"Do you think he'll be back soon?" 

Nyx had been hearing that question all day. "I don't think so," she said. 

Her sister, Caribou, sighed. "Dad takes FOREVER to hunt. I'm starving!"

"Then why don't you get something to eat?" Nyx asked. 

"Ummmmmmm, oh, I don't know. Maybe because WE AREN'T ALLOWED?!" Caribou said, annoyed. 

"You could always sneak out. Dad's rules are silly," Nyx countered.

 "Says the dragon who gasps in horror at the thought of living in a village with other dragons," Caribou said. 

"That's... different," Nyx replied. She'd been born with weird pink wings and green eyes. Her father acted like this was perfectly normal. But it wasn't. IceWings didn't have pink wings. True, they didn't live in forests in the mountains, either, but at least they could still act normal. Nyx was weird and always would be.

 "Sooooooooo," said Caribou, clearly trying to cheer up her sister, "What do you think Dad is bringing back for breakfast? I hope it's a deer. Or two deers. I'll even be okay with three!" 

"You could be a MudWing with that appetite, you know," Nyx pointed out. 

"Ugh, I'm just hungry. Besides, Dad has never taken this long. Wait, you don't think that something happened, right?" 

Both sisters looked up at each other, alarmed. Their father could be in serious danger. But, before they could say anything, they heard wing beats. Nyx looked out from the cave. Four IceWings were headed straight for them. 

"Quick!" Nyx yelled. She pulled Caribou into the crevice where they hid and waited. 

The IceWings didn't seem to know that they were there. "Come on everyone," growled one of the IceWings. "The queen said that we had to find whatever he was hiding." 

"Why are you so bossy, Frostbite?" asked another one. 

"Because I'm the boss," Frostbite replied. 

"Hey, can you two stop fighting for once so we can do our job?" A third IceWing asked. 

"Yeah, yeah," Frostbite huffed. "Come on we have to find those dragonets."

 Nyx felt like someone had just torn all her guts out. These dragons were looking for her and Caribou... but, why? They'd never left the cave in their life. Unless... could it have been something her father did? Just then, more wing beats were heard. An enormous IceWing with a crown of silver landed in the cave and was followed by two guards carrying... Dad! What were Nyx and Caribou going to do? 

"Find them," the IceWing with the crown snarled. 

That must be the queen, Nyx thought. 

"Glacier, please," her father begged, "They're just dragonets. They never did anything to you." 

"They're forbidden," Glacier spat, "And you know that, cousin. They are forbidden. I'll kill them and then I'll find the others. You can't possibly think I didn't know that there were more eggs. Also, it's Queen Glacier to you." 

"No!" Stoat screamed. 

"Quit your whining," Glacier hissed, "Now, guards, find them!"

 Nyx looked at Caribou, but... NO! Caribou was creeping up to the guards and was probably going to try to free their father. Caribou you can't! Please, please stop. Nyx thought. Then something even worse happened. 

"Found one!" Frostbite yelled as she snatched Caribou.