The Unforgettable Past

The Unforgettable Past
https://wingsoffirefanon.fandom.com/wiki/Nightscale_Xavier_Dunick#Updated
The version of Nightscale this uses^
(Very sorry if Thorn acts differently than in the books, I did my best)
Snowleaf woke up groggily and groaned. Uuuuuuuugh. She thought. Mornings… Why are they a thing… She stood up, almost falling over and walked over to the back door, and out into the garden, she had lived here her whole life and had planted some coffea plants outside several years ago. She sighed and picked some coffee beans, eating them whole. There was a knock at the door. She walked over to it and opened it, her brother, Blizzard was standing there.
“Hey sis.” He said.
“Blizzy!” Snowleaf cried happily, hugging him. “I thought you had to work today.”
“They gave me the morning off.” Blizzard smiled. “So I thought I would come see you, how are you doing.”
Snowleaf shrugged. “Okay, just woke up a few minutes ago. I’m gonna go for a walk in the forest, wanna come?”
“No thanks, I have plans today.” Blizzard replied. “Going out with a few friends from work before we head to work.”
Snowleaf nodded. “Being a ranger sure is a busy job isn’t it?”
“Unfortunately it is.” Blizzard replied. “I’ll see you this evening, meet me at my place.”
“Yup! Of course!” Snowleaf smiled. “Bye Bliz!”
“Bye sis.” Blizzard hugged her before flying away.
Snowleaf hugged back before going outside, closing the door behind her and walking towards the forest.
Snowleaf reached the edge of the forest and smiled, it was one of her favorite places to go, to get away from all the loud annoying dragons of Possibility.
She started to walk through the forest happily, enjoying the silence. She opened her wings and started gently flying through the forest.
She landed in a clearing and looked around, walking through the forest.
“LOOK OUT!” A voice screamed.
Snowleaf looked up, and saw a pure black dragon with glowing blue eyes and a Sandwing tail barb flying towards her, he seemed to not be a very good flyer. He crashed right into her. “S-Sorry…” He stood up slowly. “Ow.”
“WATCH IT!” Snowleaf snapped, getting up.
“Okay okay jeez! I said I was sorry!” The dragon responded nervously, he seemed to be starving, and was covered in scratches and gashes. He tried to walk but his leg gave out from under him and he fell.
“You’re hurt we need to get you to a hospital.” Snowleaf told him.
“No… I’m fine.” The dragon coughed before passing out.
Snowleaf sighed and picked him up, draping him over her back. She started walking towards the edge of the forest. “You’ll be okay.” She walked quickly, despite the weight of the dragon on her back. Guess working out every day is paying off. She thought
She got to the healers and walked in. “I found this dragon in the forest, he’s half dead.”
Two Rainwings ran over and took him from her.
“He’ll be okay, thank you for bringing him to us.” One of them said.
The dragon woke up “Where am I?” he asked frantically.
Snowleaf only then noticed his Sandwing tail barb and the few starscales on the underside of his wings.
He looked at her. “Are you okay? You’re staring.”
Snowleaf looked up. “Oh yeah I’m fine.”
The dragon sighed. “So hungry… Starving…” He looked at Snowleaf. “Who are you?”
Snowleaf blinked. “My… My name is Snowleaf.”
“I’m Nightscale.” The dragon replied with a weak smile.
The Rainwings carried him away into a back room.
Snowleaf sat down against the wall. I don’t know who that is, but I hope he’ll be okay. She thought.
Snowleaf sat for what felt like hours before Nightscale came out, covered in bandage wrap.
“Snowleaf.” He said walking up to her.
Snowleaf stood up. “You’re okay!”
Nightscale hugged her. “Thank you.”
Snowleaf stood there, surprised and confused. “No-No problem.”
Nightscale pulled away. “Well… See you around.” He turned to leave.
“Wait.” Snowleaf said.
Nightscale turned back. “Yeah?”
Snowleaf looked down. “Me and my brother are gonna be hanging out this evening… Maybe… You could join us?”
Nightscale smiled. “That sounds great.”
“Meet me in front of this building and I’ll show you the way to his place.” Snowleaf said, smiling. “Where’s your house?”
Nightscale looked down. “I don’t have one, I sleep in the trees.”
Snowleaf’s eyes widened slightly. “Uh… Okay.”
Nightscale smiled weakly. “Yeah… I hatched in The Kingdom Of Sand, when I was one I ran away. Lived in the forest ever since.”
“How old are you?” Snowleaf asked.
“Like… I think six.” Nightscale replied. “So been living on my own for five years.
Snowleaf looked at him. “Wow… That sucks… I’m seven just so you know.”
Nightscale smiled. “It’s good to meet you Snowleaf.”
“Good to meet you too.” Snowleaf replied.
Snowleaf waited outside the healers building that evening.
Nightscale ran up. “Sorry I’m late.”
“It’s fine.” Snowleaf replied. “Ready to go?”
Nightscale nodded. “Yeah.”
Snowleaf and Nightscale started walking towards Blizzards house.
“You know…” Snowleaf sighed. “Apart from my brother, you’re my first real friend.”
Nightscale looked shocked. “Really?”
Snowleaf nodded sadly. “Yeah… You are…”
Nightscale put a wing around her. “Well I don’t think I’ve really had any since running away… No friends, though no siblings either.” He sighed sadly. “It’s been lonely.”
Snowleaf looked at him sadly. “Well, we have each other now, plus Blizzard.”
Nightscale smiled. “Yeah. Snowleaf thank you, really. I mean it.”
Snowleaf smiled back. “Thank you too.”
They reached Blizzards place and Snowleaf knocked on the door.
Blizzard opened it. “Hey sis.”
Nightscale waved. “Hi.”
“Hey, who are you?” Blizzard asked confusedly.
“I’m Nightscale.” Nightscale replied.
“I’m Blizzard, Snowleafs brother.” Blizzard replied. “Are you like a date or something?”
Snowleaf shook her head. “No! Of course not!”
Blizzard laughed. “I’m just messing with you sis.”
Snowleaf slapped him playfully. “Wow.”
Nightscale smiled. “So what exactly are we doing?”
“Well we were gonna work out but you seem to be in no shape for that.” Blizzard replied.
“Living in the forest on your own for five years of your life when you can’t hunt really does that to you.” Nightscale said. “I ended up eating a lot of grass when I couldn’t catch any fish.”
“That doesn’t sound fun.” Blizzard frowned. “You must be pretty tough to still be alive.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment.” Nightscale laughed.
Blizzard and Snowleaf laughed. “So what should we do?” Snowleaf asked.
Nightscale shrugged. “For starters… I’m starving.”
Blizzard laughed. “‘Kay I’ll get you something to eat, I think we have some fruit on the trees outback.
“Nice!” Nightscale said excitedly. “What kind?”
“Surprisingly enough, mango trees!” Snowleaf replied.
Nightscale’s eyes widened. “Really?”
Blizzard nodded. “It was just a sapling when I moved in.”
“Wow, that’s cool!” Nightscale gasped.
Blizzard went inside. “Come on in!”
Nightscale and Snowleaf followed him in.
“So Blizzard what do you do for a living?” Nightscale asked.
They followed him to the back door and stood as Blizzard started picking some mangoes.
“I’m a ranger.” Blizzard replied. “It’s a busy job, but it’s a good job.”
Nightscale nodded. “Nice, I’m gonna need to get a job, unless I just get all my food and whatnot myself.”
“We could help you build a house!” Snowleaf said excitedly.
Nightscale smiled at that. “Really? That sounds great!”
“Yeah!” Snowleaf replied with a smile. He’s nice… Maybe we’ll fall in love. She gave a slight smile at the thought.
Blizzard walked up to them with a pile of mangoes, handing them each three.
“Thanks Blizzy.” Snowleaf smiled, biting into one.
Nightscale took his three. “Thanks.” And started eating them quickly.
“Wow, you’re hungry.” Blizzard commented.
“Mhm… It’s good to have some proper food..” Nightscale replied. “Thank you both, really.”
Snowleaf smiled. “No problem, now we just need to work you out, get you some muscles.”
“What?” Nightscale said.
