The Hidden Star

By: Rivermisttheanimus2022 
Hey guys, River here! This is short but it took like a long time for me to write this, so any support is greatly appreciated, I will be posting art of some of the chapters soon. Anyways, thanks and enjoy! 
Prologue: 
“AAAAAAAAA'' He heard the screaming. “Orca!” Hummingbird woke up with a fright. He felt the necklace vibrating. And then… It stopped. He felt the life drain from it. He held it close to his heart, and he started to cry. He stood in the morning light. “At least I might still be able to save the egg…” He sniffed. “I have to save our egg,” “For Orca '' He said with more determination. “If I was Orca.. where would I hide our egg..” He said as he flew towards the mountains. “Wait! The River!” He realized. Hummingbird landed on the shore and started to search the Riverbed. Then he saw a glint in the rocks. He uncovered the egg and brushed away the rocks. He held the egg in one hand and clutched his necklace with the other in grief. He cried a bit and then flew off toward the rainforest. He flew over the forest for a little bit until he looked down and saw a large tree on the mountain. “Wait. What's that?” He flew down to the mountain to get a closer look. “Looks like that tree has a big hole in the trunk,” he said as he flew down to take a closer look. It was a very old big blue oak tree with a strange hollowed out trunk.``Oh Wow!” Hummingbird exclaimed. The tree trunk led down into the mountain. The tree's roots were slightly dangling coming through the cave ceiling. There were a couple of scrolls and a treasure chest with nothing in it except a rolled up map of Pyrrhia and a couple treasures in it. “Some other dragon must have lived here a couple years ago but it looks deserted now. Seems like no one has lived here for years.” he said. “It's perfect!” he exclaimed. But then, he dusted off the chest lock and… Orca… Hummingbird realized. “This was the place Orca had prepared for us to live before she lost her soul and died,” Hummingbird realized. He took some leaves from the tree and made a small nest for the egg.  There was also a carved out bed and a pillow. “I wish you were still here,Orca,” he thought. He dusted off the pillow and lied down to get some sleep.  
Chapter 1
6 years later; River walked around the cave anxiously, thinking to herself. River lived alone in the mountains in a cave hidden beneath an old hollow oak tree. Her mother Princess Orca and her father fell in love when her mother had snuck out one night. Unfortunately Orca had been killed by Queen Coral before River had even hatched. And her father Hummingbird fled with her egg and found the secret home Orca was preparing for them when they were planning to run away together. River was raised by her father for a couple years until Hummingbird was violently murdered by Queen Scarlet when they were in the sky kingdom when River was only 4. River fled back to the mountains in tears. River pulled a scroll off the rack and sat down on the ledge bed and started reading. *sighhhhh* River sighed as her head slumped on the pillow and groaned. “Sooooo bored”. “I haven’t gone or done anything since..” her mind flashed with pictures of Scarlet snapping Hummingbird’s neck.. River clutched her head in the headache. She tried to shake it off. It had been 2 years since then.. but River still remembered when out of the bushes Scarlet had snapped his neck right in front of River. After that.. River had never been the same. She stopped seeing any of her friends.River used to love reading old scrolls, and drawing. After her dad died, River kinda lost interest in a lot of things she used to really enjoy. She always felt like a piece was missing. “Wait!” “What if I travel Pyrrhia?” River grinned a little at the thought as she got up from the “I’ve made up my mind! I’m going to see the kingdoms!” River said. River started to pack her things. She grabbed a couple of her favorite scrolls, some fruit, and flew out the sky hole. 
Chapter 2
River flew through the clouds and over the mountains. She stopped and unrolled her map. “Hmm, where to first?” She said, “Oh! I could go to the rainforest or the ocean. Though I’ve been to the sea plenty of times. Alright then! To the Rainforest!” Besides, it would probably be the safest place to be, since the war of sandwing succession was going on. And any other tribe would likely either take River hostage, or kill her. And River was not in the mood to be killed any time soon. “Alright then! To the Rainforest!” She exclaimed. She flew for a while before stopping to take a break to eat for a moment. River landed in a small forest close to the mud kingdom.
