Cassarian August

August 13: Soulmates

(This takes some inspiration from the story for this prompt that ElizabethShelby wrote, but I tried to make it my own. This takes place in an AU of an AU. This is an AU of the Skyborn + Tangled AU. When soulmates meet each other, the feathers on the edges of their wings light up with their soul mate's eye color. Cassandra also still has two wings in this one. Cassandra is eighteen, Varian is seventeen, and Rapunzel is eighteen as well.)

"Come on, Cassandra!" Rapunzel yelled, dragging her handmaiden behind her by her arm.

"Ah! Slow down!" Cassandra exclaimed, backpedaling so she didn't fall over as the overexcited princess ran ahead. She quickly jumped over a large strand of Rapunzel's long golden hair which had fallen out of her braid. Suddenly, Rapunzel stopped dead, and Cassandra slammed into her. It turned out that Rapunzel had slammed into someone else, knocking him right over.

"Oh! I'm so sorry!" Rapunzel apologized, extending her hand to the boy. He had black hair with an unusual blue stripe, a green collared shirt, and a cloak covering his back where his wings would be.

"It's no problem," the boy told her, accepting her hand. "I wasn't watching where I was going, either." The boy's eyes met Cassandra's and a tingle of energy went through her. With a small gasp, she spread her Hawk wings to see the edges of her feathers glowing sky blue. The boy's eyes, which were the same color, widened. "Oh, I- uh, don't believe we've been formally introduced," he stuttered, then extended his hand to Cassandra. "I'm Varian."

"Cassandra," she replied, shaking his hand. Varian retracted his hand and rubbed the back of his neck.

"I noticed your soulmate glow," he said. "Who's the lucky guy?" Cassandra's face flushed red. Her eyes flicked to his cloak, which she could see a faint gray-green glow coming from underneath. In one quick motion, she grabbed the edge of the cloak and pulled it off of his wings. Varian recoiled. "Hey! What are you-" He cut himself off as he saw the glow as well. His eyes met hers, and it finally clicked. "You're my..." he began, looking at her wings. He trailed off. "Oh," he breathed. His eyes met hers once more, but hers were now trained on his wings. He quickly threw his cloak back over them, but it was too late.

"You're Crow clan?!?" Cassandra exclaimed. Varian couldn't tell if she was angry or just surprised. He took a small step backwards, then put a finger to his lips.

"Shhh!" He whispered. "If anyone else hears that, the guards will come running!" Rapunzel, confused, looked between Varian and Cassandra.

"I don't get it," she said, frowning. "What's wrong with Crow clan?" Varian looked at her, equally confused, but for a different reason.

"Where have you been the first-" He seemed to estimate her age. " - seventeen years of your life?"

"A tower," Rapunzel said simply. Varian gave her a quizzical look.

"Ookay?" He replied. Suddenly, there was the sound of many footsteps behind him. "Crap!" He yelled, quickly shooting upward with a mighty flap of his still-glowing wings. He ducked into a wind current and shot away as twenty guards ran into the plaza. Cassandra watched him go as the guards came up to her.

He may be a Crow, but I need to find him again.

(Everyone hates Crows, yay! *Skyborn Varian glares at me* Ok I'm sorry!)