The Angel's Curse

= The Angel's Curse =
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===TYPES OF RABBITS===
FlameEar: Bright red, blood red, orange, or scarlet brown. Some of them are born with FlameFur.
Traits: Weak, creative, quiet
Queen: Queen Firestar
Ruby Mountain students: Burn, Fireworm, Fire, Lava, Bloodfinder, Redcut.
SunEar: Yellow or gold. They have poisonous barbs on each of their ears.
Traits: Cunning, self-absorbed, stubborn
Queen: Queen Ambertine
Ruby Mountain students: Dunes, Amber, Aurora, Sandy, Leopard, Cacti.
AquaEar: Green, blue, or teal. They have scales that can light up, and they have webbed feet and hands. Secret language: Oceanic.
Traits: Enjoyable, good at keeping secrets, talented
Queen: Queen Morwenna
Ruby Mountain students: Clown, Ripple, Marina, Fishy, Lobster, Octopus.
SnowEar: White or LIGHT blue. They have spikes on their ears, back, neck, and forehead.
Traits: Energetic, saddening, incredible liars.
Queen: Queen Taiga/Icicle
Ruby Mountain students: Snowball, Diamond, SnowStorm, Icy, Antarctic, Narwhal.
MoonEar: Black or purple. Spots of white scales on the underside of their wings, spots of white fur on the underbelly.
Traits: Killer, gruesome, dark attitude
Queen: Queen Nightface
Ruby Mountain students: Nebula, Midnight, NightSky, Mooncaster, DarkNight, SecretFinder.
CloudEar: Gray, cloudy white, or dark brown. Tufts of fur on forehead, underbelly, and sometimes back.
Traits: Joker, lazy, sunshiny.
Queen: Queen Sky
Ruby Mountain students: Skylight, Storm, Thunder, Rainfall, Cloud, Curl.
LeafEar: {No known color since fur is always changing; rumor is that years ago they were born with purple, pink, or white fur.} They can shoot venom from their fangs. 
Traits: Sleepy, quick, great at making plans in a short amount of time.
Queen: Queen Orange
Ruby Mountain students: Lilly, Evergreen, Apple, Tulip, Blossom, Bloom
== =ABILITIES===
Amethyst: Can make or do anything by thinking or saying it. Can enchant anything they want to. Born with magic.
Opal: Can do anything with their magic except for enchanting inanimate objects. They can activate their magic if they are older than three.
Fairy: Can use their magic to change a rabbit’s feelings, mindset, kindness, or evil. They also have healing powers. To use their magic, they have to be five years old.
Obsidian: Can see the future of whoever they touch. Their eyes go white in the process. When they are born they won’t wake up until their first birthday. Born with magic.
Wishgranter: When they touch a rabbit, they know their deepest wishes. They can grant themselves and blood relatives unlimited wishes, but to other rabbits they can only grant one.
====THE NEXT ABILITIES ARE MOONEAR ONLY====
Shapeshifter: If they are born underneath the constellation, TRAITORS, they can shapeshift into anything. Born with magic.
Foutunteller: If they are born underneath the constellation, NIGHTCRUSHER, they can see all possible futures. Born with magic.
Mindreader: If they are born underneath the constellation, WHITE SCALES, they can read anyones’ mind. They have white scales on the edges of their eyes. Born with magic.
===THE DESTRUCTOR PROPHECY===
“One day the destructor will come out, 
but only on the day Sunset dies
and Darkness will be born.
Together with her partner
she creates five trials,
the most dangerous, deadly trials.
Only six stand in their way.
The ones of white, silver, gold, 
red, blue, and purple.
The ones of visions, crushing, 
tears, shapeshifting, mind control, 
and talking to the dead.
They will destroy the destructor
on the darkest day.
Her partner will not
die, nor live.
He will bring darkness upon us all,
unless, 
one of the six dies.”
===PART ONE===
-SECRETS UNTOLD-
====PROLOUGE====
-NIGHTCRUSHER-
NightCrusher stood at the to of the mountain, gazing at the stars. The Pyrrhians have made an important discovery, a species that went extinct thousands of years ago. She looked down at one of the New Species Creatures, jumping out of a hole. It was brown, and it didn’t have wings or claws. “You are such a boring color, though you would make a very good snack. Sadly, I can’t eat you. You are a very big part of my plan, you know. I must call you something… hmm… a bunny,” her face lit up with happiness as she looked back at the sky. She was waiting for a particular someone, someone who could change the world forever with her.
A dark blue SeaWing with cerulean spots flew down beside her, but NightCrusher didn’t notice him until he spoke. “I’m here. What do you need me to do now?” he asked. She kept her gaze fixed on one particular dot in the night sky. “I want glory to be mine. I want to be remembered millions of years after I die. That is why I need you, Fishwater,” she said. 
“Make all the bunnies in Pyrrhia as large as a dragon.” “What do you mean by ‘bunny’? Do you mean the New Species Creature?” Fishwater asked. “Yes! I’m calling it a bunny!” she hissed as she broke her gaze away from the galaxies. Fishwater smiled coyly, asking, “How do you want me to word it?” NightCrusher thought for a moment.
“Grab that bunny over there,” she pointed to the brown one. “Say this: Once this bunny touches the ground, make all the bunnies in Pyrrhia as large as a dragon. Make them have tribes, animuses, and other unique powers. Make them fall in love with dragons, and make dragons fall in love with them. Their hybrid children will be called ‘rabbits’. Let them have dragon qualities inherited down to their descendants. Make them understand the language DRAGON but they will call it RABBIT. Make them destroy dragons exactly twenty-four hours after the death of NightCrusher,” she said, smiling evilly. Fishwater muttered the spell under his breath. 
“I... I would do anything for you, my love. Even if this means the end of our relationship,” he said as he dropped the rabbit. 
And then, it grew.
====CHAPTER ONE====
-SHRIEK FOR GOLD-
Amber woke up to the voice of her brother, who was yelling.
“Please, Mother. I really want to go to Ruby Mountain. Why does Amber get EVERYTHING she wants, just because she’s the SunEar princess, and the heir to the throne?!?!?!?!” he whined. Ugh. Stubborn Dunes. Why does he want to go to The School of Torture? The Academy of the Sun is a great place to go for school. Also, I don’t get what I want. I DON’T want to go to Ruby Mountain, Amber thought. 
“Dunes, please stop yelling, I’m trying to sleep,” she pleaded. “Can’t you let your future queen, the heir to Mother’s throne, and one of the present SunEar princesses sleep peacefully?” From where she was standing, Amber could see her mother, Queen Ambertine. Underneath her mother, Dunes was bowing the lowest bow. Mother looked like a lion next to him, while he was the mouse. Everyone looked tiny next to Queen Ambertine. 
“Dunes, you must listen to me. You are now old enough to start battle training. I have been talking to Amethyst about getting you enrolled in The Academy of Battles. Plus, one Opal Gift isn’t enough for a plea like that,” Ambertine said to Dunes. An Opal Gift comes from doing any type of good deed such as, pleasing the queen or helping an elder. If they grant you an Opal Gift, both rabbits go to the Opal Council. The one who granted you an Opal Gift states the reason you would get the Opal Gift. The Opal Council votes on whether the act of kindness gets you one, or not. Amber noticed that there were no more Opal Gifts left on Dunes’s necklace. He was one of the prankster rabbits anyways. 
“Mother, the Opal trial,” Amber sang. “Yes, you could do that. There is a twenty-year old rabbit waiting for a partner. AND it would be good battle practice for you, if you survive,” Ambertine said. “Ahhh, naa mother. I’m good,” Dunes said as he backed away. “Stop yelling, or I’ll make you do it,” Ambertine smiled. “OK, I’ll stop yelling,” he put his hands up, innocently. “I’ll just go do something good.” 
Amber’s younger sister, Gold, came up out of her underground room. “Has he stopped screaming bloody-murder yet?” she asked sleepily. “Excuse me, I’m right here, you know,” Dunes said. “Great, you stopped yelling. I grant you an Opal Gift. Let’s go to the Opal Council already,” Gold mumbled. 
As they walked away, a war planner named Saguaro walked up to Amber and her mother. He was holding thousands of papers, which kept on falling. “Your majesty, you have summoned me to talk about the stupid, lying, SnowEars. Shall I consult a meeting?” he said, grabbing a pile which slipped to the floor. “Oh, yes!” Amber could see rage and fury in her mother’s eyes. Ambertine and Saguaro walked off, saying their war plans out loud without a care in the world. “We need the most perfect reason to go to war with them. Taiga’s smug face is enough of a reason, but she would never think so. Maybe once a rabbit's dead body is found, we could say a SnowEar snuck into our kingdom and murdered them…” Ambertine’s voice disappeared into the distance, along with Saguaro’s notes. Why does Mother hate the SnowEars? She isn’t telling me something, and Mother tells me EVERYTHING! Amber thought angrily. 
While she was in the midst of her thoughts, she saw something out of the corner of her eye, so she went over and picked it up. It was a spear, half covered in blood. She stared at it for a moment. “MOTHER! GOLD! AMETHYST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Amber yelled. Amethyst, her older sister, came up behind her. “Why are you yelling… Amber?” she asked. Amethyst always had a look in her eyes which Amber hated. It was always whispering ‘I could kill a whole tribe of rabbits, and I couldn’t ever care.’ Which was why she never thought of her nicely. She was also someone who Amber would have to kill in the future. “This… Amethyst,” she said solemnly. “Somebody must have… died!” Amethyst let out a scream which shook the palace’s walls. “I must go show this to her majesty. I can be her favorite too, you know,” suddenly, her eyes had a majestic yet murderous look, which was screaming ‘I’m not afraid to kill you too, for I was never loved. One ounce of disrespect or hatred will make you see the end.’ Amber was petrified, and she couldn't move even after Amethyst left. I am Mother’s favorite. I must tell her that the spear was found by me, not stupid Amethyst. Mother’s meetings are always in the throne room, so I’ll go check there first. She thought angrily. 
Inside the throne room, Amber couldn’t see her mother, but war planners were bustling around everywhere. Saguaro was standing near the middle, talking to a messenger. “After the students leave…” he was saying, but Amber couldn’t hear him anymore because something dark purple wrapped itself around her. “Hi Amber! Where’s your mom, or, let’s say, where’s the future queen’s Mother?” said a voice that Amber recognized immediately. “NightSky!” they wrapped themselves in another hug. A rabbit named Leopard walked up to them. “Excuse me, but, WHAT IS A MOONEAR DOING IN HERE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?” she said loud enough for everyone to hear. “Even though you are a SunEar princess, it doesn’t mean you get to invite traitors to our home,” Leopard smirked while guards came to arrest NightSky. The MoonEars had given the SnowEars their trust and honesty during 'The War For Land' Ever since then, they were all considered traitors. All except one family... NightSky looked around worriedly. Amber jumped in quickly. “Guards, this is my godmother's daughter. The Queen is her godmother, so we are… technically sisters,” Godsisters, she thought but didn’t say. 
“SO…. Hear me out, I’m not here to hurt anybody. I’m a Ruby Mountain messenger. Want some proof? Look at my badge,” NightSky held her badge out, and Amber admired it. “Hmph,” Leopard folded her hands and glared at Amber as she sauntered away, with the guards at her heels. They were cousins, and they had been enemies ever since birth, so Leopard had always tried to ruin her life. 
“So, why are you worried about Mother? She’s fine, but if you need something from her, go ask NightCrusher where she is. AND, I can probably do anything Mother does,” Amber said after everyone left. “OK, I guess,” she shrugged. “We just need two more SunEars for Ruby Mountain.” Amber didn’t even realize it, but while they were walking they entered the queen’s room. “Wait! Mother has a list of people who want to go to Ruby Mountain. It’s in here somewhere…” Amber pushed aside a stack of papers, and it revealed a book with a wooden cover, with the letters SEC  T   D R painted on the top corner. “Whoa,” she breathed, not taking her eyes off the ancient symbols carved all over it.
Amber flipped the book open to a random page. She could see that words had once been there, but only some letters now remained. She flipped back to the first page and started reading.  ecre f   e r/Am th  t. Can’   e l Amb r or  ol . Must h ve  m th  t des  oy d. All the letters made her head hurt, but she recognized a few words. “Can’t tell Amber,” she whispered, puzzling over the short phrase. Can’t tell me what? Nobody dares to hide secrets from me. But what if it’s secret war plans Mother doesn’t want me to know? Why is everything so confusing these days?!?!?!?! 
“Ummm………. Amber? Is this it?” NightSky asked. Amber shoved the book behind a stack of more books. She ran towards NightSky’s voice,  and found her standing beside one of the queen’s beds. “Yeah. Hmm……….. I guess I choose Sandy and…” Amber paused. There’s just one name on the list, and I know Dunes would love to go to Ruby Mountain. Would he stop screaming if I chose him? We’ll just have to see. She thought. “And Dunes,” Amber said. “Okay, it’s settled. See ya at Ruby Mountain girly,” with that, NightSky flew out the window, and Amber was alone again. 
She grabbed the ancient book, hugged it to her chest, and walked into her room. She his the book underneath the bed, and then sat down. Her room had light blue walls, with magenta curtains on the window. 
Her bed was at the side of the room, closest to the door. A bookcase sat beside the bed. Her bed was a light blue mattress with a light yellow and a white-with-yellow-and-blue-stars. A small crack underneath the window flowed with water, like a waterfall, and beside it lay a floor-to-cieling mirror. By the mirror was a closet. A small sofa was underneath the window, with some of the finest sands on it. Honestly, it was the room of any SunEar girl's dreams. And luckily, Amber got it since she was the princess. Amber was caught in the sticky web of her thoughts, but then she realized... Hey… Why am I still sitting here? NightSky left ten minutes ago. And then, Amber heard a bloodcurling shriek, unmistakably Gold’s.
====CHAPTER TWO====
-THREE DAYS LATER-
Amber decided that flying around the palace could clear her mind. over the past three days, five dead SunEar bodies were found, and they disappeared within an hour of their discovery. Amber and gold have been bombarded by journalists, interviewers, almost anyone, because Amber found the spear, and Gold found the first body. Amber's head hurt. Instead, flying around the palace only filled it with memories, good and bad. As she flew through a fence meant for keeping young rabbits out, her mind flashed back to the time she met Sandy, her… finance? The meeting had been fine, but Sandy had gotten worse ever since.
-:-
Amber ran around the palace, chasing an enchanted earring she made for Mother. It would make the wearer have wisdom, beauty, and kindness, day and night. A wire fence appeared in front of her, with a sign that said “DO NOT ENTER UNLESS YOU ARE FOUR AND OLDER”. The earring disappeared, diving through a gap in the fence. “Argh! That was Mother’s birthday present!” Amber yelled. “I’m not even four yet!” she kicked the ground in frustration. 
