Wings of Fire: The Prophecy Awaits (LLH fanfic)

A Wings of Fire fanfiction by Lucky_left_handed. This fanfiction can also be found on Wattpad here.
== Summary ==
This is an AU where the Dragonets of Destiny and the Jade Winglet dragonets are swapped
Eight years into the War of SandWing Succession, the NightWing named Morrowseer foretold a prophecy that would spread across the continent and be heard by dragons of all tribes. This famous prophecy promised them peace from the bloody claws of battle and all dragons believed that one day, they would be saved by the Dragonets of Destiny. A group of seven dragons, one from each tribe, would come together and unite the tribes, ending the war by choosing the next SandWing queen.
Umber wasn't sure of how it would work really. He and his friends seemed like disappointments when compared to the legendary dragons they had been told that they were supposed to be. But when he was with his friends, it felt like even as disappointments, they could do anything together, even end a twenty-year war. That was until they all learned a shocking truth and they end up having to escape the prophecy in order to save Pyrrhia. Umber struggles to come to terms with everything happening and as he and his friends stumble into dangerous situations, he must do everything he can to protect them.
== The Dragonet Prophecy ==
When the war has lasted twenty years...
the dragonets will come.
When the land is soaked in blood and tears...
the dragonets will come.
Find the SeaWing egg of royal divine,
and wings of ice to gleam and shine.
The SkyWing egg with the reddest shell,
and rainbow scales that flash pastel.
For mud and night search through the dark,
For their placement that will show with a spark.
And scrambling below the talons of queens,
the SandWing egg awaits unseen.
Seven eggs to hatch on Watcher Night.
Seven dragons born to end the fight.
Darkness will rise and bring the light.
The dragonets are coming...
== Prologue ==
Dune was flying under the cover of darkness through the rainy peaks of the Claws of the Clouds Mountains. It was the eve of the watcher night and the guardians were scrambling to get everything together in time. He knew that they should have planned earlier but it was hard to find eggs that would hatch on the watcher night, especially when they weren't able to look at them up close.
Even so, Dune knew an egg that would hatch on the watcher night. Working in the Scorpion Den with Thorn, Dune knew many of the more famous dragons in the city. Cobra had always made a name for herself with her job and Dune knew that she was never interested in dragonets. That's why he kept a close eye on her last egg. Even if she (for reasons Dune could never understand) kept her oldest two dragonets, he had a feeling that if he offered her enough, she would give him her egg.
And that's what happened earlier that night. Dune went to Cobra and offered her a good sum of gold that she took without hesitation before letting Dune take her egg. She didn't give it a second glance and she instantly turned to count her coins.
Dune almost felt good for taking the egg from her. She wasn't a great mother and at least her dragonet would grow up to be more special than she would ever know. 
The other guardians were out on their quests or already done. They had all parted ways a week ago to finish their assigned egg. Some would take longer than others and Dune took his time sneaking through the Scorpion Den. He didn't want to risk being seen by Thorn or Six-Claws. He felt his heart shatter when he saw the two.
He didn't want them to know that he was there. If they talked to him, it would make it harder than the mission would already be. So Dune was careful and made it in and out without being seen.
Dune would make it back to the cave even if he still wasn't used to flying with his new leather wing membrane that was made for him by the talons. After not being able to fly for so long, he wasn't immediately used to it again, but it did feel good to fly again after so long.
Webs was sent after the SeaWing egg which Dune had no idea how the SeaWing was going to do. The prophecy called for a royal SeaWing egg and Dune couldn't fathom how Webs, a SeaWing with no special ranking, was going to get even close to Queen Coral's hatchery.
Kestrel was sent to get the SkyWing due to her familiarity with the Sky Kingdom. Even though the talons knew that she had trouble with the queen, they had her go because she was the only one of them who could sneak in unnoticed on the stormy night that was happening at the moment.
Hvitur was tasked with getting IceWing egg which was another mission that Dune couldn't imagine going right. The Ice Kingdom was far more closed off than the other kingdoms and even a normal-looking IceWing would look suspicious entering one night and then leaving another with an IceWing egg.
