Wings of Fire: Astral Empowered

Hello! Me & my friend have been working on this Fanfic for a LONGGG time & we decided to post it onto Fandom. Please avoid hate, this is only a fictional story that isn´t even an official part of the series. As of now there is no cover & only written story, so use your imagination for the characters. Feel free to edit grammar, spelling, ect. If you have any questions as to why this is kinda sloppy, its because im really new to this website, sorry about that! I´ll try to be on this often to add more chapters & edit this. Now read on!
The book takes place shortly after DarkStalker was defeated, maybe 1-2 years after. This is part of a Fan made Arc: The Sun & Moon prophecy.
Prologue
Neoma carefully left the damp cave she was in. She was trying to be persistent in the rain, to keep walking to her eggs hidden place in the old NightWing kingdom. She dove off the small ledge in front of the cliff, quickly spreading her wings so she could glide effortlessly. I’m coming home little one, she thought to herself, letting a small smile out. Shortly after, she had arrived. Neoma landed gracefully and carefully, next to what used to be the NightWing palace. It's safe here, she reminded herself as she walked through one of the endless halls to the largest suite. She found her egg carefully wrapped up in a blanket of moss, but something was different- cracks! Neoma looked around the area for her dragonet, no, no, NO, NO! She thought to herself spotting her dragonet, who seemed to be talking with another– well, gibbering. Neoma snatched up her dragonet, who didn’t seem to care as he waved goodbye. When Neoma finally got back to a safe spot, she took her first good look at him. `` You adorable little boy, you’ll be the greatest Moonwing– Astral. `` Neoma said, smiling with great joy and pride for picking a name.
2 Years After
Neoma walked into her cave, looking for Astral. `` ASTRAL! `` she called, her worry growing. `` I’m in the garden! `` said Astral from a faraway distance, to the point where it became faint. Neoma sighed, Astral was ALWAYS in the garden, examining the plants and doing weird things. She walked into the garden to find Astral waving, Neoma smiled, looking at the 2 full moons on his wings and the crescent one on his forehead. `` Surprise! I cleaned the garden– ish..? `` Astral said, Neoma chuckled, it was a it less dirty now, so she smiled and replied, `` thank you, Astral.`` `` You’re welcome! `` Looking around, Neoma spotted a rabbit and swiftly leaped onto it, not noticing the awestruck look on Astrals face as she did. Neoma turned towards Astral and decided to do a sarcastic brag. ``Impressive, huh? `` but Astral shook his head, turned and ran away as fast as he could. `` ASTRAL!? `` Neoma said, but she felt a creeping presence behind her, when she turned around, her son was replaced by Blister.
Chapter 1
Astral knew he was destined for greatness since the moment he hatched. First of all, his scales were shades of black, dark blue, violet, and silver on one side, and gold, rose, and orange on the other, unlike literally all the dragons in his tribe, who instead had mixed scales. And, yes, he was born under 3 full moons, but more dragonets were hatching under the moons again anyways. Astral looked up from the scroll he was reading; Myths of Pyrrhia, the legends told in they’re former greatness! And he noticed his best friend Star drawing in a corner. He got up and walked over to her, peering over her shoulder. “Hey, Star! What’s up?” Astral asked,trying to figure out what the dark violet and rose dragon was making. “Oh, the sky,” She said mischievously, giving him a fist bump. “Hey, I was wondering, um, where, maybe, your parents were? Neoma and Apollo? I wanted to- uh, ask them… something.” She said shyly, covering her drawing with her wings. “Oh!” Astral said. “I don’t know where Apollo is, but Neoma should be in the conservatory. Ooh, maybe I could go to the garden; that would be fun!” Astral said, bumping Star’s side lightly then lifting off. “Wait!” Star said, grabbing his talon. Her palm was warm and her claws gripped his talon lightly. Astral looked down at her, hovering in the air. “Hm? What is it?” He asked. Star let go of him as he drifted down beside her. “I-I-I um, sorry, Astral. N-never- actually, do, do you want to, um, go to the Moonsky meadow with me later?” Star asked, stumbling over her words. Astral nodded. “Yeah, of