Chapter 3: The Pits'
Tide stretched before he opened his eyes fully. He let out a small squeak when he stretched far enough. He got up and noticed that they were in a similar but different area. He looked at Drought. He was curled up, his body slowly rising and falling in sync with his breath. The clank made Tide jump back into the cage's side before he turned and realized the MudWing had thrown two peices of cow into the cage.
When he locked the cage back up, he said, "Eat now, the first part of the competition is going to start in an hour." Tide nodded and saw the key chain around his neck as he walked away. He just realized he had something on his neck too, and that he was going to check after the intro part. He rubbed his talon slightly on it, it was loose, but just enough to not suffocate him.
He looked at Drought, then the cow. He bit Droughts' cow, and dragged it to him. When he got his, he noticed Drought was up and noticed the cow. "Alright! Food, finally!" He flicked his tail in delight and dug in. Tide had normaly eaten fish, but it was good to try new things, right? He bit in and it was delicious! The taste of the cow was odd, but he liked it! He looked up to realize that there were other cages around him. There was a small lonely looking SandWing, he guessed it was Rise. He was curled up, and didn't touch her cow. Only some parts were bit off. Iguessshedoesn'tneedtoeatthatmuch. Tide thought to himself.
He looked past her to see a SkyWing slightly bigger that Tide. He was pacing around the room, flapping his wings here and there occasionally. He either looked excited or angry. "Hey, are you paying attention?" Drought broke the silence.
"What"? Oh, no. Sorry. I was...thinking of something else. What were you saying?"
"I said are you ready to go? The competition should start soon."
"I guess. What is the competition anyways?" Tide tilted his head.
"You'll find out." He smiled. "Very soon."
After the hour passed, the MudWing came and opened the gate. Tide had just now realized he could have flown away. He felt stupid for not thinking of that earlier! Drought got up and Tide followed. After a short walk, Tide and Drought came up to where the SandWing was standing up on a cliff. Tide noticed that other MudWings had gathered up the other dragons and dragonets.
The bidders were all in a crowd around them, waiting and murmering excitedly. "Welcome, competitors." The SandWing spoke. "If you do not know, I am Heatwave. I am indeed the founder of this competition. And I will now explain that this is the first part. You see, you all will need to get to the end of this race to be awarded wonderfully for your participation. You will fight to the finish in order to win, and you do not want to loose." He looked deadly over the others, pacing back and forth explaining this. "You shall do whatever is necessary, and since those who bid on YOU, you will indeed earn partial money of THAT bidder. Which is also why you should try to win."
"So, those who bid...you get part of their bid?" Tide questioned, not taking his eyes off Heatwave.
"IF you win." Drought responded.
So, the weak ones would most likely loose... Thisiscruel. Tide scowled to himself. Suddenly, every MudWing forced all the dragons to the start of the race, which was the cliffs' edge. Tide could see a shining river surrounded by greenery on the bottom. It was a Beautiful view, to bad he couldn't soak it in. "On the count of ten, at one, you will start. The end is at the pool of shining water, only a few 20 miles away. After that, you will need to continue to the next pool of water, another 20 miles. There, at those pools, you may drink or eat. You must stop at the lake, where I will be standing, in order to finish. "Ten, nine, eight," he counted down. Tide's heart raced, he wasn't sure if he could fly that long. But he had to try. "Five, four." He saw everybody spread their wings at four, so he did the same. He looked to his left to see that SkyWing he saw in the cage past Rises'. He looked at him.
"Good luck." Tide said.
He blew a puff of smoke in response. "Three, two." Silence for a split second, and then... "ONE!"
WHOOSH! Drought zoomed off along with every other dragon. Tide jumped at the same time as the SkyWing, but he felt a push when he went. The SkyWing slammed his wing alongside Tides'. It spun him and he fell. "Oh! Thats called competition!!" Heatwave yelled. His back was faced towards the ground, his wings unable to turn so he could fly. OHNO!! He panicked, he spun angrily towards the ground, desperately trying to flip over. "Come on!! COME ON!!!" Suddenly, he felt something, or someone, brush under him. He flipped over and immediately he opened his wings, slowing him down. He pulled himself up and brushed the tree leaves with his talons. "Oh...my...gosh..." he panted, his heart was pounding and felt like it was coming out of his chest. Then, a MudWing flew by him and stared. "Did, did you...?" She blinked at him and increased her speed, flapping her wings perfectly. "Thank you..." he said, not knowing anything else to do. He flew next to her. She looked up and motioned him to go to the crowd of dragons. He just now noticed them, they seemed to be just a big glob, and he realized that the dragons were fighting! "Oh no!" He looked at her and she just stared.
"Hey, you're in the race, right?"
She nodded. "Can you help me get my friends out of there??"
She jus looked for a moment, and then nodded hesitantly. "Thank you."
He bolted upwards towards the crowd. Immediately he saw Seabass, he was moving out of the way of oncoming dragons. He saw Coast was near him, pushing away dragons. But she realized that there was a small green and red figure behind her, flying quickly. He looked and examined them for Drought, and he turned to see him above the crowd, looking for him. Tide swooped up to Coast. "Tide!!" She yelped. "You're OK!"
"Of curse I am!" He said happily. But he wasnt paying attention to what had just happened to his new MudWing friend. He felt talons grab his leg. "Ow! Huh!?" He looked down to see her being tackled by that SkyWing that almost killed him. She was big, but he was still able to pull her down, which meant he was incredibly strong! "Nooo!!" He roared. He dived down the sky after his friend. He was in claw reach of his neck when he was slammed by a SandWing. He felt talons on his neck as he was lead off track. He snarled violently at Tide, and Tide responded with a claw to the face. "Why are you doing this!?" He yelled through the wind. "Why am I not!!" He yelled back with his fangs out. He launched a bite and it nearly missed Tide, but it took a sliver of his left ear. "Aargh!!" Tide yelled in frustration, he flipped himself from the dragon and grabbed his wings "ahh!!" His screech peirced Tide ears, but he knew what he had to do. He flew towards the SkyWing and MudWing, they were falling dangerously close to the trees. He pulled the dragon back and, with a yell, launched the SandWing at the SkyWing. His wings flapped in the air as he yelled as he was thrown. The SkyWing looked up to see his body smack into his face, they both fell into the trees.
Tide swooped down and grabbed the MudWing. She had a slash leading from her back to her hind left leg. SothisiswherethatSkyWing grabbed her. He thought to himself angrily. He pulled her up to a rock on a cliff side. She was breathing smoothly with her eyes closed. "Hey, hey." He whispered. "A-are you OK?" She turned and looked up at him. "Whurrr..?" She spoke nonsense. "Shhh, its OK, I'll get you to water." He looked down, remembering that there was water down there. He looked up to make sure everyone was busy before he flew her down to the river. He slowly set her body in front of a rock to keep her from drifting away in the water. He poured water on her, but it didn't help. Immediately, he jumped in the water and lifted his tail. He forced it down with a powerful splash and water went all over her. She twitched and jolted up. "Whuut!? Were m I!?!?" She yelped. "Haha, you're OK.'' Tide couldn't help but laugh.
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Hey, guys! (And girls, men and women of all ages, haha). Do you like it so far!? If you could please comment, I want to know of I could improve. I know I'm not the best writer. Haha, keep reading! :D
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