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Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Viper's head swiveled back and forth between Jaguar and Handsome, her own scales paling to a near white as fear began to set into her mind and lock up her legs. She hated it when anyone fought, it happened so rarely between members of the tribe that when it did, it felt all the worse. She appreciated Dreamseeker trying to tell them not to fight, Handsome's injury was really one of the worst things that had happened in her life, and she didn't want to see anything like it again. She'd been one of the healers responsible for trying to help him, and the time it took to find someone who could counteract Jaguar's venom was more painful than anything.

She snapped out of her thoughts at Skua's lunge towards Handsome, "No! Please don't hurt him!" She took a step forward, but what could she do. She didn't know anything about fighting.

Eclipse followed after Skua a moment later, placing himself partially in front of Dreamseeker so that he stood between her and Jaguar who was still bristling, "No need to do anything rash you two, and try not to hurt him too much Skua. We do want him to be able to talk."

"Good grief." Aardwolf sighed from where he stood next to her, "And I thought there was drama between the Outclaws." He followed after the other two to stand in front of Jaguar, black eyes unreadable as he stared the RainWing down.

She stayed where she was at the base of the pool, body trembling slightly and wings pressed close. "Jaguar, please don't." She stared pleadingly at each of them, "Please don't fight."

She got a reassuring nod from Eclipse that they had it under control, but Skua's harsh words made her nervous and Handsome's response more so. She saw a flash of anger, so brief she thought she imagined it, in Eclipse's eyes. "Then tell us why you can't."

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Wow, she actually got him to talk! Viper brightened, even if it wasn't an agreement it wasn't an outright no or him telling them to leave so she'd count it as a success. The excitement turned to fear and her scales turned a pale green when Dreamseeker talked about murder. That couldn't be right there was no way that anyone here would willingly help to kill someone, not knowingly. She looked wildly between the other dragons that were still standing nearby and to where Handsome was sitting, looking just as terrified as her, but doing a much better job of hiding it.

Her head, along with the others, snapped to the sky and she stared wide-eyed at the familiar RainWing that flew down from above them. "Jaguar! Where have you been? It's been so long since I've seen you!" Her eyes flicked back to Handsome. Right, she left after that happened, but it wasn't really her fault. She hadn't meant to hurt him; at least Viper hoped she hadn't meant it. She liked Jaguar, she could be a little mean sometimes, but it was a nice change of pace sometimes.

"Well maybe if someone else had actually been helpful we wouldn't have needed to come and find him, but no one here seems to know anything." Eclipse huffed out at Jaguar. "The only lead that we got was him. Everyone else just ran away in a panic or seemed not to care at all.

She took a few steps back to stand closer to Skua and Aardwolf as Handsome's scales began to flare with rage. It was the most color she'd seen out of him since That had happened and it wasn't the one she wanted to see. She hoped that Dreamseeker or one of the others would be able to talk them down before they both did something rash. She liked to think that maybe Jaguar was her friend and she didn't want either of them getting hurt.

Warriors: Trial of Shadows

"What?" Squirrelpaw's voice was strained as she craned her head around the larger cats to see Russetfern's body resting inside the circle of her clanmates. "That's crazy," she shook her head, "They can't be serious, it's just the shock of it right now. Once the tensions die down they'll realize war is a bad idea, right?"

"It's been more than just Russetfern," Wolfheart growled, "Other cats have been murdered and the longer we wait the more innocents that die." He looked to Jaystar, "The other clans wouldn't stand for this either. I know for a fact that Emberstar wouldn't." If they got ThornClan on their side as well then there was a chance that they could catch DuskClan unawares. The main concern would be trying to fight them in those narrow tunnels. They'd have to find a way to lure them out into the open where there was a better chance of victory.

Finchwing pushed herself to her feet from where she was sitting next to Russetfern's body, "If we attack DuskClan without giving them a chance to defend themselves then we're no better than the fleabags who did this. We could at least wait until the next Gathering and speak of it then, or just ask them to turn over whoever is responsible rather than attacking blindly."

"If we wait that long there's a chance someone else will be killed!" Wolfheart shot back at the brown furred warrior who bristled in response. She couldn't be serious. How could she be so willing to let DuskClan get away with this? Russetfern was a warrior just like her, younger than her, and she was willing to let his murderer go unpunished. His tail lashed and his eyes narrowed at the she-cat.

