The Real RainWings

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Important
This is a fan-fic by EvDra. This is just something I'm typing while in school, so it'll be stupid and will update every once in a while. This will most likely not update over the summer. If any changes are made to the story, I'll be sure to mention it.
Jaguar is the character on the cover.
==Characters==
All Characters in The Real RainWings.
== Prologue ==
4,965 AS (27 years before the death of Oasis)
A long time ago, the RainWings were the most feared tribes. They had poison to melt the scales off their enemies and scales that could disappear into plain sight. They were the most feared tribe. Or at least they were until RainWings started to confine themselves to the Rainforest. They continued to live in the Rainforest with no other tribes interaction. They slowly became slug-brained and vegans. They, worse of all, decided to let any RainWing become queen.
The great, Boa took on the position of RainWing queen. She was great. She was powerful. She was determined to bring the RainWings back to it's former glory, but there was a problem. Only a few of RainWings agreed with her ways, they were the ones rooting for a change. So, the former queen Granduer decided for the position to switch to someone else. Boa knew the RainWings who didn't agree were too far from being real RainWings. She left her tribe along with her followers, leaving a little dainty RainWing the queen.
Boa created our entire faction, the REAL RainWings.
"And that is how our home was born." Python said to Jaguar," That is how our mother made the village. And perhaps one day, Boa will lead us into the center of the Rainforest to kill all those disgraceful dragons." A long hiss rattled from her throat.
"Yes. Yes." Anaconda said, beside her sister," That is a good story to teach her, but she is barely listening to you," She flicked her tail at the small dragonet playing with a stick and stone," and you skipped plenty of parts."
"JAGUAR!" Python's voice suddenly roared. She hopped to her feet and spun around to face Python," Little girl, listen to your superiors! Or you can be hanged by your tail and beaten." Terror should have spread through the dragonet's face, but instead her puffed her ruffs.
"I'm not. A. Girl." She-- He?-- Or whatever said, turning shades of reds. Python clenched her teeth, her own scales turning red. How dare a simple dragonet correct me like this! Anaconda better get her daughter straight or who knows what Boa will do to her. She thought of all the times they have to severally punished for disrespect.
Python straightened her face, she didn't feel like arguing with a 1 year old at the moment," Then what are you?"
"I am..." Jaguar stopped for a moment," I am not a boy... or a girl... I-- um. It was a word I heard someone use; Non..."
"Binary." Her mother, Anaconda finished her sentence," Your non-binary?" Jaguar stopped for a moment, then nodded fiercely. Anaconda turned to Python," It would please my daughter-- your niece-- Jaguar to be called They and Them it seems. Is that right, my Jaguar?" The dragonet once again nodded.
"Very well." Python said," I'll call... them they and them. And only them and they."
"Excellent." Anaconda said," You may leave us now." Python made a small bow and started to walk away from the two.
"Oh and by the way, Python." Her sister called from behind," Yell at Jaguar one more time, call her anything she doesn't like, you'll face the consequences."
"Yes, I understand." Python said, before leaving. She walked as far away from Anaconda as she could.
Anaconda. Python hissed bitterly in her head, as she walked. She was always lower than me, ever since she was born. She had to bow to me back then. Now I bow to her. I was never a terrible dragon to her. I always treated her fairly. And now she treats me like a common dragon, as if I'm not her sister. She acts so calmly and nicely to everyone, but as soon as you turn your back to her she attacks. If only she wasn't such a great killer, then I'd still be higher than her. Deputy of the REAL RainWings.
One day. One day. I will get her position and I'll aid mother to tear down those false RainWings!
Sidenote: I don't think I'll every make Python much of any important character. I may also forget her.
== Chapter 1 ==
4,972 AS (20 years before the death of Oasis)
Jaguar never wanted anything as much as they wanted to kill a RainWing-- not a real RainWing, that would be a crime. The RainWing they wanted to kill was one of those sloth-brained, fruit-munching, sun-sleeper RainWings-- a LazyWing as they liked to call them. It had been their dream ever since her leader, Boa told them it should be their dream. And the best part about this dream was that it was going to come true. Any minute now, specifically in 4 days.
