Pale orange painted the skies as the sun lowered from its spot in the sky. Tinges of reds, pinks, and yellows faded into one another like silk flowers in a green meadow on a warm summer morning. The fluffy clouds taking on a similar light shade in their white shade as the fading rays of the sun hit them in glorious light. Looking closely, one could see the appear stars as the sky darkened; a cool breeze picking up. Lights danced across the waters in a beautiful light show, the waves sparkled and gleaming like vibrant crystals as they splashed up into the air.
Comfortable silence was all that could be heard.
The only sounds being that of the waves below and the gentle winds as they flew about; it was serene. The sparkling water was a clear sheen that showed the colorful fish and reefs below. Green colorful islands full of life dotted the area, full of life of various kinds of creatures. Nothing was marred as no reckless humans or creatures have found their way to this sanctuary. It almost looked to be glowing as beautiful rocks of various colors transparent and none gleamed brightly under the rays.
Suddenly a loud, elegant roar echoed throughout the area, breaking the most harmonious silence as the waves seemed to tremble under the power of the sound. The sun suddenly seemed to shine brighter and flare up as another roar echoed, closer than the last. Small sparkling balls of orange, yellows and burnt red sparkles seemed to fill the sky near the sun, getting brighter until a blinding flash could be seen and a blur shot out of the light.
The blur was large and a fast, twirling up into the air where it came to a halt in the diming beams of light.
The creature, though big, had an elegant appearance; its body slim yet fit with two large bat-like wings that spread out wide on either side of its body. It had a short neck and two mobile, ear-like appendages sat on the upper back of its head that show its mood and help it hear, two lower ones rest under those just slightly above its jaw. Its eyes were wide, almost catlike, a vibrant shade of green with flecks of gold and fiery reddish-orange. On the top of its tale connecting slightly to its legs, were fin-like flaps, almost similar to the ones at the tip of its tale with spikes separating each web looking flap.
What was the most eye-catching thing about this marvelous creature, was its coloring.
The main color base of its scales was a bold sparkling red with glittering swirls of dark red-orange throughout its body and ear-antennas. Around its eyes was more of an orange color - red-orange going towards the snout, orange going towards the back of the head; small sparkling sparks danced around in that area, a few larger one gleaming brightly like stars. On its legs heading towards its feet was the same coloring glowing star-like scales that surrounded the eyes, though a few faint shades of purple could be seen. The same could be said for its wings; bold red at the top, then fades into orange-red than orange with the stars.
It truly was a beautiful creature.
It looked almost like a fire, like a piece of the sun fell to earth in the form of a miraculous winged beast; a dragon.
The only one of its kind left in the Fury species.
A Sun Fury.
It was easy to tell that this creature, this dragon, was a female. Her body was slimmer and much more elegant than that of a male, perfect for greater speeds - something the males lacked in due to being stronger than the females. It also helped with the fact her eyes appeared more hooded, creating an almost eyelash effect along with the sparkly nature her scales naturally had.
Inhaling, the dragon tilted her head to the side as she observed the island; her island.
She was the queen of this place, guarding its secrets and keeping it hidden from danger like her ancestors had before her. She didn't really know what other dangers were out there besides the giant, territorial jerks that thought themselves to be the alphas of all dragons. She nearly snorted at that thought.
Like she'd ever let a stupid ice shooter be her boss!
Even Lightglider and her "destined mate", Orion, thought this was a silly idea! Why let some giant ice head rule over a species so rare in its kind nowadays? Stupid, really stupid. They all ruled over the different islands, though the Sun Fury took it upon herself to keep them all safe - she wasn't going to risk any more lives. Especially since it wasn't just the different species of Furies that lived here.
But it has been harder...
The Sun Fury just couldn't seem to stay still. As each year passes her need to leave and explore increased tenfold, the thrill of nearly getting caught being one that drove her to do it. She was still young, so the need for sneaking away and doing dumb things clouded her better judgment at times, though she did know when enough was enough when it came to entering her home's protective barriers.
