Borders

Silverstreak was climbing along the fragile threads. One misstep and she’d fall to her doom, or at least break a few bones. She looked at the thin, white strands, wondering that if she just put a little more weight on it, it would break.
“Come on Silverstreak, you can do it!”
Her friend, Ant was lower down on the hive. They were using the festive, hanging threads of silk, decorated with all kinds of things, for climbing practice. Ant was a Hivewing, and Silverstreak was a SIlkwing. That kind of Friendship wasn’t exactly encouraged in Jewel Hive. Starspot, her older sister, was always saying that things would be… well, she didn’t exactly remember the amount that her sister said, but she was pretty sure it was a lot. Well, Starspot always said, if they lived in Bloodworm hive, it would be a-ton-of--numbers worse. Ant was jumping up and down, pestering non-stop about when it would be his turn, and, of course, she said “In a minute”
Later that night, as Silverstreak was heading home, Ant stopped her, saying he wanted to ask her something. “This is kinda hard to ask” He said awkwardly. “But, i want to introduce you to my other friends” 
His other friends were a group of Hivewing dragonets, that greatly frowned upon Silkwings.
Ant must’ve seen the expression on her face, because he quickly said. “Not all of them despise Silkwings! And, besides, some of them are pretty nice once you get to know them! They just don’t like Silkwings cus they were raised that way!”
The group didn’t know Ant was Friends with SIlverstreak. Ant was afraid to tell them, because he thought they’d kick him out of the group.
Silverstreak thought for a moment. Is this really worth it? What will they do to Ant if they don’t like me? Will they use me as a servant? Will they torment me and send me running back to the webs? But, if i were part of a friend group… a POPULAR, HIVEWING, friend group, no less…
She hesitated for a second, and then said “You can”
 
                                                           ~In the Morning~
Silverstreak and Ant headed to the far side of Jewel hive, where Ant and his friends usually hung out. Silverstreak saw his friends playing some kind of violent tag. She didn’t like them much. Ant peeked out of the alley and walked towards them. One of the dragonets saw Ant and stopped playing.another saw Ant and stopped playing. “Ant! Where have you been all morning?” “We got tired of waiting so we started the game without you,” another said. 
“Guys, i have another friend i want tointroduce to you?” Ant said, stupidly.
“Whosit?” One of the dragonets asked.
Silverstreak emerged from behind the boxes she was hiding behind.
And all the Hivewing dragonets burst into laughter.
“Tell me this is a joke!” One of them cackled. 
So much for them accepting her.
“You’re funny, Ant!” One of the said. “B-but guys-” Ant started. “A SILKWING! Friends with a HIVEWING?” One of them said. “That's enough to make Lady BLOODWORM crack up! And she's never even smiled before!” “I think you guys are overreacting!” One of them shouted, trying to restore the balance. “But seriously” A dragonet started. “You think you can actually be friends? Now, THAT'S the funny part!” “She looks ugly anyway!” One of them said. “Yeah! You’d think someone showed breaksticks up her head by the looks of those weird-y antenna!” Another said, trying to keep up.
Silverstreak ran away, as they shouted more insults at her.
                                                   ~Later that day~
She was crying in the alleyway
It was the only dark place were she could be alone in the entire Jewel Hive. She knew it was a bad idea to introduce herself to the group. She didn’t know where Ant was. She thought he ran off too. She heard talonsteps behind her. Another Hivewing coming to torment me? She thought grimly. “What's your name?” The dragon behind her asked. “Mines Goliath” Goliath? Goliath is a Hivewing name! Whys a Hivewing-who isn’t Ant- Being nice to me? “Hello?” They poked her once, twice, in her tail. Go away. He knocked on her horns. “Helloooooo, anybody home?” She bit her tougene. She would not give this Hivewing the reaction he wanted. He tugged on her tail. “Oh, it seems like its just a stuffed animal over here. Never mind. Guess il go find someone else to tickle to death” He said.
She couldn’t take it.
She burst into laughter, and, she didn’t notice the Hivewing laughing along with herr.
