Another lonely day...

[peanutgregory]

I sighed and rolled my eyes at Taipan. Typical male, blaming everybody else. I looked down at him from my ledge and grinned, lashing my tail.
"Aww, did the little lightning bolts hurt your poor nose?" I called down to him in a singsong voice. Now that I'd distanced myself from the angry tension bubbling in the air down there, I felt a lot lighter. I laughed down to Taipan, although I did listen to all the points he'd made.
"True, being frozen by her wouldn't really help...But it would be fun to watch!" I called to him. I curled my lip in an imitation of a grin, baring my fangs to the male.
"Well she doesn't have to take her anger out on us!" I yelled down to him. "I'm sorry about what happened to the Forest dragons, but there's nothing any of us could've done about it!"
Even if the Queen hadn't have sent Tayra after Taipan, chances were the Forest clan still would've been attacked. Tayra was strong, sure, but it wasn't like she could fight of a whole group of rogues bent on attacking. She would've ended up hurt herself. I sighed and moved away from the ledge. Lookng down was making me dizzy. I heard a sounds of rushing wings, and growled, lashing my tail. I figured it was Taipan coming up to join me, or Tayra come to finally spill her news. Instead, a heavy dragon crashed into me, bowling me over. I roared, hearing a sharp snap! Moments later, jagged pain shot through my right wing. I yowled in agony, claws scrabbling at the dragon who'd slammed into me from the air. My vision danced with black and red, and I couldn't see anything. I whipped my neck around and clamped my jaws down, hard, tasting spurting blood and feeling sharp scales rip at my tongue. I roared again, this time more in anger and frustration than pain.

(DUN DUN DUNNN!! Haha yeah man!! Hm...and do ya think I could send in my new dragon Tiny?? Or ya think that would be just way too many charries ;P bahaha!)

[Immortal]

~ Tayra ~

I growled as I heard the sound of a roar and lunged to the side right when something tried to tackle me, I snarled lunged onto its back and sunk my teeth deeply into its flesh. The dragon bellow me bellowed and screamed in pain as I tore at his flesh and ripped junks out of his neck, I snarled baring my teeth and hissing. The dragon lurched and I could tell that he was a fire dragon, I growled and sunk my teeth deeper. "Why are you here!" I hissed keeping my magic and teeth buried into him, I kept my teeth and claws lodged into his neck and ribs cause he was countering my Fear and it was really ticking me off. I stepped back and jerked out a huge chunk of his flesh and flung it aside. "WHO ARE YOU!" I roared at him ripping a peace of his ear off. He screamed and jerked trying to get his wings out from under me, "oh you want your wings back? Well here let me take... care... of that... for ya..." Each time I paused I jerked ripped his wings and left the right one in a puddle of blood with bones poking out all over the place. He sucked in a ragged breath and coughed out blood, I slithered around knowing he wouldn't and could move and then once I knew that he wasn't gonna tell me anything I let fear seep into him and I watched as he slowly died of a heart attack. I turned and started racing back towards the others, I could tell by the roars and screams that he hadn't been alone.

~ Craz ~

I held my wings tightly against my body, I dived seeing Taipan in trouble and then the female being taken down. I snarled and chose to help the female her wing was broken and Taipan was out and being ignored the other rouge heading for Ezzy as well. I snarled and tried to fall faster my eyes flared bright red and my teeth glowed white as I collided with the rouge, we went tumbling away from the female. I snarled and took a chunk out of his neck and then grabbed his head jerking it and breaking his neck. I jumped off of him and ran for the female as another went after her, but something else slammed into me, I snarled twisted and started using Darkness to choke him.

[peanutgregory]

[Ezzy]

I snarled as stars danced in my vision. My wing jarred and jolted me and I roared in pain. Rolling my legs under me, I tried to kick and claw at my attacker, but I couldn't get a hold of him with my sharp talons. Blindly, I lashed my neck and clamped my jaws down, tearing through scales and then skin. Again, blood spurted in my mouth, and I shook my head, trying to rip at whatever part of the other dragon I had purchase of. I heard a satisfying yelp of pain, and used the distraction to send bolt after bolt of electricity into him. My wing numbed my magic too much to do major damage, but it shook my attacker off for long enough that I could dance out of his hold and clear my vision. When the stars and colours cleared enough, I saw a large male dragon, snarling silently at me. A gash down his cheek and one behind his shoulder showed me where I'd bit him, and I lashed my tail angrily. He lunged at me again, and we crashed together in a flurry of teeth and claws.
"Who do you think you are?" I growled, tearing at him with my fangs. I was a good fighter, yes, but he was way bigger than me, and I could feel my strength ebbing away.

[Tiny]

I flew fast and quietly, my wingbeats propelling me towards the battle cries I could hear. I smugly checked myself, proud that the Queen had sent me on a mission. I frowned at the fight I saw below me, and immediately took stock of the situation. A large female dragon was running towards the fight, a dead dragon behind her. An icy blue male was laying still, but breathing, so I soared over him. On a ledge further up, a young sapphire blue female was struggling with a huge male. And below them, another dead rogue, and a fight that consisted of a rogue and none other than the famous Craz. I growled angrily, lashing my tail, and spiralled towards the female being attacked. I plowed into her attacked and slid away from her, the other locked in front of me. I roared, opened my jaws and breathed, molten breath emveloping the rogue and smothering him in flames. He roared and writhed, as I lashed inwards and grabbed his neck in my jaws, crunching down and splintering bone. I shivered in delight at his dying screams and turned my attention to the female. She was bloody and battered, but alive, so with a grunt I lunged into the air yet again to find some more blood to coat my tongue.

[Immortal]

~ Craz ~

I snarled and lunged onto the now choking dragon, he was deffently not old enough to block any of my magic which meant he wouldn't know any if my fighting skills either. I slithered around him and tore and slowly dis members his body of its scales. I laughed at his pain and stupidity of even being here. But I was so concerned with him I didn't realise that another rough had snuck up behind me, this time it was a energy dragon and not a small one. She jumped me and we went rolled when I finally understood what was happening I zapped out with my magic, claws, teeth, wings and tail when I finally got to my feet I was surround by four more of the roughs and no one was anywhere near enough to help me. I bared my teeth and hissed and spat at them. I was faster and more powerful them anyone of them but if they were hunting in a pack then that meant that they knew how to use their powers together, my lips twiched as I tried to send shadow into them it was working on some but not the two really big ones, which were a River dragon and a Earth dragon, the Energy dragon female glared at with hateful eyes and her golden scales were dripping with fresh wet blood. The one I had almost killed a young Fire dragon was loosing blood so fast I didn't even consider him a threat he'd be dead soon enough and his stupid body also would be able to handle the amount of shadow pouring into him. Only trickster skills were gonna save me in this one. My eyes flashed to red showing I was royally ticked off at the thought of being surrounded. My tail whipped and I lunged forward at one only to miss and jump away quickly from the female Energy dragon, I had to keep myself from smirking they really thought I had been trying to get at her. I lashed my tail and dove for the Earth male and missed jumping back again. And again I played the whip my tail means I'm gonna attack game. But I had no tells when it came to my fighting, I snarled and picked my target, the slowest to react to my attacks had been the River female. Figured she was the least at home on land, I narrowed my eyes and looked at the young fire dragon baring my teeth and lashed my tail. Only when I lunged I twisted and landed into a roll with the female. As soon as I could I got behind her and sank my teeth into her neck and poured as much Darkness in as I could and then finally jerked and heard the sound of bone breaking. I jumped out of the way of the other dragons and landed behind them, the two young ones hadn't even understood what was happening before the one I guessed was their leader was dead. I smirked and said. "Come on lets play." The fire dragon roared and lunged at me easy target he was to hot headed for his own good cause as soon as he moved close enough his neck was snapped. I lashed my tail and said. "Any takers on the champ?" I smirked and ruffled my wings and then snapped the tips together to make a bone sound. The Energy female started for me and I knew that the stupid fire dragon had been her mate by the anger in her eyes. I felt no remorse for her and if anything I felt more hatred, if she felt this way about a mate then she shouldn't have helped kill all those Tree dragons. Many had lost their mates and it made even me feel sorry for them, I snarled and then grinned. "No takers? Not brave enough huh? Well your mate died cause you didn't help him!" I snapped and the female was drivin over the edge and lunged for me...

