OC x OC (Juniper x Indigo)
I opened my eyes, then closed them, seeing not the safe reassurance of my room at home under midnight water of the kingdom of the sea, but the hard and unfamiliar walls of my cave at Jade mountain. I rolled off my ledge and saw two unfamiliar dragons sleeping on their own ledges- an Icewing and a Seawing. They were fairly normal-looking at first, but at closer inspection, the Icewing had a dark tattoo trailing along her neck and chest, and the Sandwing had a spiral of frostbreath scars on one of her wings. The I stumbled back in mortification as I saw the sand dragon's eyes flutter open and catch me studying her scar. "Sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean.." I started, trailing off under the keen amber gaze of the Sandwing. She seemed to view my embarrassment with compassion, though, because she reassured me immediately.
"It's okay, I know that it looks strange, and I don't hold curiosity against anyone." The first thing that I noticed was that the Sandwing's voice was melodic and seemed to smooth over the air that it passed. "Thank you." I said. Then I realized that I was meeting a new dragon for the first time, and nerves made my head spin and whirl."What is your name?" she asked while I shook off my dizziness.
"Oh, I'm… I'm Indigo." I said.
"What is yours?"
"My name is Juniper." she responded. Before I could stop myself,
I said, "That's a beautiful name."
"Thank you!" she said, surprised. "Should we go get breakfast?" she suggested.
"Sure!" I agreed, relieved at the distraction. "Should we wake her?" I asked, gesturing to the sleeping Icewing.
"I'll do it." Juniper volunteered quickly, giving a quick glance at my nervous expression. She sidled over to where the other female was and gently shook her shoulder. The Icewing snapped awake, then relaxed when she was Juniper and me.
"Yes?" she asked calmly.
"We're going to go to breakfast. Do you want to come?" Juniper said boldly.
"Ok. Can you guys wait a minute?" she answered.
"We should probably…" Juniper started.
"Yes, we can," I interceded, shooting a look at Juniper. The Sandwing looked down, embarrassed, and I brushed her wing.
"It's okay," I reassure her quietly. "Just… first impressions, alright?" She nodded, and then I realized that she had leaned towards me so our wings were pressed together. I blushed and looked away. I felt a warmth spreading through me. I was happy that at least one dragon seemed kind straight off, as I had thought that all new dragons would be aggressive and that I would be an outsider… but now I had a friend. Juniper and I watched the Icewing get ready. When she was, we all walked down to breakfast. Along the way we talked about random things. I learned that the Icewing's name was Ebony. Juniper was from a small family that lived in the Scorpion Den and Ebony was in the second Circle, whatever that meant. We ate breakfast, then met up with the rest of our winglet at Herbs and Healing. In the rest of my winglet, there was a Rainwing named Magnolia, a Nightwing called Jet, a Skywing named Cerise and a mudwing named Alder. I like Magnolia and Alder, but Cerise and Jet made me uneasy. They both had a seemingly permanent sneer and their expressions when they looked at everyone was like, "You are beneath me, not worth my time or my notice." They seemed to especially despise me for some reason. Well, I understood that the Skywings fought against the Seawings in the Great War, but Jet? That I didn't understand. I stay between Magnolia and Juniper for the whole day, avoiding Jet and Cerise's hostile glares. Well, I stay next to Magnolia, and Juniper stayed close to me. Juniper seems to have chosen me to be friends with and frequently 'accidentally' brushed her wing or tail against mine. I suspected that Juniper liked me maybe even as more than a friend. I really liked her as well, but wasn't sure about anything quite yet. Juniper was very pretty- beautiful in fact- but still I wanted to wait a while. Or at least get used to things first. And I wasn't sure if I was attracted to females yet... I hadn't felt anything except maybe a small something for Juniper.
I slid into class a little late and sat next to my pretty friend Indigo. I poked her arm and whispered, "What did I miss?" Indigo smiled and whispered back,
"Only twenty minutes of the most boring history lesson in Pyrrhia. You're good."
"Cool." I answered. A small draft blew in a window. I shivered, then tensed up as Indigo rested a warm wing over my back. Almost immediately, I relaxed and hesitantly laid my tail over Indigo's. I felt Indigo sweep her tail around her and I reluctantly removed mine, but then Indigo twined her tail fully around mine and I realized that Indigo was making us a little less conspicuous. I grinned and pulled her a little closer. My best friend blushed and looked down at our tangled up tails. Magnolia looked over at us and grinned, realizing what was happening. Indigo and I had our tails twined together. We're sitting just a few inches apart, and Indigo had her wing wrapped around me. Magnolia whispered teasingly, "Lovebirds." Indigo blushed furiously but she didn't deny it.
Around midnight she woke me up. I asked, "What is it?"
"I'm going to watch the stars. Will you come?" she asked.
"Yes!" I answered. She lit up the stripes on her tail she led me to the door. I pause in trepidation, but sigh in relief when Indigo made no move to wake Ebony. I wanted her all to myself. We glided through the clear, cold night air, under the kind, distant stars and landed on a ledge about a dozen dragons wide. Without any preliminaries I wrapped a wing around her as we study the constellations. Then she pulled out of my grip and turns to study my face. Seemingly satisfied with what she saw there, she moved closer. Indigo tipped her head up to mine and her lips found me. The world splintered into starlight. In the center of it was her sapphire gaze, pinning me down and claiming me for her own. For the first time I feel whole. Like there has been something missing from my life, and now that it's there nothing can hurt me. I want to protect this fragile thing that has grown between us, even though I feel that it is also indestructible. I broke away from Indigo and looked into her eyes and I saw the world in them. "I don't need stars to see something beautiful when I can see you," she whispered. I answered by pulling her close and kissing her again.