Limitless Skies

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|-| Info =
 ⚡️ Synopsis ⚡️ 
 Marked with a prodigal symbol Astrape is meant to influence the future of the world, when the new millennium starts. Something is supposed to happen according to an old prophecy, but Astrape is unhappy with the fate given to her. Born with the specialty to control electricity, which she still struggles with, Astra would've preferred to live a normal life with her friends on the third continent, Pretamar. The New Moon Alliance has other plans for the dragonet though...
|-| The Prophecy =
👁 Starreader's Prophecy 👁
Those with a marking, 
The world they will change. 
On a journey embarking, 
To find something strange. 
One to the better, 
One to the worse. 
Accepting the letter, 
Breaking the curse. 
Oh, marked souls, 
Don’t challenge Fate! 
Burnt on hot coals, 
If you take the bait. 
Of ten in total two must die. 
Hear the screaming from the sky. 
Don’t aim too high, you’ll fall. 
Listen to the ocean’s call. 
Your heart filled with hatred, 
You must never hide it. 
Your downfall it brings, 
Become one with old kings. 
Those filled with desire 
Will burn in the fire. 
Only the pure ones will stay 
Prepare for doomsday.
Just follow the dream 
To end the regime 
Of terror and fear, 
When the thousand is near. 
Don’t get distracted 
By the one who had acted 
Against your own cause 
And broken the laws.
Oh, destined children 
Don’t just set on Hope. 
Open your talons 
To change the old scope. 
- Chapter 3; Page 1; Starreader's Prophecies
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The tower nearby 
Bears twins of the Sky. 
[Lost script]
Divided since birth 
By sky and the earth. 
Hearing the roar 
Of almighty Thor 
Will lead to demise 
For lightning's allies.
- Chapter 3; Page 2
 
|-| Notes =
📒 Author's Notes 📒
* They call it the Boat (capitalised), however what we have here is a ship.
* Solar Cycles refer to years. Moon cycles to days. They use the white moon for this measurement.
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POV [↓] 
* Ciel ☁️ { 0️⃣ }
* Astrape ⚡️ { 1️⃣ }
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The Marked Ones [↓] 
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# Astrape ⚡️ { 1️⃣ }
# Spacedust ✨ { 1️⃣ }
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Major [↓] 
* Kingfisher 🐟 { 0️⃣ }
* Terracotta 🏔 { 1️⃣ }
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* Marigold 🌼 { 1️⃣ }
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Minor [↓] 
* Unnamed SeaWing { 0️⃣ }
* Unnamed SkyWing soldiers x 3 { 0️⃣ }
* Freeze, the IceWing { 0️⃣ }
* Unnamed SkyWing general { 0️⃣ }
* Drom, the SandWing guard { 1️⃣ }
* Phantom's Dad { 1️⃣ }
|-| Zero =
Idk if i like this. I might change.
 ⛈ Chapter 0 - Storm ⛈ 
 The roaring sound of thunder echoed through the mountains, which only made it louder and thus more earsplitting, deafening those travelling through this area. Large masses of water dropped down from the sky, making it harder to fly for Ciel, as her wings kept being pushed down by the weight of the water from the heavens. But this was not enough to stop her from moving on. Exhausted from flapping her wings for hours through this terrible storm it was hope that made her push her limits. One egg was already gone. To make sure the other one survives Ciel would give away her life. 
 
 If flying through the storm was hard for Ciel, then it must also have been so for her chasers. She tried to not look behind her to not accidentally bump into a rock of some kind. It would've been no issue under normal circumstances but right now there was an egg in her talons, which she could not afford to lose.
 But from time to time she just had to look at what was behind her. The sound of the rain together with the thunder were just too loud to hear anything like wings flapping. Yet she did hear them shout something. It was a faint noise, and in no way did she understand what was being said, but nevertheless, there was shouting. Where they really that close? She glanced back, and saw three red figures in the air. There was another one, but with shimmering blue scales. Unlike the other ones this one was not headed for Ciel but rather the SkyWing soldiers.