~ Tayra ~

I raced for the others and knew Craz's roars the minute I heard them but before I could reach them something tackled me. I rolled and then lunged at the thing attacking me. Because I was so distracted my magic was the last thing on my mind to use. I struggled with him and then shoved him off and began to fight back as the Queen had taught me. But there was unlike my practice fights with her there was no control here just pure raw rage and hatred. The roughs had killed my parents and that's why me and my sister had to be raised by the Queen and I hated them for it. I let a dark red cloud drift and wrap around me slowly entering the other dragon as we fought, slowly making him slow from fighting back.

(The Earth dragon is gonna slowly die by Tayra she has a score to settle with him.)

[peanutgregory]

[Tiny]

I flew through the air and angled down towards a pack of rogues gathered around Craz. I narrowed my eyes and soared towards the Darkness dragon. "Little bit confident here aren't we?" I hissed down to her. I landed just as the energy dragon leaped for Craz. I opened my jaws lazily and belched out a jet of flame, engulfing her as she leaped. Snapping my jaws shut once she was singed, I figured Craz could take care of her now. Turning around and snarling, I saw the remaining rogue in a tangle with a dragon I didn't recognise. Frowning, I sniffed and didn't even recognise her breed. "Humph," I sat on my haunches in a pool of blood and watched as the female tangled with the Earth dragon. As she fought, a cloud of red mist seeped into the rogue, and my eyes widened. "Looks like I've been missing the party," I said with a snort, glancing once over at Craz and then padding over to the dragon who lay unconscious.

[Ezzy]

I crawled to the edge of the ledge and watched in fear as I saw a huge battle below me. I'd thought there'd only been a few rogues, but now there were dead bodies everywhere. I saw Tayra letting her mist crawl into a rogue, and a large female I didn't recognise tangled with an energy dragon. I felt my scales bristle at that. The Light and Energy dragons were almost as one, we belonged to the same clan. I growled, lashing my tail at being so helpless. That female was a traitor! "Kill her," I snarled to the other female, knowing she couldn't hear me but not caring. I wanted the traitor dead just like the rest of her friends. Looking around, I saw the deep red male who'd helped me before slowly advancing on Taipan. "Move, idiot," I snarled to myself, watching helplessly as the male grew closer to him. I realised Taipan was unconscious, and lay helplessly on the ledge, whimpering. As the red male extended his neck towards Taipan, I leapt to my feet and roared. "No!! I yelled, trying to distract the red male.

(Tehe she think's Tiny's gonna eat Taipan :3 )

[Immortal]

~ Craz ~

I snarled at Tiny he messed up plan of attacking the dumb energy female. I growled and then smiled at her pain and lunged into a brawl with her, but of course someone left something open! I looked around to see Tayra fighting a small earth dragon but not the big male that been stalking me. Dang it! I sunk my teeth into the female and let my poison flow into her she was dead within seconds and I spun around looking for the other male, Tiny was checking on Taipan who I was actually worried about but to busy looking for something else and then I seen him he was sneaking up on Tayra. But there was something I knew that he didn't Tayra seen him coming and snapped the earths neck lunging out of the way and lunged onto the big male and sunk her teeth in as far as they would go and then the blades on her wings went in then the blade on her tail. She crippled him with both her strength and fear. I lunged forward and filled him with darkness and Tayra snarled as he struggled to get free of the deadly mists running around him and that's when I heard Taipan yell...

~ Taipan ~

I slowly came to and saw a dragon near me but since I wasn't thinking clearly or didn't quiet understand what was going I didn't even think that he could be a rouge till I heard Ezzy yell and that snapped me out of my daze and I looked around. But Craz would be protecting me if this dragon had been a rouge so I took it that he wasn't and raised to my feet to feel pain in my spin that would take awhile to heal cause it was cracked, I slowly rose and turned to see Craz and Tayra slowly killing a dragon and I yelled. "Craz! Tayra! Stop!" I knew what we needed to do and Craz did to but in battle she tended to forget what was to be done with the last survivor of one of these battles. I hombled over to them and said, "bleed everything out of him find out where the rest are and if more are coming." I said falling back down and laying there slowly healing once I was healed I looked to where Ezzy was and took off landing next to her.

[peanutgregory]

[Tiny]

I heard the young female screaming at me and sighed, turning my neck to glare at her with a snarl. "I'm not gonna kill him, you moronic hatchling," I growled to myself. Turning back to the injured male, I saw him limping over to Craz and the other female. Padding after him, I snarled when he told them to stop. "Why do all the kids have to spoil the fun?" I grumbled, flicking my tail angrily. At the male's next words, I cocked my head. Hm, maybe he wasn't completely stupid after all. I watched disinterestedly as the male collapsed into a head to mend his broken spine, and followed him with my gaze as he flew over to the blue female. "Ugh, hatchlings," I snarled, lashing my tail. Turning to Craz, the rogue and the other female, I bared my fangs. "What the hell were rogues doing this far up the mountains?" I snarled, not too sure which of the three I was talking to.

[Ezzy]

I watched as the huge red male looked up at me, then turned back to Taipan. I lay down, confused, my tail lashing back and forth in frustration. I didn't know what was going on, or who the red was. But if none of the others were worried about him, I figured I shouldn't be either. I listened as Taipan yelled at Tayra and the other female to stop, and then gasped as he fell into a heap. "No!" I hissed, agitated that I couldn't go down and see what was happening. I force myself up as Taipan rose and flew towards me. When he landed, I rounded on him, hissing. "What's going on down there?!" I growled, lashing my tail angrily. I snapped my wings together for dramatic effect, then yelped as my broken wing seared in pain. Red and black spots danced in front of my eyes, and I staggered side to side. Shaking my head to clear my vision, I looked pathetically up at Taipan. "Are you hurt?" I asked, worried. He'd spent the majority of the battle unconscious, but who knew how he'd got that way. I clamped my fangs down on my tongue to distract myself from the pain in my wing, wishing not for the first time that I had healing abilities. I tasted fresh blood in my mouth and relaxed my jaw. Biting off my tongue would so not help in this situation.

[Immortal]

(Hey Peanut! I think Tayra's personality has rubbed off on me cause when you wrote the part about Not biting off her tongue I was like Tayra would probably say something like "Actually that would be great cause then you'd shut up!" LOL Tayra is such a crazy dragon LOL)

~ Craz ~

I snarled at Taipan but couldn't bite him cause he flew off to fast, I growled and looked back to Tayra and growled loosing my hold on him and so did she but only magically as for her blades not one came from his body. I Snarled at Tiny and bared my shiny white poison laced teeth, "I thinks its pretty damn clear that none of us knows!" I snarled at him with my teeth snapping together, I was so freaking ticked off I didn't give a crap if he was talking to me or not. I noticed that I got more angry and mean when Shadow wasn't near me, ever since we had become mates the absence of the annoying male made me feel as if a peace of me was missing and I hated the feeling. My eyes shined red and that's when Tayra snapped, "Craz knock it off! Why do you even think he was talking to you anyway? Just get over it and deal with the problem at hand!" She snapped at me and I almost started shaking with wanting to attack her but she was the only thing holding the earth dragon and besides I liked Tayra kinda. I lashed my tail snapped in his face. "What were you and your traitors doing in this LAND!" I roared in his face. He glared at me and spat, "You killed my mate you worthless bi...." He was cut off by Tayra sinking her claws in his neck and slamming his head into the ground. "Be careful BOY! I don't like that WORD!" She screeched in his ear like a crazy banshee. I grimced at the sound of it and then smiled when blood came out of his ear from the loud sound it made me happy to see him pain. I lashed my tail and said, "Now again, what you and your worth excuse for a mate doing in my kingdom?" I lashed my tail and when he started curse at me again and Tayra shut him up I said. "You all wait here I'm bringing in the expert on this." I said lashing my tail and taking off to get the earth leader and the Queen...

~ Taipan~

I almost snapped at Ezzy on reflex but managed not to and just said, "they are gonna slowly torture him until he tells them if there are more to his clan and what they were doing this far into our kingdom." I said lashing my tail looking at her wing and cringed a cracked bone healed on any dragon but a broken bone would take a long time to heal. I felt worry growing in me when she feel back down and lashed my tail, "I am fine now after a little healing that comes from darkness blood but its not me I'm worried about its you, your wing is broken and it could take a long time to heal without the aid of a very powerful dragon and now is not the time for you to be so hurt." I said it all like an old worried friend, I was worried that if more roughs came she would get hurt a lot worse then she was now...

