Hopeful Dreams

Hopeful Dreams is the sixteenth book in the core series. The main POV is Kinkajou.
=== A guide to the wildlife of Pyrrhia ===
[WIP]
=== Prologue ===
Stardust was not a normal dragonet. No part of her life, at all, was normal in any way. She was born with all three moons full, under a meteor shower, and inherited her mother's animus power [BAD TO THE BONE RIFF]. However, her life was stranger than that of most.
She was a NightWing, sure, but also a SandWing. Having inherited a perfect combination of her parents' tribes resulted in her NightWing left side and a strange-looking SandWing right side. She was a hybrid, a dragon most hated by pureblood supremacists and extremists. However, she had a power- a power that could cause the haters to explode instantly. Thermokinesis (the power to transform heat), and, of course, the ability to summon blazing meteors and kill opponents where they stood. She also had a special ability- the power to make anything do anything, except resurrect the dead, she thought, at the cost of a small bit of her identity.
Of course, her power couldn't solve everything. What if her mother died in her sleep, or was killed when Stardust wasn't looking, or she couldn't ever meet her father because he was dead too?! As far as she learned, her power couldn't bring back those who have passed away, unless she used another dragon or a fake enchanted "mask." 
But what about the Diamond Trial? her studious brain resonated. If I remember correctly, Foeslayer was killed and brought back over a thousand times. Or maybe Diamond had special training, or was especially enlightened, or my mother and every other animus dragon [BAD TO THE BONE RIFF] was lying so nobody did bring back a dead dragon? Sounds about likely- some dead dragons had dangerous followers in life, and if given the chance they would have their animus [BAD TO THE BONE RIFF] revive them. Maybe she should test it- she wanted to know the full extents of her power.
"Cactus," she spoke, hoping for a response. "Bring a random dead dragon's corpse to my location, right now." Sure enough, a dead SkyWing with a disfigured face and a snapped neck appeared next to her. "Ok, now, who is this?"
"This is the former Queen Scarlet-" the cactus replied.
"Ok, I know who that was. Bring me a different corpse, please." Stardust instructed the plant rather tiredly. The cactus bowed low and soon enough returned another SkyWing, this time burned to a crisp and covered in black soot. "And who may this be? I don't recognize them."
"This is Carnelian, a former Jade Mountain Academy student who exploded to death," the cactus informed her. "Is my service good enough, master?"
Stardust knew the cactus had better things to do than bring her corpses. "Yes, that's perfect," she told it. "Just one favor- can you please resurrect her?" Then, she watched the sunset in the sweltering heat of the desert as the cactus did its work.
=== Part One ===
Watchful Eye
Chapter 1
Two hours later...
KINKAJOU
Kinkajou was just walking around Jade Mountain Academy's hallways to get to history class when two familiar faces arrived at the school.
"Winter! Hi! Qibli, how are you doing?" Kinkajou was so excited that her friends were returning, she could barely contain it! She always excitedly awaited their return, even though they always broke into arguments over who is cooler or whether Nike- or Adidas-brand clothing looks better or whether or not Darkstalker was really dead or deserved a second chance, but they were both really great and helped a lot in fighting the evil animus dragon [BAD TO THE BONE RIFF], so she was thankful.
"Hi! Cool that you managed to kill Darkstalker!" Qibli replied, met by Winter's argument that the dragon wasn't really dead, only transformed into a new dragon.
"It wasn't that much, really. He honestly deserved a second chance," Kinkajou stated hopelessly.
"No, he did NOT!" Winter screamed. "He was evil his whole life, with no redeemable qualities and always deserved to die! Anyway, we should get going to history class. We have a test."
Kinkajou agreed, then quickly followed them. She was just ahead of the Silver Winglet going in the opposite direction when she felt a gravitational pull toward Stonemover's cave.