“Hello, my dear princess. What are you screaming about?” said a yellow rabbit with white spots. “Did you lose something- wait. Where are my manners? My name is Sandy, at your assistance. I’m also four years old, so I can pass the fence,” he said, putting a hand on her shoulder. Amber shook it off. “How DARE you touch me?!?!?!?!? I’M THE PRINCESS! I TAKE ORDERS FROM NOBODY!” she took a deep breath and continued. “I can break every rule I want to, and nobody can get mad at me,” she flew over the fence, and heard Sandy’s voice behind her. “Your voice is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard, especially when you are yelling!” he called out. 
Amber rolled her eyes, retrieved the earring, and flew back to find Mother standing beside Sandy. “Amber…” Mother’s eyes gave her a warning that they would have a long talk later that day. Mother looked at Sandy and smiled. “Have you met this brilliant young man, Amber? His mother and I have arranged your wedding, which will occur exactly seven years from now. If you can’t understand what that means, basically he’s your finance. His name is Sandy, and-” Ambertine gasped as Sandy slung an arm around Amber. “OMG. You two look so cute together! Your story WILL be the most romantic love story ever! I can just see both of you as king and queen ruling over the SunEar kingdom!” Mother sighed. Amber desperately wanted to shake Sandy’s arm off, but for Mother’s sake… She knew that Mother must be out of her mind to think like this. Once they would have time to talk, Mother would say that it was all a joke. Or better yet, Amber would wake up to find that this was all a nightmare. 
She definitely thought that Sandy was a peculiar rabbit, and ever since they met, Mother had forbidden Amber to date any boys other than him. Sometimes, Amber would dream of running away from the safety of her kingdom, but just the thought of the danger outside would terrify her. When Sandy would ask her out, she would make the most stupid excuse to get away from him. Amber even found out that he was going to Ruby Mountain just because of her. The very thought of Ruby Mountain brought her back to the present.
-:-
Amber checked the clock right as a horn blew in the distance, followed by Saguaro’s voice. “All Ruby Mountain students, please proceed to the royal balcony. I repeat, Ruby Mountain students to the royal balcony,” Amber could just imagine Saguaro bending over to pick up some MORE papers while talking into the intercom. She giggled, flying out a window, and luckily the balcony was right below her. 
Amber could see Leopard lying on a lounging chair, sunbathing even though her fur was already a beautiful rare shade of gold and brown. Leopard smirked when Amber landed. “Look’s like you didn’t beat me this time,” she said as she stood up stretching her arms. “Well, I’m sure even YOU didn’t beat me. It looks like you've been lying here for hours, being your usual lazy self,” Amber shrugged. Leopard opened her mouth, but nothing came out for a while. 
While Leopard was silent, Amber got her travel bag. “Umm… Are you still with Sandy, or has he FINALLY realized that I’m his real future wife? How many dates has he gone with you? You already know my secret, so please hook me up with him!!!!!” Leopard pleaded. Amber sighed. “Sandy doesn’t see you as anything other than a future servant. I really wish that YOU are the one who will be with him. AND, FYI, I have never gone on a date with Sandy, and I hope I never will!” “Do you promise?” at this point, tears were rolling down Leopard’s cheeks. “I swear and promise upon NightCrusher,” Amber said. This was the only secret both of them shared. Amber’s hatred for Sandy, and Leopard’s love for Sandy. 
“I just wish we could…” Leopard said after a few minutes of silence. “Hurry up and get to Ruby Mountain? Same,” Amber frowned, looking at a mob of rabbits flying towards them. Sandy was at the head of the group, waving a piece of paper. “Look at this, my dear future wife. It is a petition, and half the kingdom signed it. The rest are here so I can sing you the most melodious song you have ever heard. They are my choir!” Sandy launched the whole group of rabbits into the most stupid song Amber ever heard. “Oh, Amber, dear princess, go on a date with meeeee!!!!!!!!!!!” Sandy yelled. 
Queen Ambertine flew in from the distance, covering her ears. “WHO THE HECK IS MAKING THIS RACKET!” Ambertine screamed. “I’m sorry, your majesty, it was only for my finance, of course,” Sandy said, bowing instantly. “Ahh, it’s OK Sandy, we are just a little bit behind on schedule, so we need to hurry up,” Ambertine’s tone changed instantly. “OK, now we must take off. Everybody in a single file line behind me. Give your luggage to Saguaro,” Ambertine went back to her queenly mood, and she took off with nine rabbits trailing behind her. On the trip, Amber thought about the chaos going on at home. Gold had found a dead body of a rabbit, and Amber’s spear gave her tribe hope for finding the murderer, but rabbit bodies just kept on appearing everywhere. Nobody knew who they were, and they disappeared after they were found. Amber and Gold had been bombarded with so many interviewers over the past three days. Her head hurt from all the attention, and worse, Amethyst disappeared. I hope Ruby Mountain doesn’t have any problems. Home is turning into a prison, so going to Ruby Mountain might actually be refreshing. Nothing bad could happen, right? 
-:-
Once the tribe got to Ruby Mountain, Amber could see that the MoonEars and CloudEars had already gotten there. Surprisingly the FlameEars, the weakest tribe, was there too. A large sign was hung up in front of the main entrance, saying WELCOME RABBITSin multicolored letters. NightSky and a few other rabbits were darting underneath it, passing papers around to everyone. “Hi Amber! I’m really sorry, but I can’t hang out right now. Here, take this,” she handed her a piece of paper, and then ran away. On it was written this:
RUBY CAVE    DIAMOND CAVE    SAPPHIRE CAVE
SunEar: Dunes                           Amber                                    Aurora
LeafEar: Daylily                         Evergreen                              Apple
SnowEar: Blizzard                     Diamond                               SnowStorm
MoonEar: Nebula                      Midnight                               NightSky
FlameEar: Burn                         Fireworm                               Fire
CloudEar: Skylight                    Piper                                      Thunder
AquaEar: Clown                        Ripple                                     Marina
OPAL CAVE    EMERALD CAVE    AMETHYST CAVE
      Sandy                                Leopard                            Cactus                                       
                                                  Blossom                             Tulip
        Icy                                     Antarctic                           Narwal
        Mooncaster                     DarkNight                          SecretFinder
        Lava                                  Bloodfinder                       Flare
        Rainfall (Hybrid)              Storm                                Curl
        Fishy                                 Lobster                              Octopus
Amber read it while walking into Ruby Mountain. THUD! She crashed into an adult LeafEar, whose fur was bright shades of neon. “Oops. I’m Raindrop, the co-head mistress of Ruby Mountain. Also, I’m the introductant. And you are… Aurora? No, no… you’re Amber,” she said, studying Amber’s face closely. “Well, your cave is down the left hallway, Diamond Cave, third room. That’s where you can drop your stuff off. There’s an assembly starting in thirty minutes,” Raindrop started walking off, and Amber had to run to catch up. “Oh, you’ll love your room, it has a…” Amber wasn’t listening anymore. 
She saw something sparkly on the ground, so she silently crouched to pick it up when a FlameEar ran up to them, panting heavily. “Professor Raindrop! One of our teachers is dead!” he glanced at Amber, stopped walking, and then fainted. What was that about?!?!?! She looked down, but the object she had seen before was gone. “Fire… Wake up,” Raindrop muttered. When Amber looked up again, her stomach flipped. Standing in front of her was the probably most beautiful dragon on Cuniculus. Her fur was red, shading into orange. Gold spots danced across her body, and her eyes were an astonishing shade of icy blue.  The second their eyes locked, the beautiful rabbit froze, just like Fire. “Ugh. Fire, you stupid, idiotic, brother. He’s not dead YET. There might be a chance to save him,” she said, scowling in Amber’s direction while kicking Fire’s limp body. “Professor, you didn’t tell me that SHE would be here,” the rabbit pointed to Amber. “Fireworm… Let’s talk about this later, okay? Right now, show me what’s wrong,” Raindrop said. She wouldn’t look at Amber. Why am I important??? And, am I crushing on Fireworm? Well, no.... I can't be crushing on HER. What if I crush on someone else? Oh, Mother would NEVER allow this to happen, she thought. 
The scowly rabbit- Fireworm- led them down the hallway. Or, she let Raindrop down the hallway, but Amber wanted to see who died. “Over here,” Fireworm pointed to a motionless LeafEar on the ground. A large gash, dripping with blood, ran down his neck to his stomach. "Can you save him?" Fireworm asked, still glaring at Amber. Amber didn’t need to look at him longer to know how he was feeling. His fur was white, showing signs of shock and betrayal. Raindrop checked for his pulse. Amber turned away from the teacher, and saw tears rolling down Raindrop’s cheeks. “It’s no use. As of now, Professor Apple, my father, is dead,” Raindrop said quietly.
=== =CHAPTER THREE====
-SECRETFINDER'S VISION-
Amber felt horrible, like she was guilty, and sad, like she knew Apple as a friend. “I should go tell the others,” Raindrop whispered between sobs. “Oh!” she looked up as if she just saw Amber standing there. “Amber honey, you can put your things in your room. You're in the right hallway, but it’s Diamond Cave, third room,” Raindrop turned to the, scowly, rabbit named Fireworm. “And Fireworm… Princess Amber will be a topic in our assembly,” with that, Raindrop fled the scene. “I’d better go before you kill me too,” Fireworm mumbled while she started to walk away. “You shouldn’t even be here. Also, stop staring at me. It’s creepy, like I’m the next person you’re going to murder.” “I’m not going to murder you. I’m not even a murderer” Amber said. “Yes, you are. Professor Apple here is dead because of you,” Fireworm glared at Amber, then ran away. What did I do? I didn’t even know Professor Apple even existed before today. Also, what’s HER problem?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? 
GONG! Amber walked outside, and saw rabbits all from all types of tribes holding millions of bags. “The luggage carriers are here!” a MoonEar next to her exclaimed. Amber looked at him, and their eyes locked. He immediately ran away, and Amber’s brain was spinning in confusion. Maybe something from home would cheer me up. I think that’s what the luggage carriers are for. THAT'S where Mother took my stuff. At exactly the same moment, the SnowEars and LeafEars arrived. Amber looked around for one of the Royalty Carriers, but her eyes met with a SnowEar’s. They stared at each other for a moment, but the SnowEar quickly turned away. What the HECK is going on?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Amber retrieved her things and went to her cave. {Which she sadly had to share} The common was a pretty good size, with a fireplace in the corner. Multicolored lanterns hung from the roof, displaying their light. Books and scrolls were arranged in their bookcases. Three sofas were placed around a rug next to the fireplace. There were seven caves, each with a name carved above the entrance. One was labeled EVERGREEN, another PIPER, RIPPLE, DIAMOND, MIDNIGHT, FIREWORM, and the last one was labeled AMBER. A couch was laid out underneath a window, and it had sand all over it. The sunlight made the bed warm, and the sand sparkled. It reminded Amber of her mother’s bed, made from the silkiest, softest sand in the whole desert. 
When she was little and there was a sandstorm at night, she would leave her dark room to sleep with her Mother. Those moments were the best ones of her life, before Gold was born, before Amber found out that Amethyst existed, and before she met Sandy, her life was perfect and drama-free. Amber felt a pang of sadness thinking about the palace. 
She face-planted onto the amazing couch, deciding that she would stay there forever. Well, maybe not FOREVER, just until she could leave this StUpId place. Her comfort was disturbed by a cheerful voice. “HEL-LO! YOU are my cavemate. Hmm… You’re probably sleeping. That’s OK, I’ll get to know you later! Or I could wake you up… meh, that doesn’t sound like a good idea. What’s your name? I bet it’s Sunshine. OR, it could be Sleepyhead. No, Sleepyface. Wait! It’s Snoreyface. Yes, your name MUST be Snoreyface. I wonder… Who ARE our other cavemates? Maybe Piper is a CloudEar. Or a MoonEar! Phew! This room is really nice-looking, but it’s a little too hot. Ohhh! That cave with my name looks VERY cold, am I right? This is going to be my favorite place on Cuniculus, just me and my bed, while Snoreyface snores away. These other cavemates of ours better not be boring! I’d hate that, six boring cavemates…” the energetic voice would not stop talking. “Allright,” Amber sleepily mumbled, clearly annoyed. “Just talk a little slower, before you give me a headache,” Amber rubbed her eyes, got up, and observed the rabbit in front of her. 
She was a SnowEar, with a diamond headdress, and she was holding TONS of bags. Kind of like Saguaro and his papers. She smiled at the thought. The only thing about this rabbit that was concerning was the look on her face. This one’s facial expression was whispering “Please don’t kill me, please don’t kill me, please don’t kill me. By the way, I’m terrified of you, so please don’t kill me.” “What do I look like to you, a murderer? Everybody’s been giving me weird looks all day, except for the teachers, but even Raindrop mentioned that I’m a ‘topic in the assembly’ You know what? Just tell me what’s going on,” Amber was done with all the nonsense about her being “the murderer”. The look on the rabbit’s face softened. 
“Well, Snoreyface-'' she started. “Amber, my name is Amber,” Amber hissed. “Amber, what a pretty name,'' the SnowEar said in awe. “LET’S GET TO THE POINT!” Amber yelled. “Fine, fine. By the way, my name is Diamond. You know SecretFinder? The one from Amethyst Cave? She had a vision, and, well… you were in it. She said that there was a SunEar standing on a tall plateau, who was you. There were dragons from all different tribes flying towards you, with so many weapons. All you did was flick your fingers, and they started to murder themselves. Each one fell into the depths of a dark abyss. Then, one last attacker came up to you. She was a weird creature, not a rabbit, but she looked like a different version of a MoonEar. You clapped your hands, and she… OK, the next part is REALLY gruesome. I’m not sure you want to hear it,” Diamond winced. “It’s OK, continue,” Amber wasn’t sure about what she would hear next. “Well, she dug out her heart, and she… she… she swallowed it whole. Then she joined the other bodies at the bottom of the abyss,” Diamond closed her eyes, as if she was imagining SecretFinder’s vision. “You’re right, I didn’t want to hear that,” Amber grimaced. “But, do you really think that was me? My sister Amethyst also looks like me, but she’s a LOT uglier. She also really likes to murder things. This one time, Amethyst saw this mouse. It was Gold’s, my OTHER sister, pet. Amethyst murdered it, and threw its guts on the royal balcony. Mother didn’t like that. Amethyst got grounded for a month.” “Wait! I forgot this detail. Your eyes weren't blue. They were black,” Diamond fell quiet for a moment, and so did Amber, until they heard a rabbit humming. “This is the right room, right?” said a CloudEar who appeared in the doorway. 
