Wings of Failure

Wings of Failure is a AU based off Steven He's youtube videos. It features Steven himself and Serpentine the LightningWing as the main characters. It also is the primary sequel to Lord of The Failures and Thunder's Clap. It is owned by RazorShadowclan, and is a crossover of Wings of Fire and Steven He's youtube videos.
Updates spontaneous, PST. Most likely one chapter, but may be incomplete.
== Summary ==
Two failures. 
Two unrelated lives cross.
When Steven turned 9, his father wanted him to start a business, but he became a youtuber instead. 
Now, he is 12 and is facing one of the toughest decisions of his life: Stay in his family and suffer, or leave and find a new family. But when a group of elite asians are needed to defeat the long-time Boss Aunty, Steven is eager to help. This may be his only chance to prove that he just isn't the failure he is.  
After getting kicked out of her royal family for failing to kill the TempestWing princess, Serpentine is determined to prove to her family that she is not the dragon they think she is.
One chance to change. 
== Status - Active ==
== Story ==
=== Prolouge ===
Amethyst
 "I have news," Amethyst's mother called from their dining room. She waved a stack of letters at her. 
 A tiny spark of excitement gnited in Amethyst. Maybe one of her friends had sent her a letter. Amethyst, lounging on the couch, stood up and walked over to the dining room table.
 Though pathetic, their temporary 3-person cave given to them by the government was already considered a gem in wartime. Amethyst and her family had moved over 3 times in the last year, proving just how important her dad's position in the military was. 
 She lifted the first letter on the stack. This month's military activity summary. Not for her. 
 Amethyst lifted the second letter. Their monthly bills.
 The next three were all the same content, government related stuff.
 But at the bottom of the pile was a letter from her best friend Screech. Miss you already! 
 That was it. 
 Amethyst sighed with disappointment. She'd actually hoped that most of her friends would've sent her a letter in these past 2 months, but no one had dared reach out to her. In fact, Screech's letter was probably a dare too. How sad. 
 Friends, I hope you haven't forgotten about me already, she thought. This war has taken more from me than I ever could've expected. 
 Amethyst went back to the couch, sat down, and decided to read a good book.
=== Chapter 1 ===
Steven wasn't in a good mood. 
 Yes, it was true that they lived in the unfortunately depressing world ruled by dragons. Honestly, it wasn't that bad. Dragons were just minor problems.
 And what was the major problem?
 Being a failure sucks.
 "Steven, you still a failure" was the first thing his dad would always say to him, to remind him of all the B's Steven had gotten. And have none of his viewers realized how just bad his life was? He guessed they were too busy laughing at how ridiculous Steven's dad was. 
 "Steven!" Steven's teacher waved her hand at him. "I told you to come up and show the class how to solve this problem."
 Steven snapped out of his trance and got up. He read the problem on the whiteboard: There are 30 6th graders and 40 7th graders in a group. 10% of the 6th graders like pie, and 15% of the 7th graders like pie. How many people in total like pie?' 
 Easy, Steven thought. Steven grabbed a pen and wrote: 'First we calculate how many people in 6th grade like pie. 0.10 x 30= 3. Then we calculate how many people in 7th grade like pie. 40 x 0.15= 6. So the answer is 9 people.' Steven hoped he was correct.
 Steven's teacher made a face and nodded, gesturing for him to sit down. Steven relaxed with relief and sat down. Then she handed the pen to another student. On the whiteboard she wrote another problem.
 As Steven sat down, his partner next to him turned to Steven.
 "Hey," he said. "How did you get that answer? I got 25."
 "How'd you get that answer?" Steven asked.
 Abel blinked. 
 "Here," said Steven, writing the formula down and turning the notebook to his partner.
 The bell rang, and so Steven took off.
 Everyone ran out the door, even after their teacher told them not to run to recess. 
 Steven turned around to look for his friends, but instead a slipper smacked him in the face.
 "What da hail do you think you're doing?" Steven's dad leaned against the classroom door frame, holding a slipper in his hands.
 "I'm… going to recess?" 
 "Recess more like Review. Let's go do some math." 