When a RainWing gets to the age of 7 they are supposed to go out and kill a LazyWing. Then a tooth is taken from the corpse to be put on the RainWing's very special and unique necklace of vines. If you didn't come back with a RainWing, you were kicked out of the village until you came back with a fresh RainWing body. It was tradition. Plus, they deserve it anyways, based on what Boa said.
At the moment Jaguar was sitting on the tallest tree they could find. They were a bit far from the village, but not too far if they decided to go home. They weren't out killing a RainWing. They were practicing for the killing. Jaguar closely watched for any motion in the trees around. Everything was still and quiet, besides the cawing toucans. Their scales were perfectly camouflaged, no prey would see them watching.
Suddenly, a monkey leaped from a tree onto another. It snatched a mango from a branch and started to put it to it's mouth. A jet of venom soared from Jaguar's fangs before the monkey could even take a bite. It screeched in pain, making other Rainforest animals scatter in alarm. The yellow RainWing hopped onto the branch the monkey was on and scooped up the dying creature. It was barely breathing. She made a quick meal out of it and continued her practice.
They later venomed a bird taking flight. It chirped in pain, falling to the ground. Jaguar went to retrieve it, but as they walked she heard the sound of bushes moving behind them. Jaguar quickly whipped around, spraying a line of venom. It plopped in front of the-- whatever it was, just like they planned.
"That was just a warning," Jaguar said, fiercely," Next time I'll hit your eyes." They said with a hiss, opening her ruff. Her scales flared a threatening red red.
The figure appeared in front of them, revealing lime scales. Jaguar put their guard down and bowed their head immediately," I apologize, Deputy, Anaconda. I was alone in the forest, and suspected you to be an enemy. I was trying to show superiority and strength." Their scales were turning shades of dark purple. Jaguar tried to make them go away, but they were being stubborn. Stupid scales! Obey me! You have to, you are me!
"No need, Jaguar." Anaconda walked forward, her necklace of RainWing teeth clanked against her scales," I completely understand..." Jaguar relaxed slightly," BUT you made a mistake. It is better to stay hidden then to reveal yourself to an enemy. Many dragons would not be intimidated by a dragonet."
"I won't be a dragonet any longer." Jaguar said, smiling at Anaconda. The lime RainWing walked to Jaguar's side and brushed their wing with her's.
"Yes, you will." She said, giving them a small smile," You are going to do great, Jaguar. I know you will." Thank you mother. Jaguar thought, affectionately. Their scales around their face morphed into gold and pink.
"Fix your scales. Our leader wanted to see you." Anaconda said. Jaguar's scales exploded with colors. Blue, Emerald, Green, light blue, with small bits of white. They quickly changed her scales back to her favorite color: Yellow," She wants to speak about you coming to age. It is very important. If you take too long, she'll punish you."
"Yes, ma'am." Jaguar did a quick bow with their head. She turned and ran through the forest.
***
Jaguar soon made it to her village. Jaguar's village was small, with only about 80 dragons living there. There are a couple of treehouses scattered along the large, tall trees of the village. The village was abnormally populated today. Just about everyone in the village was chattering outside their houses about the dragonet who was about to come of age.
"Did you here? Jaguar is turning 7 in the next two day." One dragon said.
"I bet they'll do as great as their mother." Another said farther away.
"Jaguar will do better than their mother, for sure."
"What no way. Our Deputy killed a grown RainWing twice her size!"
"That's just a tall tale."
Jaguar smiled at their citizens, proud that they were excited to see the LazyWing they was going to kill. They trotted up to a RainWing," Whatever my mom did, I promise, I'll do twice as well!" They said, confidently. The RainWings in hearing distance made surprised faces. Jaguar left them, so they could talk about them more.
Jaguar loved to hear their name coming out of dragons mouths. They kind of had to, since Jaguar was the child of the village's deputy. Ever since the moment they hatched, everyone praised them. All the dragonets wanted to know they and be their friends. All the adult dragons practically what to be them! There were only two dragons who got more attention than her: the leader, Boa and the deputy, herself.
