Owl pounced on Whale, who was sitting next to the pond, staring with great interest at the fish.

Splash!

Water sprayed all around the sides as they both rolled into the pond. Comet hissed, jumping back out of the way of the water droplets. Pear attempted to bolt away, but he tripped over his tail instead and ended up looking like a pale green blob flopping around and scraping the floor.

Owl popped his head out and laughed, trying not to accidentally breath in water. Last time he did that he couldn't stop coughing. Clip laughed at first, but she turned and suddenly held her head down, looking away. Whale popped up and climbed out, gasping for breath. "Why... would... you... do that!?" Water dripped down his thick nose.

"Uh, because it was funny." Owl simply replied as he climbed out behind him. Maybe he shouldn't have said that, because without warning, Whale flung his big blue and brown tail and smacked Owls' legs, causing him to immediately slip and fall back into the water. "Haha, now that was actually pretty funny!" Whale giggled.

Needle flicked her tail interestingly and lied down.

Owls' brown head popped out again, and Whale lifted his tail in warning. Pear finally managed to scramble up and shake his head. "You scared me! Owl I thought you promised to stop doing that!"

Owl lifted his head to speak. "I said that for last week, not this week. Think fast!" He lifted his wings and smacked them down, causing a small wave of water to splash all over Pears' face. "Ah!" He squealed as he flipped himself back, landing right in front of Topple. "Whatare you doing?" He snorted at Pear, who instantly flipped over and scrambled to Clip at the sight of him.

He watched him, and then focused in the others. Topple was always there to catch the dragonets "in the act" and he always had a thing where he needed to just, blame things on them. Even if he was their Guardian, he still hated how strict he was with almost everything. Owl dipped his head back in the pond and watched silently. "Aren't you supposed to be. . ." He stopped for a minute to think about what they were supposedto be doing.

Needle sighed, then spoke. "Flower-picking."

"With, Nagi." Topple glared at her as he spoke. Needle just scoffed and turned her head. Topple continued, his voice growing steadily higher, "Thisdoesn't look like flower-picking." He looked around. "Where is Owl?"

If I go out, he's gonna ask me what I was doing and assume that I was starting trouble, which he always accuses me of. But if I don't, and he finds me? Oh,dear... Owl thought quickly, before he got out, holding his head down. "I'm here."

"Why didn't you come when I was calling you earlier?" He studied him from snout to tail for a moment. "Unless you were causing trouble." Herewegoagain.

Topple took a deep breath, and continued, more calm this time however. "Nagi is very upset that you didn't go to her flower-picking lesson, you know how much she. . . Likesflowers."

"Yeah, which is stupid." Needle folded her wings back and sat down.

Wingbeats were heard and Owl looked up to see the sillouhette of Roarin hovering above them, after a moment, he landed next to Topple. "Hmm, causing mischief again, I presume?" His snake-like voice always gave Owl a chill up his spine. Roarin, like some of the Guardians on Taln, were very mean to the dragonets, ecpessially Whale. He always said things about how Whale was too unfocused and easily distracted, not to mention an idiot, and that if they throw a pig off the side of a cliff, he'd chase after it and be so dumb he forgets how to fly.

Whale was like a brother to Owl, and Roarin was a threat. Owl often told Whale to avoid him if he wasn't there to defend him.

Topple sighed, obviously dissapointed that Roarin decided to show up. From what Owl had observed, Roarin messes with Topples' discipline style, although Owl wasn't so sure it was that.

"They skipped in class with Nagi again. No worries though, I was just about to lecture them on how it's -"

"Lecture!? A lecture isn't going to teach them a lesson now, is it?" He turned his head towards Whale and flicked his tounge, as if Whale was his next meal. Owl was prepared to pounce when Topple stepped in front of him.

"Now, Roarin, you heard what Roassin said, if -"

Roarin snapped at Topple, forcing him to move to avoid being bitten. "Who cares what Roassin said! These dragonets are a disgrace to Taln! They're lazy, they can't fight even if their life depended on it!"

"Roarin, now listen here, you -"

"No, youlisten Topple!" He aggressively shoved him out of his way, smoke puffing out of his nostrils. "They need to be taught a lesson, one way." He turned towards Whale. "Oranother." He started walking towards him, shoving Topple with his wings.

Whale backed up, fear in his eyes.

"Now, Roarin, you know better than to -"

Roarin smacked him with his tail before he could finish. "How dare you!" Topple roared as he leapt onto Roarin. "Get off, you cannot interfere!"

"Watch me!" Topple argued, scratching at Roarins' back scales. With a yell, Roarin lifted himself into the air and flipped onto his back, smashing Topple into the floor with tremendous force. The dragonets gasped, all wondering who hurt who more. Roarin turned over, leaving Topple on his side, cringing his snout in pain. "Roarin..." he tried to continue but he coughed out some blood instead. Immediately, Owl ran towards his Guardian. "Owl no!!" Needle called after him, but he already knew it was a bad idea. Roarin turned himself and smashed Owl with his strong wings, sending him flying into Pear. He got up, his side hurting, and tried again.

Every time, Roarin either scratched him or smashed him, which both were highly uncomfortable. He told Needle to distract him, and she just nodded, she had never actually fought against a Guardian n Taln, but Owl figured she'd dreamt of it a couple of times.

Distracted, Roarin wasn't able to notice a brown body rushing towards Topple.

"Topple! Are you OK!?" Owl rushed to his side.

"Owl." He whispered. He was okay, but Owl figured Roarin' weight must have sprained something, but it could be worse.

"Get. Nagi, she always calms him down when he's like this." He managed a smile, and coughed again.

"Okay, got it'" he looked behind him before leading to the air. He's still distracted, good. He lifted off the ground and to the air, immediately heading towards Nagi's Tree. Don't worry guys, hold him off for just a small second longer. Im getting help.

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Aha, ohkay, hope you enjoy, thanks for taking your time torwad this, I got a bit lazy at the ending, I am just really bored! Lol, well, thanks again, bye!

These are the origional dragon species created by Tui T. Sutherland from her book series Wings of Fire, this is like a fan-made story :), lol