The Selected Prophecy - A fan-fic

For character desc. go to Griffin of the SkywingHivewings and look at the bio

**Chapter 1**

Griffin woke up with a horrible headache. She rubbed her head and glided from her hammock, down to Twine. “Top of the day to you,” Twine bowed with a goofy smile, “Your Highness,” he teased.

“Hmgrf” Griffin tiredly replied. She hobbled over to a fruit tree and plucked a banana and peeled back the skin. She sat with a thump on the wooden bench next to Twine.

“So. What’s on the agenda for today?” Twine asked in a very formal voice, trying to make Griffin laugh. But she just took a bite of her banana and stared off into the distance grumpily. “Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed” he mumbled.

Griffin glared at him, “Do you not realize I’m a four-hundred pound DRAGON and you’re a hundred-fifty pound human?” She hissed, “I could tear your arms off right this second if I wanted to,” She took a bite of her banana, “You’re lucky we are friends” Griffin continued to munch on her banana as Twine tried to hold back a laugh.

Twine tried so hard to hold it back. But he finally burst out in laughter, almost falling off the bench. Griffin snapped her head to look at him with a menacing look. “You? Hurt me?! BAHAHAHAHA! I would like to see THAT happen!” He turned his head to look at Griffin and held his stomach, “Oh my moons stop looking at me like that! I’m laughing so hard it hurts!!” He said in between breaths of deep laughter.

Griffin got up and swung her tail, knocking Twine over. She held back a smile and stomped off to her hammock to get some more sleep, but right then she heard a scream that sounded like another human. She bolted towards the scream and broke through the treeline to see another human crying in the middle of the beach. She bounded towards her and asked what was wrong.

“I-it was so scary! A big b-blue dragon c-came out of no-nowhere and tried to eat me!” Gloria sniffled and wiped her nose. “There was a-another one but it g-growled something a-and flew aw-away.”

“Another...dragon? But I’m the only one! Where did it go?” Griffin clutched the sand under her talons and shifted her wings, getting ready to take flight, but then Gloria pointed at the sea. “They went u-underwater?” Griffin questioned. Gloria nodded. Griffin growled and stalked the shoreline. She glared into the water, hoping to find the sea dragon that Gloria described. After a while of looking, she plummeted into the open sea. Griffin tried to look around but the salty water stung her eyes. She popped up to the surface and took a deep breath of air, then dived back in. Ignoring the pain, she dove deep and searched the shallow part of the ocean, only to find fish and seaweed. Griffin pushed off the seafloor and popped up to the surface and shook her head. “Couldn’t find anything” She pushed herself towards the shore. As soon as she stepped foot, she shook her entire body, sending water and seaweed everywhere.

Gloria shook her head in disappointment. Shaking, she got up and sprinted back into the forest. Twine looked back at Griffin and followed Gloria back in the forest. Griffin sighed and sat on the sand. I failed them. Why am I like this? She rubbed her eyes and put on what she calls her “Queenly Face of Queendom”. I tried my best. If they can’t see that, then they can leave she thought boldly. Griffin took to the air and headed for her hammock. All of that running around and being Queenly was exhausting, and only made her headache worse. As soon as she got to her hammock, she plopped down and closed her eyes. Her mind went blank as she dozed off.

**Chapter 2**

“No! You can’t hurt her! She’s just a dragonet!” Raven wept, gesturing to baby Griffin.

“But look at her! She’s a defect! We must exterminate her like we do the firescales. At the top of the-”

“If you even put a talon on her, you will have no head,” Raven hissed at the Queen of the Skywings. “Besides, I’m your only General. And to get to her, you’ll have to get through me” Raven flared her wings and smoke fumed out of her nostrils.

“And me,” A burly Hivewing appeared out of the shadows of the cave. “She’s my dragonet too. I will fight and die for her life” He also flared his four, insect-like wings and raised his venomous tail.

Queen Ruby sighed and flicked her talons. “Well, that explains a lot. What even are you? Never mind that,” Ruby shook her head, “I really don’t want to do this. I’m not my mother. Just hand over the defe-...the dragonet.” A herd of Skywing guards came charging towards Raven and Beetle and Griffin. Griffins’ mother held her talons and whispered in Griffins’ ear, “Be strong. Fly far away from here and don’t turn back. I love you, Little Bird” Then, her father pushed her out past the guards’ right as her mother and father were tackled by wings of red.