Then there was sweet Asha. The MudWing had two quests. She was first sent to look for the NightWing and MudWing eggs which were in a special location that Dune assumed a NightWing put them in. Then Asha had to fly to the Rainforest Kingdom to get the RainWing egg. Dune didn't think that one would be too hard. Sneaking into a kingdom where the whole tribe would be sleeping or too unbothered to care about an egg getting taken sounded like a job he would rather do than the SeaWing or SkyWing one.
Now they all had to make it back to the cave and the next night, two of the moons would be full and the eggs would hatch. The saviors of the continent would be brought into the world and trained by the guardians to end the war.
The thought motivated Dune to push through the strong storm and finally land at the entrance of the cave the guardians would be keeping the dragonets in. As he touched his talons down onto the ground, he noticed talon marks in the mud below him.
Dune moved forward and pushed open the boulder of the cave. "Who's there?" Dune heard a soft voice.
"It's Dune," he replied back. A MudWing with light brown scales moved forward out of the dark. "Asha, you're back."
Asha nodded and smiled. She turned around and walked through the cave toward the larger room. Dune followed behind her. The room was dim with only two torches lit. In the center, a woven nest held three eggs; the MudWing egg, the NightWing egg, and the RainWing egg. Dune pulled out the egg around his neck and placed it down in the nest as well. The SandWing egg sat against the others.
"No one else is back yet," Asha noted. "I hope they're okay. We need the eggs before tomorrow night."
"They'll be back," Dune responded. "They have to. Because this is a prophecy and prophecies happen." Asha laughed slightly and smiled. There was something about Asha that made Dune feel happy. He thought that it was because she was so kind that it radiated out of her and spread to other dragons. Even Kestrel was tolerable of her.
Dune and Asha had always been closer though. They had never felt the need to use the secret passcodes the Talons of Peace had, they just knew that it was each other whenever they spoke.
Before either of the two could say anything to each other, talons steps were heard in the distance. Dune felt himself moving away from Asha as they grew closer. From the passageway, Kestrel emerged with Webs on her tail.
The SkyWing didn't look at any of the other dragons and went over to put the SkyWing egg right into the nest. Webs was slower, taking his time with the SeaWing egg.
"Wow, we almost have all of the eggs," Asha said. Kestrel huffed.
"But we don't have all of them," she replied. "Hvitur better get the IceWing egg or all of this is screwed and these eggs are for nothing."
Webs gulped. "He has to return. If he doesn't, there won't be any end to the war." Dune nodded.
"We have to trust him. He's the only one of us who could have done the job. All of us would have been killed by the Great Ice Cliff he told us about," Dune recalled. He remembered the story Hvitur told them about the cliff on the border of the Ice Kingdom.
Kestrel was about to say something but Dune's ears caught the sound of talons, making his head turn to the passageway. Kestrel's gaze followed and the IceWing they knew came walking out.
He had a fur pouch on his neck and an IceWing egg sat inside. "We have them all!" Asha cheered. Dune saw smiles spread across almost all of the guardian's faces (Kestrel never smiled but she looked more relieved than Dune has ever seen her).
Hvitur set the egg down in the nest and all seven eggs stood together, shining in the light of the cave. Dune looked up through the small skylight in the cave's ceiling where he could see moonlight streaming in and casting down on the eggs.
"Can you believe it?" Hvitur asked. "They are going to change the world and we're the dragons who will raise them." Asha was gleaming. She had always had a liking for dragonets, even if she said it wasn't a very MudWing thing to like. Dune remembered how she told him that she was excited to raise dragonets for once.
"Tomorrow, Pyrrhia will finally be given hope," Dune said softly.
== Part 1 ~ Chapter 1 ==
Part 1 ~ The Mighty Dragonets
Mighty, righteous, legendary. They were all words that Umber had been described as. He was hatched on a particular night and according to some old words a random NightWing said, that meant that he was destined to save the world.
That didn't make him confident that he was qualified to save the world. Surely other MudWings hatched on the Watcher Night from seven years ago, he could have gotten mistaken for one of them instead.
Despite his doubts, Umber's friends were confident that he was the MudWing they needed. Even though he was a MudWing, he was smaller than some of them and not so great at fighting, but they believed that he was supportive enough to be able to cheer them all on when they were at their lowest.
There were seven of them. One dragon from each tribe. Each of them was a dragonet of destiny, even though they are all technically seven and not in the age range in which one would be called a dragonet anymore.