 Steven stumbled and clutched the railing. "But I have lunch and Spanish next period."
 Steven's dad shrugged. "If you're going to lunch and can't even make cereal, then I review your life choices. Let's go. I already signed you up for MathCounts."
 Steven floundered the whole way home.
=== Chapter 2 ===
It was a beautiful day.
Except for the fact she had been exiled out of her own family.
Serpentine soared across the sea, flying towards Shard island.
Flying towards Shard Island was a pain, even with her extended wing training and all that. She was over 1,000 feet over the ocean. 
 Oh, and speaking of that…
 Serpentine dipped her nose down a little more. 
 Now, she could see the outline of Shard Island a little more clearly. She stopped flying. And were those… TempestWing guards?!
 No, no, no!
 She couldn't afford to be caught now! What was the point of all of this if she were to be caught? 
 Serpentine beagan beating her wings faster, hoping to outrun the TempestWing guards. 
 If only I had Amethsyt with me, she thought. She could make everything better. 
But it will be worth it. All this wait, all this pain could mean a better future for…. me.
 Serpentine's vision turned dark.
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 Serpentine woke up to a yound dragonet eyeing her intently. She looked down.
 "Are you really a princess?" he asked in awe.
 "Um," she said. "Yes?" How could he possibly be so young? 
 And can someone tell me what's going on?
 One of the other 2 guards suddenly reached forwards and snapped, "Stay back, Echolocation."
 Echolocation stepped back, bowing his head. "Sorry, sir."
 Sorry? Why was a dragonet this young working as a guard?
 Just then, the door opened. The original guard appeared. 
 "Your trial is scheduled for Tuesday," she reported. Then she took the other three guards with her and left.
 Trial? She had just got here, and they were acting like she was their prisoner or something. Not to mention how young those guards were. 
 Standing up, she walked over to a wooden door to the right and tugged on it. Surprisingly, it latched open to reveal a hotel-ish room. She stopped, expecting a trap to pop out or something. 
 "This is your prison-," said a voice. 
 Serpentine slammed the door shut, covering her ears.
 "Shut up, you idiot!" roared a second voice. 
 "There is nothing wrong with introducing our new guest."
 "You just kicked her out! Maybe you should apologize to her!"
 Serpentine opened the door again, hoping they were just friendly LightningWings. 
 Both dragons whipped their heads around at the sound. 
 One of them was a male LighntingWing, his two front claws twisted and blackened. Serpentine grimaced. The other dragon was a female LightningWing, too, one of her wings ripped. They both looked athletic, the male sitting on a leather chair, the female standing.
 "Hi," Serpentine said. "What's your names?"
 "Zitrine and Bronze. I'm Zitrine," the female said.
 The front door of the hotel room creaked open to reveal a scarred TempestWing guard peering in. 
 "Permission to enter?" he asked.
 "Sure," said Bronze. 
 The guard walked in and smiled at Serpentine. "Glad you found this room, 'cause they will kick you out of that room pretty soon."
 Serpentine nodded. She asked, "Are you locking that door?" and pointed to the door she had come in from. She hoped not. She needed all the space she could get.
 "Unfortunately, yes." He walked out of the room and locked the door. 
 Serpentine sank on one of the leather chairs, feeling so exhausted, although she had done about zero today. Flew to Shard Island; check; got captured by TempestWings; check, and die in a hotel room. Check. All she needed was more sleep… 
 "Wake up, Serpentine!" Zitrine threw a pillow at her face. 
 Serpentine snapped awake and back to sleep, snoring soundly. 
 "Fine," Zitrine said. "We will tell you tomorrow. Useless."
 The snoring grew louder. 
 "What is wrong with you? Female dragons don't snore." Zitrine scratched her head, turning to Bronze. 
 She sighed loudly. "So it was you." 
 Bronze lay on the bed with a peaceful expression on his face, dreaming. 
 Zitrine snickered, mockingly. "Even more useless. Don't ask me why this ever happened."
 Bronze woke up at the sound of her voice.
 "What?" he asked. 
 Zitrine rolled her eyes. "Go to bed. I'll talk to you tomorrow."
