Thornlings and Shadows

This AU is roughly about the same time as the events of arc 3. The Friutworm Hive is in between the Mantis Hive and the Bloodworm Hive. This explains somethings from canon crossovers.
Positions (Open tribes)
SkyWing: 1/1 (DinoKing81)
RainWing: 1/1 (Blissard7)
NightWing: 1/1 (Thewickedskittle)
SeaWing: 1/1 (Shadeblue)
IceWing: 1/1 (Feathercloud479)
SandWing: 1/1 (MekaGhidohra)
MudWing: 1/1 (Birdgirlandblooms)
SilkWing: 3/3 (JeeperCreeperIH, Dotholly,BlueberrytheRainWingSeaWingLeafWing)
HiveWing: 2/3 (Dotholly,DABADABADOOBURD)
LeafWing: 1/3 (Lilac The SilkWing)
== .+[Characters]+. ==
* Adonis-SilkWing-6 and a 1/2-Female-Weird stinger on tail, normal silk-Colbalt blue and white dappled splotches, dark green eyes.
* Mocha-SilkWing-7-Female-Normal silk-Light brown and silver scales spotted roughly over white and dark brown scales. Dappled wings. Rose-orange eyes.
* Thornling-LeafWing-3-Male- 74% leafspeak- Light and dark green overscales, warm brown and gold underscales. Dark gold eyes.
* Lady Fruitworm-HiveWing-34-Female-Toxic teeth poison-Mostly black scales, stripes of dull orange on neck, tail and arms. Orange-black horns, spines and underbelly.Brown eyes.
* Lady Horntail-Hivewing-10-Female-Paralizing teeth venom-Tangerine-orange scales, alternating black and lemon-yellow stripes all over body. Pure black horns and spines. Golden eyes.
* Birch-LeafWing-12-Male-42% leafspeak- Warm brown mainscales, dappled with dark orange and deep amber. Blackish green underscales, Leaf green wings with hints of gold and reddish pink.
* (REQUEST) Mango-RainWing-Owner: Blissard7-6-Male-Tribal abilities- Lime and emerald overscales, dark green underscales, magenta splotches along body. Dark brown horns, gold, amber, ruby gradient eyes. Purple and magenta wings.
* (REQUEST) Horus-SandWing-Owner: MekaGhidorah-19-Male-Tribal abilities-light golden overscales, beige underscales, Deep amber eyes, silver horns.
* (REQUEST) Argias-SilkWing-Owner: JeeperCreeperIH-12- Gender Fluid, They/Them- Norm silk-Silvery-grey mainscales, dull lavender underscales. Rose-pink anteane and navy eyes.
* (REQUEST) Copper, Copperhead- MudWing- Owner: Birdgirlandblooms-20- Male- Blood red egg-Dark coppery mainscales, deep amber underscales with bright red hints. Umber eyes.
* (REQUEST) Tornado- SkyWing- Owner: DinoKing81-Male-Tribal- 12- Bright ruby mainscales, pale orange underscales, black horns. Scarlet eyes. 
* (REQUEST) Frostleaf- IceWing- Owner: Feathercloud479-Female- Tribal-6-Snow white mainscales, silvery blue underscales with hints of dark blue on wings. Sky coloured eyes.
* (REQUEST) Kieran- NightWing- Owner: Thewickedskittle-Male-Exellent nightvision, intelligent, tribal-7- Dark grey mainscales, silver underscales and hints of dull red all over body. Dark blue eyes.
* (REQUEST) Slug- SeaWing- Owner: Shadeblue- Non binary-Zoolinguistic, tribal-23- Pale lavander mainscales, violet underscales and hints of navy on back and wings. Golden eyes.
* (REQUEST) Wiskotti- SilkWing- Owner: Dotholly- Female- Norm silk-7- Light brown mainscales, Golden anteane and underscales with hints of canary yellow over body.
* (REQUEST) Horsefly- HiveWing- Owner: Dotholly- Male-Teeth vemon-5- Reddish orange mainscales, pale yellow underscales with scattered black scales all over body. Colbat blue eyes.
* (REQUEST) Violin- HiveWing- Owner: DABADABADOOBURD-Male- Wrist stingers- 25- Dark red mainscales, anber and gold underscales, spatterings of black scales like freckles on face, fail and wings. Dark gold eyes.
* (REQUEST) Swallowtail- SilkWing-Owner: BlueberrytheRainWingSeaWingLeafWing-Female-Norm silk-6- Silver white mainscales, banana underscales, lavender wind details with hints of violet. Canary eyes.
* (REQUEST) Acacia-LeafWing-Owner: Lilac the SilkWing-Female-Very weak Leafspeak-9-Bright leaf green with hints of dark jade and light emerald. Golden orange patterns on wings. Amber gold eyes.
