The other part for context: https://imgflip.com/i/6hw9aw

(Do i use Esmerelda or someone different?)

*Jade looks at Esmerelda and then looks back at Lulworth*

Maple: a silkwing mad at a Hivewing and willing to do something about it?! Now this is interesting.

Jade: not now, Maple.

Lulworth: “What- mad no?? I would never!

Esmerelda: “You should get back to whatever you are supposed to be doing right now, Silkwing”

Lulworth: “Right of course ma’am, I am so sorry for bothering you and wasting your time and I-“ *she looks down at Jade and Maple’s wrists*

*Jade’s were covered, and Maple didn’t appear to have silk glands, though Maple was laughing at the poor attempt to cover up whatever that was*

Maple: you two know each other, don’t you?

Jade: Maple, let’s not mess this up.

Maple: which makes me wonder why this Hivewing was—

Jade: not now. *nudging Maple*

Maple: …

Lulworth: *her voice is squeaky and scared* “Where- where are your silk glands..? And wrist cuffs…?”

Jade: I’ll let Edith tell you this one since Maple is too busy laughing and running her mouth.

Maple: I think she knows. Although “what are you doing here” is giving me questions about this Hivewing here. They obviously know each other, and the fact this one was in the poison jungle is also raising some questions for me.

Jade: … *unsure of what to do, she’s ready to fight both of you at once, she looks at the sky to see if anyone else is coming*

Lulworth: *her voice gets progressively louder and higher pitched* “Know- who? Wait- The- the poison jungle??? Oh god, no silk glands, no black scales, poison jungle” *she backs away, getting ready to take off*

Esmerelda: *Tackles Lulworth*

Maple: ok ok..

*they both follow you two*

Maple: I’m having too much fun with this.. *she lift’s Jade’s cape to show her wings*

Jade: HEY!

Maple: see, she’s a silkwing.

*Jade pushed her away, Maple was laughing*

Esmerelda: *Looks a mixture of annoyed and worried*

Lulworth: *staring at Maple’s cape*

Jade: Maple, quite fooling around.

Maple: relax, I only have one more question. How do you two know each other?

Jade: …

Lulworth: “Wha-what??”

Esmerelda: “She doesn’t know me, but I’ve heard of her, and how loyal to Wasp she is”

Lulworth: “How-“

Esmeralda: “Emerald”

Lulworth: “Emerald talks to-“

Esmerelda: *shoves her mouth closed* “Shut up”

Lulworth: *sees Esmerelda’s bracelet*

(I just realized I made a typo here it should have been “Elda” and not “Edith”)

(You can use Esmerelda and start where we left off, you’ll just be with them in hiding. You can also introduce someone knew if you want)

(I think they where going to go to jewel hive first tho in the old one)

(I’d have to check actually)

(Yeah, your right, I don’t think I’ll have a role play for that since I didn’t give anyone else that ending though)

(Can we just do it here?)

(Sure, it’ll be a shorter section)

*the three of you manage to sneak to Jewel Hive without being caught*

???: this is it? It’s the third closest hive to the forest.

Jade: we had to pass Wasp hive though. That’s why it took so long to get here.

Esmerelda: “Let’s go find some jewelry”

Jade: no, we’re finding a cape and some supplies.

???: yeah, I need to be able to hide my wings before we do anything.

Jade: that’s what the cape is for.

Esmerelda: “Right”

Jade: stay here, Esmerelda and I’ll handle this.

???: alright. I’ll find somewhere to hide.

Jade: good luck… you never told me your name.

???: my name? My name is Maple.

Jade: good luck Maple.

Maple: you’re the one that needs it Jade. *she chuckles a little* Good luck to you as well.

(She never gave her name- and if she did she would use the name ‘Elda’ for her Hivewing form)
Esmerelda: .

(Wording in the rules was a bit vague so I guess that’s my fault)

Maple: Just checking. Sorry.

