The SeaWing Exodus

This is a story that is from a young dragon’s journal. 9 year-old Sapphirine partakes in the dreadful events of the SeaWing Exodus in the year 5,092. A journey from the fallen Kingdom of the Sea to the new kingdom in the far away continent of Pantala.This event takes place in Wings of Embers. __NOTOC__
Current Queens
*Queen Caiman of the MudWings
*Queen Caribou of the IceWings
*Queen Dreamcatcher of the NightWings
*Queen Jadeite of the SeaWings
*Queen Kite of the SkyWings
*Queen Metalmark of the SilkWings
*Queen Nightshade of the LeafWings
*Queen Paradise of the RainWings
*Queen Wolf of the HiveWings
*Queen Xerocole of the SandWings
Entry One
Hello! I am Sapphirine! Most of my family calls me Saph, which is mostly my great-great Uncles. I think that’s what they are. All the family stuff is confusing. Anyway my cousin suggested that I start a journal, which I thought was a good idea. Even though he actually said “Oh go write a diary so you can complain to that instead of me.” If he’s going to be mean then I’m not going to talk to him anyway. Wait actually I’m going to still talk to him to annoy him. How about “Thank you so much for the idea to keep a journal! I can’t believe I didn’t think of it earlier! Did you hear he told me to start a journal? It’s fantastic!” Oh don’t you just love annoying the dragons who don’t like you? ~Saph
Entry Two
Another day, another cousin who’s annoyed. It’s fun to annoy my family. Especially when they don’t like me. Anyway, my mother was sent to one of the farther villages. Apparently there’s some problem down there, but “A young Princess has no business with commoners”. WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?? What’s the difference between me and anyone else? Besides, there are so many other heirs! What does it matter if I go help the outer villages? I WANT TO HELP. Isn’t that what a Princess is supposed to do? Help her people? I don’t understand my family. They’ll send my mother because she married in, but they’ll never send me, or any other heir. Queen Tsunami saved the world when she was still a Princess, why can’t I help a little village! ~Saph
Entry Three
Mother returned. She seemed worried. She kept trying to tell someone something. Something about red waves. I’m worried now. I’m going to fly out to that village tonight. I think I’ve heard of this. And I’m scared. If it’s what I think, then so many innocent lives will be lost if there’s nothing done. ~Saph
Entry Four
I went out to the village, but I stopped before I got there. The villagers were on an Island not too far from the village. They seemed scared to go back in the water. They said they couldn’t breathe. I asked them how they got their food, they said fish and other sea creatures will just wash up on shore. In an unhealthy amount. I'm very worried now. And I know what this is. ~Saph
Entry Five
This could be the end of the SeaWings. AND I CAN'T TELL ANYONE. It’s fine, Mother will tell them. What if they don’t listen? Oh no. They’re not going to listen. They never will. This WILL be the end of the SeaWings, ALL BECAUSE SOME OLD DRAGONS WON'T LISTEN TO REASON. I’m scared. I’m going to have to be the one to save the kingdom, aren’t I? I’m not a hero. I can’t be the one to save my people. But I’m going to have to. ~Saph
Entry Six
Mother told Queen Jadeite and she didn’t listen. Go figure. OF COURSE she didn’t listen. She knows what we have to do but “it’s not right to ask for help. We are supposed to be an independent kingdom. It is weak to ask for help.” How is it weak? Since no one does it shouldn’t it be considered the strongest thing to do? Well I’m probably on my own for this. I’m going to do something crazy. I’m going out to all the outer villages, telling them what’s happening, and seeing what they what to do. I have an idea on what we could do, but that requires basically talking to every single Queen. Oh this should be fun. ~Saph
Entry Seven
Mother was sent back to the outer villages. Apparently Queen Jadeite told her to “Go figure it out yourself!” She does this when she's angry. I think she’s scared. It’s understandable, I actually am scared too. I hope mother will be ok. The outer villages won’t say that I was there, I asked them not to. I think I might be able to save us all, but I need the people’s support. Time to go talk to literally everyone. ~Saph
Entry Eight
I have allies now. I’ve just about spoken to all of the outer villages. Now I’ll move inward. I’m losing time, it’s getting worse and to top it all off I think my cousins are trying to get my journal. I don’t know why. I might just be paranoid though. ~Saph
Entry Nine
Mother’s dead! I arrived back at the deep palace and they told me she’s dead! I have no one left to turn to. My father is long gone and all of my cousins hate me… I know what I have to do. 