She looked back with tears in her eyes and flapped her little wings as hard as she could. She heard the distant, frustrated roar of the Skywing Queen, making her fly faster. The adrenaline was pumping and she felt so scared. *What's a defect? What did I do? Will Mommy and Daddy be ok? When will they come back? Where will I go?* Griffins’ mind raced. *How will-*

Griffin gasped and clutched the side of her hammock. It’s just another nightmare. It’s just a dream. It didn't really happen...but I remember it like it was real. She rubbed her head and climbed down the tree to find her people huddled around her tree, staring at her nervously. What-

“Your Highness?” someone asked through the crowd of murmurs “A-are you okay?” Griffin looked around confused. “What is this? Yes, I’m fine!” She fixed her posture and put on her “Queenly Face of Queendom.”

“Well, you were talking in your sleep,” Another human said, “something about Skywings? And...your mom and dad?”

Griffin became uncomfortable and started to clam up “Stop! I-it was just a dream!” Annoyed and frustrated, she clutched her ears and shut her eyes. She stomped off into the old, mossy, overgrown jungle, passing a flock of big, colorful birds sitting in The Great Kapok. It was lightly raining at this point, and birds squawked as they soared through the rain. Trees shook as monkeys passed from tree to tree. She frustratedly glanced up at them and continued to angrily stomp off.

*Why why WHY MUST THEY BE SO ANNOYING! Moons, can I not dream in peace?!* She felt like stomping on a colony of anthills, she was so furious! Griffin ducked her head as she entered the stronghold. She looked up at the intricate designs humans have made years ago in tribute to the Moons. Some with stars and gold, while others had death and sacrifice. She loved coming here. It always helped her calm down if she had a nightmare or if her humans got on her last nerve or both! Taking a deep breath, she slumped down onto the stone floor and covered her face. Instantly, tears came running down her face. She missed her parents so much, even when she makes herself think that they aren’t real, she knows they are.

**Chapter 3**

Griffins’ ears twitched when she heard the pitter-patter of small human feet. She guessed it was Twine, but then it talked. “Your Highness,” said a familiar voice, “The dragons, they’ve come back” Griffin quickly got up and noticed it was Gloria. She wiped her swollen eyes and told Gloria to take her to the last seen point.

Griffin sprinted through the thick, rainforest leaves and past the trees with Gloria on her back guiding her. She paced herself and made sure that Gloria was comfortable on her back. It came naturally to her since she always allowed them on her back. “Are they still there? Is it the blue ones again?”

“Yes they are still there, and no. There are a bunch of different ones, some red, some brown, some even rainbow! Every color you can think of BAM! It's there. And occasionally a blue or purple one. But one looks really cool like it was sand dipped in black paint,” Gloria informed her. “Shortly after they landed, they grumbled something. I’m guessing they were talking in dragon. Isn’t it so cool? Other dragons!”

Griffin didn’t think so. She liked being the only dragon there. The only one in charge. “Hold up, they? There are multiple?” Griffin questioned. She tried to keep pace but her mind was taking over.

“Yea! A whole army of them!” Gloria said as she pointed west towards the beach.

Griffin shook her head in amazement and focused on running. The wildlife shuffled under her and the light drizzle pitter-pattered on her head. Finally, they made it to the beach Griffin looked up at the black dragons in amazement. All of them loomed over her and all of her humans. “Moons above,” Griffin whispered in awe. She hadn’t ever seen a dragon like this before, or any dragon ever, really. Gloria slipped off her back still staring up at them with amazement. One of the biggest ones turned its head towards the smallest one towards the back of the group and growled something Griffin didn’t understand. She then realized that she had to protect her kingdom and her subjects, like a good queen. So, she put on her “Meanie-Beanie” face and flared her larger wings, while keeping the second, more delicate pair, out of sight. “Everyone, get back behind me. We don’t know who or what they are.” A ruffle of wings, feet, and sand filled the dead space as humans came running behind her for protection and the black dragons, she now calls Nightclaws, moved around and let the small one come through.

