Diving into Danger

Moondancers POV:

Moondancer walked down the stairs. Weavers wings were buzzing in excitement as she walked down the stairs with her. She was told by Weaver that Acid had gotten a call from some workers that the pathways and debris was clear from the ground. Acid was preparing her friends with articles of clothing like pouches and scarfs around each of their necks. Weaver and Moondancer both walked over to Acid and Weaver was smiling like she was having a free day at school. Acid grabbed another scarf from her back and wrapped it around Weavers neck. She put a small pouch over Weaver neck and there was a small clicking of scales in the pouch. Acid looked over each one of them with her four eyes and nodded. "Weaver will take you all to the Central Talon and whatever she says, you will do. None of you are to go off on your own unless Weaver is with you, do you all understand?". Acid asked them as she stood in front of them. They all nodded in understanding and went outside with Weaver. The outside of the house was neat and they began walking down the gravel pathway. Moondancer turned her head towards Weaver. "What's the Central Talon?. Is it like a candy store?". Moondancer asked Weaver. Weavers wings buzzed again as she asked that. "Yes, but it's also a place where you can get drinks from. You can also buy stuff for free if you know the right server". Weaver told her as they walked by a couple of houses. There were a few houses with a few branches or two on them. One of the houses had a whole tree on their roof and half the house was caved in. Moondancer looked around even more. There was a strange clearing between two houses. Just an empty space with nothing there except some old dirt with a few patches of grass. She wondered why the space was empty instead of having something there. Maybe an old creaky house was there and they took it down. They had soon gotten farther into town and there were more houses and pathways. There were signs leading to multiple places like shops, pharmacies, coffee shops and candy shops. They followed Weaver and came to a wooden shack with a large sign above it that read Central Talon, in large Green letters. It had two large glass windows with blinds over them. Weaver opened the door to the Central Talon and walked inside. There were multiple dragons sitting at many circular tables and booths next to the windows. There were also a few dragons sitting near a long counter. Weaver seemed excited as she looked at the dragon behind the counter. The dragon was different from everyone else there. They had French Grey scales with a Darker Grey underbelly. They had Light Brown eyes, the bottom ones seemed to be a shade of red. Their wings seemed different too. They had a colorful wing covering instead of a plain Grey one. It had many colors like Purple, Turquoise, Pink and Dark Blue. The colors seemed to fluctuate between the colors. Weaver brought them to the dragon and they seemed surprised. They smiled. "Hello Weaver!. Are these new customers?. They are from the Distant Kingdoms!. Are you visiting or looking around?". The dragon asked her as her two front arms poured one dragon a drink and slid it across the counter. Weaver looked into her pouch and pulled out three scales. She placed them on the counter and the dragon looked at Weaver. "A box of Honey Drops or Honey Sticks?". The dragon asked Weaver as she looked at something behind her. Weaver looked at them for a moment and back at the dragon. "Some Honey Drops please!. Thank you Silverfish!". Weaver told Silverfish. Moondancer looked at Weaver and so did the rest of them. "What are Honey Drops?. Are they good?. Do you get sick if you eat too much of them?". Sizzle asked Weaver. She thought Sizzle would know a lot of things because of the field trips that had to Aithria each year. They had a field trip in fifth, seventh and ninth talon. She was sure that Sizzle probably knew the most about Aithria, unless she hadn't been listening. Weaver seemed to try and find an answer to Sizzles questions. "They are frozen pieces of honey and the inside of it had caramel inside of it. You can get a bit sick from eating too many of them, I wouldn't recommend it though. They are  delicious, you'll love them!". Weaver answered Sizzles question as Silverfish handed Weaver a small box. Weaver thanked Silverfish and opened the box as they sat on the stools near the counter. Weaver opened the box and it had small wrappings around them like cupcakes. She took seven out and slid six of them over to each of them. Dewdrop instantly unwrapped it and tried to chew on it without hesitation, Sizzle waited for a moment until it seemed to be slipping out of her talons then put it in her mouth, Crevice waited until it looked like a glob of yellow and let it slide into her mouth from the wrapper, Nova put it in her mouth and waited for it to melt and Glare was staring at it. She seemed to not want it, Maybe she was nervous about it. Weaver seemed to notice this and wanted to try to cheer her up. She put hers into her mouth and gave Glare a talons up. Glare looked back at her Honey drop and put it in her mouth. She smiled as she ate the Honey drop. Glares light Yellow scales slowly turned Dark Green. The Central Talons walls turned into a cavern area. There were Two other dragons with her. Where is this place?. Moondancer thought as she looked around. There were