Blue Raptor
Ad Astra Per Aspera
Ender slowly turned towards her with an unreadable expression on his face. “What.” He said flatly.“And I’m following you, Ender!” Chenoa replied .
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Ender slowly turned towards her with an unreadable expression on his face. “What.” He said flatly.“And I’m following you, Ender!” Chenoa replied .
Cinta left almost immediately, nervously twitching, partially from the trauma, partially from exhaustion. The SkyWing left as one army, one tribe, making their way quickly back to the Kingdom. Cinta vowed she'd never leave the Kingdom again.Raptor nodded. She hesitated to say something, “Cinta.. g- good luck with your kingdom.” She said, then snapped her mouth shut and flew away towards Serval before she could hear the SkyWing’s reply.
“Unless you really don’t want me to. In which case, I guess I’ll go back to the IceWings.” Chenoa said, with a hint of sadness in her voice.Ender slowly turned towards her with an unreadable expression on his face. “What.” He said flatly.
"Well, you know, big scary animus dragon and all," Ivory said, half sarcastically.Raptor made a startled motion with her head and turned around. “He's.. gone!” She said, staring at them.
Ivory's wings twitched in annoyance at the SkyWing queen's anxiety. She had a tribe to run, she couldn't afford to flail around like a drowning rat in a panic.Cinta left almost immediately, nervously twitching, partially from the trauma, partially from exhaustion. The SkyWing left as one army, one tribe, making their way quickly back to the Kingdom. Cinta vowed she'd never leave the Kingdom again.
(Kep. Ta da. Now she's just that call back back up that saves the day in a few dragon years.)
#FFFFAAAACCCTTTSSSZZZZIvory's wings twitched in annoyance at the SkyWing queen's anxiety. She had a tribe to run, she couldn't afford to flail around like a drowning rat in a panic.
Cyprus' slow wingbeats made an obvious sound as he flew over to where the hybrid queens were. He landed in front of them and bowed his head just a little.Blackflower sat next to her sister, not speaking.
Brightscales lay completely still in an odd position with her eyes closed, Leif’s spell still in effect.
“I- I didn’t know you couldn’t talk to me you know.” The NightWing queen said in a soft voice, staring at the ground. “You could’ve found some way to tell me, you know.” Brightscales didn’t open her eyes or give any signal that she heard.
A long moment later, the RainWing hybrid suddenly slumped, and she sat awkwardly up, blinking in surprise. Blackflower perked up, glancing over her body. “The spell! It’s gone! Atlantis must've done something!” She grinned, flapping up into a large part of the broken palace wall to look towards the battlegrounds. She just barely made out Leif’s large shape, and watched it for a long moment.
“She did really care, you know.”
A hoarse and raspy unfamiliar voice said faintly from behind Blackflower’s back. She turned around, startled, but didn’t see anyone. She looked over at Brightscales, who’d moved a short distance away and was sitting with her back turned over Reva’s body.
Blackflower ran over, alarmed. “Did you hear that? Someone is-” “And you didn’t.”
The bitter, raspy voice came from her sister, who turned her head away.
“What?” The NightWing hybrid said her words sounding wrong to her as an odd sinking feeling filled her stomach.
“YOU DIDN’T CARE!” Brightscales roared in a croaking voice, turning her face suddenly towards her sister. Tears filled her eyes and streamed down her face, and her ruff flared a dangerous red color. She barred her fangs as if considering shooting venom at the dragon in front of her.
Blackflower took a few stumbling steps back as Brightscales advanced, her eyes a bright furious yellow. “You just wanted to play queen! You never payed attention the day I arrived, it was all official business to you! You didn’t care, and I just wanted a sister!”
Brightscales collapsed, crying. Her scales were a whirling pool of deep blue and black.
Blackflower didn’t move. She was speechless. She didn’t think Brightscales cared.
She’d always tried to be a just, good queen. Not a loving one. The loving ones were always soft, and she was a NightWing. She had to be tough for the NightWings so they could see that the RainWing hybrid among them could rule just like any one of them.
“Reva was the closest thing I had to a sister.” Brightscales sniffed, her raspy voice just barely heard as her arms muffled the sound. “And now she’s gone. So I faked I’d lost my voice, yeah. I didn’t want to talk to you. I wanted to talk to her. At least she supported me the first seven years. I never saw you once, and when I did, you ignored me.”
Blackflower cautiously put a talon on one of hers. “I didn’t know you cared.” She said in a hoarse tone. “I was.. close to Reva too. For the most part. She worked as a general.” Blackflower but her tongue. “Okay, so I never really had much of a sisterly relationship with her. I never saw her as much of a sister as you clearly did. I was wrong. But I was unused to it. You-” She said as Brightscales looked up. “You had, what, four brother to grow up with? Well they never came here. I had no one.”
Brightscales sat up. “I didn’t know that.” She said, she said in a voice almost too low to hear. Blackflower nodded. “I.. need to learn how to be a part of a family. Well, to be more specific, someONE to help me.” Her sister let an amused breath out of her nose, and there was a long quiet moment.
“I wasn’t going to hurt you you know.” Brightscales rasped with the slightest smile riding on her expression. “Oh GOOD.” Her sister gasped dramatically, throwing her talons up. “Cause for a second there I thought you were going to go absolutely BERSERK on me.” The RainWing queen grinned. “And I still can.. SIS.”
