Tumbleweed had been flying for a few days now. Two of the moons were out, shining their white light down on top of him. He was confused and curious.

I know that Icewing from somewhere... But where? That's the real question. And why does she want me? Maybe she knows where Bracken is. Maybe she has something to do with her disappearance...

He landed near a small oasis and stopped to drink. He tried to think about where Bracken could be when he heard something. 

"Who's there?" Tumbleweed yelled, baring his teeth.

"Tumbleweed! Finally!" Watermelon yelled, hopping out of his hiding place in the brambles.

"Waterme- wait. Did you follow me?" Tumbleweed asked, frowning.

"Weeeeell, it depends. I mean, I could be going in the same direction as you, who knows?" Watermelon lied.

"Why are you here, Watermelon?" Tumbleweed asked, sitting.

"Well... when you left, I went to the inn and I found Secretslayer...'s dead body." Watermelon whispered, holding his head low.

Tumbleweed fell silent. His good friend, dead. 

"Do you have any idea how he died?" Watermelon asked, looking at Tumbleweed.

"I do, actually." Tumbleweed hissed. "C'mon. We gotta go."

"Why?" Watermelon asked.

"There may or may not be a dangerous Icewing after me, and to get me she maybe might've probably killed Secretslayer. So yeah. As I said before, we gotta go." Tumbleweed said calmly.

"Oh my mangoes, I will kill that squid face the second I get and she'll regret everything." Watermelon growled.

"Might I ask how you plan to do that?" Tumbleweed asked, knowing that Watermelon hadn't inherited any Rainwing traits.

"I'll figure it out...eventually." Watermelon replied.

"Alright then, suit yourself. But you're comin' with." Tumbleweed said, spreading his wings to fly.

Watermelon nodded and followed behind him.

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Bracken laid on the ground, unconscious. She was trapped in a small room, chains on her arms. Her breathing was the only sound in the room.

She slowly regained her consciousness and lifted her head to look around. It was just four stone walls with small iron bars on the bottom of the wall in front of her.

Who...

Bracken suddenly remembered everything. The ambush, the threats, everything.

"Tumbleweed..." Bracken mumbled, lowering her head to touch the floor.

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"Tumbleweed!" Watermelon said, frantically flying behind him. "Wait up! You're flying too fast!"

"Hm? Oh, sorry, buddy!" Tumbleweed said apologetically, hovering in place.

"Quick question. Where, exactly are we going?" Watermelon asked.

Tumbleweed didn't respond. Instead, he stopped hovering and continued flying. Watermelon trailed behind him and the two flew in silence for a while.

Watermelon was so busy thinking that he didn't realize Tumbleweed turned to the right. Struggling to turn fast enough to follow him, Watermelon missed a wingbeat.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Watermelon screamed, trying to regain his balance while he plummeted through the air.

"Wha- Watermelon!!" Tumbleweed yelled, flying down as fast as he could.

Watermelon couldn't get his wings in a proper position with the wind blowing his wings up. So instead, he stuck his wings to his side and was plummeting straight down.

Is he insane?!  Tumbleweed thought franticly.

Watermelon quickly spread his wings when he saw a lake below, and he plunged into the water with a large splash. Tumbleweed landed on the edge of the water, gasping for breath.

"Well..." Watermelon said sarcastically, popping his head out of the water. "that was fun."

Splash!

Tumbleweed had shoved Melon's head underwater and hissed angrily, "Don't. Ever. Do. That. Again."

Watermelon floated up from beneath the water to find Tumbleweed's obsidian black eyes eerily glistened under the sunlight. He just stared at Tumbleweed, a tiny bit nervous.

"O-oh. Yup! Mhm. Yeap. Oki doki then." Watermelon stuttered.

Melon climbed out of the lake and felt small, uncomfortable pinches on his tail. He looked at his tail and saw dozens of leeches on him. He gulped and bashed his tail against the ground until all the leeches were gone.

"Did something happen?" Tumbleweed asked, turning to look at Watermelon.

"No." Watermelon replied.

+_=_+

After more hours of flying, they reached a small beach 'town'. It had about four huts and three stalls, and Watermelon could make out about twelve different dragons. A few Sandwings, a couple of Seawings, and even a Mudwing or three were all he could make out.

"Hey, Tum-" Watermelon began, turning his head to look at him only to realize that Tumbleweed was gone. "Tumbleweed?"

Melon walked into the town and felt more nervous than he'd ever been. Probably because he found a large, pale freckled Sandwing with her tail barb at Tumbleweed snout. Tumble looked like he was trying to talk his way out of it, but the other Sandwing wasn't budging.

What am I doing?  Watermelon asked himself. I need to at least try and help him! But what could I do? I don't really have any natural defences... Well. This could end horribly, or it could go amazing! Probably gonna regret this.

"Hey!" Melon hissed, trying to look as menacing as possible as he walked over towards them.

"Watermelon?" Tumbleweed said, sounding surprised.

Tumbleweed was underneath the Sandwing who had him pinned.

"You know this two-bit pile of camel snot?" The Sandwing hissed.

"Yeah. Now get off him." Watermelon growled, getting into his defensive position.

"How about... No?" The Sandwing hissed. "What're you even gonna do?"

Before he knew it, Watermelon lunged for the Sandwing, trying to avoid her tail the best he could. He smacked her in the snout with his tail, and she got off Tumbleweed-  and went for Watermelon.

Before long, she had him pinned. He tried to get out from under her, but it was no use. Watermelon was just a dragonet. She was an adult. With a deadly tail that could kill him at any moment. Not the best motivation, but... Nope. Just not the best motivation.

"Jackal!" Tumbleweed yelled before a burst of flames hit the Sandwing's snout.

She screeched in pain and clutched her snout with one talon and still had Watermelon pinned with the other.

Tumbleweed slammed himself into the Sandwing who was apparently 'Jackal', and he had her pinned.

"Tumbleweed," Watermelon asked. "Who's this slimy squid fossil?" 

"My sister." Tumbleweed replied.

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Well. slimy squid fossil

guess where i got that from

hint hint animal crossing

hehe

yeaz so he's got a sis

so... Yeaz

k bai folkz

-Audrey