Wings of Fire; Hybrids Unite

== WELCOME TO HYBRIDS UNITE! ==
Hybrids Unite is based in an au called IHAU (illegal hybrids AU). I Don't have much time for writing, so updates will be short. Currently accepting characters, including Scorch's brother, any guards from any tribe, an animus hybrid, and a queen for each tribe.
=== PROLOGUE ===
Eight years ago
Scorch clutched his three eggs to his chest, glancing at the guards behind him for a moment. The kingdom of sand was very hot, and the sun beated down on his wings. Gemstone, Jewel, and Beetle were going to be the dragonet’s names. He remembered Coconut’s face, and her four wings instead of two. Scorch remembered the moment when she met the sweet, pale brown and white SilkWing.
Scorch had been sitting on a beach at the edge of Phyrhia, looking at the vast ocean. He thought he saw a dragon-shaped lump near the shore, and he flew over to it. The tribes were at peace, but hybrids were illegal and were ordered to be killed on sight. When he saw four wings, he knew it must’ve been a hybrid. As he flew, he curled his claws inward. ‘If they’re a hybrid, I’ll have to kill them..’ He thought gloomily. He didn’t particularly like the law that didn’t let hybrids live. ‘But if it isn’t, then could it be a dragon from Pantala?’ He thought of Pantala, from the old history scrolls. As he got closer, he noticed more features like antennae and a rounded snout. Scorch grabbed the dragon, who was half his size, and brought it to shore. He waited a while for the odd dragon to wake up. When they awoke, they started coughing up some water before looking around drowsily. “Wh- where am I?” They asked Scorch. “Who are you?” Scorch asked with fearful curiosity. “Coconut” They said, looking into Scorch’s eyes.
Now, Scorch had no idea where Coconut was, and he hoped she escaped the guards that thought she was a hybrid. He suddenly felt a pain in his wing, dropping to the ground. A guard jumped on top of him, pinning him down “I’ve got him pinned down!” The guard yelled. Scorch opened his mouth, a jet of fire engulfing the guard’s chest. The guard backed off, and Scorch bolted back into the sky. When he lifted off, one of the eggs fell out of the bag ‘No!’  He thought with dread as one of the guards caught it and put it in a bag. No dragon knew what happened to the eggs, whether they were smashed, hatched and tortured, or just raised secretly.
Scorch had finally found a cave hidden by leaves, grass, and trees. He put the two remaining eggs against a boulder. Suddenly, a crack splintered through one of the eggs. Scorch gasped, unknowing about what to do. Talons broke through the sides of the egg, then the entire eggshell exploded. A small, Four-winged dragon that seemed to be a regular SilkWing wobbled around. It took Scorch a moment to realize the dragonet had a venomous SandWing tail barb. Pantala and Phyrhia were allied, so while a SilkWing on phyrhia was uncommon, it wasn't a hybrid. ‘Gemstone’ His mind suddenly thought. “Your name will be Gemstone.” He said aloud. The dragonet warbled back curiously. “We just have to cover your tail barb and you’ll be safe.”
