The Last Pancake

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== Characters Used ==
Pancake (belongs to me) 
Cardinal (belongs to me) Appearance: Dark red topscales that look like black, bright red scales.
Paprika (belongs to me) Appearance: Purple scales + golden underbelly and wings
Queen Harpy (belongs to me)
Alder (belongs to me)
Floppytail (belongs to me)
Chocolate Chip (belongs to me)
Caracal (belongs to me)
=== Prologue (WIP) ===
== Part 1: Party In The Clouds ==
=== Chapter 1 ===
Pancake entered the hall with the rest of the sea royals. Most of them were her cousins and family, although she didn't recognize some. She ducked her head nervously and gazed in amazement at the long streams hanging from the ceiling: red, yellow, and orange. A familiar scent was in the air, and Pancake lifted her head to see the food on the table. There was fish on the table, and Pancake suspected that they had been brought out specifically for the SeaWings. 
"Welcome." Kind Queen Harpy smiled at Pancake, and she froze, only to realize that her mother Atoll would answer.
"Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here." Her mother bowed in respect, and Pancake quickly mimicked her, dropping into a deep bow.
Her mother continued walking, and Pancake rushed to keep up with her. 
Pancake sat down squeezed between her two older first cousins: Seaweed and Abura. She looked around to see the other dragons sitting down at the dining table. IceWings, RainWings, SandWings, MudWings, NightWings, and even all the Pantalan tribes had flown here for the SkyWing prince's hatching day party. They were all older than her, but she spotted a RainWing that might have only been a year or two older. 
A door opened, and a SkyWing Pancake thought was the hatching day prince strolled in with four guards. 
"Mother?" he said, flashing a grin. "Cardinal says to give him a couple more minutes. He's still preparing himself."
Cardinal? Pancake didn't know that there was a sixth prince after Ember, but seeing as Queen Harpy had so many heirs, it was definitely possible.
Pancake looked back at the table and exhaled. 
Wait. Something wasn't right.
Pancake blinked.
The RainWing dragonet was gone.
=== Chapter 2 ===
Paprika raced down the stairs. She quietly opened the doors and slid in the now-opened doors. She walked down the hallway, thankful for the carpet that silenced her talonsteps. 
When she got to the prince's bedroom, Paprika twisted the doorknob as stealthily as she could, breathing a quiet sigh of relief when the door opened. 
Paprika quietly crept in Cardinal's bedroom. The prince was trying to put on his other earring.
"Come on!" Cardinal yelled. "Get on, you moon-blasted thing!"
Paprika struggled to keep her snickers in. So that was how the hatching day prince was preparing.
"Do you need any help?" she asked, becoming visible again.
"Ah!" Cardinal jumped back. "How did you get in here?" 
His embarrassment at being caught yelling at an earring was very obvious to Paprika. 
"I don't like sitting in places for long. I figured I'd go see why you weren't ready," she said. 
Footsteps. Someone was at the end of the hall. 
"Make yourself invisible!" Cardinal panickily said. "Alder's coming!" 
=== Chapter 3 ===
To his surprise, when Cardinal shoved the earring in his ear for the third time, it slid right in.
Third time's the charm, he thought. 
"Cardinal," Alder said. "We're all waiting for you."
Cardinal forced a smile. "Sorry. I couldn't get the other earring on." He followed Alder out the doors.
In the dining hall, Cardinal was quite aware that a lot of dragons were staring at him. He tried to imagine that he was back in his own bedroom.
Queen Harpy walked over and smiled. "This is my youngest son Cardinal."
Cardinal tried to smile politely like his mother. He was sure that he was making a fool of himself and that all the royals were trying to not burst out loud laughing.
Or maybe that's all in your brain, he thought.
The royal servants quickly laid out the hatching day cake, and Cardinal's mouth watered just from the sight of the cake covered with chocolate and all things sugary and sweet.
"I'm sure all of you know this, but just for the younger dragonets, today we're celebrating Prince Cardinal's hatching day party!" Queen Harpy annouced. "After the feast, we'll have many other activities, so don't worry about boredom and the likes of such."
Oh, great, Cardinal thought. I'll be occupied for the rest of the day. There goes my limited free time.
His mother turned to him. "Now Cardinal, as the guest of honor, you can cut the first slice of your cake." Queen Harpy handed the knife over to Cardinal, who grabbed it carefully.
