Talons of Triumph

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I have found a way to edit on my computer! Yay!!!! Because of this, Talons of Triumph will go back to the normal updating routine on June 1. Thank you for your patience. -Fuzzydragonmagics 
I’m Fuzzydragonmagics, (username) and this is my book, Talons of Triumph. Please don’t edit, unless you have permission by me, or are fixing something. Most art is drawn by me, and if not, I will credit the artist who drew it. DO NOT: Steal any of my art, or trace it, mass edit, or add unnecessary things. 
Updates will be every other Friday, though it may be longer, because I am actively working on three other fanfics right now. (I know, I suck.)
This is my first fanfic I have ever written, so don’t hate on it, but feel free to give me advice, and tips to make it better. (Comments or My profile) 
 
===To Do List:===
-Character refs and pages 
-more info and lore 
-pictures/descriptions of side characters 
-more? (Suggest on my mw) 
=== Info ===
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Droustwings -WIP, will edit more in June 
Opal 
Amber
Alder
More..? (suggest in comments)
===Prologue===
A dragon was fleeing. I have to get to the gate. Once I escape, I’ll leave this horrible kingdom forever. Topaz thought, as she walked through the forest. Once I get to the golden gate I can leave. She reminded herself. Talons pounded on the ground, as soldiers searched for Topaz. Oh no. The dragon thought, as she started running. “ASHFALL?” She called into the darkness. No response. The soldiers were coming closer. “ASH!” No response. Topaz looked at her talon. One orange gem still glowed on it. Only one of them could leave. “I’m sorry Opal.” The gem grew dimmer, and faded to black. The egg vanished. Topaz turned around, and saw Ashfall. She was covered in scars. “Why?” Topaz asked. “It’s what an animus has to do to live here.” They said. “I’m sorry.” Ash flicked her talons, and everything went black.
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===1 - Opal===
7 years later.....
"YAAWWWNNNNN." Just another regular day. Opal got out of bed, and went downstairs. The sun was still rising outside her window. "Today seems like a good day for some early morning adventuring." Opal grabbed her satchel and left. Outside the air was crisp, and smelled of pine trees and dirt. Morning dew wet her claws as she went to the Golden Gate. As she came up to the glittering gate, she noticed there were less guards than usual. That's strange. Maybe something happened inside the city. Opal thought to herself. She stared up at the wall. Opal had always wanted to explore the city, but It was heavily guarded, so nobody could get in, or out. Opal watched the wall for a little, waiting to see if anything would happen. Suddenly, two guards carrying a smaller, thinner dragon flew up onto the top of the wall. They seemed to be talking about something, when suddenly, one of the guards pushed him off. That was stupid. Opal thought. Dragons can fly! But apparently, this one couldn't. As he was falling, Opal noticed this dragon didn't have any wings. I should save him! But actually, she couldn't. Technically, she was still on Droustwing territory. Opal would be captured if she acted now. Wait. The dragon hit the earth. It sounded like one of his bones cracked. The guards stuck around a little before leaving. Now was her chance. Opal ran over and looked at the dragon. They were fire red, and had red gems on their back, and tail. Where wings would be, there were only bony nubs. One of the dragon's legs was swollen and bleeding. 
Without thinking, Opal picked them up, and carried them back to her hill.
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=== 2 - Amber ===
Today was Amber's first day of school. First day of interacting with other dragons. Amber hated being social. She hated being around others..Because she could read minds. "We're here." Topaz' creaky voice brought her into reality. Amber looked up at the bowl-shaped building, her new school. She noticed It had two main doors, made out of wood, and some other material, probably metal. There were multiple windows, and banners were hung all over the building. It also looked like a giant bowl, but with a roof. "Well go on. I don't think they'd want me in the building." Topaz said. Before leaving, Topaz hugged her. Amber almost cried. I wish i could just stay in my room forever... As Amber was walking, thoughts of other dragonets rushed through her head. I wonder If i'll make any friends. I hope Sandiss isn't here... I need to punch someone. Ooh, a bird! I'm soo hungry. Pew Pew! Is that a hybrid?!...So many hybrids.. Amber clutched her head. Please stop... She wished she could say. She walked into the huge bowl, looking for her winglet. One, two, three, four, five! Amber stopped and looked at her roommates. A dark purple and yellow, Bauxscales stood in the corner, reading the newspaper. 2 Sandscales, that looked like twins, stood together, plotting something. Nice harmless dragon or suspicious evil dragons? She walked over to the Bauxscales. "Uh..What's your name? I'm Amber." She asked nervously. "I'm Bauxite!" They stared at me. "Ooh! Are you a hybrid?" "No!" I said quickly, backing away. "Don't worry, I won't tell." Bauxite whispered. I let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you." "We shoul-" "What are you guys doing here?!" A voice yelled. "Uh..Talking?" Bauxite answered. The dragon sighed. "Go to your dorms, it's getting late, and classes are early tommorow." "Who are you?" Amber asked. "I'm Specklescales." They answered before going to yell at another winglet.