 The next morning, there was a knock on the door. Serpentine opened it to find three  soggy salmon on a plate. One for each of us, I guess. 
 As soon as Serpentine put the plate down, Zitrine snatched one of the fish and said, "We eat snacks and carp for breakfast, not crap like this."
 Serpentine could tell she was going to throw the fish into the trash. "Wait!" she said. 
 The fish hung above the trash can perilously.
 "What do you want with it?" Zitrine asked. 
 "We can save it for later," Serpentine suggested hopefully. 
 "Like, how?" Zitrine threw the fish onto the wooden floor with a splat. "Here, you can try." 
 Serpentine sighed. "Didn't you say you wanted to escape?"
 Both Bronze and Zitrine looked at each other with confusion.
 There was a moment of silence. Then Bronze said, "With a fish?"
=== Chapter 3 ===
 Steven He
 Steven spotted an enemy player and shot him down.
 Press L+Shift to unlock the chest. Press r to open inventory.
 Steven pressed r and threw out an AR pistol and a bolt-action rifle, not wanting the chest.
 "Thank you," read the chat.
 "Np," Steven replied quickly. Closing the chat, Steven uncrouched and pulled out his AK-47 from behind a crate. 
 "Shoot now," his teammate said into the mic. 
 "But there's no one here," Steven protested.
 "Move!" There was a flurry of gunshots on the other side. 
 "Shut up!"
 Steven bit his lip and typed into the chat. "What happened?"
 "Alexanderite283 died," read the screen.
 "Damnit!" Steven rage quit and pressed pause in the process. He now only had one teammate left. 
 "IT'S NOT THAT HARD!" Steven screamed. "There's only ONE freaking thing you have to do!"
 Unfortunately, his remaining teammate could still hear him even after he took his headphones off. Steven's remaining teammate tried to calm him down. "Dude, it's just a game. Don't get so worked up about it." 
 But Steven was beyond reason. He was furious that his team was losing and that he was the only one left to carry the burden. He took a deep breath and tried to focus on the game. He moved cautiously through the virtual battlefield, his AK-47 at the ready. He could hear the sound of gunfire in the distance and knew that the enemy was closing in. Suddenly, he spotted an enemy player in his sights. Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger and watched as the player fell to the ground.
  "Nice shot!" his teammate exclaimed. 
 Steven felt a surge of adrenaline as he continued to move forward, determined to win the game for his team. But as he rounded a corner, he came face-to-face with another enemy player. He raised his gun, but it was too late. The enemy player fired first and Steven's screen went black. "Game over," read the screen. 
 Steven let out a frustrated sigh and put down his controller. It was just a game, but it still stung to lose. 
 He needed something to drink.
 Steven reached for his gamer drink and instantly spit it out.
 He remembered he had homework to do and dashed out the room.
 The assignment was to interview a family member about a potential career, so Steven opened the door to the kitchen.
Suddenly, he was hit by a very cracked version of Xue Hua Piao Piao.
 "雪花飘飘, 北风萧萧
天地 一片 苍茫
一翦寒梅 傲立雪中
只为 伊人 飘香
爱我所爱 无怨无悔
此情 长留 心间~
雪-"
 "Dad?"
 "Oh hallo, go unfreeze the chicken." There was a very loud clunk. 
 Steven sighed ruefully and unfroze the chicken. "Are we eating chicken for dinner?"
 "Phhssh, dinner still a few hours away." Steven's dad waved his hand dismissively. "For now, go do your math homework."
 "I already did it," Steven said. "So, I was wondering-"
 "What you want?" Steven's dad snapped. 
 "So, um, I wanted to interview you for my English homework assignment about your opinion on my job and career choices," Steven said.
 "When you want a job?"
 "Liiiiiikeeeee 17 or something."
 "What job you want? And what job you don't want?"
 Steven ran through all the possibilities in his head. "I want to be an actor, and not a doctor."
 Even though Steven knew this was another lecture, what was coming was not what he was expecting. He braced himself and sat down. 
 "Steven," his father said. "Your mother and I haven't told you this, but it's about time we tell you. SoWhen I was 9 years old, I escaped Beijing Corn to start a business. And now, you are 12 years old, we expect you to not be a failure. But you ARE." 