She had tufts of fur on her forehead and ears, and she had round glasses. “Yup, this IS the right room. Hi y'all, I’m Piper,” she said, looking at a piece of paper she was holding. Diamond and Amber introduced themselves, and soon they all were laughing. “Who knew you were so funny, Piper?” Amber said through tears of humor. “Hey, it’s a CloudEar trait, don't insult our tribe” Piper made another hilarious face, and Amber burst out laughing again. 
“Hey, do any of you have an ability?” Diamond asked. “Yeah, I’m a Wishgranter, but I vowed not to grant anyone ‘till my fifth birthday. Sorry Diamond. What about ya’ Amber?” Piper asked. “Well, I’m an… Amethyst. I haven't vowed to anything though,” Amber shrugged. “My mother, the queen, would do anything to have an Amethyst in her kingdom. Can you turn one of us SnowEars into one?” Diamond pleaded. “Is Queen Taiga outside?” Amber came up with a nice plan which would make everyone happy. “Hmm… I dunno. Let’s go check!” Diamond bounded out, and Amber and Piper followed closely behind. 
Outside of Ruby Mountain, Amber found her mother, Queen Ambertine, talking to Queen Taiga. “Hello Mother, hello your majesty. Princess Diamond here had informed me that you are in need of an Amethyst,” Amber turned to Diamond. “Please come up here, Princess Diamond.” Technically, she didn't need to say Princess Diamond because Amber was also a princess, but she just wanted everything to go smoothly with her and the SnowEar Queen. 
When Diamond stood next to Amber, Amber rested her hands around one of Diamond’s spikes. “I enchant Princess Diamond of the SnowEars to now be an Amethyst, and to always be an Amethyst,” Amber said. “Oh! This is amazing! You will always have my blessings, Amber. You are such a divine SunEar, much better than your mother,” Taiga whispered the last part quietly, but Amber could hear her. So could Ambertine. “That’s Princess Amber to you… Icicle!” Ambertine said as she ripped an earring off the other queen’s ear. Taiga's face changed into an older, uglier version of Taiga. So, Taiga is not young and youthful.... She's Icicle?!?!?! 
Amber looked at the earring. She noticed the details on it. It was the same one she had got for Mother, but surprisingly, it was on Taiga’s ear. “Mother! But… but I got… that… I got that for you!” Amber sputtered. “Yes, you got it for me, but you can’t fool me, Amber. I can smell magical objects from kingdoms away, and I was afraid of what this would do to me. So I shipped it off to Taig- Icicle here, also, the world isn’t ending just ‘cause I didn’t accept some lame gift,” Ambertine rolled her eyes. “Excuse me! Bullying your own daughter! That’s the lamest thing I’ve ever heard. Also, this is Queen Taiga. Icicle died years ago, so  Queen Taiga inherited the throne,” Piper said, jumping into the argument. “And you are?” Ambertine said, a smirk spreading across her face. “Piper of the CloudEars,” she said triumphantly. “Ugh. A lowly servant. And Taiga never existed. Her mother never died. The earring changed Icicle’s ugly looks. She knew that nobody would recognize her, so she made up a shy daughter who never came into the spotlight. After that, she faked dying, put the earring on, and boom. Queen Taiga was born,” Ambertine clapped her hands together and continued. “I’m sorry, old friend,” she spat the word out. “We’re at war now. And Amber, I hope you kill Diamond within three months. That’s the only way I’ll call it off. Goodbye,” and with that, Queen Ambertine flew off, and war started.
-:-
“I’m so sorry,” Amber said after a few minutes of confusion. Mother thinks I am starting this war. It’s working in her favor. She knows I won't kill Diamond, and she wants the SnowEars and SunEars to battle up to a point where the SnowEars go to genocide. And me making a SnowEar Amethyst for Taig-Icicle is giving Mother a reason to go to war with her, and I’d be the reason so many rabbits will die, just like how I killed Fath- No, I can't think about that. I didn't kill him. That mysterious- Amber thought about her father. His warm smile and bright blue eyes were some of the only things she could remember about him. 
She felt a tap on her shoulder, followed by Raindrop’s voice. “All the tribes are here, but I have a meeting with the professors. Can you do my job as introductant for me?” she whispered. “Umm… No?” Amber said thinking about all the people that hated her. “Great! This is all you need. Maybe you could also use a partner too? Oh, now that I think about it, I’m not sure you can do this alone…” Raindrop said, biting her nails. All Amber could think was EWWWWWWW!!!!!!! “Uh, I said no...” it took her all her strength to not scream "YOU ARE GROSS! CHEWING YOUR NAILS IS THE WORST HABIT I COULD THINK OF!” “Just grab a partner," Raindrop yelled, flying to a different room. 
"Hiya bestie! Whatcha’ doing?” icy arms were wrapped around Amber’s neck, and she immediately knew it was Diamond. “Owww!!! You’re REALLY cold. Anyways, I’m the new introductant, approved by Raindrop,” Amber sighed. “Ohhh! Interesting. Can me and Piper help you?” Diamond asked. Amber walked into Ruby Mountain and saw all the rabbits glaring at her. “Yeah,” she said, as Diamond ran off to get Piper. I’m not the one in that stupid vision! SecretFinder is a lying scoundrel! Amber's brain screamed. 
Diamond came back with Piper, and they started working. Any rabbit would look at Amber, and then they would say “Umm. Can I have Diamond or Piper walk me to my room instead?” It was annoying, and in the end, only one rabbit let Amber walk him. This is how they met: 
A LeafEar walked up to Amber, Diamond, and Piper. He had a scar on his right eye, and his fur kept on changing colors, showing that he could be nervous. He was also pretty cute. “Umm… Excuse me, but... where do I put my luggage? Also, my name is Evergreen,” he asked politely. Amber was too distracted by his good looks to answer. Diamond poked her in the ribs. “He’s in our cave,” Diamond whispered, then turned to Evergreen. “You can put your luggage in your room. Which one of us should walk you there? The hallways here are really complicated. Amber could take you there, right Amber?” Diamond said. “Yeah, I can do that,” Amber stared dreamily at Evergreen. “Sure… Umm… Come on Amber,” Evergreen said awkwardly. 
“Don’t you believe in ‘The vision’?” Amber asked him while they walked in the hallway. He turned away from her and sighed. “Yeah, I do,” he said. “Then… Why aren’t you scared of me?” “Look Amber, you aren’t a horrible, scary rabbit YET. My father always told me ‘What happens in the future depends on what you do in the present’ Basically, you aren’t a monster yet, and you might never be one. Prophecies and visions are here to tell us the bad things about the future. It’s what we do or make that can change them. If you do good things in life, good things come out of it. So, if you don’t do anything evil with your Amethyst magic, then you won’t become the rabbit in that vision,” he said. Evergreen’s words were wise, and Amber was sure she actually had a crush on him, she just couldn't tell yet. 
Evergreen at least likes me as a friend. Maybe I should stop using my magic, like he said. WAIT! How does he know that I’m an Amethyst?????? "I- I'm not an Amethyst, what are you talking about?" Amber said, trying to fake confusion but failing miserably. “Don’t be silly, you are,” Evergreen said. “But- but then- how do you know?” “There's something on your back, and, you REALLY might want to check it out.” Amber pulled a sign off her back, with the words ‘I’M AN AMETHYST’ written in yellow, bold letters. She immediately knew who put it there. “How could you think that this is funny?” Amber asked. “‘Cause it is,” Evergreen said. “IT’S NOT!” Amber yelled. “OK, OK. I’m sorry,” Evergreen grabbed the paper and ripped it into pieces. Amber smiled. She shoved him. “Ouch!!!!!! What are your hands made of????????” Evergreen playfully yelled. “I don’t know, but I feel like we're going to be friends,” Amber said as she shoved him again. 
====CHAPTER FOUR====
-DEATH OF FISHY- 
“HELLO EVERYBODY!!!! WELCOME TO OUR 3rd YEAR OF RUBY MOUNTAIN!!!!!!” bellowed a CloudEar. “My name is Professor Fog, head-mistress of Ruby Mountain. Before we get started, let’s thank our luggage carriers-” Fifteen rabbits got up onto the stage, took a bow, and ran off. “-and let us also thank our messengers!” she yelled. NightSky and six other rabbits came up onto the stage. Amber waved towards her, but NightSky wouldn’t even look at her. The messengers ran off. 
"Next, I would like to summon Aurora and Princess Amber of the SunEars up onto the stage,” whispers rippled throughout the crowd as Amber and the other rabbit ran up. Amber recognized Aurora as on of NightSky's ex-girlfriends. “Now, Amber and Aurora here are NOT in that stupid, idiotic vision that SecretFinder had. For one, Amber’s eyes are blue, and Aurora’s are purple. Plus, they are not even near the size of that rabbit. Also, neither of these guys are an Amethyst. Right guys?” Fog asked. “I’m not an Amethyst,” Aurora said. “Um…  I’m not one either,” Amber said, the lie spreading across her tongue faster than she could blink. Suddenly, an AquaEar started to choke and cough. “Fishy!” Raindrop was at his side immediately. “NightSky! take him to the healers. Quickly. We can’t have a student die here, not like Jade Mountain,” Raindrop said. 
Fishy stopped moving while NightSky briefly checked for his pulse. “It's too late. Fishy is dead,” NightSky said solemnly. “LIAR!” a MoonEar yelled. “LIAR!” she repeated while pointing at Amber. “IT’S HER! SHE IS KILLING HIM! AMBER HAS TO BE AN AMETHYST, BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONE FROM MY VISION!” yelled a rabbit who had to be SecretFinder. “But I’m not-” Amber started. “I WAS ONE OF THE RABBITS WHO DIED! I WILL KILL YOU, EVEN IF I HAVE TO DIE FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!” SecretFinder lunged at Amber, and then the world went dark. 
-:-
Amber woke up in a large, white cave. She tried to sit up, but her back felt like it was on fire. “Where am I?” she croaked. "The Healer’s House,” said a male FlameEar who appeared in the doorway. A tag on his chest read ‘Healer Blood.’ “It’s gonna scar, that one is,” he said, pointing to a gash on Amber’s leg which was bleeding heavily. Amber finally noticed all the scratches, gashes, and bites. She remembered the battle with SecretFinder and started screaming. Amber remembered SecretFinder scratching her while Amber bit her. She remembered the strong force which bounced her back before she fainted. And before she fainted, Amber remembered one of her barbs brushing SecretFinder’s back- the horror that she could have killed her. “It’s ‘K miss. Stop yelling,” Blood said. 
Amber spotted a stack of… of… somethings with a sign beside them saying ‘Floating Hammocks! Do work even when you’re injured!’ If I get a floating hammock, then maybe I could sort out this whole stupid mess. Amber thought. “Get me one of those,” Amber said, pointing to the stack. “Miss, we can’t let you out. Professor Raindrop ordered-” Blood started. “I am ORDERING, GET ME A FLOATING HAMMOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Amber hissed. “Is SecretFinder screaming again?” called a voice from the hallway. A dark blue rabbit walked inside the cave room. She had light blue scales, which would probably light up, and her sapphire earrings clashed beautifully with her emerald green eyes. Her fur had jet black spots, which looked like a leopard’s because	because of how they were shaped. “Oh! Amber, you’re awake,” she said. “I’m Professor Celeste, teacher of the beautiful arts of magic. I might see you in my class sometime soon, since there are only 9 kids here with magical abilities. I also happen to be the leader of the healers,” she said, then she turned to Blood with an awestruck look in her eyes.			     
Is that how I looked when I met Evergreen? Bah, I just think of Evergreen as a brother. Right? I HOPE that I don’t have a crush on him. But what if I do? “Celeste, she wants to do exactly what SecretFinder wanted to do. Tell her what Raindrop said,” Blood told her in a demanding tone. Celeste’s smile vanished. “Yes, of course. Children these days want to save the world, even if they might die in the next minute,” she sighed. “Oh well, Amber, you can-” Celeste’s voice was cut off by some yelling. “GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU STUPID FU----- IMPOSTER!!!!!” said a voice which sounded very much like Diamond’s. “Yeah!” Piper’s voice chimed in. “Well, AMBER IS MY BESTIE!!! SHUT UP YOU STUPID IDIOT!!!!” said another voice which had to be NightSky’s. “Guys,” that was all Amber could croak out before all three of them were at her side. 
“Amber, Amber, Amber! I thought you were dead, but Celeste said you would make it. Guess what?!?!?! I just met the CUTEST rabbit. His name is Ripple AND he’s in our cave!!!!! I think he might also have a crush on me too!!!! Isn’t that amazing?!?!?!?!?!” Diamond yelled. Blood shot both of them a dirty look, and Diamond quieted. “Also, there is a weird imposter who claims she’s your bestie. Do you know her?” Diamond whispered in a rush. “Wait,” Amber touched her head, which throbbed dangerously. “How long have I been asleep?” Amber asked. She needed to know what had happened. “You’ve been unconscious for nearly two weeks,” said NightSky. “ACK! IT’S HER! SHE’S ATTACKING YOU!!!!!” Diamond yelped. “Who’s attacking Amber? I must save you, like your prince charming!!!” Evergreen suddenly dissolved out of thin air, making a wall between her and NightSky. “Oh yes, save me, my dear prince charming! I am stuck on this bed, while NightSky is murdering me!!!!” Amber threw a hand over her head while talking sarcastically. “Seriously guys, no one is even getting close to me except for Diamond and Piper. Anyways, NightSky and I have been friends FOREVER. Partly because her mother is my godmother, but also ‘cause my mother is her godmother. And NightSky, these are some friends from my cave,” Amber explained. 
Her leg started to throb along with her head, which did NOT help. “Should I heal it?” Diamond whispered quietly. “Sure, but make sure there’s still a scar, so people know that I’ve been in a fight,” Amber grinned. “By the way, how’s SecretFinder?” I hope I didn’t kill her. I’m not a murderer. Is she dead? Is she hurt? Amber, stop worrying about somebody who hated you and attacked you. If she’s dead, there’s no need to worry about her. She spread rumors about you, so you have every right to hate her. “I’m right here, traitor,” hissed a voice across the room. SecretFinder was sitting up in her bed, with bandages all over her. Her back had a huge scar, which a nurse was tending with some type of potion. The nurse left the room, and SecretFinder’s eyes turned dead white. The room darkened. “W-what’s happening?” Piper said. Then, SecretFinder started talking in a deep, dark tone.
“One day the destructor will come out, 
but only on the day Sunset dies
and Darkness will be born.
Together with her partner
she creates five trials,
the most dangerous, deadly trials.
Only six stand in their way.
The ones of white, silver, gold, 
red, blue, and purple.
The ones of visions, crushing, 
tears, shapeshifting, mind control, 
and talking to the dead.
They will destroy the destructor
on the darkest day.
Her partner will not
die, nor live.
He will bring darkness upon us all,
unless, 
one of the six dies.”