“Get your body in gear! Work out! Come on it’ll be fun!” Snowleaf replied excitedly.
Nightscale raised an eyebrow. “So I can become dreamy like you?” He asked before putting a talon over his mouth.
Snowleaf held back a blush. “Yes.”
Blizzard looked between them, and eyebrow raised. “Hm.”
Nightscale looked at him. “What?”
Blizzard shook his head. “Nothing.”
Snowleaf blinked. “What just happened.”
“Nothing nothing, just me thinking.” Blizzard replied. “Come on let’s get started.” He picked up some rocks that were carved into odd shapes.
Nightscale looked at them. “Uh… What do I do with these?”
Snowleaf laughed. “You lift them, over and over again.” Snowleaf picked some up herself. “You’ll get to the fancy stuff later.”
Nightscale looked at one, put a talon around it and lifted it with a slight grunt. “Wow that’s heavy…”
“Not really, though for you… yeah.” Snowleaf commented. “You’ll get used to it.”
“Okay.” Nightscale replied, lifting it again.
Blizzard looked out the window. “Darnit, night shift is starting pretty soon, gotta go.”
“Aw really?” Snowleaf asked.
Blizzard grabbed a few things and walked out the door. “Yeah, sorry… See you tomorrow, and Nightscale will I be seeing you too?”
Nightscale looked at him. “Probably.”
“‘Kay, see you then!” Blizzard replied cheerfully before flying off.
Snowleaf looked at Nightscale. “Where are you gonna sleep tonight?”
Nightscale shrugged. “In the forest probably, like usual.”
Snowleaf looked down. “You can sleep at my place if you want, I have some spare blankets you can sleep on.”
Nightscale’s face brightened. “Really? Th-Thank you!”
Snowleaf smiled. “No problem.” Maybe… Just maybe… I might sleep on the floor with him… She shook her head.
“You alright?” Nightscale asked.
Snowleaf nodded. “I’m fine don’t worry.”
Nightscale put the rock down and fell over. “Okay I can’t do this anymore.”
Snowleaf laughed. “Wanna head back to my place?”
Nightscale smiled. “Sounds good.”
They left Blizzard’s place and started walking towards Snowleafs.
“Nightscale, you seem like a great guy, you’re part of the family.” Snowleaf said, looking at the ground.
Nightscale smiled. “You seem nice too.”
Snowleaf pushed down a blush. Maybe this will be something…
They reached her place and she opened the door. “Welcome to my house.”
Snowleaf walked in, with Nightscale following close behind.
Snowleaf walked over to a box and opened it pulling out a bag of coins. “You should get a place of your own, the house down the way is being sold so… Maybe you could buy it I’ll pay.”
Nightscale took the bag. “R-Really? Snowleaf thank you!” Nightscale cheered, hugging her.
“We can go by tomorrow.” Snowleaf smiled. “It’s the least I can do.”
Nightscale pulled away, wiping tears from his eyes. “Why are you doing all of this for me?”
“Because I’m a nice dragoness, unless I’m mad, then you may want to not be near me.” Snowleaf replied. “I’ll get the blankets.” She walked out of the room, rummaging through some bins. “Aha.” She said as she found them. She walked back out and laid them on the floor. “Here.”
Nightscale flopped onto them sleepily. “Thanks Snowy, if you don’t mind me calling you that.”
Snowleaf smiled. “You can call me that if you want.” She walked into her room and closed the door. “Goodnight.”
“Goodnight Snowy.” Nightscale replied.
Snowleaf laid down in her bed, got under the blanket and stared at the ceiling. He’s handsome… Those glowing blue eyes… She gave a slight sigh. It’s good to be doing something helpful. She curled up and fell asleep softly.
Snowleaf woke from a series of odd dreams. Rg… She walked out of her room, and saw Nightscale laying there, still sleeping. She smiled and stepped over him.
She walked out into the back, and picked some coffee beans, eating them whole and shaking her head slightly at the bitterness, waking up.
She walked back inside, and sat down next to Nightscale, she reached over to wake him up but instead just sat there, gazing at him. He’s so peaceful… She smiled and shook him awake.
“Five more minutes.” Nightscale said sleepily.
“Nightscale, wake up.” Snowleaf said, giving him another gentle shake.
Nightscale opened an eye. “Five more minutes.” He repeated.
Snowleaf shook her head. “Wake up.”
“Fine...” Nightscale sat up and stretched, looking over at Snowleaf with a sleepy smile. “Good morning.”
Snowleaf smiled. “Good morning! Ready to go get you a house?”
Nightscale sat up straighter. “Oh yeah! I forgot!”
“Sounds like a yes to me.” Snowleaf laughed.
Nightscale through his wings around her. “Thank you, really.”
Snowleaf smiled at the touch of his scales and hugged him back. “It’s no problem, really.” She stood up.
Nightscale stood up as well, giving a slight grunt of pain from his scratches. “So where is the place.”
“Follow me.” Snowleaf said, going outside and starting to walk down the street with Nightscale close behind.
They neared the end of the block and Snowleaf walked up to a door, knocking on it.
A SeaWing opened the door. “Yes?”
Nightscale stepped up. “We would like to buy this house. Or I would anyway.”
The SeaWing’s face brightened up. “Come on in!”
Nightscale and Snowleaf went inside and sat down.
The SeaWing sat across from them. “It’s about time someone bought this place! Aw sorry, I didn’t introduce myself! My name is Wavesplash.”
Nightscale smiled. “Hi, I’m Nightscale.”
“We’ve met before.” Snowleaf said.
“Yup, you’re the angry dragoness who lives down the street named Snowleaf.” Wavesplash said.
Snowleaf chuckled. “Yup.”
“How much are you charging for this place?” Nightscale asked.
“Well… since I’ve been waiting forever, I’ll give it to you for three hundred coins.” Wavesplash replied.
Snowleaf pulled out an emerald. “How about this.”
Wavesplash’s eyes widened. “Fifty coins and that.”
Snowleaf handed him a pouch and the emerald. “There you go Nightscale, you finally have a house of your own that isn’t a tree.”
Wavesplash smiled. “See you around Snowleaf.” And walked out of the house, flying away.
Nightscale looked around. “This place is nice.”
Snowleaf nodded. “Yeah, it is. Well I’ll let you get used to the place, I’m heading home.”
“Bye Snowy!” Nightscale said happily.
Snowleaf left and started walking down the street when she heard a hiss and a cry. She looked over and saw two SkyWings stepping forwards towards a scared looking SeaWing.
She walked over to one of the SkyWings and punched them across the face.
The SkyWing yelped in pain. “Where did you come from?”
“Down the street.” Snowleaf growled, punching him again.
The other SkyWing pounced at her and she slid under him, scratching his belly.
The SkyWing fell to the ground, screeching in pain. Snowleaf walked over to him, and drove her fist down on his head, knocking him out.
She felt something touching her tail, and look over just in time to see the other SkyWing tear out her tail spikes.
She roared in pain, opening her mouth and releasing a rush of frostbreath, freezing him.
She looked at her tail, which was covered in blood. She brushed a tear out of her eye at the excruciating pain. She looked at it horrified and looked behind her as the other Skywing began to wake up.
Nightscale suddenly ran in, and shot the SkyWing straight in the face with a jet of black flame. “Leave her alone.” He snarled.
The SkyWing screeched in pain, rearing up on his hind legs, and released fire down on Nightscale, who had ducked and rolled out of the way.
Nightscale stood up panting. “I’m… Not a… Fighter…”
Snowleaf reared up on her front legs and flipped onto the SkyWings back, shooting a jet of frostbreath on his neck.
The Skywing screeched and went limp.
Snowleaf fell to the ground. “My tail…” she whimpered. “Ow… It hurts… So much…”
Nightscale reached out his talon. “Let’s get you to a healer.”
Snowleaf grabbed his talon and stood up, yelping in pain as her tail touched the ground.
They walked towards the healing center.
“How did… you know I was in trouble?” Snowleaf asked.
“I heard you roar in pain.” Nightscale replied. “What were you thinking? Taking on two SkyWing terrorists?”
The SeaWing suddenly ran up to them. “Thank you.”
