Hi! It's me- Midnight! I am working on a collaboration with the one - the only - PONDFROST! *Pondfrost bows* This is my first WoF story, so forgive me for any mess ups. XD
Here is the prologue of-
A Spark in the Dark!
The small sand-colored dragon grasped the bundle of rags she was carrying in her claws as tightly as she could, struggling through a relentless blizzard. The wind pounded snow against her scales as they slowly froze over and her breaths were ragged. She stumbled forward, gasping at the sight that lay before her. The border between IceWing territories and SandWing territories. She leapt over it as fast as she could, the ice on her scales reaching her stomach. She used her front claws to pull herself to a small town that lay just beyond the blizzard, guarded by two SandWings with black armor. The gates behind them were a black iron, twisting in thorn patterns. Their eyes were black as well, with no pupils.
"Please...help..." the small dragon gasped to the larger ones. The two guards looked to each other, and at the small dragon whose claws now became pure ice.
"Why?" the first guard asked bluntly. The smaller dragon recoiled in shock. "Your scales are freezing over. Obviously the work of an IceWing. If we were to offer asylum to one that they had persecuted...well..." the guard didn't finish, the obvious implication hanging in the air. The smaller dragon nearly fainted at their lack of compassion. Her neck turned to ice.
"Please...," she cried. The second guard spoke this time.
"Leave, peasant," he growled, threatening her with his spear. The small dragon tried to reply, but her words were caught in her throat. By ice. She coughed, her head freezing over. Her screams tore through the air as the guards unsympathetically watched. Finally, she froze, falling to the ground. The rags in her claws shook, and a small oval shaped object tumbled out. An egg, the color of the sun.
"Well, look at what we have here," the second guard grinned evilly. "A SandWing egg. Pathetic." The first guard turned to the second.
"We should bring it to Teacher, Rock," he decided, picking up the egg. Rock nodded to the first, and watched him leave with the egg into the village. Then he glared at the frozen SandWing.
"A disgrace," he spat at the dragon. Then he grabbed his spear and smashed her, the ice spraying everywhere. He nodded in satisfaction, and resumed his duty of guarding the village gates.
Far away, a single egg lay in the dunes of the desert on the other side of the village. It was black like a NightWing's, with no traces of silver. It seemed almost lifeless. Then, a strong gust of wind caused it to roll. It rolled into the side of a lone merchant's hind claw, and he looked down.
"Ha," the SandWing merchant smirked. "The weak NightWings decide to abandon their own kind? Typical NightWing." He grabbed the egg in his claw and tossed it into his cart. Then, he grabbed his cart and traveled to the village that shared the IceWing territory border. A guard that had black armor, Rock, stopped him before the gate.
"Halt," the guard blocked the gate with his spear. "State your purpose and your cargo."
"I am a merchant, here to sell his wares," the merchant stated. "I have a ruby necklace from the SkyWing jewels themselves, two barrels of cow meat, five shells, a frozen flower, and a NightWing egg." Rock looked curiously at the guard at the mention of the egg.
"You may pass," Rock reluctantly decided, lifting his spear away and opening the gate. "But you must give the egg to Teacher." the merchant's eyes widened at the mention of Teacher.
"Yes, sir," he feebly whimpered, rushing through the gates with his cart.
A beautiful SandWing sat upon a golden throne that overlooked a large room. Two guards were posted on each side of her, each wearing black armor and standing as still as statues. In the SandWing's claws lay two eggs; one NightWing and one SandWing. She pondered over what to do with these eggs.
Then she knew.
Teach them.
"Your are Shining Ray," she pointed to the SandWing egg. Then she turned to the other egg. "And you, Dark Shadow. My new Students."
So, what did you think? Cliff Hanger? Thanks for reading!
Next chapter by: Pondfrost!
See ya!
~Midnight