THUD! SecretFinder fell over, and the room lit up again. Everyone was quiet, untill Celeste and Blood came in. NightSky explained what happened, and Celeste and Blood whisked SecretFinder out of the room. “Piper, we’ve got something dramatic to tell Midnight!” Diamond and Piper bounded out. “I have a meeting with Fog soon, so I guess I should go too,” NightSky said, looking out the window. Only Evergreen was left. “I could save you from the destructor, perhaps,” he said awkwardly. “Yeah,” Amber said, her insides spinning. He actually cares. He doesn’t think that I’m the destructor. But WHO IS the destructor! It’s obviously a girl. BUT WHO!!!!!!! 
Amber felt a wave in the air, like something big was changing. VERY big. She sat up, suddenly feeling powerful. MAYBE, I could do this… Amber jumped off her bed, grabbed a pillow and a blanket. “I enchant this pillow to be a fake rabbit (who looks exactly like the rabbit who is saying the spell) who is sleeping whenever anybody says ‘I’m not actually sleeping!’ When they say ‘I need a pillow!’ it will turn back into a very normal pillow,” Amber giggled. “Wait, so… I’m not actually sleeping?” Evergreen said, confused. Nothing happened. “No! Like this, I’m not actually sleeping!!!” Amber yelled in a sing-songy voice. “Shut up! I’m trying to sleep!” yelled a voice from another room. Amber fell over laughing. 
“Now I can hang out with you all, while everyone else thinks that I’m just resting! What should we do first? Let’s go meet the rest of our group! C’mon Evergreen! Onward!” Amber yelled, pointing out the door. “What about your injuries,” Evergreen asked, worried. “The pain was in my leg, but I’m fine now. Ooh! Can you take me on a tour of Ruby Mountain??? Pleeeaassseee???” Amber pleaded with the best puppy eyes she could make. “Fine,” Amber and Evergreen walked out into a wide hallway. “But first we meet the rest of our ca- hey, what’s wrong?” Evergreen asked. 
Something small that glinted in the distance was flying towards them. “Hello… THE DEVIL'S SISTER! Go and kill… Evergreen,” said deep, dark voices together. “What! No!” Amber screamed. The scar on her leg burnt like it was on fire. “Go and kill Evergreen… Go and… kill Evergreen… Go… and… Kill… Evergreen…”  the voices said, getting quieter and quieter until Amber couldn’t hear them anymore. “No! I won’t listen to you! Ever!” she screamed. Suddenly, the wind around her picked speed, racing around her. The destructor… Whoever they are… They want to kill Evergreen. Amber grabbed a paper and a rock, which were both flying in the whirlwind. 
“Rock, I enchant you to destroy whatever’s flying towards us right now. And paper, I enchant you to form a shield around whoever’s in danger of the destructor,” Amber shuddered thinking of the voices who called her. “The shield has to be strong enough so the sharpest dagger in Cuniculus can’t pierce it.” A bubble formed around Evergreen. “Wait- what’s happening?” he asked. “Don’t move. You’re in danger. I need to get closer to… the thing,” she said. “I can’t even move!” Evergreen called after her. Amber ran towards the object, which was a dagger. The rock was already there, but it looked like the dagger was winning the fight. The dagger pinned it down, and then it flew straight towards Amber. “Ahhhhh!!!!” she yelled, but the dagger swerved away just in time. Instead, it flew to Evergreen. It aimed itself at him, but it bounced off the bubble. “Ha!” Amber yelled, satisfied. “You can’t reach him!” The dagger turned to Amber, as if he was alive. 
“A shield. I should have known this. You are very stupid, Amber. I’m not from Cuniculus, but I’m the sharpest thing ever made in Paradus. You can’t stop me now. Look up, this is life. But since you didn’t listen to me…”  said the voices. “You're a dagger. You can’t talk,” Amber said, trying to act brave, but she was terrified. She didn’t want to believe it. “Oh, but I can talk,” the dagger said. It spun around and pierced its tip into the shield. “Rock,” Amber gritted her teeth. “Destroy the dagger.” The rock used an element of surprise while it flew and attacked the dagger from behind. They both exploded into a cloud of dust, and the wind finally stopped. “Phew,” Amber said, sitting on the ground. “What was that? And where’s Paradus?” Evergreen asked. “You could hear it too?” Amber asked. “Yeah, it’s weird. Maybe we could go to the library to look for some scrolls about voices and books about Paradus” Evergreen stated. 
“Amber! I need to tell you- wait-what’s wrong with your eyes?” yelled a black rabbit who ran up to them. Amber looked at her reflection in a puddle of water. Her eyes were a crimson black, but they were always like that, right? Or were they once blue? She couldn’t remember anything but her name and her job. Her name was Se- no Am- no, no, it was Jewel. What was her job again? Killing the dragon in front of her. But there were two! Which one should she kill? “The MoonEar, you fool!” said a voice. Whose voice was that? Oh, it was Master. But didn’t she kill Master? No, Blue-Eyes did. Yes, Blue-Eyes killed Master. But then how is Master alive? Ugh, well what should she say? “Yes, continue your sentence,” Jewel said forcingly. “Um…” he stammered. Jewel looked back down to the puddle, and she saw rage in her eyes. “HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT ME!!!!!!!!” she bellowed. “Uh,” he said. “Well-” “I DON’T CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY! YOU DISRESPECTED ME!!!!!!!!!” Jewel roared. “Please Amber! I’m your-” “SHUT UP!!!!!” The rabbit’s body was picked up by an invisible force, and thrown against the wall. “Ow,” he shuddered. “Now, let’s do this again,” Jewel said in a sweet way. She leaned over and looked at the rabbit’s face. 
“Tell him not to tell Amber about the book she found in the queen’s room. Tell him to stay away from anything that has to do with Paradus. If he talks or doesn’t obey, kill him!” Master’s voice called out to her. “How should I murder him?” “Make it up as you go,” his voice said. “Not very good orders but, Ok,” Jewel looked back at the MoonEar. “Don’t you dare tell Amber about the book. Don’t you dare tell Amber about Paradus. Stay away from Paradus. Obey me, and you’ll live,” Jewel said in a dark tone. “But YOU are Amber,” he said. “No, I’m Jewel,” Jewel said, confused. “Kill him! He spoke!” “And also, I have to tell Amber everything about Paradus and the book. She’s my-” the MoonEar started. “You’re not obeying. You’re talking,” Jewel hissed. “YOU WILL PAY!!!!!!” She roared. “Amber please-” said the other rabbit. “NO! SHUT UP!” Jewel said to the other rabbit. 
“Now, let’s finish our business, shall we? Darkness’s claws, kill yourself by pulling your heart out,” Jewel didn’t know how she knew the stupid rabbit’s name, but there it was, floating in that messy brain of hers. “Darkness… kill yourself.” “N-No!” Darkness yelled. “NOW!!!” Jewel screamed. Darkness lifted his claws, horrified, and dug into his chest. “Yesssssssss…” Master whispered. Darkness was lying on the floor, with his heart beside him. A pool of blood was slowly forming around him. Jewel looked at the other rabbit, and his name suddenly appeared in her mind. “Evergreen, I had to kill him. He sent the dagger for you,” Jewel said, sweetly but in an evil way. “You don’t know that!?!?!? He looked like he was going to warn you about something!” Evergreen yelled. “Hush,” Jewel said in a calm tone. “Quiet down, Evergreen.” Jewel somehow knew what Evergreen was thinking. 
Her voice is so calming… I want to relax, but… I can’t. Or can I? Wait- What’s that?!?!? Evergreen’s abrupt change of emotions shocked Jewel. She looked in the direction Evergreen was looking in. Down at her leg, there was a scar. BUT, the scar was folding itself over, patching the tiny cuts and the long, jagged line. Then Evergreen leaped at her, making a new scar where the old one was. Jewel screamed. She yelled and kicked the walls. Jewel- wait, who was Jewel? Wasn’t she Am- 
“Amber, Amber! Get up!” a voice yelled. Amber opened her eyes and looked up at shadowy shapes. “She’s awake!” the same voice yelled. Amber sat up and looked around her. She was in the Healer’s House. Again. Amber's brain felt muddled and messy. Evergreen was sitting beside her bed, and Celeste was looking through a medicine cabinet. “That was a really smart trick with the pillow. Sadly, SecretFinder attacked it and ripped it to shreds. Your boyfriend, Evergreen here, explained everything,” Celeste said, grabbing a green paste. Amber felt her cheeks burn. “He’s not my boyfriend,” she whispered. “Well, I ship you. Ambergreen for life!” Celeste yelled. “Noooooooooo,” Amber said, sinking in her bed. “Anyways, you should be good to go now. Your scar seems fine,” Celeste said. “You wanna find books about Paradus now?” Evergreen asked, running out the door. “Sure,” Amber replied.
Then Celeste pulled her aside. “I know about Jewel. And the scar. I have a solution, so meet me after class tomorrow to talk,” Celeste whispered. “Um. OK?” Amber said nervously. “Who’s Jewel though?” Amber asked. “Just go, please,” Celeste said. “Um. Sure?” Amber said, slowly walking out of the room. She and Evergreen then ran to the library. They ran in a hallway where there was a MoonEar lying on the floor, murdered. “Another murdered rabbit!” she yelled. “Let’s just get away from here…” Evergreen said, dragging Amber away from the sight. 
-:-
Once Amber stepped inside the library, it was like she stepped into a whole new world. On the walls was a beautiful mural. It was a painting of all the tribes in a war, but then coming to peace. There was a fireplace was in a clay cylinder bookcase, warming the room very much. Large windows let in a light breeze, which clashed perfectly with the heat.  Beside the windows were low platforms with stairs attached to them. Each platform was covered in blankets and pillows. Reading corners. Amber's mind muttered. Many bookcases were attached to the ceiling, others rested on the ground, and others were- Floating. She thought in awe.
Near the entrance, there was a large desk with leaves serving as a tablecloth. A SunEar, who must be the librarian, sat in a chair, which was moving up and down. He was holding scrolls and putting them in more floating bookcases. It’s so calm here. I wanna stay here forever, but with just Evergreen and no one else. Wait- Do I like Evergreen? I guess I do. He could always be my boyfriend. So, yeah, I don’t like him, I’m crushing on him. Amber, stop. Let’s just focus on the mystery land Paradus.
“Professor Sunspot, can I look for scrolls about a lost continent? Named Paradus?” Evergreen asked the librarian. “Paradus?” he asked in an old voice. Professor Sunspot turned around, and Amber gasped. He looked like he was ANCIENT, but at the same time, Amber recognized him very well. 
“Grandfather!” she yelled. “What are you doing here!” “Books are meant for me, so this is my home,” he said. “Nice, but what about Paradus?” Amber said. “Nobody can know about it,” Sunspot said. “Grandfather, you can tell me. I know how to keep secrets,” Amber pleaded. “Hmm… Do you promise?” Sunspot said forcingly. “Um. Yup!” she said, jumping up. “Fine, come over here,” Sunspot led them to a wall with the painting of a SnowEar slitting the throat of a SunEar. Behind the SnowEar, another SunEar was creeping up to her, getting his barbs ready. “Old enemies. The War For Land. Many of our ancestors died,” he whispered. 
Sunspot set his hand on the throat-slitted SunEar’s, and then the painting rearranged itself to make another one. This painting showed a map of their land, Cuniculus, and a map of another land- “This, this is Paradus,” he said, pointing to it. He then tapped an island on the map, the Island of Horror. Then, Sunspot tapped Cuniculus and Paradus at the same time, and a doorway appeared. “Go in, take whatever scrolls you need, and read them there. Whenever you’re ready to come back, ring the bell,” he said, leaving Amber and Evergreen alone. There was a moment of silence. “Let’s go now, Paradus sounds interesting if Grandfather wanted to keep it a secret,” Amber said, bounding inside the secret room. “Woah,” Evergreen said. SLAM! Amber turned around and saw that the wall closed. She pulled out a scroll and read it out loud. “Places Beyond: By Professor Vine,” she looked at Evergreen, confused. “I dunno who he is,” he shrugged. Amber started reading again:
“Places Beyond: By Professor Vine, librarian at Opal Mountain. Notice: This informational scroll is written in letters, from Professor Vine, librarian at Opal Mountain, to Professor Sunspot, librarian at Ruby Mountain. Vice versa.
Dear Sunspot,
If I had never met you, I wouldn’t know about the secret map. A mythical creature came to me and told me to tear it up, and hide all its pieces all over my land. The creature threatened me, so when I refused, it hid them itself. I don’t have very good memory, as you know, so I don’t know how to reach you anymore without this magical scroll. I am worried that the myths of the Wings of Fire will be forgotten.
-Vine.
Dear Vine,
What is the Wings of Fire?
-Sunspot.
Dear Sunspot, 
The myths of Wings of Fire are important to us. They are about these mythical creatures who we have descended from. They had tribes like us, but the names were different. Then at one point in time, they went extinct, and we came into being. You live on the ancient land of Pantala, and I live on the ancient land of Pyrrhia. How they went extinct, I do not know. But as of now, we are one of the only creatures who know about it. I am scared we will forget the history of our ancestors.
-Vine.
Dear Vine,
Thank you for the information, it has helped very much. I have told some other professors about the Wings of Fire. Also, in the next year of Ruby Mountain, my granddaughter Amber is coming! Now, if you can excuse me, I have a student to attend to.
-Sunspot.
Dear Vine,
It has been so long since our last meeting. What have you been up to? I want to know if you have anything else about Wings of Fire? I have started to gather information about prophecies, and I have pieced one together. Well, most of it anyways. It goes like this, ‘In fifty years, the one of destruction shall come. He shall be defeated by one named Amber, a rabbit, and one named Caspian, a leopard. The two will not be friends at first, but will bond over many things. If they are enemies forever, they both will suffer. If they are friends, the one of destruction will perish,’ I am sure the prophecy is about my granddaughter, Amber. Will you inform me about any leopard named Caspian?
-Sunspot,” 
Amber stopped reading. “So you’re destined to meet someone named Caspian, you’ll be enemies at first, then best friends? That’s confusing,” Evergreen said. “Caspian… Why does that name sound familiar,” Amber whispered. “I dunno. Can I read now?” Evergreen asked. He snatched the scroll from Amber.
“Dear Sunspot,
After studying for a very long time, I have found that there IS a Caspian. Scratch that, Princess Caspian. Like, Extra Royal Caspian. She’s a hybrid because her mother is Queen of the StarClaws and her father is King of the OceanClaws. I have suggested to Queen Vision that she must join this year at Opal Mountain. Caspian will arrive soon, so I must be ready for her. I will tell her about Amber when... When she is ready.
-Vine.
Dear Vine,
Should I tell Amber about your land, Paradus?
-Sunspot.
Dear Sunspot,
Do what your heart tells you to. 
-Vine.
