Heart of Fire

Prologue:

Dominus crept through the mountains, his silvery scales glinting in the moonlight. The IceWing arrived at the place that him and his friend, Sheer, had arranged to meet. Dominus' frinedship with Sheer was forbidden, and was unlawful by IceWing standards, because the IceWings feared having another powerful murderous hybrid in their midst(Darkstalker),or having one of their princes or princesses run off with a NightWing(Foeslayer & Arctic).

Sheer was a SkyWing, twelve years old, and not like the others of her tribe, as she wasn't as grumpy or bad tempered, however, she could be sarcastic at times, with a very dry sense of humor.When Dominus and Sheer first met, Dominus quickly found out that she was autistic, in that she would say things that would get her some very weird looks, such as, if you asked her what 17 + 22 was, she'd say something like, "Mountain", or "Flour". Sheer had ruby red scales, with golden yellow underscales. Her eyes were a bright golden orange, like the inside of a peach.

Sheer was already at the meeting place when Dominus got to it, and she asked, "Where've you been?" "I came straight here as soon as I could, but its not like its not difficult to get caught by the night patrols. I'm an IceWing, not a SkyWing! If they noticed me, I would've been captured and dragged to Queen Scarlet's Arena without a thought, Sheer! You know how your tribe works! Me, not so much."

"Oh, Dominus. I've missed you soooo much!" "Um, you too, Sheer." "Wanna go for a flight?" "Sheer, we can't! I'd be, you know, spotted, and they'd know something was up!" "Oh, please! I'd just tell them that I spotted you sneaking through the mountains, and I'm taking you to the Sky Palace. I'd protect you!" "They wouldn't believe you, Sheer. To them, you're crazy." "I know what they think. They don't bother hiding it. What I want, is for us to be able to hang out together and for you to stop acting like you have to hide like a brainless snail!"

"But-" "Dominus, stop freaking out." "But Sheer-" "Stop." "ButI'mnotactinglikeabrainlesssnail! I'm trying to keep our friendship safe!" "You don't want to be friends with me anymore. Fine. Maybe I should go." Sheer said in a flat voice, turning away. "Sheer, No! That's not what I meant! I want to be your friend, I just... I want us to be able to not have to hide it. You know?" Dominus smiled. Sheer turned, and smiled back. "Yeah. I get it. That's what I'd like, too. But it's never gonna happen." "I know..." Dominus and Sheer sat together for a long while. 'Every time I see her, I get this weird feeling that I know I'm not supposed to feel. Is it something more than friendship?' Sheer placed her talon over Dominus', and smiled at him. Dominus found himself smiling back.

As the moons reached their highest point, Sheer whispered, "Dominus... I have to tell you something." "Go ahead." "I'm with egg. Well, actually, the dragonets haven't hatched yet, but the egg is already here." "Egg? Dragonets? Have you been seeing another dragon?" "No, Dominus. These dragonets are ours, but, I was hoping that-" "We have dragonets... in one egg... So, twins?" "Probably. Oh, I hope they don't have firescales, or-"

"What's this I hear? Something about dragonets, and eggs, and firescales?" a new voice hissed. "Mother." Sheer growled, standing in front of Dominus and their egg. "You have an egg... with this... low-born ice breather." "Hey! I'm not a low-born ice breather, thank you very much, Kite!" Dominus snarled, standing up and slipping the egg into a large bag he had brough with him. Kite suddenly sliced her claws toward Sheer, and Sheer slashed her mother across the chest. Kite roared, and blew fire at her daughter. "Run, Dominus! Take the egg!" Sheer screamed, her eyes wide with terror and pain.

Dominus flew, but not before breathing frostbreath at Kite, which got her across the snout, causing her to howl in agony, and slash Sheer across her throat, then fly up and slice her talons across Dominus' snout, neck, and sides. Dominus screamed, and blew frostbreath onto Kite's eyes. The two of them landed, and Kite continued to slice Dominus' scales up, blue blood flying everywhere. Dominus flew into the air again, desperate to get away from the angry SkyWing. "You won't get away from me, IceWing! I'll claw your scales off! You'll wake up one day with my claws in your chest! I'll-" "Shut up, Mother." Sheer said, causing the gash in her throat to bleed harder. Sheer pushed Kite off of the edge of the cliff, right after snapping her neck. Then Sheer collapsed onto the cliff, dark red blood pooling over the sides.

"Sheer!" Dominus roared, flying down to the SkyWing's side. "Sheer... Please don't die..." "Oh, Dominus... I don't want to see you cry..." "Sheer... I-I can save you... I've just gotta stop the bleeding..." Dominus pressed his claws to the gash in Sheer's throat, the SkyWing's blood seeping all over his talons. "Sheer..." Dominus choked out, tears slipping onto his snout and freezing. "Dominus... don't cry... Just... protect our dragonets for me... All right?" Sheer whispered, squeezing Dominus' talon tightly. "I'll do that, Sheer..." "Good. Fly, Dominus... Fly far from here... Don't get... caught..." "I'll do that... Sheer... I-I love you." "Fly, Dominus... I-I love..." Sheer whispered. Then she died.

Dominus buried Sheer in the cave where they had met that night, and flew back to the Ice Kingdom with the egg, never to return.