I'm baaaaaaaaacccccckkkk!!!! I'm so glad many of you are enjoying it!
Fathom nodded to her.
"Am I an Animus?" Clearpool looked at her talons.
He laughed, "No. Be glad you don't. Being an Animus is no fun. It-" he stopped himself and looked at her.
"It what?" Clearpool cocked her head.
Fathom looked at his talons, "Nothing. I wanted to tell you about a dragon named Clearsight. She was a good friend of mine..." He began the story of Darkstalker telling of his parents, leaving out the massacre, also leaving out the gruesome scene Darkstalker made of his father.
He ended on the note of the fall of Agate Mountain, and that Clearsight was sucessful in her quest to stop Darkstalker.
"So you see, bad guys don't know they are bad. Only others think they're bad." he finished looking over at his daughter.
She was looking at her talons, and tears were streaming down her cheeks.
He pulled her close, wrapping his green wings around her shaking form, "Oh honey, don't be sad. It's a happy story."
"B-But Clearsight and Darkstalker loved each other like you and mommy, and they never got to have dragonets. They never hugged l-like you and mommy." Clearpool looked at him.
"I know, it's sad. But that's alright. You can't be happy without sad. Now, what about that swim?" He looked down at her, his eyes twinkling.
Clearsight sniffed, then smiled at him, "Beat you to snail reef!"
Snail reef was a small colony of coral off the side of the continent. Cowrie was the one to find it, and named it so for its abundance in sea slugs and snails.
"You're on!" Fathom yelled as he leaped into the water, splashing Clearpool.
She followed him, beating her wings in rhythm to catch up. Clearpool smiled as she lit up her spirals, slightly blinding her father as she jumped ahead.
The reef was in sight, a bright sea slug was picking it's way over the red coral.
Something grabbed her tail and pulled her back, and Fathom shot forward, landing on the coral, proclaimed, I win!Aw, come on, you cheated! Clearpool settled next to him, poking at the sea slug.
After you did, you jellyfish! He giggled.
Roar! She signed before diving at him, wings spread.
He moved out of the way and poked her side, and she fell over on the coral, giggling as she was tickled (Can dragons be tickled?)
He smiled at her, and quickly swam away. She looked after him, then decided to swim back to their homey little island.
The shades of the sea always made Clearpool want to cover her talons in the color and paint the ocean. She'd never really painted before, but always would love to try.
Her head broke over the surface as she crept onto the beach. Clearpool poked at the sand, feeling it under her talons.
She rolled in the sand, covering her wet scales in the pale sand. She giggled as she buried herself under the sand.
Her scales thouroughly covered, wings and all, she stalked off to the hut.
Her mother was talking to Cowrie about sparring, and Ripple was reading a scroll, Blob perched happily on his head.
Indigo turned to her as she entered, "How are you doing?"
"Fine." She answered simply as she approached her bed.
Fathom also walked into the hut, and smiled at his beloved, "I think it's about time for bed. Come on, it's time for all dragonets to hit the seaweed." He poked at Cowrie.
"Dad! What about our story?" Clearpool flopped on the ground, holding her talons to her forehead. She put out her lip.(Do dragons have lips!? I think they do because what else would cover their teeth?)
"Aw, you could land a dragon on that lip! Fine, but only a short one." The young dragonets gathered around him, Indigo up beside him.
"Tell one about the Kingdom of the Sea!" Ripple smiled.
"Well, I mean, this one is in the Kingdom of the Sea, but it was when your mother and I were little." He looked over at Indigo.
"Oh no, if you are thinking about the story I'm thinking about..." she giggled.
"We were swimming about when your mother here dared me to eat a sea anemone! And not the ones that look like rock scum, but the big ones. I said no, but she wouldn't give up! Finally, I closed my teeth around this sea anenome, and got what felt like electric eels up my nose!" He smiled, using hand gestures.
"Oh come on, you're exaggerating! It wasn't that bad!" Indigo rolled her eyes at him.
"Mmhmm!" he murmered disbelievingly, "Anyway, after that incident, my lips and mouth were tingly for two weeks!"
Indigo burst out laughing, "You looked like a sea duck!"
"I couldn't taste anything either!" Fathom joined in.
All the dragnets laughed, but Fathom, wiping away tears, "Alright, time for bed!"
"Awwww!" Clearpool's mouth hang open.
"If you leave your face like that it's gonna stay that way." he warned her.
Clearpool quickly fixed her face and said with a mischievous grin, "Did that happen to you?"
"Oh you little jellyfish! Get over here!" Indigo grabbed her dragonet.
Clearpool giggled before faking a big yawn, "But dad is right. I need to-" she stretched and yawned again, "-get to bed."
"Yeah sure. Well then, get in your room!" Indigo released her and nudged her to the hallway.
"Oh, and we are leaving for news, so stay put, I'm looking at you Clearpool. No following us." Fathom called to the children.
Clearpool sighed, "I wouldn't follow you if you would let me go."
Fathom answered her with a stern look and him and Indigo left.
Clearpool didn't sleep, but soon heard her parents coming in. She was about to great them when Indigo's voice stopped her.
"Fathom, we can go back! The dragonets haven't even seen The Kingdom of the Sea. They are probably the only Seawings that haven't." Indigo said.
"Doesn't it matter that my sister is dead?" Fathom sighed.
"I'm sorry honey, but we can return to our home. Queen Seashell doesn't even know about you, and we would live in the outskirts." Indigo's voice got softer.
"Maybe you're right." he quieted before speaking again, "Maybe it's time to go home."
Alright, I need to take a break from writing. It's starting to feel like a job, not like a fun thing I like doing. I'm gonna still be reading and commenting, but I won't post for a while. I re-updated because I wanted people to see it more.
