Of Feathers And Flames- A Wings of Fire AU RP

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Eclipse let out an irritated grunt. Cool moist rainforest air wafted through the large entrance further up the cave. The only noise was the lulling sounds of the chittering birds and trickling stream. A thick mist muffled most of the sound, providing a comfortable stuffy air. The stone floor could have been uncomfortable, but the dragon-sized frond leaves bunched up on the ground provided a minor amount of cushion. It was the perfect hiding place.
Or so she had thought. Eclipse cocked her head in the direction of the entrance, listening intently for any other signs of dragon presence. It was hard enough trying to sleep on solid stone. It was even harder when dragons just felt the need to tromp around, growl, snarl, and shriek wherever they went. Bonus if you were a shallow sleeper.
Like her.
She slowly lifted her head waiting for any other sign of the dragon she was certain she'd heard. Finally, a shriek echoed through the cave walls, confirming her suspicion. Only it didn't come from the forest outside. The cry sounded from somewhere behind her, deeper into the hollow. Her head snapped around and the crest on the back of her neck rose. All remanence of sleep was chased away by her alarm. She stood up stiffly not taking her eyes off the back of the cave, though she knew it wouldn't do much good. The rock cleft was pitch black--the very reason she'd chosen it.
Spine arched, Eclipse padded tensely toward the back of the cave. Ever since she'd stepped foot in this place, she couldn't shake the strange prickling sensation along her spine. She'd figured it was just her imagination. Given the place--an ominous cave looming in the side of a crumbling boulder in the middle of the rainforest--one might assume it would give off an eerie aura.
But maybe that feeling was the sensation of another presence. Maybe she hadn't been alone all along, and the whole time, she was just a few tail lengths and a corner away from being discovered. She reached for the sheath against her neck, drawing the long whip-thin dagger, and slowed as she approached the bend in the tunnel. Pressing against the hard stone, she peered around the corner.
I don't remember the boulder being this long, she thought. Nothing stirred in the darkness in front of her. No noise, no sensation, nothing. She slid around the corner and continued soundlessly down the hall, her talons landing ghostly silent despite the hard stone. She paused again as the tunnel turned sharply once more, waiting longer this time before cocking her head around enough to see, as painstakingly slow as before.
Still nothing.
She waited a moment longer, then slithered forward and threw the dagger into the black void. The sound that echoed back to her ears was not one she expected to hear. It sounds like the dagger dig stab something, but then slid over some sort of grainy surface before clinking silently back on the floor of the cave.
Eclipse hesitated for a moment before pacing forward, sliding her claws across the stone in search of her weapon. Her talon snagged on the pummel and the closed her hand around it. To her shock, the dagger was covered in sand. She reached out and her talon sunk into the sticky hard grit that was sloping down from the roof. It slid down onto her back talons and more of it spilled from some hidden space behind it. She reached out more firmly and clawed at the sand.
Then again.
And again.
She started to dig. Sand scattered across the floor and over her feet, grinding uncomfortably between her claws. After what felt like an eternity, the sand in front of her slid away and blinding light shot into the cave. Eclipse recoiled blinking as sand continued to slide and settle across the stone, and she shielded her eyes. Stifling heat washed into the cave, chasing away the comfortable cool from the forest.
Three moons... what is this?
Eclipse carefully stepped up the sandy bank, extending her neck to see over the rise.
Rising waves of sand covered the land, from horizon to horizon. The sun shone close and bright beating down on her silver scales and sending waves of heat shooting out of the sand. There wasn't a cloud in the sky--even a lone human wing transport high up wasn't able to pull enough vapor to form a cloud tail. Eclipse scanned the scene, trying not to let her jaw drop in awe.
But... this isn't possible. How can there be a tunnel to the desert, in the rainforest? It's a continent away, and I only walked a few wing lengths
Movement caught her eye off to the southeast and she instinctively flattened herself against the sand. Several large black shapes were circling over the sand, and she could hear more clearly now the sounds of scavengers and dragons screaming and roaring to one another.
Nightwing hunters. She thought, her eyes slitting. She watched them circle and dive at the sand and she arched her neck to see what they were attacking.
She couldn't tell, from the distance she was at, the only sign of a dragon on the ground was the churning sand. Suddenly fire shot up through the air, slicing between two of the Nightwings.
Eclipse watched a moment longer, cold hatred churning inside her chest.
I shouldn't go out there. I have a mission, and this dragon's problems aren't my own. One Nightwing is dangerous enough--a whole group is reckless. And all for what--one silly dragon who didn't think it was maybe a bad idea to be out in the middle of the day? Not my problem.
Eclipse stood in the dip for a long moment, tailing twitching. Then she reached up and unhooked the chakram on the back of her neck, before launching into the air and twisting in the direction of the hunters.
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Sunspot made a wild lunge forwards, slashing out with one wing and catching one NightWing with the edge. The black dragon recoiled with a howl, clutching the new slit opened in her snout.
"Who's next?" she snarled, working up another gust of fire. She beat back another dragon with her tail, the flaming spikes causing the NightWing to yelp and backpedal rapidly.
A flash of light caught her eye and Sunspot spotted another dragon. But this one was.... silver? What?