Dear Sunspot,
I have found that part of the map is in the Poison Forest. I would have gone to get it myself, but I am much too old. Caspian and her boyfriend, Oak, have visited me earlier. They said they could go get it for me. We might actually see each other again, and Amber and Caspian can finally meet! Our two heroines can save the world now!
-Vine
Dear Vine, 
That’s awesome! Oops, I hear Amber coming. We can talk later.
-Sunspot,” 
Evergreen rolled up the scroll. “That’s it!?!?!?” Amber yelled. “Yup, that’s the end. This scroll must be magical, because Professor Sunspot wrote that last part just as we came here,” Evergreen said. “But there was barely enough information,” Amber said. “Don’t you get it? The information is right there,” Evergreen said, tilting his head. “Paradus is a land across the planet where leopards live. Caspian lives there, and you have to be friends with her to save the day. Easy, ri-” BOOM! The ground started to shake. “Wh-What’s happening?” Amber said. BOOM! The ground shook again, and Amber fell on top of Evergreen. Scrolls around them started to fall. BOOM! “We’re going to die,” Amber whispered. “No,” Evergreen said. “Huh?” “No. You’re not going to die Amber,” he said, again. BOOM! Amber just noticed how close their faces were, and she shivered. “You’re safe with me,” Evergreen said, pulling her closer. BOOM! “Don’t worry Amber, we’ll be fine,” he said. Evergreen’s voice was so calming that Amber felt at peace. BOOM! “It’s OK…”
====CHAPTER FIVE====
-NIGHTMARES UNFOLDED-
A spike. 
Amber’s head was on a spike.
“Good job Jewel. You reduced her body. Now it’s time to take care of the others,” Master’s voice called out to her. “Have you had your dumb prophecy yet?” he asked. Jewel hesitated before answering, “...Well…Yes. But only a few people heard it!” “What do you mean?! You were supposed to wait! Are you sure Amber is even dead?!?!” he yelled. Jewel looked over to Master, then at the spike. “She isn’t,” Jewel said softly. She braced herself for Master’s anger. She knew that she deserved it, since she lied to him. “WHO THE HECK IS THIS THEN!!!!!!” he screamed, pointing at the face. Jewel tapped the head twice, and it materialized into the face of- “It’s Queen Sky,” Jewel whispered. Master’s frown slowly turned into an evil grin. “You have gone far above my expectations, Jewel. I’m glad I didn’t fire you. But, what is your real form? And I mean your MOONEAR form. Don’t think that you can keep your shapeshifting abilities from me,” he said coldly. “I- Um… My name is-” “Stop,” Master ordered. He looked up, tilting his head. “Somebody is eavesdropping into our conversation. Don’t speak. They can’t know who you are,” he said. “What if it’s-” “Stop. Let me kick out this annoyance,” “Me?” “No, not you Jewel. How could you be so stupid if you killed the strongest queen on the land of Panta-Cuniculus,” he muttered. “Ah, it’s Amber,” he said. “Let me get rid of her,” Jewel offered, stepping in front of Master. She summoned a ball of light, and it grew bigger, and the dream shifted.
-:-
“Daddy, don’t go!” 3 - year old Amber cried, clutching her father’s leg. “I have to, darling. Don’t worry, Daddy will always come home,” he said, smiling brighter than the sun outside. “I will bring you a special gift from our trade! I already know what you would love, but it will be a surprise!” he said cheerfully. “Dunes, it's time to leave for the trade,” a servant said, coming up to them. “Yes. Go away and prepare the meals,” Dunes said coldly to the servant. “Yes, your majesty,” the servant bowed and walked away. “Amber, sweetie, Daddy has to go now. He will be back next week!” he yelled. “Ok…” Amber sat down on the cold rock, watching her father fly above the trees, with servants at his feet. 
The next day was a very rainy one. Amber followed the route Daddy took to the Kingdom of Leaves. Even though she was only three, she had a pretty good memory. By the time she got there, it was sunset. Amber could see two out of the three moons in the sky. “Daddy!” she cried when she reached her father’s stall. “Amber, what are you doing here? What if someone followed you!” he cried. “This isn’t illegal, so it should be OK, plus, I left my pretty earrings in this sack,” Amber lied grabbing a dark purple bag. “Huh? Where are they!” she yelled, rummaging in the sack. “Don’t lie to me, dear. I saw your pretty earrings on your bed yesterday,” he said coldly, like Amber was another servant and not his daughter. “Come over here,” he motioned to a large crack in a tree. 
Dunes squeezed inside, and Amber followed. Inside was a pretty big room, with enough space for at least ten adult rabbits. “Our trade IS illegal. We are trying to raise money to buy some of the rainforest. Nobody can know, not even Ambertine,” he whispered. “Nobody followed-” CRACK! “LeafEars!” somebody screamed. “We’re under attack!” “I am SO disappointed in you Amber. Anyways, take this,” Dunes handed Amber a chain with a pendant made out of amber. “...Thank you, Daddy,” Amber said. She didn’t get an answer. “Daddy?” Only then did Amber see her father’s body, lying on the ground. He was beheaded, and written in his blood was ten words:
Beware me.
I am unstoppable, Amber.
You can’t get me.
“DADDY! NO!!!! DADDY, COME BACK!!!” Amber screamed, tears streaming down her face. “Dadd-'' a hand was clamped over Amber’s mouth, and she was tied to the trunk of a tree. A SnowEar studied her. “I have… plans... for you,” she purred. 
Out of instinct, Amber touched her earrings. It would signal Mother’s armies to know where she was. “Reinforcements are coming,” Amber said. “Knock her out. She seems smart for her age,” the SnowEar said. Amber felt something hard slam against her head, and her eyes shut immediately.
Amber woke up on a soldier’s back. They were flying home. Without Daddy. “MOTHER!!” Amber leaped out of the soldier’s arms when they got home. Over there, Mother was sitting in the royal hatchery, tapping her latest eggs, thinking of names. “MOTHER! DADDY’S GONE!” Amber screamed, running in the room. “What?!?!?!?!?!” she said. Amber explained everything that had happened. “HE’S DEAD!!!!’’ she screamed. “...We must honor him…” her Mother whispered. Crack… Crack… A small rabbit poked his head out of his egg. “Mother, look,” Amber said, pointing to him. “...Amber… your new younger brother’s name is… Dunes,” Mother said. “HE IS NAMED AFTER HIS FATHER, DUNES, WHO DIED PROTECTING AMBER!!!!!” Mother screamed suddenly. “He didn’t protect me,” Amber whispered under her breath. “At least Dunes wasn’t your only father, Amber.” “What do you mean, Mother?” Amber asked. “You will never know…”
====CHAPTER SIX====
-ASSEMBLY-
Amber woke up breathing heavily. “Don’t think of Dunes, don’t dare think of Father, Amber. You’re the reason he died. Father is gone because of you, Amber,” she said to herself. She hated thinking of her father’s death, so the necklace she wore was basically the last thing she had from him. Amber observed her surroundings. She vaguely remembered Evergreen carrying her to her room and setting her down on the couch by the window. 
“She’s alive!” Diamond’s voice called. Fireworm looked down at her. “I still don’t trust you,” she purred. GONG! GONG! GONG! GONG! “Guys, somebody DIED!” a purple rabbit screamed, running into the room. “That… is Midnight,” Diamond said. “I saw it with my own two eyes,” Midnight said in a high-pitched voice. “Was it this nuisance?” Fireworm glowered at Amber. “That hurt, you know. Just ‘cause I look like some murderer doesn’t mean that I am one,” Amber said to Fireworm. Both Fireworm and Midnight ignored her. “No, it was a bright green LeafEar. He kinda looked like Storm… I hope it isn’t him. I really like Storm. He’s so kind and cute and fun and loyal and nice and cute and handsome… Did I already say that he was cute…” Midnight dreamily said. “EWWWWWWWWWW!!!! Boys are only cute, not handsome,” Amber said. “Wait you’re here!?!?! I just told a stranger who I’m in love with!!! NOOOOOO,” Midnight screamed. “Guys, how would-” Fireworm started. “Mid, did ya’ get them all yet? We’re supposda’ come with our groups!” Piper’s voice called out. “How would-” Fireworm tried to talk again. “Oh yeah, SOMEBODY DIED!!!!!!” Midnight screamed again. “I can keep secrets…” It suddenly dawned on Amber that everyone was staring at her. Evergreen and an AuqaEar- Who should be Ripple - had also joined the rest of them. “Guys-” Fireworm was interrupted by Piper. “Who died though?” she asked. GONG! GONG! GONG! “Well that one guy from the Healer’s House. Celeste’s boyfriend. I forgot his nam-” 
“Blood! WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU!!!!!!!!!” a crying voice screamed. “Oh yeah. The dead guy’s name was Blood,” Midnight said casually. “Guys, how would a Le-” Fireworm said. “The dead guy’s Blood?!?!?!” Diamond said worriedly. “Celeste’s screaming in the hall right now!” “GUYS, HOW THE HECK WOULD A LEAFEAR LOOK LIKE STORM!!!!” Fireworm yelled. There was a heavy silence. “I- I don’t know,” Amber admitted. “Boys and girls, please report with your groups to the auditorium. I repeat, boys and girls, please report with your groups to the auditorium,” Fog’s voice boomed. “How do those work? How is Fog’s voice so loud,” Ripple asked casually, as if he didn’t care about the answer. “There’s a new magical device called an intercom. Only a few palaces and academies have them! We are SO lucky! Fog speaks into a seashell, and then her voice comes out of other seashells. It’s all magical though,” Evergreen said excitedly. “Nice, smartypants. That’s good to know,” Diamond said, adding a new layer of nail polish to her glimmering nails. GONG! GONG! “Y’all, let’s go now before time runs out,” Piper said. 
Evergreen, Diamond, Piper, Midnight, Ripple, Fireworm, and Amber trudged out the door. “But how could a LeafEar look like Storm???” Fireworm whispered under her breath. “What?” Amber asked. “None of your business,” Fireworm glared.  “OK, but it wasn’t me! I’m not the murderer!” Amber yelped, putting her hands up. “I don’t trust you…” GONG! The Diamond Cave tumbled into the auditorium. They were the last group there.
Amber quickly counted all the seats there were in the auditorium. There were 42, all divided into six groups of seven. There was one group of seats that looked like they were made of rubies, another group of diamond seats, sapphire seats, emerald, amethyst, and another group of seats made of swirling opal. Amber’s group veered to the seats made of diamonds. 
“Wait. Can we sit somewhere else?” Amber asked. The row behind the diamonds was the amethyst row, and SecretFinder was sitting in that row. “No, we ARE the Diamond Cave, so we sit in the diamond seats,” Diamond said. “It’s such an HONOR to sit here. These seats are screaming my namesake!” 
“Ahem. All students, please sit down,” Fog said. Amber quickly took a seat next to Evergreen and she saw that Evergreen was staring intently at another rabbit, sitting across the room. She was a MoonEar, but she was a MoonEar who looked pretty cute. Amber felt jealousy rising up her throat. She bit her tongue and focused on Fog, who was talking again. “SecretFinder, please come onto the stage. While SecretFinder is getting here, I would like to tell you that she had a prophecy. SecretFinder, please say your prophecy out loud,” Fog bellowed. 
SecretFinder flew to the stage, and she slowly landed. She glared at Amber, and her pupils turned white. “One day the destructor will come out, but only on the day Sunset dies and Darkness will be born. Together with her partner she creates five trials, the most dangerous, deadly trials. Only six stand in their way. The ones of white, silver, gold, red, blue, and purple. The ones of visions, crushing, tears, shapeshifting, mind control, and talking to the dead. They will destroy the destructor on the darkest day. Her partner will not die, nor live. He will bring darkness upon us all, unless… one of the six dies,” SecretFinder purred. 
“Yes, thank you SecretFinder, you may sit down.” Fog turned to the rest of the crowd. “Now, do you all understand this? Four years ago, a rabbit named Sunset died, and guess what? On the same day,  a rabbit named Darkness was born. Ever since then, rabbits from the MoonEar, SunEar, CloudEar, LeafEar, and FlameEar tribes have been murdered. Now, we all have thought that Amber is the “murderer”. Now, it could be her and another rabbit. OR not her and another rabbit. The prophecy also mentions “the six”. We’ll talk about that in a minute. First of all, you all have met Blood. Guess who killed him?” Fog paused. 
“IT’S AMBER!” someone from the crowd shouted. 
“NOT Amber,” Fog said. “A LeafEar. We don’t know who he is, but Queen Orange has been notified about his appearance. Now, the six are OBVIOUSLY from different tribes. The colors explain that. We're pretty sure they all are from this school, but you never know. Tomorrow we will have a test to find the six. At the lunch bell, the Ruby, Sapphire, and Diamond caves will go to the gym. They will take their test over there. After that, the rest of the caves will go to the gym and take their tests. After THAT, we will have a feast and announce the six that are here. You all got that?” The crowd nodded. 
“We’re not done YET. You know the part about Sunset dying and Darkness being born? Welllllllll, four years ago, a rabbit named Sunset DIED. Yup, and you know what? Darkness was born exactly four minutes and thirty-three seconds later. And now, Darkness was murdered TODAY. So, the destructor is OBVIOUSLY among us, so all students will go through a clean-check for weapons, magical items, and every group will get an assistant. You’ll get more details tomorrow. The six will go through battle training though. Assembly dismissed. Go enjoy your weekend” 
Kids started filing out of the room probably to enjoy their weekend, like Fog said. Amber was just confused. “Now what are we doing?” she asked. 
“We should go SHOPPING!!! AND get our nails dOOOOOONNNNeeeeee!!!!!!!” Diamond yelled. “It should be just us girls!!!!! A GLAM NIGHT!!!!”  “What time is it?” Midnight asked. “An hour before sunset,” Fireworm said, looking at a sundial on her wrist. “SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…. LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” “But I’m not really inta tha’ kinda’ stuff…” Piper mumbled, sulking. “Don’t worry. It’s gonna be FUN girls! Just the four of us! Follow meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!” Diamond screamed, running out of the auditorium. “Is she kidding?” Amber asked. “No, she can’t be kidding,” Fireworm said. “GUYS, COME OOOONNNNNNNN!!!!!!!” “Let’s go…” Piper said, frowning.
-:-
“So, we shall go on towards ze mall or ze salon,” Diamond said in a french accent. “Salon, I guess…” Piper said pitifully. “Shush! Me is thinking…” Diamond said. “YOU are such a weirdo,” Fireworm said. “Ze mall!” Diamond yelled. “You asked for OUR opinion…” Piper whispered. 
