Of Feathers And Flames- A Wings of Fire AU RP

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Nicole Taber said:
*A few hours later*
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Neoma woke when the largest moon was beginning to sink from it's highest perch. The land around her was silent, and somehow seemed busy and still at the same time. It was the knowledge that she couldn't be alone that really made her imagine moving shadows. She stood slowly, shaking the snow from her back. She grinned to herself, remembering her happiness from earlier.
Just as quickly, the smile slid away as she remembered just how serious her situation was. She was in a strange land, alone, basically sitting waiting to be found by something.
Or... someone?
For a moment, Neoma thought of the tales her parents had spun when she was little. Of a land of ice. War. Blood. Pain. A land where everyone was divided.
And the saviors were dragonets.
Neoma snorted.
Dragonets saving the world? Her youngest sibling Kyler had been killed as a dragonet by her sister. While he had been fragile, it wouldn't have mattered how strong he was compared to Milza's ferocity. The thought that dragonets could deliver such a land?
Laughable.
Neoma gave her wings an experimental stretch, grimacing slightly as her left wing complained. It was sore, but after all the other times her wings had been sprained, her body knew to heal pretty fast. She rose into the air, and looked around for a moment. Her jaw fell open.
This was no large island.
This was it.
The Continent.
Pyrrhia.
Neoma stared.
It was insane. There was so much more than snow. In the distance, she clearly saw a stretch of sand. Where there was sand, there was bound to be warmth. She flapped her wings, shaking sleep fog from her head as she went. A bit of quick flying had her coasting over sandy dunes; and exactly as she had thought; it was a lot warmer.
Of course, a lot of things are warmer than a land of snow.
As she flew, she squinted. In the distance, there appeared to be an old castle- but it wasn't just old, it was crumbling and ancient. Past it, an oddly shaped dwelling with strange machines and creatures spilling out of it. They all seemed to be in small white soft houses though. What were they again?
Scavengers, her brain reminded her. Steer clear. Dangerous, very determined little things.
She banked right, taking a long way around it. Her warp-blade formed next to her, flattening and becoming a large disc shape that she put beneath her to shield herself as she flew.
She didn't need to be worried though. Apparently the scavengers weren't nocturnal thank goodness.
Still flying, Neoma saw something in the distance.
A fire?
Odd. In the sand, not much would be burning unless it was specifically set.
 
The air had cooled significantly since the sun had set. The stars around the horizon shone brightly, while the ones closer to the nearly full moon dimmed greatly. Imperial was at its peak--turning what was once golden sand into an ocean of silver grain. Eclipse allowed a long lazy loop in the air, feeling the wind twine around her wings and spines like a playful stream. Using the momentum, she turned upwards straight toward the giant moon and stalled. For a moment, everything was still and she was just floating. Nothing moved and the chattering of the wing died--silence and stillness. Peace.
And then the moment ended and Eclipse left gravity pull her into free fall. She pulled her wings in tight and let the world spiral away. Sand and Sky. Silver and Black. Moon and Earth. All blurred together in one beautiful cosmic flashing of light and darkness before she snapped her wings apart again, feeling the air grab and yank the membrane between her spokes. She dipped and then soared upward again.
She closed her eyes for a moment and just felt.
This was freedom.
It didn't matter what other dragons thought.
Thought that fighting made them free. Escaping. Surviving.
Sure they were "alive", but they weren't "living".
Humans hated the darkness. For reasons, Eclipse could never understand. The darkness, the night, was when the universe showed its face. When the moons swam and the stars played. When the arms of the galaxy could be seen, hugging the world and the cosmos like a giant mother. Here, the celestials ruled. Not the humans. Not the dragons. This was when Eclipse could be freed from the tethers of life. Where the rules and laws of living were replaced by the thought of what you can and can't do. No borders. No Queens. Just the universe in all its glory.
She opened her eyes again and something far below caught her eye. Firelight glittered below in a collection of buildings and stone. A small oasis pool in the center shone Imperials light back weakly--the only sign of nature in the dark compound.
Eclipse narrowed her eyes and then angled her wings back in the direction of the tunnel.