=== CHAPTER ONE ===
Gemstone’s barbed tail swished the cave floor, moving around some rubble. “GEMSTONE!” Scorch growled. Scorch was grumpier than he used to be, but having only three dragons to keep you company for that long could get annoying very quickly. “I’M GOING OUT TO GATHER SOME FISH!”  He hissed. “Yikes. He’s in a bad mood this morning.” Gemstone growl-laughed to Desertmoth, her brother. “You said it.” The smaller dragon said. Desertmoth, Gemstone, and Cateye were the unbreakable trio. It was originally going to be a quartet, or even a quintet if her parents were that lucky, but her father lost one of the three eggs. Luckily, one of the two eggs he didn’t lose had two dragonets inside it. Gemstone was older than her siblings by three days, so that meant she was the lucky dragonsitter when Scorch was out. “Hey guys..” Cateye yawned, walking out of her room. Cateye was the polar opposite of Gemstone looks and abilities-wise. She looked like a complete SandWing, except for the lack of her tail barb and fire, plus the SilkWing horns and one set of large SilkWing wings that she always kept covered after she went through metamorphosis. Basically, Gemstone was the most dangerous SilkWing in all of Pyhriha and Pantala, and Cateye was the weakest SandWing. But they were both fierce. Desertmoth, on the other talon, was all bark and no bite. Yet he was the perfect mix between SilkWing and SandWing. He had SilkWing flamesilk, a SandWing’s fire and tail barb, two pairs of SandWing wings, the SandWing sail, and he had the SilkWing antennae to detect vibrations in the air. So the most powerful SilkWing hybrid was too scared to use his abilities, and the world was left to be saved by two weak yet fierce hybrids. Well, that’s what Cateye always joked. “Where’s father?” Cateye mumbled, rubbing her eyes sleepily. “Fish hunting trip.” Desertmoth told Cateye, receiving a sigh from her. Gemstone always wondered what was beyond the entrance to their cave. Was it true there were ten kinds of tribes that looked different from her? She just thought she, her sister, her brother, and Scorch were the only types of dragons for the first few years of her life. When Scorch started to bring back scrolls, Gemstone had a slight rebellious phase. “Why can’t we see the other tribes?” She hissed at her father during that time. Her father always responded with “Because they have orders to kill you!” In his ‘I am the oldest so listen to me’ voice. Gemstone didn’t like remembering that moment, but it kept her spirits up when arguing with Scorch. Cateye sighed again. “I’m booorrreeeddd, and I’m sick of relying on scrolls for scraps of emotion.” She groaned “Maybe we could uh..” Desertmoth stuttered for a moment “Just get used to it?” Gemstone hissed. “Maybe we could just get used to it?” Desertmoth looked down. “Maybe” He said. “We could leave” He said. Cateye looked at him in surprise, and Gemstone did the same. ‘Did my little brother just suggest sneaking out?’ She thought ‘HAH! Now I’ve heard everything.’ She looked her wimpy brother in the eye. “Are you being serious right now?” She pondered. Desertmoth nodded as a reply. Cateye laughed when Desertmoth nodded; “Are you serious?” She said in a way similar to Gemstone. “I’ll be staying to ehhh. . . Protect father.” He looked around worriedly. “Yea.. to protect Scorch..” ‘Sure’ Thought Gemstone ‘And humans fly!’ She looked at the exit, as did Cateye. “I say do it.” Cateye hissed. “Scorch is the most boring dragon in the entire world.” Cateye looked at Desertmoth with a sigh. “Fine,” Gemstone said sarcastically. “I can’t wait!” “WAIT.” Desertmoth hissed. “You have to pick a location incase I join you. How about Jewel Village?”
=== CHAPTER TWO ===
When Gemstone and Cateye left the cave, it turned out it was the middle of winter. And winter was very cold. “The snow is super pretty, like a soft white bed.” Cateye sighed. “Though I CAN’T FEEL MY TAIL!” She yelled. Gemstone nodded in agreement with that very true statement. “Maybe we should land. That village seems nice.” Gemstone smiled. She looked at her map. “It’s called ‘Jewel Village’, I think.” Gemstone said, addressing the map.  Cateye had her odd features covered, as did Gemstone. Gemstone had a thick fluffy warm piece of felt wrapped around the edge of her tail, hiding her tail barb. Cateye wore a wing, tail, and head veil that hid her SilkWing features completely. They just looked like a SandWing and a SilkWing flying with each other. They landed in the village, and Gemstone looked all around. SeaWings, IceWings, MudWings, SkyWings, the SandWings, the RainWings, NightWings, and very few SilkWings, HiveWings, and LeafWings. But no hybrids in sight, not a single one. “Psst! look at that poster” Cateye whispered in Gemstone’s ear. Gemstone walked over to the poster and started to read it.