Squirrelpaw brushed her pelt against Ashenpaw, "Me neither, but I don't want anyone else to be murdered in cold blood either." Her head swiveled around as Stoatpaw approached and bristled slightly at her sibling's words. "Russetfern was just murdered, maybe have some respect for once," she turned her back, "Besides we don't know if we're going to be fighting anyways."

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Viper watched, intrigued, as the SandWing reached around in the leather pouch that hung around his neck and pulled out a shiny stone. Ooh, pretty! That would get the attention of most anyone in the tribe, so maybe it would cause Handsome to brighten up a bit. She watched curiously as Dreamseeker approached him and tried to get his attention. It seemed to maybe work a bit, but instead he turned to face them and she heard a muffled inhale of shock from Eclipse who was standing next to her.

She sighed, her wings drooping a bit at his response, her own scales turning a bit gray. "He hasn't been the same since it happened," she spoke quietly to the dragons that were still nearby her, "I keep trying to talk to him so that he knows we don't think any differently of him, get him to open up, but it hasn't worked so far."

She saw Eclipse's jaw clench and she could almost see the gears turning in his head, like he was trying to piece something together. Aardwolf just looked almost accustomed to seeing injuries like that. Judging by his own nicks and scars he must not be unfamiliar with fighting. Scary.

She really, really wanted to help these guys out. They said they were looking for Handsome so she showed them, but now it seemed like he wasn't going to be any help to them either. She couldn't let that happen. Most of the time she would listen when he told her to leave, but if he'd just answer their questions it'd be fine right? "Can you at least just answer their questions? They've been trying to get help and I think you're the only one who can tell them what they need."

Warriors: Trial of Shadows

It just didn't seem possible. The clans had been at peace for almost as long as Wolfheart had been deputy. Why would DuskClan so suddenly decide to begin murdering their clanmates when they had done nothing? His tail lashed angrily at Tigershine's words. All they had to go on was apparently the word of Foxstar and as far as he knew she'd never particularly liked any of the clans aside from her own. If any of the leaders would be the ones to start a war it would be her. Even Emberstar, arrogant as he was, would never put his clan in danger for any but the best reasons.

Yowls of agreement started from the crowd as Jaystar's words and Wolfheart turned to face him. "We can't let them just get away with this. They kill one of our own, leave his body to be found in the Moonbrook, and then have the audacity to say that they had nothing to do with it." Amber eyes narrowed, "They need to pay for what they've done." The other clans would have to be in agreement as well. Based on what Dawnwing said all of the cats who went saw the aftermath. There was no way that the ThornClan and MistClan medicine cats wouldn't warn their leaders about what DuskClan was doing. With all three clans together they could force Foxstar to admit her guilt.

"Why's there so much yelling?" a slender, blurry eyed tortoiseshell stepped up behind Ashenpaw, confusion obvious on her face. Squirrelpaw glanced at her sister, "Everyone seems angry."

Warriors: Trial of Shadows

A loud yowl woke Wolfheart from a very comfortable slumber. He blinked amber eyes open to see that many of the other warriors in the den were also stirring with mumbles of confusion. It was still dark out with only the faintest bit of the morning sun beginning it's slow crawl across the sky. He stood and shook the bits of moss clinging to his dark tabby pelt before stepping towards the entrance of the warriors den and nearly slammed directly into Swiftflight. The silver tabby had a wide look of distress and panic in her eyes. "What's going on?" his voice was gruff, but not unkind.

"Dawnwing and her group are back from Moonbrook," Swiftflight said in a rush. "They found Russetfern. He's been murdered." The she-cat's voice broke at the end of her sentence.

The other warriors in the den who were still waking up began to cry out in shock and horror; pushing themselves onto their feet. Wolfheart forced his own paws to move, brushing past Swiftflight and into camp. "Wake Jaystar, immediately." Swiftflight darted off towards their leaders den with a speed that fit her name well.

At the center of camp he could see their medicine cats as well as Braveleap and Addertongue, the two that Jaystar had sent with them as protection. Resting on the ground in the center of them was the limp and matted body of one of their youngest warriors. Braveleap's apprentice as well, he could only imagine how grief stricken the tom must be and he felt a mixture of rage and sorrow beginning to well up as he padded towards them. "What happened? Where did you find him?" he directed his questions mostly towards the medicine cats.

Dawnwing responded quietly, "We don't know what happened. When we all got to the Moonbrook his body was floating in it." She shook her head, still trying to grasp the situation, "DuskClan said they knew nothing about it."

He sat down and shook his head. No way that was true.

