Cascavel: A Wings of Fire Story

by jadewolf334

Cascavel is just a guard in the SkyWing kingdom, trying to get through life and preferably not be killed by Queen Scarlet. The all-powerful queen is much too close for comfort, with Cascavel being one of her personal guards. She's fine with being a nobody. But when a firescales dragonet is born, the queen becomes too powerful, and Cascavel's life is falling apart, that isn't easy.

1. Prologue

-Prologue-

Set nine years before the events of Wings of Fire: Moon Rising and onward

The wind brushed the stone walls lightly, tracing them and causing stone dust to lift and float away. Cascavel watched the particles with interest, following their paths with her eyes.

She stood outside of a stone tower, though not a very tall one at that. Wildflowers clung to the soil around the base of the building, as if afraid of wandering too far. Cascavel shifted her wings and looked up.

The mountains around her soared and stretched for miles and miles, their brilliant height countered only by the clouds. The tallest peaks disappeared into a foggy, swirling mist of white that showed the limits of the earth: the edge of the sky.

But not all were limited to its borders. Cascavel tilted her head, shifted her wings again, and bunched her limbs beneath her. She loped forward, then accelerated her speed. A cliff was coming up, but she was prepared. At the last moment, Cascavel leaped and snapped her wings open, beating them powerfully. The wind gusted beneath her and the stubby plants on the mountain clung to the ground in her wake. She smiled, then beat her wings as hard as she could until she was well off the ground. Stretching her body and twisting through the air, she flew high above the mountains.

She was a SkyWing, and it was typical for them to love flying. It was part of who they were. Some may have thought that the love of flying was a boring love to have; after all, every member of their tribe felt the same. And yet, for Cascavel, that was part of what she loved about it. Sometimes it felt like the only truly SkyWing part of her.

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Author's Note: Hello everyone! Thank you so much for reading this. I am aware that this is one of the shortest prologues ever (probably in existence!). However, it is just an introduction, and is kind of setting up the story. The first chapter takes place two years later, and I'll reveal what significance this prologue has. :) So please bear with me! The first chapter will be much longer. Thank you again for reading!