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RULES
No thievery or stealing
No unauthorized SilkWing or HiveWing Pantalan visitors (This rule does not apply to those born on phyrhia)
No jewels or gemstones that havent been authorized
NO HYBRIDS, any dragons found with hybrids or in love with another tribe may be exiled, and any eggs will be taken away
No disrespect to SandWings or LeafWings, as they are the tribes that made this village. SANDWING LEAFWING HYBRIDS ARE ALLOWED IF THE MUTATIONS ARE VERY SLIGHT, BUT THEY MAY BE HUNTED OUTSIDE OF OUR VILLAGE
Hybrids or Tribrids from before the anti-hybrid law was made are allowed to live in Jewel village peacefully, but they are not allowed to have any dragonets.
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When Gemstone was finished reading the list, her eyes hurt from the bold text. “That’s not very nice.” She hissed just loud enough for the dragon near her to hear. “What’s not very nice?” They asked. They seemed to be an IceWing, but their tail curled like a RainWing and they had horns like a SeaWings. Their scales were also a pinkish-gray with some splotches of orange on their tail. Gemstone hissed at the unfamiliar dragon, before realizing they meant no harm. “Oh- I was just saying the rules ain’t very fair. . .” Gemstone sighed. “Well, I'm Shrimp. I am a tribrid from before the rules. I’m also a failed IceWing and SeaWing royal.” The dragon smiled warmly, like Scorch did all those years ago when Gemstone was younger. “I’m Gems- HHHH!” Gemstone was pulled to the side by Cateye, before being met by angry hissing. “We don’t know if we can trust him! You know what dad always said; never trust a royal!” She yell-whispered. “You were always the one saying that. Not Scorch.” Gemstone responded, before going back over to Shrimp. “Anyaway, sorry about Cateye, my s- I mean friend.” Gemstone smiled at Shrimp warmly. ‘What's this feeling- is it..’ Gemstone thought for a moment, her thoughts cut off.. No.. that couldn’t be it. “I’m Gemstone, eight years old already!” Her tail twitched, the cloth getting uncomfortably hot on her tail. “Ah. Well I’m
About twelve now I believe. I was two or three when hybrids were illlegalized.” The Royal hybrid was modest and serious, yet silly and kind at the same time. “That's nice. Anyway, could you show me and my friend around?” Gemstone asked, whilst Cateye grumbled in the background. He nodded his head, still smiling. “Also, Cateye was it? Whatever your name is, your veils are very pretty.” Cateye grunted as a response. “Well, follow me. I’ll show you where you can stay.”
Gemstone gasped when she saw the large tent. It was beautiful, prettier than anything she had ever seen before “Wow.. It's..” Even Cateye was amazed by it, her grumpy attitude left at the entrance to the village. “Well, we’d better get you a room.” Shrimp said happily. He walked over to a nearby desk and started talking with the dragon that was behind a desk, which looked like a LeafWing. Whilst Cateye was looking around, Gemstone snuck closer to the dragons, hearing snippets of the conversation. “Hmm. Hybri…” the LeafWing said, parts cut off due to the distance. “Yes.” Shrimp nodded. “And they…” Gemstone gasped, backing up. Was Shrimp betraying them? ‘Was stupid enough to fall for him..’  Gemstone noticed Cateye sitting down in a hammock “Come on over here! Lay down!” Cateye yelled. Gemstone walked over and layed in the hammock next to her sister. Suddenly, she heard a whizzing noise and felt a sharp pain in her neck. The last thing she saw was the hammock turning into a see through bag, encasing her.
