Gila the SandWing

THIS CHARACTER BELONGS TO OSPREY THE SEAWING. DO NOT USE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION OR I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN!
When Gila hatched, her egg was abandoned in the middle of the desert. She didn't know her parents or anything about her past. But she did find out about her animus powers, and that most animus dragons were disliked. So she stayed away from the SandWings, not knowing that any other dragons existed. She heard how animus dragons lost their souls if they used their magic too much, so she placed an enchantment on herself so she would never go evil or crazy.
With her magic, she summoned a black cloak that would cover her face and conceal her looks. She had no name, and never really went through the trouble to name herself. One day, she overheard a SandWing saying that someone had been bitten by a gila monster. The word sent a shiver down her spine, and she thought, That's it! I should call myself Gila!
But one fateful day, she wandered into Possibility. She normally could have snuck around quietly, but someone found her. A talon grabbed her shoulder, and she looked up into the face of a large, brown dragon that looked nothing like the dragons she had ever seen.
"Young one, where are your parents?" she asked Gila in a deep voice. "Take off that hood."
Shaking all over, she did as the brown dragon said.
She opened up her mouth to answer, but only a faint choking noise came out.
The brown dragon said, "Are you an orphan?"
Gila nodded. The brown dragon couldn't find anyone willing to adopt Gila, so she took her to Jade Mountain Academy.
Gila was placed in a winglet with a SkyWing named Dawn and a SeaWing RainWing hybrid named Osprey, and later met the rest of her winglet.
There were so many different dragons with so many different colors! She was especially afraid of the RainWings, with their venom and color-changing scales. There was never much color in the desert, and it was unsettling to her. And, of course, her new "family" found out about her animus powers, and she was surprised at how they didn't hate her afterwards.
"If I were an animus, I'd keep my powers a secret too," Dawn had said.
Category:SandWings
Category:Females
Category:Characters
Category:Dragonets
Category:Occupation (Student)
Category:Animus