course! I can do that!” He replied, twining his tail over her’s. Star’s face went bright as the moons. “O-ok! Um, yeah!” She said. “See you soon!” Astral said. He spread his wings, leaping into the air and searching for the Moonlight Meadows. He hadn’t noticed Star, quickly catching up to him and taking a place by his side. Astral smiled at Star. He liked her– but if he was destined for greatness, he knew love would have to wait until he saved the world! “You have your ‘Im-going-to-save-the-world-someday’ face on again, what are you thinking about, Astral?” Star said. Astral was almost surprised by the comment, whenever he thought about saving the world, (which was fairly often) he knew he had to leave his secret home in the old NightWing kingdom, and Star. Astral exhaled, he just had to tell her. “I’m thinking about.. Leaving. The Night kingdom, so I can go meet new dragons and quests, blah blah blah, things like that!” Star looked queasy from hearing this, and Astral felt bad and wrapped a wing around her. The moment didn’t last long as he saw a yellow dragon down by the bay near the meadow. “Hey, you!” Star snarled, suddenly turning from a passive quiet friend to a fierce protective Moonwing. She dove down to tackle the dragon. As Astral landed beside Star, he saw her wings slightly shaking, and she was kind of.. cowering back from… whatever the dragon was. She had a tail barb, and was sandy yellow, but she had black wings and black splotches all over. When her eyes saw Astral, she immediately pulled back and let out a small squeak. Astral raised his eyebrow.”Who, and what, may I ask, are you?” He asked, carefully stepping forward. The dragon said quietly, “R-Rattlesnake. I’m looking for a MoonWing– who may have some, uhm, connection to the sun..?” She ducked her head. Astral looked down at himself ( Moonwing? With a connection to the.. Sun? Maybe maybe possibly me? His brain chimed cheerfully, but he didn't get too excited.), then to Star, who was still growling, and then back to Rattlesnake. “I’m sorry,” Rattlesnake said, “But I can’t tell you about it-I-I mean if you’d like, I can?” Astral almost laughed at the dragon tripping over some of her words and sounding unsure about what she was saying. “Alright, let’s hear it.” He said. “RATTLESNAKE!” another voice yelled. It was a fierce looking LeafWing (wow, SO surprising)- who had IceWing spikes and a white scales scattered over her body, but Astral didn’t question it. She must just be a hybrid, Astral thought. “Alright- now you can-” the LeafWing started, “I just wanted to be here when you told random dragons about the thing were supposed to not tell anybody about.” Rattlesnake rolled her eyes, but nodded, “But look at him, Maple! NONE of the other NightWings have that. He looks, so.. yin-yangish!” Maple examined him closely, nodded, then replied, “I still don’t care, you said we were going to jade mountain to meet our idols, find Moon, and then find this ‘Moonwing’.” Rattlesnake huffed in defeat, but Astral stepped forward. “Tell me– whatever it is you need to tell me, please? I know I’m probably destined to save the world! After all, I am SO awesome.” Rattlesnake blinked, smiling, and Star looked at him sadly, as if she didn’t want him to hear it. Rattlesnake picked up a stick, flicking her tail, and she started speaking. “I enchant this stick to repeat the words I overheard Moonwatcher talking about.” Astral breathed in, flapping his wings in excitement. “A real animus!” He heard Star breath behind him, now looking at Rattlesnake admirably, but it didn’t last long as the stick began speaking in a gentle voice. “So I caught this rabbit today and-” Rattlesnake tossed the stick, which broke in half, causing it to stop speaking. “Hey, what was that for!?” Astral hissed. Rattlesnake sighed. “That was a different thing I overheard, I should have been more specific.” Astral and Star then watched as Rattlesnake touched a Elm leaf. “ I enchant this leaf to repeat the prophetic words I overheard Moonwatcher talking about.” Astral watched as the leaf imitated a dramatic voice and spoke,
“Dragons beware, for here lies despair within the Daylight Fading. When both Sun & Moon meet, you shall find the fate you seek, within both Ying & Yang. If you fail to succeed, all dragons in need with perish beneath the earth. Unless 6 dragonets of Sky, Leaf, Sun, Moon, Sand & Night can risk themselves to look within its hearth.”
