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Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Aardwolf chuckled slightly as Eclipse stuck out his forked tongue at Skua at the tease before they all turned their attention back to the RainWing. He narrowed his eyes and watched her carefully for any sign at all that she was going to try and pull something. Whether that be attack them or try to get away somehow. His usually jovial demeanor muted by the tenseness of the situation. He would've been much happier just helping to escort these three than drag this prisoner along as well.

At Dreamseeker's gentle question and the immediate vitriolic response from the RainWing he and Eclipse both bristled. He felt his tail curl up in response and a low growl in his throat. He agreed with Skua, "I can put this muzzle back on just as quick as a strike of my tail," he narrowed his eyes further until they were menacing, dark slits, "So I suggest you watch yourself very carefully as I decide what I do next." He pushed himself to his feet with his tail poised up over his back.

He didn't like the high and mighty attitude this RainWing, Jaguar, had. She certainly hadn't done anything to warrant it. The other two clearly agreed with him as Eclipse snapped to his feet at her response to Dreamseeker with his teeth bared at the other dragon, rage simmering in his eyes. "I'd watch your mouth if I were you," his voice low and dangerous, "None of us take kindly to rudeness towards our friends." Eclipse took a step closer to Dreamseeker to brush his wings with hers while keeping his snarl firmly fixed on Jaguar.

Aardwolf help his position, towering over the RainWing, claws in position to snap the chains around his foreleg down and bring the prisoner to her knees if she thought she could get away with anything more than she already had.

The Rise of WillowClan

Duskwing felt her breath get knocked out of her as Moosepaw slammed into her side. He had some weight to him that was for sure. She brought her paws up to defend against his blows to her throat and underbelly. She used all four of her paws to slam into him; pushing him away enough that she could roll onto her feet and get into a defensive position. She panted slightly as she shook the dirt out of her fur. Both of them were getting tired and the sun was beginning to get low. She didn't want them walking back to camp in complete darkness. "Let's head back. I think that's enough for today." She gave him a rare, warm smile, "I think you're more than ready for your warrior name."

Stormheart looked up as the strange new cat entered camp. He was scrawny and definitely didn't seem like he was from the area. The only reason he should be here is if he wanted to join the clan. They could use more paws to help out, but they also didn't really have prey to spare this leafbare. He shrugged. Ultimately it was up to Fernstar if he would join or not, and he was in the process of talking to him so. He followed Fernstar with his eyes as she leapt up onto the stump and made his way over to listen to what she was saying.

He frowned. Maplestream had been with them when they had fought the fox. Did she not come back after that? He could've sworn she was following them, but then again, maybe not. He couldn't really remember. "I'll go as well." He called out; standing to join Redleap and Sunfur in the patrol. He liked Maplestream and he certainly didn't want anything bad to happen to her.

Serpent's Snag-A Supernatural Western

Maybe? It's character stuff that Rapid needs

Serpent's Snag-A Supernatural Western

I know Rapid Reader is working on a post, but needs input from Rekker who hasn't been on in over a week

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Aardwolf chuckled slightly, "Seems like this is a whole group of odd characters." He didn't expect to get sent out on this journey when he woke up that morning, but he couldn't say that all of this wasn't at least a little bit exciting. Going out into the world and potentially stopping a war. What young dragon wasn't interested in doing something like that. He got the impression that Skua didn't particularly like the fact that all of them were there, but at least Eclipse seemed to be more willing to accept all of them coming along.

He saw Eclipse roll his eyes at the jab and flick Skua with the tip of his tail as he sunk his jaws into the boar that Dreamseeker had brought back, "You can't say she hasn't been helpful to have around. She did save your life, more than once actually." He looked up as Dreamseeker stumbled back into their camp with fruit in her arms.

Aardwolf had a similar thought to Skua. He knew literally nothing about the fruits of the forest and the bright yellow of the skin didn't give him any kind of indication if they were poisonous. He frowned at Dreamseeker's request. Drought had told him not to unchain her, but she did need to eat, and it was just the muzzle. "Yeah ok," he looked towards the RainWing, "You aren't going to try anything stupid are you?" he flicked his tail, "It would be really easy for us to stop you."

