( Chapter dedicated to @Skythebluecat for coming up with the plot for this chapter. And thank you to For the drawing. @FinnianNightHaddock)

⚡➰Darkfang➰⚡

We are all walking around our house. There isn't much to do it seems. Maybe we should go out into the forest again. Maybe play hide and seek. Or maybe tag.

" Guys lets go to the forest. We can go decide what we can play when we get there." I start walking in the direction of the forest before any one can object. Nightstar comes too but keeps away some distance between himself and the others. I ha explained to them what ha happened after talking with him about it and he said it was ok. else.

When we enter a clearing i cant help but notice that the Forest seems. greener, more animals and birds singing. Its very, happy I guess. If a forest can have feelings.

" Well what do you guys want to play?"

We all look at each other.

" Well you could play tag," Nightstar suggests from his spot on a log. I look at him and smile but stop. He's giving me this weird look, very weird look. My smiles aren't that rare what's going on with him? He gets up and walks away behind some lilacs.

We all look at each other with confused looks. There is the sound I crunching leaves an Nightstar walks back. Only this time he's back to normal!

" What happened? Why didn't you change back earlier?" I ask.

" I couldn't. can we play tag now?" I nod. I think he doesn't want to talk about it.

" Ill be it first!" I run after Silver before I catch up to her. Im not using my powers now, I never use my powers for tag otherwise it would be completely unfair.

We take turns raging each other an all is going perfectly fine.

But then it's not.

🍃Skyress🍃

I make a sharp turn making sure I stay out of Twilights paws when he suddenly turns and heads strait to Blazedfire. Blazefire isn't expecting him and falls to the ground

The force of the fall causes the air to rush out of his lungs. But the worse part was when his tail hit a dry patch of grass an a puddle of lava appeared around him. The dry grass coughs on fire and quickly caught manor if plants. The lava starts seeping out wards and in just a few seconds we are standing in the middle of a forest fire.

I rush over to Blazefire avoiding the fire and lava. " Make it stop you'll destroy everything!"

He looks at me angrily. " you don't think I'm trying! My powers aren't strong enough to control a fire this big!"

A pain rises in me. I need to save all the animals! They will all die I I don't do something. I let out a very loud ear deafening warning call. The call echoes the through the forest letting all the animals know to get out.

I turn to Darkfang knowing that she an help me with her speed. " Darkfang we need to get all the animals out of the forest! " She nods understanding and in a blink of on eye she is gone. Hopefully picking up small animals and moving them out of the area.

I start running to the most populated part I the forest. I run through the wall of fire going in that direction ignoring the horrible pain. When get to where a herd of dear and many small animals lie they are mostly all out in the open slowly making their way to another part I the forest. But too slowly.

I grab the oldest ad week eat of the animals and put then on my back and carry some in may jaw so that the group I animals will follow me quickly to a safe spot from the fire.

In my trip to the opposite part of the burning forest I see Darkfang a couple times only has a flashing image of her. Twilight tried helping with Nightstar as the used wind to try and direct where the fire went while Blazefire tried and control a part of it.

It was horrible hearing the cries of the many, many animals in the forest crying for the Forest Guardian's help. Calling for me. And what can I do? Only carry some I the animals to safety and make large rock walls to block a wall of fire once in a while. Only being able to direct the animals that found me to safety.

The fire stops its raging fit when Bolt is finally close enough to water to splash it on a wide expanse while the others helped stop the rest with ice and other elements. I stand in a daze. My thoughts fuzzy, my scales burning from being around so much fire.

My only hope for the animals that I didn't see is that try saved themselves. When Darkfang walks towards me I prick my ears. " Did you get them all?"

She shakes her head. " I sense many deaths. Im afraid I will also have to end the suffering of many that have not yet died." she says looking at something I can't see.

My heart breaks at the news. All those helpless animals that lost their lives because of a fire. A fire Started by Blazefire. But why couldn't Bolt make a storm to rain down with Twilight instead?

Because there was no water in the air not around this area o the forest something whispers into my mind. Blazefire is to blamed he had killed many it whispers again.

Blazefire killed them. He ruined my work, the lives of all the animals.

This is nothing like Darkfang had ever done. She has never killed hundreds of animals and a whole forest. Blazefire did. He is to be blamed. I look at him him staring at the smoking ground with slitted eyes.

" You killed them" I growl lowering my head close to the ground in a threat. He looks up at me anger in his eyes.

