Stratosphere
By Illumination
If you recognize her name that's understandable: The short story Fleur had its own time of fame in the land of Dragons Peak, and when the Nesters (the dragons chosen to be responsible for the care and hatching of orphaned eggs) witnessed the birth of the powder-blue Pegasus-dragon hybrid, there seemed no other name suitable. The shimmer of faint, aurora light on her blue and white feathers and the depth of curious blue in her vast eyes proved to resemble the very essence of the fictional enchantress from the popular short story.
Fleur's mother had died, two months before her daughter even hatched, in one of the wars with Kaos's dark skylanders, and Fleur's father had left her mother six months earlier. However, Fleur's life hadn't been especially affected by this, considering that orphaned dragon eggs were an unfortunate frequency in Skylands, and a considerable portion of them end up in Dragons Peak with the Nesters to be cared for. After she was hatched, Fleur was, as all orphaned dragons are, assigned to a guardian. Her first guardian was Ramses himself, but then his brother Vathek took over the throne and a young dragon named Flavius had to take over caring for her. Flavius is what most would politely describe as "simple", and other dragons tend to avoid him. True, he can be obnoxious and maybe even over-bearing, but he has a big heart, and orphaned skylanders would agree that he's one of the best guardians to have. When Fleur was put into his care, he was also, at the time, caring for a young orphaned phoenix named Solstice. Solstice couldn't fly, and, despite Fleur being younger than her, Solstice always looked up to Fleur and held her advanced flying abilities in admiration. Fleur and Solstice developed a close, sisterly bond, growing up together as Vathek came to power.
Fleur could always tell that Flavius favored Solstice over her, but she never minded much; she always preferred working alone, so as Flavius paid particular attention to Solstice and helped her further her skills to make up for her lack of flying abilities, Fleur trained herself diligently. She spent day and night perfecting her tempest clouds and her rainbow shot techniques, and by the time she was six months of age Fleur's skill was comparable to that of the other dragons.
However, make no mistake, Fleur and Flavius had shared some kind of bond, and when it came time to make a stand against Vathek, Fleur was one of the first choices in the resistance.
After Dragons Peak was free and back under stable monarchy, Ramses resumed his duties as Fleur's guardian. It was the least he could do, he had told her, for fighting so valiantly in the resistance. Fleur still kept closeness with Solstice and Flavius after that, but when she became Ramses official apprentice, it was clear she was different. The other dragons treated her as though she were something immensely special, and Fleur started to feel a distance between her and her peers begin to develop, and before she could do anything she was entirely separate from the others.