Finally have time for a part 2

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Moth: (Yk her) *Tries to ignore what she saw*

(Sorry I’m very late)

———
Everything was a blur for Hoverfly, one moment she was about to put a medical crate away, the next moment she’s staring at a leafwing before the world went black. She woke up dazed, her eyes were covered with something. The smell of the dank caves hung in the air. The dragon who was carrying her seemed to notice she was awake too, she felt them slow down and tuck her behind their wings.

She barely had enough courage to lift the makeshift blindfold. She only lifted it over one eye, and she saw immediately she was being carried by a leafwing, clearly an adult. Whoever was carrying her didn’t say anything and just moved forward. She turned to see what was going on and saw three other leafwings. She was terrified. She hid back behind the wing right as a fourth dragon looked at her.
———

Ivy: I hope we find some of the free groups soon.

Sumac: I’m more worried about dragging that Hivewing down here. Wasp is going to find out very quickly she didn’t get all of us. You should have just killed it.

Maple: why not get more information about the hives, Sumac?

Sumac: that’s why I’m waiting for it to wake up. It should be awake by now. And personally, I’d still rather kill it.

Moth: *Stares at the dragonet who notices her wrist almost immediately*

*the Hivewing dragonet becomes even more afraid.*

———
‘How long can I play dead,’ she thought, ‘I need to run away.’

Hoverfly began clenching her claws unintentionally. Her heart began to race. What was going to happen to her? She realized she might have been hurting the dragon carrying her so she stopped clenching and unclenching her talons.
———

Rose: it’s better if we extract information. Maybe it isn’t so bad to bring her with us. But you’re right, security is a concern. That’s why she’s blindfolded.

Sumac: probably isn’t enough.

Rose: well we shouldn’t waste the bandages on binding her anyways. They’re better used if they go to the injured silkwings down here. If it comes to a scenario where we must kill her, then we will. I’d rather see her returned to her parents when Wasp is stopped. It’s not like there is anything left to protect anymore.

*Sumac didn’t talk for a while*

Moth: *To Sumac* Are you okay?

Sumac: yes?

Maple: … what if Wasp isn’t stopped?

Rose: … I don’t have a plan for that, but she has to die some time?

Ivy: I’ll kill her personally if I have to.

Sumac: ha. I’d rather eradicate the entire tribe like they tried to do to us.

Hivewing dragonet: *Thinking: “and she was right to do that just from your tone.”*

Rose: *she got serious, her stern tone came out again* Sumac…

*Sumac turned around worried again*

Rose: I know it doesn’t look like it but everyone here is a victim of Wasp, leafwing or not. With thinking like that, you’re no better the Wasp is. Don’t make me lecture you on why.

*If it was Ivy, Sumac would have argued, but since this was Rose, he shut his mouth*

*Rose looked a little angry now*

———
Hoverfly kept her head behind the wing. For good measure, she went limp to make them think she was still knocked out. Clearsight forbid that this “Sumac” dragon found her awake. She began to silently pray for Clearsight to save her.

*Moth sighs and shakes her head. She checks on the dragonet with a caring look in her eyes*

*the dragonet gives you no reaction.*

*you come across a group of survivors underground*

Rose: anyone ill?

Silkwing A: if you count homesick I guess. *they chuckle* can we take some of the medical supplies?

Maple: I’m afraid we don’t have much in medical supplies, we’ll give you what we can incase something comes up.

Leafwing A: thank you Rose.. it’s greats
to see you again.

*Rose nods and gives them 3 crates of meat and a crate of vegetables for them to grow*

Rose: make sure you can grow the food here. I don’t want anyone to starve.

*the leafwing nods*

*Moth helps them hand things out*

*Rose hands the silkwing an extra crate of vegetables, they thank you before going to distribute them to the rest of the group, the leafwing comes back after setting the crates down*

Leafwing A: Rose, you have a Hivewing on your back.

Rose: I know, Sumac and Ivy were seen, so Ivy knocked her out. We figured it was best to take her with us so we weren’t could steal more food from the hive if we had to.

*the leafwing nods*

*Moth winces slightly, but hides it*

*the leafwing excuses themselves to hand out food and you all continue on*

Ivy: poor silkwings.. they don’t deserve to be driven under ground.

Rose: I know, there’s nothing we can do about it now. The best thing we can do is keep hiding and live to fight another day.

*Moth nods. She winces again and this time they notice*

Rose: Moth, are you alright?

*Ivy turned like she was just about to ask you the same question*

Moth: Y-Yeah I'm fine... *She holds out her wrist which are glowing very brightly-almost blinding which isn't normal*

Rose: *she takes a look*… let’s all rest for now. Can I have the medical crate?

Ivy: how bad is it?

Rose: I don’t know, I don’t know anything about silkwings, much less about flamesilks, but this looks bad.

(Has moth gone into metamorphosis yet?)

(Yes. She has)
*Moth brings her wrists back down to the ground and winces again*

Rose: yeah, we’re stopping for now.