*you make your way through the hives. You avoided dragons most of the time and saw hivewings yelling at silkwings. Silkwings hard at work in some streets while in others following other hivewings. Several times Jade and Maple of you were asked why you all weren’t working, you had to do most of the talking saying you were heading to your jobs now and had gotten lost. Jade kept her wrists covered. After an hour or two, Jade sees someone she knew and suggests you all backtrack. After another hour of being lost, she finally finds who you are looking for.*

Jade: my sister hasn’t gone through her metamorphosis yet. We aren’t that lucky.

Maple: that’s a stinger, is she a hybrid? *She looked at Jade concerned*

Jade: just don’t talk about it with her too much. She hates when people point it out, she gets bullied for it a lot by both silkwings and hivewings. I’ll go get her. Just give me a second.

*she darts through the crowd to get to her sister who was hard at work, despite not having wings. Good thing she was just cleaning a store instead of being in the construction department*

Esmerelda: *watches*

Lulworth: *watches*

*the two of them talk for a moment, finally, they leave the shop and came running back*

???: you guys are getting out of this book’s forsaken hive? *they don’t have wings* what’s the plan?

Maple: keep your voice down. Let’s go before we’re caught and we all get stuck here.

???: I know the closest landing area if you guys can carry me.

*Jade and Maple look at each other*

Esmerelda: “I can carry you”

Lulworth: *tries to slip away*

*the new dragonet looks at Lulworth and Esmerelda now*

???: thank you. You are very nice dragons for helping my sister.

Lulworth: “Half sister you mean?”

Esmerelda: “Lulworth!”

Lulworth: *Snarls at Esmerelda, then speaks very loudly so that multiple nearby hivewings would hear* “FLAMESILK?? LEAFWING?? Running away??? That’s insane! Queen Wasp would be furious!!”

Esmerelda: *stares at Lulworth for a moment, then responds in an equally loud voice* “Silking, stop causing FAKE DRAMA to GET OUT OF your WORK”

*Multiple hivewings do hear, it wasn’t as crowded as a few seconds ago but there were just enough to be a problem for Maple, someone flies off while 3 others come to see what the shouting is about.*

Jade: I’ll get back to work.

???: yep, me too.

Maple: yes ma’am *whispering to herself now* this is humiliating..

*they began to walk in the direction Jade’s half sister was talking about, Jade’s sister in the lead*

Esmerelda: “That’s Right, you too you little silkwing brat”

Lulworth: “You’re helping-“

Esmerelda: *slams Lulworth’s mouth shut and drags her along* “Stop your little lies, you aren’t getting out of work”

*some dragons look the other way, one dragon thinks about following the party but doesn’t*

*away from the square*

Maple: what’s your name strange dragonet?

Autumn: Autumn, my name is Autumn. Careful around here, it’s usually guarded. Maybe not since I heard some dragons stole the book of Clearsight a couple days ago. You gotta be pretty gutsy to do that.

Jade: wait, someone actually did?

Autumn: you didn’t hear?

Jade; I had my own problems *she shows that her wrist cuff is gone*

Autumn: how?

Jade: did it myself, I’ll do yours when we get out of here.

*you made it to an open landing space Autumn was talking about*

Lulworth: *visibly angry, and shocked at the news about the book*

Esmerelda: *her body gets subtly leaner and her wings larger and more muscular* “While I’m carrying Autumn can you make sure Lulworth doesn’t get us caught?”

Maple: um.. that’s ok. I want to go with Jade anyways, I’ll find somewhere where I can stay out of the the way.

Jade: are you sure?

Maple: well, I’m not going to leave you behind.

Jade; Maple, I’m going to stay for a few days for when Autumn completes her Metamorphosis.

Maple: well, I can wait for you.

Esmerelda: “We still have the capes right?”

Lulworth: *holds her package up* “I need to go in there anyways to deliver this package, jewel hive is it’s destination”

Maple: I have mine. Jade will wear hers, I’ll help where I can, but eventually I’m going to break away to find a hiding spot or leave the hive.

*you get close enough you can fly up the back of the spire without being noticed by the guards*

Maple: ready?

Autumn: scared.. b-but ready.

*Maple lifts Autumn by herself while refusing Jade’s help*

Jade: you sure you don’t need help?

Maple: I’ve got her.

Jade: I’ll help anyways, just to be safe.

