"Maybe they didn't leave. Maybe they got taken," Aqua thought
aloud.
Pine asked her plants if they saw the guardians leave. They hadn't
so she returned to the group and shrugged.
Pine hid behind the group, shivering like crazy.
Aqua stepped forward. "Who are you and what did you do to our
guardians?" she boldly asked the Skywings.
One of the skywings seemed confused. "Guardians? We didn't do
anything with them." He answered. "What even is this cave? Why are
there dragonets here? Is this some rebellion?'
The other skywings shrugged, coming up with odd theories as to why
a bunch of dragonets were left alone in a cave.
"Our guardians went missing, and we thought you had something to do
with it," Aqua explained.
Pine was still behind the other dragonets. She thought the SkyWings
were lying.
The skywings continued discussing among themselves, wondering why a
bunch of dragonets were in a cave. One of them finally spoke "How
about we consult the queen about it?"
Papillion was confused while Seal continued shivering
Pine heard what the SkyWing said. She knew about how the SkyWing
palace had an arena where dragons fought. Then, the idea hit her.
"What if our guardians are in the SkyWing arena?" she whispered to
Seal.
Aqua had not studied SkyWings and only knew what they looked like.
Who knows, they could be powerful enough to kill the guardians.
Pine crouched down very low so that the SkyWings hopefully wouldn't
find her. She kept thinking of theories.
Aqua stared at the SkyWings with confusion. Were these dragons
dumb? How had they never heard of a SilkWing?
"Whatever, our Queen needs to deal with this dragonet problem." The
Skywing who looked like the leader said to the others. "These so
called guardians are so irresponsible, leaving four dragonets, all
from different tribes, alone in a cave! We'll take them somewhere
where they can be kept an eye on."
Papillion gasped. These big, mean skywings are going to take them
away? To where?
Aqua growled and slashed one of the SkyWings with her claws. She
stood defensively in front of the other dragonets.
Pine shivered even more. What if they were taking them to the
arena? That would end up terribly.
The Skywing that Aqua scratched hissed, before smiling. "Aww
they're so cute. Look at them thinking they can beat us!" They
taunted, lunging forward and grabbing Aqua.
Two more Skywings grabbed Seal and Pine, while another was
struggling to catch Papillion