The Oddities

Basemaker credits!
GlamorousSneaking (Abzu and Cookie) Gooseberry (Fluffy) Autrebri (brownie and bubbles) Purplegift (Coco) Wrenmeow (Flower) and ValkyriePatronous (Kiwi)
== Prologue ==
Kiwano darted through the trees with a giggle, trying to outrun her friend Blueberry. "Kiwanoooo! Slow down!" The small rainwing dragonet slipped through a gap in the foliage with a squeal. "Catch me if you can!" Blueberry huffed and thundered after her, she was a bit larger and blundered through the foliage like a big clumsy bison. "clumsy dragon!" She called over her shoulder, running deeper into the forest. Blueberry won't find me EVER. I'm so good at hide and seek. She thought. Kiwano let out a yelp as she stumbled over her talons, falling face first into a puddle. Puddle? There hadn't been rain lately. "Why, aren't you cute."
Kiwano's head snapped up at the voice, she hadn't seen another dragon. "huh?" as she looked around, she spotted a large blue dragon lying on a patch of moss. Kiwano was captivated by the stranger's appearance. It's not a mud dragon or a sand dragon, I didn't know blue dragons existed. Although her curiously melted into concern after a few moments, she didn't like the blue dragon's face. She couldn't quite describe it, but something about that face made her want to curl up into a ball and hide. "Hey there little dragonet, tell me. Have you ever wanted to be…special?"
Basemaker credit: Cleverbaskilisk
Kiwano's head tilted. "But I am special! Old Glisten says every dragon is special in their own way." The blue dragon let out a short bark of laughter, shaking her large head. As she did so the necklace of pearls she wore rattled against her deep blue scales. "No no, little one. You are indeed quite ordinary." She said, tapping a claw condescendingly on the dragonet's nose. Kiwano's frills fluffed and she opened her jaws to retort but before she could do so the stranger spoke again. "Tell me young one, what have you always wanted but never thought you could have? A more athletic frame, invincible scales, or maybe perhaps the ability to see the future?"
Kiwano thought on that for a moment, she'd heard about dragons who breathed fire. She'd always thought they were so interesting. "I've always wanted to breathe fire, oh and be like those cute frogs that they make into sleeping darts!" Her eyes shined, she thought it would be wonderful to have a squishy soft body and bounce around. The blue dragon let out a soft chuckle. "really?" Kiwano nodded. "Mhm! But Old Glisten says that’s silly." Old Glisten was one of Kiwano's relatives, she'd found out while practicing her venom shooting. She thought he was probably her grandfather or uncle. "What if I told you it was possible?" Kiwano huffed, tail flicking. "I'd say you was a liar, because you are." As much as she wished it was possible, it simply wasn’t.
The blue dragon waved a talon, and Kiwano's eyes widened in shock as she was lifted into the air. It was almost as if an invisible dragon was lifting her into the sky. "Oh little dragonet, I can do anything. I'm what's called an Animus Dragon.  Kiwano squealed and wiggled her legs, trying to break free from the grasp of the invisible talon. "Amimus? Is that why you have weird fish scales?" She asked, eyeing the odd patterning. The Animus Dragon stared at Kiwano in amusement. "Oh no, little one. I'm a Seawing, we're one of the many dragon tribes although it's no surprise you haven't seen one before. We live very far away." The blue dragon placed a talon on her forehead, and she was suddenly overtaken by an overwhelming sense of awe.
"You're really cool Miss sea dragon." she whispered. "can you really make me special?" A toothy smile cracked across the Seawing's face. "of course I am, young one. You just need to follow me." Kiwano scrambled after the larger dragon as she tried to walk away, over the moons with excitement. She didn't know why she suddenly trusted this dragon so much, but she followed the dragon further and further away from the rainforest. The time blended together as days passed without rest, her wings ached but she couldn't bring herself to stop. My brain feels fuzzy. She thought.
Eventually the Seawing brought the young dragonet to a underground cavern. Tendrils with baubles of light on them hung from the ceiling like lichen, lighting the way as they went down and down. As Kiwano descended into the cavern, she heard noises. Talons scraping on rock, coughs and shuffles. The Seawing led her into cave with several other dragons, then tapped on the stone wall causing it to close up. "I'll be back little one, get along with the others will you?" Kiwano gasped and stumbled back, flattening herself against the wall. There were…things in there with her. Wait those are….dragons, those are dragons!