It felt nice to just enjoy the sun on River’s scales. She searched through her bag for a moment and pulled out an apple. River sat and ate for a moment. But all of a sudden she saw a flash in the trees. River turned her head but didn’t see anything. She shrugged and continued enjoying the apple. She saw the flash again. This time she was sure it was there. She put the apple back in her bag as she stood up. “Who’s there?” She asked. A moment later a skywing guard walked out from the shadows. River stood her ground as a shiver ran up her spine. “Hello.. SPY!” The guard said. “What? No, I’m just passing through..” she tried to explain. The guard hissed, “liar”. “I don’t want any trouble.. I’ll be out of here soon..” The guard looked at her skeptically. Then, from above another voice called, “Oh is that so?”. River’s scales prickled as she saw Queen Scarlet and a bunch of guards swooped down and landed right in front of River. 
Chapter 3
Queen scarlet and three other guards flew down and surrounded River pointing their spears at her. “Oh no… Queen Scarlet!” River thought with fear. “Because I think we could have such a thrilling time together, you and I.” Scarlet said while slowly walking closer to River. River started to tense up as her mind filled with fear, her mind flashing with images of Scarlet snapping Hummingbird’s neck. But she wouldn't show it through her scales otherwise if Scarlet found out she was half Rainwing, who knows what she would do with her then. “What am I going to do?” She thought. “Come with me to my palace, we just Love seawing visitors.” Scarlet said while snickering and circling River. River gulped. “Sorry but no thank you.” She said while slowly backing away. “Oh but I'm afraid you have no other option,” Scarlet said as the guards edged closer with their spears pointed at her. And all of a sudden a guard from behind punched her, and River was knocked out. Later after she opened her eyes, found herself chained to a very Very high tower, wings bound. River jolted back, startled from how high up she actually was. She looked around to see many other prisoners all atop the other towers surrounding the arena. “What happened..” She said groggily. The headache was still there. Even worse now, probably because she was knocked out by that guard. River looked over the edge again. Her head started spinning. She clutched the tower. “Hi!” An unfamiliar voice said. It was a small Sandwing with tiny horns and sandy yellowish white scales. “Hi,” River said, a little confused. She was a sandwing. Didn’t she think River was weird or strange because of how River looked? “I’m Venom,” the sandwing said. “I’m River,” she replied. “So, how did you get captured?” Venom asked. “I was flying to the rainforest when Queen Scarlet got me,” River said. “I was flying from the desert over the mountains, when one of Scarlet’s guards found me. Venom replied. “Well, looks like we’re stuck here now..” River replied kind of solemnly. “Maybe we’ll find a way to escape.” Venom said, trying to be positive. The sun started to set. “Well anyways, we should probably try to get some sleep”. “Ya,” River replied. River let out a big sigh, layed down, and fell asleep.The next morning there was a battle happening down in the arena. It was a Seawing and an Icewing. “Eat up” a voice said as a charcoal rabbit was thrown down in front of River’s face. A bright fiery red and orange dragon with ice blue eyes said, “common eat up. I don’t want you dying before I kill you” Her scales seemed to be on fire, like they were burning from the inside. “I’m Peril,” the orange dragon said. “I’m the Queen’s champion” Champion? River thought. Peril flew away back to the arena. Probably to watch the fight. It was hard for River to look down, from both the dizziness and also the pile of dragon corpses on the outside of the arena. From the looks of it the Icewing had won. River sighed as she began to eat the chard rabbit. Her mind felt like it was in a haze. She couldn’t stop thinking about all the poor dragons that were killed in this arena, every day. The next couple days we’re pretty slow. River had to battle someone one day, and had found out later that Peril was basically Scarlet’s executioner. They sent her in whenever someone had won a couple times already. Peril would fight them. But they would never survive. Peril had too much fire, all she had to do was touch someone, and they immediately burst into flames. Sooo that was terrifying. The