Large black lightning encased storm clouds created a large barrier around their home, tall protective mountain after that creating almost ring type of formation around the waters surrounding the islands. Only those who live their know-how to shot fly over them, or enter hidden passages; the only time outsiders can get in is if a resident brings them.
Each section of the waters held different islands with different atmospheres.
Towards the storm cloud barriers were the dragons and creatures that preferred the darkness and shadows, the rough weather. Then in between the storm and mountains was the dwellers of snow and ice, the mix between cold and a little warm perfect for them. On the other side of the mountains were the dwellers that preferred the rocky cliffs as their home and lastly came the islands that those who preferred the light and warmth as in the middle the sun and moon shone perfectly.
It was a paradise for all who wanted safety and peace, though for how long she, nor the others, did not know. Scouts have gone out in search of more hidden islands or caves in case they ever needed to move and hide, and after much time searching, a place had been found...
A small chirp from her right drew the Sun Fury's attention over. Her green eyes blinking rapidly to get rid of the dry feeling, not having realized she had not been blinking during her daze of thoughts.
The Sun Fury let out her own happy chirp as she spotted a slightly smaller Fury, a Light Fury, - and the Sun Fury's distant cousin as she was from the light category - gliding over towards her; she had the same build and looks like the Sun Fury, the only difference being the lack of orange and red and star-like scales. Her scales were a glistening sparkling white and, in some lights, swirls of pinkish-purple could be seen on her body and wings.
Unlike the Sun Fury's green eyes, her's were a beautiful light blue with purple.
"Good evening, Lightglider," The Sun Fury greeted telepathically. "How are you?"
Other than growls, roars, and chirps, dragons had the ability to communicate through their minds with one another; or at least the ones in this safe haven can.
"Wonderful! How are you Sunflower?" The white Fury chirped happily.
"Fine, just fine... Hey, where's Orion? Normally he's chasing after in an attempt to woo you over," Sunflower glanced around in curiosity. It was strange to not see the older male around. As Lightglider was his "destined mate" since she hatched, Orion had taken it upon himself to try and 'protect' her and get her to fall in love with him.
The only thing that succeeded in was making her annoyed; Lightglider wasn't one to be easily swayed by the male species, even if he could've been the last male Fury left on the darn planet!
"Oh," Lightglider's face seemed too dark at the mention of the male. "I managed to ditch that featherbrain for now. The dunderhead can't just seem to get it through his thick skull that I'm not interested! Idiot started doing some weird dance, thinking it'd "flatter" me! Can you believe it?"
"It's Orion. So, yeah," Sunflower answered rather dryly.
She'd have to have a talk with the idiot as the dance he pulled was a 'Courting Dance', almost like a 'Mating Dance' but not. A 'Courting Dance' was practically a claim the male would put on a female, stating that the female was their's for the taking when the time came and no other male could claim her; though it was only really effective unless the female joined in on the dance.
"Why does he have to go after me? I know that I'm supposed to be his when I reach the proper age but has anyone ever thought I don't want to be with him?" Lightglider was practically twitching in irritation, especially when said dragon they were talking about appeared.
"Lightglider! My love! Why did you leave me back there?"
"Grrr! To get away from you, you egghead!" She roared and boxed him on the head as he tried to get close. "Leave. Me. ALONE!"
"But, Lightglid-"
"No!" Lightglider boxed him in the head before shooting up in the air where she fired a goldish purple-blue plasma blast looking thing, sending one more withering glare at her supposed 'mate to be' before zipping straight into it; the two disappearing before either could blink or utter a word.
"..."
"..."
"..."
Light Furies could make a sudden, what Sunflower liked to call, 'Light Plasma Portal' escape, looking ever so elegant and beautiful while doing so. It is just the way they are Sunflower supposed. They had that air about them, especially the females, that drew everyone one to them. Though they could be feisty when they chose to be - or that's what Sunflower assumed from how Lightglider acted at times. She and Orion were the last of their kind, there was a Day Fury-Light Fury crossbreed, but he didn't count as he wasn't a full Light Fury due to the other half of a different Fury species...
All was silent before Sunflower turned and smacked Orion with her tail, making sure she added as much force as possible, taking pleasure in his yelp of pain. 'Serves him right...'