“Hello, Griffin” he spoke. Griffin stepped back in amazement. “Yes, this might sound shocking. I can talk scavenger, and we need your help. I’m Darkseer, and this is The Uprising,” Darkseer gestured to the group of Nightclaws he calls The Rebellion with his star-filled wing. “The prophecy asks for y-”

Slowly, Griffin started to back away, pushing Twine back, who was trying to break through her wings. “First off, what's a scavenger? And why should I trust you and your gang of...of...creepers? And what are you? Where did you come from? Why do you need me?”

“Woah woah woah, one at a time, Griffin!” Darkseer extended his wings and chuckled. “Your little friends are what we call scavengers,” He pointed to Twine and the others. “We are not creepers, we are Nightwings, but some of us aren’t pure Nightwings,” A skinny, purple and blue dragon shifted its weight in the crowd. “We came from a faraway place called Pyrrhia,” Darkseer began to bow, and the rest followed, “and you are destined to save the world, Empress Griffin”

**Chapter 4**

Trees danced in the silence of pure amazement. The sound of leaves gently swaying in the breeze, lightly brushing on each other. Some humans were whispering to each other about the new dragons. Griffin clutched the sand under her talons and sifted her eyes anxiously around the strange bowing dragons. Her tail twitched nervously as Twine tugged on her wing. She lowered her head to Twine as he whispered, “They are waiting for you to say something moving,” He then backed away into the crowd of small beings.

Griffin proceeded to raise her head back up to the dragons, talons shaking, and sputtered, “I- no. My f-family needs me and I don’t- can’t go w-with- I mean...ugh!” By this time it was pouring rain and some bright red dragons spread their wings to cover others, while some humans curled up under Griffin’s wings. She struggled to find the correct words and it made her SO MAD! “Just...no! I can’t…” Griffin lowered her voice and looked down at her talons.

A pale sand-colored dragon with black-tipped wings scooted through the crowd and

whisper-growled something in Darkseer’s ear. He proceeded to nod and looked up at Griffin. “Hey, don’t look so sad. Diamondback said you can bring your...humans. There are more on our continent. They will get along just fine,” Darkseer rubbed his temples and shuffled his wings again. Griffin noticed that he did that a lot. She shook the rain off of her wings and looked at Twine for reassurance. She noticed that Twine was looking back at her and motioning her to go.

Nodding, Griffin shuffled a few steps towards Darkseer and clenched the sand under her talons. “Fine. I’ll come. Only if you promise you will protect us. All of us” She heard some negative mumbles coming from the crowd behind her. Darkseer nodded in agreement. I want to add something more, just to test his loyalty she thought. “And teach me how to speak dragon. I only know a few phrases from when I was a dragonet,”

“Sounds good” Darkseer agreed. “We take off in an hour. Pack lightly. It’s a long flight. And the sc-humans will ride on our backs. Two per dragon. Unless some would like to stay,” He looked back at the crowd of humans and, to Griffin’s surprise, a few did raise their hand. She did a tiny gasp and felt a wave of pity fall over her. *It’s their decision. Let it be*, a little voice inside her head said. Sighing, she nodded in the direction of Darkseer and lingered into the forest, even though her heart was pounding. I get to see other dragons! A bolt of energy went down her spine and to her talons. She couldn’t wait for the new things in her future.

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The rain had slowed to a drizzle and slowly the animals who claimed this land crawled out of hiding. Griffin was at her roost packing when another dragon came in. Instinctively, she thought it was Darkseer. “I’m not done packing yet,” she scoffed as she shoved a few carvings into her talon-made leaf bag, “and it’s not daytime yet.” Silence. No response. She would’ve thought that Darkseer would have maybe, just maybe, given a half-suppressed laugh. Looking back, she saw a dragon similar to Darkseer, but he looked like he was dipped in sand-colored paint. She noticed that this unfamiliar dragon had a frill going down its spine, and was slightly taller with kind, emerald eyes. Griffin found him quite appealing. Another thing she noticed is that he was staring at her and quietly growling at her (she guessed that he was trying to talk to her). “Um…” She dug into her mind to find an expression in Dragonspeak. After a failed attempt, she just waved in the direction of the dragon. The dragon looked confused. He continued to speak in Dragonspeak. Griffin just nodded, hoping she wasn’t getting herself into any trouble. Soon, the pretty dragon left.

Griffin continued to pack her jewelry and carvings into her small leaf bag. Shortly after she finished packing, she proceeded to say her goodbyes to the few humans who wanted to stay. Darkseer walked up to her with a very concerned look. “What?” Griffin asked.