Umber felt like the six dragons he knew as his friends were his family. Asha claimed that it was because he was a MudWing and they bond in sibling-like relationships, but he never really felt like they were siblings, more like a found family that was slightly chaotic enough to remind them that they all probably wouldn't have ever met each other if they hadn't all been brought together.
First, there was Umber, of course, the MudWing. He never considered himself the leader of the group or the greatest fighter or the smartest member. Even though they all consider him supportive, he wasn't even the supportive one. He was the one who would hide during a fight and tell the others to do good and have them do it all.
That was something Umber struggled with a lot. He never felt like he was a distinguished member of the group. He was just Umber, the plain boring MudWing who was outmatched by one of the other dragons. He never understood why they wanted him to hang out with him when there was always another dragon who was better at him at something.
Umber didn't like to think about that though. He preferred to think about how amazing his friends are and how lucky he is to have them. So to follow him, there was Winter, the IceWing.
Winter was the arrogant one of the group. He was grumpy sometimes and logical. He was the dragon who went along with the plan even though he knew it was stupid. He would do what the others would tell him to do even after saying out loud that it was the dumbest thing he's ever heard.
Despite being the comedically unimpressed dragon, Winter still cared about his friends. He would smile and joke and play around with them all. He was one of the better fighters and he would fight to protect Umber and the others if he had to.
Then there was the NightWing of the group. Moonwatcher was one of the calm dragons to be around. She loved reading and could fight but it wasn't one of her favorite things to do. She hatched under two full moons and had the powers of foresight and mind reading. Moonwatcher told her friends about them.
She said that she rarely got visions and that the ones she did get were pretty much useless. The mind reading was more concerning. Moonwatcher told them about her mind reading the earliest she could and the dragonets have grown with the knowledge that he could read minds and not turn it off. Over the years, they learned how to protect some of their thoughts and Moonwatcher learned how to block their thoughts. She was generous and respected their privacy.
The only other calm dragon in the cave was Turtle. Like Moon, he liked to read scrolls, but he much preferred to sleep than do any physical activity. He wasn't a good fighter at all and usually stayed out of it just like Umber did. Turtle was special though. When they were younger, Moon read a scroll about animus magic and was telling the other dragonets how she thinks it would be cool to be one. They all tested, pretending to be animi, but when Turtle asked the water in the river to splash Winter, the IceWing took a heavy blast of chilling water to the face, leaving the IceWing covered in dripping water that slowly froze on his body.
Since then, Turtle has rarely ever used his magic and the dragonets have all worked together to keep the guardians from learning about it. Moon told them about how animus dragons can go insane if they use their magic too much and Turtle was very frightened by the possibility of it.
Far less magical is Kinkajou, the RainWing. Kinkajou beats Umber as the most supportive dragon and Umber saw why. She is energetic, loud, and funny. They all loved her. She is also fierce and will fight if she has to. Umber admitted to himself that he'll never be as supportive as Kinkajou.
Then there was Carnelian, the SkyWing. Carnelian was grumpy like Winter but also smug and would gloat a lot. She boasted about how she had the best friends in the world, even though Kestrel would tell her that SkyWings don't make friends with other tribes. Of course, it took a while for Carnelian to warm up to them, but she felt the same way Winter did toward them. She would fly to the end of the world for them. She would also kill for them. Carnelian was their best fighter. She would be right on the frontline of a battle and would defend the others against the whole continent if she had to.
Finally, there was Qibli, the SandWing. Qibli was sly and clever. He liked to joke around and make others smile, especially Winter. Qibli and Winter were closest out of the dragonets, the two being best friends. The group had those little pairs who were closer together than others. Moon and Kinkajou were best friends and Carnelian would often hang out with Winter and Qibli.
Umber's closest friend was Turtle. Out of all of the dragons, Turtle was the one who felt like a sibling. They slept together and would chill out together when things got too crazy for either of them.
This day wasn't like those chaotic days. Everyone in the cave seemed bored which was something that rarely ever happened given the dragons who live in it.
Umber was sitting on a rock ledge in their study cave where Moon was silently reading a scroll she had laid out on the larger, smooth platform in front of the map of Pyrrhia. Turtle also had a scroll but he looked like he was too distracted with his thought to be reading it.