Suddenly she felt a stinging pain in her neck. "Blasting suns," she snarled, as a wave of dizziness came over her "Got me while I was distracted."
She shook a dart out of her neck, her head beginning to droop. Her fire was fading. No. Sunspot thought, fear curling into the edges of her mind. They can't get me this time.

Dimly, she felt a tug on her rear legs and barely felt her body hit the sand as the hunter pulled her legs out from under her. The world spun, and Sunspot knew it was over.
 
-Kiwi- said:
LunarWings: LunarWings are ethereal silver dragons that are *rarely* seen. Some even doubt their existence. LunarWings can secrete a silver liquid that can be manipulated with their minds, such as into weapons. They have glowing tendril like appendages that get more apparent as the dragon ages.
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Could you give me a more thorough description of the "appendages" on the Lunarwings? Unless you are working on a drawing I can just see it then
 
-Kiwi- said:
Sunspot made a wild lunge forwards, slashing out with one wing and catching one NightWing with the edge. The black dragon recoiled with a howl, clutching the new slit opened in her snout.
"Who's next?" she snarled, working up another gust of fire. She beat back another dragon with her tail, the flaming spikes causing the NightWing to yelp and backpedal rapidly.
A flash of light caught her eye and Sunspot spotted another dragon. But this one was.... silver? What?

Suddenly she felt a stinging pain in her neck. "Blasting suns," she snarled, as a wave of dizziness came over her "Got me while I was distracted."
She shook a dart out of her neck, her head beginning to droop. Her fire was fading. No. Sunspot thought, fear curling into the edges of her mind. They can't get me this time.

