I sigh in defeat. I can't find any of my descendants. I've just finished looking through the whole village and a small portion of the forest. I spot Nightholly not too far away near a berry bush.

" Nightholly do you know where the hatchlings are?" I ask trotting over.

She wipes her claws on the ground in disgust. " No. But Nightstar came by earlier and asked me if I knew where Darkfang was. He said he was looking for her to see if she wanted to play Hide and seek."

I groan. I hate their games of hide and seek. Having hatchlings with special abilities that like to hide aren't as fun to find as they think.

" I'll go find them if you want to pick Skyress's berries." She says carefully moving her bowl.

" I'm fine thanks," I respond cringing at the gooey, sticky, gross pile of plant matter. Not only do I have odd hatchlings with weird colored scales and unnatural abilities, but one of them won't eat prey. She only likes to eat various fruits and herbs. No livestock, no fish, no freshkills of any kind. We all stare disturbed as Skyress contently eats her fresh fruit. "It's just not natural."

" What?"

" The fact that one of my hatchling won't even eat prey. She's going to become sick. That or the next thing we know she'll decide that she want's to start eating butterflies!" I shake my head. " And you know who gets to look stupid while catching those butterflies? The Alpha and Queen of the dragons in one of the largest territories known to be ruled over by one dragon! This is ridiculous!" I say agitation clear in my voice.

" Toothless," Nightholly warns. " She's still your daughter.

" I know, I know. It's just. What if there's something wrong with her eating all this. What if she eats something poisonous. What about the butterflies? What if they are poisonous to start eating her from the inside out and-"

" Toothless you're stressed over berries and butterflies."

"I know." I say closing my eyes and letting out a deep breath. " It's just there's something wrong. There has to be a reason why our hatchlings are so... Different. If only Night and Moonflower where still here. They had answers. More than I could come up with. It's just.."

" Night and Moonflower are wise and knowing. But they don't have all the answers. And you know very well that they couldnt stay here. It would be too dangerous for the vikings. Six clutches of their eggs were killed by humans. Me and my brothers are their only surviving hatchlings."

" Six clutches?" I say looking up at her. " I never knew it was that many. What if that happens to our hatchlings? What if-"

" Do you beleive that will ever happen?" She asks as I catch a glimpse of Silver a ways ways just before her scales turn to match the forest again closely followed by Blazefire and Twilight looking.

" It will never happen."

Nightholly and I both jump at the the new voice.

" Darkfang you know you're not supposed to listen uninvited," Nightholly warns with barely concealed agitation.

Darkfang lets herself materialize from my own shadow on the ground. Here ears are pinned back against her head, " Well you haven't done much to stop me,"

Darkfang's personality with her abilities worries me. I try to be the most patient with her because of it. I don't fear her but I fear for her. She is so dangerous without how intelligent she is. She was speaking fluently before any of her siblings. She see's patterns. Like Nightholly she also is easy to anger and can predict your movements.

" Found her!"

Darkfang's sharp gaze is ended when her slightly larger brother jumps on her back. I can hear a lungful of air forced out of her mouth. Twilight gazes in triumph up at us while sitting on his sister.

🍃Skyress 🍃

" Get off of me you cow" Twilight is shoved off as his sister rises.

Blazefire comes up behind him. " What did you get for us to eat?"

As the other six hatchlings come up i'm bombarded with questions.

" Did you get my berries?" I ask. Nightholly points towards them.

" Can we have a deer?"

" No! I want fish."

" How about a seagull? They taste like fish but aren't slimy"

" But they're covered in feathers smart one,"

" You shouldn't eat animals because they never did anything to you." I call out while standing by my fruit.

" Yeah well those berries your eating never did anything to you and you're still eating them," Twilight says in a snarky tone. " You're probably hurting the plants feelings," He says as he starts to laugh. Blazefire tries to cover up a small smile.

I look down at my berries in worry.

" Guys Fang is out hunting. We don't know what he'll bring back." My father says to the others.

" He'll probably bring a buck and a fish for Bolt," Darkfang says making the crowd of young dragons fall quiet. She always for whatever unknown reason knows where Fang is or what he's doing. It's odd, being she can't

" Nightholly," I start to whine in panic. What if I hurt the poor plant?

" Skyress the plants are fine. And even if they aren't it's okay because when you die the plants will eat your scales and flesh while your bones will crumble to make a good spot for other plants to grow,"

" Nightholly! You can't just say that," My father says giving my mother a mix of a horrified and surprised look,"

" Dad." I whine in need of a not as disturbing depiction of death.

" Don't worry I won't let the plants eat you when you die,"My father says in a fail to comfort.

" Darkfang." I say moving over to her. I'm careful not to touch her scales, she doesn't like it,

" I won't let you die. I'll keep it away from you as long as you want," She says staring at me with dark, unreadable eyes.

