Shift (Shifting Sands)

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Note: Shift the main character in my Wings of Fire fanfiction, Shifting Sands. Please do not claim her as yours, use her, or plagiarise her in any way, unless you include credits! If so, kindly inform me :)
Second note: Everything is set in Light Mode when I type this, so if the text in the Infobox is hard to see, it should only be because you set everything in Dark Mode or some settings of yours ^^
==Backstory==
Shift was born to Sidewinder, a SandWing, and Blackout, a NightWing. She grew up in the Scorpion Den and lived there till the age of two, when Sidewinder decided that the Scorpion Den was not where he wanted Shift to grow up. Blackout disagreed, as she had lived there all her life and she was still alive, but Sidewinder was too determined. Shift was torn between following her father, who had supported Shift her whole life, and Blackout, who had kept her safe all the time she wasn't old enough to go out on her own. She ended up following Sidewinder, eventually agreeing that the Scorpion Den was too dangerous. 
Later on, Sidewinder wanted to explore more, so he brought her along with him to cross over to Pantala. At that point, exchanges between Pantala and Pyrrhia were normal, so they had no trouble passing. They eventually settled down in one of the forests the LeafWings had grown back, as the tribe had eventually become more friendly to different tribes, though they were still slightly cold towards the HiveWings. The LeafWings had shown to be more friendly to the Pyrrhian tribes, as they had no business in the Tree Wars. 
Shift adapted to the change in surroundings fairly quickly, using her dominant scale colour - Black, tinting very dark green in the light - to blend in to the darkness of the undergrowth. During that time, she met another dragon who had crossed over from Pyrrhia, a pure NightWing - Moonseeker. At that point in time, neither of them knew of their connection, and they eventually grew to be best friends. Shift excelled in Hide and Seek, being able to blend into the shadows as well, if not better, than Moonseeker and the other LeafWings. She was also very light-footed and swift, and oftentimes the seeker would pass her entirely. Shift and Moonseeker would go to school together, along with another NightWing named Starcatcher, but Starcatcher was never as close to Shift or Moonseeker as the two were to each other. 
At 3 years old, Sidewinder died to an unknown illness, but he was oddly the only victim. At the same time, Shift's best friend Moonseeker also died, and the only witness, a LeafWing named Acorn, claimed to have seen what he described as 'A silvery-scaled light blue dragon, with blackish midnight-blue flecks and unnaturally sharp black-tipped spines, and a whip-thin tail'. Using the knowledge she had learnt during her time and the Scorpion Den, Shift was quickly able to piece together that Moonseeker's murderer was a hybrid, and definitely part IceWing. In her fury and grief, Shift killed Acorn, plunging her tail barb into the LeafWing's heart. Many others witnessed this, and the rest of Shift's life was her on the run, seeking revenge. 
Even though it had already been a year, Shift decided to go back to Pyrrhia with her memory alone, and using her NightWing powers to guide her. On Pyrrhia, nobody actually knew that she had killed anyone, and she was left alone. However, Shift did feel it was unfair. 
With nowhere to go, she decided to go back to the Scorpion Den, where she had grown up. Nothing had really changed, in her opinion - Everything was as chaotic as ever. There, she found her mother again, who had been there all that time. However, Blackout acted indifferent and barely talked to her, even though Shift knew Blackout knew her- It had only been a year, and Blackout's memory wasn't that bad. Later, Shift found Blackout flirting with another NightWing, named Slash, and found that she had found another partner after Sidewinder left in her loneliness. Shift, on the contrary to what many expected, was not angered, but developed a 'shield', which was something that built up her personality.
After a month, Blackout finally agreed to talk to Shift, which was when Shift finally discovered that Moonseeker was, in fact, her sister. Blackout and Slash had sent her to Pantala because they felt that she was too much to handle, uncovering the mystery as to why Moonseeker's guardian had been a SilkWing named Dawn instead of another NightWing. When Blackout finally discovered that Moonseeker was dead, it appeared that she recognised the dragon whom Acorn had seen, and he was an IceWing-NightWing hybrid, as Shift had actually suspected. Blackout told Shift his name, Shatter, and that she had only recognised him because he had hung around the Scorpion Den for many, many years - about ten - before Shift had been born. With that piece of information, Shift ended the meeting and left the Scorpion Den, and never saw her mother again.
Shift was confident that she would be able to find Shatter. Her tracking and sneaking skills were exceptional, and her tail barb's aim was almost impossible to dodge, and only a few animals had actually managed to dodge it, the fastest ones in the forest. She never had a designated home, staying where was most convenient but safe on her mission. However, Shift soon found that it was harder to find a dragon whom nobody had information on at all than she thought. Eventually, after searching all the tribes excluding the IceWings' (Because it was too cold), Shift gave up, deciding that the only way she would ever find him was to go to Pantala, as that was most likely where he had gone, considering that practically nobody knew Shatter actually was the possible murderer. Based on what Blackout had said, Shatter had been almost mute, and for a period of time everyone thought he was mute, unable to make a single sound. He had also been skilled in using daggers, and he breathed a unique mixture of frost and fire mixed together, owing to his IceWing-NightWing heritage.