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Entry Ten
I’ve taken everything I love from the palace. I’m going to continue to warn every village I can. If I can get the people then maybe I’ll have a chance. A chance for us all to survive. ~Saph
Entry Eleven
I returned to the first village. They seem to be my biggest allies. The leader’s son is helping the most. His name is Cyclone Vaquita. I think he’s going to be important. Growing up we were always told the stories Queen Coral wrote. So the concept of a world story stuck with me. In my story I think Cyclone will be important. Maybe more than I hope. ~Saph
Entry Twelve
I need to focus. I need to help my people. I’m going to start sending them to the coast that connects to the Mud kingdom. It’ll get dragons on the same stretch of land, which makes it easier to talk to them. Hopefully everyone listens. ~Saph
Entry Thirteen
APPARENTLY THERE IS A FOOD SHORTAGE??? Cyclone told me that all of the non Royal places are having food shortages. WHY WERE WE NOT TOLD OF THAT!! WE SHOULD KNOW IF OUR PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING!!!! I am VERY angry right now. ~Saph
Entry Fourteen
My entries are getting shorter. I never have time to really go in-depth with anything so here's a really big entry now. Cyclone and his village have been going with me to every single village we can find. The red waves are spreading closer and closer to the deep palace. I’m planning on talking with Queen Caiman to see what I can do, and to just get her advice on the situation. I feel like this will end up as a historical document. I can’t believe it. I’m writing history. I’ll be heading out for the MudWings alone so I wouldn’t be suspicious. Actually going alone might be suspicious. Well I’m not sending another dragon to the MudWing kingdom. It could be dangerous. I really hope Queen Caiman doesn’t tell me the one thing I dread the most. ~Saph
Entry Fifteen
She told me the one thing I dreaded most. I have to challenge Queen Jadeite. I didn’t want it to come to this but how else am I supposed to lead a kingdom if I’m not their leader? Cyclone’s trying to comfort me, and his pretty blue-green-gray scales are making it work. Wait, I'm getting off topic. Jadeite is much older and stronger than me, and my cousins are much stronger than me. But if I become Queen then I shorten the Queen’s challengers to only my female cousins, whom I never talk to. Actually I don’t talk to any of my cousins. But if I become Queen will they actually listen to me? ~Saph
Entry Sixteen
Tonight I challenge my grandmother. Tonight I have to kill a dragon. I don’t think I’m ready for this. I don’t think I can kill a dragon. I’m putting myself in a life or death situation. All to become Queen. I hate this. But I’m not going to change it, or else everyone will challenge me. I’m scared. What if I don’t make it? What if I die and Queen Jadeite continues to let everyone suffer? Then I have to kill first. I have to kill my grandmother. I don’t I can do this. But I have to. For my people. For all the suffering dragons of the Bay of a Thousand scales. For Cyclone and his village. For my family. For the SeaWings. ~Saph
Entry Seventeen
I killed a dragon. I don’t know how to feel. I killed the Queen. And I barely made it out alive. I barely walked out of the throne room before collapsing. My cousins know I’m weak. I can see the glint of opportunity in their eyes. I don’t know if they’ll actually challenge me, after all I just beat our grandmother. A dragon we all feared and wouldn’t dare challenge. Yet here we are. I’m Queen, and Jadeite is dead. I don’t know of a time limit for challenges. Like do my cousins have to wait any time before challenging me? I don’t know of any rules like that. It’s worrying. I don’t want to kill anymore dragons. But I might have to. ~Saph
Entry Eighteen
I’ve evacuated the deep palace. The red waves were within sight. I wasn’t going to let anyone in the deep palace die of something we can avoid. Of course my cousins are mad at me. I can’t please everyone, and I don’t care what they think anymore. I only care what my people think. Which, at the moment, are all of the deep palace servants and guards. And Cyclone. He tells me that the guards aren’t questioning my orders, and the servants are grateful. They know what the red waves are and are glad they’re escaping it. Everyone’s still worried about if I’ll tell the other kingdoms. It would basically tell every kingdom “Hey! Look at us! We’re weak and free to take advantage of!” I have technically told Queen Caiman, but I only told her we’re having trouble, and the fate of the kingdom depends on what I do but I’m not Queen, and she told me to challenge Jadeite so that I could properly lead my people. Ok I told her more than that, but I ONLY told HER. No other MudWing should know anything about this. If my cousins find out I went to Queen Caiman then they’ll probably challenge me. Actually if they get any excuse they’ll challenge me. I need to be careful. ~Saph
