Beginning of Fates

**This book is currently in the process of being written.**

This is the first book in the rewriting of the *Wings of Fire* series, in which canon characters are replaced with wiki users' own original characters. Enjoy!

Confirmed characters so far are Butterfly, Sun Ce, Fatebreaker, and Celsius for DoDs, and Whale and Cypress for guardians.

## Prologue

**Point of view: Cypress**

Rain pattered down on Cypress' scales as she flew, but that didn’t stop them. Determination glittered in his eyes as she searched for the RainWing egg.

*A flame that burns... That’s what I have to find in the egg. What’s that supposed to mean? Maybe the coloring...?*

They continued flying, flinching at every tree that emerged from the fog that draped across the landscape.

*Moons above!* He thought. *I knew signing up for the Talons of Peace would have difficulties, but betraying my own tribe? I never thought I’d have to do that!*

Sighing, Cypress flew across the repetitive landscape until trees began to rise ahead of them. She came upon the familiar RainWing village. Swooping towards the hatchery, he glanced back at the Queen’s Pavilion, the small huts, and the Healing Center, where she used to live. They turned back and searched through the eggs, feeling the dragonets beneath the shells shift as her claws rummaged through them.

*We need a flame colored egg, one that’s about to hatch.*

Carefully searching each one, he finally spotted a small orange egg that was hidden by the bigger ones. It already had a large crack forming. They felt a twinge of pity for this egg she was about to take, and for the dragonet that would never grow up with its tribe.

*Enough pity, I have a job to do*, he thought bitterly, before clutching the egg tightly and launching herself into the air.

Cypress was now flying back over the rainforest, towards the secret cave where this egg she’d stolen was to be raised. The rain was still pouring down, making it difficult to hold the slippery orange egg, but he kept a grip on it.

A bright flash of lightning struck a nearby tree, blinding them briefly. Cypress shook her head, trying to clear the flashing in his vision. Just as they were readjusting the fragile egg, the resulting thunderclap caused her to fumble, and the egg slipped from his talons.

Cypress felt numb, shocked into stalling for a moment, losing valuable time. They watched helplessly as the egg took the long plummet to the ground below before smashing on a rock.

A gasp escaped their lips.

“No!” he screeched, voice drowning out the patter of raindrops. She dove after it, holding on to the fragile hope that the dragonet survived. But of course, no hatchling could have survived a fall from such a height.

Their wings felt heavy as he hovered in the sky.

*I… failed. I- I’m the one who did this to that poor egg. I joined the Talons to stop this, not add to the death toll.*

Taking in a shuddering breath, Cypress stared at the broken body of the almost fully-developed hatchling. Blood seeped down the rock that the hatchling had landed on, probably staining it. The small RainWing’s scales were deathly white, showing the pain that had come before the gruesome death.

*I- I can’t go back to the cave. I don’t have an egg. What am I going to do? I failed. I failed. I failed.* The words kept repeating in his head, paralyzing them with fear as rain soaked into her scales.

*…No. There… there has to be something I can do.*

As he was worrying, she heard a noise in the distance. They must have been onto him for some time. Hesitant, he prepared to get away. However, they must have noticed her preparations, as an arrow was fired from the wall. He dodged it before more started to appear. Cursing under his breath, she fled the scene, still terribly stressed. Slowly, a solution began to form in their head.

*I can just go and get another one. Right? Time’s of the essence, so we can just get another one! They won’t mind! They’ll probably accept any egg from them! I just have to find another one…Which might be a problem. Where am I supposed to get an egg now that I’ve already alerted them?*

Desperate for a replacement, she began to search for an egg anywhere. He didn’t care anymore whether or not it had a ‘flame that burns’; they just needed a 7th egg. She simply needed to find one in time for the Brightest Night. Which was tonight. No pressure. Just the entire world’s fate up to him.

*I mean, it’s not like there’s a sentient prophecy watching me. It’s just me… and these darned dragons.*

He dove away from the arrows, now with a new mission. Getting the dragonet with a ‘shell that burns like fire’ was no longer in her mind. Now, all he had to do was to get a dragonet egg… No matter what.

As he dodged the enemy attack, she realized that there were more ways to lie than just bring in a new one. But they didn’t have the time nor the resources to do so- he needed a dragonet ready by dawn!

Cypress started flying south, in an attempt to get them off her tail.

*I hope I can lose them, and fast…*

*There!* Something… glittering light on the coast. Something that caught the moonlight and reflected it back. Curiosity got the better of him, and Cypress flapped her wings to propel themself towards it.

He landed on the beach, sand crunching under their talons. The waves licked the shore. Cypress wished she could fall into them, and they could sweep her away from this mess forever.

They could see now that it was an egg. A RainWing one at that! It may have been oddly colored, but in her state of desperation, that didn’t matter.

“Time to get out of here,” he said to herself as she lifted the egg into his talons. “I have what I came for.” As she made sure not to drop the egg, he looked around and saw an exit. Finally… A chance at freedom, or so she hoped.

He set off, with the egg in talon and a restored determination… in hope of a brighter future.