== .+[Chapter 1: A new employer, or friend]+. ==
"LET ME GO!" She shrieked at her guards. She was thrown onto the floor.
"Well well, here is the SilkWing with a stinger..."Hissed a voice. Adonis immediately knew this was Queen Wasp. Her heart slammed into her chest. Is she going to poison me again? Adonis thought, though without a flicker of fear showing on her face. The queen looked almost pityingly at her.
"I am sick and tired of your behaivour, SilkWing"Snarled Wasp. "I can no longer have you as my servant. You are RUINING my reputation!" Her front talons twiched, and too late Adonis recalled the stingers Queen Wasp had in her claws. She withered against her bindings, praying to Clearsight that she could break them and escape. But the bindings on her wings and talons were a mix of metal and the strongest silk a SilkWing could create. It was useless to struggle. Wasp stalked up to Adonis, and abruptly stabbed her claws into Adonis's wings and neck. Her vocal cords radiated agony, and her wings were already swelling up with venom.
"You will be transferred to the Fruitworm hive, to serve my Sister"Sneered the queen. "I heard she is really lovely" This was the last thing Adonis heard before she blacked out.
/+[A few hours later...]+/
Adonis woke up in an unfamiliar room. All her muscles were weak as if she had been fighting invisible enemies. She checked her internal clock. It was barely dawn. She realized that she was shackled to the floor, and a moment later, that a dragon was at the doorway, looking at her. She is only a bit older than me, Thought Adonis suddenly. The dragon was mostly in shadow, since only a few lamps were in the room.
"So, you're the dragon who threw my mother's Hive into such a tizzy?" Asked mystery dragon. She stepped into the light. Her scales were tangerine-orange, with alternating black and lemon-yellow stripes all over body. Her horns were pure black, as well as her spikes. She had dark golden-greenish eyes. She was wearing 3 silver and gold rings on each front talon, as well as a gold horn band and a necklace of rubies and ruby ear studs. Then Adonis realized wht mystery dragon had said.
"You- you're Lady Horntail-"Adonis stammered. Lady Horntail nodded. "Please, just call me Horntail."
"Yes, La- I mean, Horntail!"Stammered Adonis. Horntail produced a key out of somewhere and unfastened her shackles, and stepped back. "My mother said that if I could convince you to stop hating HiveWings, she'd make me her heir." Horntail shook her head. "Right now, the heir is my sister Demestrid, a total jerk" Horntail left suddenly, but came back a minute later with a jug of water and a bunch of kale. I stared wonderingly at the food. It did not look and smell like vom left to rot in the sun for 10 days and a half. It looked like food. Horntail caught me staring and grinned.
"Go on, take some! It's not poisoned." Said Horntail. Adonis glanced at her, then looked down at the food. Horntail took the hint. "I'll come back in an hour to see how you're getting along." She commented. Adonis nodded, wondering what to do in this room so empty of life.As Horntail left Adonis scanned her surroundings. The bed was more like a hard mat and a thin blanket than a bed. The only other things in the room were a desk with inkpots, a quill and a rag, and a very small bookshelf with 2 books. She went over and looked at the titles: The art of obedience, By a HiveWing called Weevil, and The tales of Misbehaivours Way, By someone called Caddisfly. She shuddered, and retreated to the bowl of kale. She took a piece and ripped it up between her teeth. It tasted delicious compared to her school dinners. She suddenly stopped. Her wings felt ticklish. She knew someone was watching her.
== .+[Chapter 2: The greenhouse, and an unexpected twist.]+. ==
Adonis's work mainly consisted of fetching things for Lady Fruitworm. But Lady Fruitworm had a way of speaking so that she ordered something in the same tone she was speaking, so it was easy to miss an order. And if she missed an order, Lady Fruitworm would whip her. Adonis was barely a month into her new job and she had been on Misbehaver's Way 3 times and she has long scars and bruises all along her neck, body, wings, tail, arms and legs. This was the most miserable she had ever been. The last order she received was: 'Take care of my greenhouse, do not let any plant die'. So, here she was, watering a bunch of weird flowers. Sometimes she hears a rustling noise in the ivy vines on the top of the greenhouse. Adonis occacionally looked up, trying to see what was making the noise. This isn't so bad, actually. Thought Adonis. There are worst things than getting warmed by the sun in a cool greenhouse full of delicious plants. She pulled out the smallest carrot and washed it. As Adonis nibbled the end, there was another rustling noise, louder than before. Just loud enough to be a dragon. Adonis stood very still for a moment, and then flew with a speed that surprised even herself. She crashed into a chunk of ivy that went 'OOf'. The intruder was green and brown, so Adonis thought is was a SilkWing at first. The first thing she noticed was that the intruder was much, much smaller than her. A dragonet? Adonis thought, surprised. Why send a weak little dragon to spy? Then when they landed-Well, Adonis landed, the intruder crashed-, Adonis's blood slammed to her head. It wasn't a SilkWing. This small dragon had 2 wings, curving from his back like giant leaves. This dragon was a LEAFWING.