*Jade helps Maple, the two of them lift off carrying Autumn*

Esmerelda: *watches*

Lulworth: *taps her own bracelet*

*they make it to a deserted landing where maple and Jade immediately put on their capes. Jade waves*

Esmerelda: *Waves as well*

*Having waved Goodbye, the group had walked into the hive, Maple still seemed to have questions about Lulworth and you, but she no longer wanted to ask them.*

[End]

Epilogue:

Maple: good luck with your metamorphosis Autumn.

Autumn: thanks..

*Maple had given Jade a hug before she disappeared to go find a place to hide, leaving Jade stunned*

———————————

Autumn: *takes a deep breath right before her metamorphosis begins… should be like going to sleep for a few days and then getting wings when you wake up right? She thought she saw Maple wave goodlucj through the window, but she disappeared after so she wasn’t sure, you all were in a Hivewing district, both of her parents were watching her*

Jade’s mother: are you ready?

Autumn: scared.. but .. I guess I am.

Jade: don’t worry, you’ll be fine. You’ll get through it no problem.

*Autumn did look a little worried*

Autumn’s father: I wish I could give advice.. but I’m not a silkwing, I’ve never gone through something like this before.

Jade’s mother: when you emerge you’ll have beautiful wings.

*Autumn nods, then the process begins and she forms her cocoon*

Jade: … *when the cocoon is fully formed, then she puts her paw on it and whispers something, maybe hoping her sister would hear but she knew she wouldn’t get a response*

(Will this ever continue?)

(I’m going to try to tie it in to the Main role play, but yes, there should be at least one more before I do that, it might end up being a huge time skip though)

(Okay, can I do the main roleplay with someone from this one or should I make a new oc)

(You can role play as any OC you want, the last one is probably going to be them evacuating Pantala together, so one or two more role plays before both WoF RP lines I have get merged into 1)

(Okay)

Guard 1: state your business.

Esmerelda: “I’m visiting my friend Botfly”

*the 2 guards look over at the other dragons and back at you*

Guard 1: you dragons from Jewel hive?

Esmerelda: “We are”

…

Guard 1: the 4 of you can pass.

*you all go up a few levels before Jade speaks*

Jade: alright, let’s go, hopefully they’ve relaxed a bit.

Maple: given what you’ve told me about this hive, probably not.

Esmerelda: “Do you know where your sister would be right now? Or should we wait until night and sneak her off from the webs”

Maple: eh.. the webs could be risky for me. Besides, if we hit a checkpoint up there, I’ll probably be caught.

*the sky was growing darker, it was already night*

Jade: when we left, they held my sister back and said she would go into construction. I don’t know where she goes after nightfall, so I’ll need to find her now. Assuming what they said is true, that would be my first starting point, but I don’t see any new additions yet.

Esmerelda: “You three could hide, and I can go look around the webs, I’m good and being discreet”

*you all continued up the hive*

Jade: eh.. I doubt she’d be anywhere near the webs since my family left for Jewel Hive. Besides, if we find her within the next few hours, we won’t have to worry about that. *Jade appears to be thinking about something.. She’s mad at herself for not taking her sister’s place, though she won’t admit it. Autumn had told the family to move without her and that one day she would join them*

Maple: *Maple noticed this and moved closer to her* what’s wrong?

Jade: … nothing.

Maple: you can tell me.

Jade: … not now.

Maple: … is Lulworth still with us? *she looked back*

Lulworth: *growls* “Yes, why?”

Autumn: so.. inland then— oh.. Lulworth’s here.

Jade: wait really? *she seemed excited, Maple on the other talon immediately got scared*

Esmerelda: *looks relieved* “You didn’t go and report us?”

Lulworth: “No. But I can if you want.”

Esmerelda: “Thank you Lulworth”

Lulworth *examines her claws*

Maple: oh, ok. We can cut to the coast then.

Autumn: what?

Maple: I said we should take a path inland incase we were reported, then we cut back to the coastline to confuse them.

Jade: hm… I see what you’re saying, but I doubt it would work. We can only travel on foot remember?

Maple: fair enough.