"What was that for, Sunny?!"
"You know what that was for!" She snarled, before smacking him again. "That was for calling me Sunny, dummy!" Letting out an irritating huff, Sunflower sent him a withering glare. "Honestly! Can't you just leave Lightglider alone? She is getting annoyed with your constant badgering, and to all but try to force her into a courting dance? Gah! What is the matter with you!"
"I-"
"-I should rip you to shreds! That almost as bad a forced mating!" Sunflower continued, cutting him off. "If you want her to like you then back off, let her realize she likes you on her own."
"Bu-"
"-I don't care if you are the last male species of the Light Furies and she's the last female! Nor do I care about the whole 'destined mates' stuff! Just leave her alone or I will make you, and it won't be pretty got it?"
"I-"
"-Good," Sunflower nodded to herself before groaning as she glanced at the fading rays of sunlight. Of course, she'd miss her 'last rays bathing' due to this featherbrain. Wings extending skywards in their full length, she sent one more glare before shooting off in a burst of ember firefly looking sparkles, leaving a small vaporating trail behind in her wake.
Orion stared up after her for a few seconds before sighing, "... Females."
"... Males," She huffed as she propelled herself through the dark sky, red scales gleaming and glowing like fire due to her agitation. "Stupid pig-headed, bossy, self-conceited dunderheads that think they own and control everything."
Makes her almost glad there weren't any males left of the Sun Furies, Sunflower is the only survivor; she believed that if there had been a male of her exact kind, she'd be alone dragoness or at constant war. It was bad enough with having to fend off other pushy Fury males of some other species, but she believed it'd be worse if it was a Sun Fury.
There'd be ruined islands and bloodshed all around
Most mating pairs were almost forced, female Furies being fewer than the males and the males not wanting their kind to die out or lose their chance at having a mate, would pick a female and force her to be with him - now all desperate to the point they don't care if their feature hatchlings were half-breeds or full.
But it's not like it mattered, for female Furies that had a strange ability that stopped them from producing fertile eggs if their mating is forced and not one of love for one another; hence the reason any eggs a female layed didn't hatch.
Of course, none the others knew that as they were all still too young and had no elders to teach them, all major knowledge of their kind lost...
The forced mating is why Sunflower is so protective over Lightglider; besides Sunflower herself, Lightglider, Glacier - a Ice Fury - and Floral - a Nature Fury - were all that was left of the unmated females. Floral and Glacier had gone into hiding, not wanting to be forced into something like that. Sunflower tried to check up on them when she could, the last time she saw them was a month ago.
Coming to a halt mid-fight, Sunflower hovered above the clouds, peering down at the dark ocean below.
Where was she? Nothing looked familiar... Sunflower had been in such a huffy mood she had realized how far she had flown until now. Actually, now that she was brought back into reality, she could feel the slight burn in her wing joints from none stop flying. Letting out a hiss, she shot towards the clouds where she glided on the soft breeze in hopes of giving her wings a small rest from beating.
Almost automatically Sunflower let out a sigh of relief, the cool breeze chilling her aching muscles.
"Ahh. That feels so much better." She moaned lightly and stretched out her wings and pulled out a few kinks that were also cramping them up. With the new position and gliding, Sunflower could feel her pain slowly fade away. Now that that was dealt with, she had to worry about figuring out where in the bloody seas she was.
Tilting her head down, she stared at the dark waters that seemed just so angry compared to that of her home's. It wasn't that windy nor was it storming out so she believed that it must be natural for such dark, choppy waters in these parts of wherever she was. Continuing to glide, her green cat-like eyes peered at the mini peered curiously down at the dark islands that looked so dead compared to what she was used too.
To her, what would appear bright to other dragons, looked so dull, and dark, and cold with an uninhabitable air that even from where she glided thousands of feet in the air, made her feel sick and sluggish. Maybe this was why outsiders of Faradis were the way they are; cold, murderous, much more violent and super greedy.
Chills ran down Sunflower's spine as she continued to gaze at the dark scene below her.