Hivewing dragonet: *thinking: ‘stopping?! Why now?’ She quickly moves the blindfold back into position before anyone notices before she goes limp again*

Sumac: why?

Rose: Moth looks like she’s hurting a lot in her silk glands. *she sets her crates down so she can examine you more closely and make sure you don’t get injured more. Everyone else sets down their crates as well.*

*When Rose touched her wrists, it almost burned her*

Rose: … could you try using your silk? I don’t know if it’s going to hurt you, if it does, I want you to stop. *thinking: ‘I’m totally out of my depth here.’*

*She nods and uses her silk. She winces and automatically stops. The pieces of flamesilk fell down onto the ground and left a burn mark on the stone*

*Rose doesn’t seem to know what to do, but she looks worried. She want’s to help you*

Rose: has this ever happened before?

*the other dragons don’t know how to help you either, as they’ve never seen this happen before*

*she shakes her head*

*Rose is wondering what she should do to help*

Maple: I wonder if Jade has had this problem?

Rose: hm..?

Maple: she’s a flamesilk too. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more secret flamesilks out there. How would she deal with it?

Ivy: … wait a minute… what if we use water to cool down your wrists while you let out your flamesilk? Maybe it’s just an overload problem? I wish we knew more about flamesilk…

Maple; that’s.. actually not a bad idea. The problem is finding said cool water.

Rose: there’s underwater lakes here, I think I could lead you all to one, but I’m not sure if Moth should walk right now.

Moth: *Mumbles angrily but nods*

Rose: I’m sorry, we’re trying to help, but we don’t really know anything about flamesilks.. can you walk for just a little longer?

*She nods almost immediately*

Rose: alright, I’ll get the rest of your crates. If we think of another solution that you might like better, we’ll try it.

*She nods*

Rose: let’s get ready to move out. If you need to, you can lean on me for support.

*rose stacks the crates you were carrying on hers, it replaces the ones she just gave away. The rest of the party picked up their crates and continued forward, with Rose giving instructions. Once or twice the Hivewing dragonet took a peak at you, you didn’t see their expression but you could tell they felt bad for you*

*She continues to walk*

*you all eventually find yourself at a lake, no one appears to have come up with alternate solutions. Everyone set the crates down and prepared to rest. Rose stayed by your side with the rest of the leafwing’s occasionally helping her while they make sure the rest of the crates had everything accounted for*

Rose: do you want to try dipping your wrists in the water and using your flamesilk that way?

*She nods and does that. It has cooled down slightly, but still burns*

*Rose doesn’t seem to know what to do now, she tries to help you as much as she can. The other dragons check the exits and make sure no one is coming.*

*she sighs*

Rose: feeling better?

Moth: Kinda...
*A LeafWing walks in and sees Moth*
???: Moth! *He runs up to her*
Moth: Leafstorm!

*he blew passed Sumac. Nearly knocking him down and causing Ivy to snort. Sumac gives Ivy a dirty look*

Rose: hello there.

Maple: now we have a party! *smiling*

————
Hoverfly thought about her options. She could try to escape now or get herself killed, if wait until everyone fell asleep. She chose to keep playing dead, though her fear was starting to get to her. Her tail occasionally twitched.

*The two seem to know each other and are good friends*

Rose: I see you two already know each other.

*Moth nods* Leafstorm is the one who helped me escape the hive, actually.

Rose: I see.. I never asked, which hive are you from originally?

Moth: Cicada Hive.

Maple: *to Moth* I know the rules differ between hives.. how bad was it there?

Rose: *to Leafstorm* do you know how we can help Moth? She has pain in her silk glands, likely caused by the fire silk..

Moth: Pretty bad, well for me it was.
Leafstorm: *Nerd moment* I've heard of this before. It is caused by using flamesilk too much- think of it like an infection or rash. If she uses more, the pain shall worsen until overtime after not using it.

Rose: *not knowing anything about flamesilk at all* oh no. Moth, Stop using your flamesilk, I was wrong.

Maple: oop—

*She nods*
Leafstorm: *nudges Moth's arm playfully* Told ya being a nerd is useful.

Rose: I wished I could learn more. Why don’t you two rest, we’ll continue in a few hours.

Sumac: I’ll take first—

Rose: no. You rest, it looks like you need it anyway. All of you do. I’ll watch.

*Sumac nods, he does seem a little grumpier than usual, Ivy noticed the hives*

Maple: .. pardon me for asking again Moth.. what did they do to you? I know Wasp locks up flamesilks so she can use their silk to make the lamps we all see, but what happened to you before that? I remembered silkwings are treated differently in different hives. I don’t want to make you talk about something you don’t want to share so it’s fine if you don’t want to talk about it.

Moth: ...They thought I was a hybrid, so they abused me. They kept me away from the other flamesilks and into a different cavern, so I was left all alone...