(Jackal is gonna show up before Craz and Ever gets back, that dragon under Tayra is gonna be in trouble! He is very protective of his clan and mostly his kin )

[peanutgregory]

[Tiny]

I hissed in annoyance as the females began to argue. Lashing my tail, I settled onto my stomach and proceeded to lick my talons clean, until they shone. Scraping them against the rock underneath me, I wriggled them until they were satisfactorily sharp and clean. I raised an eyebrow as Tayra shrieked at the rogue. "Hush, female," I growled to her. "Your rambling is giving me a headache, and if I have a headache I am not a happy chap."
As Craz got mad and snapped at them, then flew off into the distance, I growled again. Raising myself up, I prowled over to the rogue, who spat angrily at me. Placing a huge paw over his throat, I crushed down until his worthless head was pressed firmly into the ground. "Now, I don't like getting bossed around by females any more than the next guy, but they kind of have a point," I growled to him. Lashing my tail, I lowered my head til I was eye to eye with the rogue. No way was I going to wait around until Craz came back. Females always thought they were right. I shuddered and glared at the rogue. "What are you doing here?" I hissed, soft enough that only he could hear. I opened my jaw and breathed out gently, letting a warm glob of saliva land on his cheek. Sizzling, the blob began to hiss and steam as I breathed on it, heating it up. The rogue wriggled under my paw uncomfortably, but resumed his glare without a word. I growled at him, and tore a chunk from his foreleg for good measure, then padded back again to watch from a distance, giving Tayra a stare as I stalked past her. I watched irritably, waiting impatiently for Craz to get back so we could just kill this worthless runt.

[Ezzy]

I whimpered a little at Taipan's words, glancing down at the scene below. Torture sounded awfully painful at the moment. I swallowed my fear and tried to sit up straight and tall. I wasn't gonna look like a pathetic runt in front of the others. Especially not when technically this was my land, not theirs. I drew myself up and stared Taipan in the face. "I wasn't worried, for your information," I snapped at him. "I just wondered if you were still functioning okay, in case we had to fight again." I sniffed and turned my head away. Not for a moment would I admit that for a moment during the fight I'd felt sickened at the thought that Taipan could be dead. My whole insides had seared with pain, and I would sure as heck not admit to the relief that had flowed through me when he moved. "Oh, it's broken?" I said indifferently, pretending not to notice my wing. I shrugged, then couldn't help a hiss of pain as the movement jarred my wing. I sank back to the ground, lowering my muzzle woefully onto my forelegs. "Yeah, so it's broken. Not like I could fight anyway," I said with a sigh. I heaved a breath out and watched what was happening down below. The new female had flown off somewhere, and the big red male looked bored with the whole thing. I glared down at them and lashed my tail, wincing as a bruised scale scraped against the floor and nearly fell off. Making a pathetic noise low in my throat, I sat helplessly. There was nothing I could do to help anybody, I felt awful. What kind of leader was I? Even if I technically wasn't the clan leader...I should still be doing something to help. "Where's Dad when you need him?" I muttered. It was meant to sound bitter, but instead sounded more like a hatchling begging for her parents. I sighed and curled into a ball, facing away from Taipan. I didn't want to face anyone right now, least of all him.

[Immortal]

~ Tayra ~

I hissed and snapped my teeth at the male, he angered me beyond belief! I snarled showing my white fangs dripping with the deadly red fear that pulsed through my veins. "Don't tell you ever tell me to hush again!" I screeched in a way that could blow your ear drums out, there wasn't anything I hated more then worthless males telling me what to do. "If it hurts him I'll do it!" I screeched, digging my blade like wings in his sides more, causing him to grunt in horrid pain. I snarled at Tiny. "One holding him is enough, mind yourself and your worthless fire! For the queen will be none to thrilled with a to damaged creature." I purred almost in a whisper of a threat to the earth dragon pinned beneath my razor blade claws. It was he I wished to frighten not Tiny, frankly I didn't care if he lived or died I was not the caring type. I snarled when the earth made a rumble and I hissed. "Don't make me hurt you anymore!" I snapped as I let fear poor into his veins, freezing him putting in a state of shock, he was strong I'd give him that for he didn't have a heart attack from fear yet. I kept it pulsing through him like nothing he had ever felt before, he groaned but could not scream out in pain.I laughed and claws deeper keeping his body firmly in the ground, oh how much I wanted to rip him limb from limb.

~ Taipan ~

I rolled my eyes and sat down watching the dragons bellow, I had never seen Tayra so hostile and angry towards others before, I could see her muscles tightened into hard balls as she tried not rip him to shreds. I glanced to Ezzy she had turned as so not to look at me, I shook my head and watched the sky, for both rouges and Craz's return surely she would bring Ever with her, the brilliant Queen would end this horror with nothing more then a dead body left if there was even a body left. "Ever will be here soon, she'll heal your wing and take of that worthless rouge down there." I spat still watching the dragons bellow. Tayra looked ready to rip not only the rouge apart but the big red male as well. There was so much anger in her that I couldn't even bare to be this close to it.

~ Jackal ~

I hissed and flapped my wings harder, something was wrong I could feel it, something had hurt someone I loved. As I got over the spot where I had left my daughter earlier that day I dove... My speed was so fast you wouldn't believe that I could stop but I did. I unfurled my wings as I reached my daughter catching the wind and coming to a stop above her and Taipan, as soon as my talons touched the ground I looked to Ezzy and quickly went to her, lightly touching her shoulder with my nose, "Are you okay?" I whispered for only her ears.

[peanutgregory]

[Tiny]

I stared at the female with an unblinking lid. "I'll tell whoever I like to hush, female," I said lazily to her. Yawning, I flashed my fangs at her and resumed my bored stare. Frankly, I couldn't wait for Craz to bring whoever she was bringing, so I could get this show on the road. This place was boring, and I was getting irritated with the female. I barely looked up as the rogue whimpered with fear. The female obviously thought she was something special, but I wasn't impressed. "And please, for the love of all that is good, stop your awful shrieking. It's not an attractive noise." I scrunched up my nose at her in distaste. Any good hunter or fighter knew not to make so much noise. And even if she was trying to intimidate the earth dragon, all she was gonna do was make him deaf, and then what good would questioning him do, if he couldn't hear? I sighed and rolled my eyes. Females were just awful, end of story.

[Ezzy]

I cringed at Tayra's screeching, wincing. Even from up here, it hurt my ears to hear it. I shrugged at Taipan's words, then slowly uncurled and stared at him. "Ever? She's gone to get the Queen?" I said stupidly. His words didn't make sense. If the queen was coming, obviously she would take care of the rogue. Why would she bother with my wing? "What does it matter to you anyway?" I growled, following his gaze back down to the others. The male was obviously winding Tayra up, and I felt sorry for him. He seemed to not even care that she was ready to blow up at him. I rolled my head around as I heard wings approaching, ready for another fight. Instead, a huge rush of relief surged through my body as my father alighted next to me. "Dad," I said quietly, filled with relief. Dad was here, so everything would be okay. Nothing bad could happen now. I nodded gently to him. "I'm alright, it's just my wing. No biggie," I said, shrugging it off. I hissed and bit my tongue as shrugging caused a jab of pain to sear through my wing. I sheepishly looked up at him, instinctively pulling my shoulder away from his touch to avoid more pain. "I'm fine really. But I don't know what's happening. There was just rogues everywhere, and then some others came to help but now one's gone to get the queen and they're holding a rogue hostage and they're really angry and I just don't even know what's going on," I gushed out, sighing. Dad wouldn't understand any of it, but he'd figure it out, and then he'd do something about it, and then everything would be fine. I growled at myself in disgust. I really was just a pathetic hatchling, needing my father to fix all of my little problems. I wished I could handle this myself. Instead, I just kept on proving that I was an awful second in command. I couldn't do anything to protect the clan.