 Ciel wanted to continue to look at what was happening over there, but there was no time for that. That SeaWing was currently trying everything to win time - time Ciel should not waste right now. In the distance in front of her, Ciel could see another dragon with very light scales. Just the one she needed."Ciel, follow me!", he shouted. Ciel did as she was told, turning right, hoping that the SkyWing soldiers were to busy with the SeaWing to have noticed.
 The two continued to fly for a bit. Ciel's IceWing friend had offered her to take the egg for while, but she refused. At least he was able to look what's behind them without trouble. Flying backwards was no problem for him even during a storm like this.
 "They don't seem to be following us anymore", Freeze notified Ciel. "But we can't rest yet. The harbour isn't far."
 "Why are you helping me?" Ciel asked. She sounded very exhausted, however Freeze was right. They'll get to the port soon, and until then, Ciel could not rest. 
 "You are my friend", he answered, probably smiling, but he was falling behind, so Ciel couldn't see his face. 
 "And the SeaWing?" 
 "The Endama had claimed many victims. If your child will be able to stop that it'll be worth it." 
 Ciel didn't answer. The prophecy. I guess there wasn't anything you could do against it. Why, though, must it have been her dragonet? Why didn't Destiny pick another one? 
 The lights of the town started to be visible, which meant they were coming closer. It won't be long till their new life on a new ground. A place, where Ciel and her dragonet will be accepted. Not hunted. Not killed. 
 "You wish!", a voice exclaimed. Looking up Freeze and Ciel saw a bright orange figure. A dragoness with scales coloured like fire, a yellow underbelly, and long curved horns, coloured deep red as if they were covered in the blood of her victims. The shining golden armor, decorated to such an extent that it probably took several solar cycles for that, denoted her high status. 
 The general snickered, looking down at the two exhausted dragons like there were nothing but worthless dirt. "Give me the egg, Ciel!", she demanded, her voice being worthy of the rank of general. 
 'You are not gonna get it!', Ciel thought, but didn't say out loud. After all she had to save her energy for better things. She wanted to just continue to fly, but the general quickly blocked Ciel's way before she could even blink. 
 Freeze, who had finally caught up put some kind of necklace around Ciel. 'That's the wrong time for this!!' She thought. 
 "You'll need it. My half-brother is waiting for you. Good Luck and may Fate be with you!" Then he quickly dived through the air, launching at the general. The element of surprise had distracted the armored dragoness for a second, but she was much stronger than Freeze, and it wouldn't take long till she can free herself from the grip of the ice dragon. 
 "I'm sorry", Ciel whispered, her words consumed by the sky's rage. She took all her energy together to fly past the two fighting dragons. Her talons were gripping harder onto the egg, and now also the necklace. 
 Farther and farther. Never stopping, never looking back. She heard screams. Whose were they? Never will this be answered. She could not stop. The general will easily catch up. In a zig zag maneuver Ciel crossed the mountains. It was much harder to turn than to simply fly forward. Hopefully, it made her get rid of the chasers temporarily. 
 Did she get used to it or was it raining less strong? Did that matter right now? The lights were so close. Ciel was not the only dragon in the sky right now, and the soldiers weren't referred here to either. Lots of blue and green silhouettes gathered in the air - presumably trying to get to the harbour. During such weather SeaWings and SkyWings were really the only ones, who could fly. No sane dragon would pick today to fly anywhere unless they were a SeaWing. Maybe flying in a storm was easier than swimming through it. 
 Ciel now flew lower, trying to join the crowd. Hardly would she be able to blend in with them given her own colouration, but it seemed better to be around them than being out there in the open. 
 The crowd paid no attention to the lone SkyWing. They were just trying to enter the city. Couldn't they just fly over? Well, they probably weren't being targeted by the SkyWing army, so they could simply just wait and not risk being stopped by aerial patrol. However, Ciel did not have the time for that, and thus flew over the wall. Most likely somebody has noticed her, but let's hope these dragons had no ill intentions. 
 Landing in the city nobody had paid attention to her. The few dragons, who were outside for whatever reason didn't want to bother with that, though maybe they didn't know she was from outside. 
