Freaks (CJ)

== Prologue ==
"i wonder what it will look like... i hope its cute" a young mother smiled down at her egg. her multicolored scales reflected the sun in rainbows.
"maybe... most mixwings dont survive very long" the father sighed. he was darker colored with pastel pink speckles. the two parents were hybrids of several tribes. most called them mixwings, or muttwings.
"shh its hatching" the mother swatted at him and watched her egg. a crack had formed in the colorful shell. it shook slightly as the crack got larger. A tiny nose poked out of the egg. after a few minutes the rest of the dragonet tumbled out.
"what.... is it?" the father recoiled. the dragonet had a hivewing-like face and skywing like horns. it had gills on its neck and a sail running down its back. its shoulders is where it gets strange. each leg looks like a different tribe, an icey blue front left leg, a multicolored rainwings leg on the right. its back legs looked thicker, like a nightwings, and a mudwings. its wings were lopsided, and the left had two sets of wings while the right only had one. its scales were a dull brown-green-grey and its tail split apart in three placed and had multiple awkward bends in it. none of its limbs seemed to fit together, like random parts of different tribes were thrown together.
"its... a monster!" the mother cried. she hated the strange dragonet and walked away from it. "i cant believe ive created a freak!" the dragoness screamed into the sky and she took off. the father looked at the dragonet. her legs looked like they had been broken and healed improperly. her scales didnt fit together when she tried to stand. he sighed and took off after the female, leaving the dragonet behind.
"fweak?" The dragonet's first word as she watched her parents leave. She didnt know what the word meant but she knew they didnt love her. The dragonet curled up in the nest to cry and she eventually fell asleep. The sound of the warm rain beginning to fall was her one and only comfort.
== Chapter One: Run ==
Freak stayed in her cave most of the time. She only left at night to collect fruit and water. she was far enough in the rainforest that not even the rainwings ever saw her. In fact, Freak hadnt seen another dragon in almost a year. It was a cloudy, dark night as she stepped out. Freak stretched her mis-matched wings and walked towards her favorite tree, An elegant Mango tree with long leaves. She used a bit of firelight to pick out a ripe one and curled up beneath the tree to eat. 
She sat quietly listening to the sounds of the forest and noticed a new sound. crying. somewhere in the forest a dragonet was crying. Freak, being a 5 year old dragonet herself, got up to see. In the darkness she could pass for a weird nightwing. She walked towards the sound until she got to a clearing. 
It was a small Hivewing dragonet, and he had no eyes. 
"hey kid... what are you doin out here...?" Freak asked gently. her voice was rough from years of being unused. the dragonet just continued to wail pitifully. "here, drink some water. i know what its like to get left behind..." she filled a wooden cup with water from a nearby stream. 
The little Hivewing sniffled and drank the water slowly. He continued to cry but wasn't screaming as loud anymore. he tried to reach out and touch Freak gently. He was completely blind, with fresh scabs and dried blood on his face. 
"you're safe now ok... i'll take care of you" Freak smiled and let him touch her talons. 
"Who's out there!?" someone shouted nearby, and the dragonet started to whimper again. "Shut up you worm!" they growled and were stomping closer through the brush. Freak scooped up the dragonet and hissed as an older green and yellow hivewing stormed out into the clearing and froze. "a demon... DEMON!" She roared and charged Freak. 
She ran back to her cave with the dragonet in her arms. She put him down gently on her nest bed of grass "stay here, i gotta get stuff together" she rushed around gathering food and some medical supplies, and her few personal belongings. the sound of shouting and angry dragons was coming closer and closer. 
"Kill the Monster!" a male sounding voice shouted 
"it's going to eat the dragonet!" another wailed 
The dragonet was crying a little again and Freak picked him up "shhh, we gotta be quiet ok? were gonna be safe." she put her pack on and carried the dragonet outside into the dark. the sound of angry dragons got closer still and Freak ran low to the ground. she ran all the way out of the rainforest into the mountains of the skywing kingdom. 
== Chapter Two: Siblings ==
Freak had finally gotten the little Hivewing to sleep. She sat under a tree with the makeshift nest, looking up at the stars. "why.... why is the world so cold...." she whispered to nothing. she looked down at the greenish dragonet and she smiled. she had never had a brother before. She left the dragonet sleeping peacefully and went to hunt. The sun was starting to rise as she walked through the quiet dawn.
she couldnt fly very well because of her lopsided wings. one was more like a silkwing, with two on one side. the small secondary wing barely even moved. she caught a snake for the meat eating dragonet, and collected some apples and small berries for herself. when she climbed back in the tree the blind dragonet was awake. he chirped up at her softly.
"im right here little one...." Freak smiled and touched his talon. "i brought food"
the little dragonet seemed to glow with excitement and sniffed her. was he literally glowing....? Freak touched his tail gently. the dragonet must be part seawing, because he has glowing speckles along his tail.
"we need a name for you," she smiled and gave him the dead snake to eat. "how about Glowworm...?" she smiled and pat the dragonet. 
Glowworm squeaked happily and started ripping apart his food and eating it. he likes the name she gave him. its better then being called Runt. one of the cuts on his face started to re-open and drip blood on his talons but he either didnt notice, or didnt care. Freak gently pressed a piece of woven fabric against the cut to stop the bleeding. She checked over the cuts on his face for infection. one of his damaged eyes looked a little irritated. 
"come here hun, let me clean you up..." Freak gently picked up the dragonet and brought him to a nearby stream. she squeaked indignantly at her as she poured water over his wounds. "its ok, i got you... shhh, this will make you feel better..." she paused as she heard something moving in the underbrush. Freak hissed softly and held Glowworm against her. 
"hello....?" a dragon slowly stepped out of the tall grass. not from any tribe Freak had seen before. he had deep purple scales and silvery spines. he didnt seem to be afraid of Freaks unsettling form. "im sorry, im just lost.... do you have anything to eat...?" 
Freak relaxed slightly, and nodded a bit. "Stay here Glow," she patted the green dragonet and went to her bag on the river bank. she pulled out an apple and offered it to the young dragon across the river. "is this alright?" he nodded and took it carefully. "Whats your name little one...?" Freak smiled slightly and kept an eye on Glowworm. he was listening very intently. 
"my names Littlemoon... i- im a Dreamwing..." he wasnt sure he was supposed to tell people about that. he ate the apple quickly and stared into the water. he didnt think this strange dragon would hurt him. 
"my name is Freak... this is Glowworm," Freak smiled, relieved this dragon didnt seem horrified by her. Glow babbled softly and reached out to Littlemoon. the dreamwing seemed to relax and hopped over the narrow river. 
Glow squealed and laughed "liblemoooo!" he laughed and hugged onto Littlemoons leg. he had very good awareness for a completely blind dragonet. 
"hi Glowworm, arent you a sweetheart..." the dreamwing smiled and pet the dragonets head gently. he touched a thin scar on his own face. Littlemoon has scars all over himself too. he smiled softly at the dragonet and then looked up at Freak. "i can help take care of his scars if you want... i know how to keep them from re-opening." 
Freak nodded a little and smiled. "i would appreciate that... one on his jaw keeps bleeding when he eats..." 
"i can help fix it up... come on Glowworm, were going home..." Littlemoon nudged the dragonet gently and walked with him and Freak back to their nest. 
== Chapter Three: Spirits ==
Glowworm woke up at some point in the night and had wandered off. the woods are dark and quiet, with only the light of one half moon. he wandered around quietly, using his ears to navigate carefully. there are more dragons lurking in the forest quietly. Glow paused to listen, but his glowing scales gave him away in the dark.
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