Esmerelda: “We can just go straight there though right? Lulworth didn’t report us so there aren’t patrols that know exactly where we are”

Maple: I guess so.

*the 5 of you begin your journey to Jewel Hive once more, the hive comes into view a few hours later*

Lulworth: *looks up at it*

Esmerelda: “Do we all need to go in there?”

Jade: just me and Autumn.

Maple: and me. I‘ll carry Autumn up there.

Esmerelda: “Is it safe for you to fly with your wings out so close to the hive?”

Maple: if I’m quick enough, then yes.

Autumn: Maple, are you sure?

Maple: yep. We just have to land on one of the lower levels.

Esmeralda: “I could carry Autumn, and that way if anyone sees it nobody would question a thing”

Lulworth: *examines her claws to look otherwise disinterested* “Elda, is pretty strong” *When she says Elda it is slightly drawn out, like she isn’t used to saying it*

?: normally I don’t condone this, but please, save sister and bring her back.

Jade: I will..

*2 minutes later, you have your capes, both dragons hug Jade, and wish you good luck. You return to where you started to find Maple, you find here hiding at the back of a nearby house*

Maple: you got the capes?

Jade: I have them right here.

Maple: good. *she puts a green one on to cover her wings* that is a weird feeling having something on your back like this.

Jade: you’ll get used to it.

*Jade cuts part of her cape off and covers her silk glands with it, then rolls what’s left up. She also takes Maple’s cape and rolls it up as well, Maple puts them into a pouch she was holding*

Maple: how did you get these?

Jade: I.. uh…

Esmerelda: “We stole them”

Jade: yeah.

*Maple looks at Jade skeptically, but then shrugs*

Maple: thank you guys. We should probably get out of here before we’re noticed.

Jade: way ahead of you.

Esmerelda: *nods*

——————————————————————

*it takes a few days to get to bloodworm hive because of patrols, they seemed to have increased, you make to outside of Bloodworm hive.*

Jade: you all ready? *she slips her makeshift wrist covers on, luckily they match her scales.*

*Maple puts on her cape and so does Jade*

Jade: do we want to fly in?

Maple, we might avoid the guards at the door, but that won’t help if everyone sees my wings.

Jade: better with the guards then.

(Is this where the prompt starts? I do have an oc I want to introduce)

(Yeah, this will be where the prompt starts, if it helps I can move it)

(You don’t need to move it just wanted to confirm)

Esmerelda: “Mhm”

Lulworth: *She flutters out the entrance holding a package, and when she sees them, she goes to check it out*

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Maple: uh… you sure you were right in the treatment of silkwings here?

Jade: must be from a very high class family… not unless they made reforms after I moved. I doubt it.

Esmerelda: “Wait is that- uh oh”
Lulworth: *She lands* *In an inquisitive voice* “What are you doing out here?”

(I made a continuation of the rp, however, it is a time skip forward)

(Okay)

(My bad lol)

Jade: exactly.

Maple: alright then. Lead the way Elda, you’re going to have to fool the guards at the base, otherwise we’ll have to fly up the backside of the spire.

Esmerelda: *she nods*

Lulworth: *takes a step back* “I-I should probably get back to my duties, I have a long flight ahead of me and-“

Esmerelda: “So you can go screaming to the first Hivewing you see? No way.”

Lulworth: “I- Erm.. Elda..?, can I talk to you alone? Please”

Maple: … this looks personal, so I’ll give you a few minutes. *Maple steps back, and so does Jade, Jade was confused about how Maple had been acting so they were talking to each other as well*

(Imma write what they are saying even if the other two don’t hear)

Lulworth: “Y-you are Emerald, aren’t you?”

Esmerelda: “Yes..”

Lulworth: “What is going on?! A flamesilk and a leafwing? Are- are you trying to destroy the hives?! You said you wouldn’t!?”

Esmerelda: “I’m just helping them out a little, not destroying anything, calm down”

Lulworth: “This is against the rules!”

Esmerelda: ”I mean, the rules make you a slave, so”

Lulworth: “It’s better than being dead and eaten by Leafwings!”