 "I call the Beijing Embassy and say, 'My son's a failure and he's 12. I heard you need more workers for the child labor. So I give you my son. Only one-time deal, I call you back until I ready.'" 
 Steven's dad turned to Steven with a serious expression. "Steven, I give you 1 month. If you can prove you not failure, we keep you. Otherwise, we will send you off to Beijing Corn for a minimum wage." Steven's dad put one finger up. "One month." With that, he turned and left. 
 Steven's stomach growled. Was this really it? Steven buried his face into his hands. He wasn't going to cry, but…
 What was he going to do now?
=== Chapter 4 ===
Serpentine
 The door in the hallway creaked open.  
 The laundry came spilling out. 
 It took several TempestWing janitors to clean up the whole mess, and by the time they were done with it, Serpentine, Zitrine and Bronze had escaped into the night.
 Or, well, a bar.
 They had stolen 3 bottles of liquor, and by the time they were out of the bar, Bronze was already drunk.
 "I can fly up to the moons!" Bronze hollered as he soared into the sky.
 "Shut up!" Serpentine and Zitrine shouted at the same time.
 The mountain loomed in the distance, the tallest in the TempestWing Islands.
 "Let's go, let's go," Serpentine said hurriedly, trying to calm down. 
 The three of them flew back and fell asleep for the upcoming battle tomorrow. 
 Unfortunately, Serpentine's memory brain had started to take over, giving her bad memories of her family. She did eventually fall asleep though, and dreaming was even worse than her memories.
 Rumble. 
 The rumbling sound intensified. 
 At first Serpentine had thought it was her stomach growling, but then the whole cavern had started to shake, so she whirled around and woke Bronze up. 
 "Where's Zitrine?" she asked. 
 "Zitrine?" Bronze called. 
 "She must not be here." Serpentine couldn't believe what would happen if she wasn't here. What was she doing?
 There was a murmur from Bronze as he flew out. 
 Serpentine followed, her tail twitching nervously. She risked a glance back.
 One huge boulder barreled down the mountain, turning everything in its path to dust. 
 Serpentine scanned the mountain for Zitrine. 
 All she could see was a little yellow speck.
 Serpentine dove down towards the mountain, trying to stop the boulder. 
 Suddenly, a dragon whipped into her vision and knocked her aside. 
 "Hey!" Serpentine yelled. "Can't you see I'm trying to stop-"
 "Serpentine!" A tawny yellow dragon pushed her, and sent both of them crashing down through the air. "Move!"
 Reality hit Serpentine. She realized all three of them were going to die, no matter what. And it was all her fault. 
 She had brought them here, to a deadly nuclear power plant.  
She had come to Shard Island to see Amethyst. 
 She had wanted to escape.
 They were dead.
 While she was thinking, the boulder had crashed down onto the nuclear power plant and exploded. 
 Smoke blinded Serpentine. She couldn't see anymore, and she was panicking. 
 Her wings went numb.
 I'm dead.
 "Serpentine!" Zitrine shouted. "Fight! Kill them!" Her voice disappeared in the dust.
 Serpentine's mind was spinning. 
 Serpentine soon realized what Zitrine meant; hundreds of TempestWing guards were in the radioactive dust, some of them were searching for Serpentine, Zitrine, and Bronze.
 All this while Serpentine was hiding in the rubble of the power plant. Everything seemed so hopeless, but she knew she wanted to see Amethyst one last time.
 Just as a TempestWing guard rounded the corner, Serpentine slashed his throat open with her claws. His body fell to the ground, unmoving. 
 Quick and easy death, Serpentine thought. But now my claws are covered in blood. 
 Suddenly, her foot slipped off the edge of the second floor, and she tumbled down the level she was standing on and landed on the first floor of the nuclear plant. She landed with a painful crunch on the ground, her wings bent at unnatural angles. 
 Ow, ow, ow! Stupid worm, she thought, looking up. There were tears in her eyes from the pain. If I hadn't decided to escape, Zitrine and Bronze wouldn't have to suffer this terrible fate. She wiped her eyes, images of Bronze and Zitrine getting killed by hundereds of TempestWings filling her head. 
