Twilight's Hour

This is unfinished btw.
== Prologue ==
Twilight needed to leave. The sea was filled with dead fish, and it seemed to have turned into a hot spring overnight. She knew the volcano would erupt. She had stayed far too long - the signs had been clear, but she had stayed out of fear - out of fear that her world would turn upside down if she left the only place she’d ever called home. It would be daybreak soon, and when the sun rose, she would not be able to fly in the cover of darkness, in the safety of night. The waters were of no use any more - they would bake any dragon alive if they stayed too long. But, what use would camouflage be if she was buried in lava? She had to leave.
She spread her dark, star-speckled wings and rose to the skies. She sighted a dark mass, with stars that seemed to head towards her. She blinked again. It was a giant NightWing, the largest dragon she'd ever seen, and the loud flap of his wings alerted her of his presence. Twilight ducked behind the trees, folding her star-speckled wings over her face.
The giant dragon landed with a grunt, walking slowly towards her. She flinched at the sound of his thunderous steps, waiting for her to be found. Was the dragon here for prey? Was he here for her? Oh, my stars, please don't look this way! Please! she prayed.
The dragon stepped closer. Twilight whimpered. In a flash, the dragon raced towards her, pinning her down. "Please!" she cried. Her heart was racing. Would the dragon kill her? Would he stuff her, and show her off to other dragons? Otter had said it would happen, and before it seemed so unlikely, but now, she wasn’t so sure.
"You are a NightWing dragonet! What are you doing outside the island?" he demanded. She cowered away. There was an air of haughtiness and disdain in his voice, which seemed to crawl into her mind like a parasite worming its way through her head.
"Wh-what island? I live here, a-and I've never seen any other NightWings before," she stuttered. "W-who are you?"
The dragon released his tight grip on her. "I am Morrowseer, advisor to Queen Battlewinner, and you will address me as so. Come. I will show you the NightWing island."
"I can't go with you; the volcano's about to erupt!" she replied. With that, she leaped into the air.
"Nonsense. Our scientist made it extremely clear that it will only erupt in a few years time. Now, come. We can't afford to lose little ones like you.”
Twilight's instincts finally kicked in, and she sank her teeth through his tail, but she was only met with hard scales. He shook her off, hissing in anger, before unleashing flames that landed dangerously close to her. The heat was unbearable; the water would only worsen the pain. She cried out in pain, plummeting in the depths of the ocean.
== Chapter 1 ==
The ocean was burning her scales. Twilight couldn't help wondering how it had been so hot, yet so calm. She wondered, What would happen if I swam deeper? Would it be just as hot, or cold? It seemed so tempting to just sink down to the bottom of the water and seek the replenishing cold water that had all of a sudden disappeared. She relaxed, letting the water wash over her. She drifted around meaninglessly, letting the currents drive her to the sea floor. Release. The cold water soothed her scales, and she wondered if she could stay there forever, in eternal bliss. Alone in the darkness. Alone, but not lonely.
The distant rumble of the volcano shook her of her stupor and she tried to swim up to the surface but was pushed down by torrents of lava. She lit up all her luminescent scales, Help!, but she knew that it was pointless. Nobody would save her; even if someone was nearby they wouldn’t help her. They’d just try to escape the storm. She was thrown into the unrelenting ash storm, one that she knew instinctively was from the volcano. She thrashed her tail in hopes that she would somehow make it to the surface again.
Gathering up all her effort, Twilight surged into the air and winced as she spread her heavily-burned wings. She gasped for air, only for her lungs to be filled with smoke. The wind thrusted her in the path of falling ash. Come on, Twilight. You can do this. If Otter was here, she wouldn’t give up.
Suddenly, a dark brown mass of scales collapsed on her and she plummeted down a hard sandy beach.
“Ah!” she cried. Her voice was raspy from the smoke. She peered over to see a dark mahogany MudWing, sprawled on the ground in a fatal position. “AHHHHH!”
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