[Immortal]

"Tell me what to do again and I will rip out your tongue." I hissed calmly I didn't even care about this worthless excuse of a dragon that to me wasn't any better then the rouge that lay under me. "There is no good... Even out Queen is a creature of the darkness, there is only peace but no good." I hissed and then added. "It will not make him deaf just hurt him for very very long periods of time." I hissed out turning back to my pray I wanted to kill him so bad, the worthless creature killed my parents, these damn rouges caused my life to be awful. I heard the flapping of wings and looked up lashing my tail, but it wasn't the queen that approached us. I looked to the stupid male and snapped. "Why don't you try using her annoying mouth for battle!" I looked at the smirking dragon that lie bellow me, "Whats so funny boy? Think they've come to save you? They will suffer the same fate as your mate." He lost his smirk and screamed out a roar of anger, I filled him with Fear, he couldn't move. I looked up and unlatched my talons and blades from the things body. I looked up and screamed and the dragon coming down toward me roared in pain and lurched sideways rolling into the water, but it didn't matter to go after him he was dead.
I looked up once more there were two more rouges... They wanted Ezzy not their leader, I screamed again and one lurched with pain almost falling from the sky, and that's when Taipan broke its wing sending it to the ground and its companion joined it ready to attack me and Tiny.

~ Jackal ~

I growled at Ezzy and knew what she was thinking and snapped. "Your is broken Ezzy! You are not of royal blood you will not heal fast!" I was angry she needed to take this more serious. "Ezzy you need to stop moving and try to calm down, I know you feel useless but fact is if your not of Darkness, Fear, or Poison blood you will not heal quickly and if you keep moving your wing never work again. You did a good job, your still alive, don't doubt yourself as a leader Ezzy, your not my second cause your an expert fighter, or that your my daughter. Your my second cause your just like I was when I was young! Your smart so use your wits now and think!" I said hating to see her like she didn't have a purpose in this. I looked up and snarled at the other dragons swarmed and smiled as I saw Tayra scream. She still lived, I thought she had died years ago, she had saved my life in a battle when we were young and she hadn't failed to save me again. And this time I really owed her my life cause she also saved my daughter, I looked to Taipan as he broke the others wing and said. "Thank you." He nodded and watched the other dragons a protectiveness about him as he stuck to Ezzy watching the sky and then the ones bellow.

(Ekk sucks I know!!!)

[peanutgregory]

[Tiny]

Glaring at Tayra, I opened my mouth and hissed putrid breath at her. "Shut. Up," I smiled kindly to her. I rolled my eyes as she continued to rave at the rogue. Females were so easily irritated, it was pathetic to be honest. I stretched my toes and glared at her, and the rogue. "Quit your babbling!" I growled to Tayra as she continued to chat on to the rogue. "Or I'll put him out of his misery out of kindness," I muttered to myself. I was starting to feel sorry for the Earth, having Tayra constantly grinding out words in your ear must be painful. I shrugged to him, and flashed my fangs. I wouldn't blink killing him in an instant, but nobody deserved to be ranted to like that. I glanced upwards as more rogues streamed towards us. Anyone could see they were going for the little blue female. I frowned, there was nothing special about her, not at my glance anyway. I cringed as Tayra screamed at them, causing one to plummet from the air. "WILL YOU PLEASE STOP SCREAMING?!" I roared in her face, giving her an irritated swipe across the face with my paw. I shook my head as a trickle of blood leaked from my ear. "Jeez," I muttered, flapping my wings twice and rising into the air. Extending my talons, I hovered above Tayra and the Earth dragon, ready to intercept any other rogues. I glanced down at the one with a broken wing and grinned menacingly. Opening my jaws, I let a steady stream of fire engulf him as I hovered, enjoying watching him squirm as he burned.

[Ezzy]

"I know it's broken," I muttered to my dad. "And I know I won't heal fast, but there's nothing I can do about that!" I snapped. Sighing, I growled to dad. "I'm not moving, I'm laying here, perfectly still, instead of down there helping. I'm calm dad, really," I snarled, dropping my head to the ground again. Laying on my belly and watching the scene below was annoying, but it was all I could do. I rolled my eyes at his words. "You're my dad, you have to say that," I sighed to him. I glanced up worriedly as more rogues converged. Where were they all coming from? I frowned as Tayra screamed, she really had a set of lungs on her. I saw my father smile and frowned again. As Taipan broke another rogue's wing, I cringed away. I was probably just getting paranoid, but the rogues were coming closer and closer to me. I lashed my tail tensely, watching with worried eyes. I hated that I had to rely on the others to protect me. Why was I laying out here in the open anyway? "Idiot!" I growled to myself, pulling myself to my feet and half walking, half crawling to the rock wall a few yards away. If I could at least get to a wall, there was one less direction a rogue could come at me. I wouldn't be able to see what was happening down below, but at least it would be harder for the rogues to attack up here.

[Immortal]

~ Tayra ~

I felt a steady boil rage heat my body to about a thousand degrees and pulled my lips back showing my gleaming white fangs dripping with thick disgusting green goo. "I dare you to touch me again, you worthless excuse for a dragon. Who do think the Queen pick? Me a rare dragon of a breed almost dead? Or you a Lava dragon that only gets off your butt when you are forced into battle? Cause I really really think I would be safe if I let just a drop of my poison seep into you. And don't say you could still fight while you died cause well one drop will paralize you, and if I so choose it I can prolong your death. And I mean keep you in your worthless body so that you feel all the pain and torture that comes from all the little creatures that want to feed off your lifeless corpse, and then finally when I get bored or your heart gives out, you will die even more painfully then being eaten alive for months." I said, my voice was low and menacing, and this time you could feel the seriousness coming out of me, I wasn't joking anymore, I wasn't messing with him anymore, the minute a worthless creature touched me I wanted him dead. And that was my mistake, I let rage take over cause now my mind was weakened and soon I wouldn;t be me.

~ Jackal ~

My golden scales frilled and I almost hissed when the other male touched Tayra. I cringed at her words, she was serious I had seen her do it to a rouge before. She was deadly calm and that meant Tiny had pushed her to far when she stopped bantering and getting annoyed you knew you pushed her to far. I turned back to Ezzy. "I certainly do not have to say that because I am your father, if you weren't good at your job I'd be blunt about it, whether your blood or not." I said with a hint of smirk I wasn't lying dragons preferred the truth over lies.

~ Taipan ~

I hissed and pulled back my lips almost leaping down to Tayra but stayed where I was, going down to her would only get me killed, she had changed to tunel vision which meant everyone was an enemy now. And if that dragon pushed anymore he would be dead and I knew Ever let it slid she often did for Tayra just as long as she tried not to kill them. I Sat back listening to Jackal and Ezzy and sighed, what did it feel like to have a family? I had been passed through clan after clan till I was finally placed in the Darkness dragons but all thought I was to weak all but Craz.

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[Tiny]

"Frankly, I don't care who the queen would choose, female," I snarled to her. "I ain't here to pick a fight, but I'm not around to listen to you drone on and on either. Now either shut up, or kill me, take your pick." I growled to Tayra and sank to my stomach, rolling my eyes. Ooh, a fear dragon. Scary scary. I sighed and glare at the rogue, amusing myself by making faces at him. I wished something interesting would happen around here. I opened my jaw and singed his nose jst for fun, then closed my mouth and tried to fall asleep. I shut out the sound around me, not wanting to listen to the female's annoying voice any longer. All talk and no action, I thought. If Tayra was going to kill me she would have done it already. And at least if she did kill me I would never have to listen to here again. Heck, I could even come back and haunt her when I was done! I opened one eyes to stare at her and grinned to myself. Yep, that was definitely going to happen if she killed me. If she thought the alive Tiny was annoying, wait til she met one she couldn't touch.

[Ezzy]
I growled at my dad, but had to hide a smile too. I'd never actually ever done anything to gain my position. Nothing interesting ever happened around here. I tried to watch the dragons below but I couldn't hear what they were saying. I gathered that the male had annoyed Tayra just a tad too far. Judging by Taipan's reaction, I gathered I was right. "Is she gonna kill him or what?" I asked, a little timidly. I didn't think killing anyone who was fighting for us was a good idea, but I wasn't in any state to go down and stop them ripping each other apart. "I mean...he's on our side, right?" I asked, lashing my tail.

