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Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Despite the fact that the three of them flew hard all day, they had only begun to reach the beginning of the desert. The mountainous region of the Sky Kingdom had morphed into dry, arid lands, though the peaks were still very much visible below them. In the distance, he could see the famous Jade Mountain, and to the west he caught the sight of a sea of yellow sand. They had stopped more than once on their journey southwards; Dreamseeker's wings were smaller than their own, and she could not remain aloft for as long as they could. They would have crossed the entire mountain region in half a day if it weren't for her. Annoying, he thoughts to himself in frustration. They were wasting time, bringing her along.

Then, they had to make a decision. Camp to the east of Jade Mountain, or to the west. To the east laid the scavenger den, and he wasn't willing to allow himself to fall asleep there. Scavengers were snacks at best and tricky things at worst. Extraordinarily clever, they might have laid a trap for passing dragons in the side of the mountain or such. But to the west laid the Kingdom of Sand. SandWings were as conniving as scavengers were, but they were fellow dragons, and so they could be trusted. It was decided then that they would camp in the desert for the night.

And fortunately for them, Eclipse's sharp eye had caught an oasis in the horizon. They settled around the pool body of water, from which they drank heartily. Dreamseeker was quick enough to catch lizards, while Skua caught a skinny camel. He settled closest to the water as he chewed on a camel leg. The meat was rough and lean, and definitely not that tasty. What he wouldn't give for some roast boar. Or a big buck. So much better than this old, wrinkly camel. He narrowed his eyes at Dreamseeker, who peacefully lapped from the oasis water.

"We'll be able to reach the rainforest in the morning, " Skua told Eclipse. "Moons, I can't wait to get my claws on whoever is responsible for this mess."

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Ah, see, there was the problem. Eclipse was noble-blooded, and Skua surely had someone to report to. Dreamseeker could just come and go as she pleased with nothing to hold her back. It wasn't as if Eclipse and Skua could simply ask to leave. After what happeneed to Queen Ember, Eclipse's parents definitely wanted their son around and the kingdom needed all the guards they had at their claws. They had bumped into another dead-end, and they couldn't take too long to find a solution, lest they wanted to attract attention to themselves.

Suddenly, a flash of realization struck Skua's expression. "We could sneak out. I know the perfect place." They were lucky that he kept his voice low and his snout dipped towards them. The passing guards were already giving them strange looks. He bounded to his feet and motioned them to follow with a flick of his spined tail. Dreamseeker tossed a wary glance at Eclipse and got on her feet to follow.

Her injured leg only bothered her slightly as she pursued Skua down the corridor and then up a very tall, spiraling set of stairs. The walls were narrow; so narrow, that if she spread her wings, their tips would brush against the walls. They climbed higher and higher until they slipped through an opening and found themselves perched on a tall platform. After she had blinked the sunshine away from her eyes, she was met with a wonderful sight. Sprawling mountains, wispy silver clouds just above their heads, and endless blue skies. Her eyes was wide as she took in the view. "Wow..." she breathed out.

Skua smirked at her arrogantly. "No time to gawk at the Sky Kingdom's amazing scenery. We need to head south before anyone realizes we're gone." And with that, he leapt off the watchtower and took to the skies. Dreamseeker spread out her wings and flapped after him before turning her head to look back at the remaining dragon.

"Come on, Eclipse!" she called, eagerness leaking into her voice.

Trial of Shadows | Warrior Cats

@Rusty @blindwoofer You guys should really give it a try. As long as you pay once a week and are semi active on the chat you'll be fine.

Trial of Shadows | Warrior Cats

Have you heard the legends of the Clans in the valley?

Countless seasons ago, four cats and their followers arrived in the valley territories. Their names were Thorn, Birch, Mist, and Dusk, and under the guidance of StarClan, they were brought to the valley with the purpose of forging Clans. Thorn and his cats took to the cliff-sides, Birch and his own kind remained in the greenwood forests, Mist's cats roamed south, to the wetlands, and Dusk and his cats chose to reside in a labyrinth of interwoven tunnels that opened up to grassy plains. Thus, ThornClan, BirchClan, MistClan, and DuskClan were formed.