He reached into the pouch that he had strung around his neck and fished for the key to the muzzle. It took him a second to find it among all of the other random knick-knacks he had thrown in there but eventually he pulled the small iron key free and unlocked the muzzle from around the RainWing's snout.

Trial of Shadows | Warrior Cats

Silverflight smiled at the newly named Skypaw and his mentor. She'd leave it up to Brindleshade what the two of them did to get Skypaw acquainted with the territory and start his training. She gave a nod to Eelpond as he stepped up towards Shadestar; she hoped that their medicine cat had an idea of what was going on with Starclan. If Eelpond could do something to ease Shadestar's mind that would be ideal. She pushed herself to her feet and began to scan the crowds and mentally put together the patrols for the morning. She glanced up at the clouds rolling in, hopefully it wouldn't rain on them.

"Flamepelt, Branchfall," she flicked her tail at Rainstripe, "and Rainstripe patrol the Birchclan border to the Oak Dens. Irisstar has been a bit prickly lately and we don't want him getting any ideas. Riversong, Cloudstep, and Haileye take the Duskclan border. Dawnstep, Froststorm, and Nightpaw you're on hunting patrol. The rest of you can do as you please." She gave a nod to the patrols, "Watch each other's backs out there."

She breifly turned her attention to Shadestar and Eelpond for a moment before trotting to the freshkill pile and picking up a small fish. Settling down on the reeds she tried to let herself relax for at least a moment as the clan scattered to do their duties for the day.



Nightpaw could feel the excitement coming from Skypaw and he sprang to his feet to go greet the new apprentice before he heard Silverflight call out for him and Froststorm to go on hunting patrol with Dawnstep. He sighed, he'd just have to say hello to Skypaw later. He'd probably be busy learning the territory anyway, but maybe he and Mottledpaw could help him get settled in the apprentice den later. He finished the half of the fish that Froststorm had gotten him with a few quick gulps so they could get moving. "Thanks Froststorm!"

He bounded towards where Dawnstep was sitting with a group of other warriors. "Morning everyone!" he called to all of them. He looked up towards the sky as the clouds began to roll in and grimaced slightly. He hoped it didn't start to rain, that would scare all of the fish into the deeper pools and any of the other prey into their dens. He turned to Dawnstep, who he presumed would be leading the patrol, "Where're we going to go hunting?"



Lionfang smiled brightly at Skypaw and Brindleshade. Hopefully she'd be able to reel in the wild personality of the young cat. He trotted up to the two of them, "Congratulations Brindleshade, hope you can handle this one," he grinned down at Skypaw, "Have fun, don't run your mentor ragged Skypaw."

As Silverflight began to call out assignments he felt a bit disappointed that he and Mottledpaw weren't given something to do, but he needed to burn some of the energy off his apprentice anyway. He looked through the slowly dissipating crowd and caught sight of the spotted pelt of Mottledpaw. He pushed his way through the dispersing cats to where she was and bumped his larger form gently into hers. "Ready for a day of rigorous training?" He didn't really have any particular plans for what they were going to do that day. He could always leave it up to his apprentice.

"What do you want to work on today? Fighting, hunting, something else?" He snagged a bird from the nearby freshkill pile to share with Mottledpaw, "We're not on patrol so we can really do whatever we want for now."

The Rise of WillowClan

Still here, just busy with college

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Aardwolf felt weird being this far away from The Scorpion Den. He'd lived his whole life in the desert and while he was excited to see something new, he felt faintly like he was abandoning his home in the midst of a looming war. He didn't even understand Drought's reasoning for him going. She could've picked any of the guards from the holding cells to escort this RainWing and he could've stayed. If they were lucky they'd be done with this quickly, he could leave RainWing in her home, and go back to the Den. Maybe he'd quit being a guard and do something else more fun. He liked the idea of that.

As they settled down into the clearing he had to pull one of his feet out of the thick mud with a loud sucking sound. He shook his claws and scowled at the ground like it had personally insulted him, which it essentially had. He hated the humidity and constant unfamiliar noises. Moons he missed the soft shifting sands and wide open skies of the desert.

