Serenebird and I have worked hard on this. This is both of our ideas combined. She writes as Dawnriser, and I as Penelope. We will switch of chapters, and I will tell you POV and who worked on it. Would love to hear some feedback!
Penelope sat on a boulder by the pond with Percy, who was washing the clothes.
She was staring up at the white, fluffy clouds before she felt a splash, "Percy! This is the only dress you haven't ruined yet! Do you want to get in trouble?" she shrieked through giggles. She splashed him back, smiling in her light yellow dress, now with water in the fabric.
"Oh yeah, I'm in trouble. I thought it was just because you would fall in." he mocked smiling at her in a mischievous way, then continued his work.
Penny continued looking at the sky, when she saw a black dragon swoop overhead, causing yells and a slingshot fires. Penelope stood up, and shielded her eyes from the blaring sun.
She watched as the dark dragon tried to fly away from the fireballs, and roared at them. Percy grabbed Penny and forced her into the house.
"I wanna watch!" Penelope struggled against her brother's arm, but to no avail.
"It's not safe." Percy stated seriously. He was never stern, but ever since the death of their father and disappearance of their mother, Percy was in charge, only overlooked by their uncle.
It seemed their guardian found every opportunity to give Percy extra work, and didn't even try to disguise his hate of the 16 year old.
Penny ran over to the window, trying to keep the dragon in sight. Every movement the creature made, she felt the familiar tingle along her back and hands.
Their uncle bursted into their cottage, slingshot in hand, "Percy! Dad gummit! Where's the girl?" he yelled.
"Over there sir." Percy stiffened and pointed at Penelope, "I brought her in at first sighting." he looked down at the dirt floor.
The uncle then retorted angrily, followed by Percy's flat, submissive tone. Her uncle still pursued in his insults, and Percy soon raised his voice. They began a common fight, and usually it was over where Penelope should live.
That's it, he'll be mad, but I will stay out of harm's way. Penny slowly approached the back door, and exited slowly and quietly.
She crept away from the house, and from behind she could hear shouts and yells. The sun was beginning to set, and Penny hastily made her way up to a hill that had a clear view of the action.
The black creature had been hit, but still continued to fight. It blasted catapults with fire, roaring all the while.
A spear was thrown, and hit the base of the dragon's wing, which earned a bellow louder than any roar. The dragon made a final swoop, before disappearing behind the walls of the city.
Men were celebrating their achievement, and then departed to their homes.
Penny started towards her house, but at the sound of heated fighting decided to stay out of it.
She walked over to the wall, and found the spot she remembered digging when she was little to escape the walls. She sighed, and disappeared outside the stone wall.
She walked along the grassy hillside, looking up at trees, taking in the beauty of the sunset.
She came to a small cave, Penny ran her fingers along the sides, sniffing at the smell of dust. This is new! She realized. The familiar twinge of adventure grabbed her and edged her into the cave.
All she saw was black, which was unusual because the cave wasn't deep enough to be as dark as it was.
Suddenly, the black trembled, and stars shone. She looked up in fear, learning what it was.
A black NightWing stood on it's hind legs and opened it's wings. The bright eyes narrowed into slits and the huge beast hissed and lunged towards her
She ripped the spear out of the base of her wing, hissing in pain. If there was one thing that Dawnriser didn't expect, then it wasn't flying over a scavenger settlement and having the scavengers trying to shoot her down. Didn't they know that she could easily crush them if she wanted to? She would've just left them alone if they didn't start shooting at her.
So then why couldn't she defeat them? They were so tiny, so small. She should've been able to stomp on them the moment they decided to attack her, but that didn't happen. It's because you're tired, the NightWing told herself. They decided to get you when you were tired. Yeah, that's it. They wouldn't have been able to shoot me down if I was more energetic.
She'll have to get them next time, then.
All of a sudden, she heard little footsteps entering the cave. Uttering profanity under her breath, Dawnriser raised her head to see who was intruding. And right there, she saw a scavenger.
She sprang to her talons at once and rose to her hind legs, opening her wings. What was it doing here?
Dawnriser sprang toward the scavenger, baring her teeth in anger. She landed in front of it, slamming both of her talons to either side of the scavenger. Her black tail lashed along the ground. Look intimidating, she thought. It'll leave you alone if you scare it enough.
Should she try speaking to it? It sounded like a bit of a ridiculous idea, since she was pretty sure that the scavenger wouldn't understand her anyway. But then again, maybe she should just give it a try. Whatever came out of her mouth would probably scare the scavenger no matter what.
Where did it come from anyway? Did it not know better than to suddenly barge into a cave?Dawnriser had heard rumors, of course, but she didn't expect scavengers to be this stupid. But here one was, standing right in front of her.
"What are you doing here?" Dawnriser snarled, narrowing her amber eyes at it. She winced at the pain at her wing. As small as they were, scavengers really do know how to make it hurt. She regarded it with suspicion. She didn't think that it would be able to hurt her.
But then again, she learned that she couldn't take any chances.
Then she heard the scavenger let out a small squeak and it raised its arms. Dawnriser blinked at it. "What are you doing?" she muttered.
The scavenger looked at her and it shakily bent over, tracing one claw over the sandy floor of the cave. Dawnriser watched it in growing interest and curiosity. It was trying to tell her something, but surely it wasn't intelligent enough to do so, was it?
Dawnriser's answer came to her soon enough as soon as the scavenger was finished with its message. It felt as if a stone dropped in her stomach as she realized that it said "Wait."
Well, there it is! There might be quite a bit of time before chapter 1!