As Starflight and Fatespeaker work their way to the throne room to seek out the queen, they stop by the library. Starflight is thrilled by the wealth of knowledge but Fatespeaker won't let him get distracted. They reach the throne room and Fatespeaker speaks to the holes in the wall, but she gets no response. Frustrated, she decides they need to seek out the queen - especially after they hear a noise from behind the wall. Searching the surrounding area they find an empty room with a tapestry map on the wall. Starflight notices that scavenger dens are marked off on it and he wonders why. Fatespeaker discovers a tunnel behind the map and they follow it. It leads into a room that over looks the council room, the throne room, and a third room. There is also a cauldron of lava in the room - but no queen. Starflight begins to suspect there is no queen until someone rises from the lava.
Starflight speaks to the queen - though she makes him figure things out for himself because she can barely speak. But he realizes she was badly wounded by an IceWing and lives in the lava to combat the freezing damage. After talking she sends them away but Fatespeaker tries to convince her that Morrowseer needs to be stopped. But Battlewinner won't hear anything against Morrowseer because saving the tribe comes first. She returns to the lava.
Starflight and Fatespeaker return to their room. Starflight is desperate to go to sleep and warn someone that Tsunami will soon be attacked. He moves through everyone's dreams but they either don't realize he is there or think he is just a part of their dreams - until he reaches Glory because she realizes he has a dreamvisitor. At first he worries about betraying the NightWings as he tells Glory everything but he soon realizes she and their friends are his tribe, not the NightWings. He wakes up in his bed, worried that someone was spying on him. He hides the dreamvisitor and goes to sleep.
The next morning Morrowseer decides on battle training. He has Flame and Ochre fight until Ochre is too wounded. He pits Fatespeaker against Flame next, and Viper begs to be allowed to join the fight and kill Fatespeaker. Morrowseer allows it. Starflight argues against it, feeling two dragons against Fatespeaker is unfair. Morrowseer taunts him, telling him to help Fatespeaker then. Starflight joins the fight, pushing Viper away from Fatespeaker just as she is about to stab her. Instead, Viper's barb slashes across Flame's face. In pain, Flame pushes Viper away accidentally knocking her into the lava. Morrowseer immediately worries about Flame. Starflight and Fatespeaker worry about Viper. Starflight begs Ochre to save Viper since his scales are heat resistant but Ochre refuses. As they argue Ochre tells Starflight that he might not have heat resistant scales. Starflight realizes that the alternate dragonets are not real, they are fake. Viper dies.
Morrowseer is furious Flame is hurt and might die. Starflight confronts him for tinkering with the prophecy but Morrowseer brushes him off then plays on Starflight's worst fears by telling him how worthless he is. Morrowseer takes off with Flame, muttering about how he now needs Sunny as well as Tsunami. The remaining dragonets return to their room. Fatespeaker is devastated by what happened and Starflight tries to comfort her. She finds solace in Starflight's normalcy since that means he isn't anything like the other NightWings. He tells her maybe they are better because they were raised outside of the NightWing tribe. He thinks of his friends and realizes he knows no one else like them - except for Fatespeaker. She sleeps and Mastermind shows up to take Starflight to the library and talk.
Two things. One, I'm glad Morrowseer's meddling is backfiring so badly. Only two of the alternates are remaining - and Morrowseer (for reasons I don't understand) clearly prefers Starflight. Soon he will only have the original dragonets. Two, I think Starflight is beginning to fall in love with Fatespeaker - but I don't think he realizes this.
Starflight speaks to the queen - though she makes him figure things out for himself because she can barely speak. But he realizes she was badly wounded by an IceWing and lives in the lava to combat the freezing damage. After talking she sends them away but Fatespeaker tries to convince her that Morrowseer needs to be stopped. But Battlewinner won't hear anything against Morrowseer because saving the tribe comes first. She returns to the lava.
Starflight and Fatespeaker return to their room. Starflight is desperate to go to sleep and warn someone that Tsunami will soon be attacked. He moves through everyone's dreams but they either don't realize he is there or think he is just a part of their dreams - until he reaches Glory because she realizes he has a dreamvisitor. At first he worries about betraying the NightWings as he tells Glory everything but he soon realizes she and their friends are his tribe, not the NightWings. He wakes up in his bed, worried that someone was spying on him. He hides the dreamvisitor and goes to sleep.
The next morning Morrowseer decides on battle training. He has Flame and Ochre fight until Ochre is too wounded. He pits Fatespeaker against Flame next, and Viper begs to be allowed to join the fight and kill Fatespeaker. Morrowseer allows it. Starflight argues against it, feeling two dragons against Fatespeaker is unfair. Morrowseer taunts him, telling him to help Fatespeaker then. Starflight joins the fight, pushing Viper away from Fatespeaker just as she is about to stab her. Instead, Viper's barb slashes across Flame's face. In pain, Flame pushes Viper away accidentally knocking her into the lava. Morrowseer immediately worries about Flame. Starflight and Fatespeaker worry about Viper. Starflight begs Ochre to save Viper since his scales are heat resistant but Ochre refuses. As they argue Ochre tells Starflight that he might not have heat resistant scales. Starflight realizes that the alternate dragonets are not real, they are fake. Viper dies.
Morrowseer is furious Flame is hurt and might die. Starflight confronts him for tinkering with the prophecy but Morrowseer brushes him off then plays on Starflight's worst fears by telling him how worthless he is. Morrowseer takes off with Flame, muttering about how he now needs Sunny as well as Tsunami. The remaining dragonets return to their room. Fatespeaker is devastated by what happened and Starflight tries to comfort her. She finds solace in Starflight's normalcy since that means he isn't anything like the other NightWings. He tells her maybe they are better because they were raised outside of the NightWing tribe. He thinks of his friends and realizes he knows no one else like them - except for Fatespeaker. She sleeps and Mastermind shows up to take Starflight to the library and talk.
Two things. One, I'm glad Morrowseer's meddling is backfiring so badly. Only two of the alternates are remaining - and Morrowseer (for reasons I don't understand) clearly prefers Starflight. Soon he will only have the original dragonets. Two, I think Starflight is beginning to fall in love with Fatespeaker - but I don't think he realizes this.
No comments:
Post a Comment