/Gill? That name sounds... oddly familiar./ Sunny lifted her head. "Gill... hi." "You're one of the prophecy dragonets." Gill didn't greet Sunny back, but flicked his tail. "With a grandiose destiny with a grandiose prophecy and a grandiose reward." "It wasn't my choice," Sunny retorted. /But I have to save the war anyway. With Starflight. And Glory... and... not Tsunami./ Gill growl-laughed. "You make a good point, SandWing. But I'm not here for light-talk. I don't want to fight in the arena but Scarlet's going to force me to." "Force you? Why aren't you... why /don't/ you... oh." Peril flashed in Sunny's mind. "That blasted SkyWing." Gill growled, and Sunny didn't know if he was talking about Peril or Scarlet. "Please let me out of here," he said in a low voice. "I have a whole kingdom to run." "Kingdom... king... Gill. King Gill?!" Sunny gasped. /Oh, three moons, I'm talking to a |king!|/ "Indeed," Gill said solemnly. "The one who's /egg/ got stolen for your pompous prophecy." "Tsunami... she's... not part of the prophecy anymore," Sunny admitted. "She'll never be part of it again." "Ominous," Gill murmured. "So is it a yes or no, SandWing?" "It's a yes... but... how in the world am I going to let you free?" Gill shrugged. "You seem smart enough to work it out." Sunny rested her head on her front claws. /I can't pick a lock. I think... it's a special key shape. And I'm |not| risking my life to get a key, three moons. The bars are made of metal... I could squeeze in.../ "I think I can get into the cage," she blurted. Gill burst into dry laughter, his scales flashing. "How's that going to help me? You can get in, but I can't get out." /Fair enough, Gill. You make a good point./ Sunny continued to think. /Peril!/ "The SkyWing, Scarlet's champion. I can... get you out with her fire. I don't think she hates me... but I need to find someone. Are there any other prisoners?" Sunny said quickly. "I'm guessing you mean SkyWing prisoners. Yes, there's one. He's... over in that cell." Gill nodded to a cage. Sunny ran to the cage, pressing her snout to see a rather handsome SkyWing with deep orange scales and darker flecks along his wings, with earnest eyes. "Hi, I'm Sunny. What's your name?" "Me?" His voice was solemn. "I'm Cloud." ✄✄✄✄✄✄✄✄ Winter Talks ➳ Oof long chapter ➳ Do you have any OCs? ➳ Credit to Tui T. Sutherland for making Wings of Fire :D Next:
