Thick ropes were around Squirrel's snout and claws. She was in a big bowl with wheels and was being rolled towards a large room. The scavengers in the room had even sharper sticks. They came to her and poked one of her scales.

Squirrel needed to escape. *Concentrate.* The voice in her head said. *They are next to a large tree over there, the ropes on you are living vines. The roots are there. Focus!*

She didn't want to listen to the voice, but it was her only hope. She focused on the vines around her, picturing them unwrapping her and stopping the wheels on the weird bowl and then, she was free.

It had worked. Squirrel focused on the roots, making them stretch out to the scavengers. Then she saw the scavenger from earlier. The Roots wrapped around all the scavengers in the room. Squirrel walked to the scavenger and cut her loose. Someone had to pay for what the scavengers did.

She flew off int the night to look for her friends with the scavenger in her claw. She found Bruniik and told him what happened. Squirrel found a nice place to sleep, she took vines from a tree and wrapped them around the scavenger and her claw. Then she drifted off to sleep.

A dark figure stood over her. 'ShadowWing,' Squirrel thought. The dragonet had a few scars on his wings. He looked at the scavenger. He quickly took the scavenger and ate it.

"I know why your here." He said. "You want my odd daughter for the legend. Take her. she is over there."

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In case you don't know, Bruniik is, for me and this book, pronounced Bruneek. Brii is pronounced Bree.

-River