 The crys of a TempestWing battalion made her look up. As the dust was settling, more TempestWings were soaring down to dig through the rubble. 
 She stood up. If I escape now, I'll have a better chance of- Ow! She winced as she tried to move her wings. 
 But I'm covered in enough dust that I can just run.
 And so Serpentine ran, straight into the depths of Shard Island.
=== Chapter 5 ===
Steven He
 Steven, running to school, late as usual, because his dad wouldn't send him to school.
 He ran into several roadways, almost getting hit, but didn't care. He couldn't have another tardy.
 There was a faint chime in the background.
 "Steven!" His best friend, Zach, waved at him from his car.
 "Hi!" yelled Steven, and bolted past the traffic jam. 
 Hurry, Steven thought. The bell has rung.
 Steven was about 500 meters from the school campus, which would take him about 6 minutes to run.
 Tossing his backpack a little higher, Steven ran and made it onto the school campus in record time, 3 minutes and 28 seconds. 
 As he made his way into the building, the teacher was still taking role, so he still had time to sit down. 
 Panting, Steven tossed his backpack onto the hook outside the classroom.
 "Alex Gabestine," Mr. Wilson called from inside.
 "Here," Alex replied.
 The teacher marked something on his paper. 
 Steven knew he was next. 
 "St-" Mr. Wilson began.
 "Here!" Steven burst through the classroom, looking like a total fool. At least he wasn't late. 
 "Mmhm," the teacher continued, and called out the next name. 
 As Steven settled down into his seat, a student passed out promotional flyers for upcoming school events and clubs. Bubbles of conversations were everywhere, ranging from cookies to summer. Steven took a look at the flyer on his desk. Maybe he could join a club and impress his dad.
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  No. Not this one. 
 The next 2 flyers were just promotions for upcoming school events, but then Steven saw a flyer for running club. 
 He had to join that one. 
 Opening his binder, he stuffed the flyer into the binder, and class started right after that.
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 "Hey, Steven!" 
 Steven looked up, expecting Zach or something, but it was Ethan. 
 In the middle of the blacktop, Steven had never expected to be stopped by anyone.
 Ethan was one of the older kids, especially one of the athletic ones, but Steven usually never talked to their friend group. 
 "Yo, what's up," replied Steven and gave him a handshake, smiling. Ethan returned the handshake and said, "I saw you looking at the running club flyer. You joining?" 
 Oh my gosh, Steven thought, his smile fading. I never made my mind up about that. 
 Just say yes. It's what Dad would want, he told himself.
 "Uh- yeah, of course," Steven said. 
 "Alright, that's awesome," Ethan said, turning away to head toward the lunch tables.
 "Yeah, you bet!" Steven called, and turned and ran towards the field to join his main friend group. 
=== Chapter 6 ===
Serpentine
 Thump, thump, thump.
 Thump, thump, thump.
 With every step, Serpentine's feet became even heavier. The sun beat down on her. It was becoming impossible to walk.
 Across the barren lands of Archon, where LightningWings and TempestWings could live together in peace. The only place where Serpentine had ever felt safe.
 But now, it had become deserted. 
 Not long ago, it was very likely Queen Shard had attacked Archon. Why? So that she could use this place as an alternate battlefield instead of the original TempestWing islands. Clever, but unethical.
 Serpentine lay down to rest under some fallen rubble of a building. She had been walking all night, and was exhausted. She even hadn't gotten to eat much the last few days, but maybe after she woke up she would get some food to eat….
  Serpentine tossed and turned, but she still couldn't sleep. The hairs on her limbs stood up, signaling high static electricity in the air. She felt a sudden rush of energy, and got the urge to summon a lightning strike.
 The clouds had become gray now, thunder rumbling in from up ahead. 
 One, two, three lightning strikes pierced the air as several distant yellow shapes appeared out of the clouds.
 "Father!" Serpentine yelled, standing up.
 She was so ready to turn herself in, for running away because she was so done now. Seeing Amethyst was almost the last thing she wanted to do in this state, and Amethyst might not want to see her either. But it was worth a try.