Hivewing dragonet: *thinking: ‘Wasp wouldn’t do that! Isn’t flamesilk a disease that can kill dragons? She wouldn’t imprison them to use it, and even then, why? And I get hybrids are illegal, but silkwings don’t deserve to be tortured… no it has to be something or someone else.’*

Maple: yikes.. I’m sorry to hear that. *she put her paw on your shoulder* We’ll find a way to stop this. … try to get some rest, we’re going to need it.

*She nods* I'll try... *She lays down beside Leafstorm* (Btw, Leafstorm and Moth have crushes on each other, but haven't confessed yet)

(Hoverfly is a Wasp loyalist, but she hates to see the mistreatment of silkwings of any kind. Thus, the information of what really happens to flamesilks is a bombshell to her)

*Ivy and Sumac began walking away from each other but Maple pulls them back to each other*

Maple: *quietly to both of them* what in the book happened in the hive?

Ivy: huh?

Maple: *quietly again, so Rose doesn’t hear* you both seem more tense than usual, and Ivy you look like you’re trying to hide your anger.

Ivy: … *looking at Rose before turning back to Maple and explaining the argument between her and Sumac in the hives*

Maple: … really?

Sumac: *nods* it was wrong of me.

(Alright)
*They notice Leafstorm wrap his wing around Moth. They both fall asleep and Moth is leaning on him*

(Sumac is more traditionalist, and he’s been taught to hate hivewings the way he does. Which is why he suggests to kill the Hivewing dragonet Ivy and him captured.)

*Sumac doesn’t react at all, choosing to ignore the two of you. Maple hides a smile.*

*Rose planted a vine and used her leafspeak to make it grow into part of the wall at the entrance, Hoverfly doesn’t see it*

*Ivy and Sumac try to get far away from each other but maple pulls them back again, forcing them to lay with each other, with Maple between Ivy and Sumac. The two other leafwings don’t seem happy about it but they don’t complain*

*Leafstorm and Moth sleep peacefully*

*Ivy, Sumac, and Maple eventually fall asleep as well, leaving Rose as the last one awake. She looks like she’s on the verge of sleeping, but she’s also just pretending*

———
“Yes, this is my chance,” Hoverfly thought. She quickly removed her blindfold as quietly as she could. She carefully climbed off the leafwing’s back. She started sneaking toward’s the entrance they had came from. With luck, it would take her back to her hive. She carefully stepped over the hybrid’s tail. Now she was close, she could almost taste the freedom, but suddenly the vine by the door began to grow and block the entrance. When she turned around, the huge leafwing was there. She couldn’t have been more terrified. Hoverfly told herself to move, but she couldn’t. Her heart began to race and her breathing became quicker. She started to shiver, as she braced herself for the inevitable strike that would come next. But then the leafwing just lied down, not attacking, but also blocking the other escape routes. She was more afraid than ever, and the leafwing apparently noticed.

“I’m sorry for spooking you,” she said, “what’s your name little one?”

She spoke in a quiet and soft voice. Was she, trying to soothe her? That wasn’t going to work, Hoverfly won’t fall for such tricks.. not again.

“H-hoverf-fly..?” Hoverfly wasn’t sure why she answered.. maybe her instincts were behaving strangely. Shouldn’t she be dead right now? This leafwing is going to kill her eventually, it’s what they do. They’re savages. “Maybe playing along for now is the best choice,” she thought to herself.

“That’s a nice name,” the leafwing said, “I’m Rose. I know I look scary, but there’s no need to be afraid.”

It was definitely a trap. She tried to escape over Rose’s wing, but she was grabbed and pulled back in and the wing was wrapped around her. Was it.. trying to hug her? It wasn’t attacking the way Hoverfly thought it would, and it definitely appeared to be a hug. Is it trying to comfort her? It wasn’t working. Beneath the smell of the cave, she could smell a hint of some of the flowers that grew in the school gardens. She peeked over Rose’s shoulder to see the dragon that had suggested to kill her, but Rose seemed to know what she was worried about and hid him behind her wing.

“Shhh… it’s ok. You’re ok.”

Oddly enough, Hoverfly’s breathing began to slow down. The leafwing began to hum, trying to calm her down more. It was working, to Hoverfly’s surprise.
———

*Moth woke up, and immediately became alert and snarled at the HiveWing- which is an odd behavior for a SilkWing*

*This scared Hoverfly even more. She was clearly scared out of her mind. She tried to get down and began clawing at the vine. The Hivewing failed and just clung to Rose, shivering. She buried her head in Rose’s wing. Rose swiveled her head to look at you, then shook her head as if to tell you to stop and she has the situation under control. It wasn’t a stern look like she would be reprimanding Sumac or Ivy. She turned back to the Hivewing again.*

Rose: shh… everything’s going to be ok.

*She stops snarling*

*Rose nodded at you to come approach and it was safe to do so if you wanted to, she figured it was best she didn’t move right now*

*She stayed put*

*the Hivewing dragonet stopped making noise*

Rose: … I think she fainted, or fell back asleep. One of the two. Guess I’ll have to wait…

*Moth shrugged*

Rose: I wouldn’t tell anyone else they were awake, especially Sumac. He’s going to be livid, but I’d rather not scare her more than she already is right now.

