A Tale Of Two IceWings
Summary
Winter is an IceWing who was Stolen from the IceWing Royal hatchery as an egg. She is one of the Dragonet's of destiny from the prophecy, but not everything on Pyrrhia is what it seams. Will Winter and her friends follow the talons of fate? Or will they find there own path and destiny?
(The IceWing Prophecy)
When darkness falls upon the land,
When dragons fight for a rightful Queen.
Three sisters, two will fall,
And one is left standing alone.
Wings of Night, Ice and Rain,
Wings of Sea, Sky and future sight.
Find the dragons of full moons bright,
Fear the dragons of Night and Ice.
Fear the ones who seek to conquer.
These dragons will end this fight of blood and tears,
These dragons will change the fate of this destroyed land,
They will be the peacemakers in this land of darkness and betrayal.
These dragons will find the eye that sees the truth.
Together these dragons form the Wings of Fire.
And the time for peace will be right.
A/N
I don't own Wings Of Fire. It belongs to the amazing Tui T. Sutherland. Here's another chapter for A Tale Of Two IceWings. Now, without further ado, let's take flight.
The Fake Dragonets Of Destiny
The five dragonets were fighting. Again.
Bright scales in green and red and gold caught the rising sun as the young dragons darted between the rocks, claws and teeth flashing. Five forked tongues hissed with fury. Beyond them, below the cliff, the sea crashed against the sand with a muffled rushing sound, as if it didn't want to compete with the shouts of the dragons.
Nautilis sighed as he glanced nervously up at the NightWing before him. Nautilus wished he could read Morrowseer's mind the way Morrowseer was undoubtedly reading his.
"Well," Morrowseer said. Looking at the five fighting dragonets with an unreadable expression, then after a few moments, he continued
"They certainly are... energetic." He said, his tail twitching in slight irritation.
"They were just a backup plan," Nautilus said defensively.
"That much I've gathered, they don't seam very agreeable with one another." The NightWing observed.
The NightWing's dark eyes narrowed as Hyena, the SandWing, fell into a crevice and the MudWing promptly tripped and landed on top of her. With a hiss, Hyena whipped around and bit Falcon's tail, setting off a yowling whine.
"Excuse me," Nautilus said. He could see where this was going. He stepped forward, cuffed Hyena's ears, and snatched Squid, the little green SeaWing, out of the way before the others could set his tail on fire.
"Stop this!" he hissed. Graining at the four other dragonet's.
"You are being watched!" The older SeaWing said, as he looked back up at Morrowseer with nervous eyes.
"I knew it!" Crowed the little NightWing dragonet. Cleverclaws leaped off a stone pillar, flapping her wings proudly.
"I knew a NightWing was coming to see us! Didn't I tell you guys this would happen?" Cleverclaws exclaimed, with a wide grin on her face.
The other dragonets juss shrugged and glared at Cleverclaws. Falcon was the first to speak up.
Did you?" Falcon scratched his large brown head.
"No," said Hyena. Rolling her eyes and giving the NightWing a disbelieving stare.
"Well, I knew. You are all just rude. Hmph!" Cleverclaws replied, huffing and turning her back on the other dragonets.
Her pale purple eyes then raised to meet Morrowseer's dark ones.
"Well I did, even if you ungrateful dragons don't Believe me." The NightWing dragonet said, glaring at the other dragonets.
"Hmmm. Nautilus, a word, please." The older NightWing said, as he blinked slowly at the NightWing dragonet.
"Can I come, too?" the black dragonet asked, bouncing closer to Morrowseer.
"I've never met another NightWing before. Although, of course, I feel a very strong connection with our whole tribe." She said, smiling brightly up at Morrowseer.
"Stay. Here." Morrowseer pressed one claw into her chest and moved her back to the other dragonets. She sat down and curled her tail around her talons with a huffing snort.
"But why can't I come?" The NightWing dragonet asked, frowning up at Morrowseer. The older NightWing sighed in exasperation.
"Just go and play with the other dragonets." He said, pushing her back to the others. Cleverclaws pouted and turned her head with a hmph sound.
"Fine! But they don't like me very much." She huffed and walked over to the others.
"Ugh! I thought you'd be going with the older NightWing!" Hyena said, glaring in annoyance at Cleverclaws.
"Yeah, why aren't you going with him?" Piped up Eagle with a scowl.
"He told me to stay here! He's having an important chat with Nautilis." The NightWing answered with a pout. She sighed and curled her tail around her talons.
Morrowseer stepped down the rocks, out of earshot. When he turned, he found Nautilus right behind him. But clinging to his tail was the SeaWing dragonet. Morrowseer gazed at Squid disapprovingly.
"I can't leave him alone with them," Nautilus said apologetically.
"Whenever I'm not watching, one of them bites him." Nautilus continued on, as he looked down at Squid.
"Or they all do," sniffed the small green dragon.
Morrowseer flicked his tongue out and in, considering.
"It is clear to me," said the enormous NightWing after a moment,
"That leaving the dragonets of the prophecy in the care of the Talons of Peace was a mistake. Both the real ones and the false ones." The NightWing continued, as he looked directly at Nautilus who looked down at his talons in shame.
"Who?" asked the dragonet and Nautilus put a talon over the smaller SeaWings snout.
"Hush," said Nautilus, covering the dragonet's snout with one talon. He saw the look on Morrowseer's face and added hastily,
"You remember, Squid. We taught you about the prophecy. You know the war that all the dragon tribes are fighting?" Nautilus asked the small green SeaWing, who nodded.
"The one you want to stop," Squid said. "Because we're the good guys! We want peace!" The younger SeaWing said, looking up at Nautilus.
"Right," said Nautilus. Then he went on to explain about the prophecy and the five dragonets who would end the war between the three SandWing sisters, Burn, Blister and Blaze.
"Basically right. So the prophecy says that five dragonets were hatched about six years ago, a SeaWing, a SkyWing, a MudWing, a SandWing, and a NightWing who are going to end the war. They get to choose which sister should be the new SandWing queen: Burn, Blister, or Blaze." Nautilus explained while Squid listened with wide eyes.
"Oh," said Squid. "Hey, I hatched about six years ago." The smaller SeaWing chirped happily.
"Really," said Morrowseer, rolling his eyes and twitching his tale.
"You're barely the size of a three-year-old dragonet." The NightWing said, staring down at Squid who pouted.
"I have a big personality," Squid informed him, as if he had been told this enough times that he was certain everyone knew it.
"And your friends are about six years old, too," Nautilus said quickly.
"They're not my friends," Squid grumbled. "They're all bullies, except for Silverscales, who is plain crazy." Squid continued, his expression changed into one of Annoying at the mention of Silverscales.