Ripcurrent woke up aching all over. He was on one of Queen Ruby's rock spires, incredibly high. Looking over, he saw Coral still sleeping on the spire next to him. In the arena, he heard the roars two Skywing prisoners fighting in the arena.

He turned to hear Coral shriek in surprise as two guards splashed her in the face with water to wake her up. As they dragged her off her spire, he heard another guard clear his throat behind him.

"I, um have to take you to Queen Ruby now, so... If you could please come with me that would be great."
As he started to unclip him from the spire, Ripcurrent tilted his head at him. What a peculiar guard.

"Who are you?" he asked quietly.
"Oh... I'm Ash." He paused in unclip ping. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Coral being dragged off. Ash continued.

"My parents thought I would be a good soldier so, here I am. But I'm getting sick of dealing with... well, I can't tell you that. But I like being a guard." They flew down the spire, and down some tunnels. The next thing he knew, he was in the arena. The Skywings were gone, but he saw places where the sand was wet and sticky from their blood. He saw coral approaching from the opposite side. Panic flashed through him. Would they make him fight her? He would never kill her. But he saw, in other tunnels, the orange  eyes of what could only be Skywings. He turned around to see ash give him a watered smile before turning to go. The gate in front of  him began to rise. He didn't want to go, but he had to protect Coral. Along with Coral, he saw another dragon step into view.

His eyes were orange, his scales deep red. He didn't think he was imagining the smoke coming off his body. and the heat he could feel radiating from him. He had only ever heard of one dragon like this. Her name was Peril. But these were no Skywings. A dragon he knew to be Vermillion landed in front of them. He saw the queen up in her balcony. She began to speak.

"Listen Skywings. I have captured two dragonets from the kingdom of the sea.  They shall fight well. But they are not the only thrilling entertainment I have for you today. On the other end of the arena, I have Cinder of the FlameWings." The crowd looked around in confusion. Ripcurrent did as well. There were only seven tribes. No FlameWings. The queen, seeing twit confusion, smiled and went on.

"This is a very small tribe found on a faraway island near the volcano of the Nightwings. The FlameWings live on a sister island that was not destroyed. The Skywings spy's captured them and took them prisoner. About a year ago, I banished a Skywing named Peril who was born with too much fire. The FlameWings have the same ability, and burn everything they touch. Peril was on the loose and posed a threat to our kingdom. They FlameWings are our prisoners. We are in control. And now they will fight. But-" she said, looking at the dragonets.

" I am not my mother. She made line dragonets fight 8 Icewings at once. I am not unfair. You will fight together, as a pair. You will will win together, or... you will die together." She nodded to Vermilion.

"I bring you today, Cinder of the FlameWings! Aaaaaannnnd on the other side of the arena I give you Ripcurrent and Coral of the Seawings! Ok! Claws up, teeth ready, fight!"

And so the battle begun.