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I tossed and turned in my sleep. Nightmares of Queen Zelia capturing her and another Droustwing stopped her from sleeping. I’ll go on a nighttime walk. I thought. It was the best way to get me to sleep, and it wasn’t too dark out either. I quietly snuck out the window, trying not to waking up my winglet. I walked down the cold streets into the poorer part of North Droust City. At some point, I saw an abandoned house with lights on, and shadows of dragons in the windows. That’s strange. I thought. What broken down building has dragons in it? I walked up to the window, and warm thoughts flooded my mind. Eek! A spider! I hope the soldiers don’t find us... Nobody wants me. OMG THE FLAMES OF HOPE IS OUT!! Yummmm... a cookie! I kinda like this dragon.. I wonder what hybrid she is.. Wow. This place is amazing! I’m so glad Alder brought me here...Me, Opal... I remembered something... Topaz, crying on the bed, holding a picture of a dragon... an opalscales... I peered closer into the window, and saw that same dragon, talking with a fire-red hybrid. Who are you? I wondered. 
I shivered, and decided to walk back to my dorm, wondering if I’d ever get any sleep that night. 
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=== 3 - Opal ===
Opal woke up to a scream. "Ugh.. Stupid birds..." Opal muttered as she walked downstairs. "Who are you?!" The panicked red dragon screamed. Oh right. I thought. "Hi, I'm Opal, and this is my den!" "..That doesn't answer my question." They said. "But whatever. I'm Alder." They got up and stretched, limping out the door. "Wait!" I called. "Where are you going?" "To the Golden Gate. Where else would I be going?" They snarled. An idea popped into my head. “Take me with you.” “What?” He paused and looked at me like I said Darkstalker was back. “Take me with you.” I repeated. “No. Never. Someone like you would be captured by the guards as soon as you stepped into the city!” “So? It’s my home. I belong there.” “No.” I growled. “FINE! IF YOU’RE TOO BUSY TO TAKE ME, ILL GO MYSELF!” I flew away. Why doesn’t anyone want me to go into the city. It's my home! I stared up at the huge gate, wondering how to climb up there. “Wait!” Alder limped over to me. “I’ll take you.” He looked away. “I’ve lost more than a few people to them. I shouldn’t lose you too.” Who did you lose? I would of asked that, but he got up, so I followed him. Eventually we got to the Starlit forest, where the trees grew so close together, you couldn’t see the sky. Huge rainbow mushrooms glowed, and fireflies flew around us, lighting the way. “Why do you even want to come here?” Alder asked. “To explore!” I roared. “Really? You’d be suprised how boring Northern Droust is.” I stepped over a glowing frog. “Maybe to learn too...I’ve never been to school.” “Besides,” I said, touching a glowing worm. “School is where you make all of your friends.” We walked through a crumbling wall, covered with glowy plants. “Why are we going here?” I asked, changing the subject. “You’ll see.” Alder stopped at a huge oak tree, that grew above the other trees, and let moonlight in, showing a door in the base of the tree. It blended in well, so you could barely see it. Alder opened the door, revealing a small tunnel inside it. “This way.” He said, and descended down the dirt stairs. “And close the door behind you!” He called. I closed it, and went down into the darkness.
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When I emerged from the tunnel, I smelled worse than a rotting carcass that a skunk sprayed. Alder had never told me that the secret tunnel entrance was just the sewers. Also, the walk was long and took us most of the afternoon. How does Alder do this every day? I wondered. “Come on, we’re almost there.” He said. We walked through the mostly empty city, but encountered some guards here and there, but after a while we got to a abandoned house. “We’re here.” “Where is this?” We walked up to the door, and Alder knocked a complicated password. “This,” he started. “Is the home of Droust Hybrids.” I stepped into the building. Hybrids and Tribrid dragonets of all the tribes played with eachother, while the adults ate, and talked. “This is where you live?” I asked. “Kind of.” He said. “All of the Droustwing Hybrids, Tribrids, and the few Quadbrids in this part of the city live here.” I looked around in awe. “How does everyone fit here? How many people are here? Can we explore the town tomorrow? How do you-“ Alder sighed. “It’s getting late. You should take a shower.” He said. I’d have to wait until tomorrow to get some answers. “Alright. Where-“ “Downstairs, to the right. My room is upstairs, you can sleep up there until we get a room for you.” He walked towards the table, but I stopped him. “Alder, I just wanted to thank you for..Taking me here. This city is beautiful!” He laughed. “It’s not, at least it isn’t while Queen Zelia is ruling.” He coughed. 