Esmerelda: *digs her claws into the ground* “You aren’t going to turn them in.”

Lulworth: “They are a danger to the hives!”

Esmerelda: “They aren’t okay, just trust me”

Lulworth: *narrows her eyes at Esmerelda, pausing* “Fine..”

Esmerelda: “Thank you”

*Maple overheard, Jade did not. Maple decides that she should start acting more serious*

Jade: what’s with all of the questions?

Maple: I have to keep us both safe. Me for my tribe, and you for your sister. I’ve been stabbed in the back before.

Jade: but what was with the cape, you could have just told her.

Maple: some dragons are smart enough to ask for proof, that’s why I showed them your wings.

Jade: that made me a little uncomfortable.

Maple: ok, ok, I see what you’re saying. I shouldn’t have done that.

Jade: it’s weird that you’re acting like this. *she recovers her silk glands*

Maple: I’m just getting nervous, that’s all. *she takes a deep breath* I’m ready.

Jade: *chuckles* alright then. We’ll discuss how we’re getting in once their ready.

Esmerelda: “Okay we are ready”

Jade: Elda, are you comfortable with going through the main entrance? We’ll just need to fool the guards, they’ll probably believe you. But not us.

Maple: or we could sneak around to the other side of the spire and fly up to an unguarded landing. Though I’m taking off my cape if I do that, I don’t know how you fly with this thing on.

Esmerelda: “It’s probably better if you keep the cape on, we can go through the front entrance”

Jade: ok.

Maple: whatever you say, make it convincing.

*you all walk towards the entrance*

Esmerelda: *walks confidently like she is going to walk right in*

Maple: Jade and I will carry Autumn if you need to watch your friend. *she thought she was just seeing things when she noticed the change in the wings, Jade didn’t notice anything.

Jade: on three.

*Maple removes her cape*

Autumn: a leafwing? I thought the other silkwing was bluffing to get everyone’s attention.

Jade: I can’t explain here. *Maple puts her cape in a bag she was carrying and Jade hands her cape to Maple* 1.. 2.. 3.

*the both of them lift Autumn into the air and try to fly to the ground as gently as possible without being seen*

Jade: come on hivewing.

Esmerelda: “Coming” *she takes off, dragging a very angry Lulworth Skipper with her*

*Jade and Maple are carrying Autumn so they’re trying to descend more carefully, which results in them being slower. They begin to drift away from the spire to avoid drawing attention to themselves*

Jade: almost there.

Autumn: careful, I don’t have wings yet.

Maple: I can see that.

*they finally reach the ground, Autumn wiggles out of their grasp and drops first. The other two dragons land behind her*

Maple: we need to find a cave, we’re too exposed here.

Autumn: .. a.. c-cave?

Jade: yes, I know you’ve never left Bloodworm Hive, so you’re a little nervous. It’ll be alright.

Esmerelda: “I might know a cave”

Autumn: … we should probably get away from he hive while it’s still night. I’m not comfortable with a cave just yet.

Jade: we’ll just need to avoid patrols.

Maple: I think that’s better.

Jade: especially now that we need to go back to Jewel hive. My parents found me while we were looking for capes. They wanted to see Autumn again.

Autumn: then we better hurry. I only have a few days before my metamorphosis.

The*

Esmerelda: “Alright let’s go”

*You travel for a few hours, covering nearly half the distance while avoiding patrols, but Jade couldn’t shake the feeling of someone or something watching her*

Maple: I hope no one’s getting tired.

Autumn: I am.

Jade: we could stop and find somewhere to rest.

Maple: you also need to get that cuff off her.

Jade: I forgot! Thank the book it wasn’t triggered.

*Jade stops to get the cuff off of Autumn, you all continue looking for a place to rest once it’s off.*

Maple: can I see that for a moment? No sense in leaving a trail for them.

*Jade hands Maple the cuff and Maple puts it in her bag*

Jade: Lulworth, do you want me to take your armband off or no?

Lulworth: *growls* “I’m not a traitor like you”

Jade: I wouldn’t be doing this if Bloodworm wasn’t run so badly.

