Rebellion

REBELLION
Written by Animal56! Please no editing w/out permission.
Code by DigitalJackalFeel free to enter a OC! Just message me on my wall! So far, all characters in Rebellion belong to me.
Also, based in the Rebellion AU, so read that to help understand the story better. 
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Is power better than equality?
It's one hundred and fifty years after the Great War ended. SeaWings, SandWings, MudWings, SkyWings, RainWings, NightWings and IceWings are all at peace. But A new tribe has become upon Phyrria, the AllWings. A hybrid of the 10 tribes, and very, very different. Although, AllWings are not treated like the other tribes. They have no queen, no laws of their own, no territory to call home. AllWings live off of Phyrria's 'pure' tribes, and are silently treated unfairly by some, and others are outright about it. The millennials of the AllWing tribe are starting to get angry, and some want equality, but others...want power. 
Get ready.
Prologue
100 years ago...
Refraction sat at her kitchen table, and enclosed her talons around her cup of tea. She raised the cup to drink, until, knock! knock! Who is it now?' pondered Refraction, gingerly standing up and walking towards the door. The turned the brass knob, and the door swung open, banging the wall behind it. Refraction gasped. There stood a hardy, tall dragon, with cracked grey scales and red, orange, and yellow horns and talons. His LeafWing tail swung side to side, and his eyes were soft and blue. 
"Airborn!" Refraction shriked, embracing him in a hug. Airborn smiled a broken smile and walked inside, and tumbled onto the assortment of purple pillows in the family room. Refraction brought him some tea and sat down on another pile of pillows near Airborn. 
"Airborn!" she cried again, forcing tears of joy to stay put in her eyes. "I can't believe they finally let you out!" the green and blue scales on her neck lit up with joy. 
"It was lucky," he stated. "Very." He rolled over, and finally sat up, and took of sip of tea. "Honey and pear? My favorite," Airborn excalimed. 
"I've been saving it for awhile," Refraction replied, setting her webbed talons on his.  "So, what did they do to you?" Refraction asked, worry spreading across her face.
"This." replied Airborn, lifting up his starry wing, revealing a large, fresh scar. 
"Oh my stars!" exclaimed Refraction, almost spitting out her tea. "That's awful, honey! Was it painful?" 
"Oh, yes. A lot. I tried to escape about, hm, and year ago. Queen Cerise's guards were away, and thankfully, with my fire and barb, I was able to melt the bars. So, I hauled myself out, but apparently, I forgot that I could still be seen. Then, her guards attacked me, sliced my side, locked me up in a new, stronger, smaller cell, end of story." 
"Oh, Airborne," Refraction said, forcing out a chuckle. He should of fought back. He could of done SOMETHING. 
Refraction wrapped her tail around her claws and looked up towards the celing. "You have no idea what it was like without you," 
"Oh, I think I do. You were crying over me and couldn't stop." Airborn smiled. 
Refraction rolled her eyes. "No, silly. I had to take a job as a school clerk, and believe me, that's an old folks' job." 
"Oh, really? I thought you looked years older from when I last saw you."
"You're older, then." teased Refraction, nudging him. "ANYway, I was so lonely. You're lucky I haven't turned into a crazy cat lady." 
"Agreed." Airborn stretched and stood up. "Do you have any honey? Bread?" he asked, his stomach rumbling. 
"No, I was supposed to go shopping today." Refraction replied. "I guess, if you want, we could go to the market," she said, shrugging. 
Airborn flicked his tail. "Sure. It would be nice to see Possibility again after so long." Refraction got up, and went inside her room. She grabbed a navy colored scarf and wrapped it around her neck. Wow. Everything is going to go back to normal. She walked out, and grabbed her woven basket out of the kitchen and stepped out the door. Airborn was already outside, fumbling with his talons, with a worried expression on his face. Or not. 
Refraction set a paw on his shoulder, taking extra care not to draw blood with her talons. "Dear, what's on your mind?" she asked. 
He sighed. "What if they see me as a criminal? What if they..." Airborn trailed off, ducking his head. 
"No." I can't lie to him. "Well, honestly, they might. But I'll stand right you the whole time. Promise." She smiled at him, and she meant it.  "The SkyWings were wrong, they lied. I'll stand by you no matter what, those idiots." 
"Thanks," replied Airborn, looking Refraction straight into the eye. "Me too. And also, that was really sappy." 
"Your welcome," laughed Refraction, leaning onto Airborn like they used to do. No matter what, Refraction wasn't going to let anybody hurt Airborn. She took it to heart. He was taken away, and now he's back. Nobody will ever take him away again. Nobody. 
So, the two lovebirds walked down the street silently, embraced in love. 