" I did not, it was an accident." He says.

" Everything is an accident! I still is your fault weather you meant it t not!"

Silver takes a step forward but Darkfang stops her by stepping I. Front of her. " Death is heavy in the air. This is the only way she will release herself. It I the consequences."

I don't understand he t words but don't care. My full attention is back on Blazefire. " You are the cause."

A sharp rock flys at him. He shoots ire at it enforce leaping at me. I claw at his belly before he slam his paw against the side of my jaw.

He grabs my scruff and we flip over tumbling over each other. Vine leap from the ground and pull at Blazefire's legs. Once they only fight with him shortly before he burns them away. He launches at me his fire tale hitting me and burning me farther than I already am. I whip around sen a sharp rock in his direction. It grazes him and he is shoved to the ground. Before I can move he opens his mouth and instead of just his normal flame coming out, The fire is white hot with shoots of lava with it.

I crouch in terror as it comes forward me. I can't move my legs are locked in place. Then out of the singed bushes comes out Saphira. The Doe. She had been watching. She jumps in the way of the fire. It hits her and she falls to the ground.

Her burns are already killing her she only has seconds. Because if me. " Guardian," she whispers bring me out of my shocked trance. I run I he side and crouch down to her. " I hope i bring honor you with my life," she lays her head down and dies. Darkfang comes forward and touchs noses with Saphira. The ground seems to darken at the touch and Darkfang rises again and looks at me sadly.

" No, no, no! Saphira you can't!" Saphira had been a mentor to me. even if she couldn't teach me she could tell me the legends of me and what is said that I will be able to do. She encouraged me. She was almost a second mother.

My tears fall onto her fur. I close her large lifeless blue eyes. I turn my head to Blazefire. His eyes are wide and scared. He looks up at me his yellow eyes huge.

" I almost killed my sister," he whispers more to himself than anyone. He backs away and Turns to run somewhere into the forest. I don't watch his red scales to see where he goes. Bolt and Twilight fly after him after giving me and Saphira another look. Nightstar doesn't move but just stares at her.

I pick Up Saphira the best I can and carry her to were I will burry her. Where we first met. Under the arch of blossoms. Only I will make even better decorating the area with blue flowers the color of her eyes.

Darkfang leaves. Going to end suffering of more poor animals. More animals that I can't help. What kind of guardian am I?

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⚡➰Darkfang➰⚡

The finial unsaid words I got when I contacted the doe were strong words. They are meant for Skyress. Only I have to file aver them because no one else can. It was requested by the doe I do it. I look down at the burned animal in front of me and let the shadow of death extend from my paws out to it. It is one of the last of many I have seen and.... helped. Sapphire had come with me or some unknown reason. Why would she want to come and watch my job. I've done this many times. Ended suffering, equal enough to home much I have caused it. Suffering from being misunderstood, Killing, being the bad guy. I've learned to live with it and just not feel. that way I can't suffer.

I turn to Sapphire. " we need to help her Bury her friend. I have a gift for her and hope you can help."

I tell her my gift and she agrees to help. Not only did I get The doe's finials words but I also got her life and memories, knowledge.

I have only done it twice. Have a Contact with the dead.

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🍃Skyress🍃

Saphira looks like she is asleep. But yet she doesn't. She also looks dead. She is curled up like how she liked to sleep, but she doesn't look like how she did. Her face isn't the same.

I get ready to start to dig the hole when I hear the crackly of leaves user foot. I turn my was to see Darkfang them followed by Sapphire.

" I have a gift for Saphira" Darkfang says.

I move away from the doe as my two sisters walk forward. Darkfang circles around the dear a couple of times. each time I notice that Saphira looks less and less like a shadow is above her. She keeps doing this until I couldn't really believe my mentor was dead unless I had seen it.

" I have revived her image in memory, Now Sapphire will preserve it."

Sapphire walks up and blows a sheet of ice over the doe. She now looks like she is really sleeping under a smooth glass box.

I gaze at their work. The scene looks pretty with the doe under the arch now decorated with blue flowers and many different shades full the surrounding area. My sorrow lightens a bit. I thank them. but before they leave Darkfang tells me she needs to talk to me sometime soon.

I put the thought to the back of my mind as I look at what is in front of me. Right now I see this gift as wonderful. But in the future I would find it to be more of a curse than a gift.

Sour gifts are only given by death. even if the are beautiful.