The Anomalies

the story of 5 unusual dragonets with odd abnormalities. (inspired by blackberrythepiratefox's scales  page)

list of characters

 Prismdancer
 Cloudrunner
 Blizzardstorm
 Realitybender
self destructive,
very insecure,

## Art

i did not make the bases but i did color them in, most of them are by AprilSilverWolf, if they are not then i will list it if i know who made it.

* Midnight
* RealityBender
* PrismDancer
* CloudRunner
* Cloudrunner (Deathseer)
* BlizzardStorm
* Midnight X RealityBender
* CloudRunner X BlizzardStorm
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## Prologue

### Midnight's intro

Her wings beat to the rhythm of her pounding
heart, it was hatching tonight! She had hired dragons to fly her egg under the
moons for a whole year but this was the last day! Then she would have her
perfect thrice moonborn dragonet. Her wings were getting tired though, she had
been flying all day and now the moons were rising and, wait, were the moons
turning…..*red*? She was approaching the hatching site she had selected for her
dragonet when she felt the egg slip from her talons, and she looked down in
horror to see it plummeting down and heading for a sharp outcropping of rock. "NO!" she
roared, beating her wings as fast as she could but she was to tired, she just
couldn't do it. "SOMEBODY HELP! MY EGG!!!" she wailed, though she had
already given up all hope of her dragonet surviving. But then, the egg suddenly
fractured in mid-air and out tumbled her dragonet. She squeaked in terror and
opened her wings, slowing the fall just long enough for her to catch up and
grab her dragonet. "oh my baby!" she cried, tears streaming down her
snout. "I love you my child." when she looked closer the dragonet was
a deeper black than she had ever seen before, even for a nightwing. And her
eyes…. Her eyes were white as pearls. She was…. Beautiful, different, hers.

### Prismdancer's intro

"Rosemary, I know your
waiting for that dragonet to hatch but it's not going to, eggs can't survive
being immersed in any liquid that
long". Her sister said gently "I don’t care what you think
peony!" she snapped. She wrapped her ink stained egg in its silken
blanket. She shivered her rose colored
wings as she remembered letting peony hold the egg while working. "don’t
worry, I won't drop it" she had said as she cradled the egg, spooling silk
into the dye vat. Then a hivewing had bumped into peony, who watched In horror
as she lost hold of the egg and it fell into the colorful dyes. She shook her
head, leaving the flashback. "it wouldn’t have happened if you hadn't dropped it!" she snarled. It
had to hatch, her husband had died shortly after she had realized she was
with-egg, she wouldn’t have any more dragonets. Please clearsight, let my
child hatch tonight. As if answering her prayers the egg rocked in its nest,
peony gasped, "I don’t believe it" she whispered. Then the egg
cracked down the middle and her dragonet came out and she was…
"what?" she gasped. The dragonet was a blinding rainbow of color,
vibrant fuchsias and deep greens, violent reds and calm ocean blue, she was *my* dragonet.

### Cloudrunner's intro

In the shadow of a
boulder, Princess Swoop held a shimmering white egg in the curl of her crimson tail.many dragons in the sky kingdom had gasped in horror at the color of her egg, but so what if her egg was white? it just made him more special than he already was. him? its a boy, i know it. she traced a claw along the featherlike patterns on the shell. how strange, she thought. anyone who looked at this egg would think he came from another tribe. she heard the whoosh of wings and the thump of talons as her mother landed on the boulder. "that dragonet is dangerous" she snarled "how would you know?" she snapped back. "it hasn't even hatched yet!" Queen Molten glared at her, as her name suggested she had quite a temper. "just like a firescales, abnormal dragonets and eggs must be destroyed. i never want to see that egg again." she glared right back "don't worry mother, you'll never see it again" The egg rocked back and forth in her talons. she had hidden the egg and come back an hour later, only to find a crack in it. she poked at the crack a little until a small piece fell off, she peered in and gasped as she saw what looked like feathers coiled into a small shape. this is *not* good, she thought, if mother found our about this she'd kill me. she reached a claw into the egg and broke the rest of the shell until a small white feathered dragonet was sitting in her talons. he was looking up at her with pale red eyes. he looks like a cloud...

### Blizzardstorm's intro

an egg as clear as the sky and as cold as a blizzard sat in her talons. "this is a stupid idea Shatter" her mate muttered as he dropped a dead polar bear next to her. "if father finds out, i'll be sent back a circle just for the polar bear alone" "by the moons Hail, just shut up" she snarled. "this is your child to!" she loved hail but sometimes she just couldn't stand him. "i love you shatter and that's why i'm here, but often times your just.. to... " he trailed off for a second, so she finished his sentence for him."bossy? rude? Pushy?" hail sighed and rolled his eyes "well yes but i was going to say *impulsive*" well that's fair enough. she thought, as she gazed down at her egg. it was her dumb idea to hide the egg after she realized something was wrong with it. sure hail was right that they would be sent to the fourth circle at *least* if they got caught, but he was also wrong. so, so wrong. "this is absolutely *not* a stupid idea." he glared at her. "you know was well as i do that if it ha-" their argument was cut off by what sounded like ice smashing into rock. she felt a jolt as it occurred to her that it came from where the egg was. she looked down and gasped at the dragonet that now lay on the stone beside the nest. "she's beautiful..."