Snowleaf smiled. “I wanted to help him.” She looked at the SeaWing.
Blizzard flew in and landed with a RainWing and a SandWing. “What happened?”
“Snowleaf here challenged two Skywing terrorists.” Nightscale gestured back at the two dead SkyWings.
“Those two are incredibly wanted! Sis what were you thinking?” Blizzard cried.
Snowleaf smiled. “Being amazing as usual.”
The SandWing and Rainwing ran to the Skywings.
They reached the healing center and Blizzard opened the door, holding it open for both of them. “You could’ve waited for me and the others.” He commented.
The Rainwings in the center ran to Snowleafs side, taking her to a back room.
Blizzard sat down, exasperated. “What was she thinking?”
Nightscale put a wing around Blizzard. “She’ll be fine. You should get back to work.”
Blizzard nodded and left the healing center, flying towards the scene.
Snowleaf was laid in a bed, and the RainWings started to bandage up her tail.
“How did you even get this injury?” One asked.
“I… attacked two SkyWing terrorists…” Snowleaf replied.
“You mean… Scorch and the one with the odd name? Hotrock or something like that?” The other asked.
“Yes…” Snowleaf sighed.
“You’re insane.” The first one said.
“Very.” The second one agreed. “Want a sleep dart?”
Snowleaf nodded. “Yes please…”
The first RainWing stood up and grabbed a dart off the table. “This will sting a bit.” and gently punctured one of Snowleafs scales with it.
“Thank you…” Snowleaf said as everything started to spin. She passed out.
When Snowleaf woke up, Nightscale was sitting in the corner, leaning against the wall.
Snowleaf looked at him dreamily. “Hi.”
Nightscale stood up from his attractive position and rushed over to her. “You’re awake!”
Snowleaf nodded and tried to sit up, but Nightscale stopped her. “Don’t sit up, you lost a lot of blood.”
Snowleaf sighed. “Will I be okay?”
Nightscale nodded. “You just need some rest.”
“Okay… Thanks for the rescue by the way.” Snowleaf said, holding down a blush.
The SeaWing from the scene walked in. “Hello?”
Nightscale and Snowleaf looked back over.
“Oh hi.” Nightscale said.
“I just wanted to say thank you and that my name’s Zander.” The SeaWing said.
Snowleaf smiled. “I’m Snowleaf.”
“And I’m Nightscale.” Nightscale replied with a grin.
“Nice to meet both of you.” Zander said with a bow. “I’m just curious… Why did you risk your life for me Snowleaf?”
Snowleaf shrugged. “I’m not entirely sure… Just wanted to help I guess.”
Zander walked up to her bed and hugged her. “Thank you, really.”
Snowleaf smiled. “No problem, well… Big problem but you know what I mean.”
Zander and Nightscale laughed.
“I can’t stay, just wanted to come say hello, see you both around.” Zander said with a bow. He turned and walked out.
Snowleaf then noticed that he had bands up all four of his legs, covered in gems and jewels. “Hm.”
“What is it?” Nightscale asked.
“I wonder if he’s part of the royal family.” Snowleaf commented.
“But what would he be doing here?” Nightscale asked.
“I dunno…” Snowleaf replied with a shrug.
A RainWing walked in.
“Jeez this place is like a post office.” Nightscale joked.
The RainWing looked at Snowleaf. “How you feelin’?” He asked.
“Okay…” Snowleaf responded. “Dizzy.”
The Rainwing nodded. “You lost a lot of blood yesterday.”
“Wait that was yesterday?” Snowleaf asked.
“Yup, and Nightscale here came in as soon as we said he could, and stayed here the whole time.” The RainWing replied.
Snowleaf smiled. “Really?”
“Of course! I wouldn’t leave a friend behind.” Nightscale smiled.
Snowleaf felt tears stinging the edges of her eyes in happiness. Wow… This is amazing…
Nightscale smiled again. “I’m just glad you’re awake.” He said “I have to go, but I’ll see you later.” He bent down and kissed her on the forehead gently before turning and walking away.
Snowleaf sighed as he left and let out a massive blush.
“I think he might like you.” The RainWing commented. “We’re getting some blood ready, we’ll give you some and you’ll be on your way.”
“Thank you.” Snowleaf said.
“No problem.” the RainWing smiled, leaving the room.
Snowleaf sighed happily. Nightscale is so amazing… When will I tell him I love him…
She laid there, thinking about Nightscale until the RainWing returned with a syringe and a small bag filled with blood. “A lovely SeaWing donated this just now.”
Snowleaf nodded and held out her arm.
The RainWing nodded and inserted the syringe in her arm, the blood slowly draining out of the bag.
Snowleaf waited for him to finish.
“Thank you so much.” She said when he finished and removed the needle. She stood up.
“Come back if you start getting frequent dizzy spells.” The RainWing replied. “But in the meantime, you can go.”
She walked out of the backroom and out of the healing center.
She looked around for Nightscale or Zander but neither of them were anywhere to be seen.
She started walking towards her place, humming softly.
Someone tapped her on the shoulder and she whirled around, punching them.
It was her father. “Ow.” he said.
Snowleaf gasped. “I am so sorry!”
Her Father laughed. “It’s fine, I should know better then to sneak up on you.”
Snowleaf hugged her Father. “Where’s Mom?”
“She’s coming.” Her Father replied. “We heard what happened.”
Snowleaf smiled. “Yeah…”
Her Father wrapped his wings around her. “That was a very dangerous thing you did. You know that right?”
Snowleaf nodded. “I wanted to help that SeaWing.”
Her Father smiled. “Me and your Mother expect nothing less from you. Who was that other dragon that was there?”
“That was Nightscale.” Snowleaf replied. “I found him in the forest, he was homeless so I helped him out a bit.”
Snowleafs Mother flew in and landed, wrapping her arms around Snowleaf. “Oh thank goodness you’re alright!”
Snowleaf smiled. “Mom!”
“That was crazy what you did.” Snowleafs Mother said sternly.
“I know…” Snowleaf replied.
Her Mother hugged her. “But it was also amazing!”
Snowleaf smiled and hugged her Mother.
Nightscale walked over. “Oh hey Snowy!”
Snowleaf grinned. “Nightscale!”
Nightscale looked between Snowleafs parents. “I’m assuming you’re Snowleafs parents?”
Snowleafs Mother hugged him. “Thank you for saving our daughter.”
Nightscale blinked. “Um… You’re welcome?”
Snowleafs Mother pulled away. “Really though, thank you so much.”
Snowleafs Father nodded at Nightscale. “Good to meet you Nightscale.”
Nightscale smiled. “She’s a friend, I would do anything for her.”
Snowleafs Father nodded. “I wish we could stay but we must go.”
Snowleafs Mother agreed. “Very sorry.”
They both flew off.
“Your parents are nice.” Nightscale said.
Snowleaf smiled. “They are. What are your parents like?”
Nightscale sighed and shrugged. “I don’t know them very well… You know, since I ran away when I was one and all.”
Snowleaf gave a slight nod. “True…”
“Have you seen Zander?” Nightscale asked.
Snowleaf shook her head. “No, I haven’t sorry. Why?”
“I just wanted to ask him if he was part of the royal family, since he had all those gems and jewels, plus he kinda acted royal.” Nightscale replied.
Snowleaf nodded. “Oh okay. Hey do you um… Wanna come by my place? I could use a little comfort because my tail hurts… A lot.”
Nightscale put a wing over her. “Of course I would.”
Snowleaf smiled. “Thanks…”
They slowly walked back to Snowleafs house in silence.
When they got there Nightscale opened the door for Snowleaf and she walked in, him close behind her.
She sat down sadly, wincing at the pain in her tail and giving a whimper.
Nightscale sat next to her so his side was pressed up against hers. Their wingtips brushed briefly and Snowleaf struggled to hold down her blush.
“You’ll be okay.” Nightscale assured her.
Snowleaf sighed. “I know… It just… It hurts so much.” She could feel herself starting to cry.
Nightscale brushed away one of her tears. “Hey, please don’t cry.” He put a wing around her. “You’ll be okay, promise. I’m here, right here.”
She rested her head on his shoulder. Should I tell him?