                                          ~A few years later~
Silverstreak headed to the treestuff dome. She was going to have her metamorphosis soon. She was nervous, but at least Goliath would be in the crowd. The two had grown quite a bond across the years. She saw two of her Silkwing friends, Tortoiseshell and Hawkmoth. Tortoiseshell was her cousin, and didn’t have his wings yet. He was dark jungle green, dark brown, and many other dark colors. Hawkmoth was light sky blue, with brown on his upper body. Tortoiseshell waved to her as she walked past. “Silverstreak! Bluebottle told us that today is your metamorphosis!” “Its true” She replied. Bluebottle was her nasty older brother. He was mostly teal and green, with barely visible purple stripes. She sometimes heard some Gossipy female silkwings talking about how handsome he is.
Ick!
She walked into the dome. She wondered why it was so enclosed. She saw Bluebottle and Starspot in the crowd, along with Hawkmoth, Tortoiseshell,... and Goliath. She didn’t know who her parents were. She didn’t even know if they were still alive. The only thing she knew about them were their initials; M and J. But she once heard Starspot, her sister, who was purple with  silver spots, quite pretty, and Bluebottle talking. Something about Jezebel… She saw Fuchsia, a pink dragonet from her class, along with two others that she didn’t know the names of.  She wondered when she would begin her Metamorphosis. It shouldn’t be long now. She thought, uneasily. She noticed that the other dragonets also seemed to have a sense of unease, as if it were filling the air. She could hear a strange noise… it sounded like screaming! She raced outside, along with the other dragons, including Tortoiseshell and Goliath. They ran to where the screams seemed to be coming from: the webs.
And then they saw it.
It was a fire, raging like an angry lion from Bloodworm hive. Tortoiseshell gasped in horror and ran down to the webs. “Tortoiseshell come back!” Silverstreak shouted. “My family’s down there!” Tortoiseshell shouted. He raced down, farther into the webs. All around her, the Silkwings were panicking. He saw terrified Hivewings fleeing from Bloodworm hive. Its Chaos! She thought. Goliath swooped down and grabbed her. “We got to get out of here!” He shouted. “But what about Tortoiseshell?” She asked him. “His parents will probably retrieve him! We gotta get out of here!” He said, struggling to pick her up, since she was bigger than him. “I can run fine!” She said, a bit offended, and dashed towards Jewel Hive. She stood on the art of the hive that connected it to the web, looking for Tortoiseshell, hoping for him to run onto the Hive.
But then, the Web trembled.
The Silkwings didn’t seem to notice, they were too busy trying to escape. She saw Starspot and Bluebottle fly up with a white dragonet, and another silkwing rocket out of the webs, followed by many others.
And then it collapsed.
Goliath stared at the web in horror as it fell down, down into oblivion. Silverstreak stared at it, and ran back into the dome, sobbing.
                                            ~A few hours later~
She started to fall into her metamorphosis trane, her wrists moving without her wanting them to. She saw Goliath in the stands, smiling at her eagerly. An Hivewing guard caught his eye, and looked like he was wondering why a Hivewing was at a Metamorphosis. The last thig she saw before she blacked out, was the guard walking towards, Goliath, as he shot her one last glance.
                                        
                                            ~Five days later~
Silverstreak was trapped in an ghostly white prison. She didn’t know how she got there. Oh yeah, my Metamorphosis. She remembered. But how do i get out? Do i just claw it up or something?
She decided to do that.
She clawed a hole in the top of the cocoon, and tried to pull it apart from there. She poked her head out, and tried to wiggle her whole body out.
Operation Failure.
She saw Starspot, Bluebottle, and Hawkmoth.
Goliath and Tortoiseshell were nowhere to be seen.
“That,” Starspot started, “Is pitiful. You finally have your wings and yet, you’re still stuck in that damn cocoon?!”
Sisters.
“To think, you can’t do anything without embarrassing yourself?!” Bluebottle said, scornfully.
Brothers too
“You can do it”, Hawkmoth said encouragingly
At least someone here is nice. She thought ruefully. She wiggled around in the cocoon, although she was pretty sure she was stuck. She tried pushing it with her back legs. Although that didn’t do much. She saw Fucshia laughing at her. She had her wings too. Silverstreak glared at her, determined to break free. She wiggled around some more, and clawed the the space she was trying to wiggle out of, and rolled out.
Freedom!