=== CHAPTER THREE ===
Gemstone’s eyes snapped open, her claws scrambling against the stone floor. ‘Was it all a dream?’ Her brain hissed. But when she looked around, she realized that the cave was bigger than her home, and the exit had guards and no vines. The room flickered orange and yellow from the fire lanterns above her. She saw her sister on a ledge asleep, and some other hybrids, including what looked like a SandWing HiveWing, A SkyWing RainWing, and a NightWing Seawing “Ooh! New hybrids!” The NightWIng hybrid said suddenly. “I’m Deformed! Deformed is the name the guards gave me because I didn't know my own. I’m technically the oldest in terms of how long you’ve been here, but I’m still only five. They brought me here when I was two, new dragons started coming when I was four and a half!” The dragonet smiled. ‘Oh.. that's sad.’ Gemstone thought. ‘Poor dragonet had to spend almost two whole years alone..’ Suddenly, Gemstone heard a low hiss. “He’s also the most annoying too!” A female dragon said. “I’m Equator. SkyWing RainWing hybrid, obviously.” Her originally red and gold scales turned a pretty shade of purple and green on her tail and front talons. “Sadly, barely any of my scales can camouflage.” She made her tail and front talons go invisible to show which scales could change color, before returning them to a goldish-orange. “Welp, I’ll let Paperwasp introduce himself.” She said, flicking her tail towards the last hybrid in the room. “Hmm?” The dragon’s heads angled towards Gemstone. Gemstone realized that the dragon’s eyes were cloudy. ‘Are they blind?’ Gemstone thought sympathetically. “Oh, I thought I smelled something new.” the dragon said. “Paperwasp is my name. How about you?” Gemstone looked the hybrid down. Orange-yellow scales with some splotches of dull yellow, and huge hivewing horns. They had a lack of a SandWing sail and instead had skinny HiveWing spikes on their back. It took a moment for Gemstone to notice that the dragon’s tail, about halfway down, split into three tails! “I’m Gemstone. Uh.. quite a few tails you got there. Can you control them individually?” Gemstone noticed  a SandWing barb on the left tail, a HiveWing stinger on the right tail, and nothing on the middle tail. “Gemstone’s a nice name. What kind of hybrid are you?”
Gemstone flopped down on the ledge next to her sister, who was now awake. “So many questions!” Gemstone groaned, tired from all the questions the other dragons had asked her. Cateye looked down,  her now uncovered tail flicking. The guards had taken off their adornments, and added metal bands to their tails and horns. Suddenly, a LeafWing grabbed Gemstone by the arm and dragged her out. “HEY! STOP THAT!” Gemstone hissed and protested and wrathed, but the guard just huffed and kept going. After a while, The guard threw her on the ground. A soft, fluffy rug laid beneath her talons. A voice in the background muttered, and it seemed very familiar. ‘Shrimp betrayed us..’ She thought with another burst of anger. She sat up quickly and looked at the dragons in front of her “Another hybrid.. Well, welcome.” A green and purple NightWing looked down to the SilkWing SandWing hybrid. “It’s been a year or so, and I have been so very bored with the lack of new things, but now Shrimp got me two!” Her voice was odd, and when she talked, it felt like slimy snakes were slithering along Gemstone’s scales. “So, names?” The NightWing’s voice hissed. Gemstone could barely choke out a reply. “G- Gemstone and Cateye. .” Gemstone was scared of the NightWing. It felt as if the fear wasn’t natural. . . “Interesting names. SandWing SilkWing I suppose?” Her voice sent a child down Gemstone's spine. Gemstone nodded, still sitting. “Never had a SilkWing hybrid before. I suppose I should tell you my name, if the others haven’t by now. But I'll let you call me… hmm..” Her voice trailed off into confused hissing. “How about.. The Holder?” Her voice still was creepy and unnerving. Gemstone nodded again, her eyes widened in fear. “Taildragger, please take her back to the others.” The Holder hissed to a NightWing behind her. “Scuse me ma'am, but i’m gonna have to hit ya with another RainWing sleeping dart” Gemstone hissed as she was jabbed, but soon the room went dark once again.