Jaguar made her way to the leader's treehouse. The treehouse was decorated with the horns of false RainWings and the pelts of prey. One pelt was a jaguar, which made Jaguar squeal with excitement. They stood in front of it taking in the beauty of it. Even though Jaguar was the deputy's kin (and also the leader's grandchild), they had only stepped foot inside twice: Once for their hatching and once for their first hatching day. Outside of the treehouse was a single guard. He was a black RainWing with a bold blue underbelly. His name was Dart Frog.
"Hey, Lil' N." The guard nodded at them. They called them that, since he was their uncle. It was a word to substitute the word niece or nephew, since Jaguar was non-binary.
"Hey uncle." Jaguar flapped up to the black and blue RainWing," May I enter?"
"Of course." Dart Frog said. He knocked on the door of the treehouse quietly," My leader, the dragonet, Jaguar, is has arrived; as you asked."
"Let the dragonet in." A raspy voice slithered through the door, entering Jaguar's ears. Dart Frog, opened the door and moved a talon towards the treehouse, inviting them in. Jaguar tilted her head towards him and walked inside.
"The great Boa, I am here as you asked." Jaguar said, into the almost-empty room.
The inside of the leader's treehouse was very plain, besides the throne at the opposing wall. The throne was carved from wood, with Jaguar fangs sealed onto the back of it with tree sap glue. On the left wall on the side were racks for scrolls. On the other wall, to the right, was another hanged Jaguar pelt. But this Jaguar pelt was different, it was bigger than the usual Jaguar and was a cream-white instead of a bright, flashing yellow.
Jaguar had heard the story of how Boa had killed the Jaguar. She was 9 years old and still in the false RainWing Kingdom back then. There had been a few disappearances of dragonets, that were being ignored. As Boa was adventuring she'd noticed the jaguar was feast on prey, since it was bigger it wanted bigger prey, unfortunately a young dragonet was its pick. Boa charged at the Jaguar, killing it with her venom. Jaguar loved that story, it was an excellent example to why Boa deserved to be queen of the RainWings.
"Ah, you came." Boa said, sitting at her throne with a scroll. Her scales were a swamp green with blood red stripes. Around her neck was multiple vine necklace with many teeth in them, almost triple the amount Anaconda had," Come, sit right in front of me." Jaguar did as she was told, sitting on the ground in front of the Great Boa.
"You are about to be 7 years old, Jaguar." Boa said," In two days you will be a full fledged adult. You'll finally have a real rank in the kingdom and dragons will give you triple the respect you get now. And you get your vine necklace, to show your power." Jaguar was blooming with happiness, hearing all the great things Boa was saying about her. She was so happy, she had to use all her might to control her scale color," But you only get that all if you kill a false RainWing, hopefully during the same day you turn 7." She said.
"I know you can achieve such a simple task, but I need you to do a little task for me." Boa said, with a grin.
"A task?"
"Yes, Jaguar. I would like you to kill a specific dragon." She said.
"A specific dragon?"
"Yes, Jaguar. Now, stop repeating me," Boa replied," I'd like you to kill an older dragon. This dragon will most definitely fight back, if attacked. She is, in fact, older than me and was once a Queen of the RainWings. Any guesses?"
"Grandeur?" Jaguar said, confused by Boa request," But Boa, I thought... Grandeur was a great queen when she served."
"She was, until she started the routine of regularly switching queens," Boa hissed," She was the one who allowed her Kingdom to fall into the terrible state it is in now, plus she was also the one who banned me from being one of those routine queens back when I lived there. She needs to die. And I want you to do it." One of her bony claws pointed directly at Jaguar's soul.
"But-- sorry for questioning you-- but, why me?" Jaguar asked.
"Your mother is and was strong," Boa started," but you are powerful. Anaconda was very skilled during her age, but Granduer is skilled too. I needed someone a bit stronger to kill Grandeur. You." Jaguar smiled at their leader's kind words," You'll do it?" She asked-- not really asking, more like commanding.
"Of course!" Jaguar exclaimed.
== Chapter 2 ==
The Next Day
Jaguar couldn't stop thinking about the job their leader had given them.