"Oooh there's another one!" An orange dragon chirruped, peering at the dragonet from alarmingly close by. The dragon had…paws? It was extremely fluffy, covered almost entirely with fur with long protruding fangs. "Hold on where, I can't see." A deep voice rumbled. Kiwano's scales flushed white with terror. W-Where's its eyes!? A large dragon that she thought was a mudwing sat very close beside her, but it didn't have any facial features other than its mouth. "back right corner." A third voice murmured, from the other edge of the room, from a purple sea dragon much like the one who led her here. But its eyes were glowing so brightly it lit up nearly the entire cave, and its wings were nearly completely transparent.
"Ah, thanks." Kiwano yelped as a stony brown talon was nearly thrust in her face, a dark blue eye rolling up from the center. "A rainwing? How interesting." Kiwano nearly fainted. "W-What ARE you dragons?" She exclaimed, trembling like a leaf. The fluffy orange dragon let out a manic laugh, jaws wide in hilarity. It looked utterly insane. "We're Abzu's pets, shes the one who brought you here by the way. I've been wanting new friends!" it exclaimed, flexing its paws in a playful manner. Kiwano made herself as small as she could. W-what did I just get myself into…?
== Chapter One ==
Kiwi coughed, her throat itched. It feels so hottt. She internally whined. Her fire sacs pressed uncomfortably against her lungs, it often caused her breathing problems as well as violent coughing fits. "I would try to comfort you, but I don't feel like taking a nap." Bubbles said dryly. Kiwi let out a groan, wings flopping to her sides. "not helpful, miss 'I glow in the dark so I'm better than you'. " She retorted. Bubbles let out a sigh, her brightly glowing eyes probably would be rolling right now if she had pupils. "I never said that." Fluffy snickered. "oh please, nobody's better than anyone here." He said, rearing up on his hind paws and flaring his feathered wings. "except me, of course. Because I'm extremely-"
"Annoying?" Brownie cut him off, rolling her many eyes at the furred dragon. Fluffy's neck fur puffed up in indignation. "Soft! I'm extremely soft. Everyone always wants to sleep next to me. Including Kiwi but I'd never let her." Kiwi shot a grin at Fluffy. "why not? It'd be easier to sleep wouldn’t it?" Much like a poison dart frog, bubbles of toxin beaded on the divots in her scales. However instead of poison, they were instead sleep inducing toxins. So it was quite impossible to touch anyone without making them fall asleep, which was very irritating. "Will you three shut up?" Bubbles grumbled, attempting to cover her head with her wings. It really didn’t do much, as they were nearly completely see through.
"Kiwi dear?"
Kiwi's head snapped around to the entrance of their little cramped cave, where Abzu was standing. "Yes?" She got to her talons and walked over to the Animus dragon. Deep down she did remember how she was kidnapped as a dragonet, but she couldn’t bring herself to mind that. If I didn't get kidnapped then I wouldn't have met my friends. She thought. Kiwi followed Abzu out of the room, the long dangling lichenlike growth on the walls lighting the way with its glowing baubles. Abzu hummed softly as she strolled along, tail swishing behind her. "Where are we going Abzu?" She asked, wheezing slightly from the exertion of the walk making her fire sacs press against her lungs uncomfortably. "We're going outside little one, to get you an icewing." She said, with a smile.
Kiwi blinked. "get me an icewing?" She asked, with a confused expression. Abzu smiled. "indeed, you have trouble with the heat don’t you? What kind of caretaker would I be if I didn't get you an icewing." She said. "you are my favorite dragon in the collection." She crooned, tipping Kiwi's chin up to stare adoringly at her face. Kiwi was startled for a moment. "W-Wait why aren't you going to sleep?" She asked, her brain not really registering Abzu's words. Her talons were in direct contact with Kiwi's toxin producing divots. Abzu laughed softly and slowly let go of Kiwi. "You needn't worry about that, child." She said, continuing to walk. Why does she still treat me like I'm a tiny dragonet? She internally grumbled. Abzu brought her to the cave when she was a little over one year old, now she was four and a half.
"Isn't the ice kingdom like really far from here?" Kiwi asked curiously. The cave was located in a sort of middle ground between the sand kingdom and the rainwing kingdom, deep in a cavern. "There's a school that just started up, it's close by. There's icewing dragonets about your age there." Kiwi tilted her head. "an icewing school…out here?" She asked, deeply confused. That doesn't make sense. A grin split across Abzu's face. "no no, young one. It's for all the tribes. It's called Jade Mountain." Kiwi's eyes shined. "Woah." Abzu begun explaining that after the war, the dragonets of destiny created a school. Kiwi listened with rapt attention, despite not knowing what anything Abzu said meant. "While I'm at it I might as well get a nightwing and a sandwing too, just to complete the set." the seawing murmured, seemingly to herself.