### RealityBender's intro

One would think that taking care of a newborn dragonet would be somewhat easy, and easy it would be if that dragonet wasn't capable of literally *exploding the ground* on accident. the caretaker of the dragonet for this week just happened to be Darksong. despite her name she actually had a terrible voice for singing, every time she tried to sing to calm the child down he threw a fit and suddenly her snout would feel like it was burning until she stopped. it was a miracle this demon baby hadn't killed her yet, she was the 15th caretaker he had in the first month. oh right and his name is RealityBender, though she usually called him just Reality. he looked no different from any other dragon except for his horns and underscales which had a pretty galaxylike pattern, though when she told him that she suspected that Reality might not believe her. Reality was pretty weird, she thought as she gazed at his sleeping form. maybe all he needs is a mother.....

## Chapter 1

Reality had spent years living with different caretakers, always moving, always changing and he was *tired of it!* i just want a normal life, he thought as he gazed up at the top of the stone building, which was barely big enough for a full grown dragon. he wanted to see the stars but there was never enough space! he growled and suddenly the ground beneath his talons began to heat up quickly and a charred smell filled the air. *oh moons not again!* he thought in a panic. he closed his eyes and took many deep breaths until the ground turned a normal temperature. whenever he got mad, bad things happened. he couldn't figure out hot to control it yet! he had had about 183 in all if he could remember correctly. if reality didn't control his emotions, he could alter the very ground and sky and moons of this world. it was like animus magic, a blessing but mostly a curse. on one talon he could kill things like prey easier but on the other he could accidentally kill his own family as a newly hatched dragonet.

his eyes welled up with tears as it went through his head. *do* not *think about it reality!* the ground started shaking and he couldn't stop it anymore than he could the tears falling from his eyes. it was getting colder and colder, like the talons that seized his heart. he heard the scream of his newest caretaker, her name was timewalker. "REALITYBENDER STOP!!" she howled "***I cant***" he sobbed as the ceiling crashed down around him. the nightwing let out a shriek of pain that was cut off as she was buried by shards of rock and wood. another one dead, why don't i care? *because she's not your family* yes she is! *not your true family* i miss you mother...

"hey stranger?" said a voice, cutting through the dense fog of grief."are you ok?" it called again. "**stranger!**" "WHAT?" he snarled turning on the female. the ground started to boil again but this time he let his talons burn, he deserved the pain, he deserved the suffering. "holy moons!" the other dragonet yelped, beating her wings to rise into the sky. presumably to get her talons off of the scalding hot ground. his talons started to burn with the ground, the tears sizzling as the hit the burning rubble. "your talons must be burning! get up here!" "i deserve it" he snarled. he buried his talons deeper into the rubble of the broken home, not caring that it hurt like a dragonbite viper. "ARE YOU CRAZY?" the dragonet shouted, swooping down and grabbing him with her talons, managing to drag him just far enough away to be out of the boiling ruins.

he started to sob again, the ground shifting and lurching under their talons. "shhhhh" she soothed. but he couldn't stop. it was his fault so many had died. it was *his* fault his family was dead. "*listen closely*" the female began to sing. "*to the sound of the stars"* she continued and he felt the amount of movement beneath his talons slowing and he closed his eyes. "*let your ears guide your mind, up in to the sky*" her voice was as sweet as honey. "*up to the moons. let it calm your heart, even though it hurts, you'll find a way*" she finished. he took a deep breath and a single tear ran down his snout, but the ground stayed the same. "th-thank you" he said softly.

he opened his eyes and he gasped as he noticed for the first time that her eyes were *white*. not just the rims but the *whole thing*. "y-your different" he stammered. "like me?" she tilted her head to the side. "i mean sure" she said slowly. "though i'm not as pretty as you are, most dragons either scream or faint at the sight of my face." "well i can see why." he responded. *what is this feeling? happiness?* "my caretaker timewalker would probably hav- TIMEWALKER!" he ended with a shriek, bolting over to the ruined house in a panic. "huh?" she said, following him. he began digging through the rubble until he found her body. "oh my!" she gasped, "what happened?"

