Woah... Ximena and I are both humbled by your writing, Great job, and I'm looking forward to the next one!

That was AMAZING!

Awe thanks guys! 

Sorry the next part is taking so long.

(someone over here is a procrastinator)  

Hey guys sorry this is taking so long!

I sorta skipped over some less important parts so we can get to the main story faster, sorry! Also I had no motivation to write them.  

~Xena

I shivered involuntarily as an ominous wind inforced the uneasiness in the room. The Queen chose that moment to spread her bluish black wings and readjust her position. "Shall we begin?" She surveyed the room with her cold blue eyes. I shivered again. I hated dragons as much as one would hate sand in their eyes. But not because of what they had done, something about them was just... creepy I guess.

I shuffled my paws. "We can begin with introductions." The Emperess boomed. "These two are Eagna and Ximena. I chose these strong individuals for their power, skills, and determination. I don't doubt for a second that they won't let anything get in their way of completing this mission."

The striking violet dragon with the golden claws and sharp eyes raised her head as if she was unused to compliments like this. The small blue one, on the other hand, looked like his ego might burst through the non-existent roof. 

The Empress of Sky flicked her wing and Empress Tempress cleared her throat. "Here we have Amistia and Everlast." The doe of the two looked over at Empress Illuminate with stone-cold eyes, like chips of frozen stone almost. The buck looked like he was stone. "I chose them for their intellect and logic, I believe with determination they will be able to solve the puzzles that they will have to endure to find the Rose Elephant."

I felt a sudden wave of nervousment as the Emperor of Sea cleared his throat. "Here we have Samuel and Hazel, as I've already introduced her." He gestured to the otter, who was blinking her eyes, as if her energy was slowly coming back to her as she rested from the probably long journey it took to get here. The duck-billed thing- Samuel didn't move as his name was called, heck he didn't even blink. "I believe they both have promising potential to fulfill this mission."

Empress Illuminate clicked her tongue against her teeth in silent fury. Emporer Altitude and Empress Tempress exchanged a worried glance as Empress Xerocole cleared her throat. "Here we have Xena and Revka. Small but mighty, I chose the fiercest to be apart of this mission." I shrivled away from the many pairs of eyes that had turned to me and my fellow Finder, Revka. "I hope very much that they will succeed, and that we aren't risking their lives for nothing." She cast a death-glare at Empress Illuminate. 

Who just simply clicked her tongue against her teeth again and turned to Emporer Altitude. "Here we have Peak and Sweep." They both seemed to hold themselves a little higher. "Exceptional navigators, they will be a key factor in the finding of all the Jewels, not just the Silver Wolf." 

I thought I caught the coyote-Sweep, cast a look over at Revka, who was staring at the table either pretending not to care or complaining to herself about something. She complained a lot on our way here. 

"Thank you. Nice to meet all of you." The dragoness cast a glance at Hazel. "Here I have supplies, water canteens, some food, and other necessities." 

As she continued talking, I saw Empress Xerocole pull a green-colored gravelly-smelling slate from a lemon-grass satchel across her shoulders with pearly white teeth. She glanced at us and I subconsciously turned as she whispered, "one of you two take this, you're going to need it." It looked as if Revka wasn't listening. 

"Um, I wi-" I nearly got the sentance out in a squeaky whisper before our Empress tapped Revka on the shoulder, whsipered something to her, and slid it into her paws. 

"Okay." I whispered to myself, sinking into my seat. "Not the first time." 

~Revka

The Empire of Sky was nothing like the warm sun-scorched sands of the desert. The winds blowing from various openings ruffled my fur to the point of me wanting to claw someone's face off. And the tower was so high up- and with the open corners, someone like -uh- the tiny fox over there could fall right out.

Not that I care or anything.

"We will start with the Dimond Dragon since it's the closest." The Dragon Empress was saying.

Claws and talons, I hated her. She looked like she thought she was just so...supiorior to the rest of us, with the smugness on her face as she ordered us to find her Jewel first. 