Cardinal took a deep breath.
Here goes nothing. Time to cut the first slice of your cake and hope that you don't mess up.
=== Chapter 4 ===
Pancake watched as the knife sliced through the cake like it was butter.
Not like she would know anything about butter. It was strange that the Sea Kingdom had plenty of cheese, but butter was nowhere to be found.
The SkyWing prince sliced through the cake another time to create an perfect slice. Or at least it was perfect to Pancake.
Guess SkyWings don't put candles on their hatching day cakes, Pancake thought. In her honest opinion, candles were utterly useless on hatching day cakes. The wax melted all over the cake and stayed there until some poor dragon had to cut it out carefully.
Soon more slices of cake were placed on fancy and extravagant plates. Pancake quickly ate her slice so she could get away faster. 
When she was sure that no dragon was looking at her, she slipped away to the corner where Cardinal was lurking. 
"Hey," she whispered. "you know a good way to get away from them?" Pancake gestured with her talon in the direction of the busy royals.
Suddenly, a flash of purple and gold scales appeared before her. 
"Three moons," the RainWing muttered. "they aren't listening to a word I'm saying!"
Pancake yelped and jumped a step back. "Who are you- no wait, I know. You're the RainWing dragonet who disappeared!"
"Yep. Now how do we get away from this moons-blasted place!?"
=== Chapter 5 ===
"Hey!" Cardinal snapped. "The moons-blasted place is my home!"
"I don't care. No one asked," said Paprika. Who let this arrogant dragonet have a hatching day party? 
"What's a good way to get out of here, Cardinal?!" Pancake demanded. 
"There's a mine below the palace. The dungeons connect to it," Cardinal said sheepishly.
Paprika rolled her eyes. "You could have told us that earlier."
"What about the parents?" Pancake asked.
Cardinal waved his talons dismissively. "We can deal with that later. Right now, we have an epic minecart ride to look forward to!"
The three raced down the stairs, and only stopped when they encountered the beginning of the mineshaft. There was a lantern hanging from a hook, still burning bright.
"What if some dragon's down here?" Pancake whispered.
"I hope not," Paprika responded.
"I think Mother told me that there were a couple miners down here a few minutes ago," Cardinal told them. "I think they're gone. But let's not take chances. RainWing, you should stay invisible."
"My name's Paprika," she said.
"And my name's Pancake," Pancake added.
Cardinal sighed. 
=== Chapter 6 ===
"So," Cardinal said, after they walked a couple more steps, "How about we race?"
"No way. You're a SkyWing. Everyone knows SkyWings have the fastest flying speed!" Pancake exclaimed.
"But we aren't gonna fly. We're gonna run." 
"Still no," Paprika said. "Here's this: how about we focus on getting to the train of minecarts?"
That was basically the only thing that the dragonets agreed on, and they all speedwalked until they reached the tell-tale sign of minecart tracks.
"Whoa," Cardinal breathed. "They're- giant!"
"Enough to fit an old queen," Pancake noted. "Though that might be an overstatement. In case anyone hasn't noticed, we're pretty young dragonets."
In reality, Cardinal thought that the minecarts might be able to fit a middle-aged dragon, but no dragon much older than that.
"There's exactly three minecarts," Paprika said. "Who wants the first one?"
"Me!" Cardinal and Pancake shouted at the same time.
"Fine. I give up," said Pancake. "Let's go, Cardinal."
One by one they climbed in the minecarts. Cardinal noticed that Paprika had turned pure gold with excitement. 
As the one in the third and final minecart, Paprika pulled the lever that activated the minecarts. 
In a second, the minecarts were speeding along the tracks. 
=== Chapter 7 ===
As the minecarts swiftly moved, Pancake felt a sense of nausea and wondered why she had agreed to the minecart solution, when she couldn't even do a loop-de-loop in the sky without almost vomiting.
She was, of course, a SeaWing, and SeaWings were built for swimming, not minecarts. 
Pancake's head went up as the minecarts went into a steep dive. 
"Whoa...!" Paprika yelled. Pancake turned to look at her.
"You're enjoying this?!" she shouted at her. Pancake was now on the verge of vomiting and didn't understand how any dragon could enjoy this.
"I'm a thrill seeker," Paprika admitted. 