 Soaking wet she entered a store, immediately apologising. "I need some cloth, please", she told the only dragon, who was in there. 
 "You could've waited until the rain in over. It seems to already be", the dragon said. They didn't particularly have a problem with the wet customer, but they probably would have preferred the ground to not be wet. The dragon gave Ciel some robes. "The egg would also need something. Man, you guys are such a hassle..."
 'You guys'? What did the shopkeeper mean? "5 scales. That's like the runaway discount." "Uh..." Ciel took five scales out of her pocket and handed them over. "I apologise once again, and thank you." "Don't let those bad guys catch ya!" And the shop's door closed behind Ciel. 
 Wrapped in cloth she hoped to not be easily recognizable, especially from above. Well, it was a big suspicious that she was holding onto something, but looking around, Ciel noticed other dragons with bags, and cases. It seemed to be the very same dragons that she had seen at the gates as they were all heading towards the same direction: the port. 
 Ciel joined the crowd, following them through the streets illuminated by glass lanterns, that were protected from the now weak rain. Rows of large homes surrounded the reptiles. In front a massive construct awaited the dozen of dragons. 
 'This must be the Boat', Ciel thought to herself looking at this thing, that sort of resembled someone's house, yet it could contain so many more dragons. It was dark as the night, only the light on it's deck making it in some way visible. It was impressive what animus dragons were capable of. 
 Somewhere here Freeze said his brother should be waiting for Ciel and her egg. But so far she could not spot the hybrid. Actually, Ciel wasn't all too familiar with Kingfisher, just knew what he looked like - at least a bit - and that he was a hybrid. Now he shouldn't be that hard to find, right? 
 "Excuse me, but are you perhaps...searching for someone?" Ciel turned around as she heard the voice. A small dragonet with bright blue scales stood there. He wore a lot of pelt, but you could see the spikes on his back. His large tail fin however identified the youngling as a SeaWing. Yes, this must have been Kingfisher. "You must be Freeze's girl, right?" 
 "I am not his girl. We're just friends", Ciel grumbled. 
 "I'm kiddin'! Just follow me, 'k?" He led Ciel out of the crowd, around the docks. Then he lifted himself into the air, which Ciel did too. They halted in front of a part that sort of looked like door painted onto the side of the Boat. Kingfisher took out a ring, held it in front of the moonlike symbol and suddenly the part opened like a door. "Just do the same as I did." With that he went inside and the 'door' closed again. 
 'But I don't have that rin- Wait!' She took a look at the necklace Freeze gave her and see there, the pendant was actually a ring! With it she did exactly as Kingfisher had shown her and the door at the side opened. 
 "Pretty neat, huh? This part can only be entered by those with a key, which is my family, and most of the staff." Kingfisher continued to ramble about this Boat, but Ciel paid no attention. Her surroundings were much more interesting. 
 Inside the Boat was not exactly big for a dragon. Just enough to fit in a larger one, but the wooden construct seems to have more than one floor. There were plenty of doors, which probably led to the crew member's rooms. 
 "This part looks much better than where the passengers are. They don't get rooms", Kingfisher explained. "Imma lead you and your egg to a free room. The Boat's gonna set of in half an hour." 
 "Is nobody gonna find me?" 
 "Not here. If the soldiers manage to get into the city and into the Boat, they still won't find this part unless they burn the whole thing, which they wouldn't ever do. Angering an animus is like angering a goddess." He was sort of right. Despite her best friend coming from an animus family Ciel knows little about them, so some random SkyWings even less. 
 "Ok here. If you need anything, I'm two doors to the right." Right after he said this Kingfisher disappeared behind the door he had specified. 
 Ciel put down her egg into the one bed that the room had. It wasn't big, but enough for a single dragon to fit inside and move around. More was not needed. This wasn't a place to live after all. Maybe temporarily. 
 She should sleep. All this had tired her greatly. She took off the wet robes, and then lied down. Closing her eyes she started to imagine her new life on the new continent. A place where all tribes lived at peace. A place without a dangerous monarch. A place where nobody knew her. 