=== CHAPTER FOUR ===
“Where am I?” Gemstone popped back up with a hiss, before realizing she was in the hybrid cave again. “You good?” Paperwasp’s sweet kind voice arose, his talons feeling Gemstone’s scales. Gemstone was breathless at the sight of Paperwasp, his scales gleaming in the lantern’s light. “I just met…” Gemstone started “The Holder?” Paperwasp finished her sentence for her. “Yeah, she got an old animus hybrid before he died to enchant her scales to make every dragon she wanted to fear her.” Paperwasp’s voice trailed off. “My father..” His tails swished against the cold stone floor, and his cloudy eyes gleamed ‘Oh.. that’s sad. Wonder if Holder killed him.” Gemstone’s ear twitched, as did Paperwasp’s. “Well, I’m gonna take a nap” Paperwasp went over to his ledge. “HEY! LET ME GO YOU DELUSIONAL POMPOUS SNOB-HEAD SACK OF POTATOES!!” Cateye hissed in the background, being dragged away by Taildragger. “YOU ARROGANT LIZARD! LET ME GOOOO!” Her whiny yelling faded into the background. “Lizards and Bird-brains, does she ever shut up?” Equator hissed angrily. “I am trying to write with the limited blank scrolls and ink we have.” Equator dipped her talon in a pot of ink and continued writing something about forbidden love, which was the title of said scroll. Gemstone was tired too, and went over to Paperwasp to sleep by him. Gemstone’s eyes fluttered closed, and she was soon asleep despite taking two naps from the RainWing sleeping darts.
A loud cluttering sound, like metal hitting the floor, awoke Gemstone. “You! flamesilk!” The LeafWing guard hissed at Gemstone. “Excuse me?” Gemstone hissed back. “I have never once tried using my silk, and I'm pretty sure I would notice if there was fire under my scales.” The guard grabbed Gemstone’s front talons and angled them over the pot. “Try.” The guard hissed in a low voice. Gemstone looked down at her wrists. She saw two small flaps. ‘Hmm. That's new. . .’ She thought with surprise. She tensed her arms, and thought of gleaming white silk landing in the pot. When she opened her eyes, glowing orange-yellow silk was coming out of her wrists, and the silk was warm, like fire. ‘Flamesilk..’ She thought with amazement. Even the tough guard’s mouth hung open at the sight of it, before his face returned to a menacing (Or at least an attempt to be) glare. It took Gemstone a moment to realize all the other hybrids in the cave, except for Paperwasp, who had a puzzled look on his face, was staring at her.  ‘I have a dangerous weapon..’ She thought. Without thinking any further, she angled her wrists at the guard, and flamesilk sprawled onto his snout. The smell of burning scales filled the room, and pained screams and the guard got the bit of flamesilk off his snout. The guard backed up, clutching one of his eyes. “You’ll regret that! I’m telling Bloodshedder!” Gemstone watched the guard run out of the room, the entrance guards giving him a weird look. Equator walked over to the pot, which was left behind. “Wow.” She muttered. “Even I’M not brave enough to attack the guards. You are going to be in SO MUCH TROUBLE!” She laughed slightly, like a small dragonet. “Hey! That's mean!” A small voice squeaked. It was Deformed, the youngest dragonet. Equator hissed at the small dragon. “Shut up Deformed. No wonder your parents gave you up”
    “They found me!” Deformed growled back, sounding wise beyond his years. “My parents loved me, and took care of me, and loved me!” Deformed’s voice started to crack, and his wings curled in. His wings extended again, and he flew into a corner. Gemstone noticed a scar on the young dragonet’s wing, and a crack in his horn. ‘He’s too young to fight… poor thing’ Gemstone thought once again. Though most SilkWings had an internal clock, Gemstone had no idea what time it was.. ‘Is it day or night? Winter or Summer?’ She laid down, but her head stayed in the air. Her stomach was empty, and she felt ravenous. “When are we going to get FOOOOOOOOOD?” She groaned, feeling one of her ribs. “Tomorrow, if the schedule is correct.” Paperwasp said, pointing to a wall with marks on it. ‘He knows the area well.. Wonder how long he’s been here.’ Gemstone’s tail flicked, annoyed from the lack of food. “I might as well eat the weeds in the cracks in the floor.” She joked. Gemstone’s ears twitched as she heard loud, grumpy talonsteps. “You.” The Holder hissed. “Are going to be punished.”