Maple: I think the real traitor to your tribe is Queen Wasp. She allows the hivewings to torture you. Having to wear these armbands isn’t normal. I fear you all have been brainwashed into thinking you are a lesser tribe.

*Jade finds a cave to rest in, you made it partway in before finding a place to rest. Autumn promptly fell asleep, Jade laid down next to her*

Jade: I hope Jewel Hive will be better for Autumn.

Maple: all that just to send her to another hive?

Jade: a better one. At least she will be with our mother.

Lulworth: “Hivewings ARE stronger, and unlike you nasty Leafwings, they actually protect us”

Maple: that’s very bad, especially for me.

Jade: and where is she going to report us too out here? Her best bet would be to make it to Jewel Hive before we did, but if she went back to Bloodworm or tried to go to Queen Wasp herself, we’ll probably be gone by the time news of us ever “breaking in” to the hive reaches them. Or me and Maple will be, Autumn, mother wants you to stay with her.

Autumn: where are you guys going?

Maple: back to the poison jungle to see if we can wait out the mess Lulworth just created.

Autumn: but that means Jade won’t be there for my metamorphosis!

Jade: .. now it’s going to be necessary for me to not be in the hive. If the hivewings catch me, I might never see you again. In any case we should hurry before we are reported.

Esmerelda: “Lulworth knows we are going to jewel hive and isn’t stupid, she is probably going there. Also, is there a reason Autumn has to go through metamorphosis in a hive? After all that work getting her out?”

Jade: it’s sort of a… well. I think normal parents want to be there for their silkwing’s metamorphosis, both when they begin and when they’re done. As a flamesilk, I get taken away by the Queen and only the book knows what happens to me. The only thing I can do for Autumn is try to give her a sense of normalcy. Plus my parents wanted to see her again. She’s the one that will be safer than me. But you’re right. It’s safer for her metamorphosis to happen outside of the hives.

*Autumn seems shocked*

Jade: here’s the bad part. I’m a vegetarian and so is Autumn, and last I checked, I didn’t have any food. We’ed need to steal from a greenhouse anyways, better for her to be hidden in a hive than out here.

Maple: I.. is that what you have been sneaking off to do?

Jade: yep, that’s when I had my own food.

Maple: do you guys only eat plants or is that all they’ll allow you to eat?

Autumn: let’s just get there first and discuss our options. We could wait it out but I would be in my metamorphosis process. I think they’ll have their talons full trying to find the thieves of the book of Clearsight anyway.

Jade: I know news travels fast but it doesn’t travel that fast. The Queen will do everything in her power to keep that information suppressed. I’m still not sure how you know about it.

Autumn: I heard some guards talking about it. You have noticed the increased patrols right? Ah.. the perks of working on the docks are the great views and the information your not supposed to hear, I miss it already.

Maple: let’s just go before Autumn wants to turn around.

Autumn: turn around.. THATS GENIUS!

Maple: what?

Autumn: if they see me working, they can’t prove I left in the first place.

Jade: we’re a bit too far for that to work.

Maple: and why would you want to go back to that?

Autumn: fair point. I do agree with some of what Lulworth said anyway, the hivewings have protected us, but they’ve also exploited us. I just wish we could choose our own jobs and work where we want to work, not some luck of the draw sort of thing with where we’re sent off too.

Esmerelda: “But protect you from what? They say they protect you but what are they protecting you from? I mean there is all that Leafwing fear mongering but, *waves a paw at Maple* nobody died in their sleep”

(Esmerelda forgetting she is a Hivewing and referring to hivewings in third person)

Jade: uh…

Maple: wasn’t expecting a Hivewing to agree with me.

Autumn: well, yeah. It would be a little difficult to break away from the hivewings and firm our own government if we don’t even have the means or the will to fight in the first place. Even though the hivewings are big leeches and many have this attitude that they are somehow superior, I love the view from the hives. I just wish I could see a few trees down there and I wish the rules aren’t as bad. I want to be treated as an equal, not as some slave.

Maple: you and I have differing opinions on what your tribe should do. Now come on, we need to decide where we’re heading too.

Autumn: back to Bloodworm or should we try our talons at sneaking into Jewel hive?

