Tainted

== Prologue ==
Blister's claws clacked against the stone of her secret fortress. Her tail swished impatiently as she looked to the sky, shaking her head.
With a curtain of shadow, a dark dragon appeared, his ash-covered tan scales blending into the night. "Greetings, my queen."
Blister's tail coiled up close to her legs. "Where have you been? You missed their hatching." she hissed.
Sultan looked down at the two tiny bundles of scales in the linen sheet beside the Sandwing princess. "Only two?"
The Sandwing lashed her tail in fury, her eyes narrowing and face contorting. "The others didn't make it. They're the only ones left."
The large Sandwing curled his tail around the thin blanket, pulling it down to reveal the two sandy gold dragonets. "Have you named them?"
A puff of flame, accompanied by a snort, came from the princess as she looked down at the dragonets. "Yes, as a matter of fact, I did. You took too long to show up, so I named them myself." She pointed at the smaller dragonet, then the larger one. "This one is Xerocole, and this one is Akila."
Sultan looked down at them, their tiny black eyes gazing back up. "Blister, my apologies, but I must return to the bay. We're planning a raid on the Mudwings and they need me there."
She took a step forward. "I'll go with you."
"No, it's too unsafe. A queen should not be put in harm's way." he responded.
Blister growled. "I'm your leader and I'm going to participate in this battle."
Sultan sighed. "Very well."
Blister snorted, taking off into the night with Sultan trailing behind her.
The princess couldn't have known that Sultan would never return home from that battle.
== Chapter One ==
A line of brown diamonds shone against the pale blue sky, two dull black eyes searching the desert. The young sentinel stood atop the sandstone wall, her silvery claws gripped into it. She sighed, looking into the city as dragons moved along the streets.
The rumble of running dragons echoed from the town, cheering coming from the track.
Akila's ears flicked up, her tan wings flapping as she repositioned herself on the wall. She clambered down the wall, landing on the warm sand as it filtered up in between her claws. As she emerged from behind several carts, she saw a line of dragons along a painted line in the sand.
A large tan dragon looked over at her. "Come on, Aklia!" she called.
She trotted over to her, sitting at the end of the line. "Hello Steel."
With a blast of fire from two Skywings at the finish line, dragons began to launch themselves from the line in the sand, running along the set track.
Steel and Akila took off at the same time, Steel darting ahead.
WIP
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