=== CHAPTER FIVE ===
‘Oh inchworms and vipers!’ Gemstone cursed inside her head. Her claws clenched in, but the thought of fighting the large NightWing scared her. The Holder pinned her down, preventing her from escaping her grip. A warm red liquid started to seep out of Gemstone’s scales. It was blood. The barb on Gemstone’s venomous tail swung as a hiss exited Gemstone’s throat. Her tail stabbed The Holder’s tail, and she let out a shriek, her grip letting off. Gemstone put her wrists up, and flamesilk landed on the NightWing’s scales. The smell of burning scales filled the room, Gemstone’s snout twisting in disgust. Gemstone bolted towards the exit of the room, and she found herself in a large, unguarded labyrinth. In a panic, she turned a sharp right corner, then another right, until she found a room labeled protected. She entered the room and saw two dragons, one a crimson and red LeafWing with long, curved horns and one set of large, phyrhian wings, perhaps a SkyWing hybrid. The second looked just like Gemstone, with the SilkWing features but the barbed SandWing tail. ‘Odd…’ Gemstone thought. There was also a large hole, not big enough for a dragon of course, horribly covered with leaves. ‘Oh- uh- hello! Nothing to see here, regular SilkWing friend!” The one that looked like Gemstone said, their voice sounding a lot like how Scorch described Coconut to sound. “I can see the hole. You need to cover it better.” Gemstone said, walking over to the hole. “How’d you find these big plants anyway? They’re WAAAY too skinny, but too long to stay here without getting clipped..” As Gemstone said it, the puzzle pieces in her head clicked. “Wait… do you have LEAFSPEAK?”
   “Shut up!” The red LeafWing hissed. “I found them in a corner.. Yeah..” She said unconvincingly. “I’m not one of those dumb guards, I'm one of the stupid dragons stupid enough to trust that STUPID DUMB WALRUS-FACED SHRIMP!” Gemstone yelled. “SHUT UP!” The red LeafWing yelled back. “The guards’ll hear you! And we hatched here, and we want to see the outside world.” Her tail flicked, and the dragon that looked like Gemstone hissed. “She has LeafSpeak, for some reason. Apparently they went into hiding during the OddScales war.” She looked oddly at Gemstone. “Why do you look like me?” She questioned. Gemstone shrugged as a response. “I am Maple, A ‘Mutated LeafWing’. Or at least that’s what the guards say. I have the strongest LeafSpeak in years, but it tires the plants out to push the stone out of place for a hole.” Maple looked towards the plants “Stupid lazy snob-nosed plants.” When Maple said that, Gemstone had to stifle a laugh. “Well you're not hiding it very well! Plus, a dragonet could fit through there.” Gemstone looked around. “So you hatched here?” Gemstone questioned. “Yep. I’m Locust.” The Gemstone clone said. ‘We have no idea what clean air feels like, or how fresh prey tastes, or how trees look!” Locust chirruped. “Just force them to keep going.” Gemstone barked at Maple. Maple jumped, and seemed to start focusing really hard on something. Suddenly, a cracking noise filled the air. It came from the hole. Maple pushed her way through the hole. “It works! Come on!” Gemstone thought of Paperwasp, stuck here forever. “I have to get something.” Gemstone backed out of the cave, and snuck over to the entrance to the cave she awoke in. “Paperwasp, Cateye, come on! We’re escaping!”
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