[Immortal]

~ Tayra ~

I didn't respond to him, but something changed in my eyes and then I slowly pulled my lips back in an angry snarl. "Fine." I hissed and lunged sink my teeth still dripping with poison into him. But all the while I watched this from a broken body on the ground raked with pain. I wasn't me anymore, the damn earth dragon switched us after the stupid lava hatchling hit me! It angered me enough to drop my guard against the connection that he had been inkling into me with, I wouldn't have dropped my guard if I had known he could do that! For the life of me I hoped Tiny was smart enough to know that I wasn't stupid enough to actually attack him! If he killed my body I would find a way to kill him! The dumb earth dragon didn't know how to use my power he was helpless except for the fact that I could still see the poison dripping from my teeth that wasn't good....

~ Taipan ~

I looked at Ezzy and lashed my tail. "Tayra has a temper but she's not a mindless killer." I said and heard Jackal snort and say. "She can be I've fought by her side since we were your age, and I've never seen not carry out a threat." He said and I looked at him, was he right? The Tayra I had known was a good one, she didn't kill without thinking, I shook my head refusing to believe what he had said. I looked at Ezzy, "He's on our side but he doesn't seem to understand the thin line he is treading with her." I said still looking at her, I turned and looked over the edge again to see her lunge but it was sloppy unpracticed like she wasn't secure in her own body. "Jackal have you ever seen her make a mistake like that?" I asked as she stumbled, he shook his head and seemed to study her.

(Ever will be here soon to stop all the madness with Tayra.)

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[Tiny]

I snarled right back at the female, then roared in surprise as she actually lunged at me. I immediately stiffened as the poison from her teeth slowly seeped into my system. "What the heck, female?!" I snarled at her, clamping my two forepaws around her shoulders and shaking her from side to side. I growled, the rumble escaping from my chest as I slashed at her with my talons. Trying to flip her over, I managed to dislodge her fangs from my flesh, and I snarled furiously. Yes, I'd taunted her to no end, but I didn't think she would actually attack me. Flicking my tail in anger, I swiped at her for good measure, retreating from her like a defensive cat. Flicking my eyes to the rogue on the ground, I saw his eyes were wide, as if startled. "Yeah, I didn't think she'd go for it either," I growled under my breath. Then I thought about it, while still snarling at the female and trying to figure out how I could kill her without spreading the poison through my body. It was only a drop that had already been on her fangs, and she hadn't injected anymore. That wasn't like her, according to her threats. Looking again at the rogue, it seemed to me like their personalities had jumped. Sitting up dead straight, I realised that's what had happened. Frowning at the female's body, I started prowling towards her, snarling. I didn't know who to attack now, and being confused made me irritated. "Females are just too much bother," I hissed, pouncing on the rogue's body and holding a talon to his temple. Opening my jaws, I snarled. "If you don't change yourself back or reverse whatever the hell you did, your body dies," I glowered at him. I was at a bit of a stalemate, but I wasn't gonna let him know that. Even though it was the rogue's body, Tayra was somehow inside it, and I didn't know what killing his body would do to her. I lashed my tail and snarled, waiting for the rogue in the female's body to back down.

[Ezzy]

I glanced at my dad, confused. "Wait, you know her?!" I yelped in surprise. I shook my head. Wow...he hadn't let on that he'd known fear dragons were still around, let alone that he knew one. Frowning, I turned back to watch what was happening. The red male was now crouched over the rogue, but was still growling at Tayra. "She wouldn't care that much if he killed the earth, would she?" I asked. I was confused, why would the red male hold the rogue hostage? In the end, they both wanted it dead anyway. I twitched my tail anxiously. "What is happening?" I muttered to myself. Things were geting weird, and I didn't like it, not at all.

(Hooray! haha!)

[Immortal]

~ Tayra ~

I snarled watching from the rouges body, I was still in to much pain to say anything, but if Tiny hurt my body and I had to spend the rest of my life in this one I would kill him! I did not want to spend my life in a males body, but then again for all I knew if he killed my body then we both died this was not fun! I growled looking up at Tiny, well he was smarter then a I thought but I did not like him on top of me, infact it made me want to fight through pain and get my body back so that I could get the heck away from the dragon. I growled trying not to sigh from needing rest I wouldn't give the rouge that pleasure of knowing I felt pain. It was then that I realized that my poison had gotten into his blood! Great just great! Now he was gonna die! And without me in my body even the Queen couldn't heal him only I could! Dang it all of this! I screamed in my head. I looked up at the rouges voice, my voice. "Go ahead, personally it seems you could live with out the female around." My voice hissed at him and I wished that Craz would get her good for nothing butt back here!

~Jackal~

I looked over to Ezzy and nodded my head calmly, Tayra had been an old and wise friend,sure she was mean as a Darkness Dragon at times but by the disbelieving look in Taipan I was guessing that she still had that friendship thing, where she would be your protector forever or at least your friend. "Back before I Was a leader, she and her sister were very good friends of mine, we fought and defended our land with a fierceness I see she hasn't lost." I said wishing I could still muster up the anger to kill so ruthlessly, but maybe I did still have that cause looking over at my daughter, my second in command and my clan member rage boiled my blood made me want to kill and destroy anything that would hurt my family. "That's not Tayra." I said watching the ones bellow, Tayra was the rouge and Tiny knew it. But before me or Taipan could dive I heard a swish in the air and my breath caught at the sight of her, her scales as black as the night sky, they were so thin and sharp if she wished they would stand on end in a array of spikes to defend her. Her body was larger then most and fierce body landed on the ground and I knew that Queen Ever was pissed.

~ Ever ~

I landed with a thump and looked to Tayra, and I almost smirked. "Have a little switch going on do we?" I hissed lashing my tail in amusement, I looked to Tiny with a nod, "Tiny release Tayra," My voice out in a calm sweet as cream but it had the order that none could refuse. The Royal Order. I looked over the body aha he was marked one of my own, I looked back to the Tayra or at least her body. "Now Drake, why have you betrayed your Queen? Why did you cause the death of your clan, the death of your mate? Tell me Drake why are you a traitor and are there more of you?" I asked it all as an order he was mine, he could refuse to answer.

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[Ezzy]

I frowned and shook my head when Dad told me he was friends with Tayra. "Huh. The things you learn," I muttered under my breath, looking back down to what was unfolding below. I noticed my father stiffen, and rolled my eyes. He was so overprotective. Still, I was glad he was around. Knowing someone had my back when I stuffed things up was a relief. The end of my tail twitched and I glanced over at my dad and at Taipan, suddenly grateful they were both up here with me. Without them, I'd probably be dead right now. I looked away sharply, clamping my teeth down onto my tongue to stop from whimpering. At my dad's words, I frowned. "What do you mean?" I asked, looking back down to Tayra.


[Tiny]

I growled at the rogue when he (she? So confusing) spoke, and lashed my tail. "Cut your nonsense," I growled. I was hoping he was only bluffing, but then again so was I. I didn't know what to do, so I just sat there, trying to think straight through the fuzziness seeping through my head. "So, how long til I kick the bucket?" I asked Tayra. I was starting to feel woozy from her poison, but I didn't want to let the rogue's body go. Glancing up at the sound of wings, I tensed, expecting another attack. I let out a huge sigh of relief as I recognised Queen Ever. As she landed, I opened my jaws to speak, but she already had everything under control (Duh!) I nodded meekly and slid off Tayra/Rogue, crawling off to one side to lie still. I watched the rogue intently as the Queen drilled him for answers.


(Sorry it's so short and dumb!!! :S I just have so much more muse for Fledge and Dreamer than I do for these guys :/The next one will be better!)

[Immortal]

~ Jackal ~

I looked at Ezzy, "What I mean is that when she bit him and synced all her claws with him he started to weaken her mind, and when he started to do she was able to weaken his body more but in doing so she opened the gate for them swap bodies and now if that rouge dies she does." I said in a very blunt voice. I kept my eye intently on the scene bellow wondering how Ever was going to fix this.