 But what about the prophecy. Did they know about it? There was no need to show the egg. The dragonet should hatch very soon. Maybe even while travelling there. 
 But now it was time to let her tiredness consume her. 
 *** 
 It had been a dreamless sleep. When Ciel woke up she could feel the Boat moving. The sound of waves splashing against the wooden carcass was all she could hear. What time was it? Maybe she should go to Kingfisher. 
 For a second she contemplated about leaving the egg here, but after what happened before, she decided that taking it would be better. Even if it will be most likely save here, Ciel just couldn't part herself from the unhatched baby. 
 She slightly opened the door to see if somebody was there, but there wasn't. Walking over the wood made no sounds. This was rather unusual, because Ciel was very much used to hearing creaking and cracking whenever she walked across wooden constructs. Maybe those were just build very badly, or this one very well. 
 Three times did she knock at Kingfisher's door. It opened slightly, and a snout peaked through it. "Oh hey, it's you! Thought it was the capt'n." He opened the door further, and Ciel could see his room. It wasn't any bigger, but it had much more things. It was already a little tight with a shelf, a bed and a wardrobe, so adding to that another bed (albeit small, so it must have been for a pet), and that odd mechanical construct, which took away lots of space, made it probably harder. 
 "Let's go up!", Kingfisher proposed. He ran out of the room, grabbing Ciel's talon along the way. 
 "Not so fast, please!", Ciel shouted. He looked back, probably noticing the egg, as he just said: "Oh, sorry." 
 It was nice to not hurry anywhere. To need to hide. How long has it been since she had felt this way? Kingfisher lead her over several stairs, such an amount was probably rare anywhere outside of the palace, it was surprising. After a few doors new stairs awaited them. 
 Climbing up the last one, Ciel could see the blue sky. There were only few clouds, no more rain. Ciel could smell the scent of the ocean, and hear the chatter of other dragons. The deck was very large, being able to fit in so many blue, green and purple dragons, you simply couldn't count them all. Excitedly she walked (flying not allowed) to the edge, and took a look at the ocean. 
 "It's beautiful", she said. The fresh breeze of ocean air felt great. A moment of true peace, something she had never experienced before, and had been afraid to never experience. "That's what I hope for all dragons." 
 "Getting a whiff from saltwater?" 
 "NO! By Fate's sake, what are you saying?!?" 
 Kingfisher only started laughing hysterically. It was a contagious laughing, as Ciel chuckled a little. That reminded her of another dragon. A SkyWing. He had made her feel happy even during the worst situations. Put a smile on her face when he laughed. Apologised always with fresh meat when he made her sad. Now that dragon was gone, never to return. Maybe in another life they'll meet again. 
 To that she had to remember the SeaWing, and Freeze, and everybody who had helped her on the way, probably gone too. 
 She guessed that her worries could be easily read from her face as Kingfisher asked: "Are you worried about my bro? He'll be fine. I'll make sure to contact him soon. He may be a dummy, but mom really loves him." At least one dragon gets to survive. He might have said that just to lighten up Ciel's mood, and it worked. 
 "The prophecy... What do you think about it?", Ciel dared to ask. 
 "Huh? Would be nice if the horrible rulers of Pyrrhia and Pantala would like 'poof' disappear. That would mean less dragons trying to leave the continents and drowning, because their wings couldn't rest", Kingfisher said after thinking for a bit. He looked out into the ocean, not once turning to Ciel while he said this. "I'm sure your dragonet will be fine. We'll lead her to the correct path." 
 It said that two will die on the journey to freedom. There will be so much trouble. It wasn't wrong to be worried there, after all her own dragonet was involved. Ciel took a look at her egg. It was bright white, and a symbol was in the center. No clue, what that symbol even was. There was a curly part next to a vertical line. 
 "How long will it be to our destination?" 
 "Uuh, not sure, but I'd say we'd reach by sunset. The captain should know." 
 "How is it there?" 
 "'Nother question, huh? It's pretty great, but it's not like they don't have their own troubles on Pretamare." 