"Welcome. I'm aware you have a history test in a few minutes, so I'll make this quick. Firstly, Carnelian, the student who sadly left us, is back," the NightWing grunted as a SkyWing with heavy burn wounds and a tall SandWing emerged from the doorway. "Of course, the SandWing is Viper, a new student here. She was believed to be dead, but managed to escape the NightWing volcano. Carnelian, as you know, was dead from the history cave explosion, but was brought back by a clever NightWing and SandWing hybrid animus [BAD TO THE BONE RIFF] named Stardust by means of a suspiciously loyal enchanted cactus. Carnelian will be joining your winglet, and Viper will join the Gold Winglet in Onyx's place." Just now, Kinkajou noticed that every dragon in her winglet, including Hippo, the MudWing who replaced Umber, was here with her.
"I know what you're thinking. Webs told you, Animus magic [BAD TO THE BONE RIFF] can't bring back the dead! That's its only real limitation, but that's not true. The ancient animus dragons [BAD TO THE BONE RIFF] circulated this lie so future animi [BAD TO THE BONE RIFF] would never bring back a soul. This force can keep a dragon alive even if they die, or even bring back a dragon who died thousands of years ago. About a month ago, while you kids were in Pantala, I returned animus magic [BAD TO THE BONE RIFF]. You see, my pet fox Dinner brought Jerboa's recycling bin, which he mistook for food. Then, my animus detector [BAD TO THE BONE RIFF], which notifies me of the existence of animus enchantments [BAD TO THE BONE RIFF], started buzzing and told me about the enchantment to destroy magic placed on the candleholder pieces inside. So I cast the recycling bin into another dimension, and my magic came back. By the way, this other dimension is one I created where animus magic [BAD TO THE BONE RIFF] doesn't work and all enchantments that go inside are neutralized, even after they leave this other dimension. Bigtail's body couldn't be recovered, so Salamander accepted an enchantment to turn him into a NightWing. We plan to bring back Umber and Sora, and I enchant Hippo so she can transform into an IceWing at will, and can turn back into a MudWing whenever she wants. Of course, so she can replace Icicle without destroying her identity as a MudWing. Anyway, get to class," Stonemover said to finalize the announcement and the dimensions around Kinkajou twisted as she was sent to her history class.
Webs stood in the front of the class like every day, but this time he looked slightly suspicious of his surroundings. "All right, everyone... today our lesson will be on the MudWing Succession Crisis, where Queen HACCCCCCC-" he said hurriedly and then died as a metal spear protruded from his copy of the scroll they were using and killed him by impaling his heart. The whole class gasped in shock as blood splattered all over his desk.
Kinkajou felt a rush of fear and instinctively jumped back. She had never wanted to see another dragon's death after seeing the painful expression on Darkstalker's face as he transformed into that small dragonet due to her enchantment, but now she was caught unexpectedly. She didn't know what to do now- all she could do was watch in silence.
"Kinkajou! Please tell me who killed Webs and what enchantments, if any, were placed in that spear!" Turtle asked her plaintively, though this turned out to be an enchantment, as Kinkajou felt the words pouring out of her mouth without her conscious control.
"Darkstalker enchanted a metal spear in the Scorpion Den so when he died, the spear would vanish into the darkness and kill dragons located in and native to Pyrrhia at random times in the following tribe order: a SandWing, then a SkyWing, then a SeaWing, then an IceWing, then a MudWing, then a RainWing, then a NightWing, then back to another MudWing, by emerging from an object being held by the target dragon, who is chosen at random, stabbing the dragon through the heart, and then vanishing into the darkness near the dead body and going to the next dragon. The cycle repeats itself for up to five years or until cancelled by more powerful magic. The spear cannot be enchanted while hiding in the darkness, and wounds made by the spear cannot be healed, nor can dead dragons be resurrected. To be nice, dragonets cannot be killed," she spoke hurriedly.
"More powerful magic," Turtle uttered, then looked up as if he thought of a good idea like he always did. "Thanks, Kinkajou! I think I know where we need to go.
Chapter 2
"You're saying we bait the spear into another dimension?" Qibli asked rather skeptically.
"Of course!" Hippo suddenly spoke up. "That void cancels all magic that enters it! Great idea, Turtle!"
"Well, first we need to bait it out of the darkness. A SeaWing was killed last, so an IceWing is next... Agh, crap." Winter must have realized that he could be on the spear's kill list.
WIP
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