Abzu crouched, peering up at the sheer cliff face above. "get down, Kiwi." She hissed. Kiwi obediently crouched down beside her, slowly peeking her head out of the foliage to peer upwards. Abzu reached down and grasped a tree branch, muttering a few words under her breath. Kiwi watched intently as five icewings suddenly walked over and started chatting, Kiwi didn't know how but she knew Abzu had done that. "Since it's going to be your icewing, I'll let you choose which one." Azbu said, gesturing to the group. "go on, choose." Kiwi gulped as she watched. Most of them seemed…unpleasant. "none of them look nice…" Abzu thought for a moment, then smiled. "I can fix that." She said. "here, young one."
Abzu waved a talon, and one of the icewings suddenly hissed and stormed off down the mountain and in their direction. Kiwi's eyes went as wide as moons as the large icewing came to a stop in front of her, glowering. "What would make him the perfect icewing, do you think?" Abzu asked, with a sharp toothy grin. Kiwi gulped, shying away from him. "h-he's just…really big, and intimidating…" she wrinkled her nose. "and smells like gross fish." Kiwi frowned as she looked closer and realized the dragon didn't seem to be…breathing. He wasn’t moving at all, actually. It was horrifying…the thin bubble of contentment she'd had burst and left her nearly trembling from fear. She stopped his breathing? She froze him without lifting a talon…
"Hm, that can be fixed." Abzu murmured. She flicked her talon and lowered it slightly, as she did so the icewing's body got smaller in height but kept the same weight and muscle. He was now about a dragon head shorter than her, but still very hefty. "Hm…" Abzu tapped the dragon's forehead, and the muscle turned more soft and gave the dragon a more chubby adorable look. With less sharp angles in the face. "There we go. Now let's deal with that unpleasant smell and those pesky memories…" Kiwi's talons trembled as she watched Abzu manipulate the dragon in front of her. W-What in the moons..? She knew that Abzu did this, she always had. That was how her and her friends were created. But seeing it happen right in front of her… this was wrong, very wrong.
Abzu's eyes shined and he tapped the now short chubby icewing's nose, causing him to spring to life. "Ah!" He bounced over to Kiwi, a sweet smell wafting off his scales. "Hey best friend!" Kiwi gulped. "w-what…" Abzu patted his head. "Isn't he adorable? I think I'm going to call him Cookie. Such a sweet little thing. Also, his frostbreath is more like a foam coating that cools what its touching. It's safe to spray down your throat, and tastes sweet so there's no need to be afraid." Kiwi slowly nodded. "R-Right." She stammered, a sinking feeling in her gut. How didn't I notice how wrong this was sooner?
'Cookie' walked alongside her with a cheerful expression as they made their way back towards the cave. "I'm sure he'll do well with the others as well, hm. I still need to complete the set…" Abzu muttered, eyes narrowing. Kiwi hadn't noticed how bad her situation was but as she thought about it, it finally clicked. Abzu was a cruel, corrupt dragon. She thought of her and her friends as pets or some sort of collectable items. We're nothing but curious toys to her, are we? Kiwi thought, head hanging low. I need to get out of here. But….how?
== Chapter Two ==
Brownie yawned, eyes slowly opening. As soon as they did, she knew Bubbles was awake due to the bright light shining into them. She winced and gingerly pulled one of her talons close to her body  as she got something in her eye. "Moons above, I swear this happens every day" She grumbled. Brownie positioned her other talon to peer into the eye, trying to see what was stuck in it. It appeared to be a very small hair. "Fluffy" Brownie growled. The very brightly colored orange dragon turned his head. "Hm?" Brownie scowled. "I have hair in my eye again I wonder where it came from?" She asked dryly. Fluffy shrugged, fluttering his feathery wings. "No clue" He said, with a grin. "sounds irritating."
Fluffy just loved to annoy other dragons, especially Brownie. Brownie was about to shoot a retort back at him when he realized Kiwi wasn’t there. "Where'd Kiwi go?" Bubbles didn't up from her scroll. "Out with Abzu." Brownie said and laid her head on the ground. "Lucky." she mumbled. Brownie rarely got to go out on adventures. Kiwi was in the cave the least, Abzu very much played favorites. And on that list, I'm last… Although if she really thought about it, there was probably a reason for that. Brownie was kind of horrifying, and she couldn't exactly walk on any terrain with grass or foliage and still be able to see. Not only that but she was extremely large, and not good at stealth.
