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Eclipse felt a swell of pride for both his aunt and his father, who had served as a guard for the queen for as long as he could remember. He wasn't sure if his father was among the guards with her right now, but he couldn't imagine he'd be anywhere but with his sister on a day like this. Unfortunately they weren't really close enough for him to be able to discern which dragon was which under all of the armor they wore. His dad took a great deal of pleasure traveling around with Queen Ember and pestering her when she wasn't busy with her many duties she had to preform every day.

Queen Ember's voice was clear and strong despite her youth and general inexperience. He knew he'd never be able to stand up in front of this many dragons and give a speech like this. He glanced at the dragon's sitting around them, almost all of them were watching with rapt attention at the words that rang out across the arena. Before they were abruptly cut off as something struck her in the neck and she fell back into the guards with a scream; red covering the pale orange. He could see the guards moving in to surround her, some facing her and others facing out frantic eyes on the crowds below.

His entire body froze and the screams of the other dragons around them faded into the background as everyone began to panic around them. His dad was up there, their Queen had been struck with...something, he hadn't be able to see exactly what, and might be bleeding out as the crowds pushed and shoved in order to escape. With the chaos there would be no way to find the one responsible, they could go after his dad or his mom next, and he had no idea what he could possibly do to help.

He snapped out of his panicked thoughts, just barely catching the tail end of what Skua said to him. [color=ed1c24][b]"I...I don't know."[/b][/color] he looked backwards towards Ash and Sunrise who were staring with horror and shock on their faces; as were many of the other dragons who hadn't run. He looked up towards where the soldiers were circling, attempting to calm the masses. They didn't seem to be having much luck.

His voice finally caught up to his thoughts as his head whipped around to Skua, slightly frantic, [color=ed1c24][b]"That's my family up there! I have to get to them, what if the dragon responsible is still here and goes after someone else?!"[/b][/color] He could see the pent up frustration in his friend's stance as he spread his wings went to take off into the sky, and froze again, this time with indecision. He needed to know if his family was okay, but he didn't want to leave his friends here in case something happened. He looked back and forth between the chaos on the pulpit and where Skua stood lashing his tail, completely unsure of what he should do.