The Gates of Peace: Chapter 4: Mudwing Trouble

"HEY!" Clay shouted. "NO LEAVING THE SCHOOL!"

"Why?? The school is at war! We have to fix this!" Anemone yelled back.

Without further argument, the dragonets flew away.

Will Clay stay safe in a school filled with fighting? Peril worried. ''I don't know! It is not any safer anywhere else! I should stay back. Wait no, I have to fix this!''

Peril flew, twisting and turning, glad to be not trapped in a confined space.

"Alright, where should we start looking?" Snowflake asked.

"Maybe use your ma-" Wishful began.

Woosh!

The dragonet faces were illuminated with an orange glow.

"What was-?" Turtle began.

"Watch out!" Snowflake said. She tucked into a dive and flew toward the forest where it would cover her.

The other dragonets followed, except for Peril.

"Huh?" Peril was still processing what was happening.

Mudwings shot out of the dense forest and fired at her.

They obviously didn't do anything except for making a Skywing angry.

"THAT WAS VERY RUDE! I. DON'T. KILL. SO. YOU. ARE. LUCKY!"

Peril then dived to the trees.

"Oops!" Peril jumped away from a burning sapling.

She looked around. Her friends were battling Mudwings.

Sorry Clay, this is major.

Peril scorched her talons on one.

Then something sharp prodded at her.

It didn't melt. Peril looked down. It was a iron chain.

"BURN! WHY AREN'T YOU-" A gag was shoved down her throat.

''No, it can't be. They made super fireproof- Darkstalker. No, he must have had made these before he disappeared!''

Her friends- and her, HER, PERIL was a captive of the Mudwings.

''Wait, why would Darkstalker help them? Unless- OW!''

Everything faded. The last thing she could see was a Mudwing putting cuffs- Magic resistant cuffs?- on Snowflake.