Though again, this was seasons ago-- more seasons than the elders and even the elders' elders could even count. Now is a different story. This tale begins on a precarious precipice. Clan cats are suddenly showing up dead, and no one knows who is to blame. As tensions rise and cats start to blame others, one question stands stark against the looming night... who can be trusted?

SOME NOTES AND RULES

1.) THIS IS A WARRIOR CATS RP IN AN ORIGINAL SETTING. Thus, there will be no mentions of cats like Firestar, Mapleshade, Tigerstar, Hawkfrost, and so forth. This is a world where you make up your own legends and stories.

2.) THOUGH THERE ARE FOUR CLANS, ONLY ONE WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR NOW. I'm not sure which one we'll use yet. I might leave it up to the popular vote. The rest of the Clans will be filled with NPCs, which anyone will be able to create and use on the sidelines.

3.) PLEASE DO NOT GHOST. If you proclaim interest, please stick with it. If you really need to step away from the roleplay, please let me know.

4.) WE WILL BE USING DISCORD. Discord is the easiest way to communicate and banter, in my opinion. I want to have fun, talk about ships, etc. with my fellow RPers.

5.) PLEASE POST AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. That is all.

6.) PLEASE HAVE A DECENT UNDERSTANDING OF WRITING/CHARACTER CREATION. No one wants to struggle with reading your posts. No one wants to constantly roll their eyes at your mary-sue. I get we're writing talking cats, but please take your time with your creations.

7.) YOU MAY CREATE MORE THAN ONE CHARACTER. As long as you give them an equal amount of attention, of course~

8. FORBIDDEN LOVE? BETRAYAL? YASSSSSSS! Bring it on, baby! Even though we have an overarching plot, there's room for each character's own side plots. Want to make me wring my hands when I find out that the medicine cat is in love with the leader? Want me to flinch when I see a character plotting something dastardly? I'm all for it!

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Dreamseeker was surprised to see how Eclipse and Skua interacted. The both of them were displaying aggression at first, but even though their tails twitched and their expressions were steely. She could tell both of them cared for one another though, and were only frustrated at each other for trivial reasons. She couldn't help but feel a little flustered when Eclipse's wingtips brushed against hers, bringing her wing closer to her as she tried to calm down the quickening beat of her heart. A hard knot formed in her throat as she became a bit more fidgety, but before she knew it, Eclipse bumped his head against the hybrid's neck.

Skua let out a puff of frostbreath, his eyes narrowing down at his friend. Dreamseeker didn't have to read his mind once she saw the corners of his lips twitching upwards. "Hmmm, that does sound tempting. Actually ditching this place to see if we could get something done, for once?" he flared his wings dramatically. "Three moons, I'd do anything to get away from Cerise's bickering. And I'm sure that if I left you to your own devices and you got killed, your parents would mount my head on a pike."

"You're coming, then?" Dreamseeker asked, even though she already knew the answer.

Skua's somewhat playful expression fell from his face once he looked back at her. "Obviously. I'm a guard, protecting royal dragons is what I do," he stated in a snobby voice that made her claws prickle.

Dreamseeker turned to Eclipse and gave him a smile. "Good!" she chimed, feeling excited. She hadn't felt this excited in ages. "We'll leave as soon as we're all ready."

"Wait, you're coming too?"

"Of course. Three dragons are better than two," Dreamseeker attempted to copy the arrogant tone of voice Skua had used only moments before. "Aren't they?"

Skua's nostrils flared. "I... guess."

Dreamseeker could tell that he didn't like her. Once again, she dabbled in his mind, picking apart the scattered thoughts until she came across something interesting. It'd be so much better if it was just us two. Last thing I need is for Eclipse to be mooning over this strange NightWing, Skua's thoughts echoed back at her. I don't trust her.

