Mystery in the Sands (Fanon fanfiction)

{-Mystery In the Sands-}
~This fanfic has LBGTQIA+ characters and couples and is owned by @Kinkajou4Life and her alt account @FireflyTheTOHFan~
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AMETHYST WINGLET
SandWing - Aloe
RainWing - Juniper
IceWing - Denali
MudWing - Hickory
NightWing - Astrophile
SeaWing - Trident
SkyWing - Firebird
JADE WINGLET
SandWing - Qibli
Rainwing - Kinkajou
IceWing - Winter
MudWing - Umber
NightWing - Moonwatcher
SeaWing - Turtle
SkyWing - Carnelian
GOLD WINGLET
SandWing - Onyx
RainWing - Tamrin
IceWing - Icicle
MudWing - Sora
NightWing - BigTail
SeaWing - Pike
SkyWing - Flame
COPPER WINGLET
SandWing - Pronghorn
RainWing - Coconut
IceWing - Alba
MudWing - Marsh
NightWing - Mind Reader
Seawing - Snail
SkyWing - Peregrine
SILVER WINGLET
SandWing - Ostrich
RainWing - Boto
IceWing - Changbai
MudWing - Sepia
NightWing - Fearless
SeaWing - Anemone
SkyWing - Thrush
QUARTZ WINGLET
SandWing - Arid
RainWing - Siamang
IceWing - Ermine
MudWing - Newt
NightWing - MightyClaws
SeaWing - Barracuda
SkyWing - Garnet
{-Part One-} Amethyst the Stone that Heals
“Do I have to go? I have to be stuck with Arroyo all semester!” groaned Aloe. 
“We don't know! It's the instructors of Jade Mountain’s decisions to be made on what winglet you both will be placed in.” Their mother said strictly gliding for a moment so her children could catch up. She whipped her tail towards Aloe and looked back with a piercing stare.
“Now, please stop complaining, you both have been yapping this whole flight!” 
The sisters closed their mouths angrily. The academy came into sight, the school stood majestically in the depths of the strong stone.
They arrived and landed gracefully on the cold stone of the school.
“Welcome!” a NightWing said with a smile, “You must be the two SandWing sisters, Arroyo and Aloe, Correct?” The NightWing looked gleefully down at them, her dark, shimmering black scales gleaming in the torchlight, a creepy grin coming across her face. 
“You must be Sunny’s cousin? And you must be the sister to the queen, correct? Welcome to Jade Mountain Academy! My name is Fatespeaker.”
“Yes, will they be in the same Winglet or separated?” Their mother asked, tucking her wings by her sides, her pale, dusty scales glistening off of the sun. She glanced at the two of us with a fiery stare, her golden jewelry jingling as she turned back to FateSpeaker.
“They will be in different Winglets. Unfortunately, we cannot allow more than one dragon from the same tribe in a single winglet.”
“Aloe, you will be in the Amythyst Winglet, all of your clawmates should be there already, down the hall to the left at the end, take a right at the glass stained window.” The NightWing pointed to a wall. Aloe followed that direction, passing by other rooms.
She stepped into the room and she was wowed, she had never really seen all of the tribes.
“Hey, guys, the SandWing is here!” A voice hollered out from somewhere in the cave. Aloe guessed that it was the SkyWing judging by his toothy grin and glimmering copper eyes.
“Nice to meet you, I am Trident.” A teal male SeaWing said, bowing his head respectfully, laying with his claws crossed. His body faced a NightWing, who had a huge smile plastered across her face.
“Finally another girl! I thought me and Juniper were going to be the only ones!” 
Juniper? Where had I heard that name before? Aloe thought.
The NightWing motioned over to a beautiful bright pink and blue RainWing who smiled warmly at Aloe, her golden eyes shimmering with mischief. Aloe turned her head away in shock, looking back to the NightWing.
“I'm Astrophile!” The NightWing said with a smile, “It means “lover of the stars!” She said, unveiling her wings to show sparkling dots along the underside of her jet-black wings.
