Storm of Sands

"Deep inside the stronghold, a storm is rising..."
This is a fanfiction written by Stormkitten. Please do not edit without her permission. However, suggestions and feedback are welcome in the comments!
=== About Storm of Sands ===
==== Concept ====
Storm of Sands is a fanfic about the three SandWing sisters: Burn, Blister, and Blaze. This is about the sisters when they were young dragonets. What was their life like when they were growing up? Read on to find out!
==== Characters ====
Here I will give a brief description of each character that appears in the story. This list is subject to change!
Sunstone- the queen of the SandWings before Oasis, she was a commoner who was chosen by the Eye of Onyx to be the next queen. She was married to Dust, a dragon from the scorpion den. She had three daughters: Aloe, Oasis, and Summer. Her middle daughter, Oasis, challenged her after she had been queen for many years and is now in possession of the throne. Sunstone is no longer alive, and her memory is fading slowly throughout the Kingdom of Sand.
Summer- the youngest daughter of Sunstone who resides in the SandWing stronghold under the rule of her older sister, Queen Oasis. 
Aloe- the oldest daughter of Sunstone, she resides in the SandWing stronghold under the rule of her younger sister, Queen Oasis. Nothing is known about her marriage, but she had one daughter named Sage, who is 6 years older than Burn. 
Oasis- the current queen of the SandWings, she resides in the SandWing stronghold with her sisters and dragonets (Burn, Scald, Singe, Blister, Smolder, Blaze). 
Sage- the only daughter of Aloe and niece to Queen Oasis, 5 years older than Burn 
Char- the husband of Queen Oasis, father of all her dragonets and lives in the stronghold 
Burn- the oldest daughter of Queen Oasis 
Blister- the middle daughter of Queen Oasis
Blaze- the youngest daughter of Queen Oasis
Scald- the oldest son of Queen Oasis and was in the same hatching as Burn
Singe- the middle son of Queen Oasis, younger than Burn but older than Blister
Smolder- the youngest son of Queen Oasis and was in the same hatching as Blister
Palm- a young female SandWing who works in the kitchens
Prickle- a young female SandWing, Palm's identical twin sister
Quicksand- an adult male SandWing, married to Ostrich and father of her dragonets (Six-Claws, Caracal, and Fennec), head chef in the kitchens
Ostrich- an adult female SandWing, married to Quicksand (mother of Six-Claws, Caracal, and Fennec), a highly trusted guard of Queen Oasis
Six-Claws- a young male SandWing who aspires to become a soldier
Caracal- a young female SandWing who wants to be a chef like her father
Fennec- a young female SandWing obsessed with history and the SandWing royalty
Agave- a young female SandWing hatched the same year as Blaze, is being raised to become a guard
Parch- a young male SandWing hatched the same year as Blaze
Camel- a young male SandWing hatched almost a year after Blaze
Dune- a young male SandWing, his parents want him to become a teacher but he wants to be a soldier instead
Horizon- a young male SandWing two years older than Blaze
Kindle- a young female SandWing who is in medical training to be a doctor
Needle- an adult female SandWing, becomes one of Oasis' most trusted generals, mother of Hyena and Coyote
Gecko- an adult male SandWing and a soldier under Queen Oasis, father of Hyena and Coyote but isn't around much to help raise them
Hyena- a young female SandWing hatched a year before Burn, does not like the royalty
Coyote- a young male SandWing in the same hatching with Hyena
Primrose- a young female SandWing, the older sister of Horizon by 2 years
Gazelle- a young female SandWing/MudWing hybrid
Fawn- a young female SandWing/MudWing hybrid, Gazelle's sister
=== Prologue: Oasis ===
Oasis could feel it. Things were changing in the SandWing stronghold.
She rushed through the narrow halls, stopping only when she heard murmuring behind one of the doors. She recognized the voices of her two sisters.
"Summer, come here."
"What is it, Aloe?"
"Oasis's eggs will be hatching any day now," Aloe responded. "We have to figure out what to do."
"What do you mean?" Summer asked in her normal innocent voice. 
