Frozen~~ The Final Battle

"Great! Uhm, Amauris? Nevermind."

He stretched his wings, lighter markings glistening.
"Should we go ahead and start for the hive from here?"

{{Prepare for plan A to fail. Just saying...}}

((Plan A?))

Amauris asked "What?" Then Giona nodded
"Sure..."

(( Plan A being diplomacy.))

Xaiyon lifted into the air, then turning to Amauris. "Your cheeks; they were a faint shade of pink... Follow me." He said, flying off.

Amauris turned brighter pink and stuttered "T-... I-i..." She looked away and shuddered.

Giona nodded and flew after him beside Amauris.

((Ah... OK...))

"What is it?" Xaiyon asked, spiraling as he flew.
"We'll pass through some heavily guarded territories, so stay alert. "

Giona nodded and slowed down to give Amauris space, Amauris mumbled "This will sound stupid..."

"Huh? What will sound stupid?" Xaiyon asked.
"Something wrong?"

Amauris looked away and said "I like you Xaiyon... I can't explain it to even myself... But I... I do..."

"So? I'm... I'm very fond you too, Amauris." He smiled, flying closer to her.

Amauris almost stopped "I don't mean as friends though..." She sighed and looked at him.

"I never said I meant as friends, either..." Xaiyon smiled.
He spiraled again, wings extended all the way.

Amauris this time did stop, she almost hit Giona and then regained her senses and carried on... Giona gave her a confused look but shrugged and looked away.

Xaiyon slowed down until he was beside Amauris.
"What's wrong?" He asked, concern in his eyes.

Amauris stuttered "How could... How could you like... me?!"

"How could you like me? It's easy to like you, Amauris... You just can't see that."

Amauris smiled, She reached towards his cheek with her tail, and answered "You are... You're everything..."

Xaiyon grinned, scales deep red.
His tail reached to Amauris in return.

Amauris smiled, her scales replied in much the same way and her eyes blazed happily... The voice tried to hiss something but a bright force pushed it back. She grinned and flew as close to him as she could without endangering their flight.

Xaiyon smiled, wings changing from violet to scarlet.
He continued flying, unaware of the area they were over.

Rapticei snarled on the ground below, glaring upwards.
They recognized Xaiyon, but wondered who the Vampire dragon was.

Amauris looked down absently and jumped when she saw the Rapticei, she muttered "Xaiyon... The... The..." She pointed down.

"Hm?" Xaiyon asked, looking down.
"Oh, no..."

Rapticei blasted into the air, flying towards the two. One of them stopped in front of Xaiyon, snarling.

"Who's this, Xaiyon? A little friend to play with? You should really be trying to find a dragon that can become a queen, rather than a sterile breed."

Xaiyon growled at the remark. "And who are you to tell me what to do?"

Amauris backed away, she looked away and sighed... Giona roared and flew up "OI! Shut up you! She is a better dragon than you will ever be!"

"No she isn't!" The Rapticei snarled.

"Yes, she is! FAR better than you will ever be." Xaiyon roared, slamming the Rapticei with his tail. She smashed into the ground, shrieking to signal attack.

All the Rapticei in support of her took to the air, claws extended.

"Come on!" Xaiyon urged, wings out to shield Amauris.
"Let's go, Giona."

Iroth was flying around lazily after they had left, suddenly he looked up into the sky to see a swarm of Rapticei lifting into the sky. He turned then rocketed off torwards Xaiyon and Amauris, hoping he would reach them in time to get a bit of the action.

Rapticei spun to see Iroth, launching after him as they realized he was attempting to aid.

"Look, another one!" They snarled, flying to Iroth. Instead of their usual means of greeting males, the Rapticei flew with their claws extended, attempting to ram Iroth.