"Ow." Said the LeafWing. "That really hurt!" He looked around, and to Adonis's complete astonishment, he went straight over to a plant that she didn't know and it started growing at an abnormal rate. It litteraly went from being a very tiny shoot to a WHOLE FREAKING VINE in the space of 5 seconds.
"How- What..."Stammered Adonis, as the little LeafWing cut it off and applied the sap to a graze on his arm and wing. Little LeafWing looked up after he finished, and his eyes grew wide at the number of cuts and bruises on her battered body.
"Here, you want some?"He asked gently. Adonis thought about it. On one talon, her cuts did sting. On another, though, wat if it was a poison that only affected SilkWings? On the third talon, why offer it and be kind after spying on her on a few days? On the fourth talon, he didn't really look like the type of dragon to betray you, he was to innocent, and she was running out of talons. Adonis didn't notice the little LeafWing approach, until he dripped sap onto a wound that still had dried blood on the edge. It cooled and numbed it, and Andonis felt better than she had in days.
"Im watching you."She warned him, as he continued putting sap on her wounds. A few minutes later almost her whole body was numb with sap. The LeafWing smiled.
"There."He said as he applied the sap to the last scratch."I'm done. My name is Thornling, by the way." Adonis shook her head. The name seemed familiar, but she couldn't pinpoint why.
"Adonis."She replied."Pleasure to meet you." They shook hands, but suddenly she felt a presence coming towards the greenhouse. "HIDE."She whispered urgently, shoving Thornling back into a bunch of leaves. He didn't hesitate. He disappeared in a heartbeat. The door opened and Lady Fruitworm and Horntail were there, looking around. Lady Fruitworm had a surprised expression, maybe even proud. Horntail just looked happy.
"Well, Adonis, you have certeanly taken good care of the plants."Said Lady Fruitworm."You are free for the rest of the da-" She stopped talking mid-sentence, and her eyes darted to the vine Thornling had grown. She walked quickly towards it, and picked up the pot to examine it from all angles.
"How, Adonis, did you get it to grow?" Growled Lady Fruitworm. She was looking at Adonis suspicously now.
"I found some chemicals with labels, saying what each one did. they were almost empty so i threw the vials away already." Answered Adonis, thinking fast.
"Liar." Snarled Lady Fruitworm. "This plant has been in my possesion for several years, and it is almost immposible to mantain. It has almost died a few times, and that you made it grow to its full form in a few days doesn't make any sense. Neither did anyone see you leave with vials of glass." She replaced the plant in its pot and stalked towards Adonis. Her heart slammed into her chest. She was about to get into big, big trouble.
== .+[Chapter 3: Mangoes and Portals]+. ==
"Misbehavours Way is clearly not teaching you anything, so come with me while we walk to the S.M.C (SilkWing Marking Chamber) chamber." Hissed Lady Fruitworm. A guard appeard out of somewhere, and Adonis was too in shock to prevent him from connecting thick chains to her shakles. She was the only servant to wear shakles permanently. Then she noticed something odd about the guard. As they were walking, he was very carefull not to let the helmet that hid his face and horns come off. His scales were dark orange and brown, with greenish-black underscales. His spikes were also covered with armour, and his wings looked a bit wonky. Adonis decided to ignore it for now, as she was putting all her effort in walking with chains weighing her down.
"What is this place?" Adonis asked the guard. He looked at her, then got a key and unlocked her chains. While he was unlocking her neck chain, he whispered something that almost made her heart stop.
"Greenhouse at midnight, come talk to Thornling and Birch." And with that, he left. Adonis wonderd what on earth she was getting herself into.
"Come here, SilkWing."Orderd Lady Fruitworm. "This is Caddisfly, an expert metalworker." She flashed him a delightedly twisted look.
"My pleasure to meet you, Miss Adonis."Caddisfly said in an awful oily tone. Adonis saw Horntail roll her eyes behind him.
"I have come to get Adonis marked, With the initials F and H." Said Lady Fruitworm. "Horntail, dear, come along now." Adonis wondered why Horntail looked so disstressed as she followed her mother out of the smithy. As she looked back at Caddisfly, he was preparing thin lines of metal, and was ignoring her for now. A little Hivewing entered and explained that they were Braconid, Caddisfly's assistant, and gave Adonis an orange. It was also a bit strange that Braconid insisted to peel it while she was holding it. Adonis was totally unprepared for what came next. Caddisfly lunged at her with a pole of metal with some heated metal wires on the end. He pressed the searing metal onto Adonis's arm while Braconid held her so she couldn't run away. Then everything blacked out.