She spread her white wings.They were beautiful. Icy white, and dappled with silver. Although, Starspot and Bluebottle didn’t think so. “There so pretty” Hawkmoth said, enviously, and looked at his wingbuds. “Be happy you don't have your wings” Said Bluebottle. “When you do, its just work, work work-oh look at that, more work!” Yikes. 
Then she remembered the fire. “Wheres Tortoiseshell?!” She asked them, hoping for them to say he was fine.
Bluebottle looked at Starspot. “About that…” Hawkmoth started.
She felt a sinking feeling in her stomach.
“Hes dead, isn’t he?” Asked Silverstreak. Hawkmoth sighed sadly. “Yes. He died when the web collapsed”
Silverstreak had known him since she was a young dragonet. He had always been a great friend, always encouraging, always determined.
But now he was dead…
                                           ~A few days later~
Silverstreak was looking for Goliath. She had come back home from Tortoiseshells funeral a few hours ago. It left a deep hole in her heart. She saw two Hivewing Guards march towards her. That can’t be good. She thought grimly. One of them grabbed her by her tail. She winced. “Lady Jewel has assigned you a job. All Silkwings need to work. No exceptions” The guard grumpily said. “Who am i working for, then?” She asked. To her surprise, he replied. “Icius”
Oh no.
Icius was Goliath’s father, and quite cruel. He didn’t care for Silkwings, and thought of them as inconvenient grime. That didn’t mean he was exactly nice to Hivewings, either. Or anyone. But maybe that meant she could see Goliath more often! She realized, with a hopeful pang. The Guards lead her over to Icius’s house. She saw his wife, Mealworm, sitting at the front door. She wasn’t as cruel as Icius, but she wasn’t exactly the nicest dragon either. “You’re late” She said in a bored voice. Silverstreak walked inside, wondering what she had to do. The guards hadn’t given her any hints. But she’d rather aggravate Lady Bloodworm than talk to Icius. She saw a mop and a bucket leaning against a wall. Oh no. She hoped he didn’t want her to use those. Maybe he has other Silkwing servants who can lead me in the right direction. She thought hopefully. She walked over to the kitchen, and saw an orange dragon with silver streaks washing dishes. He looks kind of like me. Maybe… 
She brushed away the thought.
“Excuse me” She said. “Im new here. Do you know what im supposed to do here?”
He didn’t look up from the dishes. “Whats your name?” he asked.
“Silverstreak”, she answered. “Silverstreak, eh?” He said, lost in thought. He turned towards her. He has eyes like me. I recognize him from somewhere… “Whats your name?” she asked hi boldly. “Marmalade” He answered. “I think you’re supposed to be the maid” He said, and turned back to the dishes. Ugh! She thought. Being a maid is so boring! 
Later, she was mopping the floor, thinking. I know that Silkwing from somewhere, but where. I think i know him, yet i’ve never even spoken to him before. She looked at her wristband. Wait… M and J… Marmalade starts with M, what if… 
She put the pieces together.
He must be my father!
                                               ~Later that night~
She looked around for Marmalade. He must go home earlier than i do. She thought after finding her search unsuccessful. She decided to go find Goliath. She hadn’t seen him in a while, she was worried. Eventually, she headed home. She saw Starspot busily peeling an orange. She decided not to interrupt her, since when she did that she usually ended up with a snout-full of dirty gazelle pelt. It didn’t taste good.
She walked over to her hammock, and wondered where Bluebottle was. As if she read Silverstreak’s thoughts, Starspot answered. “Hes off with that pretty Silkwing he likes” “Who?’ Silverstreak asked. She didn’t know Bluebottle had a girlfriend. Actually, that wasn’t very hard to believe. “Whats her name?” She asked. “Muslin” Starspot replied. “Its a pretty ugly name, if you ask me” “I think its fine” SIlverstreak retorted. Although, she actually did kind of agree with her, but Starspot didn’t need to know that. 
                                                  ~The next day~
Silverstreak was worried. She hadn’t seen Goliath for a while now. She didn’t want their relationship to end like her and Ant’s. She remembered Ant. He always had the best ideas, and was always encouraging. She wondered where he was now. She hadn’t spoken to him ever again after he introduced her to the group. She wondered if he was all smug now, like most Hivewings she knew. Goliath is a holy exception He thought to herself. Speaking of Goliath, she thought she saw him down the alleyway, the same one from when they first met. Goliath! She thought joyfully. Finally, they would be reunited! But then she stopped. 