Across the room, Qibli lay in front of a pile of rocks that he was pushing around with his tail. Winter was across from him, scratching marks on the stone floor with his serrated claws. Kinkajou wasn't in the room but Umber guessed that she was off sleeping because it was that certain time of day that she would sleep a lot.
The distant sounds of fighting reminded Umber that Carnelian was doing battle training with Kestrel. That was Umber's least favorite activity. He already wasn't great at fighting but Kestrel was also so tough on all of them and made it worse. Even Winter and Carnelian disliked fighting against her. That's why Winter would try to train with Hvitur whenever he could. Hvitur knew IceWing fighting techniques that Kestrel didn't.
Qibli once suggested for Dune to teach the young SandWing some battle tricks since the guardian was once in the SandWing army but Dune declined, saying that he wasn't in fighting condition anymore. Umber admitted that knowing different fighting techniques from different tribes gave them an advantage if they ever needed to fight, but he wasn't the best at remembering how to fight at all. He fought like a dragonet who had just hatched and is competing over food.
Umber heard a dramatic sigh. "Isn't there something we can do in this stupid cave?" Winter's gruff voice bounced across the room.
Qibli snickered. "I could think of something to do but I can't guarantee you'll like it," the SandWing joked.
Winter gave Qibli a narrowed look before turning to look the other way. "I would take anyone else's offer regardless of how dumb it is before taking any that you have," he replied.
The SandWing stood up and stretched out his front talons and back. "Come on, I always have great ideas," he said with a chuckle.
"Most of your ideas end with one of us wet, on fire, or in trouble with the guardians," Umber pitched in, jumping off of the rock ledge and down toward the two. Qibli gave the MudWing a playfully rude look.
"See," Winter responded, "it's scientifically shown that your ideas cause disaster." Qibli moved around in a circle and stretched his wings.
"So what then cleverclaws?" Qibli resorted. "You wanna try to bust free." Umber felt a chill go down his spine at the suggestion. It was offered as a joke, but it was something the MudWing and assumingly everyone else under the mountain thought about.
The guardians told them that when the time was right, they would be let out of the mountain to end the war. Asha claimed that this would happen when they turned seven but it's been months since their hatching day and they haven't been let out yet.
"Don't be stupid," Winter huffed. Umber found it strange how Winter responded. His shoulders slumped and his white wings slightly fell to the side. Was Winter saddened by the thought of escaping?
The sound of a scroll rolling up made Umber turn his head to look at Moon who had neatly put her scroll away. She elegantly hopped down from the rock ledge she had been sitting on and moved over toward the scroll rack, sliding the scroll into the shelf.
"Have you had any visions?" Umber asked her when she moved over back toward him. "Anything about when Morrowseer will come?"
The NightWing's ears drooped and her mouth twisted down into a frown. "I haven't seen anything about him. But to be honest, I'm sort of getting tired of the cave too," she admitted.
"Me too," Umber agreed. He looked up toward the sky hole in the top of the cave where he could see a shimmer of moonlight peaking through. He guessed from the not totally dark sky that it was early nighttime. They usually didn't do battle training this long but if Kestrel was upset, she would keep it going however long she wanted.
"I feel like something will change soon though," Moon said after a while. "I think we will soon live out our purpose."
Before Umber could reply, Kinkajou came bouncing into the room with bright yellow and pink scales all over her body.
"Hello!" she cheered.
Turtle rolled up his scroll but didn't move to put it away. "You slept longer than usual," he observed. Kinkajou just smiled.
"I was having a really great dream about eating fruit which tastes really good, at least I think it would," she told them. Under the mountain, they usually only ate meat and it was rare for them to have any kind of fruit. Umber could tell that Kinkajou struggled with the meat as if she was never meant to eat it. He believed that it was a RainWing thing.
Qibli started smiling. "I have dreams about the desert," he said. "I wonder what it would feel like to have sand under my talons."
The SandWing turned to look at Winter who was glancing off in the distance. "I wonder what snow would feel like," Winter spoke quietly.
"And mud," Umber added. He turned to look at the others. "And what moonlight would feel like," he said toward Moonwatcher. "And the sea," he added for Turtle.