An IceWing grumbled in the corner, “I’m Denali.” The IceWing said with his strong blue eyes.
“What does that mean?” Aloe asked curiously, as she had never heard of anything like it. 
“It's a mountain,” Denali replied simply as if that was all that Aloe needed to know.
“I’m Firebird.” A crimson SkyWing spoke up from the corner, who was eating the legs of some animal that Aloe hadn't seen before.
“And I’m Hickory.” A strong-looking MudWing said, who was sitting near the IceWing, who was giving Aloe a frosty look. Aloe noticed he had his tail intertwined with Denali but when she spotted it, he unraveled his tail as if Aloe hadn't seen anything. She smiled and turned back to Astrophile. 
“And you would be?” Astrophile said, sitting close to Trident.
“I am Aloe, Sunny's cousin, you uh- probably know her.” She said awkwardly as she entered the room and sat in a corner, laying on a sheep's skin pillow.
“You're a pretty little thing, aren't you?” Firebird said, his teeth gleaming maliciously, grabbing her chin with his claws.
Aloe hissed and flicked her tail barb towards him with a rattle. “Don’t test me, SkyWing.” She said fiercely, keeping a close eye on the SkyWing before he could do anything more to her. 
“Feisty and cute, what an interesting SandWing.” He said with a smirk.  ‘Cute? Who does this guy think he is? Ugh, SkyWings are the worst.’ Aloe thought with annoyance, flicking her tail back and forth irritably. 
Aloe lunged towards him before he could say anything else, sweeping him off his feet, where he then fell and hit his head on the stone. 
“Hey! Watch it!” The SkyWing hissed angrily, about to stand up once more. Aloe wrapped her tail around his neck, slowly getting tighter.
“Feisty. huh?” Aloe said with a satisfied smile, watching as Firebird flung his claws around her, clearly struggling underneath her firm grip. His mouth opened as he gasped for air, flailing around uselessly.
Aloe scraped her tail barb against his crimson-scaled face, one sting in the heart strong enough to kill him.
“Say you’re sorry!” Aloe hissed and Firebird nodded his head immediately.
Aloe dropped her tail and his head hit the ground as he gasped for air.
“Geez, he was just playing around,” Hickory said, looking at Aloe as if she was psychotic. 
“She did what she needed to do to defend herself,” Denali said, nudging Hickory.
“Aloe? Is that you?” Sunny walked into the cave, her face lighting up when she saw Aloe.
“Aloe!” Sunny said with a growing smile, running towards her with her golden wings outstretched.
“Sunny!” Aloe called, realizing Sunny was there.
They hugged wings for a moment. “I haven't seen you in over two years! How have you been?” Aloe said happily.
“Great! Thorn says she misses you guys and wishes she was here to see you and Arroyo! I have to head back to a meeting, but I just wanted to pop in and say hi! Is everything okay in here?”
“Yeah, all good!” Aloe lied, not wanting to worry Sunny any more than she was.
Sunny then turned and left, her footsteps fading away as she went down the hall. Aloe turned back around, facing the other dragonets to see that all of their mouths were wide open. 
“What?” Aloe squeaked nervously, fidgeting with her claws.
“Your sister is Arroyo!?” They all exclaimed in disbelief.
Aloe hesitated, sighing. “I knew this was going to happen.” Aloe paused and sighed, rubbing her temples before continuing carefully, “Yes, my sister is Arroyo, the heir to the SandWing throne. Arroyo is older than me so she will be Queen after Queen Thorn. since Sunny stepped down from her place on the throne. And, me? I want to be the Advisor to the next Queen, whether it be my sister or not.”
“That's so cool! I didn't even think about that!” Astrophile said dumbfoundedly.
Aloe stole a glance at Juniper and immediately turned away when she saw Juniper was already looking at her with a smile.
“Yeah…” Aloe said with a sigh. 