“Seriously, go take a bath, you stink.” He smiled, and walked off. 
sorry this chapter was so long :/
=== 4 -Amber ===
I laid awake in my bed, trying to go to sleep. I heard distant talking in the hallway, and decided to eavesdrop. I have nothing better to do anyway.. I thought. I peeked into the hallway, and two figures chatted outside. "I swear, there was something...Someone in that building." One said. "Ha!" One laughed. "That was probably a ghost, nothing to worry about." Talons tapped on the rock, and another dragon stepped into the light. "What are you two doing here?" They snapped. "Just talking! Mind your business Speckle, don't you have some students to yell at?" They teased. Specklescales growled. "You're supposed to be outside, watching for hybrids." What hybrids? I wondered. Speckle slithered closer to the two, her green glow illuminating the dark hall. "If I catch you here again, I will write a letter to headmaster Krystallos, and you will be fired." She stalked away, a triumphant smile on her face. The guards slithered away, murmuring curses. I didn't hear anything else, so i went back to my bed, stressing about tomorrow.
=== 5-Opal ===
"Wake up sleepy-scales!" Someone threw the covers off my bed. "Hey!" I growled, stumbling out to see who had awakened me. "Wake up!" Alder stood in front of me, his firey-orange red scales glowing in the growing sunlight. "We're going somewhere. Come on." I rubbed my eyes, and trudged down the stairs. "Where are we going?" I asked, as we walked outside. The sun was still rising. "And why so early?" I said. "We're going somewhere special.” Alder said. “Are we going to kidnap the queen? Are we going to re-unite the droustwing cities? Are-“ “None of those things.” He replied. Yet. I thought. “Follow me, and put this on.” He said, handing her a black cloak. “Why do I have to wear this?” I asked. “It’s sunrise, this won’t help at all!” Alder opened the door and walked outside. “It’ll make us less noticeable.” Yeah right. I thought. We walked around the city, mostly using the back alleyways to get around. We passed many beautiful shops, most of which had signs of the queen, holding a hybrid’s head. I tried to ignore them. “Why does Queen Zelia hate hybrids so much?” I asked. “I don’t know. I hatched right after she made that rule.” We passed town square, and I glimpsed a giant statue of Zelia, cutting someone’s head off. “Whatever the reason is, it must be pretty bad.” Alder stopped in front of a giant bowl shaped building, with many banners showing the queen on them. “Why are we here?” I asked. 
“We’re going to sneak you into the school.” Alder said with a grin.
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“I don’t think this is the best idea.” I muttered, growling as a cow stepped on my tail. “It isn’t the best,” Alder said as he, swatted a fly. “But I didn’t have any better ones.” I crashed into another cow as the prey cart rolled into the back of the building. “3..2..1...” Alder counted. “Now!” He whisper-shouted. We both hopped out of the cart, rolling behind some boxes. We snuck past the many cooks, cows, goats, seals, and dragons before we went out the door, into the basement hallway. “Alright.” Alder said. “We’re here, in the basement, and we need to get here, the entrance door.” Alder continued, pointing to a map. I sighed. “How do you know there’ll be two empty spots for two odd dragonets like us?” I hissed. “I don’t.” He winked at me, doing his annoying smile. I blushed a bit. We crept up the wooden stairs, wincing when they creaked loudly, and freezing at quieter moments. Alder clutched the map in his claws, itt covered with sweat. Yuck. We were now in the back of the building, filled with an indoor pool, and extra classes surrounding it. A door labeled ‘garden’ stood to our right. We snuck through it, now in the garden. I could see the darker blobs of dragons and their parents entering the building. “There.” I pointed, Alder looking up from a patch of crystal scales. (Flower) We crouched down to the ground, and slowly crawling towards the entry gates. As we got closer, we stood up, and tried to look like we belonged there. As we got closer to the person checking in people at the gate, I started to worry. What if we get caught? What if we go to jail? What if we get killed? What if we get arrested? Why are we even here? Well, that was a wonder, but-“Name?” A dull voice interrupted. 
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