 "Problems are universal." 
 Kingfisher nodded. 
 "Will you make sure my dragonet will be fine?" Ciel requested, gazing onto the ground. 
 "I.. Can't you do that yourself?" 
 "Just in case..something happens.." 
 "By the name of the Mother, I promise you, I will look after her. And she'll probably find plenty friends who will too." He made a pause. After that his voice changed a bit, making him sound more serious. "Please, promise me that this won't have to happen. My brother wouldn't be able to live knowing that you don't." 
 That shocked Ciel a little. She didn't immediately answer. How should she respond to that? Happy? Sad? Angry? All of those emotions? Making her friend worry was not on the list of permitted things. Ciel was the always worried one, and that wasn't bad because it kept her friends from being worried. 
 "I want him to return and tell that to my face", was her ultimate choice for the response. 
 "Fair enough", Kingfisher shrugged, and returned to his old less serious self. "Hey, did you already think of a name for your dragonet? I mean, she's supposed to hatch soon." 
 "Yes, we had thought about it already." Saying 'we' made her once again remember the egg's father. 
 »Say, Ciel, if our dragonet is really the chosen one, do you think they'll have special powers? Maybe they can shoot laser out of their eyes!« That's what he had said, when he first saw the egg. The SkyWing male had put his talons in front of his eyes, pointing with one claw forward, presumably imitating laser eyes. 
 »I'd prefer the dragonet to look normal and have normal powers,« had been Ciel's response at that time. Of course the act made her laugh, but as cool as it would be, the dragonet being normal had been the best option to ensure a normal life, until the you know what. 
 "Have you like died or are you havin' one of those flashbacks?" Kingfisher returned her back to reality. 
 "Oh sorry, you wanted to know..." for a split second she forgot what her partner and she had chosen for the child. But the memory returned quickly. 
 "The name we have chosen is——" 
 CHAPTER 0 END 
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 ⚡️ Chapter 1 - Thunder ⚡️ 
 "Astrape!!" A loud voice disrupted her dream, and when opening her eyes she wasn't flying over the ocean anymore, but rather sitting in a classroom with many giggling dragonets looking at her, and a teacher, whose expression was anything but happiness. "How often did I tell you to not sleep in class?", asked the unhappy IceWing. 
 "I..uhm... am sorry?", the SkyWing dragonet responded nervously, and still half asleep. Astra wanted to return to the place she had seen in her dream. There was a swimming island, and lots of water. The sky had been sunny, reflecting its light in the water masses. Much better than being here, listening to some boring stuff some dragons apparently said and did long ago. History was not her forte, nor did Astrape really like it. 
 "I bet she was dreaming about the ocean again, like a SeaWing", one of her classmates whispered to her friends, who chuckled in response. What, were SkyWings prohibited from liking the sea? Just to note, she was also dreaming of flying, which seemed pretty much SkyWing-like if you asked her. If the teacher weren't looking at Astra right now, she would turn around and stick out her tongue to those girls. Maybe even zap them. They deserved it. But Freeze would probably scold her like crazy. 
 "Shush, you all!", the teacher yelled at the murmuring dragonets sitting behind Astra. "As for you. Today's lesson is especially important for you. I bet you don't know the prophecy. But you should", he lectured Astra, who was just staring at the table, while he was talking. "Are you even listening?" No. She wasn't really. Astra did not care about some prophecy that might or might not involve her. Why are they claiming she is one is one of those destined dragons? Just because of some stupid birth mark. She wished she didn't have it. 
 "Come to me after the lesson", he told her rather quietly. "Alright, the lesson will continue now." Stupid Freeze, thinking he is so smart. 
 The rest of the lesson Astra spend looking out of the windows. Seems like a storm was coming. Nice! She loved those a lot. Hopefully Freeze won't take too long with his after lesson lecture. 
 Just like Freeze told her to Astra remained after class. Once everybody had left her teacher started to confront her: "You should really pay more attention to this. Understanding a prophecy can be crucial to fulfilling it." Why? Wasn't it gonna happen anyway? What if it won't happen? The future wasn't set in stone. Argh, this prophecy and vision stuff was too complicated. Luckily Astra wasn't a NightWing. How did they deal with that? 