Her eyes flickered to and fro in search of anything that would give her a clue as to where she is was. The flicker of something sticking out of the water suddenly passed her vision, making her eyes snapping back towards said area; almost instantly was she struck with the sight of a broken wood dragon head, hollowed out giant trees with large trunks. Swooping lower, Sunflower felt her eyes widen as she realized what it was. The floating trees that the two-leggeds used to float on the water.
If... if this was here than that meant she was in their territory!
Looking around frantically, the Sun Fury felt her heart jump into her throat. This was not good. Not good at all. She was so close to the two-leggeds and that meant a possible death was waiting for her if she stuck any longer than possible. Looking around, Sunflower flapped backward in a nervous flutter, suddenly afraid the creatures would come out of nowhere.
They were part of the reason her kind were going extinct.
Quite a few Fury species had been wiped out completely because of the two-leggeds and their bloodthirsty ways and need to kill everything due to their superiority complex attitudes. For as long as she could remember, she has always been afraid of the squeakers. Before her mother disappeared, she always told Sunflower about the dangers of the two-leggeds called humans.
How they were dangerous and would kill dragons with no remorse. Tearing their wings from their bodies, slashing through their thick scaly armor with sharp metal weapons and holding dragons captive while they tortured to death for their own sickening pleasures. It terrified Sunflower to no end when thinking that such tiny creatures could bring down such powerful beasts that were ten to twenty times bigger than themselves.
Sure, she's never actually come face to face with a human, she hasn't even seen one up close! But that didn't stop her from fearing them. Though for the sake of her pride, she'd at least try to be ferocious and defend herself if she were to ever run into one...
... Which was hopefully not going to be anytime soon!
Sunflower shot skywards once more in hopes of getting away from the wrecked human floating device, her speeds reaching her fastest she has have ever flown. She looked like nothing but a blur as she sped through the night, flashes of red gleaming as the light of the moon reflected off of her scales.
That was one good thing about her having such a dark red for her main coloring, it blended in nicely with the night, only reflecting her true coloring it a light source was around, or if she was angry then they'd start glowing like a fire. She's never figured out why they did that, perhaps it was because of the type of Fury she was.
Whereas Night Furies had been deemed to be the 'Unholy Offspring of Lightning and Death itself', the Sun Furies had long ago been the 'Hellrisen Spawn of Fire and Destruction'; creatures created from the sun to bring chaos and scourge the earth of all things living. Or so the named humans claimed...
Sunflower chuckled mentally as she went over the name the humans had given her kind.
In some cases, they could be considered right in the matter of their ridiculous theories. When a Sun Fury was angry they tend to get a little... well, they tend to get destructive. It's like they became a piece of the sun that had fallen to earth and set everything in a fiery blaze that would never stop until noting was left to burn, gaining more power the angrier they became. Nothing could stop their rage. Or so everyone believed...
Luckily, Sunflower has never experienced that type of anger and hopefully never will, even if she was a bit temperamental.
A loud roar drew her attention to her left, the echoing sounds of more roars could be heard directly afterward. Blinking her more almond-shaped eyes, she stared curiously off in the direction, head tilting slightly as a curious purr like chip left her. More roars followed, making her blink once more, all previous thoughts and fear she felt melting away to nothing.
What was going on...?
Squinting her eyes, Sunflower turned so her entire body was facing the direction. More roars and growls could be heard, making her even more curious. It was obviously dragons unless the two-legged meat sticks knew how to copy them really well. As she listened in on the roars, she became more curious to the point she found herself slowly gliding over.
"Sunflower! What the rotten egg are you doing?" She asked herself out loud as she came to a halt. More roars echoed, slightly closer as thin tiny flashes of orangey color beams flared to life. That only made her whimper in more curiosity, especially when loud booms started. "... I'm going to see what's going on that's what I'm doing!"
Raising her wings up towards the sky Sunflower propelled herself forward, the one beat of her wings sending her off like one of those falling stars that sometimes flash across the sky at night. She knew this was a bad idea, her common sense yelled at her to turn around and go back, but her dumb rebellious brain won over and commanded her to go and quench her curiosity, even if it meant dying.
'Dumb! You are dumb, Sunflower! This is probably why your kind has been killed off!' The female dragon kept smacking herself repeatedly in her mind. As she drew closer the shapes and flashes became more clear.
