They inhaled slowly, and prowled the hallways, their talons
clicking on the floor like scorpion pincers, as they grinned,
searching for dragonets to scare
Firebug shook his head. "No. But if I had to guess, I'd say he was
the hybrid that just walked past us. He looked like a Sandwing and
Seawing hybrid." He smiled at Aurora. At the very least, his first
clawmate was proving to be nice already. The dragonet felt his
nerves ease a little. "Oh, speaking of hybrids, I'm both Skywing
and Hivewing," Firebug explained, tilting his wings to show her the
black scales across them as well as his black underbelly.
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See my first post for Wintergreen and Sandpiper. By the way,
Sandpiper was talking to Spiri and Nightfall...
Emperor’s tongue slid out of their mouth, flicking around as they
scented the air “hmm... I smell dragonets” they grinned, slowly
creeping towards aurora and firebug, blood still seeping from their
maw as they stalked over, tail creeping upwards as they grinned
Firebug jumped as he heard a third voice echo from the entrance to
the caves. Peering around Aurora, he spotted the speaker - a golden
dragonet with the characteristic Sandwing sail, dark eyes, and
stocky build. However, true to her description, he could see two
sets of wings on her back, thin and shimmery just like a Silkwing.
"That's very cool," he replied, stepping sideways to let her join
the conversation. "I'm Firebug. This is Aurora. We're in the same
winglet," he explained.
“3?” The dragon hissed in a guttural growl “whatever. I can scare
all of them” they grinned, before arriving by Aurora, Firebug, and
Ankha “Hello, hatchlings” they hissed, their blood red eyes shining
Firebug jumped and spun around, flaring his huge wings and
growling. "Who- What are you?" He stepped back, his face
contorting with disgust as he took in the dragon's twisted
appearance. He noticed the tail barb and the wings, and almost
winced. Just great - A Sandwing and Hivewing hybrid. Perfect
combination for the worst-tempered dragon in Pantala. And was that
- was there blood on the dragon's mouth?! Clearly this stranger was
dangerous. Firebug hissed right back, showing off the barbs on his
claws. His name was no accident - the dragonet had a poison in the
barbs, so that when he struck an enemy, even the tiniest scratch
would begin to burn like fire. A real wound would cause even a huge
Nightwing a lot of agony. "Don't even think about trying to mess
with us."
“Oh you poor dragonet” they grinned, shaking their multiple horns,
flaring their 2 sandwing pairs of wings “I’m emperor, stalker of
dreams, haunted of life, blah blah blah” they said “I scare
dragonets to the brink of insanity so I can eat them” they grinned,
the blood from their mouth glazing their talons like donut topping
Nightfall heard the words ‘stalker of dreams’ and sat up. He went
over to look at the hallway where he entered the cave and peeked
out, trying to see what was happening over there. He saw a big
scary dragon and other dragonets of a different winglet than his.
Although he was unsettled by the seemingly endless drip of blood
from the dragon's mouth, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
Firebug, while shy and a bit skittish, wasn't a coward. No, no,
this stranger wasn't scary to him. Not after...he shuddered. Not
after Queen Wasp. In response, Firebug simply stretched his wings
out farther and flexed his claws. "I think the "stalker of dreams"
title would have belonged to someone else," he growled, remembering
the prophecy that a dragon named Moonwatcher had spoken in the
past. "And besides, I doubt you're even allowed to be here."
“They can’t make me leave” the laughed, sending blood spraying
everywhere. “I’m the stalker of dreams because of this” they said,
lifting their tail “knock out venom. And hallucinations” they
smiled “so your dreams are basically haunted”