However, just as Shift was about to leave Pyrrhia, she saw a falcon, laying on the ground, wing bent. She was tempted to eat it to sustain her for the journey ahead, but she went against the idea in the end and, using whatever she had picked up from her two times of living in the Scorpion Den, fixed the bird's wing without leaving any lasting injury. 
Soon after, Shift arrived in Pantala yet again. Though nobody seemed to recognise her, she still kept to the shadows in case anyone did. Sure enough, she saw Starcatcher, casually brushing wings with a SilkWing as they laughed, and Acorn's old friends Finch, a SkyWing, and Canopy, a LeafWing, chatting with each other like they used to. They would definitely be able to recognise her if she even tried to approach, and though she wasn't sure Starcatcher would actually turn her in, she knew Finch and Canopy definitely would. So Shift stayed in the darkness for a while, and nobody actually realised that she was there.
Of course, as always, it never turned out as she wanted. Once, she was - as usual - lurking around, but she made the mistake of stretching out her wings. Since her wings were extremely unique to her, a HiveWing named Atlas, who was one of the older dragonets around when Shift lived on Pantala and unfortunately one of the dragonets with the best memory, recognised their patterns instantly. And without any explanation needed, she was arrested - or at least they tried. Shift was too fast and ruthless; She didn't pause when using her tail barb. In the end, Shift escaped, but not without a cost. Two HiveWings, Antler and Oleander, had been stung by Shift. Actually, she only used her tail barb for a last resort, but they were about to capture her, and in her mind there was no choice. 
So, she was infamous again, like the first time.
(WIP, thanks for your patience if you bothered to read this XD)
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:SandWings
Category:NightWings
Category:Hybrids
Category:Work in Progress
Category:Occupation (Assassin)
Category:Subtype (Moonborn)
==Personality==
Shift is actually very quiet, unforgiving and cold. She can also be manipulative if she wants and is especially skilled at getting into dragons' minds. She's also very sharp, ruthless and brutally honest, able to crush dragons' spirits pretty easily. She's extremely good at lying as she learnt how to do so after 2-3 years of experience, and is rarely reckless. However, she's also very resilient and loyal when you get to know her better and if she trusts you- Like she trusts Endless.
==Appearance==
Even though Shift is a NightWing-SandWing hybrid, her dominant scale colour is black like her mother. Her black scales are tinted a very dark green in the light, and very few number of dragons actually mistook her for a SeaWing-SandWing hybrid. She has a few sandy-coloured scales tipped with black, but they're pretty unnoticable and small. Meanwhile, her wings are like a usual NightWing's, but the SandWing resemblance is much clearer, owing to the constant pattern of sandy-coloured scales that are like in a 'wave' sort of pattern spreading across her wingwebs. Shift normally keeps her wings folded when staying in the shadows, so that the yellow patterns don't give her away. Meanwhile, her tail has the usual SandWing barb with its deadly poison, but the stinger's end is somehow blood-red, and it is apparently natural. To scare dragons away, all Shift actually needed to do was to raise her barb like a scorpion, and because it looked like it'd been dipped in blood, many dragons would be scared away easily. Meanwhile, her claws are especially sharp and silvery, a streak of black under each claw. Only a few dragons actually know that Shift's under claws have a black streak - Sidewinder, Blackout, Moonseeker and Starcatcher. Meanwhile, her eyes are a dark indigo, and she has two silver teardrops by her eyes, as well as silver pearl-like scales above her eyes. Her spines are midnight blue, dashed with white.
==Quotes==
(Not in Chronological Order)
"Where are we going?" - Shift, as a dragonet to Sidewinder, and as an adult to Endless.
"Life isn't fair. That's why we make it so." - Shift to Moonseeker after they play Hide and Seek.
"Liar." - Shift, calmly speaking to Shatter. She also says this earlier, but with more emotion, to Acorn before she kills him.
"Go, you stupid bird!" - Shift being annoyed at Endless when she wants to let him go (Look above)
"Oh, I'm sorry I made you cry, you little dragonet." - Shift mocking Shatter when he appears scared
"Oh, you want murderer? I'll show you murderer." - Shift to Shimmer, also her last words to the SilkWing
"Anger is as cold as ice compared to fury." - Shift
"The midnight sky is full of stars, but it is colder up there than you think. Like friendship." - Shift
==Relationships==
Mother - Blackout (NightWing)
Father - Sidewinder (SandWing)
Stepfather - Slash (NightWing)
Half-sister - Moonseeker
Aunt(s) - Nightfall (NightWing), Never (NightWing), Adenium (SandWing)
Uncle(s) - Coyote (SandWing)
Cousin(s) - Nil
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