Diamond pulled Amber, Fireworm, and Piper up a spiraling staircase which led out to a flat surface covered in shops selling EVERYTHING. A large board was taped up against the wall saying ‘Bazaar - March 31st to April 12th. Fall Dance - April 13. Lunar Concert - April 14th, and then there were no more dates. “Now, look at zese AWESOME sweaters. Me shall pick one for all of you. Me and ze Amber will cover ze costs. Ok ze Amber?” Diamond demanded. “Um. Sure?” Amber said. “OK!!!! Let’s see. Hmm… Piper, ze suits you,” Diamond pulled a red sweater with gray fluff at the edges. Pink tassels hung from the fluff. “Yes… Ze sweater suits you well… Fireworm! Ze sweater over there is made for you!” Diamond said, pointing to a white sweater with holes stylishly cut out. It was pretty plain, but it had some embroidery. Amber picked up a midnight black one with crescent moons on it. “AAnDD… Amber, give me ze sweater you are holding. It’s for ze Midnight. And ze this one here is for you. It brings out ze eyes,” Diamond grabbed a blue one with green sequins. “And ze this is for me. Do you like it?” She touched a shiny white and rosy pink one which was adorned with jewels. It had a long flowy silk skirt in the back. Altogether, Diamond looked like a princess in it. Well, she WAS a princess, but so was Amber. Diamond would obviously pick the best one for herself. 
After shopping for everything, Amber followed the girls to a small restaurant. All in all, she got one sweater, three pairs of earrings, four pairs of gloves, two jackets, fourteen bracelets, five necklaces, a tail bracelet, and three pairs of anklets. She was pretty proud of her choices, even though Diamond was telling her to get something else.
"UGH. All your choices are TeRrIbLe," Diamond frowned. 
“You are FINALLY talking normally!” Fireworm sighed. “I’m proud of my choices, Diamond,” Amber said. “Well, I could have picked something MuCh better. Everybody KNOWS that you’re throwing yourself at Evergreen, so I was TrYiNg to make your wardrobe look nice,” Diamond sneered, ignoring Fireworm. 
“Who said that I liked Evergreen?!?!?!?!” 
“It’s SOOOO obvious! All the “getting to know Ruby Mountain” time you’ve been spending with him. You’ve probably made out with him at least TEN times since we got here!” 
“I DON’T HAVE A CRUSH ON EVERGREEN!!!!!!!”
“Now you’re calling the love of your life UGLY. You are such a HEARTBREAKER!!!! And you’re crushing on somebody else while you’re dating him. ChEaTeR!!!!” Diamond called out. A waitress came to bring their food. 
“WELL… JUST GET OUT OF HERE!!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE I WAS EVER FRIENDS WITH YOU!!!!!!!” The waitress, probably thinking that Amber was talking to HER, ran off in a hurry. “Guys, just forget about it…. Here, try these roasted lobsters and fruit salad?” Midnight said nervously. 
“You just don’t want to admit that your boyfriend’s ugly. At least I’m truthful and I KNOW that MY boyfriend’s cute!” Diamond said dreamily. “And who is this make-believe boyfriend? As if anybody would ever date your UggggLLLLyyyyyyyy face!” “Guys, just stop,” Fireworm called out. “Ya. Stop acting like diva queens,” Piper chimes in. “Shut up guys. You’ll be on my side in the end,” Diamond turned to Amber. “Stop putting off the real subject Amber. You’re such a bad girlfriend. You think Evergreen, your boyfriend, is ugly. How shameful of you…” Diamond shook her head while smiling. “WELL-” Amber was at a loss for words. She couldn’t believe Diamond would ever act like this. “-MAYBE Evergreen is ugly, OK? Laugh at me, scream ‘I told you so!’ All I know is that you’re a stupid, ugly, lying, backstabbing, dumb, betraying, idiot. I don’t care if you die tomorrow.”
It feels good to talk to Diamond like this. I don’t care if she’s a princess, ‘cause, SO AM I. I might be being picky, but I gave her magic, and this is how she treats me? I kinda do care if she dies, but I just want to hurt her. FOR NOW. Just till she learns her lesson.
“NnNnNnOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO…” Midnight whined. “Say that again?” Diamond said. “Evergreen is ugly, FINE?!?!?!” Amber yelled. “Turn around Amber,” Diamond said. Amber turned around to see Evergreen. He once had a slushy, but now it was lying on the ground, broken. He was staring at her with his mouth open. He started to walk away. “No! Evergreen! I didn’t mean-” Amber turned around, glared at Diamond, and ran after Evergreen. 
“Evergreen! Wait! Stop!” Amber called out. “He’s fast… And… I’m slowwww…” she muttered, stopping to catch her breath. 
Where would I go if I were Evergreen? Probably… the hidden library? I guess…
Amber ran as fast as she could to the library. A large black curtain was hung over the library’s entrance with a sign on it. “Library closed. Come back at 5:30 AM,” Amber read. “Where are you Evergreen?!?!?” she screamed. Amber walked to the room she had to share with her enemies. She stomped into her cave and noticed all her luggage on the ground at the foot of her bed. The walls of her cave were bland and gray. The fountain at the corner of the room was dry. 
“I probably should decorate this cave since there’s nothing else to do…” she sighed. “I don’t even remember what I packed.” 
Amber grabbed a suitcase and unzipped it. She pulled out curtains which were red shading into sandy yellow. Underneath them there were fairy lights and a small lamp. The lamp was made of many different thin slices of precious jewels stuck together, so you could see the everlasting fire inside. The fire came from an enchanted piece of amber. When you tap the amber, the fire comes, lighting the lamp. Depending on the different jewels you tap, you can control the brightness. Amber’s name was engraved on one of its sides. A wooden circle connected two pieces of silk together, completing the lamp. 
Amber hung a set of the curtains outside her cave entrance and the other set of curtains on her window. She hung the fairy lights on the walls, turning them on. The small lamp was set on the windowsill. Amber took out a sign with her name written on it in calligraphy. She hung it over her cave door, covering her carved name. Amber took a deep breath and studied what she had done so far. She opened a bag full of some of the brand new books she bought from the bookstore back home. “UGH. These- are- AH!” Amber yelped as the books tumbled to the floor. In the pile of books was her journal, which she never used. She picked up all the books, stacking them on the floor, and tossed the journal on the bed. Amber hung a clock on the wall, and pulled a mini bookcase out of a cardboard box and tacked it to the wall opposite of the fountain. She arranged the books inside. Amber took her mini nightstand out and arranged her jewelry inside. She decorated the walls with posters of her favorite singers, then she found out how to get the fountain working. She hung a floor length mirror on the wall. After filling her wardrobe with outfits, she was done. “This room is starting to feel like home!” she said. For a second, Amber forgot about the destructor, Evergreen, and -UGH- Diamond in her pride. She looked at the last bag. 
“What else could I have packed?” She opened the bag to find the mysterious book from her mother’s room inside. “THIS. How could I forget ThIs?!?!?” she said out loud. Amber checked the clock. It was past midnight. She heard muffled voices outside her room, so she peeked through the curtains, seeing two shadowy figures leaving the common room. One of the voices sounded like Diamond’s, so Amber decided to follow her and the other person, who she saw was Ripple. Diamond and Ripple walked outside, around Ruby Mountain, and up onto a small ledge which overlooked a small crystal-clear pond. 
“Ripple Algae Coral, you are the MoSt cutest person I’ve ever met, and I love you more than AnYbOdY in the world,” Diamond said in a sickly sweet voice. “And you, Diamond Crystal Icicle are the most beautiful rabbit I’ve ever met, and I love you more than anything,” Ripple said in his deep voice. Amber wanted to gag. Her former friend was acting all lovey-dovey with a guy she barely knew! She closed her eyes, heard some giggles, and opened them again to see Ripple kiss Diamond on the lips. They broke away for a minute, just staring into each other's eyes, until Diamond kissed him again. They stayed like that for what felt like hours, but Amber knew it had only been three seconds. Now she felt like she could throw up. She quietly tiptoed back to her cave, unseen. 
Turning on her lamp and fairy lights, she got a book to read. The title was “The Outcasts”. She read about three chapters before falling asleep. She dreamt of being one of the outcasts, while Diamond was the devil. She dreamt of making Evergreen see that she wasn’t trying to hurt his feelings. But then, she dreamt of nothing, just nothing, but a void of darkness.
====CHAPTER SEVEN====
-SNOWSTORM-
Amber didn’t want to take the test AT ALL. 
What if I’m one of the six?!?!?! What if I’m NOT one of the six?!?!?! They didn’t discuss the part about one of the six dying. What if I’m one of the six and I die?!?!?! Would anyone care if I’m gone?!?!? What if somebody I care about dies?!?!? Amber, stop, just focus on one thing. WHAT IF I’M ONE OF THE SIX?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Amber looked in her mailbox, which was a small wooden box next to the cave entrance labeled MAIL. She pulled out her schedule and smiled. The test wasn’t coming up for a while. 
“Oh, HELLL-LO-O! Piper! Let’s get out of here before the sulker comes!” Diamond’s voice yelled. “Comin’!” Piper yelled. Amber waited for three minutes before she couldn’t hear any more footsteps. GONG! GONG! GONG! Amber picked up her uniform. It was a black top with a white and green jacket. There was a small badge. It said:
-AMBER-
Ruby Mountain Academy
The dress code said that Amber could wear any type of anklet, necklace, tail bracelet, wing earrings, earrings, headdress, bandana, bracelet, or choker. Amber decided on wearing a pair of leaf earrings, the necklace her father had given her, and her anklet-bracelet set. 
“I guess I look OK,” she said. GONG! GONG! Amber checked her schedule, figured out that she had Magic first with Professor Celeste, but the classroom for it wasn’t mentioned. Only the sentence, ON TOP OF A LANDFORM, IN A CIRCLE OF LIGHT, was mentioned. “I guess I have to find it with my powers. Well…” Amber touched her earrings. “I enchant these earrings to tell me where the magic classroom is.” Nothing happened. Amber looked down at her paper and noticed something that wasn’t there before. THE AREA IS GUARDED WITH A STRONG SPELL, SO USE YOUR MIND, NOT YOUR MAGIC. “OK, so it’s on top of a landform…” Amber thought of the ledge she found Diamond and Ripple kissing on. She shuddered. “At least that spot isn’t in a circle of light… Well, maybe I should go outside.” Amber flew outside her window, looking for circles of light. She saw the balcony with all of the shops on it. “WAIT! Ruby Mountain is a landform!” Searching all over Ruby Mountain, Amber found a canopy of leaves, bathed in a circle of light. “Cool… But where’s the classroom?” she wondered aloud. 
“Amber! There you are!” Celeste poked her head from underneath the canopy. “Come on! You’re late!” Flying closer, Amber found out that a circular classroom was built underneath the canopy, which acted as a roof. The classroom had large windows with light blue curtains letting in a light breeze. Amber flew in through a hole in the canopy {Which was also covered in a blue curtain she hadn’t seen before} and landed in the classroom. “Hi…” she mumbled, embarrassed that she was late. 
“OK, roll call,” Celeste said. “Ripple?” “Here.” WAIT! Ripple’s here?!?!?!?!?!?! “Marina?” “Here!” piped up a pale blue AquaEar. “Diamond?” “Remember to say Princess Diamond, but yes, I, the most beautiful, loving, caring rabbit in the world, is here,” Diamond said calmly. That’s right… I gave Diamond powers…
“SnowStorm?” “Here,” said a bored looking SnowEar. Amber looked at his twinkly blue eyes which she felt like she could drown in. “SecretFinder?” “HeRe! But why is-” “Amber?” “Here…” “And… DarkNight?” “Here,” said a MoonEar. “OK, good. Everyone’s here. Let’s sort y’all into groups." Celeste said. 
“Amethysts and Opals, over here. Fairies and Obsidians, over there. Wishgranters, Mindreaders, and Fortunetellers over there,” Celeste pointed all around the room. Amber joined Diamond. SnowStorm, DarkNight, and SecretFinder went in the middle. SecretFinder was leaning on DarkNight, and DarkNight’s arm was slung over SecretFinder’s shoulder. 
“Hmm… SecretFinder's in a realationship,” Amber whispered so quietly that she couldn’t hear herself. “Whatcha saying, LOSER?” Diamond said. “Nothing, you bit-h” Amber said back. “Oh, got some AdDiTuDe? Innocent me was just asking a question,” Diamond said, batting her eyes innocently. “YOU ARE SO ANNOYING,” Amber hissed. “You are talking to a princess who is an Amethyst!” “You are AlSo talking to a princess who is an Amethyst!” Amber said, mocking Diamond’s voice. “Girls, quiet down,” Celeste said to them before turning to everyone. “So, you all will get an object to enchant. Here, we have 12 apples. You will transform these apples into any kind of animal you wish. You get to keep the animal as a pet. Meanwhile, I will go to every group and teach them about their magic. OK? I’ll start with Amethysts and Opa-... Where’s Marina?” Marina bounded up to Amber and Diamond. 
“Sorry Professor Celeste. I thought the Opals went over there. I won’t do it again next time, I promise! Please forgive me,” Marina said with tears in her eyes. Her face was whispering 'Please don’t be like my parents. I think you're not strict but I can't be sure. Oh, just forgive me, please!'  “Goody goody two-shoes Marina. Kissin’ Celeste up so she could be the teacher’s pet. I’m SoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo sorry!!! Pathetic,” Diamond whispered, mocking her. Amber felt bad for Marina, she thought that maybe she had a hard life. “Diamond, be quiet.” Amber said. “Standing up for her?!?!? Ha! You’re bringing your rating even LOWER.”
“What is it with you?!?!? Just shut up and stop bullying her! She didn’t do anything AT ALL.” “Girls, do I have to separate you two?” Celeste asked. “Ye-” Amber started. “No, Everything’s FINE,” Diamond said, interrupting her. “OK, I don’t want any more arguments between you two. ‘K?” Celeste asked. “Okkkk….” Amber and Diamond chorused. Celeste started showing Amber and Diamond how to contain their soul and feelings inside an object, so they wouldn’t go crazy, {As if Diamond wasn't already crazy🙄} and was showing Marina how to enchant an inanimate object WITHOUT enchanting it {Which was actually pretty easy}. Amber chose to contain her soul in her earrings, and Diamond chose her headdress. Marina had made three more apples out of the one apple she had. Then after Celeste had left, Amber thought of pets she would like. Her mother wouldn’t ever let her have a pet, because APPARENTLY, ‘If you would get ANY kind of UNRULY pet, it would mess up the palace, just look at what happened to Gold’s UNRULY rat. Not only did it do its business EVERYWHERE, it’s guts were spilt on MY royal balcony!’ Amber kind of HATED when her mother talked like that. It was kind of like the world revolved around her, but then again, it kind of did since her mother was a queen. Amber went back to thinking about pets. She had ALWAYS wanted either a pet otter or a red panda. She decided to make the red panda. 