All of the dragons nodded their heads silently. They stayed like that until Carnelian's large talon steps entered the cave.
"What are you guys all sulking about?" she asked with a grumpy voice, the one she always had after spending an unpleasant time with Kestrel.
"We were thinking about what it would be like outside," Umber answered. Carnelian stayed silent for a while.
"I wonder what it feels like to fly in an open sky," she finally said.
== Chapter 2 ==
Although Moon said that she didn't have a vision about Morrowseer, her prediction that something would happen soon was correct.
The following morning, Umber and the other prophecy dragons were woken by the guardians who told them that Morrowseer would be visiting before the end of the day, and after only a few hours of waiting, Dune announced the NightWing's arrival as the ground right outside shook due to the large dragon's weight.
Kestrel had all of them lined up next to each other in the central cave.
"Oh, I hope he likes you guys," Asha said with an apprehensive voice. Dune was standing next to her and he gave her a look that Umber didn't know.
Kestrel hissed. "We did everything right. If he doesn't like them then he can stuff this prophecy up his snout!" she whisper-yelled, aware that the NightWing was just outside the cave.
Can't he read minds though? Umber asked himself. Wouldn't he hear her anyway? That was when it dawned on the MudWing that there was going to be another mind reader other than Moon in the cave. Although the dragons knew how to hide some of their secrets, surely an old dragon like Morrowseer had a much stronger telepathy power.
He'll learn about Turtle, Umber thought worriedly. Will he make Turtle do bad things and drive him to insanity? I won't let him, I'll fightMorrowseer if I have to.
The cave's rock floor rumbled as large talon steps made their way down the hallway. Umber looked up to see the large figure of a NightWing with deep, dark black scales that looked like voids standing in front of the prophecy dragons.
"Welcome, Morrowseer," Hvitur greeted with a smooth voice. He looked nervous but his voice held strong, something Umber learned that the IceWing was forced to practice back when he lived in the Ice Kingdom.
The NightWing didn't say anything as his obsidian black eyes made their way over the dragons. Umber felt his body stiff and the NightWing looked at him with no emotion on his face. Finally, he made a noise that Umber couldn't tell the meaning of.
"These are the dragonets of destiny," Morrowseer murmured. "Not what I was expecting when I delivered the prophecy," he added. He turned to go to the opposite side of the line that Umber was on where Carnelian stood tall.
She had a scowl on her face as she tried to act fierce. Morrowseer studied her. "You seem strong, SkyWing," he addressed her. "That's good."
Carnelian huffed but didn't say anything. Morrowseer turned his head to Winter, the next dragon in the line. Similar to Carnelian, his face showed a stone-cold expression.
"You two have a similar focus and determination that this prophecy needs," the NightWing noted. It occurred to Umber then that he was reading their minds and judging whether they were good enough for the prophecy. What if I'm not good enough and everyone else is? Would that make me lucky or lonely?
The dragon on the right of Winter was Qibli who still had a tough face on but his mouth curved up into a smirk and his brows were furrowed. He was staring right into Morrowseer's eyes.
"Hmm," the NightWing mused, "you're acting tough but I don't think you have it in you, SandWing. Are you really meant to be in this prophecy?" Umber could tell that Qibli's brain was bouncing the questions around like a lost bat in a cave, but physically, he stayed composed and nodded. 
Morrowseer said nothing as he moved on to Moon who was standing beside Qibli. She looked slightly frightful but also curious. "Ah, the NightWing. You and I will get to have a private conversation later after I'm done evaluating the rest of the group. I hope you won't bring shame to our tribe's name," he told her before looking to Kinkajou who was standing next to Moon.
The RainWing's scales were pale green, a color Umber learned meant that she was scared. Morrowseer didn't say anything but gave Kinkajou a look before turning to Turtle on Kinkajou's right.
Turtle also looked afraid, likely due to standing in front of a NightWing. Is Morrowseer hearing Turtle's thoughts? Does he know about his secret? Umber tried hard not to think about what it is that Turtle was trying to hide in case Morrowseer was reading his mind as well.
"You don't look like much of a fighter," Morrowseer simply said to the SeaWing. Turtle gulped nervously and nodded awkwardly before looking down at his front talons. Morrowseer made a sound before looking to Umber, the last dragon in the line.
