Monday, October 7, 2019

the dark secret: part three

Since there is nothing there, Starflight and Fatespeaker leave. On the way out Starflight sees a dream visitor and snatches it. They head back to their beds and Starflight tries to visit his friends dreams. He fails but manages to visit Kinkajou - but she is having a nightmare. Watching Kinkajou sleep, he sees an older RainWing watching her (probably Grandeur) and Sunny and Tsunami arrive. He is unable to talk to them, but as he listens to them he discovers Glory thinks he might have betrayed them and Tsunami is having a hard time making the RainWings battle ready. Kinkajou wakes up and Starflight is expelled from the scene before him. Depressed, he goes to sleep.

Morrowseer angrily wakes up the dragonets. He leads them to the coast, warns Starflight not to try anything, and leads them away from the NightWing kingdom. Squid complains about the lack of food, causing Starflight to explain how long dragons can go without eating. The other dragonets quickly decide they dislike Starflight as much as Fatespeaker. They rest on an island at the halfway point, then reach the SkyWing kingdom. Starflight is upset to realize this means he cannot escape. There is a remote outpost and Morrowseer orders the dragonets to convince the SkyWings inside to switch their support to Blister. He keeps Fatespeaker with him, sending Starflight in her place. The dragonets are upset with their orders, feeling it is an impossible task and that they will probably be killed, but they go.

The rest of the dragonets are fine with bursting in, but Starflight is able to convince them to be smart about this. Inside the outpost the SkyWings do talk to them. Most of them are weary of the war and want it over and have their hopes placed on the dragonets. Flame takes over and tries to tell them to support Blister, which causes an uproar. Some are suspicious of the group before them - especially because of the presence of Squid when they have heard about Tsunami. Starflight quickly takes over and explains Tsunami's absence and Squid's presence. He calms the dragons down and tells them that neither Blister or Burn is the right answer, but that the dragonets are figuring it out. The SkyWings decide to take the dragonets back to the palace for queen Ruby to deal with. Starflight panics, not wanting to get taken prisoner again, when a bunch of NightWings burst into the room.

The NightWings kill the SkyWings. Starflight begs Morrowseer to stop them but it is too late. Squid angrily complains that the NightWings almost killed him and declares he quits. Morrowseer hates Squid and is fine with this. He feels that Tsunami, as much as he dislikes her, is the better candidate. He tells Squid to feel free to leave. Squid realizes he is just a child and deep in enemy territory. He wants to return to the NightWing kingdom but Morrowseer forbids it. Fatespeaker begs her so called friends for help in saving Squid but none of them will do it. Starflight comforts Fatespeaker as Squid leaves, probably to his death, and Morrowseer warns Starflight that he is running out of chances to prove his worth. Everyone returns and Morrowseer sends the dragonets off to their room. Fatespeaker tells Starflight that she has a plan to speak with the queen to stop Morrowseer.

Starflight dreams of Clay and empty scrolls that should hold all the answers he needs. Fatespeaker wakes him because Flame has snuck out of their room. They follow Flame, who is upset to discover them but he lets them tag along. He goes to the dungeon to speak with Deathbringer, wanting to know how to become an assassin. Deathbringer warns him that he cannot develop feelings for his targets and he must believe in his task completely - though he admits that sometimes it is best to question orders instead of blindly following them. Flame leaves and Starflight assures Deathbringer that everyone is doing okay. Fatespeaker tells Deathbringer of her plan to find the queen. He is opposed to her plan but he does give her what little information he can.

Morrowseer really is evil. I can't believe he killed those SkyWings just so they couldn't talk about the alternate dragonets. He really does have no regard for anyone else's life. However, these alternate dragonets really aren't good people either. None of them, except for Fatespeaker, stood up for Squid.

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