 Nightscale took her talon in his as she started to sob quietly. “Aw don’t cry… Snowy please don’t cry. Think about it this way, you have a pretty cool battle scar.”
Snowleaf smiled up at him. “True.”
Nightscale pulled her close, so her head was resting on his chest. “I’ll be here, don’t worry.”
Snowleaf quietly listened to his heartbeat, holding down her blush as she said. “Thank you…”
Nightscale rocked them both from side to side gently.
“Wow, you’re really good at comforting.” Snowleaf commented.
Nightscale smiled. “I was always comforting the other hatchlings in the nursery when I was still there. Everyone loved me.” He sighed. “That was a long time ago.”
Snowleaf threw her arms around his neck, crying furiously.
Nightscale put his arms around her. “Let it out, let it all out… Ssshhh….”
Snowleaf closed her eyes, taking deep breaths.
Nightscale pat her on the back as he hugged her, a concerned look on his face.
Snowleaf could feel him starting to shake. He’s… About to start crying…
“I miss the old times… I should never have run away…” Nightscale sighed, a tear dripping down his face and into Snowleafs head.
Snowleaf looked up. “Are you okay? You c-can cry if you want.”
Nightscale nodded, holding her close. “I’ll be okay.” He started to cry softly. “I just miss the others… The other dragonets…”
Snowleaf noticed Nightscale looking up, as if he was thinking of someone.
“There was this female SandWing, we were best friends, her name was Hatiora…” Nightscale explained. “She ate a lot, a few times she would sit there eating sand.” He chuckled.
Snowleaf laughed a little bit at that. “That’s ironic, since SandWings don’t usually eat very much.”
Nightscale smiled. “Yeah, she was a strange individual, but she was nice.”
Snowleaf sank into his warm embrace, letting the tears stream down her face. “Sounds nice, I hope I’ll get to meet her someday.”
Nightscale smiled sadly. “I wish I could see her again too. She was a year older than me, and she… She had a huge crush on me, when I said I was leaving she… She was not happy.”
Snowleaf looked at him. She’s not the only one. “Wow, I bet she was.”
Nightscale sighed, crying softly. “For five years… I was all alone. So alone…”
Snowleaf wiped a year off his face. “You're not alone anymore.”
Nightscale stopped crying for a moment. “You're… You're right… I'm… Not alone anymore. I have you and your brother now, and maybe Zander.” He hugged her tight. “I didn't really stop to think about it.”
Snowleaf smiled. “I'm sure you'll make lots of friends here in possibility.”
Nightscale smiled, but then continued crying. “I miss her…”
Snowleaf ran a talon down the side of his face. “It's okay… I'm here now, we'll find her. I'll make sure of it.”
Nightscale smiled weakly. “Thank you… So much… I wonder where she is…”
“But first, we need to strengthen you up.” Snowleaf commented. “Before we go anywhere.”
Nightscale gave a frustrated sigh. “Ugh… Fine.”
“You'll be fine.” Snowleaf laughed. “Let's start now.” She stood up.
Nightscale stood up as well and took some of the oddly shaped rocks, struggling to lift them.
“Just lift them slowly, repeatedly. Don't strain yourself too much… Or drop them on your foot.” Snowleaf joked.
“Ha ha, very funny.” Nightscale laughed, forcing himself to lift it again.
Snowleaf laughed. “I make it look easy don't I?” She smiled.
Nightscale smiled back. “Yeah you do.”
Snowleaf let through an ever so slight blush. “Soon, it'll be easy for you too.”
After about twenty minutes Nightscale put down the rocks, exhausted.
Snowleaf set hers down to. “Now time to do laps of the block.”
“What.” Nightscale said. “We're doing what.”
Snowleaf went outside. “Come on.”
Nightscale followed reluctantly. “Ugh…”
Snowleaf took off running. She looked over her shoulder. “You coming or what?”
“Fine…” Nightscale started jogging after her, panting heavily.
After a couple minutes, Snowleaf passed him. “Slow poke!”
“You're twenty times more fit than I am!” Nightscale argued.
Snowleaf laughed and slowed down so she was running at the same pace as Nightscale, which for her was incredibly slow. “Faster! Come on!”
Nightscale sped up a little bit. “How's that?”
“A bit better.” Snowleaf ran a little ahead of him.
Nightscale raised an eyebrow, speeding up even more, so he was ahead of her. “You're so competitive.”
“Yup!” Snowleaf laughed, moving faster. He has no clue what I'm doing… I'm using some training techniques… “Okay we just passed my house, whoever reaches it next, gets my next carving.”
Nightscale sped up. “You carve?”
Snowleaf smiled, running at full speed, going way ahead of him. “Yes I do! And you aren't getting it ha!”
Nightscale pushed himself, running at the same pace she was running. “Oh yes I am!”
Snowleaf moved a little ahead of him. “Are you?”
Nightscale gave a leap, moving a ways ahead of her. “Ha!”
Impressive… Snowleaf thought. “Nice jump!” She jumped, moving ahead of him again.
Nightscale smiled, flapping his wings so he would run a little faster. “Strategy ha!”
Snowleaf smiled, pushing herself to run faster. “Speed! Even more ha!”
They were a few meters away from Snowleafs house when Nightscale made a massive leap, landing right in front of her house.
Snowleaf stopped right behind him. “Wow, that was amazing.” Wow… He’s so amazing…
 Nightscale nodded before passing out.
Snowleaf laughed, picking him up. “Let's get you inside.” She walked inside and dumped him on her floor, resisting the urge to kiss him.
She sat down next to him. “You did good.” She gazed at him. “I'll let you rest.”
She was about to stand up but hesitated. She bent down and kissed him lightly before standing up. She felt her face, which was warm, and bright red.
She laughed quietly, going outside and into the forest. She walked in deeper so nobody would hear her.
She looked around and screamed excitedly. “That feels much better…”
She looked around, trying to find something to catch.
She finally found a deer, and crouched down into a hunting position. She waited, and pounced, biting into its neck.
She smiled and picked it up, carrying it back home, when she went inside Nightscale was still unconscious.
She set down the dead deer and shook Nightscale. “Wake up, I have something for you.”
Nightscale opened his eyes. “What is it?”
Snowleaf gestured to the dead deer. “I brought us lunch.”
Nightscales eyes widened. “Deer? I've never had that! I never learned how to hunt… Just how to fish.”
Snowleaf smiled. “Well, let's share it.”
Nightscale sat down with her, pulling off a piece of the deer and eating it. “Wow… This… Is amazing.”
Snowleaf laughed. “Well, you're helping me clean up the blood afterwards.”
“Still worth it.” Nightscale grinned, and then sighed. “Me and Hatiora used to share meals together. I should never have run away.”
Snowleaf put a talon on his shoulder. “If you hadn't run away, we never would've met.”
Nightscale smiled. “Good point, I'm glad we met.”
“Me too.” Snowleaf agreed. “I don't know what would've happened if we hadn't.” She pulled off a piece of the deer and ate it.
Nightscale put a wing around her, and she held down a blush. “We’ll find Hatiora. After a lot of training anyway.”
“What if we left to find her right now?” Nightscale asked.
Snowleaf raised an eyebrow. “Would you make it to the Kingdom Of Sand?”
Nightscale nodded. “I will, but you’re and IceWing, will you make it?”
“I'm tough, I can make it.” Snowleaf replied.
“So let's go!” Nightscale said excitedly.
“Let's finish eating.” Snowleaf suggested.
“Yeah, sure.” Nightscale agreed, eating another chunk.
They finished eating and cleaned away the blood from the deer.
Nightscale jumped up and down excitedly. “Come on let's go!”
“You're excited.” Snowleaf commented.
“Well, we're looking for my long lost friend.” Nightscale pointed out. He took flight.
Snowleaf flew after him. “Wait up!” She flew over to his side.
Nightscale looked over at her and gave a massive grin. “I hope we find her.”
“Me too, to be honest.” Snowleaf replied.
It was the evening and Snowleaf could see the sunset off in the distance. Should I tell him?
She opened her mouth to speak, but no sound came out.
“I always liked watching the sunset, I would climb the small mountain near me to watch it.” Nightscale said calmly. “It was nice.”