Dimly, she felt a tug on her rear legs and barely felt her body hit the sand as the hunter pulled her legs out from under her. The world spun, and Sunspot knew it was over.
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The battle scene quickly came into view as Eclipse climbed higher into the air, above the Nightwing's range of fire. Her gaze raked over the group--eight total, three looked mildly touched, the other five were unscathed. More fun for me, she thought as she came upon the fighting ground. She let her mind wrap around the scene--sizing up the Nightwings and filing their inevitable deaths into steps of attack.
Be quick. Be silent. Strike first. That was the assassin's way. Two of them were hovering farther away, their backs turned to her. Quick work for the chakram. Three were circling higher up, watching their target intently. A few well-placed warping blades, no problem. Two were dipping in and out closer to the ground. She could use the surprise from their falling comrades to dive in with the dagger, and by then her chakram would have done its work as well.
As for the last one--
Wait
The biggest of the Nightwings--the one diving in from behind the targetted dragon--seemed familiar. He had a large jagged scar that twisted from the end of his snout across his right eye. The silver scales under his wings zig-zagged like lightning, and he was missing a claw and one of his front talons. Eclipse's wings faltered as recognition slammed into the forefront of her mind. Her eyes narrowed further into ice-like slits. Her train of thought was cut off as she felt the hunted dragon's eyes land on her and her gaze flicked down to the dragon.
She was a slightly small dragon, with no front talons and instead, two large fan-like wings. Her scales burned like fire, and the combination of the light reflecting off her wings and the glow from her scales was blinding. Several small black scales were splotches across her body and Eclipse could see her veins glowing brightly across her wings.
She was also staring right at her.
No, you idiot, Eclipse thought furiously. You're gonna blow my cover.
But the Nightwings were either too stupid or uninterested in whatever the Solarwing was looking at. Eclipse saw the dart bite into the dragon's neck right as she folded her silver wings inward, diving toward the hunting party. The Solarwing faltered and stumbled, her scales fading slightly. The largest Nightwing landed in the sand behind her, gripped her hind legs, and yanked them from beneath her. The little golden dragon hit the ground weakly, her eyes fluttering slightly before she went completely limp.
Eclipse let her chakram fly from her hands. It sliced across one of the hunter's throats and then carried on into the second one. They both let out strangled shrieks before faltering and then dropping from the sky, their riders screaming in fear as the ground shot toward them. The next closest three had barely begun to turn their heads before a spear of silver warping stabbed through each of their chests. The last three were now landed on the ground, and Eclipse snapped her wings wide, holding one talon out to catch her chakram as it curved through the air back to her. Her back talons struck one of the Nightwings, knocking her to the ground and Eclipse plunged the blade into her throat before hurling the chakram at the next hunter.
She locked gazes with the last and biggest Nightwing and she couldn't suppress a hiss of rage as she shot after him like a striking snake. He lept clumsily but quickly into the air just as Eclipse's dagger slashed through the empty spot where his throat had been. She ducked and rolled instinctively as his talons slashed at her from above. She whipped around ready to lunge again, but to her surprise, he was already winging away as fast as his massive wings could carry him, urged on by his panicked rider. Eclipse shot after him, but she was only half his size, and the distance between them quickly doubled.
"Come back here and fight you cowardice lizard!" she roared, rage burning through her veins so fiercely, she half expected smoke to start pouring out her nostrils and around her curled lips. She hovered in the air a moment longer, then, with a snarl of rage, turned and winged her way back to the battle scene. Despite her anger, she felt a small flicker of pride at the carnage she'd left in the sand.
7 Nightwing hunters dead, along with their spineless riders. She swooped down toward the ground and landed next to the Nightwing who still had her chakram wedged in his neck. She grabbed it and yanked it back. At that moment a scavenger scrambled from behind the dragon, aiming one of those annoying fire tubes at her head and shouting in what it must have thought was its most intimidating voice. Like a striking serpent, she snapped her head out at the human, snapping it in her jaws and letting it drop to the ground.
She flicked the blood off her chakram halfheartedly and sheathed it along with her dagger. Then she turned and stalked toward the Solarwing still lying in the sand.
"You're welcome." she snorted sarcastically to the unconscious dragon. But her thoughts were elsewhere. That Nightwing--she was certain she'd seen him before. The memories bubbled in her mind, flashing out like lighting across her vision, no matter how hard she tried to suppress them.
Rain pounded across the forest clearing, a shriek tearing across the glade as she floundered. The blurry image of a silver blade slashing up the black demon's snout. Lighting illuminating the blood-covered grass.
Eclipse jolted herself back to the present, glancing at the sky. The sun was still high in the sky--it was barely passed noon. Plenty of time for the hunter to come back with reinforcement, and find the Solarwing completely exposed by the light of day. She stood there for a while, her tail slowly swishing back and forth through the sand and sending small golden ripples across the ground. Finally, she let out an annoyed snort and padded toward the Solarwing. She jabbed a claw into her side, feeling to make sure her scales were cool enough to touch. She sighed.
"You owe me big time," she murmured, grasping the dragon's wing shoulders and hauling her into the air. She hovered for a moment, adjusting her grip with a grunt before winging away in the direction of the mysterious tunnel. She shot one last glance in the direction the Nightwing had fled.
This isn't over
 

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