50 follower special! Wings of Fire - Ship opinions and one-shots

Winterwatcher - Rejected

AAAAAAAAACK WE HAVE COME TO THE IMPOSSIBLE!!! HOW CAN I DECIIIIIIIIDE!?!?

The one thing that I will never be able to figure out in my life is which is better: Moonbli or Winterwatcher. At the start of reading WoF, I shipped Moonbli and (I'm being honest, okay?) kinda hated Winter. But then ever since I came to Wattpad and started reading books (specifically DragonsNotWyverns books) I liked Winter because I became more open to his real side. When I read his book I kinda skimmed through it and wasn't able to appreciate how he is towards Moon.

Winter is kind of a softy at heart. I think there are two reasons Winter always pushes Moon away. One is that he hates Nightwings because of the legend of Darkstalker and because they killed a bunch of random Icewings for no reason and many thought Hailstorm was one of them. The second is one that I think is deeper and you have to read harder to understand, but he also pushes her away because he knows he could never be with her because of who he is. He accepts the fact that she likes Qibli more than him, and also the fact that if he ever even became friends with any Nightwing he'd go to the bottom of the Seventh Circle. It's kinda dumb to us, but if you put yourself in Winter's shoes (er, talons?) you can understand that every Icewing works their entire lives to be at the top of the rankings. You also have to see that every dragonet was raised by an Icewing parent who was more than likely also obsessed with the rankings because it meant a secured spot in the palace. It's like when a parent is putting their child through such advanced schooling so that he/she will have a better life kind of situation.

But deep down, Winter really does like her. She's different from all the other Nightwings because she was raised alone, and he's amazed by how smart, pretty, and such a skillful hunter she is. And, I know this is probably wrong, but him pushing her away could be him caring about her because if she lived her life with him, it could be riskier or not as good as if Qibli would be with her. That's hard to think about though because they're always putting themselves down and thinking the other is better. I'll do a Moonbli one next so I can keep this train of thought going for me.

This one shot is a spin-off of the ending of book 10, so warning it's going to be sad but will end up as a Winterwatcher. Also, it's very sappy haha.

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~Moon's pov~

I have to tell him, Moon thought as she flew across the desert sands. She came to a stop and turned around to look West.

Or do I tell... him?

She hit a dead-end. Moon had no idea who to go to. Qibli...or Winter? It was impossible, but she knew that one day she'd have to choose. But how could she choose when both of them were so special to her? She knew Winter hated Nightwings, but that was before. Winter liked her because she's different, and he's grown to be a better dragon--according to Qibli--because of her.

But Qibli is just as amazing. He's funny and talented and never tried to push her away, even when all of her friends but Turtle fled when she admitted she had her powers. Even Kinkajou steamed up a bit. But Qibli was the reason she had chosen to use her power for good, not hide it like her mother said or use it to gain power like Darkstalker advised.

Winter may have become better because of her, but right now, she needed Qibli to be the one in her life. She didn't want guilt to be the reason she chose either of them, she wanted the reason to be who she needed.

So she flew off to the palace, not looking back once.

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