He kept the chain of the RainWing's shackles looped tightly around his leg and held around his wrist with a leather band, just in case she got any ideas in the night. He watched Eclipse and Skua across the fire, the latter seemed twitchy and nervous, looking towards any sound that came from the trees around them. He curled his tail around and watched the fire reflect off the needle sharp point. He didn't think any creature would be stupid enough to attack five dragons, but if it was they'd make short work of it.

As Dreamseeker came back he was struck by the compassion she showed the RainWing. A dragon she didn't even know and had no personal connection to, yet she was going out of her way to find something for their prisoner to eat. He shook his head slightly baffled as she slipped back into the forest, her dark scales well hidden. After finding a boar and whatever else she'd brought back she still wanted to help. It was more than most of the SandWings he knew ever did. He was just as confused as Skua about this unusual dragon.

"She's a strange one," he commented towards the other two, "Never really had much interaction with NightWing's but she doesn't really fit the stories. Aren't they supposed to be super arrogant and condescending?"

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Eclipse frowned slightly at Skua. His friend definitely didn't seem to be well enough for the quick flight that would get them to the rainforest by evening as Drought suggested. He also wasn't sure arriving in the rainforest as night was falling would be safe for them. Even with the RainWing, who he wished he knew the name of, they would be out of their element and still recovering from the injuries they sustained in the fight with the bandits. He sighed quietly as Skua covered his head. He could only guess what kind of stress he was feeling at the prospect of having more dragons to watch out for.

He glanced towards where Aardwolf stood with the RainWing's chain in claw just silently watching their conversation; looking faintly uncomfortable with this whole situation. He settled onto the ground in front of Skua, his muscles thankful for even the short reprieve, he wrapped his wings around his friend before leaning in slightly so that none of the other dragons could hear him. "I know this isn't the ideal situation, and I don't really like it either, but as...odd of a character as Drought is I think she may have a point. We didn't exactly have much of a plan when we left home and insider information could be our best bet. I imagine Aardwolf is a capable fighter in his own regard so we'll at least be adding some extra muscle to the group."

They would likely have to travel somewhat slowly since the RainWing had to be chained up, so that would at least take some of the strain off of them when it came to their journey. Hopefully they could find a place to settle for the night on the edge of the rainforest rather than going directly in while it was dark.

He stood back up, his wounds groaning in protest, and smiled gently at Skua, "I'll always worry about you Skua. Someone clearly has to."

He turned to look at the other three dragons, "I guess we should get moving then."

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Eclipse watched as the RainWing stepped out from the cage and Aardwolf picked up a loose chain that was attached to the clamp around her neck. He didn't think she'd be able to do much or be able to get very far with all that metal weighing her down, but she was their best chance of getting the information they needed. As distasteful as it was to have her chained up like some kind of feral beast the glare she shot Aardwolf was enough to make him at least somewhat grateful that they had a guard with them for this.

Eclipse leaned his head down slightly as Dreamseeker whispered to him. "It is. Queen Ember never did anything like this, not for something so petty as theft. She would maybe make them pay a fine or do something valuable to the kingdom, but she never chained anyone up." He did feel bad for this dragon, "I think I'm happier with her being chained up, at least for now, she looks like she wouldn't hesitate to rip all of our scales off to get out of here."

At Drought's impatient clap and words he jumped slightly before hurriedly following after her, back through the narrow tunnel behind her tent and into the main oasis area of The Scorpion Den. He could hear the faint clanking of chains behind them as Aardwolf dragged the RainWing forward with them. He bowed his head towards Drought as she walked back towards her tent, "Thank you for helping us. Giving us a prisoner and one of your own guards to help escort is very kind of you."

He let Aardwolf take the lead with the RainWing as they journeyed back through the streets to the healer's tent. Several other SandWings were giving them odd looks, but thankfully no one tried to stop them and ask any questions, not even the ornery guards that heckled them earlier. As he stuck just his head back into the open flap of the tent he could see most of the other injured dragons had settled down to sleep and Viper was sorting through supplies at the back of the space nearby where Skua laid. He shifted uncomfortably at the thought of having to tell him they'd be saddled with more dragons, at least he knew Aardwolf was somewhat capable and should be a valuable ally.

He turned to face Dreamseeker, "Maybe let me tell him about all this? I think he'll take it better if it comes from me rather than any of the rest of you."