“I enchant this apple to become a red panda with all organs including a heart, brain, lungs, intestines, and liver. I enchant him to be a VERY CUTE one too,” Amber said. Before her eyes, the apple… Well…. It didn’t do anything. When Celeste left the last group, everyone started screaming in confusion. “My apple didn’t do anything,” said SnowStorm. “I enchanted your apples to not be able to be enchanted. DUMMIES,” Celeste laughed. “But I can read your minds. I’ve been cursed to have all the powers, even MoonEar ones. The seventh daughter of the seventh daughter of the seventh daughter of the seventh daughter of the seventh daughter of the seventh daughter. Yeah, confusing, right? Well, as you all took your first steps into Ruby Mountain, I read your minds, picked your favorite animal, and I have them right here,” she opened a cage and so many animals either ran out or flew out. A snowy owl, platypus, penguin, seagull, penguin, lamb, red panda, and a frog all came out. Amber quickly scooped up the red panda before anyone else could, but the others were picking their own. Ripple and Diamond both lunged for the lamb. “Ah, I forgot to get another lamb. Are you both OK with sharing?” Celeste offered. “Oh, we are OK with it. Me and Ripple shall share. Right honey?” Diamond said. Ripple nodded. “OK, class dismissed. Enjoy your thirty-minute break before the next class!” Celeste called out. Amber petted her red panda, and walked up to Celeste. 
"Yesterday you said you wanted to talk to me," Amber said. "Not today. Tomorrow," Celeste waved her hand. Amber walked away, thinking of a name for the red panda. The panda squealed in a sing-songy way. “Hmm… I’ll name you Song!” Amber said, satisfied with her choice. “You’re going to have the bestest life with me!” she said. BUMP!!!! Amber and Song crashed into Fireworm. “Oh! Umm…” They were quiet for a few minutes. At that moment, everything Amber felt for Evergreen melted away, and her feelings for Fireworm came back. 
“Well… The way Diamond treated you yesterday… It wasn’t right… Well… She’s just a freakin’ bit-h,” Fireworm said. “Yeah…” Amber agreed awkwardly. “Well… I love that red panda… And… I just want to show you something… Follow me!” Fireworm said, running. Surprisingly, Song was a pretty fast runner, so Amber put her on the ground and ran after Fireworm. Fireworm ran inside Ruby Mountain, and down a LONG hallway. Amber chased her, but then couldn’t feel the ground. She was falling. All. The. Way. Down. Amber couldn’t see anything, not Song, not Fireworm, not even herself. A strange hand reached out to her. Furless, covered in scales, some which were lit up like an AquaEars’. Amber touched it, but it shriveled into mist immediately. She screamed, and the world went dark. 
-:- 
“Amber! You OK????” yelled a voice. She heard a musical squealing noise, and felt paws climbing all over her arms. She opened her eyes to find Fireworm and a red pan- no, Song, staring at her. “Are you OK?” Fireworm asked again. “Well, yeah… What happened?” Amber said, sitting up. “So, I kinda forgot that you don’t know what a tunnel cliff- that’s the thing you fell off of- is, so I didn’t say anything… But, while you were falling, you kinda reached out to something, then you screamed, then you blacked out… So, yeah. That’s what happened. So, here’s what I wanted to show ya’,” Fireworm said. She walked over to the bottom of the tunnel cliff, and looked left, then right, and pushed the wall. “What are you doing?” Amber asked. “ALmoST THeRe…” Fireworm said, gritting her teeth. The wall gave way, sliding back until Amber could hear a loud CLICK! “Come on! Quickly!” Fireworm said, picking up a stick and lighting it on fire. “WHY? What are we doing??” Amber and Song followed Fireworm inside. The small tunnel had another one connecting to it. A split-second after coming inside, Amber heard a SWISH! and saw that the wall had closed. 
“That’s why we should have hurried. We could have died right there,” Fireworm said. “Anyways, there’s another tunnel cliff, so FLYYYYYYY!!!!” Fireworm yelled as she flew down the tunnel cliff. “Um, OK. C’mon Song,” Amber put Song on her back. Song tittered. Then Amber fell down the tunnel cliff. Again. This time, nothing weird happened though. Instead of landing on cold, hard ground, Amber landed on a layer of soft moss. She sat up and observed her surroundings. She was in a large cave. Like, a REALLY large cave. Six smaller caves were cut out of the big one, each one with a different group of gemstones above it, with the name of the gem. RUBY, DIAMOND, SAPPHIRE, AMETHYST, OPAL, and EMERALD were written there. Ledges like the one Amber was on were all over the place, each one covered in a thick layer of moss. Crystal-clear ponds -that looked like they were glowing- were set in the middle of the room, and Fireworm was wading in the largest one. 
“This,” Fireworm waved her hands around. “Is what I wanted to show you.”  Amber stared all around her in awe, over and over again. Song jumped off her back and jumped into a smaller glowing pond. “Wow… This is amazing…” Amber said, climbing into the pond Fireworm was in. The cold water bit her legs like shards of ice, but it quieted down as Amber waded in deeper. “This could be…” Fireworm started. “Our own spot to hang out?” Amber asked. “Yeah…” Fireworm said, looking up. Amber followed her gaze and saw a hole cut out in the ceiling, which was the perfect size for stargazing. “I love this place,” she said leaning back. “Yeah, me too,” Fireworm said, stating the obvious. 
“Well… Amber, I’m sorry,” she said. “Why?” Amber asked. “I haven’t been… Well, I haven't been quite nice to you, so, I kinda regret that.” “So? We’re friends now, so who cares about the past? Not me. I mean, you just showing me this is kind of an apology it-'' Amber stopped because of Fireworm’s intense fixated gaze on her. “Itself…” Fireworm finished. “You know Amber? I used to hate you, but now… I don’t even know how to say it,” Fireworm whispered. “I guess I love you.” “So you love me now?” Amber smirked. “Yeah... I... do.” 
“I-” Amber started. GONG! GONG! GONG! “UGH. I have history next…” Fireworm whined as they got ready to leave. “At least you have history with ME,” Amber said, grabbing Song. “Thankfully I do,” Fireworm said. They ran out of the secret cave {That’s what Amber decided to call it} and down the same hallway to find history. GONG! GONG! There was a cave with a sign above it saying ‘HISTORY WITH PROFESSOR STARSPRINT’ Amber ran in and found out that there were assigned seats. “NOOO,” she groaned. There were seats with labels like “SUNEAR, MOONEAR,” Every tribe's name was written twice. The desks were set in a table of three patterns. Amber would have to sit next to an AquaEar and a SnowEar. Many other rabbits came in, including Midnight, SnowStorm, Marina, Evergreen, and Piper. SnowStorm sat on the seat to Amber’s right. Marina took the seat to Amber’s left. “YOU’RE in the Diamond Cave?!?!?!? That’s great since we’re BESTIES!” Marina hummed a happy tune. Diamond leaned over from the seat behind her. “Replaced me so fast, huh? Now you’re besties with a complete DORK? Pathetic…” she whispered in a deadly voice. “We’re not friends, OK?” Amber hissed. Diamond smiled, walked over to Marina, whispered something in her ear, and walked back to her seat with an evil grin. “What did you do?!?!” Amber whisper-yelled. “We’re just going to have a staring contest,” Diamond said. She and Marina stared at each other for a full minute, and then Marina’s eyes glowed with a different look in them. Something terrifying that was also in Diamond’s eyes, and Amber recognized it well. Amethyst had that same look. 
“Amber, oh, Amber. Look, at, YOU,” Marina grabbed Amber’s arm and glided over to a dark part of the cave. Nobody seemed to notice them, it was as if they were invisible. Marina picked up a book that was sitting on Fireworm’s desk. The cover said FIREWORM on it. Marina opened it to a page with a list of- “No… This can’t be…” Amber said, reading the words. There was a list with the title ‘PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE REJECTED’ Amber’s name was the fifth one. All the names before hers were scribbled out, but what horrified Amber the most was the last name, Number 26. It had hearts and stars around it. In small letters was said ‘MY TRUE LOVER,’ It was Marina’s name. 
Marina smiled and said, “At least SoMeBoDy loves me.” She thrust her hand out, and Amber saw ropes climbing up her ankles, her arms, attaching her to the wall. Marina went over to Fireworm and whispered something in her ear, giggling. “Just reject Amber already. Then I will be yours…” She said. “Are you sure?” Fireworm asked, unsure. “Now,” Marina said. Fireworm and Marina walked over to the spot where Marina showed Amber the list. Then they started kissing. Amber wanted to close her eyes, she wanted to run away, but the ropes. Just. Wouldn’t. Let. Her. “Let’s skip this boring class together,” Fireworm whispered. When Marina and Fireworm broke apart, Amber found herself in her seat. A cloud of dark mist covered her like a blanket. “What happened?” SnowStorm asked. “I don’t wanna talk about it…” Amber whispered, unfocused. She should have known it was too good to be true. 
Suddenly, the room went dark. People from the Diamond group started screaming. Amber felt goosebumps on her skin, she wanted to hold something, anything. She didn’t feel safe at all. At the mouth of the cave, a strange glowing light appeared. 
“In this room, you shall learn the most deepest, darkest secrets available to you. You will learn about the fact why you are here, and not gone forever…” The light whispered. Amber couldn’t breathe. Nothing was right about this. The lights turned on, and a strange creature stepped out of the light. Only then did Amber realize that she was clutching SnowStorm’s arm. Feeling embarrassed, stupid, dumb, and many other things, Amber quickly let go. SnowStorm blushed deeply. Amber stared at his beautiful twinkly sparkly deep blue eyes. She didn’t even notice that the creature was talking. “Yada Yada Yada… Blablabla... So, who knows the Legend of NightCrusher?” it said. The creature -who was Professor Starsprint- was actually a normal MoonEar with shapeshifting powers. The SunEar from the Sapphire group raised her hand. “Yes Princess Am- no Aurora?” Starsprint said. “NightCrusher… Created us? I think she created us.” Aurora said firmly. “Yes, but there’s more to the legend. Now listen carefully, I’m not going to repeat myself. So, it all started like this…” 
=== =CHAPTER EIGHT====
-THE LEGEND OF NIGHTCRUSHER-
“There was once the dragon planet. The creature I shapeshifted into earlier is a dragon. So, anyways, the dragon planet had tribes like us, only their names were different. The SandWing, RainWing, IceWing, NightWing, MudWing, SkyWing, and SeaWing tribes lived together peacefully, only having wars and battles every now and then. 
"NightCrusher was born as Princess NightCrusher of the, yup, you guessed it, the NightWing tribe. Growing up in the palace, she met many tourists and visitors from different tribes, but only one became her best friend. Fishwater. He was running away from his tribe, because nobody loved him. Years pass, and when the inseparable duo turn eight, Fishwater confesses to NightCrusher that he loves him. Another dragon named Void comes a few minutes later and proposes to NightCrusher. Now, remember, you all become adults at the age of seven. So, NightCrusher choses Void over Fishwater, and a few months later, they get married. NightCrusher and Void had a daughter named Clearpearl. Fishwater, angry, kills Void and NightCrusher’s mother a few years after the wedding, making NightCrusher a widowed queen, something she didn’t want to be. Why he waited that long to murder them, I don’t know. He proposed to NightCrusher again, but NightCrusher rejected him. Ever since she had become queen, she had acted quite odd. Staring off into space, becoming distant during meetings, not responding to anybody with her voice, even the glow in her eyes was gone. All since she became queen. The second Clearpearl’s seventh birthday rolled around, NightCrusher disappeared. She didn’t even come to her daughter’s birthday party, like a proper queen or mother should, so since NightCrusher was gone, Clearpearl was queen. Now, I hope you all are taking notes,” Starsprint said, pausing. 
Amber found a feather and a bottle of ink inside the desk, but there weren’t any scrolls. “Need some paper?” SnowStorm whispered, handing Amber a scroll. “Thanks,” Amber whispered back, writing down some notes. 
“NightCrusher had run away to a forest which caught on fire the night she got there. Fishwater saved her, and they lived together happily ever after. NOT. NightCrusher disappeared again, but this time she left a note telling Fishwater to meet her at the burnt forest. When he got there, there was ANOTHER note telling Fishwater to meet NightCrusher at the tallest mountain on that land. Fishwater got there, and NightCrusher had a very peculiar task ready for him. She was holding a bunny, and she told Fishwater to enchant all the bunnies to be as large as a dragon. The dragons got married to the bunnies making bunny-dragon hybrids, and their children were called rabbits, AKA, us. Then, one day we destroyed dragons, and now they are extinct. Talk with your tablemates about what you learned. I’m setting a timer, go,” Starsprint said, shapeshifting into every type of dragon there was. 
“No, it can’t be…” Amber said. “What’s wrong?” SnowStorm asked. Starsprint was now a SeaWing, but that wasn’t what worried Amber. It was her hand, which looked just like the hand she saw while she was falling. “Could dragons still be alive…” she whispered. “Professor Starsprint, I have an urgent question!” Amber yelled, standing up. “... Yes... Princess Amber?” “Could dragons still be alive? Like, maybe hidden in the Whirlpool of Secrets? Or, maybe stranded on The Island of Horror?” Amber asked. Then she was on the ground, with Starsprint on top of her, gritting her teeth. “We Do NOT speak of the Island of Horror,” she hissed. “How dare you get on top of me?!?!?!?!?!?!? I’m the princess!!” Amber yelled. “And dragons are alive. They have to be!” 
“No, they aren’t. After defeating them, we settled down on the Island of Horror, which was a part of the dragon land. But something peculiar happened. At first, everything was fine, but after a few months, dead giant squids rose from the ocean, and ate half of our population. Water ate parts of our land by night. Our food supply either lessened or became poisoned. After a year of this, we had enough. We sent scouts to navigate the planet to find land, some came back, others didn’t. We came here, had Amethysts enchant our land to be protected by any magical force, and we live here now. THE END. No dragons alive. That’s it,” Starsprint explained. SnowStorm raised his hand, saying, “Shouldn’t we be getting to The Te-” GONG! GONG! GONG! GONG! GONG! “Good luck on The Test!” Starsprint yelled. I don’t need any luck. I just wanna be done with this… Amber's brain muttered. 
-:- 
SnowStorm led Amber to the gym, {Partly ‘cause Amber barely knew where everything was. Partly because Amber thought SnowStorm was cute and wanted him to be her boyfriend} and joined the Sapphire Cave. Amber joined her cave. Raindrop was going around, telling everyone where to go. 
“Diamond Cave, try to smash these blocks of cement. Start,” she said. Amber punched her block of cement as hard as she could, but it all only made her hand hurt. She got an ice pack and sat leaning against the wall, watching everybody, but she couldn’t stop thinking about SnowStorm. He’s so nice… He cares about my feelings, he’s cute and nice and…. ARGH! I’ve got a crush on somebody again!!!! Stop thinking about SnowStorm, Amber. But I want to be with him forever. Stop Amber, the same thing happened with Fireworm, just look at how things turned out with her! Fine, I don’t like SnowStorm. But I DO! Shut up Amber, just focus on the test. Her brain whispered annoyingly. CRASH!!!! Amber looked towards what was making the sound. Evergreen was standing over his block, or the remains of his block. He was staring at the crushed cement in shock, his fur turning silver. 