*She nods*

*Rose sat back down by the wall, still holding the dragonet for a while before finding the blindfold again and putting it back over the dragonet’s eyes. Hoverfly was then placed back on Rose’s back*

Rose: bad experience with hivewings too, huh?

*She nods*

Rose: guess we all have one. *she laughs it off, but she suddenly looks a bit saddened* We better get some sleep.

*She nods again and lays back down*

*you both eventually fall back asleep. You’re shaken awake in a few hours by Sumac. Maple is also up but she seems a little groggy. The Hivewing must have gotten up in the middle of the night, or rolled over, because now they’re next to Rose*

*Moth gets up and stretches. Leafstorm groans*
Leafstorm: Just five more minutes....

*Sumac sighs*

Sumac: alright. But I just want to know, did you hear that Hivewing moving around?

Moth: *Confused*

Sumac: *he looks a bit frustrated* I swear I could hear the parasite sneaking around. No matter. It’s about to get woken up anyways. *he begins to walk over to it*

*Moth tries to wake Leafstorm*

Sumac: if that hivewing doesn’t wake up I’m gonna give it a nice new scar along its throat.

Maple: don’t kill it! We need to interrogate it.

Sumac: it’s dead weight. It’s better off being dragon trap food. *He grabs the Hivewing by the neck and slams it against the wall* Wake up. You’re going to talk now.

*somehow he manages to not wake up Rose, at the same time, the Hivewing grunts, which mean’s she’s at least has some of her consciousness again*

*Moth rolls her eyes at Sumac*

———
Hoverfly was slammed into the wall. Something woke her up, it couldn’t be Rose though since this dragon was much weaker. She was a little groggy given the rude awakening.

“I said, wake up! Or I’m going to slice your throat open!”

She knew someone’s talon was on her neck, she raised hers up to show she wasn’t a threat, and that she was awake now. She got a punch to the gut anyway, the wind was knocked out of her.

“Good, now tell us about Mantis hive and we MIGHT spare you.”

That.. that was it? They just wanted to know about the hive? Seemed like a simple request, but he was already almost choking her.

“If.. you could stop—“ *she coughed* “choking me… I would be happy to tell you.”

Whoever was holding her released some of the pressure and air rushed back into her lungs. She began to tell them where the warehouses are and how many guards usually guard them since she thought that was what they wanted, but they heard a talon strike the wall next to her.

“Where does the lady live? We know your hives are set up with one dragon controlling them.”

She was starting to tremble. She coughed again before speaking. “Near the top of the hive, south side. I haven’t actually been there myself. Do you—“

“I ask the questions. If you so much as respond rudely, I’ll hit you right here.”

She quickly nodded, both out of anxiety and fear. She still couldn’t see her attacker. She heard someone else speaking to Sumac, but she couldn’t hear what they were saying, all she heard was Sumac’s response.

“Shut up and let me do this Maple. I was just about to ask that.” Her blindfold was abruptly ripped off and the leafwing took hold of her by the neck again with his claw raised. She saw Rose asleep next to her, but she was quickly struck in the stomach before she could see anything else. Once again she lost all of her air, and her breathing became much heavier.

“Now, I’m going to get to my real question.”
———

Sumac: What in Pantala is Wasp planning?!

*Sumac struck the Hivewing on her shoulder, injuring her. If she wasn’t scared before she definitely was now. She started to have trouble breathing.*

Moth: Sumac! Quit it!

Maple: Sumac stop! There’s no need to be this violent! *her shouting woke both Ivy and Rose up*

*Before anyone could react, Sumac looked at Maple for a second, then out of spite and possibly anger he ran his talons along the hivewing’s side, luckily he didn’t draw too much blood. The Hivewing was too weak to do anything about it now*

Hoverfly: I.. don’t know.. what you’re talking abou—

Rose: SUMAC WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU?

*Rose seems to be the only dragon Sumac is afraid of. She dragged him into the entrance and started reprimanding him, scaring Hoverfly’s even more.*

*Hoverfly began to slip out of consciousness as Maple inspected her wounds.*

*Moth snarls her teeth at Sumac. She sighs and helps Maple*

———
Hoverfly heard screaming but couldn’t make out anything. Other dragons swarmed around her. She felt numb.. she couldn’t hear much of anything now. ‘This is how I die,’ she thought, ‘in a dark cave left to be forgotten.’

Hoverfly fought just to stay awake, but everything eventually went black. Her last thoughts before she finally lost consciousness were on her Hivewing parents, and Rose.
———

Maple: we lost her.

Ivy: I’ve got her pulse still.

Maple: *sighing* get me the medical crate.

*Ivy brings it over the crate. Maple bandages the wound up*

Maple: well she’s still breathing.

Ivy: … have you noticed Sumac’s more agitated than usual?

Maple: I think it’s just the stress… let’s keep him and this Hivewing separated for now.