dragons behind her. The dragons seemed inviting but they were different. They had Six eyes instead of Four, like the Seamwings. She could tell they were different. She turned to look at where she thought Weaver was and suddenly she was back in Central Talon. She saw Silverfish bring drinks to them. Hers was Hot Chocolate and so were the others. Weavers was a light coffee with cream and a hint of caramel. Moondancer was a bit freaked out by her vision. She was starting to get scared of how they happened. Was this normal?. She realized she hadn't mentioned the hole to Weaver. Maybe Weaver knew more about the hole. "Weaver, do you know about the hole in the ground?". Moondancer asked her as she let her Hot Chocolate cool down. Weaver seemed nervous about the question as she sipped on her light coffee. She felt the Weaver was a bit excited and nervous at the same time. "How do you know about the hole?. I don't think you want to go near it, it's pretty creepy". Weaver told Moondancer as she looked around Central Talon. Four dragons seemed to be playing a game which had cards. They were each holding different cards and one of them seemed to be winning. It seemed that Weaver didn't want to talk about the hole or she didn't want anyone to hear it. "We have to!. Or more dragons will get sick!". Moondancer whispered yelled to Weaver as her wings slightly opened, almost making her lose her balance on the stool. Weaver sighed and looked at Silverfish. She waved to Silverfish and they all walked outside. Weaver looked at Moondancer. "I'll take you all to the hole that I found about two days ago. But you can't tell anyone!". Weaver sternly told them as two dragons with a dragonet were walking towards them. They were the ones that were there when she woke up in the tunnel. One of them was a Dark Charcoal Grey with a Darker Grey underbelly. They had what looked to be Brown eyes, she was far away so she wasn't sure about it. They had Maroon wing membranes and a few red stripes on their arms. The second one was a Pebble Grey with a Lighter underbelly. They had Light Brown eyes with Peacock Blue wing membranes. They had some Cobalt Blue freckles on their face. They were smiling. The dragonet was a Shadow Grey with a lighter Grey underbelly. They had Dark Blue eyes with Midnight Blue wing membranes. They also had what seemed to be two stingers rather than one. The Dark Charcoal one stopped Weaver as she was walking down the pathway. "Hey Weaver!. How have you been?. Who are they?". The dragon asked Weaver as she sternly looked at them. Weaver looked back at them and nodded. "I've been good. College is kind of hard though. How about you guys?. How's Pepper doing?". Weaver asked the dragon as she looked at the dragonet. The dragonet smiled widely and she guessed he was about one year old. "I am good!. My mamas are happy!. They says that I can go to school next year!". Pepper told Weaver as he vibrated his wings happily. Weaver looked back up at the two taller dragons. "That's good!. How have you guys been, Tarantula and Cobweb?. How is your work?". Weaver asked Tarantula and Cobweb as she looked at both of them. Tarantula wrapped a wing around Cobweb and smiled. "Our work is good!. We both work at the same place and she helps me!. Although a few dragons owe us a few books or two. Where are you taking them?". Cobweb asked Weaver as she smiled a bit as she looked at Tarantula. Weaver nodded as she looked at the group. She pulled her wings closer to her body. "I'm taking them to that hole I showed you. I will make sure that they are safe!". Weaver told Tarantula and Weaver put her wings out near the group. Tarantula looked at Weaver concerningly as she looked behind her. Tarantula seemed skeptical for a moment as she looked at the group. "Fine. I'll tell Acid where you are and if you don't come back within a day or so, I'll tell her to get the authorities. Be safe and don't fall in". Tarantula told Weaver as she looked at her and then at the group. Moondancer felt suspicion from Tarantula and worry from Cobweb. "What?. If the hole is dangerous don't let them go!". Cobweb yelled softly to Tarantula. She was the one that was worried. She was even more worried now that she looked at the group. Pepper now seemed excited as he looked at Weaver. He looked at his moms. "Can I go to the hole too?!". Pepper asked excitedly. Tarantula nodded softly to him and Cobweb looked at him. "No Pepper, you can't. It's very dangerous and it's very dark". Cobweb told Pepper quietly as he slowly back and almost hid under Tarantula. "We'll get going now!. See you later!". Weaver told Tarantula, Cobweb and Pepper as they walked away from them. They seemed to be going back on the pathway. They went near a place that said Candy stores and they took a right turn. Weaver looked back at all of them and seemed anxious now. Was she worried someone would spot them?. "Can all of you fly?". Weaver asked the group. Moondancer nodded, Nova opened her wings and the galaxy inside of them was Green and Purple. Crevice scoffed and said, "No, I can't fly, my wings magically fell off". Crevice said sarcastically. Weaver looked at Sizzle a bit more hopefully. Sizzle nodded to Weaver. Dewdrop opened his small wings meant for gliding and sighed. "I can't. I can only glide with these!". Dewdrop exclaimed as he closed his small wings. Weaver seemed concerned for him and huffed in disappointment.