***
Soon the moon rose higher as the night passed as quickly as it had come, and soon everyone fell asleep. Somehow, Aloe couldn't sleep, so she went out to the sky deck to look at the moon.
The moon’s pearl-white glow illuminated her face, she smiled as the midnight breeze cooled her scales.
She adjusted her bracelet looking at it as a single tear rolled down her cheek.
“Everything alright?” A familiar voice came, and Aloe whipped her head around when she saw who it was to hide her face.
Aloe was shocked and wiped the tear away and sniffled calmly,
“Yeah, I just needed to clear my head, I guess…” Aloe trailed off, looking away. 
Juniper gave her a warm smile as she sat down next to her.
“Hey- I wanted to say I’m sorry for what-” Aloe started before she was interrupted by Juniper's relaxed voice.
“Heh, It’s fine. I know you didn't mean to. As soon as I saw you enter those doors I wanted to catch you alone.” Juniper said, hiding her giggles with a talon.
“You sure-?” Aloe was cut off by Juniper’s calming voice.
“I'm sure, ever since summer camp, all those years ago when you first, you know, I knew you felt bad, but the truth is, I never really was mad,” Juniper admitted soothingly.
Aloe blushed and tried to hide her face.
Juniper used her tail to grab her chin, she moved her head toward her face.
“To be honest, I was kind of  jealous when Firebird was flirting with you earlier.”
“Yeah? Well, I showed him who was boss, so…” Aloe said softly, secretly proud of herself. Is Juniper telling the truth? Was she jealous, or is it just a lie to get my guard down?
“What are you implying? That I can’t flirt with you?” Juniper said as if reading Aloe’s mind, pulling Aloe’s face closer, her eyes widened in fake surprise.
Aloe got a rush of adrenaline and butterflies filled her stomach.
Juniper giggled. “It's so cute when you blush like that!”
“Shut up!” Aloe shouted in embarrassment, trying to hide her face again, but Juniper’s grip on her face was firm. 
“Look, Aloe, I care about you, and I know that you care about me, too. Would you maybe wanna-” Juniper was interrupted by the loud yawn of Astrophile, who stretched and walked over to the two. 
“Hey, guys. Can’t sleep either?” Astrophile mumbled sleepily, rubbing her eyes.
Seriously? Why now, Astrophile?
Aloe turned to see the NightWing approaching, her wings folded as she walked towards us, sitting down by Juniper.
Juniper seemed frustrated too, as she gritted her teeth with annoyance, her scales turning an orange color. As if what she was going to ask me was important. Aloe realized. 
Juniper gave Aloe a look as if she was trying to send her a secret message. I’m no NightWing, Juniper, and I have no secret mysterious powers. But… I wonder if Astrophile can- 
Astrophile was eyeing Aloe closely as if she could… 
No. That’s impossible. NightWings lost their powers when their volcano exploded. Right? Aloe thought in confusion, and Astrophile looked closely at her as if she were reading Aloe’s mind.
“Astrophile…Sorry if this offends you, but… can you read minds?” Juniper questioned, staring into the NightWing’s powerful yet inexpressible glare.
There was a long pause but then Astrophile opened her mouth to speak,
“It doesn’t take a genius to figure out what is going on here.” She said with a playful smile. “I’ll head back. Enjoy the night.” She said mysteriously then disappearing into the shadows of the entrance.
“Was that some sort of prophecy, or…?” Aloe said, which made Juniper burst out into laughter, tears pricking her eyes. 
“You were saying-?” Aloe said with a knowing smirk, causing Juniper to end her giggles and take a deep breath.
“Nevermind…We should head back to bed, big day you know?” Juniper cautioned, slowly twining her tail around Aloe’s.
“Alright, if that's what you want.” They slowly re-entered and separated to their beds but Aloe always caught her tail swinging towards Juniper or her eyes opening to make sure Juniper was sleeping.
***
The next morning Aloe arose from Juniper's voice.