"i happened" he growled bitterly and the ground started to boil with heat a little again. "UGH WHY" he closed his eyes and took many more deep breaths until the it stopped. her eyes went wide as if the reality of it had suddenly hit her "*you* did that?" she gasped "you can make the ground burn and shake? just with your emotions?" "uhhhh" he mumbled "yes....?" *i thought everyone knew that* "well i'm not from here" she said. "and your not alone, i can do this" in the time it took him to say "huh?" his front talons had collapsed underneath him, numb as bits of ice on his legs. "WHAT THE!?!" and as quickly as the feeling came, it left and he lay there, stunned for a second. *what in the name of all the moons was* that, he thought.

"i can control blood in another creature's veins" she said, grinning at him. "so that's why you just slipped" she giggled, helping him up. *how is that possible?* "i don't really know" she said. "i think i was born under the blood moons and that's why i have these" she pointed to her crimson teardrop scales. "and i think that i have these eyes because my egg was carried under moonlight for the whole year" *what?* i can understand the blood moon thing but under the moons for a whole *year?* that's impossible! "actually its not" she said. "oh an you can read minds to?" "yep!" she said cheerfully. his mind was spinning, this dragon was as powerful as he was, maybe even more. *maybe i'll finally have a true friend.*

## Chapter 2

(sidenote: other dragon's thoughts are in bold)

"oh i almost forgot!" Midnight said, holding out her talon to the strange dragon in front of her. "i forgot to introduce myself!" she cleared her throat. "hello! im midnight, nice to meet you!" **you know what? it was actually nice to meet you midnight**. the stranger thought. "h-hello new friend" he mumbled "my name is Realitybender, but you can just call me reality if you want." he gave her a shy smile and she grinned back at him. *hes nice*, she thought.

I **hope I don't end up killing her to, I think I actually like her**. *what?* she tilted her head at him. "why would you end up killing me?" his eyes went wide "arg! i forgot you can read minds" he said, looking slightly panicked. **oh please dont ruin my first real friendship...** "i uh.." he mumbled, "my strange powers have um.. resulted in the deaths of all 180 something of my caretakers" he swallowed, looking nervous. "including ttimewalker." he looked down. **she'll never want to be with me now**. "what makes you think that?" she said gently. "because i might kill you on accident?" he responded, sounding massively confused.

*oh my, poor dragon*. *hmmm maybe if i act like it won't happen it will make him feel better?* she started to giggle "that won't happen!" a tear formed in the corner of his eye and the ground trembled slightly. **she's just trying to be nice. i can see it in your eyes that your scared.** that last thought was directed specifically to her. she stopped giggling and wrapped her talons around his shoulders. "hey, listen" she said softly. "i'll be here for you" she started humming that song that calmed him down before.

"hmmhm hmhmmm" she started "hmhm hmm hm hmhm" he closed his eyes and smiled, listening. "hmhm hmm hmhm hm, hm hm hm hm hmhmm" he breathed deeply **why is she so kind?** "hm hmhm hm hmmm hm hm hmhm hmm, hmhmhm hm hmm, hmm hm hm hmm" she finished the last line and he sighed, opening his eyes again. "hey uhh" he started,"where did you learn that song?" *huh?* "um, well, strange question." she stammered, and he tensed. **shoot! did i just ruin it? arg! why don't i know a thing about making friends!**" my mother taught it to me" she said, closing her eyes with a smile

"she was the best mother i could have gotten." she felt a burst of longing coming from his direction and opened her eyes to see a tragically sad face. *what's that face for?* oh moons! *i forgot he lost his mother at a young age!* "i'm so sorry, i forgot!" she held him tighter, wishing she could take back her last words. **she couldn't have known, i should forgive her.** they just sat there in semi-awkward silence. **oh just say something already reality!**

"so uhh.." reality started, as awkward as a shark in the desert. **c'mon just say something smart!** "you have a nice uh face" he blurted, than winced **ugh that was terrible!** "listen reality" she said, unwrapping her arms and sitting across from him. "you don't have to say anything, just sit here. maybe i can sing you another song?"she murmured softly, staring directly into his eyes "sure, i like music" he said with an awkward smile, **please dont think im weird.** she giggled, "you are weird" his eyes widened in alarm. "but in a good way"

*you're so weird it's adorable.* "hmm let me think..." she gazed up at the stars for a moment. *that's the only song i really know... maybe i can just make one up?* **take as much time as you need, i'll be waiting.** *aha! that's it!* she cleared her throat and turned to Reality, looking deep into his eyes and he looked back into hers.