Most of the time she had to close one pair of eyes, or else she'd get incredibly dizzy. She decided to do so right then, closing her back pair of eyes. Bubbles let out a drawn out sigh. "what is it?" Brownie blinked, raising a talon to look at Bubbles, she was staring at her with a tired expression. "Huh?" Bubbles snorted. "your acting like a lump of limp seaweed." Brownie sighed and laid her head on the stone ground, placing her talons over where her eyes should've been. "what's that even supposed to mean?" Bubbles flicked a pebble at Brownie with a huff. The pebble bounced off her nose. "Stop moping."
Brownie rolled her eyes. "stop moping" She mocked, then sighed. "it's not like there's anything better to do." Suddenly there was a heavy pressure on her back and she angled her talons to see behind her. "what in the-" Fluffy was perched on her back, grinning. "I can make you less bored." Brownie glowered up at Fluffy. "off" She ordered, with a dry tone. Fluffy disobediently settled down on Brownie's back, his soft fur brushing against her scales. "Make me." He teased, with a toothy grin. Brownie laid her head on the hard stone, grumbling under her breath. "Hey do you smell that?" Fluffy suddenly asked. Brownie scowled, she wasn’t in the mood for Fuffly's targeted humor. "I'm not in the mood Fluffy."
Fluffy blinked. "No- no seriously don’t you smell that? It's really sweet." Brownie inhaled deeply, and to her surprise she did indeed smell something sweet. "Wait, your right." She rumbled in confusion. No more than a few moments later, the rock wall opened up to reveal Kiwi and another dragon brownie hadn't seen before. The sweet smell was a lot stronger now, it assaulted her nostrils. It doesn’t smell bad it's just really strong. She thought. She lifted a talon to peer at the dragon. It was an icewing, but unlike any icewing she'd ever seen. "woah it's so bright in here!"
The icewing was very…round, and small. And his eyes looked odd. They look like cookies? "Oooh an icewing?" Fluffy leapt off Brownie's back and walked over to Kiwi and the Icewing as they walked in. Kiwi folded her wings in with an unreadable expression. The wall closed back up behind them, locking them in. "This is Cookie." She said. Brownie tuned out the chatter and laid her head down on the ground. She closed her eyes with a sigh. She'd been here the longest out of all the others, and she always felt like she was written off. Some other dragon was always more interesting or more fun to talk to than her. She opened an eye to stare at Bubbles. We used to talk for hours and hours, what happened? Bubbles was chatting with the newcomer and Kiwi. She was smiling, looking at 'Cookie' with such a fond expression.
It made Brownie feel sick.
She shut her eyes again and flung a wing over her head to shut everything out. Out of nowhere she felt a warm pressure on her side. She opened one of her eyes, angling her talon to see who it was. The small icewing was snuggled up close to her side, oddly comforting. "You aren't…afraid?" She rumbled. Cookie gazed up at her head for a moment, then blinked and looked down at the eye on her talon, which surprised her. Usually dragons stared at her face, even after knowing her eyes weren't where they were supposed to be. It was kind of nice for someone to actually look her in the eyes when they were talking to her. "Why would I be? You don’t seem mean." A small smile cracked across her face. "that’s nice to hear…"
Brownie felt content for the first time in a while, slowly closing her eyes again. There was a cough from the other side of the room, and Cookie gasped. "Oh!" The warmth disappeared from her side in an instant. Brownie's eyes slowly opened and she felt a pit in her stomach as she saw Cookie huddled near Kiwi. Discarded again, like unimportant filth. Brownie scowled and faced the wall, talons scraping on the stone into long drawn out claw marks. They covered the walls and floor of the corner, years of scraping talons on stone carving deep grooves in the hard rock. I hate it here…
==Chapter Three (placeholder)==
==Character references==
File:Petskiwibycleverbaskilisk.png|Kiwi's reference (base by cleverbaskilisk
File:Petsfluffybyperson374.png|Fluffy (Base by Person374
File:Petsbrowniebytemerny.png|Brownie (Base by TermenyXD)
File:PetsBubblesbyowibyx.png|Bubbles (Base by Owibyx)
File:Petscocobydragonspirit.png|Cookie (Base by dragonspirit20)
File:Petscocobyskrillfury.png|Coco (base by Skrillfury)
File:Petsflowerbywarrioraheart.png|Flower (Base by Warrioraheart)
==Fanart (and commissioned art)==
File:Petscookiebyshade.webp|Cookie fanart by Shade
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