Umber suddenly felt like he was full of dread as the NightWing's void-like eyes stared down at him. He felt judged. Does he think I'm not good enough? Will he replace me? Can he replace me if he doesn't like me?
"You're big," the NightWing spoke, "but does that mean that you can fight?" Umber found the fear in his scales and nodded confidently. "We'll see," the NightWing said before turning around and moving over toward the guardians. "I've seen enough. These dragonets are average enough, but I don't know if they are ready to be THE Dragonets of Destiny," he told the five minders.
Asha looked nervous as she huddled next to Dune and Hvitur. "We've trained them the best we can," she defended. "Besides, it's prophecy, you can't just replace them." Hvitur and Webs nodded in agreement.
Morrowseer narrowed his eyes as he turned back to the dragons standing in a line still. "I never said that I would replace them, at least not all of them. They just need more training. Training they won't be able to get in this cave. I'll be having all of you move to a new location tomorrow."
Umber felt a shiver go from the top of his back to the tips of his claws. They were moving out of the cave! Maybe they'll just be going into another cave, but at least they'll be outside while they're traveling! We'll get to feel the wind and the grass, Umber thought happily.
"I'll be on my way shortly, but I want to talk to the NightWing before I leave you with instructions," Morrowseer explained to the guardians. The five dragons nodded as Morrowseer made his way over to a cave opening behind Umber. "Come with me, NightWing."
Moon looked at the others nervously before following Morrowseer. The minders started to whisper among themselves and the dragons took the time to move out of their line position.
"He's really BIG!" Kinkajou whisper-yelled. "It felt like he was trying to kill me with his eyes when he was looking at me! I was the only one he didn't say anything about, does that mean something?"
Qibli had a lost look on his face. "He doesn't think I have what it takes," he said softly. Winter turned to look at his best friend.
"Don't listen to that NightWing, he knows nothing about you, especially about how annoying you are," the IceWing scoffed. Although Qibli didn't respond, he smiled at Winter's attempt to make him feel better.
"I just wanted to rip his head off," Carnelian growled in a low voice. "I seem strong? What an understatement. He was so antagonizing."
Umber sat down and flicked his tail. "Seems like we're all in agreement over us not liking him," he noted. Turtle nodded to show that he agreed.
The dragons stood around for a while, too afraid to leave the room in case it would get them in trouble. Umber felt like if he spoke, the big NightWing in the other room would know and disapprove of it even though nothing the MudWing could say would affect him.
After a while, the boom of Morrowseer's talons on the stone ground echoed through the cave as he reentered the room with Moon behind him. The large NightWing didn't look at the dragons and moved over toward the guardians instead. "I will be back tomorrow to escort the dragons to the new training place," he told them. "Make sure everything is ready by then."
Kestrel nodded her head and the other guardians made smaller, more discrete gestures of agreement. With that, Morrowseer walked around them and exited the cave.
"Well, looks like we're getting to finally get out of here," Qibli said cheerfully. "Even though we're probably going to end up in another cave again, we'll at least get to feel the open sky outside if we are flying to it." Winter scoffed and shook his head.
"What did he talk to you about, Moon?" Kinkajou asked, her scales returning to their usual yellow and pink color.
Moon was sitting with her tail wrapped around her talons. She had a look on her face that Umber understood was her puzzling over something. "He told me that because I'm a NightWing, I'm supposed to be our leader," she confessed. "But that's not the most important thing I learned," she added with eagerness to her voice, as if she needed to talk to all of them alone as soon as possible.
Qibli seemed to understand what she meant too as he turned to look over his shoulder at the guardians. "How about we move into a more private room?" he suggested and Moon nodded. The SandWing led the way down the tunnel that led to their sleeping cave and everyone else followed, curious about what Moon wanted to tell them.
Once they had all crammed themselves into the small sleeping cave, Moon took a deep breath. "When Morrowseer was examining us, I could hear him thinking. He was basically thinking the same things as what he told us, but some of his thoughts were weird. It's like he could hear my thoughts or any of your thoughts," she explained.
"But when he had me go into that room with him, I could read his mind more easily. He doesn't have powers. He can't read minds or see the future," she said to them. Umber's scales felt cold.