 *"i feel* *your heart,"* she began "*i hear your mind.*" she continued. "*i see your pain, i know your running out of time.*" she closed her eyes and thumped her tail to the rhythm of the song. "*but my time is yours, and your time is mine*" *thump,thump,thump "raise your head to the sky, listen to the birds flying by, let your heart guide your mind." **what is this im feeling?***his thoughts echoed hers and she sped up the tempo. "*hold that feeling close, let it build higher and higher, until you,"* she let it drop again to the first rhythm. "*know it was you were looking for, that feeling, means, im yours*" she finished. she opened her eyes and saw him looking at her with a strange expression. **this thing i'm feeling, could it be love?**

## Chapter 3

Realitybender's heart was beating fast, faster then he could remember it ever going before. he moved forward to either confess his *maybe* feelings or lean into her arms, maybe both, he hadn't quite decided yet. "GET AWAY FROM MY DRAGONET!" someone bellowed, before he could react someone rammed into his side and he slammed into a boulder. a sharp arc of pain lanced through his head as it collided with the solid rock. "OW!" he yelped, writhing as a huge female nightwing loomed over her.

"don't you dare lay even *one* talon on my daughter again" the dragon hissed, her eyes pale emerald slits. "or i swear i will kill you" *daughter?* he thought *is this midnight's mother?* i never should have let her close to me. "mother!" midnight barked,"what are you *doing?*" she glanced at her quizzically. "protecting you from this monster" she responded. "he's killed around two hundred dragons, including his parents" *she'll never like me now.* tears welled up in his eyes and the ground started to tremble.

"that's not his fault mom!" Midnight growled. "he's cursed, like me!" "nonsense!" her mother hissed. "look, he's doing it right now! dragons like him don't deserve to live" her eyes narrowed and he felt a deep overwhelming fear. *i don't want to hurt her! but she's trying to kill* you, *be smart and escape! but i can't control my powers properly yet.* "l-leave me alone" he tried to growl fiercely, but it came out as a nervous whine. "MOTHER STOP!" midnight wailed, as her mother reached down to rip out his throat.

s*he's right.* he thought *i am a monster, i deserve this.* "NO YOU DONT REALITY!" midnight sobbed. "PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME!" *i have to live, for her.* he narrowed his eyes and let out a low growl. midnight's mother stopped and stared at him, her mouth hanging open. suddenly her face started to warp and change, her snout widened and her eyes drifted in opposite directions, her horns tangled together and she screamed in fear, stumbling backwards. *what have i done.*

he had never done this before and he didn't know how to fix it, he focused on what her face used to look like and slowly, slowly, it started to fix itself. her eyes resetting and her horns untangling. midnight stared at them, her eyes wide. "this is what happens when you let *creatures* like that live" her mother hissed, in fear this time rather than rage. then she turned around, and fled into the forest.

"what was *that*?" midnight said faintly, looking like she had just seen a dragon turn into a scavenger, and it started running around lobbing fruit at everyone. "i.." he started."**i don't know!**" he exploded, curling his tail and wings in close and ducking his head down low. "**i have no idea what just happened! it's never happened before!**"

"ok" she said. "stop panicking, im sure there is a logical rea-" he cut her off "NOTHING ABOUT ME IS LOGICAL!" he shouted, his mind descending into fear and despair. "i know i can change the area around me but DRAGONS? i shouldn't be able to alter other dragons" tears sprang into his eyes and he clutched his horns, attempting to snap them off. "REALITY STOP!" night screamed, shoving his talons away and he saw the fear in her milky white eyes. he knew she could see how petrified he was. *maybe if i slash my claws across my ch-*

 "DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!" night barked sternly, glaring into his eyes. *if i do end my life* he thought, gazing into her eyes. *than i can save everyone i care about*. he flexed his claws and dug them into the ground, making up his mind. he let the emotions flow through him, no longer controlling the hate he felt for himself and the fear of his powers. a searing pain shot through his body as it began to shift and warp, he was using his powers on himself to save the ones he loved. suddenly he heard night snarl, "fine, i guess we just have to do this the hard way." right before he felt her tail slam into his head and it all went black.

## Chapter 4

night thought that maybe she had made a mistake, as she gazed at the unmoving body of Realitybender. his body had returned to normal a couple minutes after he had gone unconscious but he had been out like a light for hours. every now and again the ground trembled or boiled slightly with heat,*probably a sign of his emotional dreams* **OH MY GOD IS THAT DRAGON DEAD?** she whipped around at the thought of a strange dragon. "did you kill that dragon? OOH HIS SCALES LOOK PRETTY!" the dragon landed beside reality, peering curiously down at reality. *MY EYES!*

 The dragon's scales were so bright it hurt to look at her too long."uhhh no i did not kill him but i did have a whack him quite hard with my tail" she curled it over her talons."but he hasn't woken up yet" " oh! i forgot to introduce myself to you!" she stood up and did a little mock bow, "hello weird nightwing! my name is Prismdancer but you can call me Prism! what's your name?" she sat back down, smiling. **maybe i can figure out why she looks so odd, just like me!!**night wrinkled her snout in confusion.

"what do you mean, 'odd like me' how are you odd? " *except for the fact that your a little to... bright? i guess?* **woa! did you just read my mind?** "oh moons! sorry, yes. i have a bad habit of responding to other dragon's thoughts." "Cool!"