Eclipse watched as her family took turns staring at her. It hadn't been that long since they'd discovered Eclipse was an animus... Maybe a week? Whiteout hadn't spoken to her since. Eclipse understood her mother better than Thoughtful did, and she got that it was because Whiteout was afraid of her, but it still hurt. Cloudchaser and Shadowseer kept teasing her.
Eclipse was different from her family members in every way. Cloudchaser and Shadowseer were ordinary NightWings - no special abilities, no nothing. Eclipse had been born on a night with three full moons, the only dragonet of the tribe to have been born on that night. She was a powerful mind reader and a future seer better even than Clearsight, according to her parents. And now she was an animus; she was more powerful than anyone could have dreamed of.
And she was smart. Smarter than her siblings. Her very first spell had been to enchant her soul to be unharmed by any spells she cast. She knew her uncle had transferred power to a scroll, but why do that when she could enchant her own soul? Feeling happy with herself, Eclipse went back to her bedroom. No one called her for dinner, but she foresaw that they were planning to hide disgusting fruits inside her food, they being Cloudchaser and Shadowseer.
Eclipse went to the dinner table and threw away the chicken on her plate. Whiteout didn't ask why she'd done it, and Thoughtful only sighed, his disapproving gaze flickering over Cloudchaser and Shadowseer.
"Queen Pearl's second daughter is an animus," Thoughtful said quietly. "Queen Vigilance told her to send her daughter here, to interact with you, and be friends."
"Of course." Eclipse kept a straight face. "That's a splendid idea, father. What's her name?"
"Seashell," Thoughtful answered.
"She's clear as spring water," Whiteout added.
Eclipse didn't know what that meant, but Thoughtful smiled at Whiteout, and it was the first sentence Whiteout had spoken to Eclipse since she'd become an animus, though indirect, so Eclipse smiled at her mother. Instantly Whiteout looked away.
"When's she coming?" Eclipse asked.
"She's already here."
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Wings of Fire: Overcast
FanfictionEclipse was hatched to Whiteout and Thoughtful shortly after the mess with Darkstalker was resolved. She was supposed to bring her family great happiness, and yet all they can see is a reflection of Darkstalker within her. She has the same powers, t...