As did the huge rock formations and burning wooden caves the dragons had destroyed, a few carrying off strange fluffy creatures that made a horrid bleating sound. Sunflower stopped short with wide green eyes as she observed everything. Commands were being shouted through the air by a Deadly Nadder and everyone followed them. All racing towards the strange island and its strange caves that were far to small for any big dragons to live.
But then she heard it, seen it.
Large burly looking creatures with long fluff on their heads and faces running around with only two short meaty stumps; strange animal looking pelts of animal skins and fluff covered their bodies. Different metals mixed in, gleaming in the fires all around. Sunflower blinked curiously and tilted her head to the sides as she took note of the metal horns sprouting from their heads. Maybe they weren't so different from dragons, they shared the horns.
"So these are humans, the things my kind fear... Dear moon, they are hideous!" She hissed quietly to herself. "That can't be that harmful... right?"
Just as that left her a glint caught her eye, causing her to look down towards one of the humans who was clutching a strange object in its meaty talons. The part in its fleshy hands looked like skin, but then it extended into a long sharp piece of metal; it gleamed dangerously in the light. A small growl subconsciously ripped from her throat, eyes snapping around towards the humans where she noticed other metal items of similar make in their own talons, though some weren't as sharp looking.
The humans were slashing at dragons left and right, bashing them in the heads and throwing vines of various sizes with rocks at them, bringing more dragons down as the vine wrapped around their wings. She watched in horror as those downed dragons were either killed or left alone. Large wood towers with hollowed-out metal fired large rocks into the air, the rocks smashing into dragons killing them instantly or leaving them severely injured; the humans not seeming to care as a few even cheered.
The sound of a hiss left her throat as she watched, anger slowly replacing all curiosity and slight fear she had had.
These creatures... these things were killing her kind. And were enjoying it! Did they enjoy it when they slaughtered all those innocent Furies years ago too? She bet they did... And to think, these sick creatures were one of her fears. Suddenly a loud wail of a Deadly Nadder drew the female's attention down, her eyes widening in under horror as she saw the poor creature pinned to the ground trying to frantically pull away. The Nadder tried its hardest to break free, gazing wildly and fearfully upon the two-leggeds as they bore down at it with snarling sneers. Breathing became hard for the female as she watched the two-leggeds take their sharp silver sticks and slid them down the wailing dragon's wings, red liquid and gapping holes followed behind the tools path, causing Sunflower to cry out in her horror-stricken state.
'Monsters!' She cried out as she listened to the Nadder's wails. Every instinct telling her to leave before this became her fate. She was all but quivering in her spot out of fear, anger, and panic. But as she was about to turn, a two-legged who stood tall walked towards the downed creature, his green eyes glowing in the light of the fires, long red fluff that fell from his head and surrounded his face matching the flames, his hand gripping a large tool with two rounding sharp-looking plates on either side. The way he carried himself and the way everyone moved and looked toward him sent an all-knowing response to Sunflower and anyone watching; this man was their leader.
She hadn't the time to be curious as she watched the man stop before the Nadder, just staring at it with no shred of sympathy. A sick feeling began filling the dragoness, her eyes darting towards his weapon and memories of stories began flooding her brain. Tales of dragons being slain left and right with things of similar description and her eyes widened as she began to realize what was happening. "... no... No. No! NO!"
Her roar got lost in the sea of other roars and shouts that filled the air, horror like terror-filled as the man raised his weapon high above his head and brought it down on the dragon's neck. In two chops the Nadder stopped moving, red spraying everywhere, the Nadder's head rolling a bit as someone kicked it and stopped in an area that had its face cast towards the Sun Fury, it's lifeless eyes staring at her.
All became silent around Sunflower as her shock took over; body shaking from an array of emotions that rolled over her like a storm. Sickness and horror, fear and panic were things she felt, but the most potent of them all was the burning rage that roared to life in raging waves that would put an ocean on a stormy day to shame. Body quacking, her rage took over and her glistening white teeth gleamed dangerously, her feral side rearing its head. Especially as the human leader stared at the dead beast with a gross sense of accomplishment, a sense of enjoyment.