“Aloe! Wake up!” Aloe slowly opened her eyes to a playful bright blue RainWing peering into her eyes, it’s time for our first class with Webs! Let's get a seat so we can sit next to each other and pass notes!” Juniper giggled, which made Aloe blush but she followed as they ran through the crowded halls their tails intertwined, Aloe, being aware to not stab Juniper with her tail barb.
They chose seats near the back and waited for Webs to enter, meanwhile they talked about their tales at camp.
“Remember when you walked up to Counselor Lilac and you showed her the friendship bracelet you made us!?” Juniper said, bursting out into snorts and giggles.
“That’s not fair! I was like,  four!” Aloe argued, shoving her playfully.
“Annnnd remember when you gave Counselor Griffin a big fat smooch on the cheek?” Juniper continued to giggle, her wings shaking with laughter.
Aloe blushed with embarrassment. “Okay, that was uncalled for. I-I just really liked him as a counselor…”
“Hey, it’s fine. I do wish I was Counselor Griffin at that moment, though.” Juniper sighed wistfully, and Aloe’s eyes widened. Oh. 
“So, um…” Aloe trailed off, still shocked by Juniper’s comment. She cleared her throat, continuing, “What was life in the RainWing village like for you? Are the NightWings handling Queen Glory well enough?”
Juniper looked away. “Me being Glory’s niece and all that, she seems pretty stressed. She’s the youngest Queen out of the seven, and it’s a lot of pressure on her shoulders. She and Deathbringer are trying as best they can, but they’re growing tired.” 
“And their dragonet, Firefly? How is she?” Aloe hoped that the young three-year-old dragonet was doing alright.
“She's doing alright, she comes to visit me and Jambu and Pineapple a couple of times every month, I help her with homework and we look for fruit variants in the jungle, she is such a sweetheart and scales are glorious, nothing like mine..” Juniper trailed off, looking down at her talons.
“What!? Your scales are the prettiest ones I have ever set eyes upon, they are so majestic and such a powerful blue. I think you should love them too.” Aloe said adoringly, giving Juniper a sweet smile.
Juniper turned a pale pink and they both laughed.
“Hey, Aloe.” Firebird appeared from behind them, winking at Aloe. “You were in my dreams last night, you know. You must be important if you appear in the SkyWing prince's dreams.” 
SkyWing prince? Aloe thought with surprise, too stunned to reply.
“Well, Mr. Fancy Nose, she appeared in my dreams, too.” Juniper’s scales went from pink to red in an instant.
“Guys! Calm down!” Aloe spoke up, wishing that she could make it all just go away.
“Right.” Firebird cleared his throat. “Sorry.”
“Firebird, please leave me alone. I was talking with Juniper first, maybe I will talk to you during lunch period.” Aloe said firmly, Firebird gave her an annoyed look but gave Aloe a smirk before taking a seat at the front of the class near another SkyWing.
As soon as Firebird was out of earshot, Juniper angrily chucked her pencil at the wall. Her red scales had hints of teal now as she buried her face in her talons.
“What's the matter..? Are you okay?” Aloe asked, making her desk closer to Juniper, her wing covering her body, providing Juniper with a comforting warmth.
“I just…It feels like everyone is always trying to take you from me!” Juniper wailed, tears streaming down her cheeks.
“W-w-what do you mean?” Aloe asked, putting her talon on Juniper’s shoulder.
“I mean, when I first met you that day at summer camp I knew I loved you. But nope! That stupid little SeaWing at camp had a crush on you, and that other SandWing boy who claimed you would fall in love with him! Then your mom pulled you out of camp two months early… and now this little stupid nose snotter likes you!” Juniper said, taking a gasp of air.
“Uh…I didn’t think about it like that…I’m sorry…wait what did you say?” Aloe said as she wiped Juniper’s tears away.
“W-what? That Firebird likes you?” Juniper asked, sniffling.
“No- No- Before that,” Aloe said, a smile slowly appearing on her face.
“Your mom pulled you out of camp?” Juniper asked in a tiny, unsure voice.