Entry Nineteen
It’s official. The entire Kingdom is on a tiny strip of land right next to the MudWings who, if they wanted to, could easily see we’re at our weakest state and attack. We would be defeated so easily. We have few weapons. We could be wiped out in hours. These are things I never used to think about. I never had to worry about trying to not have my tribe be wiped by the entire world. It’s terrifying. The Royal advisors have helped and made things worse at the same time. In reality they are helping entirely. I have to know all good and bad, even when it’s mostly bad. Food is scarce for some reason, my advisors think some sort of disease has spread through the fish. If it’s killing off fish then this disease can kill us off too. We’re affected by most aquatic diseases. The least it could do is make us sick. And to top it all off, Cyclone said he over heard one of my cousins say she’s going to challenge me soon. If she wins she’ll take the kingdom right back into the middle of the red waves. She doesn’t understand what it truly is. I’ve tried explaining everything to my cousins but none of them will listen. I’m wondering if I can let them do whatever they want just so they’ll let me keep my kingdom safe, but if I tell them they can do whatever they want, then we have the War of the SeaWings. Allies, blood, death and all. I have to think of what they can bribe other queens with. Treasure? Land? The fact that we’re all just sitting on a single stretch of land so you can just fly over here and kill us all? All of the above probably. Yet they only have one of those things. And I know for a fact that none of the other kingdoms would ever just wipe out an entire kingdom. Except for maybe the IceWings. Queen Caribou freaks me out. My cousins might be able to get the RainWings. They’ve been a long time ally, they’ll definitely help some Royal SeaWings who need help “taking back” their kingdom. They might also go to Queen Kite. The SkyWings wouldn’t mind free treasure or land. Oh I need to think about what to do. This probably the one thing my advisors can’t help with. ~Saph
Entry Twenty
The fish are diseased. We’re doomed. There’s nothing we can do. We'll starve. I can’t believe it. I might be able to send dragons down to Destiny, but it can only be a few before dragons start to get suspicious. Not to mention the looming threat of my cousins. That’s helping plenty. Oh, what am I going to do? I’m out of ideas. ~Saph
Entry Twenty-one
I remember now that every time a succession happens a Queen summit is held. The last one was 2 years ago. That was when Jadeite became queen. 2 years. She only ruled 2 years. And I'm off topic again. If I send a message to Queen Caiman then she can help me start a Queen summit. This is perfect, everyone I need to talk to in one place. The only problem is this will take a while to set up, because we need to get the Pantalan queens down here. And the summit will most likely be held in the gigantic city of Embers on the coast of the Kingdom of Sand. I still can’t believe that city stretches the entire coast, all the way down to Darkstalker’s teeth. My only problem is if I leave my cousins alone, with my people, they might try something. I’ll have to find a way to keep an eye on all of my cousins while I’m gone. Even though it’ll take a while to get a message to me if they do something. I’d be better off taking them with me. That’s what I’ll do. I’ll make them all go with me to the summit. They can’t say no to a summit. And since they’re Royalty they’ll be forced to stay in one area so that the SandWing guards can keep an eye on the to “protect” them. I’ll send Cyclone as a messenger. He’s one of the only dragons I trust right now. ~Saph
Entry Twenty-two
Message was a success! The summit will be in a few days, the Pantalan’s arrived in Pollux only a day ago. We’re currently on our way to Embers. We’ve stopped near Jade Mountain to rest. And by we I mean me, Cyclone, 7 guards, and all 1 of my female cousins. I’m not kidding I only have one challenging cousins. My other cousins are completely powerless so I’m not worried about them. Who would want a male leader? I’m joking, but I’m not worried since my aunts and great aunts wouldn’t DARE to let them try for power. They hardly even like the fact that my cousin can challenge. I’d say they’re mostly on my side. When we get to Embers I have to tell every single other Queen what’s happened. My cousin knows what I’m doing. She’s very angry. And I am scared. I hope this works.