Time began to speed up around her as another dragon was shot down by a rock, Sunflower let out a roar and snapped forward like a comet. Her mouth glowing a whitish-purple with red sparks, the sound of a high pitched whistle cracked through the atmosphere as she charged at the device that sent the rock at the Gronckle. Just as she reached firing distance, she shot the blast and let out a victorious roar as it sent the contraption into a fiery explosion.
"What the hell was that?" A slightly squeaky voice shouted.
"Night Fury!"
"No... That looked different, it- LOOK!"
Alarmed shouts and roars could be head as all attention turned towards the creature that shot into the air in front of them, twirling in the smoke before it came to a halt. Eyes snapped open to show angry green ones that seemed to glow under the light, sharp white teeth glinting dangerously as she opened her mouth and growled. Suddenly her wings snapped open to reveal a sleeker version of those that resembled the slight glimpse many have caught of a certain dragon they all hated.
... the Night Fury.
As the smoke cleared around her slightly, everyone caught a flash of gleaming dark red before it was gone, the she-dragon having shot off once more, firing a blast of fire at a net pinned dragon and setting it free which brought reality crashing done once more.
The burly man with long red hair and intense eyes stepped forward away from the body with narrowed eyes. "Another one..." Letting out a growl, he turned and looked at the villagers of his island. "Shoot it down! Before it causes more damages!"
As soon as he said that another piercing whistle filled the air as a whitish-purple blast similar to the she-Fury's slammed right into his catapult and sent it up into flame before it gave away in a fiery doom. "Jump!" He commanded as another blast rang out of similar pitch, a black blur shooting past at unthinkable speeds.
"Night Fury!"
"Dear gods, there's two of them!"
The black blur made a sharp turn and shot another plasma blast at the wooden tower, ruining it even further. It seemed to be determined to do as much damage as possible as the second, smaller one let out another blast of her own.
'Is that a Shadow Fury...?' Sunflower narrowed her eyes, shaking her head as she noticed some differences. 'No... It's slimmer, defiantly not a Storm Fury. What is it? Wait...!' The dragoness felt her eyes widen as she got a clearer glimpse of the unidentified Fury. It couldn't be... No. No, it couldn't. They were all dead! How- It just couldn't be!
Letting out a shuttered breath, Sunflower made a loop around the island as fast as she could, heading back towards the dragon she had thought been killed off years ago. Her green eyes searched around as she hovered in the air, then, she spotted him - or she assumed he was male due to his build - as he set a jet of fire at another large wood structure.
A small strangled noise left her, seemingly quiet to everyone else around her as the battle continued on.
How was this possible?! Deathslayer and a few elders had said that that kind had been killed off long ago after separating from the other Fury species that lived on that old dead island that had once been the home to her kind; the island of which was hidden and safe. She wasn't exactly sure how the humans discovered the Night Furies, but all she did know was that the humans were why they no longer existed, whipping them out nearly one hundred years ago. But to see one alive... one to actually be breathing and flying around before her...
Unless...
Unless this wasn't a Night Fury at all!
What if it was some kind of shifter dragon?!
The very thought just sent a wave of violent anger surging through her being, eyes narrowing into tiny slits. How dare the blasted creature take on the form of a dragon of her own species and smear their name for its own gain whilst harming the outlook of her kind. The dragoness bit back her snarl as she shot high into the sky, dodging dragons of all kinds flew around her firing blasts and carrying those bleating fluff balls off, crashing, roars and shouts from both sides being almost deafening.
'I need to kill it,' She thought. 'Or at least make sure it's an actual Night Fury before doing so.'
She began to fly closer, filled with the intent to confront it and maim it to the point of death before she drags it back to the island for the punishment of Fury impersonation. As cruel as it sounds, it had to be done. The shifter - if it was one - was out causing mayhem in form of a Fury and causing more danger for those who were hidden, if the humans were to find them, especially ones who dealt with imposture, it would be an even bigger slaughter. And she couldn't let that happen.