Actually...maybe that was her plan all along. To get the other Empires on her side thinking they were working together...when, in reality, she was just finding her Jewel to then kill the rest of us with her smug little dragon army...who could breathe fire and things...

I was suddenly aware of eyes burning through my fur. I looked around sharply, my ears flicking forwards, slightly confused, as I realized there was a lot more looking at me then I had thought, or liked for that matter. I saw the little blue dragon by the Queen's side roll his eyes and hide a snicker. I almost bearly managed to not claw the smugness right off his little blue face.

"The map, please," the Empress of Sky snorted impatiently. 

I looked down at my paws. The Empire of Sand's map was clenched between them. Emperess Xerocole had given it to me to hold as Empress Illuminate went over what we were supposed to do...or something. "Why?" I questioned so sharply that I shocked myself. "I-I mean," I stuttered quickly. "I thought I was supposed to hold onto it-"

"They will all be stored in the same bag, that Ximena will be carrying." Her claws tapped on the table impatiently, waiting for me to pass it to her.

"Oh. Right." I wondered who Ximena was as I passed the small slate map to the Coyote on my right. He smiled at me slightly as he grabbed it in his jaws and slid it across the table to Empress Illuminate.

Quickly, almost gracefully, she passed it to the eye-catching dragoness on her right, who smiled in her direction before picking the green-colored slate up and storing it in a leather satchel across one of her shoulders (and wing possibly? Dragons were weird).

"Now that everyone has been acquainted and set for the journey-" my mind went blank as I tried remembering when exactly that happened. I must have been too worried about the scheming plans of the two smug-snouted dragons over there to have paid attention to what was happening. "you can set off."

What about supplies? I thought instinctively, before realizing that they must have handed them out when I wasn't paying attention. The two Tree Empire deer-creatures had satchels along with the dragon and coyote. It didn't look like much- but since they had already gone over it I thought better to leave it be. "We will escort you to the beginning of the map. Then of which we have to leave you. I trust my dragons enough to be your guards." I saw the striking-violet-and-gold-colored one stand a little straighter and lift her chin a little higher. 

We don't need guards. What does she think we're going to do, run away with the Outcasts? Won't be able to defend ourselves? Likely story. Well except maybe the two Empire of Sea Finders. They might need a whole lot of gaurds. I could bearly hold back my snort of disgust. Empress Xerocole and Tempress exchanged a passive-aggressive glance, but held their tounges. They'd stepped out of line enough today, and they didn't want to put their Empires at risk. I knew that. Sometimes you have to hold back your opinion to ensure safety. 

"Come now." Empress Illuminate boomed suddenly, standing up and spreading her wings authoritivly. Almost instantly the great doors were opened by the variously colored guards and she led us down the great tower and to the start of the map to the Dimond Dragon.

I just love how the others are thinking of Eagna as some snob or something when really he's just filled with patriotism lol

Eagna: I can't wait to serve my empire!

others: look at that smug son of a- 

hi sorry y’all I’m a procrastinator! Happy thanksgiving eats lots of food! 

~Peak

"This is where we must leave you, little ones. Follow the maps, the legend with guide you. Please have faith." I clung onto the words of the noble Dragon Queen and bowed my head. 

The Five Great leaders of the Five Great Empires all looked at one enother, then turned tail and vanished into the forests, back where they had come. 

It was quiet for a few long heartbeats. I shuffled my wings from the thick, knarled pine tree branch that I was perched on.

"So." A little blue dragon- Eagna I belive- pipped up, ruffling his light blue wings slightly. "Uh, let's go, then." He pulled the map out from the other dragon's satchel.

"And who made you our all-great leader?" Snorted the wild cat, Revka I think. 

"Well what else do you think we should do?!" Eagna retorded, crinkling his snout. 