*Rose finally stopped yelling, you see her and Sumac come back in. Sumac looked almost as scared as that Hivewing, and Rose was more than livid. Her glare looked like it was enough to kill and adult Hivewing, maybe even Wasp herself.*

*Moth becomes gentle and lays down beside the HiveWing, guarding her from Sumac*

*Sumac sits away from everyone else, and Rose watches him. Sumac doesn’t look like he’s going to be hurting anyone else for a while*

Rose: when you’re finished putting everything away, we’ll rest for a few more minutes and prepare to move out. We can’t afford to stay here for much longer. *she sounds both exhausted and disappointed*

*Moth continues to stay with the HiveWing*

*she doesn’t look like she’s going to wake up soon. Maple continues tending to her wounds. You notice the blindfold’s still off. Rose starts to help get everything in order to leave and supervises Sumac*

Moth: It's okay, I'll watch the HiveWing for you. I'll deal with Sumac, if I have to.

Maple: no, he’s not doing anything when Rose is nearby. She’s patched up as best as I can get her while using minimal supplies. … is there anything you can tell me about Cicada hive? Im sorry to hear what happened to you, I just want to know how each hive is different.

Moth: I don't really remember that much... except for the fact that they took me away from my parents...

Maple: I’m sorry to hear that.. when this is all over, it will get better..

Rose: … I think we’re all set. Maple and Ivy, can you set the Hivewing on my back?

Maple: sure thing. *Ivy nodded*

*Moth moves out of the way for Maple and Ivy. Leafstorm finally wakes up*

*both Ivy and Maple gently lift up the Hivewing and carefully set her on Rose’s back again. Sumac just starts grabbing crates*

*She helps Sumac*

*Ivy and Maple now grab more crates until you all were carrying as much as you could*

Rose: let’s move out, time to head east.

*She nods*

*you all began to walk for a long time, eventually you see the Hivewing poke her head up once again, though staying behind the wing so Sumac can’t see her. It’s hard to tell her expression but she still looks very afraid*

Moth: *Walks closer to the HiveWing and brushes her wing gently*

*she recoils, mostly out of fear that someone was going to hurt her again. She doesn’t want to risk fighting back and getting herself killed.*

*Rose seems to already know she’s awake*

*the rest of the group wasn’t talking much, either. None of them seemed to mention anything about Sumac’s outburst*

*Moth looks at the HiveWing. Her eyes are filled with sempathy, sorryness, and sadness&

*the Hivewing lifts her blindfold and realized it’s you, she looks relieved, but she notices your expression, she looks at you as if to ask what’s wrong.*

*She shakes her head. And whispers faintly* I'll tell you tonight.

Hivewing dragonet: *very quiet* alright … do you know what’s going on?

*She shrugs*

Hivewing dragonet: … I never got a chance to ask.. are you alright?

*She nods* Kinda.

Hivewing dragonet: … *she wasn’t ready to ask about the flamesilk yet, about what Rose said being true.* what’s your name?

Moth: I'm Moth.

Hivewing dragonet: nice to meet you. That’s a cool name. *she gave a weak smile. After looking at your flamesilk, she looked almost sad and sorry again.* I’m sorry about your flamesilk. *she definitely didn’t know much about flamesilk, or at least what she had been taught was false.*

*Ivy seems to have noticed the Hivewing was up again, she fell back a little, but not nearly enough to be able to talk to her. The Hivewing seemed to be focused on you*

Moth: *Kinda shocked. Why would a HiveWing actually care?* It's fine.

*the Hivewing sees Ivy slowing down and hides behind Rose’s folded wing again, she pulls the blindfold back down. Ivy looks back as she did that, she doesn’t look surprised that she’s hiding now.*

Ivy: *to you and Rose* is she up now?

*Moth nods*

Ivy: *she looks worriedly at where the Hivewing would be and back to you* are your silk glands feeling better?

Moth: Eh, not really. Better than they used to, though.

Ivy: I wish we could do something to help you. Your friend seems to know a lot more about it than we do. *she whispers now, Sumac tries his best to overhear her.* Is it alright if I speak to the Hivewing for a second?

*She nods and walks over to Leafstorm. The others start to notice the two act strangely when around each other*

*Maple and Ivy don’t seem to mind, but Sumac looks like he was going to ask you about it at some point. Ivy taps the Hivewing, who flinches and and hisses to her, alerting Sumac who starts falling back*

Ivy: sorry.. *whispering now while Sumac slows his pace to hear.* I wanted to apologize for Sumac’s behavior. I’m sorry I woke you.

*Ivy begins to catch back up and crosses paths with Sumac again, who whispers something to her. Ivy just shakes her head and moves forward in the group. Rose begins to watch him a little more closely for right now.*

*Leafstorm awkwardly wraps his wing around Moth as they walk*

*Sumac was turned away and facing Ivy, whatever they were whispering about, it must have been making Ivy angry.*

*Maple wanders over towards you*

Maple: how are you feeling?

