Chapter 10

Zero gilded through the sky. He had left Hazel back at the edge for a morning fly, maybe he could even visit Graff while he's at it too. While passing an island, weirdly not close to any island, he heard some loud squeaking growls from the island. It was a small island so he could see them, just not close enough to identify. There were five of them; two a mint-aqua green, one bigger than the other, one a crimson, and one a mint green. They were small and all huddled together. Zero, to get a better look at them, landed a few feet away.

They are baby dragons, but these are dragons you wouldn't except to see in the show, SpeedStingers; Infact, one was charging straight at him. Zero lifted his tail out of the way. The one that charged at him was the crimson one, it was a bit older than the rest, as its fin and wing fins was more developed. It stinger was aiming straight at his tail, if he didn't move his tail...Well, he wasn't sure. Maybe they aren't that old, so their venom isn't. The crimson SpeedStinger had a look of regret on his face but then a smug one. 

Turning to where the others were, Zero saw teen SpeedStinger approaching, slowly. It's tail was turned preparing to sting. The crimson one was doing the same too. Really? Fine, I didn't want to have to do this but... Zero lifted up into the air. He aim at the teen Speedstinger's stinger, and the Crimson Speedstinger's stinger. He went a tiny he could go so it would not effect any other part of their body. What am I doing here anyway...Their pack will be here soon! But, unless it's the island hoppers...How did they get here, so far from any other island. And it it smells like six and fainter scents. At least ten adult's, probably SpeedStingers. If they are here, why didn't they choose to go, or were they forced. . .? Both speed stingers had a dreaded look on their face, they turned back to the little ones who where all huddled up in a scared mess. 

??????? POV

That was it. The hatchlings were gone for sure... The AmberMelody and blocked her and Crimson's stingers with their dumb amber. Now he was going to eat them, then her and Crimson. Crimson was charging at the AmberMelody, trying to nip at his toes. The big dragon barely felt this however and walked over to the misfits. It bent it's neck to closer inspect his future meals. it reeled his neck back up and flattened it's fins. It turned to her, looks like it was her time to go.

'What happened?' it snorted.

Silence.

Other dragons could talk?! I mean, we always stayed in the den but, I always thought we were the only ones. Wait, that sounds stupid...

'Since when could other dragons talk?!' Crimson gasped and quickly dashed from the AmberMelody's legs to her side.

'...' The AmberMelody started with a confused face at them. ' You never knew? That's something you should at least recognized! Now back to the questioned. What happened here? Are you lost from your pack?'

How does a AmberMelody know all these stuff?

'Why should we tell you! You're just going to eat us anyway...!' she scoffed, instinctively raising her tail.

'I not cruel enough to eat hatchling! Not even close. I don't even eat dragons. Neither will I kill the dragon who feeds the hatchlings so they don't starve!'

'What do you mean- But still! You shouldn't be concerned.'

'Well I am, okay! Stay here, I need to get something.'

'Not like we are...But can you get these things of our stingers!'

'No, not until I can trust you.'

She groaned as the long dragon disappears through the trees. She looked back to the little hatchlings who were cooing in confusion.

'Who's the big dragon?' asked Whitescale, with her white scales and pink tiny fins.

'Why he not eat us...?' asked Tree with his light green scales.

'Where he go?' Stinger waved her stinger less tail.

'I don't know...To all the questions...'

'I'm hungry!' They all chimed.

The SpeedStinger contemplated, somehow, basically all the food is taken before she could find them. They had to get off this island, before she starves or the creature who has been taking our food is gone. The only things stopping her from leaving is her torn webbing which was torn by the pack before she was banished with the misfits. It was probably a terrible decision to go with the misfits. The pack did not take kindly to Misfits for they'll just slow them down. However, she thought hatchling were still hatchlings no matter if they're different from the rest. It wasn't necessarily her fault she didn't know they had an official island for banishment, one that was far from any island so by the time their webbing is healed the pack would have been far away. Luckily, she wasn't one of does who's their entire webbing is ribbed off their feet, making it unable to grow back. 

Crimson broke through the plant and crashed into the clearing.

'No matter how fast you are you have to control yourself!' she scolded like a mother.

'But Strider..' he panted 'That AmberMelody is hunting for us! He's fishing and coming back!'

Strider was shocked into silence. She knew how to swim, unlike her pack. Her webs were wider and the fins more like frills. But her swimming would always deter the fish, and the fish don't even come to close to the shore AmberMelodys don't even know how to swim! They don't have the right webbing for it, but yet he-it fishes. Maybe it has something to do with his-its coloration? He's white like WhiteScales and does seem to act weirder, she's the smartest of the bunch.

The AmberMelody peeked out of a tree, his tall figure towering over them. Walking closer he dropped what seemed to be at least 50 fish. He soon laid on his belly and curled up.

'You can take as much as you like from the pile, I ate before I came here and I can just eat the remains.' 

Without hesitating she chowed down, so did crimson. The hatchlings took two fish each, she took at least elven and Crimson six. It was a quick feed as she had not eaten for ten days.

'Why are you doing this? It's most dragons for themselves out here...'

'Because I'm not like other dragons. I'm not one to differentiate dragons based on their species. And you clearly need help. It's not safe here, you shouldn't stay. Why are you here anyway? Ah... I feel weird not knowing your names... I'm Zero, what are yours.'

'I-'

'It's none of your business!' Crimson scoffed.

'Crimson, don't interrupt me! Anyways, I'm Strider. The red one with the darker red stripes is Crimson. The three over there are WhiteScales, the white one, Tree, the light green one, and Stinger, the Stingerless one.'

'Why would you call her stinger, it sounds rude!' Zero remarked.

'Well StingerLESS is ruder!' she snapped back.

'Strider you say...? Well Strider...' a voice came from the bushes. An alpha SpeedStinger appeared from the bushes. It wasn't her Alpha for sure and it's larger. 'I'm afraid we come across a bit of a dilemma...'