next day, River was taken to battle in the arena. It was a Sandwing this time. He raised his tail barb with a smirk on his face. “Your next Seawing.” he hissed. River was trying so hard not to change the colors of her scales. She just couldn't let Scarlet find out that she was half Rainwing. River was kind of zoning out as the announcer was introducing them. Then she snapped out of it when she heard the announcer say, “Claws up, teeth ready.. FIGHT!” The sandwing lunged for her, River jumped out of the way. He may be bigger than her but she was faster. She used that to her advantage. As she tackled him from behind. He threw her off. And raised his tail barb ready to strike. River jumped and clawed his side. Eep! She thought. His claws just scathed the skin of her tail. She just barely missed his tail barb. She bit down on his tail and “YOwch!” The sandwing screamed. Then River spat a little bit of venom in his ear. She staggered back as she watched him burn from the inside. River was frozen. She couldn't believe what she’d done. But she had to.. Someone would have died either way.. But it still felt wrong. The crowd went wild. The images flashed in her mind. She felt cold.. The headache returned. She rubbed her head in an attempt to soothe the splitting pain. She sighed and bowed her head as the sandwing’s dead body  fell to the floor, limp. River felt a twinge of grief go down her spine as the guards carried her back up to her tower and chained her down again. River sighed. “I'm sorry..” Venom said as they chained her down again. “Why did he have to die..” River said sollumley. Her webbed ear things drooped and her scales changed slightly to a darker blue and purple. River and Venom had become good friends over the past few days. They loved to talk about the sandwing war, and how messed up Queen Scarlet was. They talked for the rest of the day until sunset, which distracted River for a while, but she still felt weird. “Common.. Let's get some sleep.” Venom said, trying to comfort River. “Alright..” She replied. But River’s mind was racing. Now there were images of the sandwing flashed in her head too along with her father. River tried to think of the ocean. She loved the feeling of water on, and between her scales. Although I might never see it again.. Said a part of her. River sighed and quickly fell asleep. 
Chapter 4
“A!”  River exclaimed. “What?! The arena?! Peril?! I don't remember the guards unchaining me at all.” River said with confusion. She saw peril on the other side of the arena with smoke curling around her horns and burning from her nostrils. “M- Maybe this is a dream. Oh please be a dream… Please be a dream…”River thought. Peril lunged for River. “The ocean think about the ocean. Nice sandy beaches, sunshine… just a nice quiet sandy beach…” She thought hopefully as she closed her eyes. Then… Poof! River blinked. “Phew, It was a dream,” She exclaimed. She just began to settle down into the sand when… Slap! “Oof, cold slap of reality. Well make that warm or even steaming,” River sighed. She peeled the burnt cow hide off her face and tossed it aside. “Wake up!” Peril screamed. “Get up, I can't have you starving.” “Oh common cant I get five more minutes of decent sleep before I get torn apart in the arena?” River groaned as she laid down to go back to sleep. “No! Get up!” Peril yelled again. “Fine,” River said as she started to eat the cow. Her mind groaned as she ate the burnt cow. Peril flew down into the arena.  “Oh wait, right! The wire. This is the perfect distraction to try and escape. But I wish there was a way to save everyone else here too,” River sighed. She started to tug at the wire. “But it’s connected to all the other prisoners, I would have to find a way to cut it otherwise we might all just fall off,” River thought. She started biting at the wire. Bite bite bite! Nothing. The metal wire was too thick and hard to bite through. “I wish I could just snap the wires..” she said burying her face in her talons. Then she all of a sudden. She heard a *snap!* River opened her eyes to see the wires had snapped. “WHAT?!” River was too confused to speak.  River stretched her wings and claws. They were free. “Did I do that?” She wondered. Was she imagining it? How could the wires have just snapped? Her teeth had barely done anything. Am.. am I an animus? Wait! That means I can free Venom! “I hope this works,” River said. I enchant the chains on Venom’s Wings and arms to snap like rope.