Pancake looked at Cardinal. The SkyWing looked completely mesmerized at his surroundings. She shrugged when Cardinal gave her a weird look.
After about ten minutes, the minecarts came to a screeching halt.
Paprika was staring at Pancake.
"What?" Pancake asked. 
"Just wondering if you're in any clubs at your school. I dunno, you look kind of... nerdy?"
Pancake snorted. "Well, you look like you're with the gossipers. Keep on spreading those rumors."
"Where should we go?" Cardinal asked the group, climbing out of his minecart.
"To my school," Paprika answered confidently. "I have a friend there. Actually, a couple." 
== Part 2: Waffles and Pancakes ==
=== Chapter 8 ===
"Are you serious?" Paprika complained. "We had to go out in this wind. My necklace and earrings are ruined!"
"Well, the royals are gonna catch up to us if we don't run!" Pancake snapped.
"Okay, calm down, everyone," Cardinal tried. "Maybe we're all hangry."
"I'll go find some squirrels for you and Pancake to eat," Paprika offered. "Anything to get away from Pancake," she muttered under her breath.
Paprika calculated her options and ranked them from most useful to least.
# She could get the two squirrels but also maybe a fish for herself. Her parents wouldn't know anyways, that Paprika, a RainWing had eaten meat.
# She could actually get some squirrels. Then maybe Pancake would be more agreeable with some food in her stomach.
# She could catch only one squirrel and lie that she couldn't find another one for Pancake. It would serve her right. But Cardinal would get suspicious, wouldn't he?
# She could head out on her own. The con was, Paprika didn't actually know where Jade Mountain was.
Paprika decided to act on the first one. 
The grass crunched beneath her talons, but there weren't any dragons spying on them, right? 
A few minutes later, she had two dead squirrels. Satisfied, Paprika looked around for a stream where there were lots of fish. 
There! Rushing water with shapes darting below. Paprika kneeled near the stream and looked directly down at the water. She was a little thirsty, too, so she took a sip. The water was cool but not freezing.
Suddenly, Paprika had an idea. Many ideas. 
"Pancake! Cardinal!" she yelled. 
They hurried over. 
"Water!" Pancake exclaimed, her eyes bright. She immediately leaped into the stream, which was surprisingly deep.
"Oh, and the squirrels," Cardinal said, boredly. He tossed the two in a pile.
"I caught those for you," Paprika reminded Cardinal, gritting her teeth together. 
"Right," Cardinal replied, but he was watching Pancake. 
"Pancake, you think you can catch me a fish?" Paprika asked. 
Pancake stiffened, but she dove underwater. Paprika heard splashes and felt some drops of water on her snout as Pancake's tail slapped the water. 
After a few moments, Pancake returned to the surface, proudly holding the biggest fish Paprika had seen in her life.
"You own me a favor," Pancake said, throwing the fish at Paprika.
=== Chapter 9 ===
Cardinal took slow, clumsy steps. It was night and they were still walking.
"Should we set up camp somewhere?" he asked the group.
"What?" Pancake asked, distracted. 
Thunder boomed in the distance, and rain began to fall. Lightening streaked across the sky. 
A storm? Cardinal thought. He quickly ducked under a tree.
"What's wrong?" Paprika asked. 
"I'm scared of thunderstorms," Cardinal admitted. "Can- can we just find shelter?"
Pancake turned to look at him. "Fine."
After some searching, they settled under some stones that made a natural shelter. 
Paprika yawned. "Alright, I'll take a nap. Yell in my ear if you need me." The RainWing scraped some moss off the rocks and shoved it into a little pile. Cardinal guessed it was going to be her pillow. 
The rest of the night was torture, trying to fall asleep to the sounds of thunder. Cardinal closed his eyes and eventually drifted off to sleep.
=== Chapter 10 (WIP, Pancake's pov) ===
Are you serious? You're afraid of thunderstorms? What a dumb fear, Pancake thought. She knew Cardinal would be upset and hurt if she said that out loud, though, so Pancake kept her snout shut.
== Part 3: Seashells by the Seashore ==
=== Trivia ===
* First paragraph of the whole story was an audition for a roleplay that Pancake was gonna be in. (in WoF roblox)
* Based slightly off Moonrise Kingdom and Masterminds: Criminal Destiny by Gordon Korman
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