Weaver continued walking to where they had to go. The sun was slowly setting and Weaver looked for the sun. She turned West and put her talons up towards the sun. She had six talons away from the sun. Moondancer was confused and so were the others. Nova was the first to ask a question. "What are you doing with your talons?. Does the sun hurt your eyes?". Nova asked Weaver softly as her galaxy turned Blue and Orange. Weaver looked at Nova and thought. "No, I was actually telling the time. The more talons you have underneath the sun, the more hours you have". Weaver told Nova. Weaver and then continued on their way to the hole. Eventually Weaver started running and some of the group was struggling to keep up. Many things were in their way like a few weak fallen trees, vines and large puddles. Something in the large forest hooted above them. An owl was sitting in a tree watching them. Moondancer felt herself get caught on something. It was a tree branch, she pulled herself backwards and continued running. Something felt off and her head felt strange. Once she caught up with the group, she realized they had slowed down. They seemed to be nearing the hole. I can feel that we're getting closer to it!. Maybe Moondancer or Nova know what's wrong with the hole. Weavers' mind cried as she got closer to them. She looked down at her left arm in realization. She knew what was wrong, but she didn't say anything. She didn't want to slow the group down. They ran past a few more fallen trees and there seemed to be sticks coming out of the ground. Weaver seemed to recognize where they were as she looked at the sticks. These must be landmarks for her. Glares' mind shouted as they kept walking. Moondancer wasn't used to being able to hear everyone's mind. It felt like conversations she wasn't supposed to be hearing. She kept walking. This is wrong. I'm invading their privacy and listening to things I shouldn't. I don't think that's how Delusion feels. He always knows what everyone is doing. That because he can also see the future. Moondancer argued with herself as the grass beneath her feet changed to dry dirt. She looked up as she saw a large opening in the ground. She heard some leaves shake to her right. Moondancer quickly looked to her right and nothing was there. Something pinged in her mind. Empathy then Motavation. That was strange, she didn't see who it was from. Was someone following them?. Did Weaver know the thing was there?. She saw Nova looking at her. "Are you okay Moondancer?. Is something bothering you?". Nova asked as her galaxy turned Yellow and Blue. Moondancer snapped her head over to Nova and smiled. "Yes, I'm okay!. Just thinking about something". Moondancer told Nova as she looked at the hole. The hole looked strange, like some giant dragon had carved it with its talons. The hole seemed unnatural. This hole is dark. I don't like the dark or cramped spaces. Glare thought as she looked into the hole. Sizzle looked at Weaver and looked back down at the hole. "Have you ever gone into the hole before?. Or have you just stood at the edge?". Sizzle asked Weaver. I don't like how dark it is. It makes me feel weird. Sizzle thought as they all stood near the hole. She didn't like the feeling she got near it. Moondancer thought that something was watching her, she looked around. Nothing was there. Maybe the hole was making her paranoid. She noticed that Crevice and Dewdrop had begun to look around as well. Weaver noticed this. "If you guys feel like you're being watched, that's the hole. I find it creepy that it does that". Weaver told them as she looked down into the hole. She decided to tell us that NOW?. That would've been helpful a few minutes ago!. What would happen if we went into the hole?. Dewdrop thought as he looked down into the hole. Moondancer looked down into the hole again. She swore she saw something retreat into the hole. She looked at Weaver and back at the hole. She looked at Weaver and at the hole. "What happens if we go into the hole?". Moondancer asked Weaver as she looked back at the hole. She started to hear small quiet whispers. Come along with us!. One voice said joyfully. Fall to us!. Another said quietly. The others seemed to hear the voice as well. They were all looking into the hole with interest. Weaver was saying something but she seemed far away. "Guys?. Are you okay?. Wait no!. Don't-". Weaver shouted as they slowly descended into the hole. The only thing they saw was black. The world seemed to slow down and Moondancer felt calm.

She was confused. Everything was spinning. There was a loud ringing in her ears. We have you now, you're with us!. A voice called to her before everything went dark.