"Shhh." Skybright shushed her brothers, staring at the egg that sat in the nest in front of her.
"Do you think it'll be a boy?" Darksun whispered loudly. Reflex grunted as he elbowed his way to the front. "I sure hope not. You two are hopeless. If we had another clone..." Skybright rolled her eyes. The two made identical scowls at her, and she smirked. "See? Clones."
Craaack
The egg split in half, and their eyes shot to the split in unison.
"Where's Mother?" Reflex murmured, but Skybright and Darksun were watching the egg too intently to care. "It's coming!" Skybright squealed, and it was Darksun and Reflex's turn to shush her as a shaft of moonlight shot down, spreading across the opened egg like a silver blanket. The dragonets oohed as tiny talons split the egg, and out stepped the new heir.
"Isn't she beautiful?" A voice behind them caused the awed dragonets to leap back. "Mother, you're home!" Reflex squealed, leaping onto her leg. Queen Iridescent smiled softly, scooping him up in her wings while nuzzling the other two. "What should we name her?"
"You're letting us decide?" Skybright said, twisting her talons together. "Well, you will be her siblings." The Queen responded, "But I'm her mother, so I'll be doing most of the deciding."
Just then, the newly hatched dragonet opened her eyes, staring off into the distance. Her audience sucked in a breath. "She's a Morpher." Darksun whispered in wonder. "Just like you, Mother!"
"Well, that changes things." King Brightflash appeared behind the foursome, frowning slightly. "She'll need to be trained, safeguarded, prote-"
"The moon speaks to me tonight. I'm going to call her Moonsong." Queen Iridescent announced suddenly, staring up into the night sky just like her newborn dragonet. "Moonsong." The dragonets rolled the name on their tongues, trying it out.
King Brightflash smiled, his frown disappearing in an instant.
"Moonsong, you are going to grow up as the heir to the FlashWing throne. Are you up for the challenge?"
The newly named Moonsong turned her gaze to her father. She stretched her little neck a bit higher, and just for a moment, the moonlight shone straight through her scales, and she shimmered in the air. She looked up at him, her twin pure black eyes flecked with gold.
"I am."
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The Ghost Crown - FlashWing Chronicles
Fantasía**FlashWings are a closed tribe owned by me, aka LoveArdent (on deviantArt) **Cover created by MoonrisetheMage on deviantArt ------ Moonsong was born different. As the youngest, she was the heir to the FlashWing...
