OC Oneshots

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OC: Indigo
Fandom: Wings of Fire
Species: dragon (RainWing)

She knows. Oh, moons, she knows where I am. She knows about Lunya and JJ and Soph and Sira and all the others. I really need to figure out some sort of anti-tracking spell-

Suntime wasn't over yet, but I didn't think I'd be able to fall back asleep. I could still see Azure's face in my mind, and it was only a matter of time before it wasn't just in my head. She was coming. Soon.

Sooner than I had thought.

I was walking out of Soph's bakery with a cookie. It did nothing to cheer me up. I stared at it. It was an ordinary chocolate chip cookie, my favorite, but today it seemed like a shapeless lump of unappetizing garbage. But I felt bad throwing it away, so I choked it down anyway.

"Wow. I thought you liked those."

The voice was familiar. It was one I heard every day, coming from my own mouth. A chill ran down my spine.

"Fancy meeting you here," I managed.

Azure laughed. "I'm surprised you aren't more scared, after last time."

I winced and flexed my wings, as if making sure they were still there. "I... don't know how I feel at this point."

"Terrified?" Azure suggested. "Angry, even? I did kill our sister, after all."

Oh, now I was angry. "Don't call her that," I snap. "She wasn't our sister. She was my sister, because traitorous murderers like you don't deserve amazing dragons like her for siblings."

Azure's expression darkened. "Look who's talking. What a hypocrite. Maybe you should consider what you've done before you accuse others of it."

I drew my sword. "I'm willing to be the murderer part, too."

Azure immediately brightened. A grin spread across her face as she slowly unsheathed two long obsidian daggers. "Oh-ho-ho," she laughed. "You're different. You've already changed, Indigo."

I hadn't. I already knew that I was going to lose. But this was Minecraft, and if I was lucky, Azure didn't know that respawn existed here.

I twirled my sword, because if there was one thing we shared besides looks, it was dramatic flair. "No, I've just gotten madder."

A trace of the insanity that had once consumed me returned. I was rage, I was fire, I was revenge itself in a mortal form as I lunged for the dragon who had taken everything from me.

Instantly, her dagger was up to block. Her face flushed with exhilaration. She believed she had me cornered. She thought this was her chance.

All I could think about was Mango. Perm. Brightscales, Bayou, Peak, Ray, Prickly Pear. Cacao. The life that had been lost, and the lives that went on without her, and without me.

Someone was saying something about the noise in chat. I ignored the vibration of my communicator as our blades met again in deadly dance.

Azure's daggers gave her an advantage. It was awkward to use a sword when we were this close, and it only got worse with the fact that she had two weapons instead of one. Somehow, I managed to block her rapid attacks, but I was losing ground fast and it wouldn't be long before we got put of the cover of the trees and into the village, where everyone would see me fighting what appeared to be myself.

I took a desperate move. I shoved Azure hard with my shoulder, at the same time reaching down to wrench one of the daggers from her hands. She stumbled backward and landed on her back. In an instant, I was down on the ground too with my knee on her chest and my sword at her throat. I threw her dagger aside, took the other one, and tossed it away as well.

For a moment, there was only the pine trees rustling in the wind and the sound of our soft panting.

"You been taking classes or something?" Azure gasped finally.

This was my chance. This was my chance to avenge Mango. I dug my sword a little deeper into Azure's neck, drawing blood - purple blood, the same as mine.

I could enchant my sword to permakill. I could be free again. I could go home.

Azure slowly smirked. I hated that smirk with every cell in my body. That was my grin. I didn't want her to have it on her stupid face.

As I opened my mouth to cast the enchantment, no words came out. This isn't right, a little voice in my head whispered. It sounded like Mango. I should have let her go by now.

Almost numbly, I got off of Azure and sheathed my sword.

The one time she was at my mercy, I couldn't kill her. Her stupid grin was widening, but I turned away. "I'm not like you," I muttered.

"Booooring," Azure groaned. "Same old Indigo. Always the noble hero, aren't you?"

I pursed my lips and turned away. "There's no such thing as a hero," I said, and walked away.

I was bruised in several places, but the only blood that had been drawn in that fight was at the end, when I was about to kill her. I'd recover without too much effort. I wouldn't even have to use a healing spell this time.

Something in me had shifted. I was less angry, more... sad. Sad that it ended the way it did. Sad that Mango was gone, yes, but also sad that on that island, I had lost a friend to a fate worse than death. Betrayal. I was still angry, yes, but now it was primarily replaced by guilt. Maybe it was the last remnant of insanity leaving. Maybe it was just my conscience.

I'm not like you, I had insisted.

Even I had to admit it wasn't entirely true.