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[color=#D1D0CE]This was almost too much for Skua to handle. The grief that pooled together from the spectating dragons was heavy in the air. Yet, alongside the grief and pain, there was a quiet rage that hung thick like blood between them. Eclipse was right. Whoever was responsible had just started a war between tribes. After so many years of peace and prosperity... he trembled, the mix of emotions swelling in his chest. He couldn't even bring himself to comfort Eclipse and his father. He wasn't related to them, and he only had a percentage of SkyWing blood... 

Suddenly, Ember's body became still, and the smell of death quickly flooded the air. The Skywings all screamed and roared and wailed in unison. Skua ground his teeth together and snarled. [color=7ea7d8][b]"This means war!"[/b][/color] he roared, quite literally bristling with fury.

The SkyWing healer, Cloud, ducked his head. [B]"Did... did no one see [i]anything[/i]?"[/b]

[B]"The dart came out of nowhere..."[/b] one of the SkyWing guards whimpered.

Skua's scales felt like needles. [color=7ea7d8][b]"We need to find whoever is responsible, whatever it takes. We're wasting our time hanging our heads and feeling sorry for ourselves!"[/b][/color]

Most of the SkyWings glared at him, but Cloud shook his head. [B]"It may prove more difficult than we think."[/b]

[color=7ea7d8][b]"Why?"[/b][/color]

Cloud carefully lifted the sharp object that had struck Ember. It was covered in blood, but there was something else there. Something waxy black was splotched over the dart, and Skua wrinkled his nose. 

[b]"This is unlike any poison I've ever seen before. It's not SandWing venom, and it's not dragonbite viper venom... and look, it's eaten the scales around the puncture wound on Ember's neck."[/b]

Skua craned his neck to look closer. Cloud was right. Ember's scales had twisted and deformed among the blood, as if they had begun to melt off her body. 

[color=7ea7d8][b]"Then we have no exact way of knowing where the poison came from..."[/b][/color] Skua muttered. 
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