Peril's PoV
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"Fight me!" snarled the IceWing facing me. "Or are you afraid?"

A sneer twisted its way onto my face. "Afraid?!" I laughed. "No, I have nothing to fear. After all, you're just another IceWing."

As Frostbite raged and howled curses at me, I thought, 'This is an IceWing princess. I supposed I've never killed royalty before...'

Queen Scarlet's voice rang in my ears..."Kill them!" I could almost feel Her Majesty's dissaproving glare boring into me. "Next time, you'll do better. I expect nothing less than thrillingly bloody, burning death in my arena from my champion..."

I beat my wings, edging closer to the enraged IceWing Princess. Casually, I flicked my tail a tiny bit, and made the slightest contact. The shouting paused for a millisecond as all eyes turned to me, Frostbite's tail, and back to me.

Then the silence erupted into screams. Screams of pain from the Princess, screams of horror from the watching IceWings, and screams of excitement from the SkyWings.

I smirked. 'Not so tough now, are you, Princess?' I thought. Thrashing and howling in pain she might be, but her eyes never left mine. And it was her eyes that told me all I needed to know. At first, it was mostly pain, but then it was replaced by anger, and then the 'I hate you' look. I knew that expression all too well.

Snarling, I lunged forwards and slowly ripped my talons through her wing. Satisfied, I watched as blue-red blood covered my scales and claws before evaporating with a hiss.

Frostbite's blood was brightly juxtaposed against the searing black slash marks as she twisted and screamed. But her eyes still had that look. She was rapidly losing altitude, and I figured that if her fall didn't kill her, I would.

I circled down around her, watching as she landed harshly on the earth, and the snapping of bones breaking and the ripping of muscles tearing was heard. I stood over her head, my talons poised the slice her throat. As I stared into her eyes, something changed. Understanding dawned in them, and she let out an "Oh!" before I cut her throat.

As I did so, a twinge of guilt went through me, but I shook it off. 'Just another IceWing,' I reminded myself. As the light died from Frostbite's eyes, I found myself thinking, 'What did you know?' I reached out to touch her wing, and gaping black holes spread out from where my claws touched her, as her scales disintegrated into ash. Her fellow IceWings lighted down, glaring at me, their eyes a mix of fear and loathing. I stepped back, and they snatched up Frostbite's corpse.

They took one glance at me and fled, leaping into the air and beating their light blue wings. One stayed behind to snarl, "This isn't over, SkyWing. We will remember how you ruthlessly murdered our Princess forever," before fleeing after his companions.

Falcon growled, "Why'd you let them go? We should've slaughtered them all."

I whipped around to face him. "Oh, that wasn't thrilling enough for you?"

He stared at me for a moment before hissing, "Don't compare me to my mother." Then he shouted, "Back to the palace!"

The fleets took off, with me trailing behind a bit. On the way back, I wondered, 'Did she have to die? Just another IceWing? Really? She was royalty. She knew something--I just wish I had known what it was...'

***EDIT***
Sorry for not posting, I have a case of writers block 😕