Back again! From Penny's POV to someone else's... You'll see!
Penny, after realizing what she did, stepped away from Dawnriser, who seemed lost in thought. She mumbled sorries and reached into the sand,
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-
Dawnriser cut her writing short with a claw.
It's fine. Go. Come back at sunset.
Penny nodded and left.
ANOTHER
Sunset seemed to come quickly, and Penny rushed to Dawnriser, "I'm sorry. I didn't-" She realized that Dawnriser couldn't understand.
She sighed and slumped to the ground. Dawnriser grumbled and set her head on the sand. Penny reached toward the ground,
So where do you live? And why did you fly over the castle. People were really scared.
Dawnriser answered,
Neither of those are any of your business, and what are people?
Penny flared with annoyance, but quickly regained her demeanor,
People are humans, like me, but more than one. Multiple persons.
Dawnriser looked slightly surprised before answering,
Us dragons always called you Scavengers, not people or a person. I guess we never really thought or cares about what you called yourselves.
Penelope smiled,
Funny how dragons are called the same, but we are not. What is the world called?
Pyrrhia, what about you?
We call it Realm.
They continued this small talk until late, and when the moon was high, Dawnriser got up and went outside.
Penelope grabbed her shoulder, and Dawnriser shook her off.
She turned,
I need to hunt, I'm starving. You can stay if you want.
Penelope pondered her options, Should I go out at night? With a dragon? She scolded herself, it was Dawnriser, if she was gonna eat her, she would've done it ages ago.
She nodded and followed the black dragon out into the night.
Penny looked up at the stars, which shone down like watchful eyes. Her father, before he died, used to tell her stories with the stars, One of her favorites were:
Once upon a time, there was a wizard, who loved the princess very much. And her father knew that.
When the girl became old enough to marry, a dragon snatched her up and took her away.The dragon brought her to the wizard, who was a gentleman and he explained that the dragon was her father.
Back when Penelope was little, she was terrified of dragons, so this story was more of a horror than a fairytale
Her father always left her on a cliffhanger so she would go back to bed every night. However, that was the night before he disappeared, never to return. Now she just had to wonder what group of stars that represented.
As she came back to reality, Penny saw Dawnriser looking at her with a look that clearly said, Scavengers are weird
She smiled awkwardly at Dawnriser, and they both left into the night.
Penelope settled on the lush grass as she watched Dawnriser spread her starry wings, seeming to disappear.
The dragon raised her wings and beat them hard, which brought her into the sky. She glided along the wind currents, all that Penny could see clearly of her were her stark-white horns, which shone in the moonlight.
Penny could almost feel the cool, crisp air underneath Dawnriser's wings. She sighed. Why couldn't humans fly?
Almost immediately she heard her brother's voice in her mind, answering in his usual, goofy voice, Then we would be as dumb and ruthless as dragons.
Penny buried her head in her hands. The memory of Percy was clear in her mind and stung like a hot poker. She looked back up at Dawnriser, who was gliding back to her with something in her claws.
She straightened up, unwilling to show how upset and how hurt she was about her brother's predicament.
Penny stood up to meet Dawnriser when she heard banging from within the cobblestone walls.
Her heart dropped into her feet when she realized who it was.
She rushed up into the house, where she came face to face with her uncle.
"Penelope! What were you doing?" Her uncle screeched at her, his fists above his head, ready to strike.
She looked submissively down, "Nothing uncle. I was out in the garden."
He growled and smacked her to the ground, "Why didn't you get me when your brother went to the hospital?"
Penny staggered on to her knees, touching her burning cheek, "I thought you were busy, so I didn't bother you."
"Well, now you are coming home with me." he grabbed her arm forcibly, dragging her behind him.
"No!" She screamed, struggling to get away.
His eyes shone fear for a moment, causing his grip to loosen. Penny saw this, and quickly wrestled her arm from him.
In her effort to get away, her fingers snagged on a small rope bracelet with a small white crystal. She ripped it off in a defiance and hatred.
He stepped back from her, his skin bulging, clothes ripping. Penny stumbled back in horror.
A bright, muscular dragon stood in the place of her uncle. It smiled at her and grumbled.
All of a sudden, Dawnriser landed behind her, growling and swiping at the bright white dragon.
They growled and hissed at each other, but before the intruder could come any closer, Dawnriser grabbed Penny in her talons and took off.
Penelope screamed as cold air whipped her hair back. Though Penny didn't know flying, she knew they were going fast. The ground rushed under them, Dawnriser's wing beats pushing them on.
Soon the Nightwing's breathing became rough and ragged, and her hold on Penny loosened.
Penelope slipped, and Dawnriser struggled to catch her and stay in the air. As Penny fell, screaming as loud as she could, Dawnriser's claw caught on her leather band, slicing it in two.
Now in freefall, Penny watched as the autumn leaves of trees below reached out to grasp her with wicked fingers.
She heard Dawnriser shout, and everything went black.
Penelope uncovered her eyes. Dawnriser was looking at her as if she sprouted horns. She looked around, soon realizing she was in the sky.
She looked down at her fingers. Well, at least where her fingers used to be. Memories came rushing back as she looked at the purple-black talons, The Rebellion!
She stopped flapping her wings, and she fell to the ground, being scratched by branches on the way down.
"D-Dawnriser? I-I don't think I'm Penelope anymore."
BUM BUM BAAA!!!