“Sounds nice.” Snowleaf smiled.
Nightscale smiled back. “I'm glad you're here with me.”
Snowleaf yawned. “Can we land and sleep for the night?”
Nightscale swooped down and landed, with Snowleaf close behind.
Snowleaf curled up next to a large rock. “Goodnight.”
Nightscale landed on top of the rock. “I don't sleep much, I taught myself not to sleep.” He laid down on the rock. “I'll get watch.”
Snowleaf looked up at him. “Okay.” He’s handsome, I wonder if he’ll ever fall in love with me… She put her head down and fell asleep.
Snowleaf opened her eyes to see Nightscale, shaking her awake.
“Rrrrrrg…” Snowleaf groaned. “Let me sleep…”
Nightscale tilted his head. “Are you alright?”
“Go away, let me sleep.” Snowleaf mumbled.
“Come oooooon! Let's go!” Nightscale urged.
Snowleaf slapped him. “Let me sleep…”
Nightscale blinked, surprised. “Um…”
“Sorry…” Snowleaf sighed. “It's morning… I'm… Cranky in the morning.”
“You were fine the other day.” Nightscale commented.
“I had had coffee beans… Speaking of which do you have any?” Snowleaf mumbled.
“No I don't… Sorry, what if I dump cold water on you?” Nightscale suggested.
“I'm an IceWing, that wouldn't do anything.” Snowleaf grumbled.
Nightscale opened his mouth and shot a plume of flame next to Snowleafs feet and shouted. “WAKE UP!”
Snowleaf jumped, waking up. “Th-that works.”
“Now come on, let's go!” Nightscale bounced up and down excitedly before taking flight.
Snowleaf flew after him. “So where are we going to look for her?” Snowleaf asked.
“My parents, and her parents were Outclaws, so we were raised in Queen Thorns stronghold, I'm presuming she's there. And while we’re in the desert, I can teach you how to hunt scorpions! I know how to hunt those.” Nightscale chirped excitedly.
“Wow, you sound really excited.” Snowleaf laughed. “I hope she's there.”
Nightscale nodded excitedly. “Yeah! I am!” He did a little spin in the air.
Snowleaf shrugged and did a spin herself. “I can see the desert! We’re almost there!”
Nightscale flew faster. “Yes!”
Snowleaf sped up to keep up with him.
When they got to sand Nightscale dived down, burying himself in sand. “Home…” He poked his head out of the sand, spotting a scorpion. He sat there, waiting for it to get closer.
Snowleaf stayed in the air, so she wouldn't disturb the scorpion. She watched carefully.
When the scorpion neared, Nightscale jumped out from under the sand and landed on the scorpion, tearing off the tail and stabbing a claw through the scorpion's body.
Snowleaf landed next to him. “Wow, that was interesting.”
Nightscale grinned, before eating the scorpion whole, spitting out the bones. “Thanks, I grew up doing that.”
“Teach me how to do that some time!” Snowleaf said excitedly.
Nightscale nodded excitedly. “We can do that now! I'll just need some scorpions, also I can teach you how to invade a scorpion nest!”
“Uh let's skip that part for now…” Snowleaf said.
Nightscale buried himself in the sand happily. “First I just… Wanna relax here for a moment.”
Snowleaf smiled. “Sure, and I'll see what this feels like.” She buried herself in the sand next to him.
“So… What do you think?” Nightscale asked.
Snowleaf closed her eyes happily. “Very relaxing, this is nice…”
“I'm glad you think so.” Nightscale said happily. “I used to do this all the time after getting yelled at for wandering off to explore the palace.”
Snowleaf raised an eyebrow. “You got yelled at a lot?”
“Yeah… It's because I kept leaving the hatchery…” Nightscale laughed. “It's fine though, I liked burying myself in sand, I sometimes fell asleep.”
“Wow.” Snowleaf smiled.
Nightscale laughed again. “Hatiora would have to wake me up because I was suffocating once.”
Snowleaf stifled a laugh. “Sounds like a good story.”
“It is…” Nightscale sighed happily, pulling himself out of the sand.
Snowleaf stood up, shaking sand off of herself. “So where do we go next?”
“Thorns Stronghold.” Nightscale smiled. “I knew her as a dragonet, she often caught me wondering around with a pencil and a piece of paper, mapping out everything.” He took flight, with Snowleaf close behind.
“You mapped out the palace?” Snowleaf asked.
Nightscale nodded. “Yeah. Hey I can see the palace!”
“Me too!” Snowleaf cheered.
Nightscale cheered as well. “Let’s go!” He did a dive to gain some speed, and then continued to fly.
Snowleaf laughed and did the same, catching up to him. “Think she’ll be there?”
“I sure hope so.” Nightscale replied with a worried sigh.
Snowleaf looked at him. “Hey, it’ll be alright.”
Nightscale looked down. “Yeah… It will be.”
“If she isn’t there, we’ll look elsewhere. Ask someone if they know where she went.” Snowleaf suggested.
Nightscale grinned. “Yeah!”
They flew up to the palace and the guards blocked them.
“Names.” One of the guards said.
“Nightscale and Snowleaf.” Nightscale said.
“Nightscale? You came back!” One of the guards smiled. “Thorn will be very excited.”
The guards let them in and they started walking down a hall.
Snowleaf saw flashes of sadness and fear in Nightscales eyes. What isn’t he saying…
“You alright?” She asked.
Nightscale sighed. “Yeah… Just remembering my parents…”
Snowleaf tilted her head. “What about them?”
“They’re dead.” Nightscale sighed. “That’s one of the reasons I left, because they were killed.”
Snowleaf stumbled. “What? You never said that!”
Nightscale sighed. “Yeah… I didn’t want to…”
Snowleaf put a wing around him. “I’m sorry…”
“I’m fine.” Nightscale sighed. “Let’s find Thorn. I know where she probably is.”
They walked down a couple hallways and up to the door that lead to the throne room.
“This is it?” Snowleaf asked.
Nightscale nodded and knocked on the door.
“Who is it?” Thorn asked from inside.
“An old friend.” Nightscale replied.
Thorn sounded confused. “Um… Come in.”
Nightscale opened the door and walked in, Snowleaf close behind him. “Hello your majesty.”
Thorn looked at him. “Nightscale?”
Nightscale nodded. “Yeah.”
Thorn smiled. “You came back!” She made a serious face. “Why did you leave?”
“My parents were killed, I liked adventuring.” Nightscale looked down. “Leaving was a bad idea, since I almost died several times.”
“You almost died?!” Thorn gasped.
“Yes…” Nightscale admitted.
“Until I found him anyway.” Snowleaf commented.
“And you are?” Thorn asked.
“Snowleaf, I found him in the forest, almost dead.” Snowleaf replied.
Nightscale chuckled. “Yeah…”
“I’m glad you came back.” Thorn smiled.
“I’m not staying.” Nightscale replied. “I live in Possibility now. And the reason I came here was because I’m looking for Hatiora.”
Thorn frowned. “A year after you left she left, looking for you. She never came back, we don’t know where she is.”
“I hope she’s okay…” Nightscale sighed.
“She’s strong.” Thorn said. “She’ll be okay. Please don’t go quite yet, stick around for a bit!”
Nightscale shrugged. “Sure. Snow care to stay with me?”
“Of course!” Snowleaf replied happily.
“Everyone will be glad to see you!” Thorn smiled.
Nightscale nodded and turned, leaving the room with Snowleaf following him.
“So what was it like growing up in the SandWing palace?” Snowleaf asked.
“Good.” Nightscale replied, nodding. “It was very interesting.”
“Interesting how?” Snowleaf asked.
