The Truth About The NightWings

The Hatching

A/N:This story will be written in first-person, but, seeing as this is Stargaze's hatching, I will make an exception and write this in third person. Just wanted to clear that up!

Five years earlier...

Tonight was the night, Wisdom just knew it. 

Tonight, her dragonet would finally hatch.

She and her mate, Comet, had been trying to have an egg for a long time. Unfortunately, all of them came out cracked. The NightWing Island was a terrible place to live, what with the heat and smoke. 

But, finally,a year ago, Wisdom had laid an egg that had no sign of cracks.

She was finally going to be a mother. 

She stared lovingly at the egg in her talons. It was an oval shape, black as obsidian. 

Wisdom wished Comet was here to see this; he would be so proud. But her mate was at a meeting with the queen. He was a scientist who worked for Mastermind, and today he and his boss were testing a new lava armor for Queen Battlewinner.

Lost in thoughts about the queen, Wisdom did not notice the sound at first...but then she heard it.

Crack.

The NightWing looked down. There was a single crack on the eggshell...and then another...and another...

Until finally, the top part came off completely and a tiny dragonet stumbled out. 

Wisdom stared at her in awe. She was tiny, and already the smoke seemed to be having an affect on her. But to the new mother, she was perfect in every way. She had scales black as night, and the underside of the wings had silver scales splattered across it like the night sky. Her silver eyes looked at her curiously, and she cooed and snuggled closer to Wisdom's chest. The new mother hugged her tight, close to tears.

The NightWing looked down lovingly at her newborn daughter. A dragonet...that was all she ever wanted.

She wished she could give her little one a perfect life--one full of happiness and love, with no fear of dying. 

But on the NightWing island, there was no such thing as happiness. The volcano, like a fire-breathing monster, swallowed everything pure and beautiful.

All that was left was pain and misery.

For a moment, Wisdom was tempted to take her dragonet and fly to the continent as fast as she could. No dragonet should have to live in this poor excuse of a home.

But she had no choice. 

Leaving would be treason to her queen...if one could call that terrible lava-monster a 'queen'.

She pulled her dragonet closer. The newborn cooed with delight.

"I'm sorry, little one," Wisdom whispered. "I'm sorry I can't give you a better life. But just know that I will always love you. No matter what."

"And I will name you Stargaze."

Sorry this chapter was so short! I promise that the other ones will be longer! I hoped you liked it!