Blackflower stuck out her tongue with a grimace. “Okay, no. No ‘sis’ or ‘seester’ or ‘sista’ please. It just sounds..” She shuddered. “Creepy. No, no, no, no.” Brighscales laughed rashly, then coughed, then grimaced. “Ugh, I sound horrible. I sound like a sloth with a cold and barrel full of nuts shoved down my throat. Ughhh..”
Condor soared over the kingdom, helping wounded and taking stock of who was still alive. Her wide wings caught the breeze easily, and her sharp eyes scanned the ground. She knew everyone would need all the help they could get.Blackflower sat next to her sister, not speaking.
Brightscales lay completely still in an odd position with her eyes closed, Leif’s spell still in effect.
“I- I didn’t know you couldn’t talk to me you know.” The NightWing queen said in a soft voice, staring at the ground. “You could’ve found some way to tell me, you know.” Brightscales didn’t open her eyes or give any signal that she heard.
A long moment later, the RainWing hybrid suddenly slumped, and she sat awkwardly up, blinking in surprise. Blackflower perked up, glancing over her body. “The spell! It’s gone! Atlantis must've done something!” She grinned, flapping up into a large part of the broken palace wall to look towards the battlegrounds. She just barely made out Leif’s large shape, and watched it for a long moment.
“She did really care, you know.”
A hoarse and raspy unfamiliar voice said faintly from behind Blackflower’s back. She turned around, startled, but didn’t see anyone. She looked over at Brightscales, who’d moved a short distance away and was sitting with her back turned over Reva’s body.
Blackflower ran over, alarmed. “Did you hear that? Someone is-” “And you didn’t.”
The bitter, raspy voice came from her sister, who turned her head away.
“What?” The NightWing hybrid said her words sounding wrong to her as an odd sinking feeling filled her stomach.
“YOU DIDN’T CARE!” Brightscales roared in a croaking voice, turning her face suddenly towards her sister. Tears filled her eyes and streamed down her face, and her ruff flared a dangerous red color. She barred her fangs as if considering shooting venom at the dragon in front of her.
Blackflower took a few stumbling steps back as Brightscales advanced, her eyes a bright furious yellow. “You just wanted to play queen! You never payed attention the day I arrived, it was all official business to you! You didn’t care, and I just wanted a sister!”
Brightscales collapsed, crying. Her scales were a whirling pool of deep blue and black.
Blackflower didn’t move. She was speechless. She didn’t think Brightscales cared.
She’d always tried to be a just, good queen. Not a loving one. The loving ones were always soft, and she was a NightWing. She had to be tough for the NightWings so they could see that the RainWing hybrid among them could rule just like any one of them.
“Reva was the closest thing I had to a sister.” Brightscales sniffed, her raspy voice just barely heard as her arms muffled the sound. “And now she’s gone. So I faked I’d lost my voice, yeah. I didn’t want to talk to you. I wanted to talk to her. At least she supported me the first seven years. I never saw you once, and when I did, you ignored me.”
Blackflower cautiously put a talon on one of hers. “I didn’t know you cared.” She said in a hoarse tone. “I was.. close to Reva too. For the most part. She worked as a general.” Blackflower but her tongue. “Okay, so I never really had much of a sisterly relationship with her. I never saw her as much of a sister as you clearly did. I was wrong. But I was unused to it. You-” She said as Brightscales looked up. “You had, what, four brother to grow up with? Well they never came here. I had no one.”
Brightscales sat up. “I didn’t know that.” She said, she said in a voice almost too low to hear. Blackflower nodded. “I.. need to learn how to be a part of a family. Well, to be more specific, someONE to help me.” Her sister let an amused breath out of her nose, and there was a long quiet moment.
“I wasn’t going to hurt you you know.” Brightscales rasped with the slightest smile riding on her expression. “Oh GOOD.” Her sister gasped dramatically, throwing her talons up. “Cause for a second there I thought you were going to go absolutely BERSERK on me.” The RainWing queen grinned. “And I still can.. SIS.”
Blackflower stuck out her tongue with a grimace. “Okay, no. No ‘sis’ or ‘seester’ or ‘sista’ please. It just sounds..” She shuddered. “Creepy. No, no, no, no.” Brighscales laughed rashly, then coughed, then grimaced. “Ugh, I sound horrible. I sound like a sloth with a cold and barrel full of nuts shoved down my throat. Ughhh..”
(Whoops, should I edit my post?)Cyprus' slow wingbeats made an obvious sound as he flew over to where the hybrid queens were. He landed in front of them and bowed his head just a little.
"Queens Brightscales and Blackflower, are you all right?" He asked.
Cyprus blinked and stepped back a couple of steps. *Well, apparently somebody else's assigned for that* He decided as he turned away. *They don't need me anymore.*Condor soared over the kingdom, helping wounded and taking stock of who was still alive. Her wide wings caught the breeze easily, and her sharp eyes scanned the ground. She knew everyone would need all the help they could get.
She spotted Blackflower and Brightscales below. It didn't look like they were just having a casual chat. Condor tilted her wings, banking to land near them.
"Sorry to interrupt." she said, flicking her tail. "Is everything all right down here?"
She looked closely at Brightscales bruised and battered body. "Are you injured?"
She wasn't particularly worried about the dragons being bothered by her presence. She was simply following orders.