Revka paused, mouth open, tail lashing. She barred her teeth in defeat and stalked fowards, into the forest. "I think you need the map, sweety." The little blue dragon called after her, waving it in his talons. 

"I don't have talons." The she-cat hissed, glaring back at him. 

"He's a dragon, love." All eyes went down to the coyotie, looking calm and unbothered as he trotted up to the Sand Empire cat. "Why don't you let him navigate?"

"W-well." Came another voice, the Tree Empire's elk, I think, Everlast. "The Empire of Stone Finders should lead us. Your Emporer told us himself that that was the reason you two were chosen."

My face went blank, and so did the coyoties. "Well." Sweep, I think him name was, looked up at me with a sly glance at Revka. "Peak's the only one with talons."

"Oh." I looked down at my talons, finally getting where this conversation was going. "Yea I can lead." 

I opened my wings with a small shuffling sound and dipped down from the tree, swooping up to flap to a stop next to Eagna. He gave me a low look as my feathers caught him on the snout. He gripped the map in his left talon, shuffled his weight on his wings, and handed it to me. I took it, spread my wings and flapped into the air, circling them as I read it. 

There was the start of the map, the large Dragon-shaped boulder. And the end....a white dragon shaped boulder. Wow. I can't belive that I of all creatures was chosen for a misson as grand as this! I felt a bought of adreniline run through my blood. 

I looked up sharply from the map and stopped, angling my wings to the direction the map was pointing at. North. A large mountain semmingly streaching into space met my gaze. "Wow." I breathed, looking down at the creatures bellow me. It looked like Revka and Eagna were argueing again. I sigh, angled my wings downwards, and landed heavily in the middle of the gathered Finders. 

"It's that way." My beak clicked as I said this, my wing guestering north. "Uh...Hazel? You might want to hitch a ride. Um, you too." I flicked my talons at the two Finders of Sea. "We're in for a long hike."

Eagna took that moment to boost. "You mean you have a long hike, I, like most dragons, have wings." He spred his lit blue wings with as much drama and regal-ness as he could muster.  

"And I," spat Revka. "Like most mentally sane animals, don't care." Her tail lashed behind her as Sweep tried to hide his smirk. 

Eagna opened his mouth, then closed it, as if he was coming to the realization that not everyone thought he was amazing just because he was a dragon. I mean- dragons were pretty cool- but they had taken over all of the other empires in a slightly unfair way. 

"Okay!" The other dragon, Ximena, saved her comrads humilliation swiftly. "Let's get started, uh, Peak! Lead the way!" Her golden tipped tail waved gracefully behind her sleek form. 

I nodded and spread my wings, leaping into the air. I felt adreniline course through my blood again, and excitment lit the tips of my wings on fire. I felt just like my parents must have during the war, they were scouts for the Empire of Stone. I was leading my comrads to battle. 

Awe thanks guys ur support means a lot :)

Writer, I love your excerpt! 

(guys I sound so white in my writing this isn't ok I really need to read more omk) 

~ Everlast

I never thought I would be part of some great hero-y mission like this. I never thought I would be chosen to find the mysterious all-powerful object-turned beasts who created our world as we knew it. Heck, I didn't even want to do this really. Well, I mean of course I wanted to do it. But I wasn't the large-antlered bull my mom wanted me to be, and I wasn't neccisarly strong on the outside. I would be very usless durning this misson. Well, maybe not the puzzle parts. I'm good at math. Well, my dad was a Mathmatic Professor so I had a good teacher.

I felt a long, achy pain in my stomich. It had only been two days-not even- and I already missed home. I looked around at the bickering or flying or nervous animals around me, and wondered for the first time that day if anyone else was having simular thought-tracks about being usless and wanting to go home. 

Well, none of us could be usless. It was foretold that we would get the stones.

But then again-

"Okay! Let's get started, uh Peak! Lead the way!" I snapped back to reality and turned to blink-not fully processing- as the hawk from the Epmpire of Stone took off into the sky.

