Imperial

Prologue

Princess Prideful stared in horror at her dead family, their tattered bodies littering the blood-stained battle field. Ahead of her, more dragons slumped to the ground, blood pulsing from their wounds.

"Prideful." A voice behind her croaked. "Lead my kingdom well."

She turned to see her once-regal and all-powerful queen leaning heavily on the trunk of a pine tree, her breaths labored.

"No!" She sobbed as she heared the sound of the queen's body thumb on the ground. "You can't go! I need you! Weneed you!"

Tears poured out of the sky as anger and hate enveloped her.

"SkyWings, I will claim vengence for you all," She vowed. "and soon no one will dare be in our way!"

Gathering what was left of the SkyWing army, she set off for the Palace looming over them, blocking out the warm rays of sunlight, progressing slowly. Prideful heard a cry from underneath her as she stepped on something soft and squishy. Peering down, she was shocked to see a NightWing dragonet's tail squashed underneath her giant talon. The dragonet let out another roar of pain and to her surprize, shifted into a bright red SkyWing with adorable amber eyes.

An animus. She thought, her lips curving into a small, wicked smile. Just what I need for vengeance.

She bent down to pick up the little dragonet, stroking her smooth back.

"Little dragonet, from now on you will be Princess Imperial, my daughter, the pride of our kingdom." She murmmered into her little ruby-red ear. The dragonet stretched her lips into a wide grin, her talons bursting with dangerous power.