“No! Like, at the beginning!” Aloe exclaimed, wishing she were a RainWing just this once so her scales could be pink with happiness.
“That when I first met you I knew I loved you?” Juniper asked, her scales starting to fade into a light blue. Worry. Aloe realized, and she spoke softly so Juniper wasn’t quite as anxious anymore.
“You..love me?” Aloe asked slowly, gently, and Juniper replied shyly, “Wasn't that obvious?” Juniper’s scales were turning bright, vibrant pink.
“I…I don’t know what to say…” Aloe replied, speechless, and Juniper’s scales shifted to a green color, and she looked away in embarrassment.
“S-sorry if I made you uncomfortable-” Juniper broke off as Aloe leaped forward and swept her into a huge hug, covering Juniper with her wings affectionately.
“I love you too, Ju-Ju,” Aloe murmured in Juniper’s ear, and even though she couldn’t see it directly, Aloe could feel Juniper smiling.
***
{-Part Two-} Love, The language of the universe.
*Ringg*
“Finally! School's out for the day!” Aloe said with a smile as she walked down the corridor with her tail twined around Juniper’s, a smile covering both of their faces.
Dragons flushed out of doors from all sides as a flash of color invaded the hallway and the silent corridor instantly became blasted with voices.
They made it to their winglet and saw Hickory and Denali talking in the corner, Trident was reading a scroll in his bed, and Firebird was speaking with Astrophile.
“Well here are the lovebirds, eh?” Firebird said, a cheeky smirk appearing on his face.
Juniper hissed harshly and whipped her tail back and forth, her scales turning an orange-red color. Aloe nudged her lightly and Juniper dropped her hiss.
“Two feisties together forever,” Firebird said with his stupid smile always on his face.
“Jealous?” Juniper smirked as she lay down next to Aloe.
Firebird, immediately embarrassed, returned to his bed. 
He started on his homework but Aloe couldn’t focus on her own. She kept catching herself looking up at Juniper and staring at her, her dark blue tail curled neatly around her front claws as she slept. Her silent breath lightly touched Aloe’s arm.
“Hey, Aloe.” Denali stepped out of the shadows, his pale blue scales glittering in the torchlight. “You doing homework?” He asked smoothly, his voice calm and collected like always. 
“Oh uh- Yeah. Hey, Denali,” Aloe smiled at the IceWing dragonet, and Denali smiled faintly back.
“So… you and Juniper are a thing now, huh?” Denali asked, laughing softly to himself. “I wonder what would happen if they found out that Hickory and I were…” Denali was cut off abruptly by Aloe’s high-pitched tone of voice.
“You and Hickory are dating?!” Aloe yelped with surprise, her voice echoing throughout the cave, and Denali’s deep, crystal-blue eyes widened with alarm.
“Three moons you are loud! Shush! Keep it down!” Denali cried, placing his freezing-cold talons firmly around Aloe’s snout.
“Mmrf!” Aloe grumbled in protest. “Ymrf tmfr armf colmf!” Aloe tried to squeeze out the words through his grasp.
“What?” Denali laughed, “Are you even speaking Dragon?” 
Aloe rolled her eyes, tapping his sharp, rigid claws to make him let her go.
“Okay, okay! Jeez!” Denali giggled, releasing her snout. “Why are your talons so warm?!”
“Natural SandWing heat, obviously,” Aloe said in a fake professional tone. 
“Right,” Denali said with a chuckle, rolling his eyes.
“Yes, Hickory and I are dating, we were going out previously it was just sort of a long-distance relationship…”
“A MudWing and an IceWing, together. Huh, weird.” Aloe paused, seeing his worried, dark blue eyes, and she quickly added to reassure him, “But in a good way of course.”
“You can't be talking! ‘A SandWing and a RainWing together. Huh, weird.’ hah!” Denali snorted, to himself, while he mimicked Aloe. 
“ I mean, Juniper is pretty awesome…She’s the best girlfriend any dragon could have…” Aloe rambled on, mumbling to herself.