Nightscale shrugged. “Life was nice, hunting scorpions… Burying myself in the sand… Exploring and getting in trouble…”
Snowleaf woke up at midnight to the sound of the door of the room next to her closing, which was where Nightscale was sleeping. She opened her door, and saw Nightscale walking down a hallway. She waited for him to turn the corner and then scampered down the hallway quietly and peered around the corner. There was a balcony at the end of the next hallway, which Nightscale glided down from. Snowleaf tilted her head and slowly walked up to it. She looked down from it. It’s a graveyard… She saw Nightscale, hunched over two gravestones that were directly next to each other. He’s crying… Are those his parents graves? Nightscale was shaking violently, obviously crying. Snowleaf gazed down at him sadly. Should I go down there? Or leave him alone. She hated to see him crying, but she couldn’t make herself walk away. She just sat there, watching him sadly. She didn’t know what it was like to lose a loved one, but a tear still slipped down her face. Nightscale hadn’t moved, he just sat there, sobbing. Snowleaf so desperately wanted to go down to comfort him, but she knew he would want to just be alone. She turned and walked away, back to her room. She laid down on the bed again. “I hope you’ll be okay…” She sighed. She curled up and fell back asleep.
When she next woke, it was broad daylight. “How long was I sleeping…?” She groaned.
She drowsily sat up. “Nnng…” She forced herself to stand up. She walked out of her room and started wandering around.
A SandWing stopped and looked at her. “Can I help you?” She asked. “It’s odd to see an IceWing here…”
“I came with Nightscale, have you seen him?” Snowleaf asked.
“I saw him fifteen minutes ago…” The dragoness replied. “He was sleeping in the graveyard.”
Snowleaf nodded and walked back over to the balcony that overhung the graveyard, and looked down.
Nightscale was curled up in front of his parents graves. His scales looked wet and he was laying in a puddle. Is he sitting in a puddle of his own tears? She glided down next to him. “Nightscale.”
Nightscale didn’t move.
“Nightscale wake up.” Snowleaf urged.
Nightscale grunted. “Mf…”
Snowleaf bit him. “Wake up.”
Nightscale’s eyes flung open and he yelped. “Okay okay! I’m awake! I’m awake!” He looked up at her with tired eyes.
Snowleaf gazed at him. “Are you alright…?”
“You saw didn’t you?” Nightscale sighed, turning to the graves.
“Yeah, I did.” Snowleaf nodded.
“I miss them Snowy…” Nightscale sighed.
Snowleaf put a talon on his shoulder. “I know…”
Nightscale whirled around. “Do you? Snow do you?” He demanded. “This has never happened to you! You haven’t lost anyone! You don’t know! You don’t have the slightest clue how I feel!” He turned and started storming away.
Snowleaf gazed after him, he wasn’t wrong. She didn’t know how it felt. “I’m sorry…” She murmured.
A male SandWing walked up to her. “Don’t worry, Nightscale is strong.”
Snowleaf looked over at him. “Yeah…”
“I’m Repandus.” The SandWing smiled. “I was four when Nightscale left. We were good friends.”
Snowleaf looked at her talons. “I’m Snowleaf.”
Repandus put a talon on her shoulder. “Hey, Nightscale will be okay. Just… Be careful when talking to him about his parents, he’s very emotional in that state of mind.”
“Thanks…” Snowleaf sighed. “Will he hate me for talking about it?”
“No, he’ll calm down.” Repandus shook his head. “Don’t worry.”
Snowleaf hugged him. “Thanks.”
Repandus hugged her back. “He’ll probably be back in five to ten minutes.” He said. “Hey, may I ask you something?”
“Sure what is it?” Snowleaf asked.
“You really seem to care, do you have a crush on him?” Repandus looked away.
Snowleaf blushed. “A little… Well… A lot.”
Repandus smiled. “Take care of him for me and the others.”
“I will.” Snowleaf nodded.
“Thank you.” Repandus said to her.
“No problem…” Snowleaf replied. She looked up for Nightscale, but he was gone.
Repandus chuckled. “Nightscale… Always disappearing.” He turned. “Anyway I need to head to my station.”
“Bye.” Snowleaf replied.
Repandus smiled at her and flew away. “See you around.”
Snowleaf flew back up to the balcony and inside. “Hope he’ll be okay.” She whispered.
Snowleaf was sitting in the courtyard when she heard a dragon land behind her.
She turned to see an odd, blue green dragon standing there.
“Who are you?” Snowleaf asked.
“Your boyfriend is upset because of me.” The dragon grinned.
“My what? What are you talking about?” Snowleaf asked, confused.
The dragon continued grinning. “I’m the one who killed them.”
Snowleaf’s eyes widened. “You did it?! You’re the one who caused him all this pain?”
“My name’s Jotha, and yes.” The dragon replied.
Snowleaf hissed. “YOU!” She lunged at him.
Jotha moved out of the way swiftly. “So you’re gonna try to kill me?”
“You aren’t leaving this place without a scar!” Snowleaf roared, shooting a jet of frostbreath at him.
Jotha yelped as it caught his tail. “Neither are you.” He jumped at Snowleaf.
Snowleaf grabbed him, picking him up by the throat. “I’ve been working out since I hatched…” She saw fear flash briefly through his eyes. “You aren’t gonna touch me.” She smashed his head into the pavement and jumped away.
Jotha stood up. “You sure are strong…” He faced her
Snowleaf stared back at him angrily. “You caused him all his pain… But why? What did he do to you?”
“I felt like it…” Jotha grinned evilly.
Snowleaf ran at him, clawing a deep wound into his shoulder. “You aren’t gonna hurt him again… Or anyone.”
Jotha clearly didn’t notice the pain in his shoulder, and he lunged at her again, scratching the side of her neck. “You’re next…”
Snowleaf yelped and threw him off, but he got right up again and slammed her into the pavement.
She stood up slowly, her side covered in scratches. “Leave me… Alone…”
Jotha scratched her side, smiling. “Nah.”
Snowleaf groaned and snapped a large branch off the nearby tree, giving it a twirl. She jumped up, hurling it at him like a spear. It hit him in the leg, and he fell over.
She roared, rearing up. She held out her front claws and slammed them down into his back.
Jotha roared in pain and disappeared. “This isn’t over.”
Snowleaf stood there, her chest heaving. “It sure isn’t…” She looked at herself, the pain surging through her whole body. She was covered in scratches. “Ow… So… Much… Pain…”
She looked around, SandWings were starting to land, Repandus included.
“Snowleaf! What happened?” He asked.
“The dragon who killed Nightscales parents attacked me.” Snowleaf replied.
“Are you alright?” Another SandWing asked.
Snowleaf nodded. “Yeah, I’m fine.”
Nightscale flew in and landed. “I heard roaring, what happened?” He saw Snowleaf. “Dear the moons! What happened?!”
“Jotha… He attacked me.” Snowleaf panted, the pain growing.
Snowleaf good see the fear in Nightscales eyes as he said: “Wh-what? J-Jotha?” His jaw was shaking.
Snowleaf looked down. “I’m okay… He disappeared…”
Nightscale gulped. “Why does he want to kill everyone I love…” He burst out in tears.
Snowleaf rushed to his side, putting a wing around him. (Well mostly around him since he was a lot bigger than she was.) “I’m here… Don’t worry… I’m okay…” Poor guy… She thought sadly.
She rubbed her head, which was aching. “I’m okay…” She passed out.
When she next opened her eyes, she was in a room she didn’t recognize. “Where am I?” She rasped.
A SandWing which was sitting next to her bed stood up. “Oh good you’re awake!” She said.
“Where… Where is Nightscale?” Snowleaf asked.
Nightscale walked up to her bed. “I’m here. Are you okay?”
Snowleaf nodded weakly. “I’m in a lot of pain but… No as much as when my tail spikes were torn off…”
There was a knock at the door. “Hello?”
Snowleaf looked over at the door, to see Zander. “Oh hi Zander.”
Nightscale tilted his head. “How did you find us?”
Zander grinned. “I have my sources.” He stepped into the room. “What happened to you?”
“I got into a fight…” Snowleaf said. “Again.”
Zander stood next to her bed. “You’ll be alright.” He smiled.
“You’re so mysterious.” Nightscale commented.
“Yes yes, I know.’ Zander said.
Snowleaf sat up. “Can we talk about this later when we go back to Possibility…?”
“You could try, but you’re quite injured.” The SandWing healer said.
“I don’t care…” Snowleaf groaned. “I want to go home…”
“I understand.” Nightscale replied. “Zander, could you help me take her home?”
Zander bowed. “Of course.”
Nightscale and Zander picked her up.