Jade: it’s already midday so going back to Bloodworm hive doesn’t make sense. If we go to Jewel hive, Maple and I would need to leave as soon as we find our parents because of Lulworth. At least we could raid a greenhouse or something and our parents should have food for you Autumn.

Maple: how do you know it’s mid day? Wait, sorry I got off track. What if we wait until nightfall again?

Autumn: maybe we’ll have some cover, but I think that’s when they’ll be expecting we sneak in. In any case we should move. Hivewings could be outside this cave right now for all we know.

Maple: I agree.

Esmerelda: “We might want to take a longer track because if she gets Hivewings to come after us, they will probably fly straight here. If we circle around a little we will miss them”

Maple: exactly my thoughts.

*all of you leave the cave, Jade suggests they should travel closer to the coastline, Maple thinks they should try to travel more inland.*

Lulworth: *Sitting in the grass just outside the view of inside the cave, halfway camouflaged and examine her claws*

Esmerelda: “Whichever is less likely to get us found by a patrol or something is better”

Jade: I think they’re less likely to check the coast.

Maple: *shrugs* I don’t know regular patrols, I was thinking they would expect us to be somewhere along the coast. Maybe even somewhere on a route to the poison Jungle.

Autumn: whatever we do, let’s just go. Maybe if I get lucky I could blend in and get the same job as last time. Construction is a pain, I’d rather work in the landing areas.

Maple: are you sure you don’t want to join Jade?

Autumn: I’m more likely to be a burden o you guys. It might be better for me to get used to my wings first. In any case, I think we should take the inland route, I don’t think the hivewings would be suspecting.

Maple: alright. Let’s go.

Esmerelda: *gets ready to take off*

Lulworth: *stands up*

Maple: was my tribe the tribe that gave up our queen because a queen said we should or was it yours?

Jade: …

Maple: sometimes I think you guys have no honor. No sense of self preservation. The Queen makes one prediction, somehow gets it right, and says it was because of a book. Sure. That makes perfect sense.

Jade: Maple, not now.

Maple; And then your Queen says another species should be completely killed off because they didn’t give up their queen and a book told them too. So no, the hivewings have manipulated your tribe and nearly made mine go extinct. And with your thinking, she’s already won the mental battle with your tribe. You don’t need them for protection, you can protect yourselves.

*Maple was furious*

Jade: MAPLE STOP! NOW!

Maple: There shouldn’t need to be bloodshed to see that your queen has only taken away your tribe’s freedom and allowing hivewings to exploit you. If you still had your own queen you would understand. What if it was your tribe that was forced to hide? What if we were the ones in your tribe’s place? Us ignorant of Queen Wasp’s oppression, and your tribe almost completely wiped out because you thought something was wrong.

*Maple got up and stormed out of the cave, and Jade was unsure of what to do. Run after Maple or stay here with her sister*

Lulworth: *snarls, screaming after Maple* “HERETIC, How DARE you criticize the book of Clearsight like that!!”

Esmerelda: *softly to Jade* “I’ll make sure your sister is alright if you want to go after her”

Jade: … *whispering* thank you.. *she takes another look at her sister, then Lulworth, before running after her, it seemed like a whole hour, but roughly ten minutes later, Jade was back with Maple*

Maple: … I’m sorry for getting angry like that. Thanks Jade for talking sense into me. I wasn’t criticizing the book at all.. I was criticizing your Queen for using it as leverage against all of the other tribes.

Lulworth: *laying down on a far side of the cave, she glowers at Maple, before turning her head away and covering it with her tail*

*Maple entirely drops the subject and settled for laying down next to Jade, who was now sandwiched in between her and Autumn*

Jade: let’s just get some rest. We’ll feel better after a few hours of sleep.

Esmerelda: *lays down as well, not super close to anyone* “Yeah that’s a good idea”

Jade: …

*she felt bad about Maple dragging Lulworth into they’re little rescue, but there’s nothing she could do about it now.*

*After a few hours of rest, Autumn ironically was the one waking everyone up*

Autumn: we should move out now. I don’t want you to carry me all the way there during my metamorphosis.