~ Ever ~

I lashed my tail lowering my head close to the ground, I studied the rouge that was now in Tayra's body, one of my own? Strange that he would betray me. I lifted my lips in a harsh sneer, I had heard Tiny's question before I landed and looked at Tayra (The real Tayra) and hissed, "What is your cure Tayra? What will save his life?" She looked up at me like she was going to kill me and hissed in pain, I looked to Drake who was laughing in her hissing tone. "She cannot answer you my Queen, she killed my body." I snarled a fierce growl of anger ripping from my throat, I went to Tayra and muttered, "I'm going to regret this someday." I placed my hand on the limp body and whispered in a tongue none here understood.

~ Tayra ~

As soon as the queen's magic made its way through me I jerked to my feet and snarled at the rouge, "You worthless excuse for a dragon! Once I have my body back I'll make you feel more pain then you could understand! You will slowly die from pain, your body will go into shock from the slow pain." I hissed and looked to the Queen when she touched my shoulder, "Tayra. Tiny only has about one minute, what is your cure?" I looked at Tiny and then the Queen, "I need my own body or he will die over the course of the next six months, he got my pain poison." I sneered a little fierceness seeping into my voice. Ever nodded and looked back at my body, "Drake as your Queen, as your one leader, as the one that allowed you live I command you to return to your own body." I shuddered at her tone, it was the Royal Order none of her dragons could disobey and then everything went black just as I heard my body Siren scream....

~ Ever ~

I smiled as Tayra stood and shook her body, "Glad to have you back now go take care of Tiny," She nodded but growled as she went to the Lava Dragon, "Hold still." She snarled at him, her teeth snapping together, "This is gonna hurt like hell." She smirked seeming happy about that, I laughed and lashed my tail across the roughs face knocking him down, "I see Tayra you still have your old charms for the males." She snorted and hissed, "What charm? The fact that they are all almost worthless?"
I laughed and looked at her, "True... Very true my dear..." I drawled out sitting back and drawled out in a voice that would make any sick, "Craz my dear would you do the honors of showing Drake what the punishment is for betraying his Queen?" Her white eyes flared red and she lunged for him and I watched him scream and wither in pain.

~ Jackal ~

As I heard Ever's order to Craz I said, "Ezzy look away!" It wasn't a suggestion it was a firm order, Ever had givin Craz an order that was like taking a muzzle off a rabid dog. She would slowly tear him to shreds, he was one of the Queens and he betrayed her and he would pay the awful price. I closed my eyes and looked away as he screamed and withered in the pain the Darkness dragon so ruthlessly delivered to him.

~ Tayra ~

I snorted and ignored the tratior being torn apart and turned to Tiny, "You so much as nick me with your claw or tooth I'll leave the poison in." I growled and started to make myself drull over his wounds, that was my cure. Saliva. And it would feel like acid on his wounds.

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[Ezzy]

I listened to my father’s words and felt my blood run cold. “Oh,” I said simply, glancing back down to the others with a renewed sense of dread. I tried to listen as best as I could, but the pain in my wing had caused a dull throb to begin pounding in my head. I stretched my neck as far as I could but still couldn’t hear anything Queen Ever or any of the others beneath us were saying. My eyes were glued to them, as I tried to figure out what was happening. I watched as the queen moved closer to the rogue, or Tayra, then stared as she leaped to her feet. I shook my head, trying to make sense of everything that was happening. Although it was the rogue’s body, I had to keep reminding myself that it was actually Tayra down there. I could only assume she was hissing obscenities at the rogue who was still in her body. Lashing my tail in confusion and frustration, I dug my talons into the ground, scratching up the dirt. I peered down at the scene below, and kept watching. The rogue in Tayra’s body stood and went over to where the red male was laying. “Why doesn’t the queen stop him?” I whispered aloud. Shortly after I realised that Tayra must be back in her own body. With a frown cast at her towering over Tiny’s body, I let my eyes travel to the queen, Craz, and the rogue. I saw Craz leap for the rogue, then snapped my eyes shut at my father’s words. If he warned me not to watch, I knew I didn’t want to see what was happening. A shudder ripped through my body as I heard the rogue scream out in pain. It was such an agonised wail, I’d never heard a more frightening noise in my life. I curled my body away from the edge of the ledge, trying to get as far away from the noise as possible. An involuntary whimper came from my throat, and I hunched close to the ground, my eyes screwed shut. But even though I couldn’t see anything, nothing would ever get that noise out of my mind. I could almost feel the rogue’s pain, and somehow I knew Craz was enjoying delivering it. I winced as the sound drove its way into my brain. I was thankful my father had ordered me not to look. The sound itself was more than I’d ever wanted to hear.

[Tiny]
I watched, half interested as Queen Ever gave orders sharply. With Tayra’s answer to my original question, I uttered a groan. “Great. Someone just kill me now,” I muttered. Tayra not being in her own body was just great. I sighed, then winced as a wave of nausea rolled over me. “Good thing dragons can’t puke,” I muttered dryly, closing my eyes as my head began pounding. When I heard the annoying female’s irritating voice yapping away again I opened my eyes and glared at her. “Say, how about you stop shouting at him and come over here and I don’t know, stop me from dying?” I snapped. When she sauntered over and looked purely joyful at the fact her healing was going to cause me pain, I rolled my eyes. “Yeah yeah, I’ve got my big dragon pants on,” I hissed. “Just get it over and done with.”
I snorted at the queen’s words, amused. When she agreed with Tayra’s reply though, I growled lightly. “We have our uses,” I said indignantly. When the queen ordered Craz to take care of the rogue, I ground my teeth together and looked at Tayra. “Can we get on with this?” I asked impatiently. I would have loved to have been healthy enough to watch the rogue being torn apart, but instead I was dying. “I’m gonna miss all the fun,” I growled, frowning. I looked up at Tayra and lashed my tail in irritation. “I ain’t gonna hurt you, female,” I promised her, my voice tense. I might not like this female, but I wasn’t going to put my own life at risk because of a little pain. As she leaned closer and let her saliva seep out onto my wounds, I closed my eyes and hissed out a breath. I felt like my body was on fire, every last muscle screaming out in pain. I wanted to roar with agony and rip the female apart, but I wasn’t going to let her have the satisfaction of knowing how excruciating this was. I ground my teeth and tried to keep my breathing even, focusing on the in and out of my breath instead of the ball of pain worming its way inside of me.

[Immortal]

~ Taipan ~

I didn't need hear the cue from Jackal to look away from the scene bellow I understood what Ever had meant when she had spoken to Craz, she had given her full fledged card to kill him as slowly and as cruelly as she pleased. That was why I did not want to be a Darkness dragon... They enjoyed bringing pain to others and I couldn't do that, not even to a traitor. But something in me spun around getting antsy when Queen Ever gave the order and I realized a part of me was responding to the Queens order, part of me wanted to be the one down tearing him to peaces bit by bit and I almost looked to the scene but something pulled me back to the gentle me, and that was the whimper that came from Ezzy, and I did look but I not at what was happening bellow. No I looked at Ezzy and something in me snapped, I don't know if it was my breaking point or if it was my end of wanting to ever bring harm to another, but right then and there looking at Ezzy something inside me changed, she was so young and even though we were almost the same age we were so different in so so many ways. I had heard Craz kill before, I had seen what she could do when she wanted to bring pain and harm to another, I also understood that even though she could enjoy bringing the pain of others, she truly did love her mate with every fiber of her being and that she would always protect the ones that were loyal to Queen even if she did torture them from time to time. Okay she tended to kill them from time to time, but only if they seriously got on her nerves, Craz didn't hold her temper very well, but all in all I still knew she loved just like every other dragon in this land, she wasn't truly evil. But poor Ezzy probably had never had to endure the sounds of another being killed and on top of that it was by the second leader of the Darkness clan and she wasn't to far from being as ruthless and cruel as her mate. Craz was known and feared for her ruthless killings, how she would even fight verbally with the Queen at times, how her explosive temper had caused the deaths of many, and there was only one other dragon that surpassed her and that was Shadow. Leader of the Darkness Clan and Craz's mate. The young energy female also didn't understand how the Darkness dragons only controlled the shadows and were not evil, they just liked others to believe they were, they were not supposed to be anything other the Queens killers, and that they were very good at, the protected our lands from threats most of us never even knew about, and even though they had their moments they really were honorable creatures. But as I watched her my heart went more towards the gentle side of me and I decided that I needed to do something for her. Help her feel safe again, no one should have to feel this scared in their own home, so I very slowly moved towards her, I made sure to keep my movements slow as I approached her and hoped that I could somehow in someway help her feel safe and forget about what was happening here today.. "Ezzy just listen to me and not them, watch me and forget. Okay?" I asked tilting my head to the side and made sure that she was not paying any attention to me at the moment and took the time in that to send the small black threads of my magic to her wing, as they tied themselves into her broken wing they started to fade as they slowly ever so carefully worked themselves into her wing, hopefully numbing it so that pain was not as relevant to her, and maybe in someway that would help her not stay into a curled up little ball like she was. As I watched her I slowly still keeping my movements slow, as if I thought that she was worried that I would attack her, even though I knew that that was a ridiculous thought, but I was to used to the dragons in the other clans I had been in, they would attack you if you woke them up to loudly. So it was always better safe then sorry to me. After a few seconds I had laid my belly firmly against the ground, my muzzled not far from hers, she had affected a part of me. This whole day had really, but seeing her like this made me realize that there was no way I could ever learn to be like the Darkness Dragons, they were the Queen's rabid dogs, they were ready to kill anything at her simple command, I would never be able to do that, and the Ice dragons well they were a lot like the Darkness dragons, except with the Ice dragons unless you were born in their clan they were extra mean to you and often made you feel unwelcome. At least the Darkness dragons gave you a chance to prove yourself, but that didn't really matter anymore anyway, the Ice was to cold for me. Sure I was extra cold blooded but I wasn't cold blooded enough to survive the temperatures there, and I was to gentle for the Darkness dragons, they didn't think I had what it took to be part of their clan and you know what they were right. I sighed and shook my head slightly, I didn't belong anywhere, I was just a filthy mix breed who didn't even know who my parents were, I didn't even know if they were dead or alive, and if they were alive were still here? Or were they traitors? I closed my eyes and then opened them to watch the small blue female in front of me. “It'll all be over soon... I promise...”

