Eclipse let out a small grunt and rolled onto her side, stretching her wings and legs out in front of her, her jaws opening in a wide, lazy yawn as the transport jolted to a stop.
She opened her eyes and stared around the transport, where other dragons were now standing and pacing around, most of them watching the door to the truck anxiously.
Eclipse bumped the still sleeping Sunspot with her wing and stood up, glancing around for Bloodmoon and Shard as the doors to the truck creaked miserably and swung open on their damaged hinges. Light and heat flooded the dimly lit transport, making every dragon blink rapidly and squint into the entrance.
A tiny, white dragonet bounded across the metal space toward her and Eclipse swept her wing around to collect Shard against her side as the dragons began spilling out of the transport excitedly.
"Where are we going?" The dragonet chriped nervously.
"This is the checkpoint," Eclipse hung back, not wanting to get jostled and brushed by the others as they swept past, losing sight of Sunspot in the movement.
"We are going to rest here for a while before we continue on the trip. Some dragons who are in better condition might fly away instead, but the rest of us are going to stay with the humans a while."
She carefully nudged Shard forward as the last few stragglers exited. She'd lost sight of Sunspot in the group and had never located Bloodmoon, but as they started toward the back of the transport, she saw the glintering of familiar crimson scales.
"Eclipse! Eclipse?"
Sunlight dropped from the beaming sun onto her silver scales, soaking into her bones and chasing away the ache in her recovering wing shoulder. Her scales shone like polished metal, light glancing off of them onto the sides of the transport before she slid the rest of the way out onto the sand.
Eclipse gave Sol a weak smile which immediately disappeared when she saw the paniced and disappointed look on his face. She didn't even have to ask, and she dropped her gaze to the ground, guilt building in her chest like a storm cloud.
"He stayed behind," she swallowed, trying to chase the dread out of her voice. "Roe and him... they promised they would find a way on there own, but he wouldn't let me stay and fight with them. They should be here soon, I'm certain..." she trailed off, trailing her gaze over the desert the way they'd come to avoid meeting Sol's eyes.
"He promised..."
(SORRY, SORRY, SORRY, sorrysorrysorrysorry, I missed so much, we are finishing up school and I have so much going on, I missed so much, I still have to do Alicanto to don't I?)
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Did I miss someone? Also, HI
@SarcasticDrag0n nice to meet you, sorry I wasn't present today