Moth: Better. *She shrugs*

(Sorry if I don’t respond until later tomorrow I will be at school)

(It's okay. DCS came so now I'm with my nana so I won't be on as much, either)

Maple: that’s good at least. *she sighed* I hope all this will be over soon. The dragons on that other continent were talking about sending help before we came back..

*you come across another group of free survivors. This group is mostly silkwings, with only a few leafwings there. Some of the silkwings seemed to recoil at the sight of a hivewing. However, they seemed to be happy at the sight of supplies*

Silkwing 3: thank you brave dragon. How was it up there?

Rose: Mantis Hive hasn’t been hit yet, but it will be soon.

*while Rose and the silkwing were chatting, The Hivewing lifted her blindfold partway up to see what was going on, she looked confused and afraid again.*

*Moth smiles at the HiveWing*

The Hivewing dragonet: *she whispered* what’s going on? Why are there silkwings down here? Wouldn’t they be safer in the hives? *she looks very concerned for them, she feels bad seeing them in this state. Looks like Wasp had kept her hive in the dark. Rose continued to talk to the silkwing, handing them supplies.*

Moth: *whispers back* Queen Wasp is treating us like slaves. We are down here because this is the only place we're safe.

*the Hivewing was shocked by this information. She looked at you in disbelief.*

The Hivewing dragonet: *whispering* she wouldn’t do that. She shouldn’t be doing that at all. She said she wasn’t. *she looked around for conformation again, for someone else to either tell her otherwise. All she saw were silkwings in pain or otherwise afraid and suffering. “Would Queen Wasp really do all this?” She thought. Ironically she looked to Rose, the leafwing carrying her for more information.*

Moth: *nods and whispers back* She does.

The Hivewing dragonet: *now just outright in denial, but still whispering* that can’t be right. She’s the queen. She would know better.

*the silkwing notices the Hivewing now.*

Silkwing 3: um.. Rose, you have a Hivewing on your back. *alerting Sumac*

Rose: I know, we captured her while stealing the supplies so we wouldn’t be caught.

Sumac: I’ll knock it out again *he looks like he’s ready to kill her*.

Rose: no. She’s fine, she’s not a threat. Wasp hasn’t controlled her since she was captured.

Silkwing 3: that helps a little I guess, but still, you should get her out of here. You’re endangering us and yourselves as long as you have her. Queen Wasp will find us. *it’s at this moment the Hivewing shoves her blindfold back down over her eyes, realizing she might hurt them*

Rose: hm… she can’t find you as long as this Hivewing has her blindfold on.

*another silkwing came by*

Silkwing 4: even so, she’s still a danger and could lead Wasp back to us.

Rose: I understand. We’ve had her almost the entire time we were down here, Wasp hasn’t found us yet. We hope to learn more about what Wasp is doing through her.

Silkwing 3: Best of luck to you then. And make sure that Hivewing doesn’t hurt you.

Rose: *chuckling* she won’t.

*Leafstorm sighs*

*you all leave, the silkwings looked scared and the few leafwings there looked pretty annoyed until the Hivewing is out of their sight*

Sumac: … well, what is Wasp up to?

*no one responds, Rose was about to say something but gets cut off*

Sumac: I asked you a question parasite, *tugging on the hivewing’s wing* now answer.

*the Hivewing is startled enough that she falls off Rose’s back. Rose just glared at him and stops, helping the Hivewing up with her tail*

The Hivewing: I don’t know! I told you already!

Rose: *sighing* really Sumac. You just had to instigate?

Sumac: I didn’t make it fall over.

Rose: I know. I think you’ve terrorized her enough.

*Sumac looks hurt, but asks no further questions. The dragonet climbed back on to Rose’s back*

Ivy: let’s start with something else then. What’s your name?

The Hivewing dragonet: H-hoverfly..

Rose; take a deep breath. We’re not going to hurt you, and Sumac shouldn’t have hurt you in the first place.

Moth: Yeah. Just ignore him. That's what I do sometimes. *she chuckles but backs away from him*

Hoverfly: I-I’ll try.

Sumac: …

Hoverfly: w-what’s happening? Why h-have you k-kidnapped me?

Sumac: that wasn’t my choice, that was Ivy’s.

Ivy: *sighing* we didn’t want to get caught stealing supplies.

Hoverfly: but why kidnap me though. You could have just left me. I wouldn’t have known anything.

Maple: you’re right, but we didn’t want someone if finding you out cold in the middle of a warehouse. That would be strange.

Hoverfly: then leave me on the road.

Maple: too suspicious. Besides, it’s better we made sure at least you were somewhat ok.

Moth: *offers to carry Hoverfly while saying* True. By the way, Hoverfly. Do you think it is right that some HiveWings abuse some SilkWings that look like hybrids, but aren't? *She seems to be seeing what Hoverfly thinks on what happened to her*

*Hoverfly still clings to Rose, who quietly refuses*

Hoverfly: I think abuse of any silkwing is wrong. *though she seems confused on why the question was so specific, she didn’t want to say anything because she didn’t want to make you feel angry or insecure* I don’t really like how some hivewings in my hive treat silkwings.

