Chapter 12

BushThorn looked over at Wrath and Storm who was getting corte up on what they have both been up to. She headed over to them, "BushThorn, so how long have you've been against Petle?" Storm asked.

"When Slayer brought to be here" she shrugged.

"Now I wonder how long will it take for Petle to realise?" Storm asked tilting his head in thought.

"At midday today" BushThorn responded.

"Oh, so there goes me being a spy" he hufft.

"Why? you would be perfect" BushThorn tilted her head.

"You had to get me from the gards tower, and once they realise that you're agents Petle they'll put two and two together" Storm sighed. BushThorn twitched her tail and thought of what she told the gards, 'of course they'll choose Petle over me, they'll be killed if they tried to hide anything from her'. "At least I'm back to my flock, thank you" Storm was no longer this grumpy and complaining dragon. BushThorn had to admit that Storm was a very pretty dragon, with his bright purple scales, dark blue eyes and slender body.

"Do you know someone then?" BushThorn asked.

"Maby but Petle will not take your betral lightly so we're gona have to wait" Storm twitched his tail.

"You're right, but for now you can rest, get to know your knew flock mates and regain your strength" Wrath nodded.

"Wait so who is the alfa?" Storm narrowed his eyes and tilted his head.

"Me, QuiverWing declared that I'm the leader since day one" Wrath answered.

"And, no-one challenged? that's wired" Storm snuffed.

"I thinks it's a peaceful way of things" BushThorn nodded slightly.

"Of course you do, you don't know what's like to live in a proper flock" Storm, marched of towards the lake, Wrath just shrugged and gave a tour of the cave. BushThorn headed over towards the herb station, Vella was looking after Needle. "His breathing is so light" Vella whispered to BushThorn.

"I see" BushThorn frowned and she didn't feel so determined that Lakarrs powers are working any more.

"Hey I have a pretty strange request" BushThorn said after a while of thinking.

"Ok what is it?" Vella sat up.

"Can you... can you slash my throat?" BushThorn stuttered.

"What!" QuiverWings voice screamed from behind her and Vella had the expression that she expected. "Why in Yutar would you ask for that?" QuiverWing hufft.

"I think the answer into saving him is in the void" BushThorn answered calmly.

"Well nobody is killing you" QuiverWing shook her head, "that's insane".

"But I can get something to help him, please" BushThorn begged. QuiverWing hissed softly whilst in thought.

"Fine but not here, we'll go to our sleeping chamber but I have to come back" QuiverWing twitched her tail.

"That's fine" BushThorn nodded. QuiverWing sighed and the went to there sleeping chamber.

"Stay still, I don't want you to feel it" QuiverWing said then went on her hingh legs. She raised her claws, she aimed then one swoop and everything went dark.

"Welcome back" Lakarrs voice echoed loudly, "I know you have a couple of questions" he bowed his head in greeting.

"First I need to know how to help Needle" BushThorn said sternly.

"You don't need to, I have a spell on him so he won't go into a fit and he can just heal on his own but if you want to do something, keep him warm" Lakarr spoke painfully slow.

"So he will be fine?" BushThorn sighed in relief.

"Yes but any other questions?" Lakarr tilted his head.

"Scorch mentioned a dragon named Nightmare?" BushThorn sat down.

"Oh yes Twilight, he was... my first mistake" he sighed.

"What did he do?" BushThorn was wondering.

"He challenged the king and he began to kill for sport, he then began to breed a new kind of dragon. They were like blood grippers but the didn't eat there kill, he breed them to listen to him and him only. I saw quickly that he needs to be stoped so I made a new dragon, Silver scail she is the only one of her kind.

She has a power to kill an immortal dragon and turn them back into a hatchling, they won't have there past memories but they will have the same body. She killed him multiple times as if he develops his evil intentions he gained his memories back. She killed him once more centuries ago and he was hatched in the same flock as QuiverWing. I can't tell you what happened to her as that will complicate things I will tell her when the time comes." Lakarr explained.

"So where is he now?" BushThorn asked.

"Still in his own iceberg, like I said he was in the same flock as QuiverWing" Lakarr answered.

"So what of Silver scail?" BushThorn asked.

"She lives in the internal blizzard far down South, she is the only creature except from fish to live there and thrive" Lakarr answered.

"So is there anything else I should be worried about?" BushThorn asked, "like any plans my mother has".

"She doesn't know what to do, she has never incountered an immortal dragon before QuiverWing and you" Lakarr answered.

"Is there any other threats that could harm anyone in the cave?" BushThorn asked, Lakarr throw his head back and she saw that he had to be twice the size of QuiverWing, who was a very large dragon.

"Yes!" he announced, "a new dragon has been invited to the cave and he dose not approve of the ways that you all have taken".

"Wait do you mean Storm? but he seems like a normal storm herder to me" BushThorn tilted her head.

"Yes he hides his true intentions but I think you can reason with him, he had not gone down the wrong path yet, you can fix it" Lakarr nodded.

"I see, I can fix that, so everything is fine then" BushThorn smiled in relief.

"Yes but it looks like the void is keeping you here" he had a worried look.

"Why is that?" BushThorn asked.

"Who knows" he shrugged, "the void is mysterious place, it has a its own consciousness and thoughts, it has its own reasons" Lakarr explained.

"So how do you see what's happening as I don't see any openings?" BushThorn asked.

"I have an enchanted lens" Lakarr looked very proud as he pulled out a large circular lens from under his wing. "Have a look, just say the name of a dragon and it will appear" Lakarr handed it over.

"QuiverWing" BushThorn said and the lens waved and QuiverWing appeared, she was staring at her dead body. "What's taking so long?, did something go wrong?" QuiverWing twitched her tail worried.

"She cares about you a lot" Lakarr mentioned.

"Petle" BushThorn said then it waved again.

"Raaa! my own daughter betrayed me!" Petle screamed at her father who had his meh face like always.

"Look she was most likely to do so, I mean it's always the short dragons who has no loyalty" he said and Petle hissed.

"I swear when I get my claws on her she will not see the day of light again!" Petle screeched and slashed a rock in half, BushThorn gulped.

"How about you worry about something my gards have reported, BushThorn has called for Storm and they disappeared" he mentioned.

"What! anuther useless back staber!" Petle watched her tail on the floor.

"Well know they know" BushThorn bit her lip.

"Hey the light came, can I have my lens back?" Lakarr took the lens back and BushThorn jumped into the light.