River saw Venom’s confusion from a couple towers over as the chains on her snapped. Venom looked over a River and asked “Wait.. River. Are you an animus?” River  looked down at her talons, her mind racing. If I’m an animus, then I can free everyone here! Wait.. what about all those legends about animus dragons losing their souls.. I don’t wanna lose my soul like the dragons in the story’s.. I’ve gotta be smart about this. “Let’s get out of here..” Venom said, breaking River’s train of thought.Then down from the arena River heard a familiar spine chilling voice say, “YOU”.
Chapter 5
The fight in the arena stopped, and a hush went over the crowd. River’s and Venom’s eyes met as they both filled with fear “Oh isn't this just thrilling?” Scarlet hissed. An evil grin filled her eyes as she looked both River and Venom dead in the eyes. “We’re leaving..” River said, trying not to let the fear show. “Really now? Because I think we could have such a thrilling time together”. Skywing guards surrounded them. The guards took their arms and flew them down to Scarlet in the arena. The two contestants who were fighting stepped to the sides of the arena as they were flown down. River tried to elbow one of the guards. Scarlet gave a signal and the guards let go of their arms. “Besides,” she continued “what could a measly Sandwing and pathetic seawing do anyways?” She laughed maliciously. “You just back off, you jerk!”
Venom protested. “Ya, you slime licking fire breathing old hag!!” River shouted. “You'll regret that!” Scarlet growled. “Common Venom,” River said. “Venom?” River Turned around to see Queen Scarlet holding Venom by the throat squeezing her tightly. “Venom!” I have to do something,  River thought. She glanced over at Scarlet's tail. “Welp here goes nothing,”. And without a second more to think, she bit down into Scarlet's tail, making it gush blood. Scarlet roared, dropping Venom on the ground. “Guards get them!” Scarlet roared. 
Chapter 6
“Stop! No!” River stammered. “Why don't you listen when I say… Get away!” From out of nowhere.. a huge blast of energy was discharged from around River and Venom. It shook the arena. The guards fell to the ground paralyzed and the chains that were on the rest of the prisoners shattered before their eyes as a rainbow of wings flew into the air. “Woah” River said looking down in awe at her talons. Then rushed over to Venom. “Are you ok, Venom?!” “River lookout!” Venom said. A guard lunged for them. “Ok time to go!” River helped Venom up and they both started flying towards the waterfall. “Get up! After them you fools!” Scarlet roared, starting to chase them. “River, she’s gaining on us!,” Venom said in a worried tone. “I have an idea! Fly under me and hold your breath,” River said. They dove into the waterfall. River’s scales changed to match the rushing water of the waterfall. The current was strong, it almost swept them away. River grabbed Venom’s hand as they swam against the rushing currents. Finally they burst out of the top of the waterfall. They both clawed their way to shore. “Sigh” “Gasp!” “I think we lost them,” River said with relife. They both flopped on the grass. “I still can't believe we escaped,” Venom gasped. They both slowly started to sit up. They looked over the waterfall and watched as Queen Scarlet turned around shouting and starting  to fly back. “They’ll probably come looking for us again once they fix the damage in the arena, which could take a few days,” Venom said. “Well I'm not gonna wait around to be captured again so let's get out of here as soon as we can.” River replied. “I can’t believe your an animus!” Venom said. “Same. Found out while trying to break the chains during the fight in the arena.” River said. “It's weird but kinda cool!” “Ya!” Venom exclaimed. “I wonder what other adventures we’ll find next,” Venom said. “I dunno.. But I can't wait.” 
Epilogue: 
Unfortunately Scarlet’s guards had taken River’s bags, which had all her supplies in them. The only thing she managed to keep was the map. “Ok, so. Where should we go next?” River said. “What about the kingdom of the sand? I haven't seen the sand in so long.” Venom replied. “Alright! Then we’ll head to the kingdom of the sea.” River replied. River and Venom flew for a while until they reached the kingdom of the sand. “We’re here.”
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