"True." Hibiscus nodded. She caught the mischievous glint in Cas' eye and couldn't help but smile. "No, they're not evil. I don't have any siblings and.. well, let's just say I wasn't the best of children. I could be a handful. I went through quite the rebellious phase before running away. My...
Hibiscus followed suit, grabbing a cod and sitting beside Cas. "Uh, it's a long story, but my family and I aren't on speaking terms." She forced a wry smile. "They probably don't even know I'm alive. How about you? You have family to go home to?"
Hibiscus gave Cas' shoulder a playful shove. "No, moonhead. He's my friend - I've already told you." She laughed, feeling the tension in her chest relax a little.
"Me too, I'm starving," Hibiscus replied. She cleared her throat. "Yeah, um, I'll probably go wherever Sol goes. We've found each other after all this time and I don't want to lose him again."
They lapsed into silence as Hibiscus glanced around the room, looking for dragons with food.
She...
"Thank you!" she replied, dipping her head respectfully. Hibiscus stepped out of the way of dragons still exiting the truck and moved to stand against a wall, waiting to see her friends.
Hibiscus stood, stretching her aching wings as she exited the truck. She looked around her, sparing Cas a brief smile as she passed the SkyWing. Her stomach churned at the thought of the conversation she'd had with him and Sol before they'd left the first Checkpoint. She really wished that...
Hibiscus snapped awake at the sound of sudden loud talking. She lifted her head from her talons, blinking sleep from her eyes. She yawned.
"We aren't here already, are we?" she asked to no one in particular. "It feels like we're slowing down."
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Hibiscus watched anxiously as Eclipse's wing was set and as the ill-looking LunarWing laid down beside more dragons she didn't know. Sol was busy and had acted so strangely when they first got into the truck and had the confrontation with Kassa and Kal. The LeafWing's scales prickled with...
Hibiscus jolted awake to the bang of talons hitting the floor of the trailer. She glanced up to see Kassa, and behind him was Sol and Eclipse.
"Oh, thank goodness," she murmured, and then spoke aloud to the SolarWing as she stood up and stretched. "Hey, everything all right? I see you found...
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Hibiscus nodded, watching Tobias. It was so rare to hear about kind humans, ones that didn't immediately want to enslave you for the arena. Part of her was still wary. She could hardly even believe nice humans were possible.
She hoped for Sol's sake he would be alright.
Hibiscus looked up, embarrassed. "Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Just processing." She glanced down for a moment. "It's weird, y'know? We all live in our little bubbles and forget that other dragons have other experiences. I guess I just didn't realize that some dragons had absolutely no idea what was...
Hibiscus turned to Cas, eyes wide. She shook her head slowly, speechless. "You... you have no idea."
She got up and walked to the other end of the truck, closer to Sol, and curled up beneath her wings. She needed to be alone.
Hibiscus cast a glance back at Cas, and a wave of nausea came over her when she noticed him inching away from her. She tucked her wings close and frowned furiously at the floor. She would not allow these dragons to make her feel like a psycho over what she did.
But a small part of her still...
Hibiscus flinched. "I, uh, I didn't have a choice. To kill. It's.. it's what I had to do to survive." She looked away, suddenly feeling ashamed. She warily returned Sol's hard stare for a moment.
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Hibiscus nodded. "Oh, I'm surprised I never saw you guys. So you've been fighting your whole lives?" She tilted her head, internally scolding herself for not imagining that other dragons had had it harder than her in the arena.
"Quiet, you!" Hibiscus said, desperately biting back a stupid grin in order to remain somewhat serious. A rush of affection for the ridiculous SkyWing came over her.