Moth: Good. *Hoverfly notices why she asked- because of the fact she looks like a hybrid* Because... I was one of those SilkWings. *Tears slightly start to form because she is remembering what happened. Leafstorm wraps his wing around her and tries to calm her*

Hoverfly: oh.. *everything began to make sense for her* I’m.. sorry… *she carefully climbs off Rose’s back to try to comfort you, but with the blindfold on, it’s hard for her to locate you while you all are moving. She runs into the cave wall* ow.. *Rose guides her towards you* If there’s anything I can do to help—

Sumac: yeah. You can help us by not leading Wasp to us.

Moth: *angered* Will you shut up for once?! *She yells towards Sumac, her aggression surprising him*

*he does, but he’s becoming more agitated again, this is not normal, not even for him, Ivy and Maple are getting concerned for him now*

Ivy: alright Sumac, spill it. What’s wrong? You’re acting more angry and on edge than usual.

Sumac: nothing. *almost unintentionally yelling at this point*

*Moth scowls at him. Everyone is actually surprised on her aggression, since SilkWings aren't aggressive and are as calm as butterflies*

Sumac doesn’t answer, everyone else just stares at them*

Maple: you weren’t even this way

Sumac: alright fine! … I’m worried about Wasp finding us, and I’m worried about all these silkwings. I’ve been taught that all hivewings are bad and deserve to be eliminated from the continent, but now I’ve met the nicest dragon I’ve ever seen and I don’t know what to think. The whole world’s been turned upside down for me. My brain’s just lashing out trying to hold on to something that makes sense.

Rose: that still doesn’t excuse your behavior, but I know how you feel.

Moth: Oh. *She looks down*

*Sumac stares at the wall, because he’s both angry at everyone and out of embarrassment because he told the rest of you how he was feeling now.*

*Hoverfly finally gets the courage to ask her question*

Hoverfly: … is everything Moth said about Queen Wasp true?

Rose: what do you mean by that?

Hoverfly: enslaving the silkwings and restricting their rights through law and forcing them to live in poverty.

Rose: that’s a basic understanding of it. She’s also committed genocide against my tribe because our queen didn’t agree to be ruled by her.

Hoverfly: why would she do this?!

Rose: I believe she wants power to rule with no one to challenge her.

*Hoverfly seems to be thinking about this, trying to take in the fact that Wasp may not be the great queen she said she was*

*Moth sighs*

*you all finally come to an exit. Now it appears your in the side of a cliff looking out into the sea*

Rose: I hope you’re all ready to fly.

*you’ve reached dragonfly bay. You could barely make out one of the silk bridges to your left. To the right, the open sea until you reach the outer islands. You’ve given most of your supplies to the few groups of dragons hiding underground. Rose can now hold Hoverfly while some other dragons carry the remaining few crates. Sumac takes one of them, Ivy takes another. Maple takes the last two, remembering your flamesilk was giving you trouble earlier*

Moth: *sighs, longing to help but she can't*
Leafstorm: *helps Maple and grabs a crate from her*

*you realize one of the last crates is only half full. It’s the one with the medical supplies that may be better suited for one of the groups in the caves, the rest is food for you all to live on*

Maple: thank you.

Rose: I didn’t realize we still had medical supplies left.

Maple: maybe we’ll return with them in the next trip.

Rose: we should had left the rest to one of the groups. But your right, we can always fly back if we need to.

*Leafstorm nods*

Rose: is everyone ready?

Leafstorm and Moth: Ready.

*Rose nods and takes off holding Hoverfly because she’s still blindfolded. You all head east, towards Dragonfly Bay and the outer islands of the continent. Everyone now seems to be a little nervous about something.*

Leafstorm: What's wrong?

Rose: I’m worried about their friends we left here while we went to steal food from the hives.

*Sumac and Hoverfly both seemed to be worried about something else.

*He nods. Moth watches Hoverfly carefully*

*Hoverfly is clinging to Rose’s underbelly like her life depended on it. Rose was still holding hoverfly in her talons*

Moth: Need help with Hoverfly?

*upon looking closer, she seems to have several scars that she got before the injuries Sumac gave her*

Hoverfly: I’m fine. *muttering, almost whispering to herself now* Everything’s going to be ok. Deep breaths.. come on. *thinking: ‘How high are we?! Are they planning to drop me blind folded? Wait, is that water? Do I hear.. are we flying over the ocean?!’ She began to squeeze Rose tighter just thinking about what she was worried about*

Rose: you don’t need to squeeze me Hoverfly.

Hoverfly: h-how high are we? Are we i-in the middle of the-the ocean?

*Rose looks down. You had been staying low to avoid being spotted. If you had to guess, maybe a 50 to 100 feet off the water*

Rose: we’re not the high don’t worry.

Hoverfly: … *straight to the point now* are you all p-planning to drown me?

Sumac: *sarcastically* yes. We snuck you all the way from Mantis hive just to do that.