Despite her lack of friendliness or compassion she still means what she says. And that's what make her trustable. She won't just say things. Sure I get angry with her when she kills my plants and animals but I know she doesnt really in her heart want them to die. I think because of her power that is the reason for her lack social skills. She was simply born to withstand the horror.

I nod before returning to my meal. While they wait for Fang to come back I eat my meal while watching them race.

We all love to race each other, though when actually having competition on who is the fastest We don't let Darkfang participate. With her lightning abilities it's unfair and Twilight pushes the limits too. He can force the wind to push him along. But the same is with when we race while swimming. Neither of the four boys can participate. Bazefire could if water didn't harm him. Water seems to melt his scales.

Twilight influences the others to allow him to participate. Probably one of his little mind tricks. Darkfang now sits at the start/finish line.

" Start!"

Sapphire and Blazefire are the first ones to take the lead. About a quarter way through Sapphire starts to come close up to blazefire making it close to passing him. And now Just behind her is Bolt. Blazefire backs off giving Bolt a new lead as he goes around Sapphire. And now in third is Twilight. Twilight comes right up behind Sapphire who was slowing slightly before he passed her completely. He was advancing on Bolt but Bolt wasn't letting up any. Darkfang got into position to be ready to call out the winner. Twilight passes Bolt by a scale but at the last second Bolt puts on one last burst of speed.

" And Bolt's the winner!"

Darkfang jumps at the voice that is clearly not her own. I can't stop from laughing at the ridiculous startled look she was giving Fang who had come out of the undergrowth from behind her.

" Fang!"

I cringe as my siblings devour the prey he brought back. It sends shiver down my spine thinking that what their eating could have been a dragon just in disguise.

" I think we should all go flying,"

" Yeah, they need to learn soon. There're already a moon old. "

" We're going flying?" I ask cheerfully.

" That we are," My father answers smiling down at me.

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" Okay guys. now pay attention. I don't want you accidentally falling into the rocks below," My father says standing in front of us. He only had his wings raised instead of at the relaxed position by his sides. How huge his wings are. One day I wonder if mine will ever be that that huge.

"I want you all to run before over the edge of the cliff here. Open your wings as you jump and beat down. Then your instinct should take over. If not, well the one of us will come and grab you."

Barely before he finishes speaking Darkfang and Twilight were already racing towards the edge. They both make it extremely easy but they both have larger, more perfect wings than either of us. They are identical. I manage to get into the air after one failed attempt. Blazefire also managed to get into the air on his first try. Nightstar couldn't stay up. He's still too small, too weak. Nightstar now sits on the ground sadly gazing up at us while sitting next to our mother. Now we were only waiting for Bolt.

He dosen't seem to trust his wings. " Come on Bolt," I call.

Bolt sprints before leaping into the air. His wing beats are quick and short. At a different pace compared to the rest of us.

" This is cool! How did you learn to fly?" Twilight asks flying next to my father who was currently just gliding on an updraft because the lack of his rider.

My father doesn't really give an answer. He just kind of shrugs the best he can while beating his wings.

" Hey Bolt you okay?" Blazefire asks hovering next to our blue scaled brother.

" I ah. I don't know," Bolt says just before his eyes roll back into his head. IT happens to quickly for any of us to react in time.

I manage to close my eyes just as Toothless and Fang dive towards Bolt.

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❄ Sapphire ❄

Time stops as I see Bolt hit the ground. His leg hits a large rock. The loud crack of the bone snapping makes my stomach lurch. I descend quickly landing on the ground in a stumble.

Silver walks up to him her eyes unfocused with Twilight behind her the same way. They must be trying to communicate with him or, are persuading him to ignore the pain. Silver has been known to influence others.

Silver even once tried to influence Darkfang into being happy and nice. It was so unnatural finialy my parents and Nightstar made her stop. Luckily Darkfang has no memory of the incident.

Bolt lets our a pained sounds causing me to come out of my zone.

I look at his leg. You could see his bone sticking out of place and there was something very wrong it.

"H- here Sapphire Try icing his leg so it numbs it " Nightholly says looking at me with an unreadable gaze.

" Don't turn him into a Bolt-cicle" Twilight says trying to sound chippy and lighten the mood slightly.

I flinch as Bolt screeches out in pain from the thin layer of frost I blow over his leg.

" Darkfang... Force him to fall asleep." My father says. We all turn to him in shock.

" But I might kill him," She responds giving him a confused look.

" Just try,"

" Silver why don't you do it. We all know how unpredictable my... abilities are."

" Darkfang. I want you to do it because I beleive you could force him to stay asleep and not wake from pain." My father says very carefully.

She gives him an unforgivable look before Bolt's head falls to the ground. I strain my ears to hear his breathing. It's shallow and he only takes a breath every minute, but he's alive.

I watch Darkfang. I could practically feel the nervousness rolling off of her in waves.

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