There was a Hivewing next to him.
Talking with him.
Some might say flirting.
He looked like he liked her.
She looked like she liked him.
I knew it would never work out. She thought. Why did we bother being friends?! So what if i thought we might be more than that?! Hes been avoiding me so he can spend more time with that vixen! “Its because im a Silkwing, isn’t it?!” She wanted to yell at him. You’ve never loved me, i bet!” She ran away, after seeing Goliath’s crestfallen expression as he looked at her.
                                                ~A few days later~
Silverstreak was mopping the floor again, moping about Goliath. She barely heard Icius talking to the rest of the servants. “I am hosting a party!” Icius announced. “I want all of you to prepare. Now” All the Silkwings scurried around, not wanted to get on his bad side. She kept mopping the floor, oblivious. He came over and tapped her shoulder. “Ahem” He said, smugly. She froze. It was her worst nightmare. What was Icius going to do to her?! She ran away like a gazelle being chased like a lion, and walked over to Marmalade, and pretended to work on preparing the food. “Marmmalade… i know how i know you” She said. “What-in-the-what-what?” He asked, confused. She snorted. “I know that you’re my father” He froze for a second. “W-what makes you say that?” He asked. “You hesitated” She pointed out. “So what!?” He said, seemingly annoyed. “Just because i hesitated for one nanosecond doesn’t mean you’re right!” “You’re a lot like Bluebottle” She said. “Face it, i know you’re our father” He sighed. “I admit defeat” “You’re a lot like Starspot too” She said affectionately.
                                                     ~A Week later~
The Hivewings were piling in for the party. She hoped Goliath wasn’t there. That would make things more difficult. She saw Fuchsia mong some of the Silkwing servants on th Balcony. Don’t look so pretty now, do you? She thought with a pang of satisfaction. Marmalade was busy at the kitchens, so she had a feeling he wouldn’t get to see much of the party. She wondered who Hawkmoth would be assigned to. He had his Metamorphosis a few days ago, and he wouldn’t be out for two more days. She sighed. She missed the old Goliath. Her friend. Maybe even more than that…
Someone knocked on her horns
“Helloooooo, anybody home?”
She turned around, furious
“GOLIATH!” She shouted at him “Whats was with that Hivewing!?” She shouted at him, fuming. “I just wanted to explain things to you” He said. “Her names Tatalize. My father bethrothed  us. Hes been furious ever since he found out about… us” “Well, whats that supposed to mean!?” She shouted. “You can say you don’t love me, you know!” “But i do” He said. “I lost Tatalize in the crowd on purpose, to find you, and try to apologize” SHe wanted to believe  him. “When i saw you with Tatalize, i thought you ditched me. I just wanted the real Goliath back. You’ve been ignoring me for days” She said, solemnly. “But i am the real Goliath. The reason i haven’t seen you in so long is because Icius punished me” She wondered if she believed him
She wanted to believe him
But should she?
She thought for ne, long, moment.
“I believe you” She said.
                                               ~A few weeks later~
Somehow, Bluebottle seemed to know about Silverstreak and Goliath’s relationship. Silverstreak begged him not to tell. It would ruin both her and Goliath. After much begging and bribing, Bluebottle agreed to keep her secret. In exchange for keeping a secret of his own… “WHat secret?” She asked, confused.  “Its so, if you tell on me” Said Bluebottle. “I tell on you. Deal?” “But whats the secret?” She asked. Bluebottle hesitated, and then said “I’m planning to run away from the Hivewings, and take Icius down” “What!?” Silverstreak exclaimed. “Running away is one thing, but MURDER!? Are you SERIOUS!?” “Icius is an absolute ________” Bluebottle repiled. She had to agree with him. Icius was always pressing to hard on her and the other servants. Bluebottle waled away, and into his room. Finally, some time on my own. She thought ruefuuly. Oooooor maybe go find Goliath. He was the best for un-boring dragons. 
She headed down the streets of the hive, till she found him. “Goliath!” She shouted. These days, they spent most of their time together. The only dragons who knew though, were Hawkmoth and Bluebottle. 