*Rose glared at him, Hoverfly shuddered, but appeared to realize he wasn’t being serious. Sumac looked like he was going to say more but he’s interrupted by Ivy*

Ivy: can you be nice for 5 minutes?

Sumac: can you all at least let me finish what I was going to say?

*Ivy nods, but looks at him with suspicion*

Sumac: no. We aren’t going to drown you. If we wanted to kill you, I would have done that earlier. We’re just flying somewhere.

Rose: … I apologize for Sumac’s rudeness again. We’re going to find some of their friends. Just hang on for a while.

Hoverfly: *she nods* I just realized he wasn’t being serious.

*Moth sighs*

Maple: something wrong Moth?

Moth: No. I'm fine. *She seems to have something on her chest that she needs to let go*

Maple: *she looks at you concerned. She asks again* are you sure?

*Leafstorm looks at her and she nods and they notice she just lied when she said* Y-Yeah.

*Maple looks ahead, your almost to one of the islands*

Maple: Rose could we land on othe closest island? I think Moth is injured.

Rose: what happened?

Maple: I don’t know.

Ivy: the closest island isn’t that high above the sea. Well might want to find somewhere higher.

Maple: I’m not sure if there’s time for that.

*Rose looks at the island*

Rose: as long as there isn’t a hurricane, we’ll be alright.

*Moth sighs*

Maple: … can you make it to the next island or do we need to land?

Moth: I can make it.

*the next island you fly over has higher ground, but not many places to hide.*

Sumac: it’s too exposed.

Maple: we’re going to hope there isn’t a patrol then.

*you all land, purely to apply medical aid. Rose sets Hoverfly down, she didn’t dare open her blindfold*

Rose: what’s wrong? Are you alright?

Moth: Yes. *she sighs* I just have something that I've been trying to tell Leafstorm but can't find the right time to do so.
Leafstorm: What are you talking about, Moth?

Maple: oh.. woops. I’m so sorry. *she looks embarrassed*

Rose: … *she chuckles* I think Maple may have mistaken you for being injured. *quieter now only to you* I can take the other dragonets for a while if you want some privacy.

Moth: *whispers to Rose( No, it's fine. I think they need to know. *normal voice* Leafstorm.
Leafstorm: Yeah?
Moth: I... have a crush on you. *Leafstorm's face turns red*

*the other dragonets seem to be waiting for how Leafstorm will respond, except for Ivy, who’s eyeing the sky for any signs of patrolling hivewings*

Leafstorm:... maybe I might have a crush on you. *He basically just said he liked her back*

*Maple smiles, she seems genuinely happy with the outcome. Sumac seems indifferent, though he could be hiding any emotion now. Ivy has been watching the sky since you have landed, you could see she let out a small grin to show her support but kept watching for patrolling hivewings. Hoverfly looks confused with the blindfold on, but she seems to be happy for you. Rose nodded in approval. The don’t comment on it at all though since they don’t want to ruin your moment.*

*The to stay silent*

*Ivy returns to watching the skies. Sumac turns away, ironically joining Ivy. Their conversation happened in whispers, but this time, no one seemed to be getting angry. Rose began to tend to Hoverfly and prep for taking flight again. Maple just watched while pretending to look west.*

*Moth looks around*

Maple: hey, I’m glad it worked out for both of you. Not often you get a story like that.

Moth: Yeah...

*Hoverfly opens her blindfold just to look at the two of you. She looks confused for a moment, but then she smiles reassuringly and puts the blindfold back over her eyes. Maybe to protect you from Wasp or other hivewings*

Rose: I’m happy to see you two are happy.

Sumac: I think the tide is coming in.

Ivy: *looking at the water line now* we need to move.

Rose: oh I’m sorry to cut our break short then.

*Ivy, Sumac, and Maple grab the crates and prepare to lift off*

*Moth and Leafstorm prepare as well*

*Rose grabbed Hoverfly again, who once again began to cling to her like her life depended on it.*

Rose: let’s go.

*you all lift off. Ivy and Rose periodically checked the sky to the west. It looked like a storm was forming towards the north, at least you wouldn’t be hit you while you flying, or so most of you hoped*

*She silently curses to herself*

*Rose glided over*

Rose: hey.. I just want to say I think you two are great for each other.

Moth: Really? Even though he is a LeafWing and I'm a SilkWing?

Rose: *Rose nods* too me, it doesn’t matter if you’re from different tribes. You both seem perfect for each other.

*She smiles. Leafstorm flies over to her and flies beside her*

*Rose doesn’t say much more. She’s constantly looking down to make sure that Hoverfly seems ok and so that she doesn’t get too close to the water. Hoverfly once again is scared out of her mind, she huddles as close as she can to Rose*

*She shakes her head*

*finally Rose descends towards one of the last few islands, the sun is beginning to rise. Why did Rose come here with the supplies? It was too far from anyone to help. Then you saw the light touch another dragon’s scales. They were a silkwing. Why was it all the way out here?*

[end]

(Mk. Btw, I've moved to Germany)

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Part 3 if you want to: imgflip.com/i/7wqa9y