 ~Saph
Entry Twenty-three
I wasn’t expecting the answer I got. Queen Wolf of the HiveWings suggested that we go to Pantala. Just up and move an entire Kingdom to another continent. I can’t just move my kingdom, we’ve been there for thousands of years. I told Wolf what any dragon would. I accepted the offer. We physically cannot live there. There’s no food, and if there was it’s diseased, and can kill us. We need a new home and we got the perfect offer. I can’t pass it up. I’m going to talk to the Pantalan queens soon, to decide on borders. Queen Wolf is bringing her sister Lady Blue in to help with that. She says she’s the best at making good borders. Queen Nightshade seems like she’s not a fan of us coming but Queen Caiman told me she hot headed and doesn’t like giving up territory. She doesn’t even have any good territory for SeaWings, so I don’t think I’ll be taking any. We'll probably be in Dragonfly bay, Queen Wolf says there’s a giant coral reef there. And lots of little islands. They’re mostly around the coast so we’ll get some of that from the SilkWings. Queen Metalmark is very friendly and she has to rule a brand new kingdom so we aren’t that different. She actually suggested an alliance. There are several throughout the different kingdoms, so it won’t raise any suspicions. Now I have to tell my kingdom. They’re not going to be happy. ~Saph
Entry Twenty-four
After the last meeting Queen Wolf came to me and asked if my cousin was, well, my relative. I told her yes and that she’s my cousin. Who hates me. She asked me if she was a potential challenger, and I told her that she’s the only one, but I do have a lot of other family. And then Wolf told me something strange. “You’re a young Queen. You need to keep you kingdom for as long as you can. That requires less heirs. Keep her under control and you won’t have to worry about her.” I find her words chilling. I don’t know exactly what she means but I do want to not have to worry about my cousin anymore. I don’t know how to handle it though. I do know what to do about keeping my family from getting too big. I could send my cousin to the military but then she might take over the military and then there’ll be a military coup, and it would just be a gigantic mess. Oh, what am I going to with her?
 ~Saph
Entry Twenty-five
The people were actually ok with going to Pantala. My family is the one who freaked out. I’m not surprised. A bunch of old dragons set in their ways to keep power. My cousin is also trying to start a rally against me. It’s obviously not working. The people love me. I also made another order. The only Royal SeaWings that can have Dragonets are me, my parents, my siblings, or my children. And out of all of that only I exist. So I’m definitely going to need a partner if there’s going to be a good SeaWing heir. Now for my cousin. She’s definitely a threat, she’s trying to rally the people against me. Would that be considered treason? No wait I’m not going there. I need another idea. For now I’ll stick a couple of guards on her, and tell them to keep her on sight and away from me unless I come to them. My excuse is “It’s for your own protection.” She can’t argue with that. I’m going to go talk to Cyclone for advice. He’ll definitely be the one to help me.