“So what, you’re gonna fly her all the way to Possibility?” The SandWing healer asked.
Zander nodded. “It sure seems that way doesn’t it?”
They left the room and went outside.
“Guys… I can fly don’t worry.” Snowleaf said.
Nightscale and Zander set her down.
“Can you?” Nightscale asked.
Snowleaf spread her wings, and flinched in pain. “No…”
Nightscale grabbed her left side, and Zander grabbed her right, and they took off with a stumble.
Snowleaf looked at the ground nervously as they flew.
“This is very difficult…” Zander commented as his wing collided with Nightscales, causing them both to stumble slightly.
“How should we do this?” Nightscale asked.
“Well… We could go back to the palace and let her heal so she can fly on her own.” Zander replied, a bit annoyed.
“No…” Snowleaf sighed. “I want to head home…”
Nightscale sighed. “Fine.”
When they got back to Possibility Snowleaf had fallen asleep, so Nightscale had taken her home.
When she next woke, it was dark. Snowleaf didn’t get up, and just laid there, thinking. Zander is kinda odd… But he seems nice. Snowleaf thought. She looked around her dark room, wondering what to do. She sat up and yawned. “Guess I fell asleep on the flight home.” She whispered to herself.
She stood up, went outside and walked into the forest behind her house.
Zander knocked on one of the trees behind her. “Hello.”
Snowleaf whirled around and punched him in the side if the face. “Who’s there?!”
Zander yelped in pain. “Hey what was that for?” He demanded.
“Oh it’s you.” Snowleaf smiled. “Sorry… It’s kind of an instinct...  Don’t sneak up on me.”
“Alright.” Zander groaned. “Good to know.”
Snowleaf looked down. “Sorry.”
“It’s alright.” Zander replied, rubbing his jaw.
“So what’s up? I didn’t know you wandered the forest during the night.” Snowleaf asked.
Zander shrugged. “I couldn’t sleep. Shortly after we left the palace you fell asleep.” He chuckled.
“Yeah, I just woke up a few minutes ago.” Snowleaf responded. “Sleeping habits are a bit thrown off I guess.”
“I don’t blame you, it’s been a bit chaotic lately huh? With the SkyWing terrorists, going to the Kingdom of Sand. Getting attacked by Jotha.” Zander nodded. “It’s a lot for a dragon.”
Snowleaf nodded back. “Good point.” She looked down, tearing up a bit. “How’s Nightscale doing?”
“He’s alright… Very upset about Jotha attacking you, and for trying to kill everyone he loves.” Zander sighed. “But he’s strong, he survived alone in the forest for five years after all.”
Snowleaf rubbed the tears out of her eyes. “True.”
Zander tilted his head. “Are you alright?”
Snowleaf nodded. “Just a bit worried about him.” She sat down, tearing up again.
Zander sat down and put a comforting wing around her. “He’ll be alright.”
“Hey Zander? Can I tell you something? But… Don’t tell anyone?” Snowleaf asked.
Zander nodded. “Of course.”
“I have a… A big crush on Nightscale.” Snowleaf sighed.
Zander smiled. “Thought so, you seem to get very excited and happy around him. I think he’s starting to like you too.”
Snowleaf blushed. “You really think so?”
“Yes.” Zander nodded. “You two get along quite well.”
“Yeah… We do.” Snowleaf smiled. “Nightscale seemed really happy to see all his old friends. I think he missed his old home.”
Zander looked down. “I quite miss the Sea Kingdom.”
“Why don’t you go back there?” Snowleaf asked.
Zander tensed up. “Long story.”
“We have time.” Snowleaf replied.
Zander looked away. “It’s personal.”
“Hey, is something wrong?” Snowleaf asked.
Zander shook his head. “I’m-I’m fine.” He pulled away and sat a few feet away from Snowleaf. “Just a very emotional story.”
“Ah okay.” Snowleaf said. She looked away for a moment, and when she looked back at Zander, he was gone. “What the…” Where did he go…? I only looked away for a moment.
She shook her head. Maybe I’m dreaming. She leaned up against a tree and slowly fell asleep.
She woke to the sound of Nightscale.
“Snowleaf?” He asked, walking over to her. “What are you doing in the forest?”
Snowleaf opened her eyes and yawned, looking up at him sleepily. “I woke up in the middle of the night, decided to go for a walk in the woods.”
“You seem to have fallen asleep here too.” Nightscale laughed, handing her a couple coffee beans. “Picked these from your plants in the backyard.”
Snowleaf took them and ate them whole. “Thanks… I was talking to Zander here too, I looked away for a moment and when I looked back… He was gone.”
“He is such a mysterious individual.” Nightscale raised an eyebrow.
“Yeah. I wonder if he’s hiding something.” Snowleaf agreed.
Nightscale shrugged. “I wouldn’t worry about it.”
“Okay.” Snowleaf nodded. “So what do you want to do? Blizzard’s working today.”
“Hmm…” Nightscale sat down. “I’m not sure.”
“Wanna look for Hatiora?” Snowleaf asked.
Nightscale shook his head. “Not right now… Too tired.”
Snowleaf yawned. “Alright, we could go to the market, maybe something interesting is happening.”
“Sure, sounds good.” Nightscale shrugged, standing up.
Snowleaf stood up next to him. “Let’s go!”
They started walking towards the market.
“So did you hatch here in Possibility?” Nightscale asked.
Snowleaf nodded. “Yup! So did Blizzy.”
“Hm cool.” Nightsale said. “When did you start training?”
“Well Blizzard started training to become a Ranger when I was only like a week old, so I joined in.” Snowleaf smiled. “We would work out and train together every afternoon for several hours.”
“Sounds like those are happy memories.” Nightscale commented.
“Yeah.” Snowleaf smiled at the memories. “To this day I’m stronger than him.” She laughed. “He suggested once I become a Ranger too but I declined.”
“Why?” Nightscale tilted his head.
Snowleaf shrugged. “I’m not sure, I just didn’t really want to. I occasionally sell carvings when I have to many.”
“I noticed all the carvings in your house.” Nightscale replied. “You made those yourself?”
Snowleaf nodded. “I sure did!”
Nightscale smiled at her, and her heart jumped. “That’s cool.” He commented.
It was all Snowleaf could do to not blush. “Thanks.”
They reached the market and started to look around.
“Hey it’s those two dragons that killed the SkyWing terrorists!” A female RainWing said.
Everyone turned to look at them.
“Um… Everyone’s looking at us.” Snowleaf whispered nervously.
Nightscale gave a nervous smile. “Yeah…”
Snowleaf gave a nervous wave. “H-Hello everyone.”
Nightscale waved as well. “H-H-Hi!”
There was an awkward silence and then everyone cheered.
Snowleaf and Nightscale looked at each other.
Snowleaf smiled. “They… Like us?”
Nightscale chuckled nervously. “Two… Mostly regular dragons?”
Snowleaf looked up at him. “I guess.” She hadn’t before taken time to think about just how big Nightscale was compared to her. He was about the size of a dragon she had read about named Morrowseer.
“Well I guess we should… Enjoy it?” Nightscale asked.
Everyone had fallen silent, and were still staring at them.
“How did you two take them down?” A MudWing asked curiously.
Snowleaf looked at Nightscale and shrugged. “It wasn’t easy.” She raised her tail, showing everyone the bandage wrapped around it. She saw a lot of dragons widen their eyes.
Nightscale nodded. “Luckily my size helped.”
“Why did you risk yourself to save that dragon? The Rangers were coming.” Another dragon asked.
“Because I felt like it.” Snowleaf laughed.
Nightscale chuckled. “Nice reason there Snowy.”
Snowleaf punched him playfully with a laugh. “I didn’t really think about it when it all happened. I just saw that dragon was in trouble so... I Attacked.” She shrugged.
Nightscale laughed. “When I heard her screaming, I had to come help.”
A female SandWing raised her talon. “Should we be expecting you two to be doing things like that often?”
Nightscale tilted his head. “Interesting question…” He looked at Snowleaf. “Thoughts?”
Snowleaf nodded. “Yes you should.”
Nightscale looked shocked, but then smiled. “Sounds good!”
Everyone clapped, so Nightscale and Snowleaf bowed.
