War by Lorelei Young

War

By Lorelei Young and Splash the water dragon

Chapter one

Splash was sitting right out of reach of the battle. Her tribe leader, Anemone,
was out there somewhere. The war had been raging for three years now. Splash
is 7 years old. She had one more year before she had to start fighting in the war
of the FireWings and SeaWings. She didn’t want to at ALL. But she had no
choice. Anemone was her mother, and she couldn't let her down. BOOOOOOOM!
A huge cannonball whizzed in her direction. She blasted into the air right as the
cannonball plowed into the ground and exploded. That was too close. Splash
thought. She started to feel dizzy. She needed her afternoon water. She flew to
the pond and fell asleep in the water.

“Splash!?” a voice cried. “Whatt?” Splash mumbled. It was Coral, Splash’s  
friend. “Oh, you're okay!” Coral said. “Uh huh.” Splash said, annoyed because
she was exhausted and Coral interrupted her long nap. “I am TRYING to sleep
here! And why wouldn’t I be?”  “Okay.” Coral replied. “Go away.” “Okay.” Coral
growled and flew off angrily. “Well, that was fun.” Splash said sarcastically. All
of the sudden, she felt an instant sharp pain in her back. She shrieked. She spun
around, face to face with a fire dragon. But she knew this dragon. It was Crackle,
the dragon who killed her father. Instinct kicked in. She flew at her and tackled
him to the ground. “ARGH!” she screamed as Splash tore open her flesh. “GET
OUT OF HERE!! YOU ARE A MURDERER!!” Splash screamed in her ear.
Death came for Crackle. Splash felt triumphant. She flew off before anyone
could see her and accuse her of murder. I never thought i would be a killer…
she thought. But Crackle was too… But what if someone comes after me for it?
“What the-- What did you DO!?” a voice shouted nearby. “Coral!! Don’t tell,
please!” Splash begged. “That dragon was my father’s killer!” “Well, i’m sorry,
but I can’t keep this from the tribe..” “But-- how could you!!!!?” Splash screeched.
“WE'RE FRIENDS!” “I know. Okay. I’m really sorry. I just don’t know what
it’s like with no dad--” But it was too late. Coral messed it up. With a blast of air,
Splash burst into tears and plunged into the sky. CRACK! All of the sudden, her
wing felt a blast of pain. She had been shot by a stray bullet from the battle.
“AUGGGH!!!” she screamed. She plummeted to the ground. Once she hit the
ground, she thought she was dead. Somehow, she was wrong.

“Splash? SPLASH??!” “Ughhhh…” She moaned. “Splash! You okay??” “Uggh,
Coral go awaaay…” she grunted. “Um, not Coral,” Splash’s vision cleared.
“Mom?” “Yep, that’s right. What the heck did you do?” she asked. “Was flying-
got shot. fell…” she mumbled. “Oh. o…” ZZZ….

“Wake up!” “Ohh, it’s morning already? Better start fighting now!” Splash
muttered. ‘What? Snap out of that coma!” Anemone squawked. . “Ooooh…
I’m… dizzy. I am exhausted too.” And with that she fell fast asleep.

Growwwwllll… Splash was conked out, dreaming about winning the war.
But that was cut short, and then came to a dream about eating a chicken. YUM.
Apparently, she was snoring, because she woke up with a loud snort. “Ew.” she
muttered. The hunger ripped at her stomach. She realized she hadn’t eaten since
the morning, and it was late in the evening. So she set off to find food and maybe
a new home to escape the war, and Coral.

End of chapter one.

Chapter two

Three years later

Howwwwwwl! “Dinner!” said Riptide. Riptide was Splash’s new friend.
They were living in a lagoon a mile away from a empty beach. “Let’s get ‘em!”
shouted Splash. Later, they were chewing on the wolves. “*snarf* why did you
run away *munch* from battle? Just asking…” Riptide muttered through
munches and snarfs. “I already told you! And it’s none of your business.” Splash
snapped back. “Okay, okay.” Riptide turned around and nestled in her little cave.
Splash slithered to the entrance of the cave and stared into the unfolding night.

“SPLASH!!!! WAKE UP!!!” ‘Unhhhh…” she mumbled. Then she heard
screaming. A voice screeched, “What are you doing?!” Her eyes snapped
open. “SPLASH! We have to get OUT of here!!” Riptide screamed. “What’s
happening!?” Splash screeched. Rocks were falling from the roof. “WE’RE
BEING ATTACKED, THAT’S WHAT!! COME ON!!” They found the
escape hatch in the roof and blasted up, up, until they were safe. “Oh…*gasp*
who was t-tthat!?” Splash asked, terrified. “My team.” Riptide quipped. “What!?”
Splash gasped. “I said, my TEAM.” she muttered darkly. He leaned over, quick as
a flash, bit into Splash’s flesh. “YEAAAGGH!!!” she screeched. “What’s the
matter?! You a chicken?!” Riptide sneered. Then he grabbed her and threw her
on her back. He tore off the cliff, with Splash teetering back and forth on his
back. In midair, Splash felt a spasm of pain. She started teetering violently.
“Whoa- whoa- AUGGGGHH!!!” Riptide yanked her talon. “OW!!” “QUIET!”
Riptide screeched. “What is going ON with you?!” Splash screamed. All of the
sudden, Riptide leaned over in the sky, and plunged downward. “Riptide?!
RIPTIDE!!” Splash gasped. She tore after him. Right before he hit the ground,
she caught him.

“RIPTIDE?!?! Wake up!”  “Hunh?” “Riptide!!! Come on! WAKE UP!” “OoOoh”
Riptide mumbled. “What the heck! It’s been 8 hours!!” Splash said. “What
happened…? Oww!” He was observing things around him. “Where are we?”
“I got help from the RainWings. We’re in the RainWing Hospital.” Splash said.
“Oh.” Riptide mumbled, the drifted off to sleep again. I’ve got to figure out
what happened to him. Splash thought as she tiptoed out of Riptide’s room.
She bumped right into the nurse. “Hey!” the nurse snapped. “Uh. Sorry!

“Well, you should be.”

“WELL, I was going to say, that Riptide just woke up.”

“Oh! Well, is he in pain?”

“Yes.” (This was a lie; Splash just wanted her to get lost).

She hurried into his room.

Splash flew off, but would come back soon.

END