PART ONE: SHADOWS LURKING
Chapter 1
"I'm going out. Awe, take care of your grandfather." Awe's mother said in her 'no nonsense' voice. She turned the doorknob and walked out, carrying her basket with her, before Awe could even reply.
"Okay," she replied softly, even though she knew her mother couldn't hear her. Her great-great-great grandfather had been acting weird lately. Awe walked out if the kitchen, into the hallway, out onto the foyer, and took a left and knocked on her grandfather's door.
"Come in," he called in his old, creaky voice. 
Awe opened the door and stepped gingerly into the room. Grandfather was sitting at his desk, writing on a piece of torn scroll.
Awkwardly, Awe said, "Mother went out to get some goods. Father is...honestly, I have no idea. Dew is-"
"I don't need a status update, dear." he said, still not looking up from his piece of paper. 
"Whatcha looking at?" asked Awe. 
"Oh, nothing. It's the last thing left of your grandmother."  He sighed a heavy side. "Today was her birthday," 
"Woah. I've never met Grandmother. What was she like?" Awe sat down on a stool, her talons clutching the edge of her seat. Her grandfather chuckled to himself and shook his head. 
"Beautiful, smart. Loyal." 
"What happened to her?" asked Awe, with a bit of sorrow. 
"Well," her grandfather said dazily, "It was about, hm, maybe something like 95 years ago today. The sun was just about to set, and her and I were off at a resturant, celebrating her 20th birthday. Once the waiter came to collect our money, she frantically empitied out her coin purse, although only moths flew out."
Awe giggled. 
"So, I looked for some money lying around, but I never found any. The waiter, who was, I think, a SkyWing told us to pay now or be arrested. Well, I think you can guess what happened. Now, it wasn't my first rodeo. I tried to explain to the guards our situation. 
"But apparently, they were in no mood of listenin', so before we knew it we were in handcuffs. The guards flew us back to the Sky Palcace, and threw me in a padlocked prision cell. I tried using my fire, but heck, that didn't work. The guards took Refraction, your grandmother away, and only years later did I find out what happened to her." Airborn sighed yet again. 
"What? Tell me, TELL ME!" cried Awe, her eyes as big as saucers. 
"Sorry, Kiddo," he said. "A three year old dragonet like you is to young for this kind of story. Go play outside." 
Airborn lightly pushed Awe out the door, and the creakily shut it. I'm not too YOUNG. Thought Awe. I wonder what really did happen to grandmother. 
>>>
"I'M HOME!" yelled Awe's mother, slamming her basket on the table. Awe was up in her room, reading a scroll. Awe sighed and set the scroll down, hopped off of her cot, and trudged downstairs to see her mother. "Hi, dear." she said. Her mother looked more tired than Awe had ever seen her. 
"What's wrong, mother?" she asked. 
"Oh, nothing, dear. Just some unruly merchants, that's all. Now, please put the groceries away, honey.  I need to rest." Awe's mother dizzily walked over to the kitchen counter, and poured some grape juice out of the clear glass pitcher. She walked out of the room, heading to the living room, and collapsing on the sofa.
Although she only got a glance, Awe noticed the tiniest trickle of blood running down her mother's wing. 
Chapter 2
 
5 years later...
Phoof! 
Awe blew out the eight tiny candles on the honeycake Dew had made her. Her family clapped, and then her mother sliced the cake, and passed it out. 
Today was the day. She was finally let out into the world. 
Her parents have had always protected her from the world. It couldn't be that bad-really. Of course, Queen Cerise ruled over her town, and maybe she was just a little bloodthristy, but seriously, how awful could it possibly be? Most dragons in Possibility were friendly, and others just were shy. No biggie.
Awe tried to tone down her neck stripe, if it was lowing too brightly, her whole famiy would know how excited she was. Awe pretended not to really care, but boy, did she. 
She stabbed her fork into her honeycake and tore at it recklessly. She felt a warm talon on her shoulder, and Awe turned around to face her favorite sister, Dew. 
"I'm so proud of you, Awe." said Dew.
"If you can't find a place, you can live with me if you want." Dew had moved out about a year ago, and she took a job as a maid, although her dream job was a healer. 
"Don't worry," Awe replied. "It cant be that hard."
Dew gave a sideways glance. "Sure." 
"Well," said Awe, setting her plate in the sink. "I better get going." She hugged her sister and walked back into her room. 
Her room wasn't very large, due to her small house, it was either the SkyWings or the SandWings who owned large homes. There was her cot in the corner, and then little globes of fire strung around the room for light. She had several paintings that her mother had painted for her when she was little. Then, adjacent to her cot, stood her small vanity, with her little jewlry box sitting on it. 