~ Jackal ~

I turned my face away cringing away from the horrible screams of the rouge bellow, he was in so much pain, and I was torn between satisfaction and disgust. This rouge had brought his clan to my homeland, he had caused my clan to be fearful, the feel like all they held dear was being torn away from them, they had hid their children in fear of them being killed, I growled pulling my head to the side to keep myself from snarling in straight out right rage at the rouge. But another part of me thought no one knew why he was a rouge, maybe he didn't understand what he had done wrong? Rouges always thought that the Queen controlled them all but if that were true how would there ever be traitors? Other thought she was to judgmental and harsh in her punishments but she let a lot slid with her dragons, but when they needed to be she put them down, others thought she was strict enough and so on. All those thoughts ran through my head but then I remembered what the rouges had caused us all these years. They would sneak into our lands and kill our families but what they most often did was kill our eggs and young ones, cause they were to much of cowards to fight us face to face. And this time they attacked my home! They attacked Ezzy, they broke her wing, and caused her to hear something I had hoped she never would. The true wrath of our beloved Queen. And I hopped he would scream till he died.
I shook my head, Ever would never in a million years make a young one like Ezzy hear a Darkness dragon kill, it was about the most horrible sound in all the world and hearing it would never leave you, and the Queen cared for nothing more then the young ones of our lands, our children were like her own, and she would always take in or find home for orphaned hatchings. A small smile came to mind at the thoughts of many times I had seen take care of a young one or a hurt solider. And that's how I knew she would never have wanted Ezzy to hear this, normally I would have thought the same for Taipan but something told me that she knew he had already heard something similar before, Taipan had spent time with the Darkness dragons and had tried to be trained into one, but as he moved to my daughter I could tell that he would never be able to do what Craz was doing, he would probably never be able to do what I could do to that rouge at this moment in time. I sighed, seeing Taipan so calm, careful and gentle with Ezzy made me regret my earlier thoughts of wishing the rouge to die screaming, if a dragon with Darkness blood could ignore it then so could I, even if it was just for care of Ezzy.
I growled/purred as I stood from my sitting position and moved towards Taipan and Ezzy, when I reached the two blue youngsters I lowered my head and lightly touched her shoulder with my hand, making sure to avoid any spots that might hurt at my touch, she seemed so fragile right now that it made me want to cry and get revenge... But more then anything in this world I wanted all this to be over and take her home, back to her mother, back to where she would always be protected by me and her mother. She wasn't meant to be hurt this young, she wasn't meant to ever be hurt and I was sure that until my dying breath I would be able to protect her, keep her safe. But I couldn't! In my own home she was hurt! I let her down, I let her get hurt, I never even thought that something might be wrong today, I should have known. I should have sensed something breach my borders, I shouldn't have cut my rounds short today! I should have continued to patrol even after I left Ezzy and Taipan earlier today. But I just assumed that everything would be okay like it always is, I should have never started to take the safety for granted, cause once you start taking something for granted it always goes away. That's just the way it worked, never let your guard down. I looked at Ezzy and felt my eyes prickle, if I couldn't protect her then what good was I at being a leader? I sighed and moved my hand from her sliding down onto my stomach much like Taipan had and just purred the way I always did when I was trying to comfort others and myself, I could feel the purr vibrating out of my chest and into the ground which is what would make it easier for the other two to hear and think about it, rather then the sounds bellow. As the time slowly ticked by my mind went to so many different thoughts that I couldn't even keep up with them anymore, but they all seemed to lead to the same thing. I let my daughter get hurt in our home. That it was all my fault she was hurt, I should have been a better leader for my clan.
“I am so sorry Ezzy...” I whispered so low I wouldn't have known I had spoken the words had my throat not felt the vibration of it. “This is all my fault, I'm so so sorry I let you down...” I turned my head away from her, letting my mind drift and I heard the word. “I failed...” Slip from my muzzle and somehow I don't know when I started but I was purring to them again hoping that in some small way it would calm them both. But I think it was more of a comfort to me then to them.

~ Tayra ~

I narrowed my eyes and looked over my shoulder at Tiny's muttered words, and I was so close to snapping that I would be more then happy to kill him, that it was almost a physical pain to keep my mouth shut. But Ever wouldn't appreciate my rude and vile comment at the moment, in fact there would probably be server consonances for them at the moment, cause even though she didn't show it Ever was very touchy about her dragons, she would never tell anyone but I had a hunch she was very worried about Tiny and very hurt by Drake's betrayal to her and her land. But you would never hear her say so, and for that matter no one who knew her would ever point that out, cause if you didn't know she loved all of her kingdom then you didn't deserve her as a Queen. As I adjusted back to my own body again I heard the Queen chuckle at something Tiny said, at that sound I raised my head and caught what Tiny had said and smirked a little about to say something when I heard Craz snort in a way that was her way of saying idiot, then she lashed her tail and went back to her own business, not really caring what we said or did. And since no one said anything to Tiny of course that meant I had too, "Dragons can puke you moronic dragon." I hissed but my voice had lost some of its bite and its annoyed I wanna kill you tone. I was starting to get worn out from being around so many others, I was not meant to be a group dragon and wished to have back the quiet of my home back in the forest, but at the same time I feared going back to my home cause I knew so many of the Forest Dragons had been killed and they were like my family, and the though of losing so many of them made me sad. But I wanted to sleep, something about changing bodies twice today had made me a little tired. But then I looked at Tiny and figured it out I was bored with Tiny, he wasn't any fun to mess with anymore or at least at the moment he wasn't fun. I rolled my eyes and snarled at him, "You won't die for the next six months so relax ya big baby." I hissed lashing my tail in annoyance, why was poison dragons poison always unique to them? I hated the fact that I didn't get to attack the rouge cause I was the only one who could heal this stupid Lava Dragon, who seemed to act more like a thorn in my paw, then a dragon. At his next words I just shook my head and snorted, "Just be quiet already!" I snarled and got ready to droll on him when he replied to the Queen, I looked at her to see her answer. "Too true..." Was all she said and I just chuckled returning to the annoying dragon in front of me. I listened to the order Craz was givin' and watched the female attack without a second thought, she had been givin' an order and she would follow it till her last breath if she had too. Craz was the second most deadly bounty hunter of the Darkness dragons and her loyalty and never once wavered for her Queen and she would do anything that was asked. But my thoughts of Craz were broken when he spoke impatiently to me and lashed his tail I snarled and snapped, "This isn't the easiest thing in the world to do you idiot! Now hold still!" As I began to start he started talking again, and I rolled my eyes. Why couldn't he just freaking listen already?! "This would go a whole lot faster if you would stop complaining and shut the heck up! You wanna see what happens? Hold still and shut UP!" I half roared at him, it took awhile to get the cure into my mouth, I never used it so it was hard for me to get the right mixture in it. I sighed and shook my head and said calmly and quietly, "I am not worried you will hurt me, if my body even for a split second thinks it getting attacked your cure will turn into an instant death!" I warned him, it was the truth I never used anything but my poison so I wasn't sure how well I could keep the cure version in my mouth, and despite my dislike for him, I did not wish to kill him or hurt him to badly. What? I'm not evil, I'm a fear dragon doesn't mean I want others to suffer if they don't deserve it. After a little bit of moving around him and dripping in drops of my painful cure, I stepped back and hissed in a low voice, "Its out, but I wouldn't suggest moving for a few minutes... Unless you want it proven to you that dragons can puke." I said a smile creeping to my lips in a way that could annoy anyone. But it was true moving so soon after being that poisoned could cause you to get motion sickness very easily. As I sat back and refused to look at Craz I saw up on the mountain where the other three had been, and I felt pity strike home in my heart. "Ezzy...." I mumbled, the poor youngster had never heard a darkness dragon kill before Ever wouldn't want her to hear this, I tucked my wings in tightly and tried to block out the horrible screams the rouge uttered, and then I looked up again to see Taipan trying to take care of Ezzy and something in me snapped. I whirled around, pointed at the small cliff like mountain and then shouted at Ever over the screams of pain the rippled from the rouges mouth.. “Ever! Make her stop!”

