The Affair

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Authored by BronzeRattle
Complete! Started in December 17 2022 and finished on January 5 2023. Last important edit was on April 19 2024 to slightly adjust the story because of the SpurWings revamp.
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THE AFFAIR
:5 years ago, 5,067 AS...
He knew it was a bad idea. And now he was paying the price.
It was all his fault too. He could've gone anywhere else - to the LeafSilk Kingdom even - and he would've been fine. He really thought after all his previous affairs and narrow escapes that he was perfectly safe in a kingdom of a new tribe he didn't recognize. Ha, no! In fact, Aeolis was in more trouble than ever. At least he didn't have to worry about Mildeaa - he'd wisely given her the gift of stealth that he stole right under Cumulus's snout 10 years ago. The SpurWing didn't need to suffer. She was safe. He was not.
His ears heard wings flapping overhead. As quick as lightning, Aeolis dove into a pile of leaves. Shadows flashed overhead just a few seconds later. The IceWing waited a little longer, and emerged out into the rain. Leaves plastered onto his blue-gray body, but he didn't really care right now. Years ago, he would've cared and would dunk himself into frosty water at the first instance. But not anymore. Those days were gone. They were never coming back.
He hoped Mildeaa was already at their rendezvous point. Of course, her lack of wings meant she couldn't get there quickly, but Aeolis was too nervous to fly. The weather made it a bad idea, and even if it had been ideal, there were too many SpurWings about and his scales said "Hey, I'm an IceWing!". From asking Mildeaa to poke around the local libraries, SpurWings were quite fearful of them from a legend - The Royal White March. It illustrated a million IceWings marching to their door to save a runaway princess with otherworldly powers. Aeolis wondered who wrote it. Was it even real? That didn't matter much since SpurWings were terrified of them and ready to squash any, such as him, at any chance they got.
He caught the slight whiff of burning and readied his senses. Venomwhip SpurWings could fire a burning acid that razed through organic matter and stuck to opponents like tar. Unfortunately, that also meant he could sniff that fluid from far away. Aeolis crept away from the light noises of a SpurWing trekking in the forest, taking in a deep breath of cold.
Pale acid shot out of the woods and sizzled at his chest. He let out a cry of pain, almost letting out all his accumulated frost. Quickly, he released a feeble blast of frostbreath at 3 SpurWings as they leaped straight at him, nailing one in his chest. Aeolis was quite large in comparison to these SpurWings - the tribe was generally small and these troops probably weren't older than 8 hatching days. He tore through the pursuers and shot frostbreath here and there. The IceWing hesitated slightly too long in taking down the Venomwhipper and received a new dosage of acid in his eye.
"ARRRGH! Now you've done it!" He slashed through the guard's palms with 2 swift strokes and threw them on the already bloody leaf litter below towards him. In a cracking motion, the SpurWing went limp. He rose up from the body, breathing heavily and trying to make the most out of the blue mess in his vision. He really hoped it wouldn't kill him - SpurWing acid was only dangerous in a wound, and he was kind of covered in them. The spill of fluids on the floor also reminded him of how much he hated killing. Sure, he was great at disposing threats quickly, but that didn't equate to happiness while doing so. It was one of the many, many reasons he decided to runaway from the Ice Kingdom - so that he didn't have to deal with executing dragons Cumulus didn't like. And here he was anyway, doing the very thing he was known for.
He snapped himself to reality. These weren't the only SpurWings: The others in their troop had most certainly been alerted by the ruckus. Aeolis forced himself to take off into the intimidating darkness of the sky. Thunderstorms were worse than blizzards: There were bright flashes of death that exploded trees and killed unforunate dragons foolish enough to sit outside. He had no other choice - he had to fly up into the clouds to lose them. The air around him felt fuzzy, as if invisible foxes slept on his scales.
And then he felt it. A horrible blast of light blinded him, sending Aeolis spiraling as something prickly and painful spread through his body. It seized his limbs and tore them apart. He was falling, falling...
The last thing he said to Mildeaa echoed in his head.
I fear for our dragonet's life. My sister will hunt them down as revenge for my actions. If I don't survive this Mildeaa, let him or her know I loved them.
I'm sorry I can't be there.
== (Trivia) ==
* The name "The Affair" of course relates to the forbidden hybrid offspring mentioned in the story.
* "The Affair" was previously the quickest fanfiction to be written, only taking 20 days, before being beat by "Until Tomorrow".
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