Awe grabbed the satchel from under her cot and dumped all the treasures from her jewelry box into it. Money. she thought. 
Was she ready to leave her family and home until she had found a job? It could be days, weeks, months, years...
Or seconds. 
It was AllWing trdaition. Every single AllWing had always been kicked out of their parent's house until they had found a decent job, or had gotten married. Awe couldn't break it. Her mother did. Her father did. Her grandfather did. 
Awe glanced back at the paintings hanging on her wall. She sighed, took a deep breath, and heading back towards the kitchen. 
As she proceeded down the hallway, she could see everyone's neck stripes glowing vibrantly. She blinked back the tears that wanted to stream down her face.
Everyone was staring at her, oh, she hated it. She slung her satchel over her shoulder and clenched her talon along the strap. She looked at everyone standing in their small living room; Mother, Father, Dew, Blast, Stunning, and her grandfather. 
Dew gave her a small thumbs-up, and Stunning had a smug look painted across her face. Blast looked like he was about to burst out laughing, and her father was holding her mother in his arms. Granfather looked proud, and looked Awe straight in the eye. 
She couldn't help it. She let her neck stripe glow as bright as it could get.  From there, she walked off, starining her neck so she couldn't look back. Although the rules were unspoken, she read them loud and clear. She was free, and the world was finally in her talons.
Chapter 3
 
Awe felt like talons were raking down her chest. 
It was her third day without a job, without a home. She had no idea life could be this hard. Her stomach was growling continously, and her head was throbbing. She had managed to charm a hotel manager into letting her stay a night for free, but there were only so many hotels phyrria. 
She sighed a heavy sigh, grabbed her satchel, and headed out the door, to face another day. 
>>>
She was strolling through the streets of possibility, on the lookout for a small house or an apartment, at least some vacant hotels.  Suddenly, she felt bumped into something larger than her, and when she looked up, she saw an annoyed MudWing. 
"I'm so sorry, Sir," she said, anxiety creeping out of her voice. 
The MudWing gave a disgusted noise and raised his arm, Awe, afraid to walk away, stood there, paralyzed, as he swat at her snout, ripping her flesh, splattering blood onto the dirt.
"Stay out of my way, you disguting hybrid." he said, shaking the blood of his talons as he walked away.  Awe clasped her talons around her snout,  putting pressure on her would. This is going to leave a scar, she thought.
Awe couldn't help but gaze down at the splattered blood on the ground. Her blood. Her blood. She had never witnessed-or be the victim of, such violence.  She had a bad feeling, a feeling that shouldn't be felt, that the world wasn't as great as she had imagined. Something was going on, and her tribe were the victims of it. All she had to do was put her talon on it. 
>>>
"It really hurts," she excalimed to the healer. After a full day, her snout was still on fire. Her only option was to get it checked out. The healer, named Crystal, sighed and wrapped a bandage around the wound. It was highly un-comfortable, but it had to do. Awe thanked her, and dug through her satchel, and found her favorite pearl necklace. She tensed, and handed it to the  healer "Will this do?" she asked. She didn't have any coins or gems, but she had jewelry for payment.
"Sure." said Crystal, taking the necklace from Awe's palm. "Remember, come back in a month to have it checked out." she walked out of the room, leaving Awe sitting on the cot. During her visit, Awe had made a critical desision. She had no money, no home, and no family. It was her only option- to move in with Dew. 
>>>
It was sprinkling rain outiside of Dew's apartment complex, and there Awe was, questioining her descion. Just from looking outside, Awe could tell that Dew wasn't living in a 'top of the notch' facility. She slowy opened the door, and came into the lobby.  Sitting at the desk, a dragon with glasses looked up at her. 
"How may I help you?" they asked. 
"I'm looking for my sister, Dew. I believe she lives here." 
"Ah, yes. Dew. Room 126." the little dragon pointed up the stairs. 
Awe nodded her thanks and stepped up each stair, and with every step, the creak got louder and louder. She was afriad the stairs would collapse. When she reached the top, she walked down the hallway, reading aloud the numbers on each door. 
"One hundred twenty four. One hundred twenty five. One hundred-" she paused and raised her arm to knock. She took a deep breath, and before she could even knock, Dew opened the door. 
"Awe?" she asked, utterly confused. Dew had dark bags under her eyes, and lots of bandages around her body. 
"Dew!" cried Awe. "I...I...um, well, could I stay with you for a bit?" 
"Um, yeah, sure." replied Dew, schratcing her head. 
