Ice of Night

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BTW Animus magic still works in this fanfiction.
Queens:
MudWings: Queen Moorhen
SandWings: Queen Thorn
SkyWings: Queen Ruby
SeaWings: Queen Coral
RainWings and NightWings: Queen Glory
IceWings: Queen Aurora
HiveWings: Queen Jewel
SilkWings: No ruler yet
LeafWings: Queen Hazel
== Prologue ==
"WHAT?!" Her roar could have brought the three moons all crashing down. "I'm a much better dragon than Shard! And another queen choosing her successor?! I could already feel respect for our tribe plummeting!"
The dragons around the IceWing seemed terrified, but one spoke up. "We tried our best, Princess Shard, but ormer Queen Snowfall was determined to chose Aurora as queen."
"Don't even mention her name around me!" Shard spat. "She is a disgrace to the royal family. A scab, and I've been waiting for years to kill her as queen. And now she is the queen?!"
"We know you are the rightful queen," The brave IceWing protested. "I'm just saying we tried hard."
Shard shot a blast of frostbreath that he just managed to duck. "I don't care, Iceberg. You didn't try hard enough. She whipped her head around to face the other IceWings around her. "Threaten her. Report back to me tomorrow. If she agrees, make her sign this contract. If she doesn't, tell her she has two days to live."
Iceberg shakily reached up and took the rolled up scroll form the princess' talons.
He gathered three dragons, and then took off towards the palace. Shard's voice rang louder and louder in his head.
I'm following a viper. I am helping a monster rising to power. I am helping her kill my queen. But I am saving my family too... And is she really my queen? I mean, Aurora was chosen by Snowfall...
A day after...
"Well?" Shard demanded. "What did my dumb sister say?" 
"Q- Aurora said no." Iceberg reported, trying to not make his voice tremble "She threatened us back and had her guards kick us out of the castle. She forbid us to come back to her palace."
Shard roared with fury and smashed her tail into the wall, causing a small avalanche of chunks of snow.
She narrowed her eyes at Iceberg. "So she refused? I guess we'll have to do it the hard way then."
== Chapter 1 ==
Splash!
"There we go!" Cloud grabbed the trout by its tail and pinned it on the nearby stone. The trout wriggled around for a while, before lying still on the stone.
Cloud finally mastered fishing. It was harder for her, because her pale blue and yellow scales made it very easy to alert the fish that she was there. 
Cloud didn't care one bit that she was half SandWing. Sear and Quartz weren't bothered by the fact that she was a hybrid, so neither should she be.
"Cloud, is that you?" A voice behind her made her jump. A male IceWing was standing there, watching Cloud fish.
"Great uncle Winter! What a surprise! Heh..." Cloud trailed off, noticing at the expression on his face. "Is something wrong?"
Winter rubbed his temples. "How do I explain this... There is a... problem back in the IceWing kingdom. A crisis. Tsunami sent me to tell you that you are excused from your classes for I while. I shall escort you back to the ice kingdom."
The two IceWings flew in silence for a long time. 
"What happened?" Cloud dared to ask. I hope nobody was hurt...
Winter cringed at the question. "I'm not allowed to tell you anything." He finally said. "And I couldn't, even if I want to. Mink just told me to get you here."
Cloud instantly stiffened when Mink was mentioned, and nearly lost the air current under her wings. If grandmother was involved, this must be important. 
As soon as her talons touched the ground, Cloud dashed into the IceWing palace, and burst into the throne room, and she didn't pay any attention where she was stepping. 
Crunch.
The soft snap made Cloud froze. She slowly looked down and suppressed a scream. She had accidentally stepped on a bone. 
Suddenly, laughter was heard on the other side of the room. Cloud turned and found her aunt, Aurora, sitting on the throne and laughing at her.
"What's so funny?" Cloud demanded. "I just stepped on a corpse!" 
"It's not a corpse!" Aurora giggled, slapping her talon on her knee. "It was just some bones of the seal left over from my lunch."
Cloud looked around in confusion. "Where is great aunt Snowfall?" She is the one who usually sits on the IceWing throne, not her daughter. 
"She- no one -" Cloud stammered. Did Aurora challenge the Queen? I thought she didn't even want the throne. Three moons, what is happening? 
Aurora's smile slipped off her face like melting snow. "I'm terribly afraid, that I have very bad news." She sighed, took a deep breath, then continued. "This may be very devastating for you. Your great aunt had...died. Queen Snowfall of the IceWings is dead."
== Chapter 2 ==
"She couldn't have!" Cloud dropped to the cold floor of the palace. Her heart sank to the tip of her tail as she her brain analyzed this news. "Great Aunt is amazing and hasan army of loyal IceWings and animus-touched objects! How could anyone have assassinated her?!"
Aurora cleared her throat. "Actually, Mother wasn't assassinated. She died of a heart attack." 
"WHAT?!" Cloud's head felt like a glacier was trying to go into her head through her ears. "Who's going to be Queen now then?"
"Your aunt Aurora is." A voice sounded from the doorway, and Cloud whipped her head around to see Mink standing regally outside the door. "Queen Snowfall decreed that no one will fight and Aurora will be the queen." She opened her wings majestically. "And her decision is final. We are gathering all the royal IceWing family and we are going to share this news with everyone."
"That is so weird." Cloud scrunched up her snout. "Another queen choosing her successor?"
Aurora's eyes widened and Mink's jaw dropped. "Cloudburst!" She scolded her. "That is so rude to say something like that."
Uh oh. Whenever her family members used her full name, that means she did something bad and is in big trouble.
"I think she is 110% correct." A sneering voice said, as Princess Shard of the IceWings slowly walked into the throne room. "Another queen acting like that? What a shame. Mother could have been a great queen."
"She always was!" There was a voice Cloud haven't expected. Crystal, the former queen's sister ran into the throne room and jabbed a talon at Shard, her spikes rattling on her back. "She did it to protect the IceWings from having a tyrant as queen like you!"
"Who are you to talk?!" Shard snarled. "You married a MudWing. What a disgrace! The only ones who shouldn't be queen is that Cloud and your dragonet!" She looked smug at the expression of hurt on Crystal's face.
All of the royal families were here now. Gaspes rose around the court. No one was this disrespectful to an elder, let alone the queen's sister.
"Well, Aurora is going to be the new Queen of the IceWings and that is final!" Mink roared over the argueing. "Now everybody out!"
Shard glared at Mink, turned to hiss at Crystal one more time, and left the throne room, without bowing to the new queen. Her tail swished and nearly smashed Cloud in the face, but she didn't seem to care.
Cloud blinked, trying not to cry as she shot out of the throne room and near the closest exit. How could the amazing Queen Snowfall die?!
She didn't even notice as she tail barb with some IceWing spikes nearly stabbed a passing IceWing. Cloud didn't think her cared.
"HEY! You could've killed me with that thing!" OF course he did. Cloud sighed, and turned around to face the new dragon. He was light aqua with spots of white speckled across his lithe body. He looked more like a SeaWing without their glow-in-the-dark scales.
"Sorry," Cloud grumbled. "I was in a hurry to get out of the palace."
The unfamiliar IceWing tilted his head to look at her closely. "Princess Cloud?" He asked, recognizing her. "Why are you out here?"
Cloud sighed. Nosy dragon. She already disliked this dragon, and she had only met him for one minute. "Didn't you hear?" She said impatiently. "Queen Snowfall died. I'm going back to Jade Mountain."
"Okay..." He said. "But guess what? I'm also going to Jade Mountain!"
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