 ~Saph
Entry Twenty-six
A speech. A speech should tell them and give them hope for the future. The people are worried and actually starting to turn to my cousin so I’m preparing a speech that should encourage us before our journey. While writing this speech I realize that this journal will definitely be one of the history scrolls. What better source for the SeaWing Exodus than the Queen who led it? Since this will be history I feel the need to explain why my cousins hate me. It actually started when my parents met. I’ll tell that part the way my mother told it to me when I was a young dragonet. “Once, Princess Jadeite’s second son met a charming young SeaWing (yes my mother called herself charming) that he fell in love with immediately (at this point I would ask “Did he really fall in love immediately?” and my mother would respond “Well it took a while for him to actually start to act like it”). Eventually the prince asked her to marry him. Of course she said yes, but the rest of the family wasn’t so sure, for she was just a common dragon who worked in the palace. Nevertheless, the benevolent Queen Tsunami approved and the two were wed. Soon they had a beautiful deep blue egg, but the prince passed long before it hatched.” Now here’s where I take over. All but the Queen knew of the egg, because my parents were going to surprise the family, if that tells you how quickly my father passed. And since almost no one knew of me then everyone just assumed my mother was just a common dragon again, working in the palace. But my mother was in Royal meetings, and always seemed to be at every family gathering, Royal family gatherings. 9 years ago during one of these gathering parties my mother was anxious, and in the middle of the party she bolted for the Royal hatchery. Tsunami followed her, and so did many concerned family members. Why would a commoner be headed for the Royal hatchery? The Royal hatchery hadn’t had any new eggs in it, except for me. So when my family arrived, they saw my mother with a deep blue egg that splintered and out came me. Who looks exactly like my father. My mother told them she wanted to keep me a secret until I hatched. And that I was the daughter of my father, with the Royal markings to prove it. Most of my family believed that I shouldn’t be considered Royal since my father passed long before I hatched and my mother didn’t tell anyone of my existence, except for the Queen. As I got older my older family accepted me. Except my cousins. I didn’t have a living relative related to them so then I shouldn’t be related to them. Yet I was still Royal, and family. I’m sure this wasn’t the only reason why they didn’t like me. I admit I can talk for endless hours, but that’s probably because I didn’t have anyone to talk to so it just built up and all came out in annoying spurts. I don’t have that problem anymore though. Cyclone lets me talk. He’s patient and gives me the insight I never got. I used to be told that I talked as much as my father. And as I said earlier, I looked just like him. Maybe I wouldn’t have had this problem if I had met him. Or if I had found someone to talk to. Well now on to the speech. ~Saph
Entry Twenty-seven
The speech went well. I managed to raise their spirits, so my SeaWings will be ready for the journey. We will start head across Pyrrhia tomorrow. We’ll take it slow for the young and the old. It may take us a week to cross the entire continent. We’ll have to decide what route to take. Through the mountains or through the rainforest. Or directly through Jade Mountain academy. The students would be delighted to see the entire SeaWing tribe. It could be an exciting moment in history. Perhaps they can learn something. Well, let the journey began.
 ~Saph
Entry Twenty-eight
We've stopped in Queen Paradise's rainforest. Mostly. We're half in, half out. Right in between the rainforest and Jade Mountain. The students there are speaking with the older dragons of the tribe, talking about history and SeaWing life. The academy is about to go break so the SeaWing students can go with us to the new Kingdom. I've also thought alot about that too. What if I made every single full SeaWing come with us to the new Kingdom? And then they help us rebuild when we get there, and then they can go home when I say they helped enough? It might seem cruel, but all SeaWings are supposed to know their kingdom, and how can they do that if they've never even been there? I don't think it will be very popular but I won't make them stay long, and I will make sure they are compensated for their time. I'll make the oder at Embers so that I don't have to drag even more dragons slowly across everyone's kingdoms. Maybe I should talk to Cyclone first. See what he has to say. I'm either going to get overthrown or just be hated for a while.
 ~Saph
Entry Twenty-nine
After a long journey across the Desert we made it to the coast. Cyclone said it might be alright for making all full SeaWings come so long as we pay them for their service. Elderly SeaWings don't have to come for the order since it would only be a burden on everyone. When I evacuated the Deep Palace I got the guards to empty the entire treasury. So we are carrying the ENTIRETY OF THE SEAWINGS WEALTH across an ENTIRE OCEAN into a FOREIGN CONTINENT. This should go well. I practicaly have the entire army on it. I have Cyclone give me updates on it every other hour. If we lose it, the kingdom is broke and there's nothing we can do about it. And we also wouldn't be able to pay SeaWings for their work. I'll make the order tonight. We leave as soon as all SeaWings are accounted for. I'm going to be loved tonight.
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