Flames licked against her scales, but the sensation of the burning heat came from afar. She had long ago lost most of her sense of touch or contact... or whatever you would call it.

When the roar of the explosion died down, she heard a few thumps as the Hunters struck the floor of the cavern. She pulled her vaguely stinging wings back into her sides and peered over the ledge.

The dead bodies weren't nice - the metal armour of the Hunters laying down at the bottom of the ravine was buckled and warped as the mist trapped between them and their wearers' scales exploded. She wasn't so sure if there were any survivors, any that could follow them in any case.

"Let's go," Elenor said, her voice hoarse. She was glad the cavern hadn't been too big - otherwise there was no way she would have had enough mist to breathe out and still engulf all of the Hunters. All she wanted now was to head back to town and get a drink and something to eat. If she was no longer needed, a rest would be a viable option until she was required again.

Ember smelled the char and death before she saw it. Slowly, she stalked around the bodies of dead dragons, littered with small stones that had fallen from the walls. The ones at the bottom of the ravine had been gruesome to look at. But it was better off that way.

Ember raised her head, inhaling deeply. There was something else in the air, almost gaseous. But she realized with a growl whose doing this was. With the gas in the air, crumbling rock, and forcefully tossed bodies, it was all too clear.

Many of these dragons were larger than herself. Some were muscular, but those her size were thin. Swooping out of the cave and soaring above the ravine, movement caught her eye.

She landed down on the rocks, catching a groaning dragoness among the carnage. Without a second thought, she pinned her head back on the rocks. Ember leaned forward to snarl in her face. "Who did this?"

The dragoness stared back with frightened orange eyes. Red and yellow scales shifted in the mask, struggling in fright.

"Who did this?" Ember roared, slamming her head down into the rocks. The dragoness choked, coughing blood into the dirt.

"Elenor."

"Who are you?"

The dragoness panted heavily.

"WHO ARE YOU?" Ember tightened her grip on her neck.

"Duchess!" The dragoness cried, withering under her talons.

Ember leaned so close to Duchess's face that she could smell the fish on her breath. "Do you know who I am?"

Duchess's eyes grew wild and scared. Ember lifted her face and peeled off the mask, revealing her face. She knew the name of the little black dragon. She knew she had been here. She knew she was being hunted. That was all that mattered.

"I'm your worst nightmare." She whispered in her ear, and with one quick snap, the dragoness dropped to the rocks, dead, as she took to the sky.

Spotting a group of dragons in armor he quickly pull Zilla in the nearest alleyway, they were guard and probably looking for somthing else but he woudn't take a chance. As unpleasant as it was, he had to get the the unnamed dragoness as quickly as possible, his father wasn't playing by the rules and as long as he lived it woudn't be safe for anyone who had a chance to stand in his path.

Zilla looked up at Skaaul then towards the sky. She kept close to him. W-we should hurry up and find her. she whispered.

(This gives me an idea for a twist in Elenor's history, considering that the Hunters and Skaaul's father know what Elenor's name is somehow. Nice to have you and Ember back ^.^)

Elenor shook the ash from her wings, her talons gripping the lip of the ridge.

"Actually, I have a better idea. When we get back to town, the first thing we're going to do is find that fool of a Golden Fire Bringer. Then we'll find out just what exactly is going on here before anything else - I'm tired of being in the dark. I need to be briefed on the mission at hand."

She thought for a second, checking the entrance once more in case there were any more Hunters.

"Or... they already know what I look like. If I told you Skaaul and his companion's appearances, you could hunt them down without them knowing while I get Kona. Having an extra dragon will give us an advantage. If you tailed them, me and Kona could easily find you."

He nod and smirk trying to get her to calm down " If anything happen i will cook them alive before they even touch you again. I won't fail at protecting you this time..."

You did not fail earlier either. I am a liability, that is just fact. If someone is to ever try to use me against you, please, please don't give in. I don't much care if I get hurt. she cooed. She smiled a bit so he would know she was alright.

"Tell me what they look like and I'll be off." She said, stretching like a cat, Letting her large wings fan out before sitting down on the ledge.

" And i am the one who brought you into that, i do care if you get hurt." He mutter, as the flame bearer he had been raised to protect others despite his father protest that is wasn't usefull to him.