Loose Threads

by Fatespeaker

Darkstalker's story leaves us with a lot of questions. Who exactly was Queen Pearl, sister of Fathom? How much did the seer Allknowing really know? What happened to Thoughtful and Whiteout? Where did Clearsight's friend Listener go? These are the loose threads, the forgotten dragons. Let their voices be heard at last. (Collection of soliloquies from different perspectives.)

2. Allknowing

2. Allknowing

"Don't name her that."

"Why not?"

"That name is too much pressure, darling. You want her to grow up with a name like yours?"

"Yes, I do. Rather, I know she will."

And so I was named Allknowing. Allknowing, a name for a great seer. It fits me, and I can prove it.

Let me tell you a story about two seers. The story has not happened yet, but I know that it will.

One is young and foolish, and she is sitting at her desk, in a classroom. The other stands before the impatient, loveless faces of the class, using her years of hard-earned experience to try and put some sense in them.

Tell me, are you judging them yet? Are you picking who will be the hero?

We actually are quite similar.

Believe it or not, I was once like that dragonet. If a little less gifted and a little less stupid. I sat almost where she does now, perhaps a bit to the left. I took notes in the margin of my textscroll. I watched with bright eyes. I learned with eagerness. I looked forward to the day that I would be a true seer.

It was hard, I won't deny that.

I look back and see them. Teachers glaring at me with scrutiny, letting me know what I had done wrong. Parents looking over my shoulder, telling me to do more and do it better. Friends staring off as they ask why I no longer speak to them.

No matter. A NightWing in my place does what she must. She makes sacrifices, not choices. There are expectations. There are rules. A path must be followed.

The years of schooling paid off. My skills were honed to perfection. When Queen Vigilance named me the Royal Seer, at last I found some peace. A bored roomful of dragons cheered for me and Vigilance, on behalf of the Night Kingdom, thanked me.

Now what can I look forward to? I have all that I ever aspired to, all that I dared dream of. There is nothing more for me. So I look back, on all the years of work and stress. I look back and I am proud.

I have clawed my way to the top, and now the visions tell me that it is my time to fall. Little dragon, do you already know how?

I gaze into an uncertain future. There is tragedy up ahead, and we will be its heralds. One of us will make a mistake. One of us will ruin this kingdom.

It will not be me.

You see it too, don't you? With those wide, curious eyes of yours. We hurtle toward the same fate, Clearsight.

Little dragon, do you know how these things go? How the story with the two seers ends?

They will both suffer, for they see what is coming, and neither of them can stop it.