Kestrel fled with her twin dragonets, but was intercepted by Ex-Queen Scarlet at the Diamond Spray River. Ex-Queen Scarlet offered Kestrel clemency for her disobedience if she killed one of the twins. Kestrel killed the dragonet with too little fire, which was Peril's brother, an act which haunted her forever. After she did this, Scarlet changed her mind and told Kestrel to kill Peril too, and return to the Sky Kingdom for trial. Kestrel refused to kill Peril and tried to fly away with her daughter. However, because Peril had too much fire, Kestrel was burned when she grabbed her dragonet, forcing Kestrel to flee without her. This left Kestel with permanent burn scars on her palms.