The Next Generation: The Beginning

finally have something to show for this story LOL 
gonna be busy with finals so the final revisions to the prologue may be a lil slow soo 
==Prologue==
The storm was unlike anything Cascade had seen.
In all honesty, all storms were. It wasn’t unusual to notice the occasional looming black cloud pass over the Sea Kingdom, rogue lightning bolts dancing across its surface like a school of flying fish hopping over ocean waves. As a dragonet, Cascade’s relatives fed her plenty of exaggerated recountings of storms that had attacked their kingdom before (scaring her three-year old mind half to death, thanks uncle Flounder), speaking of tsunamis so powerful they could wipe out any dragon kingdom. It was terrifying to know that, one day, she could stand in the face of death and, if the three moons smiled upon her, would maybe live to see another day.
It was kind of disappointing that in her entire twelve years of life, Cascade hadn’t seen any such storm. The only instance she can recall something so fierce like that ever happening was a year ago, when a hurricane formed and instead spent its entire existence terrorizing the Rain Kingdom and other dragon settlements. Can't anything exciting ever happen to her?
When the sky began darkening a day prior, it was a surprise to absolutely no one. Their kingdom was located under the sea, rain was a normal occurrence. Then reports began sparking across Pyrrhia that a hurricane had formed around the waters near the Rain Kingdom, just as it had a year before, and due to her experiences with powerful, unrelenting, destructive storms being a boring one, she was unconcerned. 
Later that next evening, a SeaWing by the name of Eel entered her throne room. He was a meteorologist, partially a researcher in their science department, and a complete and total idiot with a personality only a barnacle could love (if there were any other species on Pyrrhia that could be capable of loving him, she didn’t know or care). On any other occasion, or with any other dragon for that matter, Cascade would have happily welcomed him inside, save for the fact this was his THIRD time inside the throne room, and likely not his last. He always found one way or another to personally torture her by NEVER leaving her side. 
Eel bowed almost instantly upon entering the room. If there was one thing she had to commend for, it was his ability to be a complete and total worm in her presence. Using the fluorescent scales underneath his wings, he flashed, I thank her majesty ever so graciously for allowing me to speak in her presence.
Get to the point, Eel, she flashed in response, resisting the urge to flash his name using the scale that meant animal. Unless it’s something important, I don’t want to hear it.
He lifted his head, his bulging, frog-like eyes blinking at her apologetically. Oh, I assure you, you’ll want to hear this, your majesty. You recall the words of the RainWing meteorologist from yesterday, do you not?
Cascade rolled her eyes. Was that his sixth or seventh visit that day? Your point being?
Well, from what I’ve gathered, he began fumbling with his talons like a fly, the hurricane is moving toward the Bay of a Thousand Scales.
You do realize why I have reason to feel… unconcerned, don’t you?
Of course, your majesty, Eel flashed back, nodding so eagerly in the water some of the fish at her feet swam away in a panic. In your time as queen, no such storm has struck our kingdom in years! Truly a blessing from the three moons.
A curse, maybe, she thought to herself. But she let Eel continue his spiel.
I believe, at the rate at which the hurricane is currently headed, our kingdom is in no danger at all. It annoyed her even more hearing it come from his ugly mouth. However, there are… other matters we should be concerned about.
Cascade raised her head, interest peaked somewhat. Finally, something exciting. Like what?
Well, in order for the hurricane to actually, um, reach the Bay of a Thousand Scales, his gaze flitted away for a moment, it first has to pass over the human city located close to the Mud Kingdom. And, as you are aware…
A scowl pulled at her face, tightening her expression into a grimace. Years ago, Cascade announced their tribe’s allegiance to the human city. In order to prevent something like the Scorching from ever happening again, SeaWings and humans would become interconnected and work together to preserve the histories and sciences from both the past and present. Of course, this act was met with backlash from both sides, waves of SeaWings and humans coming together to, ironically, protest against the act that sought to unite them. Don’t get her wrong, it wasn’t an allegiance she WANTED to subject her tribe to, but if she wanted to continue the prosperity that had occurred under her mother’s reign, then it was absolutely necessary to. 
The worst of it was her brother, who had to be pulled away by an entire fleet of guards in order to prevent anything drastic from happening. In the three years afterward, she genuinely believed that his anger had died out over time. The Sea Kingdom continued to be prosperous, and the future seemed bright, but in truth, her brother had gathered some SeaWings that sought to usurp and possibly kill her. Ironically, it was one of those members that revealed their web of conspiracies and lies.
When guards came to arrest them, Abyss was gone. It had been a year since, months of peace befalling them after the fact. But still she felt that, somewhere in the depths of the sea, her brother was watching her.
The point, Eel, she flashed in annoyance.
If you recall, and I’m sure you do, moons bless the queen for her knowledge and influence on this kingdom- Somehow, Eel failed to notice the murderous death glare Cascade flashed him- We agreed to protect them from any outside force willing to harm them. We could very well ignore them in the situation and hope the hurricane doesn’t hit their village, but…
She rose from her throne. We possibly lose the most important connection in Pyrrhia we have yet.
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Cascade was flying straight for the storm.
And it was beautiful.
In the distance, black storm clouds twisted dangerously over the human city, coiling above it like a snake ready to strike. Although every force of nature seemed to be fighting against her, Cascade felt almost… at peace. Why was it she loved the taste of saltwater on her tongue only when the sky roared out to sea and shook the ocean waves? Did she actually enjoy how the wind reverberated through her eardrums, howling so loudly she could barely hear her own thoughts? Or was it because she wasn’t listening to the incessant whining of Eel in her head like a phantom’s curse?
It's because I’m free, Cascade thought to herself. Up here, I’m nobody. Just another foolish SeaWing caught in a hurricane, no responsibilities to hold her back. No allegiance to protect. No brother who tried to kill her over it. 
She wanted it to last forever. But it couldn’t.
Abyss made his decision when he went against his sister queen. If he couldn't push aside his biases in that moment and just stand up and support her when she needed it most, then maybe him disappearing wasn't such a bad thing. 
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