 It had been worth a try. Not anymore.
 But Serpentine still hadn't made amends with Amethyst, not after all this time and when she was constantly moving. She still remembered what Amethyst had said.
 "It'll be so fun", Amethyst said. "Maybe you can come over, ask your parents."
"They'll never let me", Serpentine had said. "Still, maybe I can come see you."
"Only if you can. Don't get in trouble for me," replied Amethyst, looking down. "It was nice to meet you."
 The memory ended there.
 See? Serpentine just needed to convince herself that Amethyst actually wanted to see her, but that would be easy. 
 Don't fret. You're almost there, she told herself.
 If only it were that easy.
=== Chapter 7 ===
Steven He
Steven sat in history class, watching Alexandera Live News with his class. It was his last period of the day for him, so he needed to be ready to leave when the bell rang.
 Steven glanced at his watch. 5 seconds. 4… 3… 2… and 1!
 Ding ding ding dong.
 Steven leaped out of his seat with his backpack in hand but stopped when he saw no one else stand up. 
 Oh….
 Steven sat back down when he realized it was only the warning bell. For first period.
 This was gonna be a long day.
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 Steven had just arrived at home, hand at the doorknob, ready to go inside for a cool ice cream his dad had bought at Costco.
 Steven opened the door.
 His dad was near the door, polishing their shoes for tomorrow. He scunitized him carefully and said, "Steven, what da hail you doing at home?" He montioned at his backpack. "I thought you leave to grandma birthday la."
 What?
 Something hit Steven like a lightning bolt. 
 Right. On the calendar. Tomorrow would be Grandma's birthday, and Steven would be sure late for it. 
 Steven upacked his backpack and took out the contents of it. His history notebook for one, and his Chromebook. And, at the very bottom, a crushed red packet full of money. Nothing else. 
 Durning school, Steven had been missing half of his materials for 3, 5, and 6th period. He had wondered why, since he had packed his backpack the night before. No doubt his dad had taken out his school supplies to fit the red packet.
 Seeing the look on Steven's face, his dad laughed. "Stoobid," he said, pointing Steven in the right direction as Steven lugged up his backpack and started running.
 No, thought Steven. I can't be late. I can't be embarrassed again. I can't and I won't fail my dad again. Despite all his dad had put him through, Steven still had learned alot from him. He owed him. His heart beat wildly as he began running like never before. Unlucikly for Steven, he wasn't much of a distance runner.
He sprinted towards his grandmother's house, all across the Bejing Corn Bridge to Disappointment. 
 And a new fate begins.
=== Chapter 8 ===
Zitrine
"Where is she?" Bronze shouted over the thudnering waves of the storm.  
 "We're not leaving her! Even if we can't find her!" Zitrine shouted back. If Serpentine didn't show up right this minute, she would kill her. What had she been thinking? Running away? Into TempestWing terriotry? 
 After the nueclear explosion, Bronze and Zitrine had managed to make it succesfully out of the rubble without being injured. But Serpentine had disapeared.They'd assumed she ran away without notice. Had she gone home? Unlikely. Zitrine believed that Serpentine was on some sort of mission, having failed her family (King Sprite!) and was on a redemption mission.
 "Down here!" Bronze shouted as the clouds parted.
 Down below them was Archon, the land of peace. Where they could hide for the day.
 The rain had stopped near Archon, so it would be dry. 
 Bronze and Zitrine landed near a pile of fallen colunmms, scanning the area for Serpentine. 
 A cloud of dust went up as a squirrel dashed past them. Zitrine nudged a mini statue of a squirrel, the kind you could carve quite easily. She looked back to the sky.
 "Why can't we just go home?" asked Bronze apathecticly. "She's not our responsibility."
 With a strong glare, Zitrine said, "You can go home. Not while she's missing." She pointed a talon at him. She turned away again.
 Behind her, Bronze silently smiled.
 "Serpentine!" called Zitrine.
 Bronze followed suit. "Serpentine!"
 "Serpentine!" 
 The echoes of their calls could be heard all around the ruins of Archon.
 But no reply.
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