Jaguar had to kill a LazyWing, which was very easy. But now she had to kill a old LazyWing, that sounds not much more harder, but it was Grandeur. Grandeur, the last good queen of RainWings (other than Boa). She would be hard to kill, definitely. She actually knew how to fight and wasn't afraid to use her venom, unlike most RainWings.
Jaguar shook off the worry. They had this. Grandeur was just another LazyWing, it would be a breeze. Though it wouldn't hurt to get myself more familiar with the Rainforest Kingdom. Jaguar thought, getting closer and closer to said Kingdom.
Their scales were camouflaged and they would stay hidden. All Jaguar wanted to do was track Grandeur and find out about her before the day after tomorrow when they had to kill her. They stood on a tree, hearing the chattering of LazyWings from behind many bushes. It was two LazyWings.
"Come on, Maggie, don't tell me you already forgot what we were doing." A voice said, slightly annoyed.
"Don't call me that," The other LazyWing snapped," My name is Magnificent, and it will be Queen Magnificent." The voice was high pitched, and talked as if they were trying their hardest to sound elegant. But the voice wasn't, it was just annoying.
"Can we please go back to hide-n-seek?"
"Oh hush." Magnificent replied.
"You know what, just go." The first LazyWing said," You're mean and you'll be a terrible queen." Magnificent gasped, in shock.
"You don't know anything," She hissed," And I bet I'll find everyone without a bit of your help." Footsteps stopped away, angerly. The other LazyWIng sighed," Good riddance."
Jaguar, with their scales invisible, slowly made their way towards the voice of the LazyWing. They seem like they have a bit more character than other LazyWings. But when they slowly pulled their head through the bushes, hiding the LazyWing, they were gone. They must have left to go play games. That's fine, I'm on a mission anyways. But where should I start looking for--
"Got you!" Suddenly talons pressed on Jaguar's back, making them flinch. Jaguar whipped around, shooting venom out of their fangs. For a flash of a second, Jaguar saw a LazyWing. The LazyWing's scales were morphing into shades of green and white. With a yelp, the dragon jumped back, as Jaguar's venom hit the tree behind them. I missed they. Good, Grandeur has to be my target, my first kill. But this dragon could tell the entire Kingdom about me, I may have to kill them.
Jaguar quickly turned her scales blue and white to disguised themself. The LazyWIng stood back up. scales still a little white from shock," Woah, I've never seen anyone do anything like that before."
"Well, what did you expect me to do?" Jaguar said, sarcastically," I'm just doing my thing and I feel someone grab me, of course I'm going to freak out."
"Right," The LazyWing said, dipping their head in embarrasment as her snout turned pink," I'm sorry about that, I didn't-- I was playing a game of hide-n-seek with a whole bunch of RainWIngs, I just thought you were one of them. But I now see, that you aren't." They looked back up at them," I'm Rafflesia by the way. I don't think I know you... do I?" The LazyWing turned her scales to their original color, red and white sploshes.
"I'm...," Jaguar looked down at themselves, trying to think of a name based on their looks," Blueberry." They quickly said, looking back at Rafflesia.
"Oh, cool." Rafflesia said, with a smile," You want to join me in our game. It's Hide-n-seek, a RainWing's favorite."
"Nah," Jaguar said, shaking their head slightly," I'm fine. I have places to be anyways." And a dragon to track.
"Oh, Well, I'll come with you!" Rafflesia said, walking closer to Jaguar.
"Don't you have a game to play..."
Rafflesia flicked her wing, carelessly," Magnificent can find all the hiders herself. I just what to help you," She said," Where are you going, Blueberry?" Jaguar narrowed their eyes at the RainWing. They were roughly the same size, they stared at each other eye-to-eye. Being so close to her, Jaguar could see every detail in Rafflesia's eyes. They were green eyes with blue hints in them.
Can I trust this RainWing? A part of Jaguar asked themselves. She does know the Rainforest Kingdom and maybe where Grandeur lives.
Or she could betray you! And tell the entire Rainforest Kingdom about you! The other part said.
Buuuut she just a dragonet. LazyWing dragonet. She'll proably fall over, go to sleep, and forget I even exsisted afterwards.