Those were the consequences of her race. Even though Pyrrhia was trying its hardest to be accepting of all dragons, certain types just weren't tolerated as much as others. NightWings usually got the short end of the stick when it came to trust, next to SandWings. It must have taken ages for Eclipse's mother to be accepted among SkyWing royalty. I'll get him to trust me soon enough, Dreamseeker told herself, somewhat hurt. If I prove myself useful, he'll like me, too.

"W-well..." Dreamseeker pulled herself from her thoughts as she batted her wings, flustered with herself. "I'm ready to leave when you two are."

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

The next day...

"WHAT?!" roared the larger, very angry male hybrid.

Dreamseeker and Eclipse had woken up early in the morning to catch Eclipse's friend before her went to his shift. Skua, or so Eclipse called him, was very much surprised to see a NightWing with his friend-- especially when he found out she was the one that had been staring at him during the whole festival. The morning had been very much peaceful until they spoke to him, and the more they explained, the more his temper flared. His sharp, yellow eyes kept glowering at her as if she had dumped a bunch of salt into his stew. SkyWing guards filtered past them, walking up and down the corridors as they moved to take their positions. There seemed to be more guards than the day before, she remembered. They probably didn't want to take any risks the day after Queen Ember's death.

"So, let me get this straight," Skua's lips twitched with a snarl. "You go to bed, and you find this NightWing flying about the vicinity of the palace, and you don't even wake me up before you go chasing her tail?!"

Dreamseeker couldn't help but step a little closer to Eclipse for support. "It's not like I would have attacked him!" she told him. "Not to mention, we have more important things to think about-- such as our next course of action."

Skua sighed as he shuffled his wings. She caught worried thoughts in his mind; possibilities of Brightstar or Storm getting injured, Eclipse getting killed, what would happen to his parents, what this meant for Pyrrhia... With a war on the horizon, it won't take very long for tribes to start making alliances. Dreamseeker shuffled his wings as well. That was why they had to hurry.

"So, what's the plan?" Skua finally asked, his eyes firmly planted on Eclipse. "Are we going to roam around Pyrrhia and ask who's responsible? 'Cause that'll take forever."

"I have another idea," Dreamseeker proclaimed. Skua's eyes dashed to her again, his gaze anything but friendly. She couldn't help but quiver. "We could go to the rainforest ourselves. The RainWings will probably be more willing to speak to us than a bunch of mean-looking SkyWing soldiers in armor, don't you think?"

"The RainWings won't talk to anyone. They're all lazy good-for-nothings, anyway," Skua snapped.

Dreamseeker huffed, trying her best not to flare her wings. Sure, she was quiet, and a little of a push-over, but this dragon was difficult to deal with. How could Eclipse ever have become friends with him? "It's not like we have any other choice. We have to try, don't we?" She glanced up hopefully at Eclipse. Oh, please let him take my side. I can't think of anything else to do!

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

She caught a wave of slight disappointment from both parties, which made her droop her wings slightly. Dreamseeker wished she could help more, even if Brightstar said that she was grateful for the information. Even Eclipse stated that the RainWings would be unlikely to help because they usually cared mostly about their own things. That in itself was true. She gave a frustrated flick of her tail. Who else would know anything about the rainforest if not the dragons who lived there? She was sure that if they asked nicely, they would help--especially if a good queen had been assassinated using something from the forest itself.

Dreamseeker nodded as Brightstar left before she turned to Eclipse. Her eyes widened at his question. What was she going to do? She couldn't necessarily go back home; she swore on her pride as a NightWing she'd never get close to her family again. But if not there, where? The Sky Kingdom wasn't a safe place, and the Kingdom of Sand was far too... sandy. And yet, there was another problem. Was she just going to sit on her tail and let this happen? Even now, there might be more dragons plotting and seeking to undermine Pyrrhia's peace. The very thought made her scales itch.

