Cinder had watched this trouble Vibrava and all of his antics. She found it rather amusing, especially how clearly the dragon thought that he had nothing to worry about. Because what was there to worry about? Nothing could reach him where he was right? No one could fly like he could, right?

And that is where the bug was wrong. Now Cinder wasn’t hungry nor did she really care that this was what the bug was up to, she just wanted to mess with him. So she decided to show the dragon that there was someone around here who could not only keep up with him but surpass him in terms of speed.

She waited for the Vibrava to get preoccupied with his horde before she struck. And like a speeding bullet, she went, going straight for some of the dragon’s stash. To matters even more interesting the bird’s body burst into flames, zipping straight on by and claiming her prize. Whether or not the food got burnt in the process didn’t mean much to her. She’d land on a nearby tree, the flames around her body dissipating. Cinder would then look over to the Vibrava, the smuggest look on her face.

"huh?!" the sudden flash of fire utterly shocked the munching dragon, who looked bewildered for a moment. he looked back and forth, glowering down at the young pokemon surrounding the tree - none of them had wings, so who-? slowly, his head followed the dying trail of embers from the bold attack, and finally, his stare rested on the young, fiery bird that sat within the tree...and with some of his food at that. there was a clear look of sheer annoyance in his large eyes, his large wings vibrating against his body as they fluttered, a clear indication that he was irritated. seriously - who did she think she was? if she wanted a fight, fine! but...ugh, at the same time, fighting took so much energy. energy that could be used for eating. This was...such a drag.

And so, the lazy dragon, surprisingly, didn't accept this challenge. Nope, he didn't have time for that. Instead, his wings vibrated harshly, and from thin air, sand stirred, surrounding the tree in a thick sandstorm. To him, this sort of weather was perfect. sand in his food? delicious. to others though, like that annoying, pesky bird? hopefully, it'd keep her out. pleased with his brilliant thinking, the dragon bug began to gorge himself on what remained of his food once more. "no more pesky birds, no more pesky birds!" he chanted to himself. 

Admittedly the bird was a bit surprised to see the dragon do something that required some sort of wit. If it wasn’t for the fact that she so thoroughly thought this bug was obnoxious she might’ve complimented it, but alas this was not the world they lived in.

This storm was annoying but Cinder had a feeling that she could get around it. More importantly she wanted to test herself, see how she could perform under these sorts of conditions. It was practically impossible to tell where the bug was in there so she decided to strike where she was familiar with.

The bird took off and much like before as her speed increased her body burst into flames as she dived into the storm in an attempt to strike true once again. But unfortunately this time the bird missed, coming out of the other end with nothing to show for it but sand in her feathers. Annoyed, she’d try again and again until she either hit the dragon or got tired of doing this.