~ Ever ~

I could not help the amusement that rolled through my as Tayra so bluntly pointed out to Tiny that dragons could puke. Well tectonically it was regurgitate, much like that of birds, we could do it at will once our food was where it needed to be. But unlike birds yes it could happen on accident if we got to sick. But I doubted Tayra would want me to correct her, and I was more then sure Tiny did not want to hear a long reply if he truly was feeling sick.
I listened to him and Tayra cross fire for a bit till I heard him say he wasn't gonna hurt her, and her answer very much described what would happen if he moved. Poison dragons were very touchy with how their cures worked and it would only take one wrong move from him to cause her to change it back to poison on accident. “She is not worried about her safety.” I said my voice in a purring growl. I was beginning to get tired of both Tiny and Tayra's little spits at each other, it was very grating on my nerves.
But watching Craz follow orders and attack and start in with her darkness dragon torture, I lost all focus on the other two and became intent on Craz and the rouge. But I felt no happiness in watching her hurt him, normally I may have. If he had not been raised in my kingdom, if he had not been brought to me to be marked when he was hatched. If were an outsider that I had no connection to then I would not care about his pain and might even enjoy it somewhat, but knowing that he had been brought to me as a hatchling, that I gave him the inviable diamond on his right cheek. I knew Drake very well when he was a baby, he was much like Taipan, born without parents to raise him and given to two of my trusted dragons to be raised. I had selected his parents, just like Tayra had raised Taipan. I sighed and shook my head in shame, Drake had a lot of potential to be a great leader someday. Perhaps the clan leader of the forest dragons someday.
As Craz tore into him and made scream, made tears of pain fall from his eyes, made him nearly die from the pain alone, and was slowly killing my heart at the thoughts of what I would have to tell the female that raised him. I lashed my tail and nodded to Craz as an order to finish him and be done with it when I heard Tayra yell at me. I whipped my head around to see her looking up on the cliff, and there was Jackal and Taipan. But there was another laying down, hurt, scared. Ezmerelda. Jackal's only child. Ezmerelda was to young to deal what was happening on this day, she was not like Taipan, she did not have this in her blood, she was not a killer by blood like him. She was not meant to ever hurt anything other than something to eat.
As soon as I realized that Ezmerelda was up there with her father I turned to Craz and said. “Stop.” It was not me asking it was an order, and Craz by blood had no choice but to obey. She stopped instantly her teeth sunk into his neck. Craz's blue eye shined with the killing wrath that was truly in her and I could tell it was taking every drop of her will power not to continue to tear him apart. “Let him go.” I said again in an ordering way, Craz watched me a moment before slowly letting her teeth out of his neck and taking her submerged claws away.
I watched Craz a moment before telling her. “Go and get Vidalia, I think since she is the one who raised him, then she should be the one to chose his fate.” After t hat I just simply sat for a moment before deciding to go check on Ezmerelda.
I nodded to Tayra and said, “Watch him till I get back.” I didn't wait for a response before turning and jumping up the cliff. When I reached the top I crawled over to Jackal and his daughter, I hadn't realized before that Taipan was trying to comfort her, and this brought a smile to my face and in some way I wished more of my Darkness dragons shared his compassion for others. Jackal and Taipan both looked at me slightly and nodded their head in respect and both said in union. “Queen Ever.”
I nodded to them both and looked at Ezmerelda before slowly lowering my head to look at her wing better before asking. “Ezmerelda would you like me to heal your wing?”

~ Craz ~

As I tore through the roughs flesh it vaguely passed through my mind that a friend of mine had been the one to raise this male. He had been an orphan when Ever found him and put her mark on him, made him one of us, made him apart of our kingdom. And that just fueled everything in me to just rip him apart. How could he betray his land like this? I had no problem with him leaving the kingdom, heck even Ever didn't care if you left but it was entirely different if you left and came back to kill members of your own clan. Drake had started in the forest with his old clan, had his mentor known it was him? Had she seen him? If she had what did she feel at his betrayal? I knew his mentor and knew that she would have been devastated to know a young one she raised could do such harm, but more then that she would have surly killed him herself. Vidalia was not known for being a soft touch, but she did have a soft spot for dragons that had lost their families or had been abandoned, which is why she had taken him in to raise in the first place. If it were her choice right now would she kill him? Or would she just beat him to a pulp? Would she try to find out why he had done what he had done? Or would she not care? I couldn't help thinking these things cause, Vidalia was one of my good old friends and I felt slightly like I was betraying her by just killing Drake with letting her decide.
By the time Ever had ordered me to finish him I was slightly thankful to do so, even though I was slightly enjoying the pain I was bringing him there was still that little peace of me that now felt sorry for him, or more so for Vidalia. Cause someone would have to tell her he had turned rouge, that he had brought the attack to the forest and that he was killed after attacking Jackal and his clan. It would be a lot for her to take in, and I didn't really want to be around her when she was told I tortured him to death, cause even if she believed he deserved it she would still be angry at the one who killed him for awhile. But no matter what I still wanted him dead, he had betrayed his homeland, he had caused deaths to our clans, he had caused injuries, and he could have started an all out war.
I had just sunk my teeth into his neck and was about to break it when Ever ordered me to stop, and I fought every fiber of my being to listen to that order, and as I watched Ever I slowly let him go, but I never stopped watching him, if he made one move I'd kill him without a second thought. I looked up at the cliff to see why she had told me to stop and I knew it was cause she had become aware of Jackal's daughter, I didn't care whether she had heard the pain or not, pain was a part of life and Taipan was her age, and he had heard worse. At least she survived today, she should be thankful for that, should be happy that she and her father were alive, that the danger had never reached their clan. But I did not voice any of this cause I was sure I was the only one who thought that she should learn to deal with things that were unpleasant to her, and figure them out now. Before she ended up not being able to handle such things in the future when she really needed to do so and be a leader for her clan.
I listened to Ever give me the order to go and get Vidalia, so she had thought the same thing I had then. That the one who raised him should be the one to choose his fate. I nodded and backed up a pace to get ready to go when I heard Ever tell Tayra to watch him, and with that I hung back a minute and waited for Ever to scale the wall to where the other dragons were, after she reached the top I looked at Tayra and said. “Do not kill him.” I looked at Tiny as I said it, I was not talking about Drake, I meant for her not to kill Tiny. Cause I could tell Tayra was on her last straw today, she was upset and sad over the lose of a few of the earth dragons that had been like her family, and dealing with Tiny seemed to be making her anger outlet him, and I had seen her kill things a lot of the time once they became her anger outlet.
After getting an okay kinda nod from her I turned and jumped into the sky heading for the forest to get Vidalia.