Astral stared at Rattlesnake in disbelief. “I think I might be the Moon,” Astral whispered, and Star, seeing his distress, wrapped a wing around him. He shook his head. I was supposed to keep that a secret.. Uh oh. Star looked at him with a raised eyebrow. “No, your a Nightwing, like everybody else.” She said. Astral shook her off. He couldn’t keep it a secret anymore. “No, Star. I have sun and moon colors that look exactly like the yin-yang in the prophecy. That cannot be a coincidence,” he said, shooting Star his I’m-going-to-save-the-world face and charming smile. Rattlesnake ripped apart the leaf that had spoken, and Maple was staring at him with a questioning look. “What?” Astral questioned. “If you’re the MoonWing, you need to come with us so Moonwatcher can confirm it, duh,” Maple yawned, and Astral looked to Rattlesnake, who nodded, but responded, “Star can’t come, though.” “WHAT?” Star growled, and then pounced onto Rattlesnake, who squeaked, but managed to get her tailbarb into a dangerously close position. “Woah– can we not kill Star, please?” Astral asked, but Rattlesnake looked like she was crying while Star shouted at her with questions. “Rattlesnake can’t really kill,” said Maple, who had appeared next to Astral. “She’s afraid her soul will turn evil if she does. Although I am perfectly capable of doing it for her!” She grinned, spreading her wings. Astral noticed she had vines entwined with her scales, and it was so cool! All of a sudden, he heard a piercing scream, and saw Star lying on the ground, dead
Chapter 2
Astral raced over to Star, who was bleeding badly. He glanced over at Rattlesnake,who was looking pale. Astral was shocked. “I thought you said she didn’t hurt anybody!” Astral yelled at Maple, who shrugged and said, “No, she’s fierce, and she’ll gladly hurt somebody, but she refuses to kill.” Rattlesnake snorted, “Hey! Your not helping me maintain my scary Sandwing vibe, now are you?” Astral assumed it was sarcastic, and turned back to Star. “Ow.. oof– please don’t touch it” Star said as calmly as she could, wincing as she tried to sit up. Astral let out a small laugh. She’s not dead! he thought relievingly, wrapping his wings around Star and plucking a flower from the ground, giving it to her. “ Star can come if she doesn't kill me, or enter the school. Also as long as she’s good to go though.” Rattlesnake announced, shaking her wings and warily looking at Star. “Oops– sorry Rattlesnake,” Star said, “bad temper.” Astral watched Star spread her wings out carefully, glancing at him with a smile, and something more in her gaze… Astral didn’t think much about it as the others leaped out of the cave, and he spread his wings to follow them. I might be part of a real prophecy– I could actually save the world! He thought. Rattlesnake saw the huge smile on his face and grinned at him. Astral had rarely been outside of the Night Kingdom, since too many dragons would probably question his look, but he had to take a deep breathe, taking it all in. I could have seen all of this if I was normal, said a small part of his brain, but Astral quickly shut that voice down quickly. After a really long flight with almost no rest, Rattlesnake finally pointed a claw towards a large mountain that had various dragons gathered around it. “That’s The Jade Mountain Academy,” she said. Maple yawned, nodding & diving down to land, and Astral followed. Once they landed, Astral took a moment to breathe. Rattlesnake was talking to Star, most likely about how she couldn’t come in, but Maple came up to him. “I assure you, your not going to die or be judged here,“ She said, but was already wrong about the last part, because dragons were staring at Astrals ying-yang scales, and he shrunk back nervously. Once Rattlesnake finished talking to Star, they entered the mountain/academy. Rattlesnake assured him Moon was in the library, & to his surprise, she was right. “Moon! Look- we found the MoonWing from your prophecyyy!