Stardrop's start

The story of Stardrop's parents coming together, the egg hatching, and first discovery of his Animus power! This could be considered a prequel to The Battle Prophecy. Likely a very disappointingly abrupt prequel.
== Chapter 1 ==
A battle had ended. Several rogue Mudwings had attacked the Rainforest, but the army dragons fended them off. Now, these war dragons were returning home. The Rainwings and Nightwings gathered to watch the veterans come home for retirement. There were mostly Nightwings and a few Rainwings.
"Look at this, Bloom!" Citrus, an old friend of Bloom, exclaimed. "The army dragons are coming home!" "Yes, they've been through so much." Bloom replied. Then a particular veteran caught her eye. He has huge, easily towering over the overs, and covered in scars. He even had a lost leg. There was something attractive about his roughness. She turned bright crimson, the Rainwing color of love/embarrassment.
"Oh, is someone blushing?" Dahlia, another friend of hers, joined in upon seeing her crimson state. Bloom figured, well, there was no point in hiding it now, her color was a dead giveaway.
"Yes, and I'm blushing over him." she said, pointing to the scarred Nightwing. "A Nightwing? Are you sure?" Dahlia asked. "Dahlia!" Citrus objected. She didn't want her comment to be interpreted as offensive to the Nightwings.
"What? I'm just saying, a Rainwing and a Nightwing together couldn't mix." Dahlia said, scratching her throat. Bloom's color slowly changed from crimson to orange, the Rainwing color of irritation. She rolled her eyes.
"Well, you can do what you want. I'll try him, and if he's not the one for me, I'll try someone else." Bloom said, turning back into her default green and yellow. She flew off into the trees. She couldn't deny her crush for him. She didn't even know his name yet. She then got an idea as she saw a small Rainwing zip towards her. Amazon, the messenger dragon.
"Hey, Amazon?" Bloom asked. The Rainwing screeched to a stop. "Yes?" He asked. "I... have a sort of half-baked crush on a big veteran Nightwing with scars and a lost leg." she admitted. 
"You mean Battlescar? He scares me..." Amazon replied. "Well, tell this Battlescar that I have a crush on him. Please?" Amazon slowly nodded, then zipped for the Nightwing half of the Rainforest. The Nightwings controlled the left half, the Rainwings controlled the right half of the Rainforest Kingdom. He spied the Rainforest floor, and eventually found Battlescar just outside a hut.
"Uh... Mr. Battlescar sir..." Battlescar turned towards him. "There's... a Rainwing named Bloom who has a crush on you!" Amazon said quickly. He just wanted to get it over with. Battlescar's faced turned to one of amusement. Not that it made him any less scary, with those scars on his face and chipped horns.
"Really now? Tell her I'm waiting by the Palace." Battlescar said, almost commanding Amazon. He quickly nodded and zipped away. Fast. He then got back to Bloom, laying in that same tree.
"Battlescar's waiting for you by the big palace tree." Amazon told her. "Perfect!" She replied. She glided down, to the big tree the Rainwing Palace sat on. By that time, she already saw Battlescar coming her way. She once again turned crimson when he sat in front of her.
"So, Amazon told me you find me hot?" Battlescar asked. "Yes, he's right, I do/" Bloom replied. Both their faces were... semi-nervous so to speak. Then Battlescar's rugged, scarred face morphed into a smile. Not one of his typical scary smiles. No, this one was entirely sincere.
"You're... kind of pretty too." Battlescar admitted. They were both doing the dragon equivalent of blushing. Then another, more squeaky voice interrupted their little get-together.
"Aww, is someone having a date?" Dahlia asked in a mocking tone. "Dahlia!" Both Bloom and Citrus said at the same time, Citrus flying over at just the right time. "Seriously, Bloom? Having a date with a Nightwing? Wow. You must hate tradition." Dahlia said. Then Battlescar himself turned to her with a glare that rivaled a snake. Dahlia stayed silent for a second.
"...I'll just go do something else." Dahlia said quickly, before flying away as fast as she could. They probably all thought the thing she was going to do was crap herself. Bloom and Citrus audibly giggled, while Battlescar just smiled. Citrus soon flew away to leave the couple some privacy from Dahlia's comments.
"Now where were we? Oh yes. Confessing our unrealistic love at first sight to each other." Battlescar said. They then noticed their talons were locked together. They must've done it while chuckling at Dahlia's abrupt exit. They looked at each other with a small smile.
== Chapter 2 ==
About 2 years later...
A huge figure burst through the doors of a medical hut, where mothers could lay their eggs. It was Battlescar, with a very concerned look on his scarred face.
"SHE'S HAVING AN EGG!" He yelped as his wife, Bloom, came into the room. Pretty much everyone knew they were newlyweds. They just didn't expect her to be pregnant with an egg so quickly.
"Eggs? Now? But it was scheduled for 2 months from now!" A Nightwing worker exclaimed. "Well, the egg has other plans!" Battlescar roared. Bloom was taken into the egg-laying room, and encouraged to push by the workers, mostly Rainwings. After a very long time, a Rainwing came to Battlescar, slightly put off by his huge size. She almost winced imagining the... conception of the egg.
"Battlescar. You're a father." The Rainwing said. She led him to the room where Bloom held her egg. The egg was dark purple with darker, blueish swirls. The happy couple rubbed each other lovingly, like lions. After Bloom had recovered from laying her egg, the parents were let go, and the 2 flew back to the hut. Technically, it was on the Rainwing side of the Rainforest, but Battlescar could live there since it was very close to the Nightwing side as well.