She landed hard on the sand in front of the sleeping Solarwing, hoping that the thump of her talons would be enough to wake her up.
 
Nicole Taber said:
The air had cooled significantly since the sun had set. The stars around the horizon shone brightly, while the ones closer to the nearly full moon dimmed greatly. Imperial was at its peak--turning what was once golden sand into an ocean of silver grain. Eclipse allowed a long lazy loop in the air, feeling the wind twine around her wings and spines like a playful stream. Using the momentum, she turned upwards straight toward the giant moon and stalled. For a moment, everything was still and she was just floating. Nothing moved and the chattering of the wing died--silence and stillness. Peace.
And then the moment ended and Eclipse left gravity pull her into free fall. She pulled her wings in tight and let the world spiral away. Sand and Sky. Silver and Black. Moon and Earth. All blurred together in one beautiful cosmic flashing of light and darkness before she snapped her wings apart again, feeling the air grab and yank the membrane between her spokes. She dipped and then soared upward again.
She closed her eyes for a moment and just felt.
This was freedom.
It didn't matter what other dragons thought.
Thought that fighting made them free. Escaping. Surviving.
Sure they were "alive", but they weren't "living".
Humans hated the darkness. For reasons, Eclipse could never understand. The darkness, the night, was when the universe showed its face. When the moons swam and the stars played. When the arms of the galaxy could be seen, hugging the world and the cosmos like a giant mother. Here, the celestials ruled. Not the humans. Not the dragons. This was when Eclipse could be freed from the tethers of life. Where the rules and laws of living were replaced by the thought of what you can and can't do. No borders. No Queens. Just the universe in all its glory.
She opened her eyes again and something far below caught her eye. Firelight glittered below in a collection of buildings and stone. A small oasis pool in the center shone Imperials light back weakly--the only sign of nature in the dark compound.
Eclipse narrowed her eyes and then angled her wings back in the direction of the tunnel.

She landed hard on the sand in front of the sleeping Solarwing, hoping that the thump of her talons would be enough to wake her up.
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(Beautiful 🥹)

Sunspot woke up with a start, hissing defensively. She saw that it was Eclipse and coughed, flattening her crest.
“Don’t surprise me like that,” she hissed, her tail scattering sand.
 
-Kiwi- said:
(Beautiful 🥹)

Sunspot woke up with a start, hissing defensively. She saw that it was Eclipse and coughed, flattening her crest.
“Don’t surprise me like that,” she hissed, her tail scattering sand.
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"It's midnight," Eclipse said bluntly. "If that moon-forsaken Nightwing isn't coming to us, we're going to him." She turned sharply and took several paces from the Solarwing. Eclipse spread her wings and twisted her neck around to look at Sunspot.
"Let's go."

(That last part felt so good to write. I always forget how much I actually love the night sky lol)
 
Nicole Taber said:
"It's midnight," Eclipse said bluntly. "If that moon-forsaken Nightwing isn't coming to us, we're going to him." She turned sharply and took several paces from the Solarwing. Eclipse spread her wings and twisted her neck around to look at Sunspot.
"Let's go."

(That last part felt so good to write. I always forget how much I actually love the night sky lol)
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Sunspot got to her feet, grumbling. “Lead the way, boss” she said sarcastically, shaking sand off her wings.
 
-Kiwi- said:
Sunspot got to her feet, grumbling. “Lead the way, boss” she said sarcastically, shaking sand off her wings.
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Eclipse ignored her tone and launched herself into the air. Behind her, she heard Sunspot do the same, and she angled her wings in the direction of the Scorpion Den. Once again the sensation of the moonlight on her back soothed her anxiety. And she closed her eyes again, taking a deep breath of the cool desert air.
 
Nicole Taber said:
Eclipse ignored her tone and launched herself into the air. Behind her, she heard Sunspot do the same, and she angled her wings in the direction of the Scorpion Den. Once again the sensation of the moonlight on her back soothed her anxiety. And she closed her eyes again, taking a deep breath of the cool desert air.
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Sunspot flew beside the LunarWing, squinting in the dark. She was never up past dark because her eyesight was adapted for bright daylight, and her night vision was horrible. The moonlight helped though.
 

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