 At first Astrape thought of telling Freeze what she actually thought. That she didn't believe in prophecies, and that she didn't want to be part of this or any other one. Why were they written in such a weird way to begin with? But something stopped her from saying it out loud, so it remained in her thoughts. What came out instead was: "Dusty knows it, and they're much smarter than me. We have to go through it together anyway." 
 "You can't always rely on he- Dusty. What if you happen to be alone suddenly?" Freeze continued with his lecturing. There was no way Dusty would leave her behind. Ever. There would also be eight more dragons to rely on. Also a dragon, who couldn't learn someone's pronouns couldn't expect a dragonet to learn an entire chapter from some ancient book, written in such a way, you could question if those were even correct sentences. 
 "I'll just let destiny or fate or whatever you call it lead me", Astra said proudly. But then regretted it remembering the line about fate. But at the same time, Astra didn't believe all to much in that stuff. There might be some goddess watching over them, but she doesn't seem to care all too much about anyone's wellbeing. 
 Freeze sighed and didn't touch on what Astra said right now. He just mentioned: "Aren't you gonna become seven soon?" 
 Astra nodded, asking her teacher: "Can I go now?" Why did he ask that right now? Definitely unrelated to the prophecy. 
 "What would your mom just think right now? She sacrificed so much for you", he said gazing outside. "A storm, huh?", Freeze noted. He seemed to be drifting away with his thoughts. Maybe remembering Astrape's mother while she was still alive and well. Better leave him alone. Slowly Astra sneaked out, leaving the room backwards so she could still see Freeze. 
 There was a lot Astra wanted to say right now, but she wasn't someone, who could simply speak out her thoughts. They keep circulating in her head over and over until they get the chance to come out or get replaced by new ones, continuing the devilish cycle. 'Mom probably didn't want me to be in danger. But she had as much of a choice as I did.' 
 *** 
 To avoid bumping into anyone Astra took the barely used path behind her school. She could also fly, because right now barely anyone was in the air, making it less dangerous there. But at the same she really didn't want to fly through the rain. She liked storms, but flying through them was almost impossible. 
 As she turned to the right going behind the school building when suddenly an unexpected square face appeared, giving Astra a small scare. "Hey!" The reddish brown MudWing (Terra was her name) said grinning at her friend. Astra on the other hand looked like she had seen a ghost and at the same time was deeply disappointed. "Hahaha, you should see your face!", Terra cackled. "At least there wasn't as many sparks as last time, hahahaha!!" Astra's friend was rolling on the ground, holding her stomach from laughter. 
 "That's not funny... I told you to not do it", Astra said even more disappointment lying in her voice. 
 "Because of your powers? Yeah, yeah, I remember you saying that over and over again, but I'm immune to them, so don't worry about me", her MudWing buddy tried to reassure Astra, patting her on her shoulder. Even though she surpassed everyone her age in regards to height Terra was much shorter than Astra. But she was also two years younger, so it was not that big of a surprise. "You were going to the lab again, right?" Now that was suspicious. And Terra's expression is no less suspicious. 
 "Yeah", Astra answered fidgeting with her gloves. "You know me pretty well..." 
 "There's been just one thing I've been wondering." Terra looked at Astra with her big dull grey eyes - a colour that didn't fit to the rest of her colouration - as if Astra just had eaten the last piece of pie or something. Then she quietly asked: "Do you go there to visit your crush?" 
 "WHAT!??", Astra exclaimed, embarrassed, and unable to defend herself. Once again she was unable to word her thoughts into sentences. She just turned away from her small friend. "N-no!" Astra added, hiding her face from Terra, which was probably pointless as the MudWing could most likely tell what she was thinking. Small sparks flew around Astra, and she tried to control herself to stop it. 