Her anger seemed to fuel her speed as she thought through the skies; zigzagging through the beams of fire and the bodies of dragons to reach her target that was sending blasts of fire and Plasma Shots at the tall wooden towers. Her slited pupils paused on the ruined tower the Plasma Shot in slight confusion, then narrowed. A shifter, unless it had an ability to copy the powers as well, couldn't copy a Fury's ability...
'Is it really...?'
A small growl left her a group of dragons flew in front of her, blocking her view of the black dragon that she had been following. A few stopped to stare at her in wide-eyed shock, gasping with quiet mutters about "Another Night Fury" which had her tilting her head even more confusion. Did these dragons not know of other Furies? How...? Nearly every dragon used to know about the other Furies. The only way that no dragon would know about them is if something whipped their memories or the elders that once knew about them died out or failed to see it necessary to teach the new generation about them. This meant that the other dragon species that inhabited her home weren't known either, and that was either a good thing or a bad thing.
"Out of my way!" She snapped, the vicious tone in her voice actually moving a few and the rest she bullied out of the way.
But she was stopped short as her eyes settled upon the form of the supposed Night Fury's. His black form was similar to a lot of the Furies she knew, but there were a few things different. He had an extra set of antenna sensors atop of his head and another set on the sides of his face and more of a spikey ridge starting on his head and going back - unlike the fluke like-spine on the Light Furies bodies and her own. His wings, though bat-like, were a bit more pointed as well as his tail fins. His face seemed to be more pointed as well, and his body held more visible scales; Sunflower also took note of note of the lack of any sparkles and mist transparent effects, as well as the fact that his color - although black - had more of a night sky blue hue to it.
"Whoa..." Her mind went blank for a moment as she stared, pupils, going wide as she nearly jumping as he turned with a toothy snarl and glare upon his face before he too, froze. His large yellowish-green cat-like eyes settled on her form, a series of many emotions flashing through them; a lot of confusion, elation, some anger and relief, and awe.
The two stayed frozen like that for a few minutes, just staring as everything past them by in a blur. Sunflower, for the most part, had no clue why she suddenly felt all dazed. It's never happened to her before. Every part of her mind and body were frozen and it was like nothing other than the male before her matter. This strange dragon that she had thought was extinct. It appeared to be the same way for the male as his emotions became stronger. It wasn't until a flaming rock past between the two that the trance broke.
Jolting back with a gasp and rapid blink of her eyes and shake of her head, a new surge of fury filled her, her pupils re-sliting. The shifter was trying to put her under a trance!
With a sharp growl ripping its way from her throat, she shot forward like a speeding arrow and towards the male whose eyes widened at the sight of the enraged female and failed to back away in time as she collided head-on in a shock wave of strength. Eyes of both dragon and human alike turned skyward as the red Fury lashed out with an angered shriek like-roar. It was only a matter of mere minutes for the black male to realize what was happening and began fighting back as well.
All eyes stayed on the two as they shot off like shooting stars, the male straight on her tail and following the females every move before they twisted out of view.
Sunflower dodged a bolt of fire, tucking her wings in and making a sharp turn to the right where she then flipped onto her back sending out a firebolt which the male dodged as he flew higher in the air. She let out a huff a that, obviously not pleased. She had to hand it to this shifter, he certainly had the speed and reflexes of a Fury down. With his green eyes locked on her form, the Sun Fury merely growled with a click of her tongue before she flipped over again, pulling her wings in so she dropped like a stone towards the water, eyes flickering back to see if the stupid imposer would follow or not.
When he did, she grinned wickedly and tucked her wings in farther to increase her speed.
She was going to end this quick; she never was one to throw cheap shots that prolonged a fight.
"Hey!" She heard the male roar over the wind. "Wait!"
'Like Orion's dumb brain I will!'
"HEY!"
Ignoring him she counted the seconds until she would reach the waters' dark surface, eyes flickering back to make sure he was still behind her, the grin on her face widening as she refocused ahead. 'Three... two... one!' In a move so quick, she snapped her wings out and in another flap rocked off to her right before pulling up into the air just as the male shot past her.