“ Maple said once she spotted Moon, who was reading a scroll, then looked over to her & then to Astral. He awkwardly waved, but before he could speak she saw his scales. Astral wondered what Moon was doing as she closed her eyes & didn’t speak for a moment. “Uhm..?” he started, but Moon quickly said “You’re not lying, thanks for that.” Astral gave Maple a sideways glance, but nodded. “Um, ok? Your welcome, I guess.” Astral said. Maple walked over to stand next to Moon. “Moon…” She started, but Moon nodded. “Qibli’s in his cave- 2a.” She said, pointing in the direction. “Thanks, Moon! I wanted to borrow a scroll from him.”Maple added, taking off in the direction Moon pointed. Moon gave a slight frown at her, but turned and smiled at Astral. “So! Your the MoonWing, alright,” she added. Astral nodded. “Well, i’m obviously not a Nightwing,” he said sarcastically, in to which Moon giggled. Astral noticed Rattlesnake looking uncomfortable, though she had been fine a minute ago. Moon seemed to have noticed to. “Rattlesnake..?” she asked. Rattlesnake shuddered, but had answered very ominous, “I’m thinking about the prophecy.. Sky, Leaf, Sun, Moon, Sand & Night.” Moon nodded, she appeared to be deep in thought. “Well,” Astral said suddenly, both Moon & Rattlesnake looking at him now. “ I’m not sure about Sky, but the ‘Leaf’ could be Maple, You could be ‘Sand & Night’, & the ‘Sun & Moon’ could be the Ying yang dragons..?” Astral trailed off as Moon & Rattlesnake stared at him. “Right..?” “You literally..glowed while you were explaining…” Rattlesnake breathed. Astral nodded awkwardly, shifting his talons. “ Yes.. it happens when im being smart, don’t try asking why.” Moon once again looked deep in thought & suddenly said, “What’s the answer to Pi, Astral?” Astral quickly responded, “3.14159265359, ect. why?” Astral said. “There it is again! Astral, your like- Super smart when you glow!” Rattlesnake said, an excited grin on her face. Astral considered that for a moment, tilting his head. “That could be true, I guess.” Moon nodded, apparently still deep in thought. “Could you figure out where the Sun dragon may be?” she asked. Astral thought for a long moment, Well… if the Moon’s rise near Pyrrhia, & the sun sets towards Pantala.. Astral made sure to think of other scenarios, but said, “Pantala,” sure of his answer. “The Sun sets & Rises near Pantala, so they should be over.. There? I guess?” Astral added quickly. Rattlesnake stared at him. “Astral.. Your glowing again. Does.. that mean your right?” There was a brief awkward silence before Astral’s mind wandered back to Star. “ SHOOT. Uhm- we should check on Star,” Astral said, but quickly added, “please?” Moon nodded. “Sure.. let me go tell Maple really quick.. I’ll meet you outside, ok?” Rattlesnake and Astral nodded at the same time. Moon ran off, going to find Maple. Astral ducked his head and walked out. “Hey, Star!” Rattlesnake called out, getting her attention. Star gracefully walked over, waving. “So minor, detail. Apparently Astral is an all knowing super-dragon or something.” Star looked at him with a raised eyebrow, but nodded. “Full story please.” After an insanely long explination, Moon came through the entrance with Maple and a Sandwing whom Astral did not recognize. “Hey,” He said casually, with a charming grin. “Moon told me you were.. Ah, the MoonWing? Right?” He asked, curling up his venomous tail so it wouldn’t hurt anyone. Astral nodded. He liked this dragon already.. “Yes, I am. My name’s Astral, what’s yours?” He asked with a little ambition. The dragon held out a talon. “Qibli,” he said, and Astral shook his talon. Astral noticed his face, clearly trying to hide a smile as he observed Astral, so he decided to follow that example. After a few moments of straight up staring