The Next Generation: Grey Skies

Thanks to Salty for letting me use Dream, Oddball and Cassiopeia and, Sab for Besra, Moonmoon for Lapis, Peridot, Icechaser and Northstar, Wolves for Lituanica and Oertzini, Pokeball for Coldflight, Sunset for Salmon and Chiffon, Pugley for Icana, and HeyHowyaDoin for Harpy.
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==Winglets==
===Winglets===
===Jade Winglet===
IceWing: Crescent
MudWing: Copper
NightWing: Emeraldclaws
RainWing: Firefly
SandWing: ​​​​Prince Hyena (UndertaleTrashowo)
SeaWing: Prince Watersprout (UndertaleTrashowo)
SkyWing: Prince Cliff
SilkWing: Arrowhead
LeafWing: Earwig
HiveWing: Izula
===Gold Winglet===
IceWing: Circle
MudWing: Caiman
NightWing: Delusion
RainWing: Dream
SandWing: Quokka
SeaWing: Auklet
SkyWing: Besra
SilkWing: Promethea
LeafWing: Tulsi
HiveWing: Goliath
===Silver Winglet===
IceWing: Whitebee
MudWing: Lichen
NightWing: ​​​​​Lavender
RainWing: Lituanica
SandWing: Verdin
SeaWing: Salmon
SkyWing: Socorro
SilkWing: Oddball
LeafWing: Flytrap
HiveWing: Oertzini
===Copper Winglet===
IceWing: Icana
MudWing: Tilapia
NightWing: Cassiopeia
RainWing: Harpy (HeyHowyaDoin)
SandWing: Bandicoot
SeaWing: Kelp
SkyWing: Addax
SilkWing: Holly
LeafWing: Aconite
HiveWing: Bumblebee
===Quartz Winglet===
IceWing: Coldflight
MudWing: Egret
NightWing: Whisperer
RainWing: Lovely
SandWing: Nabarlek
SeaWing: Cove
SkyWing: Pygmy
SilkWing: Pebble
LeafWing: Oleander
HiveWing: Cecropia
==Prologue==
The purple dragon looked to the sky, pulling her wings close to her body. The stars shone above her, and it was a quiet reminder that she was ultimately alone. It had only been two months, and there had already been a couple of gruesome deaths.
Is this the end? she wondered. Her ears flicked back as she listened to the owls hooting and the chirping of crickets hidden in the grass. She felt hopeless as she thought about those dragonets' parents. 
Suddenly, she heard a snap.
Looking out to the fields, she spotted no predator. A mouse perhaps? A cat even? Narrowing her eyes, she took a glance over her shoulder and suddenly her blue eyes were met with brown.
An assassin! She got to her talons and puffed out her chest, trying to make herself look bigger than she already was. Her sad excuse for deformed wings fluttered open as well, as if urging her to take to the sky. Though it was useless, seeing how she couldn't fly in the first place.
The pair of brown eyes moved forward, and a dragon was revealed to her. It was a RainWing, with soft pink scales as delicate as hyacinths and blossoms. 
"I can fight!" she hissed. "I may look tiny, but I can tell you from experience I can bite you! Rawr!" She leapt at the dragon, but they moved away with a quick step. "Oof!"
They shook their head. "I'm not trying to kill you," they spat, their eyes narrowing. 
She shook herself and got to her feet. "Oh uh, sorry," she said. "What Winglet are you from? I don't think I've ever seen someone like you in the school before! You have this.. feeling about you! Like you have magic! Are you a magician?"
"What?" they replied, confused. "I'm not from any of the Winglets. I live deep in the school."
"Oh, okay," she said. "I'm Lavender, by the way! What's your name?"
They sighed. "Hyacinth," they said.
Lavender smiled at this new dragon, Hyacinth. "Nice to meet you? What are you doing on a night like this?" She looked up to the moons.
"Looking for a friend," Hyacinth said. She dug around in the ground and pulled out a stone. She pushed her talons into it and furrowed her eyebrows. The stone began to hover above Hyacinth's claws. "I have to find him before someone gets him."
Lavender gasped, her jaw dropping. "You're an animus! That's super cool! Aren't you worried about losing your soul? How do you enchant it, anyway?"
"Stop asking questions," the dragon growled. "Too many questions hurt my head and to be frank, I'm quite surprised it hasn't tied your tongue into a bow yet."
She looked away. "Oh, okay."
Hyacinth took a glance toward her. "Sorry," she sighed. "I've been in a terrible mood all day. I'm not really worried about losing my soul anyway. It's a myth. Maybe I could show you sometime?"
Lavender squealed. "Yes!" she cried. "That would be super awesome!"
The two stayed there for the night, chatting under the stars. Lavender didn't understand why she loved talking to this dragon so much, despite the fact the RainWing disliked her optimism and how she asked so many questions. But she didn't care, as long as someone actually wanted to talk to her, she was happy.
==Chapter 1==
PART ONE: LOST TO THE WORLD ABOVE
Hyena’s wings cut through the clouds. His golden body glistened beneath the suns light. Underneath him stood magnificent mountains. He could sense the glory coming from deep within their rocky hearts.
He dropped toward the earth below him, allowing the wind to catch him if he needed it. Suddenly, Hyena opened his wings, nearly inches to the ground. He flew further into the sky and did a few loops, and eventually landed, his talons slipping into the grass.
Everything was perfect. No reminders on his eventual impending doom, no assassins lurking in the shadows. With no need to worry about his friends dying, he eventually forgot that reality often isn’t as he intend it to be.
But of course, your dreams come to an end, and everything crashes onto you. No longer are you wandering in fantasies which could never happen, because these silly dreams aren’t helping to soothe your worries. You are stuck in your head, trying to ignore the present. As if that’d ever help, Hyena thought to himself.
He opened his eyes, and the gross brown walls of his sleeping cave eyed him curiously. Hyena sighed, and rose up, watching as his clawmates slowly began shoving their items into empty bags.
“What’s going on?” Hyena asked them, with a raised brow. 
“Are you really that forgetful?” Firefly spat. “Watersprout’s gone, nearly a dozen of students are dead-”
Emeraldclaws whipped her head to face the purple dragon. “Actually, there’s only about three or four dead.”
“No one asked you! Thanks!” Firefly retorted. She lifted her chin. “AS I WAS SAYING, a lot of dragons have died, and possibly a prince as well. The school is getting shut down, for good.”
His heart dropped. “But.. we can easily solve the problem!” Hyena said. “We don’t know for sure if Watersprout was dead!”
“It’s okay Hyena,” Cliff said, putting a talon on his shoulder reassuringly. “Look at the bright side! No one can get hurt anymore.” The small smile on his face faded away. “Watersprout made a brave sacrifice, for all of us. Shouldn’t we be happy?”
Hyena flicked his ears back. “His 'sacrifice' was in vain. There was no justice! We’re running away from a huge issue and not doing anything about it.”
Everyone glanced across the room. Hyena was absolutely furious that everyone was just giving up! It was stupid and infuriating that they could just give up so easily on their friend! Especially Watersprout of all dragons! 
Oh but of course Hyena, it’s all in his head as everyone tells him. Just give up like they did! Pretend that everything is in your head! Fantasy may not be reality, but reality isn’t fantasy either.
“I’m going to find him,” Hyena growled.
“And how are you going to do that?” Arrowhead yawned, shoving some of Izula’s items into an extra bag. He sighed. “I don’t know! But I will!” Hyena told his clawmates as he slipped out the door. But first, I’m going to find Hyacinth.
== Chapter 2 ==
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