Maple: how long do we have?

Autumn: until tomorrow morning.

Jade: we better get you to Jewel Hive then.

(I was gonna have Lulworth sneak out at night)

(Oh that’s fine, my bad)

Jade: where is Lulworth?

Esmerelda: “Oh no, what if she went to report us?!”

(My bad)

*Maple darts in between houses to find a space to hide*

Jade: you’re going to have to lead me since you are a Hivewing. You do know your way around Jewel Hive right?

Esmerelda: “I know it well enough”

Jade: alright. Let’s go find some capes. What’s your name by the way?

Esmerelda: “Oh yeah, I’m Elda”

Jade: ok. Lead the way Elda.

*you didn’t have too much trouble finding any of the stalls for goods, wherever you got lost, Jade helped you out*

Jade: .. what hive are you from?

Esmerelda: “Oh look, cape stall”

Jade: .. alright, we need two capes.

?????: Jade!

Jade: oh no…

*a dragon had found you, but it was a silkwing. They didn’t seem hostile, they walked right up to Jade*

?????: where have you been? I was looking everywhere for you. *she gasped* oh my, I’ve even missed your metamorphosis.

Jade: that was… probably for the best mother. *she showed her mother her silk glands were glowing*

Jade’s mother: .. wait you’re here? After that? I thought he queen took all of—

Jade: I left the hives for a little while. *she didn’t want to talk about*

Jade’s mother: I’m just glad you’re safe. Are you looking for capes?

Esmerelda: *Looks between the two* “We are..”

Jade’s mother: hm.. I’ll be right back. *she went back into the crowd of dragons.*

Jade: should we just steal them as planned or…

*Jade’s mother was back with a Hivewing*

?: Jade, you’re back!

Jade: yeah, I’m back. Only for a short time though.

Jade’s mother: why?

Jade: I.. well… I’m going to try to save Autumn from Bloodworm hive.

?: you are?

Jade: erm.. yes.

Jade’s mother: … I’m assuming you want the capes to help you get yourselves into the hive…

?: hm… I’ll buy them for you. I’m sure whoever the Hivewing is won’t need them, but I know you will. You could use the other one to hide your silk glands.

Esmerelda: *Blinks at ?* “Yeah that works”

Maple: *she walks over to both you* now that I’ve gotten my pre-mission nervousness out of the way.. *she grabs both of you and separates you two* We’ll talk about this later.

Jade: do you want to help us strange silkwing?

Lulworth: “I- Uh- I-“ *fumbles over her words*

Esmerelda: “What part of loyal to queen wasp did you not get?!”

Lulworth: *looks like she is about to take off*

Maple: I didn’t catch that part I was a little distracted. Not that we could actually do anything about it besides kill her.

Jade: don’t. *she uncovers her wrists to reveal her flamesilk*

Maple: your plan is to just drag someone around a hive with a golden rope? That’s not noticeable at all!

Jade: better than killing her.

Lulworth: *Looks at Jade’s wrists terrified*

Esmerelda: “Don’t hurt her”

Maple: tell the truth, is she loyal to queen wasp or not?

Jade: my option is better.

Maple: not helping.

Esmerelda: “Well.. she is.. but she isn’t really a bad person! So don’t hurt her”

Lulworth; *looks at Esmerelda’s bracelet*

Maple: … I’ll do it because I know you’re lying about the whole loyal to Queen Wasp thing. The silkwing looked surprised when you said that. Silkwing, what is your name?

Esmerelda: “Why would I lie about that??”

Lulworth: “L-lulworth skipper”

Maple: … weird silkwing name… alright. You’re coming with us now since I can’t actually do anything about this right now. Lulworth, why do you keep eyeing the bracelet? *She turns back to Esmerelda* and who is Emerald?

Jade: *sigh* this is getting me nowhere.

(Lulworth skipper is a type of butterfly so technically it works)

Lulworth: *Looking at Maple and Jade nervously* “I uh-“

Esmerelda: *interrupting Lulworth* “Emerald is just another silkwing we both happen to know, and anyways, don’t we have something to do?”