“What were you going to say after you told me you and Hickory were together?” Aloe asked, wanting to know what the mysterious IceWing was up to.
“Hrm…” Denali looked down his snout at her, as if he were weighing his options on telling her. 
“Ya know, like about I wonder if they found out if I and Hickory were dating? That part?”
“I mean…Dragons here don’t exactly love dragons that are…” Denali coughed, “You know.”
“You don't have to finish your sentence, yeah, I get it. One of the professors saw me and Juniper’s tails enter-twined and frowned. The kind of frown that made you wish you didn’t exist.” Aloe sighed sadly...
“I get it. It’s tough, my mom would hate me if she found out, let alone someone from a different tribe.” Denali sighed, laying down in front of Aloe.
“Don't worry, your secret is safe with me.” Aloe smiled and Denali smiled back.
“Sorry if I was rude to you at first; IceWings are taught to treat anyone new as an enemy-” Denali was cut off by Astophile’s voice being heard through the corridor.
“GUYS!!!” Astrophile burst into the main cave, shaking her starry wings and panting. 
“What?! What is it? What's wrong!?” Denali shouted, he stood up with extreme speed, Juniper’s eyes burst open and she let out a face of distress, her scales turning bright green. 
“What happened?! Is Aloe alright?! Aloe!?” 
“Hey, it's okay, shhh, I'm right here,” Aloe said hugging Juniper with her warm wings, Juniper’s tail twined with Aloe and a sigh of relief was heard from Juniper as her scales turned to a pale blue with flushes of pink patches appearing throughout her scales.
“Teehee! You're so cute!” Aloe said admirably, hugging Juniper closer to her.
Juniper’s worried, pale blue colored scales turned into a pale rosy pink, and she took Aloe’s talons in hers.
“GUYS!” Astrophile shouted again- louder this time- before shaking her scales and clearing her throat once everyone’s eyes were on her.
“I just found out that Aloe and Juniper were dating!” Astrophile paused, glancing at Aloe. “Oh, hey Aloe.”
“Hey,” Aloe said grimly, and Juniper’s scales turned orange, rolling her eyes.
“Anyways,” Astrophile continued, turning her attention back to the group. Trident looked up at her and she blushed, looking away from him shyly.
“Since when were you guys dating?” She said quietly, still blushing from Trident’s lingering gaze.
“Since when was it your business, Astrophile? Who told you anyway?” Aloe hissed irritably, lashing her tail back and forth.
“Um…” Astrophile paused, tapping a claw against her chin. “Hm. Is there a wrong answer?”
Aloe wished she could turn a furious red, and she growled irritably. 
“Who. Told. You.” Aloe scowled, and Astrophile peeped out, “Denali.”
“Seriously, dude?!” Aloe shouted, turning towards Denali angrily. “I trusted you! I thought we were like, bonding or something!”
“...Yeah. I told her before that happened.” Denali muttered softly, turning his face away in embarrassment.
“Leave him alone, Aloe.” Hickory snapped at Aloe in his boyfriend’s defense.
“Ugh! Just leave me alone!” Aloe burst out, tears pricking her eyes, and she ran in the direction of her cave.
“Aloe! Wait!” Juniper called after her, turning a dark green color, and she rushed after Aloe.
“Hey…It's going to be okay.” Juniper said comfortingly as she laid down next to Aloe, who was crying in the corner of the library.
“Why can I not trust anybody!? Everything I tell anyone always gets loose!” Aloe said choppily with tears streaming down her face, her wings were folded inwards drooping downwards. 
“You can trust me, can't you…?” Juniper said with a kind smile.
“Well yeah…but..why can’t I trust anybody else?” Aloe asked with tears streaming down her cheeks.
“Hey…” Juniper murmured, brushing her wingtip against Aloe’s. “I love you. You know that, right?”
“Yeah,” Aloe sniffled, brushing the tears off of her cheeks. “I love you too.” She said softly.
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