                                        ~The next day~
Silverstreak was sitting around on the web. Nothing happened much these days. The web swayed along with the web. It was peaceful. She wondered where Goliath was. Is that all you think about these days? She scolded herself. But i can’t help it, i love him! Now im talking with myself! She shook away the thoughts. She sighed, even though it was peaceful, it sure was lonely. Hawkmoth flew over to her. “SIlverstreak! Hey Silverstreak!” She called. When she didn’t respond, he shouted again. “SIIIIIILVEEEEEERSTREEEEEAK!” “What?!” She asked, annoyed. “Nothing!” Hawkmoth said, giddily, and flew away. That Hawkmoth! He had his wings, and yet, he’s still so immature!
      
                                           ~A few months later~
SIlverstreak was with egg. 
She wondered how she would tell Goliath. How would he react? What if Icius found out? The last thought chilled her. She decided to go find Goliath. She flew towards the hive, and found herself in the alleyway. She saw Goliath down the streets. “Goliath!” She shouted. How many times have i shouted Golaith? She thought to herself. 
Goliath saw her and walked over. “Silverstreak! How is it?” “Its kind of hard to explain…” She started. “What?” Goliath asked, worried. “Im with egg” She said. “Really!?” Asked Goliath. “Yes” She admitted. “Thats amazing!” Goliath said. “But what if they are obviously hybrids? Icius will tell! Hes seen us together! We’ll be ruined! And who knows what they’ll do to the dragonets! At worst, they’ll KILL them! Along with US!” His smile turned into a frown. “I didn’t think of that” He said, dumbly. “We’ll decide what to do when they hatch” Silverstreak promised. “If they do” Goliath said.
                                             ~A few months later~
Silverstreak stared at the two pearly eggs in the nest. They were smaller than she expecting. But, thinking of how many times she’d seen an dragon egg before, which was zero, she shouldn’t really be surprised. She wondered if the Hivewings would just march in, and grab them, and spirit them away to the hatchery. A few minutes later, thats exactly what happened. “Whos the father?” One of the guards asked. She thought fast. “Hawkmoth!” “Hm” The guard said, and flew away. She sighed in relief. They believed her! Although she had to go tell Hawkmoth. She ran ofer to Hawkmoth’s home. “Hawkmoth!” She shouted. “Silverstreak. Whazzup?” She blue Silwing asked. “Listen” She said “The Hivewings asked who the father was, and i said you were! Play along if they ever ask you anything, ok?” “Wait, what?” He asked. What if hes angry? She thought worriedly. “Thats fine” He said after a few moments.
She sighed in relief. Again.
                                                  ~One year later~
Silverstreak stood in the hatchery, watching the two eggs. Goliath couldn’t come, since that would be way too suspicious. She saw one of the eggs stir, and she felt a tingle of excitement. She had never seen a hatching before. She wondered if she should do something. She saw the egg on the left rock around, and she saw a small, silver snout peek out. The egg rocked around more, and collapsed. The Dragonet stared up at her. He was silver with barely visible purple and white streaks. Hes pretty. She thought. Prettier than Fucshia. 
Okay, maybe she was making that part up. But she liked to believe it. She saw the other egg rock around. It cracked apart, just as the other one did. The second dragonet was dark brown, dark blue, and dark green. Just like Tortoiseshell. She thought with a pang of sadness in her heart. Later, at night, Goliath snuck in. “What will we name them?” he asked. “Lancetail for the Silver one” Silverstreak said. “And you can decide the other” “Maybe, Tortoiseshell, after the, y’know, old tortoiseshell…” “Tortoiseshell is fine” She said. 
                                           ~A few months later~
The four of them walked outside. All three moons were shining brightly, casting a glow on the dark web. They stared up at the moons for one, long moment. 
“BIG!” Shouted Tortoiseshell
Moment ruined.
They saw Hawkmoth down on the webs. He waved at them a little too enthusiastically and fell off the webs. Silkwings all around were sleeping silently. She saw Fucshia arguing with another Silkwing she didn’t recognise. Silverstreak sighed. It was a clear night. She spread her wings and flew into the sky, her Silver scales shining like a fourth moon
                                                              ~The end~
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