It was decided," You know Grandeur, right?" Rafflesia nodded," I need you to take me where she lives."
***
Rafflesia lead Jaguar to a small treehouse on the outskirt of the Rainforest Kingdom," Here it is." She said, pointing at it," But if I was you, I wouldn't go up there. Grandeur hates dragonets, and would kick you out immediately. She's been like that ever since does boys snuck in there."
"I won't." Jaguar said, staring at the treehouse," Is she in there?" Rafflesia shrugged her shoulder, and turned invisible," I'll check it out for you." A voice said.
"No thanks," Jaguar walked forward, turning their own scales invisible. They leaped on the tree and climbed onto it. As they climbed, she felt scales brush against theirs.
"Oops, sorry." Rafflesia's voice whispered. Jaguar rolled their eyes at her terrible mistake. If Jaguar had done something like that back at their village during training, they would have never been where they were today.
"Why are you here?" Jaguar whispered, slightly annoyed," You're the one who was giving me warnings about Grandeur."
"I'm just trying to help." her voice said," This is... how I make friends."
"Well, I don't like it." They said, harshly, silencing Rafflesia.
Jaguar made it to the treehouse and looked through the window. There was Grandeur. She was ginormous! Grandeur was almost twice the size of Boa and was sleeping soundlessly on a bed of leaves. This was a great opportunity. Jaguar could easily slice the elder's throat. She see a sharp-looking stone that caught her eye, not far away. It was the perfect how vulnerably she was.
But it wasn't the way Jaguar wanted it. They wanted to fight Grandeur to the death. They wanted to see venom spraying from all over. THey wanted to see Grandeur screech as her eyes disintegrated from RainWing venom. Killing Grandeur in her sleep was a move a coward would make. Ana Jaguar was NOT that.
"Let's go, Rafflesia." Jaguar said, quietly," I've seen everything I've needed." Jaguar climbed down the tree and Rafflesia landed besides them, turning back to her original red color.
"Now what?" She asked.
"You can go back to hide-n-seek," They said," I'll be going home."
Rafflesia tilted her head in confusion," A home? No one has homes besides the old RainWings." She said," Since they're old and stuff." Jaguar hadn't known that. Why should they? They were a Real RainWing for her village, not a LazyWing from a Lazy Rainforest Kingdom.
Instead of thinking up a lie, Jaguar quickly said," Mind your business." They quickly left Rafflesia alone near Granduer's house, staying invisible. Jaguar climbed a tree and perched herself onto it, peering at Rafflesia. (Just to make sure Rafflesia had no clue where they'd gone. Just in case.)
The LazyWing sighed, turning multiple different colors of feeling," You've ran another RainWing off, Rafflesia. Now they'll never want to see you again." Jaguar wasn't sure what to feel: Touched, because another dragon wanted to see and be with her; or Confused, because why would a random LazyWing (or any dragon really) who they had just met wanted to see her again?
Jaguar slowly prowled away, glancing at Rafflesia every few seconds. I know where Granduer lives, now I can definitely kill her.
== Chapter 3 ==
Jaguar's 7th hatching day
Jaguar woke from their bed of leaves. At first they thought it was just some ordinary, not-special-what-so-ever day. They had stood up from their bed, with a yawn. They went to look out the window of their treehouse-- as they did every morning-- but there was a surprise note for them on a leaf. It read:
Happy Hatching Day Me! Now go have fun and kill that granny!
Jaguar grabbed the leaf, chuckling at themselves. Thank you me. Jaguar stuck their head out the window. There were more RainWIngs out than usual. Much like two days ago, they were all chatting about Jaguar with excitement ringing in their voices. I think I could excite them a bit more.
"Hello my fellow RainWings." They called from the window, making their voice as superior as they could," I'll bring back the largest false RainWing your eyes will ever see." They said, confidently. All the dragons looked up at her in awe.
Jaguar smirked at them and left from the window.
Upcoming Hiatus
Summer is coming up, and like a lot of people here, I am but a child. During the summer I will be home, relaxing and having fun, therefore I will not be working on the story over the summer.
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