at Qibli’s face, he said, “Your Qibli of the SandWings, your mother is Cobra, & your siblings are Sirocco & a different Rattlesnake than the one next to me. You are loyal to Queen Thorn & try to return often to check on her majesty, oh– you also love Moon.” Astral could tell the courtyard of dragons was stunned, & Astral noticed the look on Qibli’s face. “He’s friendly,” Rattlesnake said randomly to the silence. Moon giggled a little, most likely seeing Rattlesnake’s thoughts due to her expression. “Ok… aside from the fact that Astral’s smarter than Starflight– its very nice to meet you,” said Qibli. Astral nodded, “You too,” he said quietly, & pointed towards the setting sun. “We need to go to Pantala in order to find the Sun dragon,” he said, “But we also need to figure out who is going.” Rattlesnake nodded. “Yes. We just need an experienced Skywi–” Suddenly a voice cut Rattlesnake off. “What’s with HIM? Why are his colors so.. weird?” it said. Astral turned and saw a glaring crimson Skywing behind him, staring at him. Astral squirmed- this dragon made him uncomfortable. He had a nasty scar running across his snout and across his eye. “Ah- Flame! Astral, this is Flame, Flame, this is Astral.” Moon said nervously, shrinking back a bit. Qibli protectively wrapped a wing around her, unfurling his tail cautiously toward Flame’s direction. Aw, Astral thought, and Moon smiled at him. Astral looked back to Star, who was looking at them sadly. She looked at Astral but glanced away quickly. Astral gave a slight frown. Flame gave Astral a suspicious look, but it didn’t seem hostile, more like he was interested. Astral suddenly realized something. “Flame could be the SkyWing. If he was in a false prophecy, the universe might give him a second chance.” Qibi had relaxed his tail barb back, but not by much. Rattlesnake had a thoughtful look. Flame snorted,”I’ḿ done with prophecies..” Astral shook his head. “No I’m sure you're the one were looking for.. It’s a feeling,” he said.“Astral!! Your glowing!!” Star exclaimed, and Astral felt his heart break. “Oh no.. Star.” He whispered so quietly nobody heard. Star gave him a hurtful look. “Oh… I guess that means your really from the prophecy..” Star said, obviously holding something in. Oh dear. I promise i’ll-i’ll find somebody for you Star, somebody who can stay with you.. Unlike me. Astral sighed. “We’re going to Pantala.. You should probably return home to tell my parents.” He hated pushing her away, but he had realized he could hurt her– taking her on a heroic quest away from her home. That was the last thing he needed right now- Star possibly dying or getting hurt! Astral looked away, but not fast enough, because he saw the hurt expression on Star’s face. She shook herself. “Fine, if that’s what you want.” Star said, then shot off, back towards their home. “Star! Wait, let me explain!” Astral shouted after her, lifting off, but Rattlesnake grabbed his talon. Astral looked down at her, and remembered Star did the same earlier this morning. He glared at her as she told him to leave Star alone, but Astral hissed at her. “No. I have to go talk to Star before we go… there is something I need to tell her. Alone,” He added, seeing Maple start to fly up behind him. She drifted back down, heading towards Rattlesnake with a comforting face. “Astral, there are lots of dragons out there who want you… be careful.” She said, and Astral noticed Maple had vines entwined with her scales. Huh, Astral thought, How did I not notice that? He shook himself. “Yes, yes, fine. I’ll meet you all at Jerboa’s hut, near the bay. With Star,” He hissed, then flew off towards the tiny shape in the distance, which he knew must be Star. Don’t Worry, Star. I’m coming. Astral missed the slightly worried & hurt expression on Rattlesnake & Maples faces as he lifted.
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