Sighing, Darkseer spoke, “I’m guessing you didn’t understand, or you just want us to break our wings, but Diamondback told me that you want us to carry you?”

“Diamondback? Who is that?”

“He’s part SandWing, part NightWing. He said that he went to your hut and asked you if you wanted to be carried? I have no idea why but he just did.” Darkseer shrugged. “He has a dark colored body, with little sand-colored boots. It’s kinda cute, if you ask me. He has the SandWing frill going down his spine, and starry wings, just like mine,” He gestured to one of his wings, “Diamondback has big, green eyes and a pale underbelly. He’s very flirtatious, so watch out,” He winks.

Griffin side-eyed him, “So you think he’s cute, eh?” She smiled a goofy grin, like the one Twine gave her earlier this morning. Morning felt like years ago.

“Oh Moons no, pfft! I meant like, he was cool.”

“Ah...ok,” Griffin could sense that he was telling the truth. “And no carrying!” she giggled.

Darkseer and Griffin walk in silence to the beach where the Uprising stood, waiting, and humans crawling either on some of the dragons’ backs, or in a boat, about to be sailing in the wind, not water.

Soon enough, it was time to fly south-east. Back to Pyrrhia. Back to home.

**Chapter 5**

Who knew flying was this hard? Griffin felt bad for the dragons carrying humans, but they looked like they could fly to the moons and back and still not be tired. She glanced around to find Diamondback laughing with another dragon. His laugh sounded like a field of flowers in a wind, soft and airy. Griffin caught herself and looked over her shoulder at Darkseer and asked, “Are we there yet? My wings are tired!” She exaggerated the tired.

Darkseers ears twitched at her comment. “We have a whole ocean to cross, and we just left your island. Yes we are super close to Pyrrhia. So close.” He said sarcastically.

"Hmph!” Griffin puffed, throwing her head back as she glided slightly to her right.

After what felt like multiple moons of flying, Griffin could see a sandy island in the distance. She glanced over at Darkseer when he shouted something in dragon. She didn’t bother trying to translate it, she was so tired. He then turned towards her and told her that they will stop there for the night, and continue flying at first light. Griffin’s wings itched with pain as they began to lower themselves onto the sand. She landed with a thump and stretched out her talons in the sand, letting her talons sink deeper and deeper into the sand. It was cold in the sand, and cold is what she was feeling like. Griffin dug a little hole in the cool sand, large enough to fit her wings and body. When she was making a sand pillow, the tiredness hit. She was exhausted. Griffin could hear the loud snoring of the sleeping dragons and couldn’t wait to find herself in dreamland. Once she finished making her sand bed, she flopped down in it with a huff. The sand caved in on her wings but she was already half asleep.

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After what felt like a blink of sleep, the sun was shining and Darkseer was shouting. Griffin rubbed her eyes and looked down to find her body completely submerged in sand. Struggling, she wiggled out of the sand-bed-of-doom. She shook out the sand, starting with her neck and rippling down to the tip of her tail, where a small barb hid under her scales. As she shook out her wings, she noticed that she was really sore. Griffin groaned as she stretched. Darkseer was shaking the rest of the sleeping dragons awake. That is when it hit her. Griffin's stomach rumbled loudly as she clenched it. She hasn’t eaten in two days. Griffin found her way to her feet and stumbled into the small forest life on the island to find some fruit. She looked up into the trees to find no animals what-so-ever. Looking around, she found a bushel of papaya trees. She raced over to them and shoved a few into her mouth. “Mmm, sooo good” she praised through a mouthful of food. She headed back in the direction of camp to get a small bag to put some in for the rest of the trip. As she headed back to camp with the fruits, she heard a low, gravelly growl coming from her left. Griffin whipped her head in the direction of the growls to see nothing other than more fruit bushes. Excited, she rushed over to the fruits and stuffed them in her bag with the papayas. She skipped back to camp, not remembering the growl. Right as she saw the Uprising in the distance, she tripped over some sort of trip wire, setting off a trap that pulled her up into a net. Frightened, she looked around the hanging net she was imprisoned in. Slowly a dark figure emerged out of the shadows of the forest. Griffin was sure whoever it was could hear her heart racing. The shadowy figure chuckled. *Oh by the Moons I hope this is some sort of funny trick and not the Uprising tricking me and killing me here.*

***More flying in soon!***