Erase

notice: i have not discontinued this fanfiction. i actually really love it. but i'm really bad at finishing things when i start them so i might just add like a sentence at a time. enjoy :)
Erase is a canon fanfiction written by Xx-eclipsethelegend-xX (call me rei). You can submit some of your OCs to be added as background characters.
Erase tells the story of a SkyWing dragonet suffering from the effects of her abusive mother and fighting su*cide.
Schedule: I hope to add to it weekly, at least since the chapters aren't the longest. Maybe on Friday..? We'll see how it goes.
This is set in a semi-modern AU, in which the dragons have modern technology but are not anthropomorphic.
This story contains abuse and su*cide. Read at your own discretion.
==Chapter One (finished on 5/4/21)==
Please excuse me if there are minor edits that have to be done, I used Google Docs voice typing because I was lazy.
She shivered in the closet. " Why do you want a library card?" Holly screamed. "Those things are stupid and worthless wastes of wood.” Copper only shuddered in response.
She squeezed her eyes tight as her mom ransacked her room. She squinted, then opened her eyes. A millisecond later she yelped as her mom threw open the closet doors. 
She grabbed Copper and threw her onto her mattress, yelling and screaming. "I never wanted a dragonet like you." 
Then the hit came.
That night, Copper fell asleep crying. Just like the next. And the next. And the next.
On the night of the half moon, she opened her door, her scales stained from the salty water running down her face. Holly, as usual, was slumped over the kitchen counter, fast asleep with the scent of spirits wafting off of her.
Copper grabbed the bottle of olive oil from the cupboard, poured some on to her talons, and spread it across the back door's hinges.
She tested it with her still greasy talons, and there were no creaking noises. Copper grinned and opened the door to the inky black Sky Kingdom night.
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As the dragonet walked the deserted streets, a clock chimed. Midnight.
She didn't really know where her claws were leading her, which was bad, she supposed. Copper knew she could get lost; it was a very real possibility. Better than being bolted into her room. And anyway, her oily legs left marks on the flat stone path that shimmered in the half moon's light. She could find her way home.
Copper finally stopped, after about twenty minutes of walking, at a large wooden building.
She could read, only because her mother left her flashlights and romance novels unattended at night. Bad idea, if Copper was in the house.
And the sign over the gilded brass doors clearly said, "LIBRARY".
==Chapter Two (finished on ?/?/?)==
Copper broke into a wide smile. A window was open-to cool the building down, she supposed. No matter what it was for-it was a way in.
She jogged over to the window. It would be a tight squeeze, but she could probably get in. She was thin anyway, because of the measly rations her mother fed her. 
Copper pressed her body to the wall, head sideways, and slithered in. It was awkward, and uncomfortable, but no matter. She'd only have to endure it once more.
The library was greater than she imagined. It had a three-story Great Hall, with bookshelves and bookshelves- all filled with leather-bound books!
And then the smell. The smell of fresh paper, thick blotty ink, and musty leather. The scent of dust on shelves waiting to be explored. She wanted to fill the eaves of the place with her voice- she had never, ever had a chance to be loud (that was Mother's thing), but there was probably an alarm.
Copper let out the breath that she didn't even know she was holding as she nervously took in the various entrances spread out around the Hall. Each had an ornate archway above it etched with a topic. The nearest one, the Geography room, had a smoky scent, that of a flame being put out. She quickly peeked inside to tell if anyone was in there and had heard her coming, but nothing moved other than the sliver of gray drifting up and out the window.
"Huh."
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