Part One - The Skywing Palace

Peril didn't like her name that much, sure she could be a bit violent but did she really deserve such a name? She was the better fighter of her and her brother Ash, so what! She dealt with the bullying because of her name. That's why she entered the army, so her name would be feared! While she was a fighter Ash was a hero, a saver. If something was done wrong or someone was being blamed for something that Ash knew they didn't do, he would help them get out of it. Even if it involved a little violence. That, could get Ash killed one day. Her life was pretty normal, she lived with her mom, Kestrel and her brother, Ash. Her mom was also a warrior, and a good one two, she had passed on all of her army knowledge onto Peril and Ash.

"Peril where's your brother Ash?" Kestrel asked, obviously annoyed

"I'm home Mom!" Ash said as he entered the room and plopped onto the ground by the table.

"What are you doing coming home late, again!" Kestrel inquired as she passed him a cow leg,

"Queen Scarlet put an innocent dragon in prison today!" Ash said in a loud voice as he started to eat,

"I'm sure they weren't innocent if Queen Scarlet put them in prison!" Peril said, shocked at Ash's accusations. This was only the start of the argument between the two.

"No, this dragon was innocent" Ash stated between bites,

"How do YOU know!" Peril questioned, Queen Scarlet was a fair and just Queen, right?

"BECAUSE WE KNEW HIM!" Ash yelled back,

"Who?" Peril asked in a quiet voice, almost a whisper,

"Peak" Ash answered, quiet now he swallowed the rest of the leg.

"But he never left the kingdom, and when he did he was with the army or us!" Peril argued.

"He was seen talking actively to a Sandwing about battle plans, that same sandwing was discovered to be a spy who had been leaking Skywing plans for weeks, so the Queen thought that he might be one to so they put him….." Ash trailed of in a sad tone.

"Where?" Peril turned to him, "Where is he, what awful prison did they send him off to?"

Ash turned to her with a face of pure horror and said one thing, "The arena." At that Ash got up and went to their room.

"Mom, how can this be true?" Peril asked her, "how could he be a spy?"

"I don't know, I don't know" was all she go before Kestrel als left for her own room. Peril sat in the silence and ate thinking, Peak can't be in the arena, he wasn't a spy! Peril then went to the room that she shared with her twin and fell asleep. When she woke up Ash wasn't there, That's odd she thought, Ash wasn't an early bird but, dragons can change I guess. Peril went into the main room, ate, then left for school. Ash was her only friend so she had no one to talk to the whole day for strangely, he was not there. The day ended short because Queen Scarlet had an announcement to make. The dragons gathered and Peril keened her ears to listen,

"QUEEN SCARLET'S LOYAL SUBJECTS, LISTEN TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAREFULLY!" Vermillion hollered as he always did when the Queen wished to speak to her people, which wasn't very often.

"Today a thrilling discovery has been made! We have found yet another spy in our tribe! He was found trying to rescue his colleague, the spy Peak, from the arena! He was once known as a loyal follower to me and Queen Burn but now we know the truth! Bring him forward!" And to Peril's horror Ash was dragged onto the platform, "This traitor, Ash the Skywing, will be punished, what punishment? The arena. Isn't that just THRILLING! Send him off! He shall be fighting tomorrow!" Peril gasped in fear. She would have to watch her twin fight for his life tomorrow.

The Next Day

Peril went in pain to the arena with her mother, they had pretty good seats so they could see the arena well, being a solider in the army got you some leverage over the ticket sellers and they had already bought their tickets so they HAD to go. The battles were good, but she didn't care, all she wanted to see was her brother, he had to win this. From her seat she could see her brother on his prison tower, they had been talking the whole time. When they were little they had made up a language of hand motions so Kestrel wouldn't know what they were saying.

Ash, why did you do this? Peril signaled,

Because I needed to stand up for what's right, Peak was innocent. Ash replied,

Just know that mom and I miss you greatly. We both cried for you last night Peril motioned. Then to her astonishment two soldiers grabed Ash and dragged him towards the arena.

"Now" Vermillion announced, "Ash the Skywing, who had betrayed us" The result of that were some boos, "will be going against Wave the Seawing! He has won his last two battles, will he win this one?" The dragons were dropped onto the arena grounds along with some cheers,

"Claws up, teeth ready, FIGHT!" And with that Vermillion flew off the field. Wave stalked towards Ash, death in his eyes.

Then, to Peril's horror, he lunged. Wave's powerful tail got ready to be slammed into Ash's side but, at the last minute he leaped out of the way and shot fire at Wave. Wave howled in agony, swinging his tail wildly and hit Ash in the chest. Moments after Wave's pain had past he whirled around to see Ash getting back on his feet. Wave smiled and jumped, pinning Ash to the wall. Ash squirmed in his grasp but not for long as Wave let go. Only to slam his mighty tail into Ash's head, killing him. Ash fell to the ground in a heap. Dragons everywhere cheered.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Peril wailed and then turned around and ran, tears flying as she did. What am I going to do without him? How did I not notice this violence I my kingdom before? Peril questioned herself, then she came to a conclusion, she would run away. She took her backpack and started to pack. If she was right Kestrel would be home in about an hour, that gave her some time. She put in some food and two scrolls, one about different dragon tribes and the other, a map of Pyrrhia. She was about to leave her room as she strapped the bag's straps along her body, the bag in its usual place under her wing. She looked around the room and then noticed a scroll poking out from under Ash's pillow. It was a note to her along with a family portrait. It read -

Dear Peril,

If I don't come back please, don't get revenge, it will only get you killed. Based on your personality you'll probably run, that's what I would do to. Please, do it, leave this kingdom and don't return. I love you, I will always be with you. Believe in the forbidden, trust the prophecy, you are destined for great things.

Your Twin,

Ash

She added them to the bag and left the house, for good. It was easy to escape the kingdom, everyone thought she would be back. They would tell her mom that she was going out for a while. But that was a lie. She would never, EVER, return to this wretched kingdom while Scarlet was Queen, because this kingdom is seriously messed up.

Author's note -

I kind of might need OCs? So if you want you could send them in and help me a ton! I will try to put them all in somewhere, if I can. Or at lest pick my favorites. I will try, and I mean REALLY REALLY try to get the next one next week (or maybe even this week!) if I can. Happily I'm not in high school yet so I'm blessed with little amounts of homework! I want this story to be a Peril adventure but I'm not sure yet. I'm still trying to gather some ideas. I am going to do my disclaimer because I didn't do it at the top. (P.S - This is for the whole story!)

I do not own Wings of Fire or any of its characters. It all belongs to Tui T. Sutherland because their her amazing books.