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Viper kept the pace slow enough that the larger dragons could keep up, but not so much that she would be wasting time. She wasn't sure when Queen Ardent would be getting back to work, and she would probably be needed for the end of day rush that usually came through. This was so much more fun though. She made sure to follow the simplest path with the most space so that none of her new friends got lost.

She had no idea she would wake up this morning, or after her afternoon nap, and get to meet so many new dragons. She really wanted to spend the entire flight to the waterfall asking questions and getting to know all about them and their homes, but she didn't want to distract one of them and have them knock into a tree or get tangled in vines. She might work with the healers on a fairly regular basis, but they wouldn't like her if she got them hurt.

Her feet hit the ground at the oasis and she could see Handsome sitting in his usual spot. His scales looked a little less gray today, maybe that was a sign that he'd want to have a conversation this time. "Hi Handsome!" she raised a paw and waved wildly in greeting, "There's some dragons from outside the tribe that wanted to talk with you about something."

She turned towards the others and lowered her voice, "He's not usually very talkative, most of the time I end up talking at him, and I don't even know if he's really listening," she smiled, "but if you can get his attention with something interesting maybe he'll talk to you!"

Warriors: Trial of Shadows

Hawkpaw didn't think her muscles had ever been this tense in her entire life, not even during her apprentice ceremony when Blackmoon got named as her mentor. Excited nerves maybe but never this much fear. She glanced up at the form of Dew-Whisker who stood above her and Frostpaw ready to defend them if it came down to it. She didn't want them to and they were wildly outnumbered by the DuskClan cats since they were so nearby their camp. She didn't want anyone to get hurt on her account.

At Foxstar's words she felt her entire body relax. Despite them not getting to meet with StarClan, not that she really wanted to after all that had happened, she was more than happy to co back home and bury herself in the moss of her nest and try to get the image of Russetfern's still body out of her mind. She saw the white tom look over at his medicine cat and saw the faintest frown and cross Willowcloud's face before she turned away and herded her own apprentice out of room and up the tunnel. As this happened Addertongue gently lifted Russetfern's body and helped to position it between himself and Braveleap so that they could carry him home.

She helped Frostpaw get his feet under him as they all began to follow after who she assumed was Whiteshadow. She stuck close to Blackmoon's side and once they'd all entered the sloping tunnel she saw a long legged black tom step in behind them so that they were pinned in between the two DuskClan warriors.

"Why did StarClan let this happen?" She heard the soft mutter from Frostpaw, said to no one in particular, and she didn't have an answer for him.

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

The warm smile stayed on Viper's face, "You're welcome!" Dreamseeker seemed like a shy one, but that wasn't going to stop her from trying to make friends with the small NightWing. She glanced around at the other dragons in the group, "Not to say that the rest of you don't have wonderful looking scales," she said quickly. It felt a bit rude to only say something nice about one of them. She saw Eclipse lean slightly into Dreamseeker as she pressed up next to him and slightly extend one of his own starry wings to rest gently on her back. Yep, definitely an interesting bunch.

She sighed a bit with relief. She wanted to make a good impression and help them out and it seems like that was what they wanted to hear. "It would be my pleasure! Getting lost in the forest is not fun and it's super easy to if you don't know where you're going." She turned and waved at a few other RainWings that were resting on the platform before leaping off into the trees and gliding a short ways before turning to wait for the rest of them.

"Looks like we finally got lucky." She heard the SandWing say to the rest of the group as he and Eclipse leapt off the platform after her.

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Viper's head turned to each dragon as Dreamseeker pointed them out, her eyes wide and excited. "Wow, those are really cool names!" she chirped, "And your wings are so pretty!" She dipped her head down a bit to look at the silver star-like scales on the underside of Dreamseeker's wings as she gestured. She smiled warmly at the others, all of them looked so different than even some of the other dragons that she'd seen occasionally show up in the forest, and most of the time those dragons were all from the same tribe. These guys were super interesting.

Her scales brightened to a gold hue and she nodded, "Of course I know Handsome, I know most everyone in the tribe since I work with Queen Ardent almost every day. He's actually pretty quiet and likes to spend time by himself. I've tried to get him to open up and chat with me," she shrugged, "but he doesn't really seem interested." That was ok though, she still liked him even if he didn't want to talk.

She paused for a moment tapping her chin with one claw, "I think I saw him heading out into the forest. There's this one little waterfall and oasis out there that I know of that he likes to spend time at. Does that help?"