"Oh, thank you so much!" said Awe, jumping on Dew to hug her. Dew lightly pushed her off, and Awe frowned. The inside of Dew's apartment was not much better than the rest of her building. There were several cracks in the walls, and it was sparcely furnished, with a small table and chairs, a bed, and a tiny lounging couch. 
"You can sleep on the bed. I'll take the couch." said Dew, motioing to were her bed was. It was small, with no pillow, and barely any sheets. 
"You sure?" asked Awe. 
"Yeah, it's fine." replied her sister with a shrug. 
"So..." continued Awe, trying to start a conversation. "You still enjoying your job?" 
"Yeah." replied Dew, closing her eyes. The moons were out, dimly shining, covered by invisible clouds. "Night." said Dew, turning over to face the wall on the couch. 
"Goodnight." replied Awe, with a tint of dissapointment in her voice as she blew out the lantern by her bed.  
Something is going on. 
Chapter 4
 
Awe awoke to the sound of clattering pots and pans, and saw Dew cooking breakfast. 
"Morning," she said. 
"Morning," Awe replied, with a yawn. 
"Whatcha cookin'?" she asked.
 
"Grilled tofu with a cooked spinach salad." Dew replied plainly. "I'm a vegan now." 
"Really!" said Awe, shocked. "Why?" 
"Because I wanted to, you numbskull." 
"Oh,"
Awe took a seat at the kitchen table, and waited silently. Soon, Dew set down bot plates on the table, and they ate without speaking a word. 
"Thanks," said Awe, putting her plate in the sink. 
"No problem." replied Dew, still finishing up.  Awe sat back down at the table and started to talk.
"Dew, do you know of any good places where I can work? It's been 5 days now, and I'm desperate," she said, keeping her eyes down. 
"No, not really... Actually, I might know a place." 
"Where is it? asked Awe. 
"Down the street from here, and then take a right. Decent barbeque place." 
"Oh, no! Dew, do you have any idea what happened to me down there?" 
"Somewhat." 
"I bumped into some random dragon, and he swatted at me! The cut was so deep-I bled so much!" cried Awe, pointing to the bandage on her snout. 
"Oh, Awe. Have you seriously not noticed anything?" 
"No..." 
>>>
"Woah." breathed Awe, as Dew took her to the Cave. It was lit with flaming torches and AllWings were everywhere, talking, some even had their neck stripes glowing. "So you were part of a secrect AllWing Revolution orginazation and you DIDN'T TELL ME?" 
"Shoosh!" scolded Dew, like a mother. 
"So you knew, all this time," replied Awe coldly. 
"Yes, I did. And it boils my blood." Dew said with a growl in her voice. 
"ME TOO!" yelled Awe. 
"And this society is going to fix everything that the Tribes has done." 
"So I can get a job here?" she asked. 
"Yeah. You can be a spy, like me!" replied Dew, nudging Awe with her elbow playfully. 
Suddenly, the torches went dark, and they were left in an underground hole of pitch black. A loud, booming voice echoed across the room. "The meeting has begun!" 
Then, light came back into Awe's eyes, and Dew tugged on her arm lightly. "Come on! Once Fear, the voice you heard, calls out, we come over and sit around this table." Dew pointed to a long stone table with benches all around it, which Awe guessed could fit something like 80 dragons. 
"She can see any newcomers, so she'll point you out immediateley. She'll ask you some questions, and then you're hired. Just don't be so uptight." 
"I'm not uptight!" 
"Sure." 
Awe and her sister made their way over to the large table, which Awe found out that the rim of the table had gems of all colors embedded in it. She traced her talon along the little jewels, and wondered if any of them had ever been stolen. 
She heard a loud clap and looked straight to her left, where a tall, royal-like dragoness was sitting somewhat of a throne, even if it wasn't official. 
"That's Fear, our leader." Dew whispered in her ear. Fear had pure black scales (which was rare for an AllWing, who usually had variations of grey) and her neck stripe and eyes were royal purple at the moment. She was adorned with several pieces of jewelry, most of obsisians and purple amethyst and alexandrite. Her name fit her well. 
Before Awe knew it, Fear's eyes were looking straight into hers. "Well, well, well," she said. "Now who have we got here?"
Chapter 5 
Awe tensed. Her jaw had locked, and she caught herself saying, "Uhhhhhh..."
Dew elbowed her hard and Awe took a big gulp and spoke. 
"I'm Awe. My sister here is Dew. I would like to be a spy for you." 
There were a few small gasps and polite muttering, but nothing drastic. Fear let a tiny smile escape, and made a satisfied humph noise. 
"Well, I guess so. Dew is our most trusted spy. You could learn a thing or two from her. " said Fear. "You're hired. You get 10 gems per week." 
Awe bowed her head and relaxed. 
WIP
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