“Evergreen, come with me!!!!!” Raindrop squealed. She pulled Evergreen away. 
Next test: Tears. Everyone had to watch the most saddening play on earth. All the girls cried, but the boys didn’t do anything. AND the girl's tears didn’t do anything. No Result. 
Next test: Shapeshifting. “Focus on every hair on your body. Don’t leave anything out. Now, breathe, and shapeshift,” said Starsprint. She would be overlooking that part of the test. Amber closed her eyes and opened them again. She looked the same, but she saw something out of the corner of her eye. Fireworm was shapeshifting. “YAY! More saviors!” Raindrop pulled Fireworm away too. While they were leaving, everyone started chanting 
“E-VER-GREEN! FI-RE-WORM! E-VER-GREEN! FI-RE-WORM! E-VER-GREEN! FI-RE-WORM!” “That’s enough!!!” screamed Starsprint. 
Next test: visions. Amber couldn’t get one, but apparently Ripple had many visions. He and Diamond went to a corner and started kissing again, missing the next test, but Amber heard him telling her what his visions were about. “I saw that in two years we would get married and you’d have many kids,” he whispered. “Makes sense because I AM turning ten soon, and Mother only lets us get married after ten. I can’t WAIT!” Diamond said before they continued kissing. 
Next test: Talking to the dead. Amber didn’t want to do it because it gave her the creeps, so she mumbled, “Hi…. How are you…” and ran off. Somehow, Midnight could talk to the dead. They couldn’t take the test for mind-control because SnowStorm won that one. When Raindrop came back to collect the five out of the six {They couldn’t find anyone for tears} Evergreen excused himself for a moment. 
“Evergreen, I’m sorry,” Amber said as he walked by. She wanted to hug him as a friend, but she didn’t know if it was right since she liked SnowStorm now. Evergreen ignored her and went to Midnight. He whispered something in her ear, took her hand, and they left the gym. Midnight was blushing like a cherry in the fall the whole way. Amber gulped, slowly following them. I’m just going to take a quick look, then leave. Evergreen and Midnight ducked into an empty classroom, and Amber slowly peeked through the crack in the door, seeing them kissing. She quickly left, heading straight for the Secret Cave. Evergreen and Midnight are probably happy together, so why does it bother me? Shouldn’t I be happy for them? She ran into Fireworm and Marina, who didn’t notice her cause they were trying to get into the Secret Cave themselves. Amber ducked behind a boulder, where she could hear them talking. 
“So, how many people have you kissed?” Marina was asking. “SnowStorm, Ripple, Aurora, I didn’t kiss Piper… Evergreen, thankfully you saved me from kissing Amber… I’m so happy I got to reject them all. But I’ve also kissed you many times,” Fireworm answered. She kissed SnowStorm?!?!?!?!? That b&%-*!!!! Amber knelt and punched the ground hard. Fireworm and Marina had gone inside the Secret Cave. 
Amber leaned against the wall, fuming. “I enchant the Secret Cave to be forgotten by anyone who has gone inside besides me. I enchant this cave to remove Marina and Fireworm from it and putting them in the gym” she whispered. She heard a scream, and then nothing. WAIT. I JUST GOT AN AMAZING IDEA. Amber's brain screamed. She ran all the way up to her room and grabbed a blank scroll. “I enchant this scroll to never end,” she stopped for a second before continuing. 
"I enchant this scroll to become two, and each scroll should have a pen which will never run out of ink.” The scroll doubled itself, becoming two, and a teal pen and a yellow pen flew towards her, each object bathed in a strange purple light. Amber turned the pens over. The teal one had the name CASPIAN and the yellow one had her name, AMBER, engraved in the wood. 
“The magic… It knows what I want to make…” Amber whispered. She wrote on one of the scrolls ‘If your name is Caspian keep this scroll. If you are not Caspian, give this scroll and pen to her’ The same message appeared on the other scroll. Amber tested the other pen to make sure it was working. Then she customized one of the scrolls. On the one that Caspian would be using, Amber used a magical knife to carve her name and some ocean animals. She carved some sea turtles, a stingray, and two happy dolphins. Amber lightly painted it with some watercolors. Then around Caspian’s name she carved some stars. I’m pretty sure the OceanClaws and StarClaws are basically our AquaEars and MoonEars. Well, I hope she likes the look of the scroll. First impressions matter a LOT, and I want us to be friends right away. Not besties, I’m sure Caspian already has one. What about MY bestie? Amber thought of NightSky. I guess I haven’t been a very good bestie. She grabbed her scroll to decorate it but jumped away. HER scroll had HER name and things that describe HER. A scorpion, sand dunes, and the sun were engraved next to her name. The objects started glowing faintly. Even the stars on the CASPIAN scroll were glowing. The sand dunes on the AMBER scroll were glowing too. Amber decided to write a short letter which would go with the scroll. She picked up a pen and began: 
Dear Caspian, 
Hello! I'm Amber, from Cuniculus, I know you’ve heard of me,so no need to be alarmed. I enchanted this scroll so you and I could have a way to communicate like Professor Vine and Sunspot. I was wanting to tell you that we should meet at the Island of Horror, or, in your case, the Exiled Island. I think it would be a good chance for us to meet and save the world!
Hope to see you there,
Amber
“I hope this works,” Amber sighed. Taping the letter to the scroll, She picked up the CASPIAN pen {Which was somehow painted to look like the scroll.} “I enchant these objects to smack Caspian from Paradus in the side of her head, just enough to get her attention,” she whispered. The scroll and pen hovered in their strange glow before flying out Amber’s window. Now I just have to wait for a response… Amber stared at her scroll for what felt like HOURS. DAYS. MONTHS. YEARS. DECADES. CENTURIES. EONS. FOREVER. Finally, Caspian responded.
Dear Amber,
No. I can't go there. It’s called the FORBIDDEN island for a reason.
Sincerely,
Caspian
“. . . Well, I guess I'm not allowed to go there either. We’re not even allowed to talk about it Amber,” Amber said, talking to herself. “Ugh. I’m so dumb. It’s literally an EXILED island. People who are EXILED go there. Maybe I should write back to Caspian.”
Well…. We could meet at the Whirlpool of Secrets? Do you know what that is? Or, maybe a different island? So, tell me about islands you know. Maybe we know the same ones. Sorry for bothering you about the exiled island. It’s just that if we’re going to be heroines, we have to break some rules, right? Also, I don’t think we really need to use the ‘Dear ___ and Sincerely ___’ We know it’s just us who are communicating with these scrolls. And this whole thing was for us to be friends. Well… have a good night?
Amber stared at the scroll, but she felt like Caspian wouldn’t be writing back soon. It’s almost night here, so it should be the same over there.  Amber’s stomach rumbled like a dark storm on a quiet night. She woke up too late for breakfast, and making this scroll for Caspian made Amber miss the rest of her classes, including lunch. She rolled up the scroll and put it in the bottom part of her bookshelf. GONG! GONG! GONG! GONG! GONG! 
“YASSS!! FEAST TIME! I’VE BEEN SAVED!!!” Amber screamed dramatically. She threw open the curtains and did a happy gig, about to leave, but something stopped her. Amber felt something wet on her paws. She lifted one up and stared at it in wonder. “Red paint… or… Is it blood…” Amber zipped around and fell to her knees. CRIMINAL. MURDERER. VANDELIZER. HEART-BREAKER. So many words, many, many words were written on the outside of Amber’s room, over her beautiful curtains, over her sign. “No… NO!!!!” she screamed, crying. Amber could hear a storm coming in.
IDIOT. B$%*&. ARROGANT. FUSSY. BOSSY. IRRESPONSIBLE. “NO!” she screamed again. OBNOXIOUS. INTOLERANT. NASTY. DISHONEST. LIAR. COWARD. “NO!” Thunder rumbled across the skies. NOBODY LOVES YOU. “NO… No…” There were smiley faces spray painted on the wall, their large smiles laughing at her, telling her that nobody cares. Amber started running. She didn’t know where to go, but she ran. Away from the bad words, away from the pain. She just wanted to be safe, untouched. Shivering, Amber realized she was in one of the pools in the Secret Cave. Her salty tears mixed with the water. 
The iciness of the water cooled some of Amber’s pain for a bit, before the hurt came rushing back, like the waves of a tsunami, destroying civilizations, destroying Amber. “. . . Are you OK?” asked a voice Amber knew well. “No, I’ll never be…” she told SnowStorm, who was standing right behind her. “How did you get in?” Amber asked. “I saw you,” he said. “Do you wanna talk?” he asked, reaching his arms out to her. Amber collapsed in them and ended up telling SnowStorm EVERYTHING. 
From the pressure of what was going on at home to coming here to Ruby Mountain, where everyone hated her. From Mother engaging Sandy to her to all rabbits around her dying. From Fireworm to Diamond’s wrath. The red paint on the walls, the anonymous Jewel, and her master. EVERYTHING. Even Caspian, even the plan that they should meet soon. 
“Everybody, everybody, SnowStorm. Everybody hates me…” Amber said, sniffling. SnowStorm put a finger to Amber’s lips. She quieted for a moment, gazing into his starry blue eyes. Then, he traced his finger down Amber’s chin, lifted it up, and softly kissed her on the lips. Amber couldn’t think of anything when it was over. Water droplets from the storm started falling through the stargazing hole, making ripples in the water. SnowStorm wrapped his wings around Amber. The iciness didn’t even bother her. “... Are you OK now?” he whispered. “I guess so…” Amber said, feeling MUCH better. There was a moment of lovely silence in that hidden, marvelous cave. SnowStorm explained how he first met Amber. 
“My father is a servant... He couldn't visit anyone anywhere, but Queen Taiga let me come with her to visit other kingdoms, because apparently I’m ‘the most handsome one’. I visited your kingdom a few months ago, and when we went back, I couldn’t stop thinking about you. Coming here just made it worse. I didn’t know if I was in love with you, I just felt like we were meant to be together,” SnowStorm said. “I get that. I feel that about you. Maybe this means we’re soulmates?” Amber gave SnowStorm a sly smile. “Should we start looking for Caspian tomorrow?” he asked. “I want to leave anytime AFTER I get a chance to apologize to Evergreen, reconnect with some of my friends, and get a chance to find out exactly what all my classes are,” Amber growled, thinking about Diamond. 
“All the bad things can be knocking on the door, Amber, but they only come in if you open the door. Keep the door closed because it’s just us in here. Not Diamond, Fireworm, or Evergreen. Just us,” SnowStorm said as thunder rolled across the skies. “Come on, let’s go see if there’s leftovers from the feast,” he said after a few minutes. “MEHHHHHHHH,” Amber groaned. “We could come back here after,” SnowStorm said. “FIINNEEE.” Amber said. 
Amber and SnowStorm silently sneaked out of the Secret Cave. “Over here,” SnowStorm whispered. A small shelf had fruits all over it. There was also a pen with cows silently mooing inside. “Want a cow?” SnowStorm said, licking his lips. “Not today…” Amber said. She grabbed a pineapple off of one self and a roasted crab on another. “Care to get me a roasted lobster, my sulky girl?” SnowStorm asked. “I’m not SULKY,” Amber argued, tearing the pineapple up. “Get me one though?” he asked, flashing the most charming smile ever. “S-stop,” Amber said, handing him one. “Mmmm… Nice!” he said, biting it. “That sounds like something from a commercial,” Amber said. “Mmm… Nice! Take a bite today!” she said, acting like a commercialist. SnowStorm laughed. 
After eating their late night dinner, they made their way back to the Secret Cave. “One sec. I’m gonna check on something,” Amber said, going to her room. She tried to ignore the vandalizing words on the wall. The messenger scroll was buzzing and glowing a pale peach. “I guess Caspian answered,” Amber whispered. She grabbed the scroll and pen. 
I don't even know what you're talking about! We sure as FRICK don't have a “Whirlpool of secrets” Find something else! We do however have an island called Butterfly Island, meet there? 
Caspian 
Amber eyes lit up. “She knows Butterfly Island!” Amber said excitedly. 
I do know Butterfly Island. I’ll probably leave for there in… a few days? I don’t know, I’ll have to see.
	Amber
“I should check my calendar, but I think I can leave for the island the day after tomorrow,” Amber whispered, talking to herself. She was just about to walk out of her room when she heard heavy footsteps. “SnowStorm! What are you doing at this time out he-” it was Fog. Amber guessed that she saw the painted words. “You did this, didn’t you,” Fog said coldly. “My office, NOW!” 
“Wait! SnowStorm didn’t do it!” Amber yelped, running out of her room. Fog looked at her, then turned to SnowStorm. “I know you’re magical abilities, kid, I’m sure you put her under a spell,” Fog said in her southern accent. 
“But he didn’t do this!” 
“Back to bed Amber.” 
Fog grabbed SnowStorm's arm. “It’s OK Amber, I’ll be fine,” SnowStorm said. Amber trudged back to her room, but she didn’t want to go inside. She heard giggles coming from Diamond’s room, but she decided to ignore them. She sat on the outside of the fountain, where the water could splash on her but not make Amber fully wet. Shivering, Amber climbed into bed, wrapped the arctic hare blanket around her, and slowly fell asleep. 
-:- 
Amber woke up at the crack of dawn. She got off her bed, stretched her arms, and took a deep breath. Maybe nothing bad will happen today. C’mon Amber, let’s go apologize to Evergreen. Amber took some leg warmers and a pair of emerald earrings. She silently stepped out, but heard some rustling coming from Piper’s room. She slowly pushed the curtain aside. Piper was looking into a mirror, but the Piper Amber saw was not the Piper Amber knew. Amber saw the covers on Piper’s bed shuffle. Piper, alarmed, rushed to the bed. “No one can know that we’re together,” Piper hissed. To be honest, Piper looked hot, but not in a way that Amber wanted to date her. That would be GROSS. Amber went back to looking in the room. Another rabbit had gotten out from underneath the covers. That rabbit and Piper started kissing. Disgusted, Amber quickly left the scene. 
She slowly walked to Evergreen’s room, and knocked on the door. Evergreen’s curtains were green, shading into lime. She didn’t hear an answer so she slowly moved the curtain. She saw Midnight and Evergreen lying down beside each other. It’s odd that they're together. I mean, I get me and SnowStorm, but them? I guess it’s something to get used to. Amber got out of Evergreen’s room and knocked again. This time, she heard some rustling, and finally, Evergreen opened the door. “Oh, Amber,” he growled. Amber took a deep breath. 
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