Qibli looked confused. "Do not all NightWings have them?" he asked her. Moon shook her head.
"From the way he was thinking, it sounds like none of them have. He thought about them like they're fake, telling himself that he needs to teach me how to pretend I have them after we move," she continued.
"Wow," Turtle mused.
"That means you're safe," Kinkajou told the SeaWing. Turtle nodded.
"That's a relief." Winter looked agitated.
"So the NightWings are faking their powers? What does that mean for the prophecy? If he doesn't have powers, how did the prophecy happen?" he asked angrily, but his anger wasn't directed toward Moon.
Moon had a dejected look on her face. "Because it isn't a real prophecy," she spoke sadly. "He made it up."
"So there are no Dragonets of Destiny?" Kinkajou asked, her scales turning a light blue color as her frills drooped.
"No, we are all lies."
== Chapter 3 ==
Winter and Carnelian were fuming, both looking like they were about to burst into flames despite only one having the capability to. "WHAT?" Winter's deep, gruff voice growled. "It's all made up? Then what was the point of all of this?!" he seethed.
"I don't know," Moon responded calmly. "He never thought about why the prophecy was created. I thought that maybe it was just the NightWings trying to end the war, but some of his thoughts made it sound like it's more than that." She gulped. "He has bad things planned for us. We aren't safe."
Kinkajou moved up next to Moon and hugged the NightWing. Moon leaned into her best friend's shoulder and laid her head down, closing her eyes.
Umber felt his heart quiver slightly. He was supposed to have hatched a great, legendary dragon, but now, he's just as normal as any other dragon. Of course, he had always thought that he was, but actually hearing it, and hearing that his friends were ordinary too, made him feel hopeless. 
Well, Moon isn't ordinary since she's the only NightWing with powers for some reason, Umber reminded himself. And Turtle is also really special because of his magic, but the rest of us, we're basically nobodies.
"What are you suggesting?" Turtle asked. "That we need to get out of here before Morrowseer takes us somewhere else?" Outwardly, the SeaWing looked like he was taking the news well, but Umber knew better. He was Turtle's best friend and he could tell that the SeaWing's head was swirling with emotions.
He's probably relieved about this, he never was too confident about being in the prophecy, Umber theorized. But he's also upset since he kind of wanted to be a hero in his life, especially if it wasn't just him and it was with a group of dragons he trusts.
"We can't wait and be moved to another cave, we need to get out of here before Morrowseer comes back," Moon replied. "I don't know how though. I've never looked for a way out of here and my visions are useless."
Carnelian moved forward. "If we have to, we could probably fight our way out of here," she suggested. "If it's the only way, we might have to do it. There are only five guardians and eight of us." Winter nodded, agreeing with her plan. Umber wasn't too confident about it though as he was never a strong fighter.
Qibli shook his head though, dismissing the idea. "If we fight the guardians and escape, they'll tell Morrowseer as soon as possible and he'll be after us in no time. The best thing we can do is try and sneak out without the guardians noticing until tomorrow morning," he explained.
"How can we sneak out?" Winter asked. "Dune is the only dragon with a bolder key and he sleeps with that thing on, there's no way we're going to be able to get it without him waking up. Even if all of the guardians are sleeping right now, they'll notice if we get close to them."
Kinkajou leaned back out of Moon's wings and fluttered hers. "It opens from the outside though for anyone, right? How else would Kestrel and the others get inside without a key? Maybe there's some kind of opening in the cave I can squeeze through," she volunteered. Kinkajou was the smallest of the dragonets and she was very good and squeezing through tight passageways.
Moon gave the RainWing a sweet but sad look. "I've checked before. There aren't any openings big enough for even you to be able to get through," she said.
Turtle made a sound and everyone turned to look at him, making him pause in embarrassment. "I might know a way out," he spoke quietly.
"Where?" Winter asked, curiosity in his voice. Turtle looked down toward his talons.
"There's this hole in the side of the wall down in the lake," he told them. "I've seen it sometimes but I've always been too afraid to go into it in case I struggled to get back. The current flows out," he explained. "I could, maybe, fit through it. And if it goes outside, I can possibly open the door." He shrugged his shoulders. "Or, there may be another way."
