Clay stared frantically at his friends, he didn't want to loose peril, not now. She had just seen her mother for the first time, and acted like a jerk to the dragonets of destiny. ¨ Clay, come on, we don't need her, and why would Krestel never bring up that her daughter is the missing skywing in the prophecy!?!¨ Tsunami, looked at him with a sharp glare. Glory was hiding herself under her wings, and her scales shifted from a bright blue and gold to a dark green and gray, he could tell she did not want to leave them for Peril. Clay felt the heat coming off of Peril, all she wanted was a true friend, and that is what he would give her. ¨ I am not leaving without Peril¨ Clay shouted at his friends. Sunny looked at him in shock. Clay wrapped his tail around hers and looked down at her wiping the tears from her eyes with his wings. He felt a sting of heat when he touched her, but he was used to it. He did not let go of her. The heat felt warm on his scales. ¨ Well, then we have to leave you, we want to find our families.¨ Sunny said in a tiny and afraid voice. ¨ Well, I am staying¨ clay said, he has made up his mind, he did not want to leave his friends, but also did not want to leave Peril with no one. The queen was most likely dead, Krestel left, and all of his friends did not trust her. ¨ Clay...¨ Sunny said quietly reaching out for his open wing, he was using the other one to pull Peril close to him in a tight squeeze. Clay quickly pulled back his wing before Sunny could lay a talon on him. She looked at him with an odd, confused, and worried expression on her face. She then turned to Tsunami and flew off as fast as her little wings would take her. Tsunami who stopped cooing over Glory gave him a glare of disgust sand flew off towards sunny, with Glory close behind, and she, was... crying. Peril looked at Clay. ¨ You are staying?¨ she asked him. ¨ Of course!¨ Clay responded, he felt he had the voice of a child in that moment, giggly and sweet. Peril blushed and wrapped her wings around him. ¨ Clay?¨ Peril said, ¨ Yes?¨ he asked. She blushed harder. ¨ You know that the sandwing liked you.. right?¨ she asked shyly. ¨ Sunny, oh yeah, but.. I only want you¨ Clay responded, also blushing. ¨ Hey, the skywings need a new queen.¨ Clay said nervously. ¨ Yeah, but, Queen Scarlet had no daughters...¨ Peril said sadly. ¨ You, you, were basically a daughter to her..¨ Clay said. ¨ You... are right!!!¨ her wings flared, she undid his tail from hers and started to fly around the chaos that was the skywing kingdom. ¨ I AM THE QUEEN OF SKYWINGS!!!¨ yelled over the rubble. Peril was the queen, and Clay hoped that he could be the king of the skywings, even if he was a mudwing, he would do anything to win this dragons heart. Peril landed next to Clay and giggled with excitement. ¨ Im a queen now, and not an outcast.¨