“We’ll do our best to keep Possibility safe.” Nightscale said to them.
Snowleaf reared up and roared for the crowd, a smile spread across her face. “Yup!”
Nightscale put a wing around her. “It’s good to finally have friends…”
Snowleaf smiled up at him, enjoying the warmth of his wing. “Same.”
The next day Snowleaf woke to broad daylight, and a rapid knocking sound on her door. She sleepily walked over to it, and threw it open. “WHAT?” She looked at Nightscale. “Oh, it’s you… Sorry.”
Nightscale chuckled. “It’s fine, did I wake you?”
“Yeah.” Snowleaf nodded.
Nightscale tilted his head. “Whoops, sorry.”
Snowleaf hugged him. “If it was anyone else, I probably would’ve punched them.”
Nightscale laughed and hugged her back, and her heart skipped a beat. “Well I’m glad I’m not anyone else.”
Snowleaf laughed. “So, come in.” She stepped aside, and Nightscale walked in. “What’s up?”
She grabbed her jar that she filled with coffee beans and opened it, taking out three and eating them whole. She shuddered slightly at the strong bitter taste.
“I just wanted to stop by to say hello.” Nightscale smiled. “I had nothing better to do.”
Snowleaf sat down with a yawn. “What do you wanna do today?”
“Hm… Not sure.” Nightscale shrugged. “Walk in the forest? We could go hike, the Claws Of The Cloud Mountains aren’t too far from here.”
Snowleaf smiled. “Let’s go hiking! Will you be able to keep up with me?”
“Probably… Not.” Nightscale laughed.
Snowleaf laughed. “I’ll be sure to stay on a slow enough pace, but you also need to try and go quickly so I don’t get bored.” She grinned.
“I’ll try my best!” Nightscale smiled back.
Snowleaf opened the door and took flight, with Nightscale attempting to follow close behind.
Snowleaf slowed the pace and looked back at him. “You keeping up?”
“Not really…” Nightscale replied. “Since… You know… I can’t fly that well.”
Snowleaf slowed so she was next to him. “Right…”
“We’re close!” Nightscale said happily. “Or is that just because of how huge mountains are?”
Snowleaf laughed. “We’re close, don’t worry.” She ducked into a dive.
Nightscale yelped and ducked into a dive. “I can do this…” He dived straight into a tree, getting stuck in it’s thick branches. “Or not.”
Snowleaf walked up to the tree and looked at him. “Really? Wow.”
“Hey! Don’t be mean.” Nightscale wiggled in a useless attempt to get free of the tree’s grasp. “Help…”
Snowleaf sighed and climbed the tree, snapping a few branches so Nightscale fell out of the tree with a thump. “We’ll work on your diving later.”
Nightscale nodded and stood up. “Well that failed…”  
Snowleaf put a wing around him. “It’ll be fine.”
Nightscale smiled at her. “Yeah, I’ll work on it.”
Snowleaf smiled back and started to climb the steep slope of the mountain. “Let’s go!”
“Wait up!” Nightscale started climbing after her.
Snowleaf didn’t slow down, so that way he would push himself. “You keep up!” She continued to climb.
Nightscale climbed after her frantically. “Oh I will.” He sped up.
Snowleaf could hear him breathing, she smirked and sped up a little bit. “Faster!”
Nightscale sped up in an attempt to keep up and not fall behind. “Why are you going so fast…”
“Because going slow is boring.” Snowleaf laughed. “Better keep up!”
Nightscale was breathing heavily. “I’m… Trying…”
Snowleaf climbed up onto a ledge, she looked around, and saw a path of separated ledges, she ran and jumped from ledge to ledge. What is he gonna do?
Nightscale climbed up onto the first ledge. He looked at the other ones and the wall, he must’ve found some footholds, because he started climbing from one ledge to the next. “No fair!” He called.
“We never made rules for this apart from no flying so… Everything is fair!” Snowleaf laughed. “I’ll let you catch up.” She sat down on one of the ledges and waited for him to catch up.
When he caught up she jumped to the next ledge. “I’ll slow down.”
“Thanks.” Nightscale panted as he continued to climb after her.
When they reached the top, the sun had started to set. Snowleaf sat down and stared at it. “It’s beautiful isn’t it?”
Nightscale made it to the top and sat down next to her, he looked up at the sunset. “Woah…”
“I come here at sunset sometimes when I’m stressed.” Snowleaf smiled.
“It’s amazing.” Nightscale gasped.
Three months later…
Snowleaf sat down in front of her house, waiting for Nightscale to come for daily training.
Over the last three months, Snowleaf had gotten Nightscale into twirling and fighting with wooden poles, and they would get together and train every day. Snowleaf secretly pushed him further every day by being competitive, and found that that method was very effective. As she noticed he was getting stronger and stronger, she would race or fight him at the end of every week, and Zander would be the referee. Though she never told him that she liked him.
Snowleaf was wondering the streets of Possibility when she heard screaming and fighting. Hm… Wonder what’s happening. She ran towards the sound until she reached a plaza, and there she saw Blizzard, hunched down, shaking violently.
“Blizzy?” she walked up to him, and over her shoulder she saw two bodies. They were her parents’s bodies. She froze. “Wh-what…”
Blizzard looked over at her, tears streaming down his face. “I couldn’t save them… I tried… Go to Nightscale’s place… I don’t want you to see me like this.”
“Blizzard I… No it’s fine if I see you… What happened?” Snowleaf asked.
“Go to Nightscales.” Blizzard told her.
“Blizzard I-” Snowleaf started.
“Now!” Blizzard snapped. He looked down. “Sorry… Just, please.”
Snowleaf backed away, tears starting to flow down her face. She turned and ran towards Nightscale’s house, crying.
She reached his house, ran up to the door and ranted on the door. “Nightscale! Nightscale!”
Nightscale opened the door. “Snowleaf what’s wrong?”
She threw herself into his arms, crying furiously. “My parents… They were killed… Blizzy said he couldn’t save them…”
Nightscale pulled her close, his eyes widened, and he close the door. “By who?”
“I don’t know…” Snowleaf sobbed.
Nightscale sat down, and she sat down with him. He pulled her head close to his chest. “Aw I’m so sorry…” He rocked from side to side slowly.
Snowleaf sobbed, though she found the sound of his heartbeat was very calming. “They’re gone… They’re never coming back… I never got to say goodbye…”
“Ssshhh… I’m here… Don’t worry I’m here…” Nightscale said sadly.
Snowleaf froze in realization. “I think it was Jotha…” She wiped away a tear and stopped crying for a moment, and then burst out in tears again. “What if he comes for Blizzy next?”
Nightscale held her close. “Stop… Don’t think about that… Ssshhh…”
Snowleaf sighed and looked up at him. “Nightscale?”
“Yeah?” Nightscale asked.
Snowleaf rested her head back on his chest. “I love you.”
Nightscale froze. “Snowleaf I… I love you too…” He held her closer. “And I promise I’ll never let you go…”
Snowleaf’s heart jumped. “What if Jotha comes for Blizzy…”
Nightscale kissed the top of her head. “I won’t let him hurt Blizzy…”
“But what if he kills you? I can’t lose you Nightscale…” Snowleaf sobbed.
“You’ve trained me really well Snowy, he won’t kill me.” Nightscale promised.
Snowleaf smiled up at him. “Thank you…” She looked back down.
Nightscale looked at her. “Snowy?”
Snowleaf looked back up. “Y-yeah?”
Nighytscale took her head in his talons and kissed her slowly.
Snowleaf’s eyes widened, but she kissed back.
“I love you.” He said.
“I love you too…” She replied. She paused for a moment and then reached up and kissed him again.
Nightscale smiled and kissed back. “I’ll never let you go, I promise. I’ll always be here for you… No matter what…”
“Thank you…” Snowleaf said. “For everything…”
“I should be thanking you.” Nightscale replied. “I’d probably be dead if it weren’t for you.”
Snowleaf nodded. “True…”
They kissed a third time and then sat in silence for several minutes. Snowleaf never wanted to leave his arms, never wanted to stop listening to his heartbeat.
== Love Is Found In Strange Places. ==
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