But instead of letting her victim crash into the water, she used her tail like a whip and caught him, curling it around his neck while stopping full force. The Night Fury wannabe jerk to a halt with a gag of surprise, the whole thing only happening in a matter of seconds. The wavy yet pointyish sparkling tips of a red tail came into view for a second, along with the squeeze around his neck tightening.
"W-what the h-hell...?!" he gasped out, gritting his sharp teeth.
"Who are you!" Sunflower hissed sharply, tightening her hold. "What are you? Why have you taken the form of a Night Fury?!"
"What?!" The imposer hissed, turning his head sharply. "What are you talking about? I AM a Night Fury! What are you?! I've never heard of a red Night Fury before!"
"Red Night Fury...! You think I'm... Ha!" Sunflower let out a sarcastic laugh before tightening her hold. "Fine, you want to play it the hard way, let's play it the hard way." Taking off full speed towards a cliff's side, she wrenched her tail back then snapped it forward while screeching to a halt. She purred mentally in amusement as the imposer smashed into it with a groan. What she didn't expect was for him to grab a hold of her tail as soon as she had let go and push himself from the wall back into the air with a speed that rivaled her own.
"Gahh!" The female struggled as she hung upside down, surprised at his strength but angry for not thinking to move back. "Let. Me. GO!"
"Why?" The male snarled with anger of his own. "So you can try to kill me again?! Figures the first Night Fury I meet tries to kill me!" Once he was high enough the black dragon made a sharp half circle and tossed her, watching as she flew back towards the chaos which had slowly seemed to lessen since their brief few minutes away. They must be returning to her, he thought to himself suddenly feeling cold. He would have to make this quick otherwise she would send some scouts out to bring him back or kill him; it didn't matter which he was dead either way, or he would be wishing to die.
Taking the moment of his distraction, Sunflower's eyes landed on a spot on his neck under his chin. The area she knew would force the shifter to switch back to its true form, like all the others she's dealt with. Inhaling, she focused on the fireball she was going to release, picturing a small rock sized shot before firing it. She grinned in smugness as the attack hit its target, ready to zip in and finish the job, but when nothing happened - other than a loud hiss of pain - she felt her smug smile drop.
Why wasn't he turning back?! That always worked! They always turned back after - unless! This really was a... Oh, dear moon!
Letting out an annoyed growl, she shot off once more. She needed to think of a new plan. She needed to knock him out and find a way to tie him down so she could question him on how he was alive or if there were any others, then she has to report back to her island's leader.
"Hey!" A shout rang out. "Wait! I just want to talk!"
Really?! Letting out a huff, Sunflower made a swan dive down towards the island. Dodging around a few dragons as most of them started to clear out - a few still left behind - the female sent him a glare. "Talk? Yeah right! I know how you males are, you're gonna have to catch me before I even dream of talking!"
Is she not talking now? Eh, whatever. Shaking his head, he sped after her as she, in turn, picked up her own speed; so it's a game of catch she wants to play, huh? Well then, a game of chase and catch she shall get.
Despite her previous attempt to strangle him, this idea almost excited him.
Almost.
It would've been annoying if she was one of those 'I shall obey your every word' type of dragonesses.
With another flap of his wings, he and the female were flying at blinding speeds; a race of each pulling ahead began as he would edge closer and she would propel herself forward in stunning bursts of speeds. The Night Fury, noticing a standing catapult in a more secluded area maneuvered himself so he was herding her towards it and away from the chaos.
And it seemed to work.
As soon as she was over in that area, he prepared another plasma blast. The familiar whistle like screech filled the air and just as he was about to fire, Sunflower noticed a really scrawny looking two legs standing there with some weird device in front of him. Eyes narrowed, she was about to shout at the other Fury to fly away when he fired his attack and slammed into her.
Sunflower letting out a small screech at the brunt of the force; a set of larger wings wrapping around her as the shot through the air. Having no time to react, all she could do is let out another screech along with the male as something hit them.
The Night Fury let her go as a large net of vines wrapped around him, followed by a seconded pair that wrapped around her and intertwined with the male's vines. It all had happened so quickly, Sunflower could barely process it. And before she knew, they were flying towards the forest where they hit the ground and everything went black...