Forest of Shadows

==Prologue==
Inside the rain forest, something was stirring. 
A low hiss cut through the night. "Hurry up," an annoyed voice called through the woods. "If you go any slower, we'll be caught!"
Two dark shapes sneaked around the edges of trees, until finally they came to a moonlit beach. Gritty sand caught up in their talons, and a lone seagull schreeched overhead. Waves crashed mercilessly onto the shore. This was it; the southermost point on Pyrrhia: a beach at the end of the rain forest. 
By the light of the silvery moons, they lifted their torches to reveal that they were dragons, with flared frills and venomous fangs. Each had a long necklace made of a vine with a certain amount of knots in it, and their scales rippled black, tan, and white, to blend into the beach. 
"Do you see the intruders?" the first muttered. "Out there, to sea?"
The second hissed back, "No. You're crazy, Jaguar. The SeaWings wouldn't dare to invade us--"
Jaguar cut him off. "The SeaWings are vicious, angry dragons. They have two animi. They could invade us from the south, couldn't they? I don't want our tribe to wind up like the NightWings. Who knows where they are? And--"
"Had," said the second, turning to leave. "The first killed the queen, and the second was banished. I believe we are done here."
The first RainWing grabbed his shoulder. "Wait, Treefrog! Did--did you hear that?"
Treefrog pricked his ears and stood still, paralyzed with fear. His eyes were huge. Slowly, he turned his head, and gasped loud enough to wake everyone in the forest. "Yes," he whispered, yelping with fear. "It's--"
A SeaWing stood behind them, holding a shark. He looked startled to see them, and his stripes flashed something indecipherable. He spread his wings and took off, flying out to sea.
"The animus!" Jaguar yelled, breaking the silence like thin ice on a lake. "Run!"
Treefrog grabbed his friend's arm and hauled him into the air, and the two RainWings soared over the rain forest as fast as they could go. Neither looked back to see if they were being followed--they were too scared, and frankly, neither wanted to.
Finally, they reached the village--a group of huts hanging in the trees, with the largest in the very center, nestled in a huge oak. Vines of flowers hung from the windows, and the thatched roof was higher than any other, allowing space to fly. This was Queen Anaconda's hut.
"Queen Anaconda!" Jaguar cried, bursting through the door. "There's--"
In the very center of the hut was a sleeping shape. It was huge, and rose slowly, like a snake poising to strike. Her scales flashed an eye-hurting red, for a split second, but long enough to tell the two visitors they came at the wrong time.
"Yesssss?" the queen said, standing to her full height. "You called?"
She was a mottled, brown-green, with huge black spots that rippled and changed. It made her body look as though a large snake was coiled around her--and there probably was. Anaconda was famous for her pet python, and she adored it greatly. 
The RainWing queen was, in short, terrifying. You couldn't tell if she was about to tell a joke or spit venom on you.
"Well," Treefrog began nervously, his scales turning lime and white, "there is an invasion. To the south."
He sat and coiled his tail around his leg anxiously, waiting.
Anaconda narrowed her eyes. "What invasssssion? Why wasss I not informed of thisss?"
 Jaguar shuddered. He had no doubt how she got her name. "My queen, there is a SeaWing--"
The green dragon barked a short laugh. "Oh? A SsssseaWing? How interessssting. Perhapssssss they will lead an attack." She smiled distantly, as though picturing something. "When did you firssst get your hunnch, Jaguar?"
This is bad. "Well," said the RainWing, "yesterday--"
"What time?" hissed the queen.
Treefrog tilted his head. "Why--"
"Noon." Jaguar looked up with wide eyes. "I was, uh, patrolling the borders, and--"
"Liessss!" Anaconda spat, flaring her wings. "You were sssssupposed to guard the hatchery! You are the reason one of my eggs wasss sssstolen!"
Treefrog gasped and went pure white. "You what?"
"I--" Jaguar began. "I--I didn't mean to--"
Anaconda grabbed the two RainWings as easily as picking up a fruit. "I sssusspected you," she growled, standing by the hut's door. "You work for my sssissster, don't you? Traitor! Banisssshed!"
She flew to the edge of the village, dropped them without a word, and flew back to civilization.
Treefrog frowned. "Jaguar?" he asked timidly. "Is it true? Did you--"
Jaguar sighed. "I am part of the movement, yes," he said. "Now that Anaconda knows, we have to leave. Now. I know were to go." He grabbed Treefrog's arm and flew deep into the forest, the sun peeking over the horizon. Light flooded throughout the land. "Hurry, before the sun's up!"
"What?" the other yelled. "Where are we going? Why are we going there?"
Jaguar looked back, a faint smile on his face, as he turned deep, dark purple. "To a new tribe. A new life, my friend."
He soared over a rise, and a serene valley appeared.
"To the ForestWings!"
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== Chapter One ==
2,000 years later
In his home, a SeaWing was at work.
"This is going to be great!" Kraken mused, setting up all of his models and waterproof scrolls. "My work has paid off!"Author's Note: This is my first fanfic, so it's probably horrible. Constructive criticism is welcome, but please don't be mean.
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