"What should we name the dragonet? Blackrain? Forestdweller?" Battlescar asked. "We'll wait until it hatches. Then we decide his name. We Rainwings go through a cycle of names. When we find the best fitting name, that will be its name." Bloom explained. Battlescar nodded.
It was several days later. Bloom caught sight of Citrus, laying in a tree. "Hey Citrus!" She called to her. "Oh, hey Bloom. I see you had an egg with Battlescar. Congratulations!" She spoke.
"Yeah, thanks. When the egg hatches, could you help us find names for the dragonet?" Bloom asked. "Sure!" Citrus replied.
About a month later...
"It's hatching! It's hatching!" Bloom cried. Battlescar rushed over to her. The egg was cracking and shaking. The couple watched diligently as the baby broke out of its shell. It had a Nightwing's pseudo-beak, which was bright blue. The eggshell finally broke open.
The dragonet was lime green, with a darker, duller underbelly. Lining its underbelly were lighter scales, which had the little Nightwing dots. Its forehead was baby blue, with a teal streak that separated it from his body. It had a dull, dark yellow line underneath its eye that has teardrop scales. Its head had traditional Rainwing ruffs behind its ears. The horns were a light reddish silver, as were its spikes. While it was a colorful as a Rainwing (although noticeably duller), it had the body shape of a Nightwing dragonet. 
Bloom called for her friends to see the dragonet. Those 2 friends were Citrus and Dahlia.
The 2 awed at the little one. Then it spread its wings. Its membrane was dark, with the traditional Nightwing stars. Citrus still awed, while Dahlia was appalled at this dead giveaway a Nightwing was the father. Her ruffs stood up and she was ready to spit venom on it. Then Battlescar stepped in. He simply picked her up like a tray of hot cookies, flew outside, put her down, then went back inside.
"She was going to spit venom on..." Battlescar paused, looking at the dragonet very closely "...him." Battlescar finished. The 2 were both appalled. Their friend was willing to kill, or at least horribly disfigure, Bloom's newly hatched son? They both knew she wasn't their friend anymore. Now, it was time to name the little guy.
"I got Ashlily, Bat, Blackberry, Blackvine, Stardrop, Colorshine and Dragon Fruit. What do you think?" Citrus asked. "Stardrop. Stardrop's good." Bloom and Battlescar both said at the same time.
Little did they know just what their son was capable of.
Several weeks later...
Bloom came across Citrus, picking fruit off trees. "Hey, Citrus." She called, with baby Stardrop in tow. "Oh, hey Bloom." Citrus said. "You here to teach little Stardrop how to pick mangoes?" She nodded. She grabbed a basket.
"Stardrop, this is how you pick fruit. You can help me." Bloom explained to him. She picked a mango and put it in the basket. "Now you try." she said. She held him up, and with his little talons, he grabbed a mango and put it in the basket.
"Good job!" Bloom said. She put him back down. She then went back to picking mangoes, putting them in the basket. Sometimes, they'd fall out. Only Citrus noticed though, but when she looked away and back, they were already in again. She did the dragon equivalent to raising her eyebrow, then got back to picking fruit. Soon enough, the basket was full.
"Mama!" Stardrop said with his words he was still learning "I have a trick for you!" He said, holding a mango in his arms. "Alright, let's see it." Bloom said, bending down to her son's level. Stardrop focused on the mango.
"Float, mango!" He spoke. Bloom chuckled, before gasping in astonishment. The mango was actually floating! Stardrop waved his arms around, and the mango floated in that direction. She poked Citrus with her tail to get her attention.
"What... WHAT?" Citrus said before realizing what was going on. "How did... Wha-what?" She said with astonishment.
Bloom came into the hut, looking shell shocked and holding her dragonet. Battlescar noticed her expression.
"What happened? Was there a spider inside a mango?" He asked with snark. "No. Even stranger." Bloom replied. She looked down, back at Stardrop. "Stardrop, do that trick with the mango again." Stardrop nodded. "Float, mango!" He made the mango float in midair again. In front of his father. Battlescar was shocked. It looked like magic. Which it was. Now, it was Nightwing tradition to bring discovered Animus dragons to their queen. And that is what he did with Bloom. By that time, the Rainforest's queen was Queen Blissful. The couple brought their son before the queen. 
"Ah. A hybrid." Queen Blissful said. Stardrop's stars under his wings were a dead giveaway. "Now, before this little trick of his, does he have any Animus ancestry? I don't want a fake being presented to me." "Yes. My great-great grandmother was an Animus. But she was depowered. That must be where he gets it." Battlescar said. 
"Perfect!" The queen quipped. "Now, show me his power." Bloom handed her son a mango. "Stardrop, turn the mango to stone." she said. Stardrop nodded. "Fruit! Become a rock!" He spoke. Sure enough, the fruit turned from a mango to a mango-shaped rock. The queen, along with her guards, gasped in surprise. The Rainforest had a resident Animus dragon now. 
The Queen summoned Amazon. She whispered something into his ear. He promptly zipped away. The news spread faster than wildfire on a bone-dry forest covered in gasoline. In about 5 minutes, everyone in the Rainforest Kingdom knew about it. The 3 were excused and flew back to their hut. Now, Battlescar and Bloom had several concerns about this. There was another famous male half-Nightwing Animus dragon. Darkstalker. Now, the magic alone couldn't be blamed for his insanity, those were his own choices. But Nightwings know all too well the judgement passed on their tribe by others, mostly Icewings. What if their judgement before Stardrop showed his true colors drove their little angel mad? 
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