Author's note-This is my first fanfic so I apologize if it isn't all that good. If any one has any suggestions they would be deeply appreciated. Besides that I hope you enjoy!
Heartbreaker. I already hated her. Just her name was enough for me to want to spit venom at Mangrove's face. I had to get out of there before I did. So here I am now on my way to Queen Glory's hut. Out of all the dragons she could have choose she choose me. I snarled.
Earlier
"Charming!" Aunt Orchid yelled from the front of the hut.
"Coming." I yelled back to her. I ran over to her and embraced her. She smiled embracing me back. I looked over to see Mangrove who was fidgetong witb his talons and had a nervous smile plastered to his face. What's wrong with him? Letting me go Aunt Orchid walked over to Mangrove and wrapped her tail with his.
"We have some news." The way she said it meant it was big.
Aunt Orchid nudged Mangrove. He started shaking his heaf viciously. What was causing Mangrove to be such a nervous wreck?The last time I saw these two act this way was when Aunt Orchid told Mangrove she wanted eggs. I chuckled remembering him falling off the platform around the hut. He had a concusion for a week! Not to mention he didn't show Orchid any affection 'till she had dragonets far from her mind. I saw Mangrove across from the room raise his eyebrows.
I smirked. "I wad just thinking when you fainted at the thought of being a father."
Mangrove was about to open his mouth-most likely to tell me falling 50 feet to the ground unconscious wasn't funny-when Aunt Orchid cleared her throat.
"How do I say this?" She mumbled more to herself than us.
"Say what?" My brows furrowed at how quickly the atmosphere changed in the room. One moment she's all easy going the next the next she's ashamed to admit something. Was something going on I didn't know?
Looking up at Mangrove, who I completely forgot was evenin the room, because of the creepy vibes, patted Aunt Orchid on the shoulder. She looked up determined.
"You know about The Diverse Tribe Pals program?" She asked looking at me as if...she was waiting for me to do something drastic.
"Yes?" I said uncertain where this was going.
She sighed before speaking a jumble of words. "Yournameisonthelist!"
"What?" I didn't get any of that. I thought to myself.
"Urg! I can't do this to him! Not to that face! But he can't keep on going on like this!" She screamed in agony, talons gripping her head.
I stood there confused not understanding the situation at all. "What's wrong? Why are you being so confusing?"
Mangrove unwrapped his tail with a still mumbling Aunt Orchid and walked over to me, placing his talons firmly on my shoulders and looking in my eyes. "You have been chosen to particpate in Queen Glory's program. Your partner will be Heartbreaker. This program encourages you to get to know her and maybe..."
"Stop! I don't understand!" I pulled away from Mangrove the gears in my head turning. A distressed Aunt Orchid and Mangrove...Queen Glory of the Rainwings and Nightwings...her program The Diverse Tribe Pals...some dragon named Heartbreaker...me.
It hit me brutaly. "NOOOO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!" My scales were an outraged red and a hurt blue from my Aunt's bretrayal.
Out of all the things she could do to me this was downright cruel! What did I do? Why is she allowing this? Doesn't she care? Please don't leave me in the dark with the Nightwings! Please don't let them take me! I don't want to be pals with one of their kind! Anything but this! ANYTHING! I whimpered my thoughts eating away at me.
Aunt Orchid's suggestion made me sick. "Just give her a chance. Please Charming!"
A chance!? Those were the same tribe that kidnapped you! And your wanting me to give that monster a chance!?Mangrove jumped in. "She might be a sweet girl."
My eyes widened at that one. "Sweet!? More like beastly! I am not doing this!" I flew out of the hut my mouth firmly shut. Their shouts eventually disappearing into the air.
Present
I landed softly on the hut's platform a smile on my face. A pair of dragons were infront of me making a short line.
With nothing else to do I decide to observe the two dragons. The first was a male the same height as me. He had dark brown wings with a black under belly, a thin blackk line going down his back from snout to tail tip, brownish-grey ruffs, and the rest of his body was a beige brown. Around his neck he had an elephant ear leaf wrapped pouch hanging on a vine.
Next to him was a dragoness smaller than Aunt Orchid. I quickly earsed that name from my mind. The dragoness was a bright orange. She had two rows of black dots lining on each side of her neck. Her ruffs and underside was the same dark blue.
I turned my head to look at the brown dragon to see if they had any realation. Though what met me-instead of a safe side of a back view-was a pair of amber eyes. I gulped hoping he didn't take my staring as some creepy interest. Hoping he wasn't going to attack me. Hoping this wasn't his mate. The female chuckled. A sick feeling came over me. What did she find so funny? Was it the thought of some strange dragon staring her down getting beat up by her lover?! My staring wasn't some creepy interest though! I was just curious and bored! "That's what you get for being curious. Curiousity is a dangerous thing. That's why you stick to things you know and steer clear of the unknown" A little voice in my head nagged.
