Wings of Fire: Rising Dark Side

This story contains many spoilers for the entire 1st to 3rd arc of the normal WoF series. If you haven't read the whole series or are just starting out, it is advised you avoid reading this until getting a better understanding or unless you hate spoilers. Enjoy!
=== Short Summary ===
Ever since Achelous hatched, things have been highly rough for him at the Palace. Things become ultimately worse when he discovers he is an animus. Despite his ongoing joy of being important, like any animus, he hadn't realized the dangers of being one. Now fearing what could be his fate or destiny, he ventures off to hide what could be danger, or so he thought. Was being an evil animus all he was meant to be or is there a different side of the story? Who knows...
== ~ PROLOGUE ~ ==
The silver light of the three moons glittered down on the ocean, shining through the waves. The ocean was silent, the only sounds filling the nighttime air was the sound of crickets chirping and waves crashing against the shoreline.
Through the currents, a female SeaWing swam toward the royal hatchery, where her king waited.
She stopped in front of two guards fighting aggressively over an octopus. "Guards!" She flickered through her bioluminescent scales. "Yes, my queen?" One whipped toward her after snapping the food in half, releasing blood into the water. Her eyes narrowed. "Clean this up and let me through." She flashed, clutching her pearl necklaces.
They nodded, slipping out of the way. "Be careful, my queen. King Gill is mad."
'I know how to deal with Gill,' She thought, swimming into the hatchery. Once she entered the dull, dark hatchery, Gill snapped up. "Get out." He flashed.
Coral moved forward, placing a talon on his shoulder. "Gill, what is wrong?" Her scales flickered, her eyes meeting to the eggshell pieces in his talons. "Shattered." He winced, looking away from Coral, his gaze to the floor. "I have to protect this egg..." He snagged a greyish blue egg with purple swirls on it. Coral glared at the egg, her eyes locked on its shining surface.
"Gill, the guards do so," Coral flickered, trying to snag the egg away.
"No." He flashed, pulling away. Coral's ears perked at a shriek from outside the hatchery. "SHARK!!!"
She whipped around and quickly swam for the entrance, followed by Gill. The green male SeaWing's eyes widened, a bull shark threatening to come close to the hatchery. "Get more guards!" Coral flashed, darting pasting the shark and toward the Palace.
Gill placed the egg in the sand, flashing his scales brightly as he made a lunge for the bull shark. His talons made way toward its gills, clawing and sending blood through the water. Shrieks from a mauled guard pierced the water, slightly setting the male SeaWing king off course. More guards followed from the palace, including Webs.
The blue-green SeaWing's eyes widened after spotting Gill upon the shark's back. "Webs! Get over here!" Gill flashed, his eyes darting between the egg and the shark. With hesitation, Webs turned and swam off. "Webs!"
With Gill distracted by Webs, the large shark slammed its face against Webs, throwing him toward the sand.
Another guard came in Webs' place, ripping the shark's tail in half. Gill shoved himself up, even weak, he knew he had to protect the egg. Its half missing tail whipped at Gill, slamming him aside again. The shark turned towards the injured male SeaWing, approaching to kill.
Gill looked over weakly, his vision blurry and his eyes heavy. Through his weak eyesight, a flash of lime-green slammed at the shark. All Gill could see was the new blood floating through the water. His talon moved out, pulling the egg closer through the sand. 'I vowed to protect you... I will from the day you hatch to the day I... die...'
Everything went black.
----Gill shot up, panting as a stinging sensation rippled through his body.
He looked over, Coral was sitting beside him, concern and joy lit through her eyes. "Oh, Gill! I thought you were dead for a second..." She sighed, pressing her talon on her forehead. "Where's the egg?!?" He perked up.
"Gill... the egg should be the least of your concerns..."
"Where is it, Coral??!?" He spoke tensely. "It hatched..." She sighed finally. "Not another heir to the throne, just another prince." She grumbled, of course, Gill not noticing the obvious disappointment and hatred in her tone. "Where's my son?" He demanded to the medic SeaWing. "Right here, your majesty."
The sea-blue SeaWing set a small greyish-blue dragonet into his talons. He held the small dragonet up. "What should we name him?" Gill glanced toward Coral. "Pufferfish? Gulper?" She hissed sarcastically, rolling her eyes. He pressed his snout against his son's. "I think... Achelous."
The dragonet's eyes lit up, no longer confusion but joy. "Welcome home, Achelous..." Gill smiled softly.
== Part 1 ~ Lost at Sea ==
"ACHELOUS!!" Coral's thunderous roar shook the palace. She stopped a guard. "Where is he?!" She snarled. "Out on the beach, my queen."
----Achelous stared at his crisp white talons, flicking sand around across the small island as waves crashed on shore. "Hmph." He snorted, holding his breath for a few seconds. "I hate my lifeee..." He groaned, throwing himself backward. "I'm so aloneeeeeeeee..." He whined, opening his left eye toward the forest.
"RAHHH!!" a childish voice yelped.
"OH NO! I HAVE BEEN CAPTURED!!" Achelous cried in laughter as a pink and blue SeaWing dragonet scampered on his back, pretending to pin him. "Anemone! Achelous!" Coral snarled, storming onto the beach before them.
Anemone squeaked. "Sorry mother," She sighed, looking at the harness Coral had in one talon.
"Achelous. You should know better not to drag your sister out onto the beach without me or guards... you shouldn't be doing it at all!" Coral growled, intimidation Achelous as she towered over him. "S-s-sorry... mother..." Achelous stammered, his head hung down. "Now let's go, the council is waiting for entertainment." She hissed.
Achelous kept his head down, following Queen Coral back to the palace where the council member awaited. "Look alive, Achelous. Now. Sing." She growled stubbornly in his ear.
He sighed, lifting his head.
"I have something to say... and this, this song is dedicated to my mother." He gestured his talon to his mother. She chuckled in her seat as if amused.
He departed his jaws, preparing to sing. "All alone I fought the cause... Up against the time that started me... It's the life anonymous... Trusted with the lives of all of us..." He sang, his words sinking into his thoughts.
"I failed to see the flaws in the details I adored... And played God, I played God, played God... Science lay its heavy head... On the cold shoulder of consequence... Rush where angels dare not tread... Forced the hand of nature's accidents..." Coral sat up, staring at her son, eyes wide.
"Failed to see the flaws in the details I adored
And played God, I played God
Said, oh, my God, the devil's in the detail
No, Lord, I just didn't look there
We looked so long, we looked so hard
Looked so long, we looked so hard
Said, oh, my God, the devil's in the detail
Oh Lord, I just didn't look there
We looked so long, we looked so hard
We looked so hard and for so long
Said, oh, my God, the devil's in the detail
Oh God, I'm pretty sure we looked there
I tried so hard, for so long
I tried so hard and for so long
Said, oh, the devil's in the details
The devil's in the details, oh, ohhh...."
His eyes locked with the floor, he moved his head, everyone in silence. Even Anemone, whom, would usually, clap or sing out that it was 'amazing'.
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