Shadows Burning

Darkness had followed Shadows, and seen everything. Quickly, Darkness soared over the trees to go get the head masters. When she dropped into the feild, the headmasters didn't look happy. "Help! They're in the forest! Dancing is going to bleed to death and Shadows just fell a great distance!" The headmasters nodded and joined Darkness, climbing on their dragons. They rode into the forest, Darkness quickly located them and they coasted down. Help had finally arrived.

As soon as Flowing came near Dancing, Burning was on his feet, standing over Dancing's body, growling and spitting the other dragon's blood.

"Burning! Calm down, we only want to help," Ribbon said, thinking Burning only wanted to protect the wounded dragon. "We need to get Dancing back home, and quickly, else she'll die! Please, Burning. We need to get her on Flowing's back." Ribbon pleaded with the small dragon, but he wouldn't budge. (I hope that's okay, Shadow.) She became afraid, both that they wouldn't get Dancing to help soon enough, and that Burning might do something more than just growl and spit blood.

Flowing approached Burning. "We are no longer wild dragons, Burning. Food is no longer scarce. With the help of the humans, Dancing might be saved, and we should try our hardest to assist them," she said. (They can talk, right? They did during the ceremonies, anyway.)

(I'm pretty sure they can. If they couldn't how could they talk at the ceremonies?)

(That's what I assumed.)

"Just because I now have a human partner, Flowing, does not mean I must sacrifice my old ways!" Burning growled. His voice was deep and had an echoing quality like rocks being ground together.

"We eat if they cannot be saved. This one can." Flowing retorted.

"Why don't you leave this dragon alone. I'm sure they would mind if you ate this one. Your master would probably not believe it, and maybe the head masters would do worse." Growing warned.

"You are not dragons anymore. You are soft. You have let yourself be caught and held by the humans, and you are forgetting the old ways." Burning spat. He still would not move.

"We are not soft. We have been chosen by children to help the world. If you do not get your snout out of her, I'll pull it out." Growing threatened.

"We have not!" Flowing protested. "If this dragon was really past help, we would join you in feasting. But it's not."

"Listen to us, Burning." Growing said.

Darkness ran and knelt next to Raindrop. There was nothing to do but watch her suffer. What could Darkness do?

Burning continued to growl, but finally, and very reluctantly, he stepped aside, and, without a word, went to tend to Shadow.

"Come on!" Ribbon called to Raindrop and Darkness. "We have to hurry and get Dancing to safety. Help me get her on Flowing's back."

"Growing! Get Dancing onto Flowing's back!" Darkness ordered. She ran over to help Growing.

Together the three girls and dragon carefully lifted Dancing onto Flowing's back. Ribbon walked next to Flowing, keeping her hand on Dancing to prevent her from falling off.

Darkness swiftly climbed onto Growing's back and offered Raindrop a seat. But, one thought was traveling around her head. Why didn't the headmasters help?