~~Present Day~~
Serrated claws dig into the ice as Aurora Borealis stalks a Leopard Seal. The blubber-covered mammal is resting a few feet away from a hole. She creeps closer, her claws remaining silent with every step. She crouches down, her barbed tail swaying left and right slowly. With a battle cry, the dragonet pounces, her claws sinking into the blubber. Her fangs grab the still disoriented seal and quickly snaps the neck.
"That was awesome!!" The sandwing Icewing hybrid turns around. Her younger twin sister, Desert Flower, bounds up to her. Their classmates follow her with their teacher, Quartz, right behind them.
"That was very good, Princess Aurora. Your hunting skills have improved." The Icewing praises, with the class of dragonets behind her nodding in agreement. Griffon, a male skywing with firescales hovers above them. He smiles down at the princess and gives her a thumbs up (? Do they even have thumbs?)
"Princess Aurora Borealis! Princess Desert Flower! Your mother requests your presence back at the castle." Subzer, now a Royal guard, approaches the class. The class "aww" in disappointment. Aurora and Desert giggle and nod to Subzero. The two sisters follow the Icewing to the palace, the Leopard Seal dangling securely in Aurora's talons.
"Mother! Look at what Aurora caught!" Winter turns around to see his younger daughter bounding into the throne room. Her older sister glides in, setting the Leopard Seal down on a table. They approach the throne where their mother sits.
"My dear Aurora, I am very proud of your kill." Winter smiles down at his eldest daughter. Aurora bows in thanks to her mother. Desert smiles and nudges her sister affectionately, who bumps her and knocks her over.
"Mother, is something wrong? You almost never pull Desert and I out of class unless it is something important." At her sister's words, Desert grows serious, her smile fading into a frown. Winter chuckles and waves his talons in a dismissive manner.
"Not at all, my dears. An old friend of mine was spotted entering the city, and I would like the two of you to meet him." They perk up at this, interested. Winter smiles. He stands up, his diadem shining in the sunlight and his long cape flowing behind him as he leads his daughters into the city.
*POV Change*
"Hurry up, guys! There is so much to explore!" Kinkajou and Sunny bound around the marketplace. Clay, Tsunami, Turtle, Qibli, and Moonwatcher follow them close behind. Turtle smiles at Kinkajou's happy face, while Qibli, Moonwatcher and Clay giggle at their excitement. Tsunami looks around, amazed by the amount of hybrids in the area.
"Hey, why are those dragons over there bowing?" Clay points behind them, to which the group sees the dragons behind them moving to the side and bowing. Turtle eyes widen at the sight. An Icewing, female it looks like, with a beautiful diadem made of silver and sapphires sitting upon her forehead. An ice-blue cape with polar bear fur lining the edge flows gracefully behind her.
"Erm, excuse me. Sorry, but who is that?" Clay turns around and timidly asks a passing Mudwing Sandwing hybrid, pointing to the commotion. The hybrid looks towards the Icewing, before looking at them with a look of disbelief.
"Are you guys new around here?" She asks, looking at the group with a weird, almost guarded expression. Slightly worried, Clay nods slowly. The hybrid scoffs as she looks at them. "Never seen dragons come here in a group before," She says, bewildering the teachers. "That's his majesty, Queen Winter. He brought order and peace to our continent." Turtle sputters at the name. He takes a glance at the others. Qibli and Moonwatcher exchange glances of disbelief, Kinkajou and Sunny stare at the Icewing in awe. Clay glances at Tsunami, who looks towards the young Queen.
"If Winter is male, why is he a Queen?" The hybrid dragon glares at Moonwatcher, who shrinks behind Qibli.
"I would strongly advise you watch your tongue, Nightwing. Queen Winter has been caring for every dragon and scavenger that lives on this island. Because of his Majesty, you will find hundreds of scavenger dens, dragons that treat each other with respect and not for their tribe. Hybrids, nightwings with powers, animus dragons, and even Skywings with Firescales feel welcome and at home here because of Queen Winter. None of us will take kindly to your blatant disrespect." The hybrid snarls, unfurling her wings to make her look bigger. Turtle looks around to see every dragon and scavenger within earshot are glaring at the cowering Nightwing.
"Now, now, everybody! Let's all calm down. Moon didn't mean it like that." Qibi, being the charming Sandwing he is, gets between Moon and the pissed Mudwing Sandwing hybrid. The dragon huffs. She unexpectedly turns around and bows. Queen Winter passes them in all his Icewing glory.
"Winter?" The Ice-wing whips his head around at Qibli's voice.
"...Qibli?"
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Qinter- The Secret Prophecy
Fanfiction*REWRITING* Only 3 days after that passionate night between Qibli and Winter, Qibli announces his relationship with Moonwatcher, completely shutting down any possibility of Winter becoming more than a one-night stand. Devastated, Winter flees the Py...