I screamed at myself for wanting to cower down in fear or take flight. I shouldn't be scared of this dragon! For Queen Glory's sake it's not like he's any bigger than me! If it came down to it you would at least have a winning chance in a fight. "You don't know that. He may be more useful ina fight than you." The horrible little voice was back.
"I'm Anaconda and that over there is Dart Frog." The brown dragon said pointing over to a dark blue-eyed, smiling dragoness.
I eyed them suspiciouscly. They could be acting all nice, waiting for the right moment for you to let your guard down. I scolded myself. Seriously Charming! Get a grip on yourself and stop thinking the worst!
"I think this is the part were you tell us your name." Dart Frog smirked at me. Her voice was soft and sweet, but held the I-may-be-short-but-I-can-still-take-you tone.
The scales around my snout shifted to pink seeing she was talking to me.
I managed some how to choke out my name. "Charming. My name is Charming."
A mischivious smile took over her face. "Looks like someone got stuck with a name that doesn't suit them too well."
My ruffs and wing membranes turned pink.
Anaconda bursted out laughing. "Frog! If your gonna to assault dragons I'm going to stop letting you do all the talking."
She playfully stuck out her tongue. Then turned to me with a warm, friendly smile. "I apologize if I offended you."
I smiled glad I hadn't offended her with my staring.
To my dread Dart Frog asked, "If you don't mind me asking what brings yoh to her royal highness' hut?"
I sighed all the good vibes leaving me with only Nightwings and Aunt Orchid in my mind. Anaconda stared at me questioningly.
To answer his unspoken question I replied back. "I'm here to speak with the Queen why she put me in her dreadful program."
Anaconda frowned while Dart Frog's face lit up.
"So it seems I'm NOT the only one who thinks the program is a bad idea." She said this throwing a dirty look towards Anaconda. He threw her back an even dirtier look if that was even possible.
Pretending not to see Anaconda's frustration she turned to me. "So as not to leave you in the dark my friend, me and An disagree on him being in the program. My reason is not liking the idea of his partner's name, Gravedigger,"
"Wait," I looked up at her sceptical getting a strange look in return from the quietly pouting Anaconda. "This is all over a name? What's his name got to do with anything?"
"I was about to tell you untill you interupted. Anyway the point is I don't trust Nightwing names. For the tribes sake Deathbringer was an assassian! Deeeaathhhbrrringerrrr! Literally his name says he is a killer!" She stopped. Then eyed me waiting for something.
What? I thought confused. She's probably waiting for you to interrupt you fruit head! I looked down sheepishly.
Seeing I wasn't going to interrupt she continued speaking. "Gravedigger isn't even that far from Deathbringer! For all we know he could be some physico dragon, grave digging, killer!"
"You done?" Anaconda asked twiddling with his pouch not even bothering to look at her.
"Arg! Look at me An and stop playing with that stupid pouch!"
Anaconda's face softened, still looking at the pouch, as if she had offended him personally.
Her eye twitching and talons clamping and unclamping she growled threateningly to him. "I will throw that stupid pouch down the old Nightwing hole if I have to."
Anaconda's head snapped up immediatly to her threat. Eyes narrowed and talons protectively over the pouch he hissed deadly to her, "Lay a talon on this and you'll be losing that talon!"
To busy staring at something infront of us, Dart Frog didn't hear him. Both following her line of view we both saw what caused her to zone out.
Two Nightwings.
I paled slightly. They could be two Rainwings with black scales. I believed my own lie for the sake of my sanity.
They walked close together out of the hut door. The one closet to us had his wing draped over another Nightwing we couldn't see due to his closeness. We all watched as they descended off the platform out of are visual view. Not being able to say anything we all stared at the stop where they disappeared.
"Sorry but the Queen will not be seeing any one else today."
"Eeeekkk!" Dart Frog screeched jumping into my arms sending me back into Anaconda making all of us fall backwards.
We all looked up at an unimpressed Granduer. "Good-bye." She shut the door of the hut.
"WAIT!" I shoved Dart Frog off of me, running up to the door and beating my talons on the door. I lay my head against the door groaning. Was today ruin-Charming's-life day?
"So uum wanna get some fruit?" Anaconda asked Dart Frog.
"Sure. Hey Charm wanna get some fruit?" Dart Frog asked getting up.
"Yeah sure." I sighed peeling myself from the door. My ears flicked recalling the name. "Charm?"
She smiled her mischivievous smile again. "A nickname and a reminder of what you don't have."
I snorted. "So what type of fruit do you guys want?"
"KIWI!" Anaconda squealed throwing his arms around both of us by ours necks.
"Doesn't that taste funny?" I wrinkled my nose in disgust.
"Not to that fruit head." Dart Frog said smiling cheekily.
"Dragons just don't give them chances." Muttered Anaconda pouting, arms now crossed around his chest.
I smiled feeling relieved for once during this whole event.
(A/N)-I can't think of names so yeah any names for Queen Glory's program would be great.