.+[A few hours later]+.
Adonis woke up sore all over. Then she noticed some very strange things. First off, there was a strange thing floating in the air about a foot off the ground. It shifted colours, mostly shades of green, blue and purple. Then, that she was free of all chains. Third, that she was in a glass dome with guards on the outside. The remembred the marking, and looked down to her right arm. On her forearm, there was a marking that said: F, H, SW, S.
Must be for Fruitworm, Horntail, SilkWing, and Servant. Adonis thought bitterly. Then she jumped as a dragon said,"Adonis the SilkWing, please upproach the entity."
"Why? What even is it?!"She shouted at the dragon who had called to her.
"Just do it."Adonis realized that Queen Wasp was behind those minds. Their voice was echoing a bit. Slowly she stood up and shook her wings. She realized it was around sunset. Thais is all the time I get to see Thornling and Birch, She realized. She slowly stalked up to the portal-thing. It looked like solid mist, but when she touched it it reppeled her hand like oil and water.
"Hello?"She called into it."Is anyone there?" It seemed like even the insects outside were holding their beath. Then...
"Hello?! Can you hear me? I'm stuck!" A voice called out from the portal. Adonis's annteane stood straight up in shock.
"Mystery dragon! I'll try to get you out, all right?" Adonis called. She looked up. "Can I have a rope?" She asked the guards. A rope dropped down from somewhere, and she tied the end to herself and threw the other into the portal.
"OW! What was that?!" Shouted the voice. It sounded terrified.
"A rope! Grab on and I'll pull you out!" Cried Adonis. The rope tightened after a minute.
"Ive tied it to my tail, it's the only part I can tie!" Said the voice. Adonis dug her claws into the sand and earth of the floor, and started backing away slowly, as not to hurt the dragon on the other end. After about an hour of this, Adonis called, "Im going to give a big tug, so be ready, OK?"
"Okey! I just hope i get unstuck from this void" Answered the voice. Adonis then braced herself, and jumped into the air. A dragon came out of the portal all of a sudden, white and dark green. As it got up Adonis landed. Then something amazing happened. The dragon changed colour. Like a chameleon, or a squid. It turned dark and light green, purpleish-pink splotches all over their body, dark brown horns, and his eyes looked like a sunset. His tail coiled up like a monkey's, and it had a ruff she had only seen on a type of fish. He was beutiful. He looked around, and spotted her connected to the rope. Bubbles of gold and pink rose on his wings, and his smile looked like it could lift him to the moons.
"Heyo! I'm Mango, i'm 6 years old, I can spit vemon and can change colour. Anyways, where are we?" He asked
== .+[Chapter 4: A timeline of difference]+. ==
"Ok, so you're telling me that I am in a completly diffrent universe and on a new continent called Pantala?" Asked Mango. Adonis nodded. Mango's demonstrtion of his venom spitting had been kind of terrifying. When he was asked to demonstrate by melting a fruit, a beetle and a metal hook, The fruit and beetle disintergreated, unlike the hook. It was plain that the venom could kill someone.
"Not a new continent, though." Said Adonis. She needed to hurry up if she wanted to meet Thornling and this Birch character at midnight. Then she had an idea. Why don't I take Mango to the secret meeting? It should be easy enough, considering they were in a first floor room, and the window could open. Adonis checked her internal clock. An hour to midnight.
"Mango, do you want to meet the last Pantalan tribe?" Adonis asked, choosing her words with care. Mango's ears turned banana.
"Sure!"He said, and immediatly started bombarding her with questions. "What are their names? Colours? Type of power? Favorite fruit?"
"Jeez, calm down!" Adonis laughed. "They are called LeafWings, are normally green or brown, I think they have some type of plant power, and they are carnivores."
"They eat MEAT?!" Mango sounded shocked."Well, to be fair, my tribe is the only vegeterian one in Pyrrhia..." His eyes glazed over, like he was looking into the furure like Clearsight. He jumped up, and to Adonis's complete astonishment, The portal reappeared right in front of them.
"What... how!" Stammered Adonis, in shock. Mango turned to her.
"By the moons, I forgot!" He cried. "I can make the portal appear, and my friends are still stuck in the void." He shook his head.
"Mango, i'm sorry, but we need to go now" Adonis replied. Mango looked in between her and the portal, then it shrunk into nothingness. Adonis smiled."Alright, let's go meet Thornling and Birch."
.+[An hour later...]+.
So. There they were. In a forbidden greenhouse. At midnight. Waiting for a pair of LeafWings. With a camoflaged Mango hovering over her shoulder. This could not get any wierder. Exept it did.
"So... You really came..." Adonis heard somewhere above them. She glanced up, and saw Thornling's grinning face above her. He dropped gracefully down to her feet. WIP
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