Turtle didn't elaborate and just looked down at his talons. Umber caught on quickly to what he was talking about and supposedly, the others did too. "You don't have to use your magic," Qibli told him. "It's probably best if you use it as little as possible. You can go through the tunnel in the water. Maybe Umber can go with you since MudWings can hold their breath for an hour."
Umber had completely forgotten that MudWings could do that in a second and felt fear strike his heart. "What if the tunnel takes longer than an hour to get through?" he asked, his voice shaking with nervousness. "What if I run out of air before we get out?"
"Then I would use my magic," Turtle spoke, his voice holding confidence for one. "If I had to use it for anything, it would be to keep you safe. Please come with me, I can't do it alone," Turtle begged.
Although Umber still felt unsure about the idea, he couldn't help how his heart softened at Turtle's request. "I'll come, of course. But you have to have my back," he said, "I can't see under there as well as you. I'm depending on you to lead the way."
Turtle nodded and a smile spread across his face. "So we're doing this?" Winter asked. Everyone nodded, giving each other determined looks.
"We're doing this," Umber replied, determination spilling into his voice.
The plan was simple. The guardians were already asleep so Umber and Turtle didn't have to wait long to leave. They would go down into the tunnel and travel to wherever it took them. Once they were outside, Turtle would use his magic to locate the bolder entrance of the cave to keep themselves unnoticeable. Then they would all escape under the cover of darkness before the sun could come up.
Kinkajou's wings were wrapped around Umber's shoulders as she hugged him tightly. "Be safe! Both of you!" she cheered before moving back to the dry bank of the river. The other dragons stood there, watching Turtle and Umber who were floating in the river.
"Are you ready?" Umber said quietly to the SeaWing. Turtle looked at him and nodded. "Alright, let's not waste any time then."
Turtle ducked down under the water and after taking in the largest breath of air he ever had, Umber followed. It was dark under the water, but Turtle had the glow-in-the-dark scales on his tail lit up so that Umber could follow him.
They moved over toward a wall where Umber could faintly see a dark patch that was the tunnel. Turtle slipped through it easily and Umber didn't struggle too much with it and he got through with a push.
From there, the tunnel winded up and down, feeling like it was going in any direction. Umber could feel that there was no air in most of the tunnels, but he was confident that he could make it. All he could see was Turtle's tail that spread light on the small area between him and Umber. The current was pulling them forward and it felt like they were going faster than they were supposed to, but Umber wasn't opposed to that. The sooner they could get out of the tunnel, the safer he would be.
Suddenly, Turtle's tail wasn't in front of Umber but above him. The MudWing quickly followed the SeaWing upward and was surprised when he pushed himself out of the water. He released the breath he was holding and started breathing harshly. They were in a small cave with small, glowing bugs on the walls that glowed a similar light to Turtle.
The SeaWing had more of his scales glowing, ones all along his tail, underbelly, and wings. "What are those?" Umber asked, referring to the glowing bugs.
"I think they're glowworms," Turtle answered. The two waded through the water that was still slightly pulling them but much slower than before. After slowly moving for a while, the two started to hear a sound. "That sounds like water," Turtle said. "At least I think. It sounds like a waterfall."
"Should we go over it?" Umber asked. Turtle looked unsure.
"I don't know where else we would go," he responded. "We can stop right before it and try hovering instead of falling. There must be enough room, right?"
Before they could discuss longer, they were swooped down by the current, and Umber tried to spread his wings and jump out of the water but instead, he felt himself fall a short distance before landing in more water.
The MudWing pushed his head above the surface and gasped as he continued to be swept along by the water. Turtle was next to him, having taken the fall as well. "That wasn't as bad as I thought," Umber laughed. Turtle smiled, still lighting up the room with his scales. His scales seemed to not be the only thing though as Umber soon realized that the rock around them seemed more visible than before.
He turned to look at where the current was taking him and saw beams of moonlight, causing him to gasp. Turtle looked too and his scales slowly stopped casting light, letting the white light of the moons take its place.
Umber jumped up out of the river and pushed himself up into the air with his wings. He didn't have too much experience with flying but he knew how to hover. The MudWing would hear Turtle splash out of the water behind him, following Umber as he flew toward the opening.
Then, all the MudWing felt was the cold air of the night and the wind moving against his scales.
== Chapter 4 ==
To be Continued...
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