 Lightning flashed somewhere far away. Terra flinched upon hearing the terrifying sound of thunder that followed it. Despite being scary, thunderstorms give Astra some kind of feeling of comfort and familiarity. It was weird and hard to describe. Maybe it stood in connection with Astra‘s own specialty to conjure up lightning. A scary ability that caused more trouble than it was worth it, but for some reason Astra felt like not having it wouldn't be good as well. If she at least got fire in its stead then maybe. Still hard to imagine though. 
 "Now let me through", Astra told the MudWing flapping past her cautiously to not accidentally touch her. Not that Terra would have had an issue with that, it was just something Astra usually did. Terra stepped away letting her clawmate through. 
 "Have fun!", Terra said. "I'll heading back to the dorm." But before leaving she turned back to Astra. "Gonna go past the merchant's place! Do you need anything?" 
 Astrape continued to walk away, just shouting: "Nah, it's fine!", to her friend hoping Terra had heard that. Just a second later thunder rumbled, like it had waited for the conversation to end. The rain came afterwards following another thunder. 
 ***
Uuuhh maybe sth sth please ignore for nowm she be going to lab
 The lab was a large building constructed of unusual material, looking a lot like a turned around plate. Astra wasn't an expert in architecture, but maybe they should have toned down on glass. It's mostly rooms like the lobby that had so many windows, of course. The rooms with experiments were safely locked, and protected with normal walls. Like they should be. 
 Unlike other dragons Astra usually didn't use the guarded entrance to get inside. There was a window at the top where she could've flown in, but because of the rain it might not have been such a good idea. Wet as a fish the orange dragonet approached the intimidating guards. Maybe, just maybe, she should have taken the air route after all. Who cared about a little rain? Not her, definitely. Thunder answered probably agreeing that it also didn't care about the rain. 
 "You again", the guard on the left grunted. She was a pale golden SandWing, one head taller than Astra with a short golden sail. Her tail barb was not covered by anything, which probably was allowed because she was a guard. She wasn't very armored either. "I'm not sure if we should let you in anymore." 
 "Aw, Drom, maybe you shouldn't be that harsh on her!" The other guard said, his face much more happier now. He was a RainWing. Right now his colours were dull blue, as if he was trying to take on the colour of the sky, but it was still more saturated. His eyes were bright green. It was an odd colour. 
 "Honestly, I am starting to prefer her over your son." 
 "What did my son do wrong!?" And once again they started to argue. It was always the same. Astra wanted to say 'Excuse me', but she wasn't so sure anything she'll say will be heard by either of them. 
 "There, there. You should be fighting intruders, not each other", a hoarse voice said. A dragon with black scales appeared, grinning at Astra, and then the guards. His yellow eyes and the few light yellow scales really stood out. "I'm kinda thirsty. Come and drink something, Astra!" He grabbed Astra's wing with his tail. Some soft yet hard part was plucked onto the stinger, and it was wrapped in cloth. Safety measures. 
 "Hi, Dusty!" Astra happily exclaimed following her dark friend into the building. 
 "What brought you here during such weather?", Dusty started. 
 "Freeze was all teacher-y again!" Astra complained. 
 "Well, he is a teacher after all. Was it the prophecy?" It was almost like he could read her mind, but Dusty had assured her over and over again that even though he may have NightWing genes, not a part of him was able to read minds. 'Omniscience, but also not', was how Spacedust had explained their powers to Astrape. 
 "Yes! I would prefer you as a teacher! You're much better, and you are also part pf the prophecy!" 
 Dusty halted, glanced at Astra, and then continued to walk again. Bad feeling. Astra started to worry if she said something wrong. 
 "You know how I am...", was all Dusty said to that. Yep, she definitely made her probably best friend upset. "You didn't happen to come for someone else, did you?" 
 "Wha—? No! I wanted to visit you!" How outrageous! Why did everybody think she came for - "Marigold!", Dusty exclaimed. 
 A scaled dragoness appeared, her wings shaped like petals though part of it covered by mechanical parts. Her tail was also almost completely mechanical, the metal coloured green and golden to fit her colour scheme. 
 "Isn't this too many characters for this chapter already?" 
More flying in soon!!
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