Summer never suspected a thing, Oasis knew. She always thought the best in every dragon, even when they have tried to betray her. Oasis wasn't like that. So long as she was queen, no traitors would live within the same walls as royalty. Or live at all, for that matter.
"What I mean is her daughter," Aloe sighed impatiently. "We have to get rid of her before she hatches."
"Get rid of her?" Summer gasped. "You don't mean..."
"Yes, I do," Aloe said roughly. "If Oasis doesn't have a daughter, she won't have any heirs-"
"Except us," Summer said, beginning to catch on. "I see. But why destroy the egg of an innocent dragonet?"
"Because," Aloe said. "It will almost guarantee my chance at the throne. I don't know why Sunstone picked Oasis to be the next queen. That is not the dragon way. We fight for the throne, not hand it over peacefully."
"Peacefully is good," Summer said. "That way nobody dies."
"You are missing the point," Aloe snapped. "Without Oasis's daughter, there is one less challenger. If I can get rid of that husband of hers, she won't be able to have any more dragonets. Of course, Oasis herself will have to die eventually."
Oasis felt herself tense. She knew Aloe hated her, but never enough to kill her. Or so she had thought. She had always been Aloe's little sister. Maybe a nuisance, but nothing more. But a threat? That was new.
"But how about the male egg?" Summer asked.
"I suppose her son can live for now," Aloe said silkily. "If he thinks about having any dragonets later...we'll cross that sky when it comes to it."
"And how about Sage?" Summer asked with yet another question. She had always been curious.
"My daughter is out there biding her time." Aloe whispered. "I think Oasis suspects that I might be raising her to take the throne from her one day."
A long silence.
"Well, are you really going through with it, then?" Summer finally responded.
"I must do what needs to be done," Aloe said slyly. "The Kingdom of Sand only has room for one queenly dragon."
"And what happens to me?" Summer asked nervously. Oasis could hear her nervous shuffling of her talons across papers.
"If you help me, you might just make it out of this alive," Aloe said, sounding slightly amused. "Don't mess this up."
Oasis could hear her sisters shuffling, trying to cover up the evidence that they were in the room. She could hear the creaking of the window opening and dragon wings opening up to the sky...
It just occurred to her. If Aloe was really planning to eliminate heirs, her egg was in danger. She had to get to the hatchery, fast. 
Oasis ran at top speed, skidding around corners. She nearly knocked into a few guards, who by the time they recovered were wearing confused expressions. She had no time to explain herself. By the time she reached the doors of the hatchery, Aloe was prowling about the outside, talking to the guards in her normal clever sneaky way.
"You have to let me in," Aloe pleaded in her fake voice. "My sister's egg is in there, and she told me to get it. You could be putting the life of a future queen of Pyrrhia on the line!"
"Nice try," said a female guard, stepping forward. "We have direct orders from Queen Oasis to not let anyone into the hatchery until she gives her exclusive permission."
Oasis stepped forward, glaring at her sister with as much intensity as she could muster. She pushed past Aloe and nodded toward the SandWing guard. She recognized Needle, an important general in her army, and one of her most trusted acquaintances. 
Needle nodded politely toward the queen, opening the doors for her. The hatchery was nearly empty, except for a few eggs placed neatly in nests along the edges. However, right in the center, where it was warmest, there was a large round nest. This was where the royal eggs were kept. Two pale yellow eggs leaned neatly against each other. One of them was already beginning to crack.
Oasis rushed over to her unhatched dragonets. She realized that the female was the one hatching. Her very own daughter! The thought excited her. She watched patiently as the egg cracked and a small dragonet climbed out. Her scales were slightly lighter than Oasis's scales, and her claws were slightly longer than those of the average dragon. She was larger than any new-hatched dragonet Oasis had ever seen before.
Oasis heard footsteps behind her. Was is Aloe, trying to sneak her way in?
She turned around, holding her dragonet protectively in her talons. She saw the pale gold scales of Char, her husband and the dragonets' father. 
The female dragonet had warm scales, and after a while it was starting to make Oasis's talons hurt holding her for that long. But it was worth it for the look on Char's face when he saw his daughter for the first time.
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