Lapis

Chapter 2 - They're Here

SYNOPSIS:

Learning about Farr's true intention and what he's fighting against, Lapis is thrown into a battle she's unfamiliar to. When the lives of the queens are at risk, Lapis must form a new team to prevent the massacres and the start of another war.

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[scene begins with a young Lapis waking up inside an ice building. Cold winds blow through the window, blowing at Lapis's face and irritating her. She opens her eyes, looking outside the window and seeing the sun shining on the Ice Kingdom]

[Lapis sits up from her bed, yawning and looking around her room. She slowly gets off her bed, and she approaches the window. Lapis looks outside, seeing the Great Ice Cliff in the distance]

[scene cuts to Lapis sitting at a large table beneath a beautiful chandelier. Four other IceWings, all elderly, sit at the opposite end of the table. Lapis spins her spoon in the bowl of soup in front of her, leaning her head on her talon]

MACCARA: And even if they somehow get through the ice cliff, they're no match for our army.

RIAL: We can't be completely sure that the wall will protect us. There's rumors of other tribes possessing the animus dragons. If it's true, our army, let alone our wall can stop them.

FORUS: Such powers could stop the war. [takes a sip from her bowl of soup] Where are the Dragonets of Prophecy?

RIAL: The prophecy is a bunch of bullshit. Meant to keep you in order. I don't buy it.

PLALO: Perhaps they're too young to go out into the world. [looks at Rial] Maybe they're not ready yet, it could be anything.

RIAL: Or perhaps they're not even real.

[Maccara notices Lapis sitting at the opposite end of the table, leaning against her talon in boredom. Maccara gets up from her seat, and she approaches a counter with a box sitting on top of it. She takes it and walks over to Lapis]

[Maccara slowly hands the box over to Lapis, and she notices. Lapis looks at Maccara for a moment, and she slowly takes the box]

MACCARA: It's something your mother and father would want you to have before they left. [smiles] You can open it right now.

[Lapis looks at the rest of the elderly dragons across the table, and they nod. Lapis lifts the top of the box, revealing a crystal, double-blade dagger. She reaches into the box and pulls out the dagger, inspecting it in her talons]

MACCARA: Your father believes you'll one day grow to be a strong and fierce IceWing. He hopes that you'll join the First Circle with him someday, and you'll bring honor to the family.

LAPIS: [slides her talon across the blade] Woah.

RIAL: Nice knife there, Lapis.

PLALO: I'm so proud of you.

LAPIS: [looks at Maccara] I can keep this?

MACCARA: [nods] Forever. You'll be the next IceWing warrior to carry our legacy, Lapis the IceWing.

[Lapis smiles as she looks at the crystal blade. Scene cuts to present day, Lapis is sitting on a wooden chair, inspecting the crystal, double-blade dagger. She sighs as she remembers the day when the dagger was given to her]

LAPIS: They told me they'll be back in one week. So I waited, but they never did. Days after days, I've begun to lose all hope. [shakes her head] So I started wondering to myself a year later. If what happened to my parents will be my future, I can't let it happen. I left my family behind when I was three.