then said, "All I'm saying that this is not normal of you to be this worried." Tsunami gave a small smile. "Thanks Lavender. It's okay. I think. Riptides going to join us at the edge of the Bay of A Thousand Scales. He's pretty good at fighting. I mean, so am I, but two more could help."

Glory blinked, "What do you mean, two more? I thought you only said Riptide was joining."

For the first time, Sunny spoke up, her voice croaky, and her nose still sniffling from all the crying and worrying. "Tsunami sniff forgot to mention sniff that the dragon who found sniff the cave sniff will be joining us."

Just then, Mangrove popped in. "Heyyyy. Uh, here are your supplies... I'm just gonna... go."

Glory was thinking. She couldn't quite put her claw on it, but... "Hey! What about the dreamvistors! We can be warned by Clay what to look out for!"

Tsunami's head perked up. "Genius! Only... Ugh, I don't want to mess with any of that stupid Darkstalker stuff again. What if he put ANOTHER annoying spell on it, only this time, whenever someone uses it, it KILLS EVERYBODY THAT HATES HIM!!!"

Glory rolled her eyes. "Okay, fine, we won't use it. Just don't go complaining to me when this evil dragon has a Lava Trap set up."

Tsunami rolled her eyes. "Let's just go." And mumbled something like, "I'm surrounded by annoying idiots today."

Sunny sighed, looking at the sky. "Let's go save Clay."
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As soon as they landed on the sand, They were met by two figures. One, tall, blue, and a slightly nervous expression. The other, red, shorter, scowling, and with a scar across his face.

Glory noticed that Tsunami couldn't help but smile. "Riptide! It's been so long! Why don't you introduce me to this SkyWi-" Tsunami then noticed who the SkyWing was. "Flame?!" She scowled. "What are you doing here. Wait, don't tell me that you're the one who found this stupid cave." Flame rolled his eyes. "Apparently, I did. I even reported back to the Talons of Peace and decided to be nice to your friend. You can thank me later."

Tsunami grumbled, and, without warning, took off and flew up to the cave. Glory had to flap hard to keep up, somewhat listening to the conversation between Flame and Riptide.

When they landed, Glory had a creepy feeling that she was being watched. "Guys... we better careful. I feel like We're being watched." Tsunami snorted. "As if. What lunatic would want to face me?" Glory then took this opportunity to roast Tsunami. "Yeah, Tsunami, What lunatic would want to face you? Other than yourself?"

Tsunami thrashed her tail. "Just, just shut up." She walked into the the cold, damp, darkness ahead.

Tsunami didn't like this. This, this, character. Lavender. She was unnerving, a personality Tsunami knew all-too-well. No. She's gone, there's no way that she's alive. You saw her body. You attended her funeral. But there's something about Lavender that I can't quite put my talon on... Tsunami would have to keep an eye on Lavender.

Tsunami wasn't looking where she was going, too caught up in her thoughts. She tripped over a rock, and, by some small chance, faceplanted into a small hole in the ground. Underneath, she saw a torched, lit, walkway in the cave system. Strange. When Tsunami finally pulled her head up, she noticed that Sunny and Lavender were sitting there, a little confused.

"Do you think she's- oh look, someone finally got their head out of their behind."

Tsunami rolled her eyes, and looked down there once again.

Once Tsunami got a good look, she saw that the hole was actually quite large, and when climbed into just right, was capable of letting a grown dragon through. She then took a look at the rock she tripped on, a smaller chunk of a larger rock next to it. Tsunami bet anything that that rock was the cover to the entrance.

"Guys, I'm pretty sure that the way to Clay is down there. Take a look." They each stuck their heads down the hole. "Yep. That's the way all right. But how are we sure that the other way is actually the way." Came Sunny's small voice.

Flame rolled his eyes, again being unhelpful. "I'm just gonna see if you idiots can actually figure it out."

Glory had a smirk playing across her face. She held up a smaller chunk of rock, the one that Tsunami tripped on. "Wanna bet?" She then threw it with all her might, and it landed on the walkway, about three dragons' tail lengths away. Nothing...

But then, the ground became to shake and within seconds, the entire walkway collapsed, and when they walked over and looked over the edge, it revealed a pool of deep water, teeming with Electric Eels. Sunny shivered.

Glory smirked at Flame. "Who's the idiot now?" Flame just stared, pure menace radiating off of him, Riptide sulking behind him.

They slid into the hole, finding a groove on the bottom of the boulder to grab, and they slid the rock over the hole, somewhat trapping them there.

This was it.

They were going to save Clay.