The blue dragon- Eagna -made hasty eye-contact with the wild cat (who was only a little smaller then him) and spread his wings. He then turned to the other dragon, a tall vibrantly colored thing, and said very boldly, "would you like to fly with me?"

The dragoness turned her head to look down at him and I could see the confusion on her face. She then gave him a quirky little half smile and turned to look around at the other animals gathered. Next to me, I felt Amistia stiffen. The dragoness and the doe had locked gazes, and the silver eyes of the dragon's instantly widened as the fire withen Amistia's soul burned through her defences. "Uh, er," she studdered very quickly before ripping her gaze away. Amnistia did not take her eyes away from the dragon. "I'm just going to walk, for now."

Eagna looked hurt but didn't say anything else. I caught the dragoness give him a concerned look, before laughing anxiously, and quickly continued, "but I bet Peak would like someone to talk to as he figures out that map."

Eagna blinked a few times as if he was thinking, smiled at her, then took off into the air to where Peak was waiting for everyone to get situated. "I can carry Hazel." I physically jumped as the doe next to me spoke out in a cool and athoritive tone. 

She stepped fowards, gave me a look with her cold green eyes, then nelt to her knees in front of the small otter. Hazel played with her paws for a second, gave Amnistia a half-smile, then climbed onto her back, using the satchel already around the deer's shoulders as a stepping stool. 

"You don't say much dear, do you?" I jumped again as Sweep stepped up on my other side. He was looking at Hazel.

"Uh-um." The small thing managed to stutter, figiting with her paws again. 

"Don't push it." The deer's harsh gaze landed on the coyotie, and his half-smirk of a smile faded quickly as he met her eyes. 

"Why doesn't someone carry this one over there too? Those flippers won't get him far." His voice was colder but not at the same time, like he was playing his own game with the emotions inside his head. "Everest?" He turned to me.

"Uh-it's E-everlast actually." I stuttered. 

"Right. What I said." I could have sworn the canine's eyes narrowed just a bit and his teeth seemed to glint in the light, making them seem that much sharper. "You could carry, uh, the duck-billed one."

"Samuel." The doe corrected briskley. "His name's Samuel."

The brown Kingdom of Sea animal looked up as his name was said. He seemed to have been studding a twisted fern for the past few muinets. "Yes?" His voice was monotoned, blank, like he just didn't care for this misson. 

Which I mean, atleast the rest of us were willing to put in an effort. I looked around at the small fox sitting off to the side, studding her paws, Eagna and Peak who's steady wingbeats had become comforting background noise, the sparkling dragoness who looked regal and sharp next to the sly wildcat who's pail fur stood out in the greens of the small mountain forest. I mean, I think the rest of us were trying. 

I could only hope I guess.

"Ya, of course I can carry Samuel." I bent down so the strange Empire of Sea creature could scrammble only my back and curl up where my back met my neck. I could feel him possition his head on one of my antlers. 

"Ready?" Eagna's impacient voice carried down from the sky. 

Ximena looked around at the creatures. The fox got to her feet. "Yes!" She called back. 

The two Finders in the air circled once over our heads, Peak in the lead, before banking off to the left of Revka. The she-cat, who had been silent for the past few muinets, ran fowards so she could be right behind them. The dragoness followed, then Sweep as he tried to catch up with the wildcat, then me and Amnistia. The small fox took up the back. I glanced back at her only once, wondering if she should be more towards the front because of her small size.

I could hear the clacking of wings and teeth as Eagna and Peak began to talk, skimming or weaving through the stunted mountain pines. I noted now how the trail was begining to tilt up. I shuddered suddenly, my fear of hights taking hold. I hope we didn't have to walk over any steep or small or high places.....

Why couldn't they just leave us behind in the first place? Only the two dragon Finders actually had to be here for the stone. 

But oh well, 10 is better then 2 anyways.  

~

sorry had to cut it off there im not supposed to be on the computer whoops bye now. *submits*