"I... I don't know," Dreamseeker whispered, blinking. "I'm not sure if I could just stand by and let this happen. I-I mean, Queen Ember was assassinated. And I know what happened, and you know what happened, a-and... I'm not sure if I can just go ahead and ignore this. Maybe," she sucked in a breath, "maybe... just maybe, we should help. We could be heroes, you know? Actual heroes, not standing on the sidelines and waiting for help. I hate stories like that. Dragons waiting for heroes, waiting for someone to save them or hoping something bad wouldn't happen."

She paused again, fidgeting a little. "S-sorry. I kind of got ahead of myself."

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Dreamseeker found herself relaxing as Eclipse told her about his mother. That was a relief. She had met much harsher NightWings, well-studied or not. Many of them had a huge, almost aggressive ego. She had somewhat of an ego as well... well, not an ego, perse, but she was proud of where she came from. She tore herself from her own thoughts, giving Eclipse a comforted smile as she allowed herself to be guided down a set of stairs. As they descended, she expected to hear voices of injured dragons or of worried healers, but to her surprise, she was faced with an almost empty room.

As Cloud began to tend to her leg, Dreamseeker turned to Brightstar. "I don't remember," she replied, disappointed in herself. She didn't think it'd be so important to remember. "I'm sorry, it was just something that I skimmed over. I never knew it was going to be this necessary to keep in mind."

Once her leg was bound with gauze, she set it gently upon the floor. It still hurt, though not as much. Dreamseeker gave Cloud a grateful nod before she turned back towards Eclipse and Brightstar. "I'm sure it will be easy to find a venom spitting creature in the rainforest, though. Just ask the dragons that live around there. Who knows, maybe the RainWings will help out!"

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Dreamseeker fought to keep the slight smile on her face, though it was difficult with the way Brightstar was looking at her. It was as if she was being deeply scrutinized from the point of her horn to the tip of her tail. She was extremely tempted to just duck behind Eclipse and avoid the other dragon's look, but Eclipse's encouraging smile made her steel her nerves. Oh moons, was she trembling? Could they tell she was? Brightstar's gaze went down to her injured leg, and Dreamseeker looked at it, almost forgetting it was there in the first place. Her heart had been beating so fast, she hardly felt the pain anymore. But what came out of Brightstar's mouth were not words of scorn or dismissal. Instead, she was very much interested in what she had to say. She perked up as her eyes glimmered. Did she really believe her? If only she wasn't so nervous-- she could have checked herself.

Her frantic thoughts subsided when she heard Eclipse whisper. Her smile a little more strained and nervous, she accepted his motion and leaned against him. "Thanks," she murmured back as she sent a glance towards the dragon that still slept. Something inside her stirred, and she couldn't help but feel saddened by the sight. The poor dragon was clearly tortured, even in his sleep. "I'm just glad she trusted me. I was worried that she wouldn't."

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Dreamseeker realized that she might have been a little too brazen with what she said, but it was too late to correct that mistake. Luckily for her, the other dragon didn't press the strange happening. I have to be more careful with reading minds. He almost caught me there, she told herself as she followed him. There wasn't an issue with telling him that she could read minds. It was just that now wasn't the time or place. If she suddenly told him that, maybe he wouldn't trust her anymore. Maybe he would hand her over to the guards when he got the chance. I'll just tell him some other time. No harm in that, right?

She perked up when he tossed an apology her way. Ducking her head, she smiled sheepishly. "No need to apologize. It was sort of my fault," Dreamseeker murmured, glancing down at her foot. At least it wasn't turning discolored or swelling more. It was probably just a bad sprain. Nevertheless, she was very careful not to put much weight on it as she continued to follow Eclipse down the hall. Her eyes scanned the walls and flickered to the nearby guards at the end of the corridor before she found herself slipping through a door. It was dark, but she could see two dragons entertwined deeper in the room.

Luckily for them, the NightWing didn't seem to mind being woken up too much, and Dreamseeker dipped her head in greeting. "Hello," she whispered politely. Her eyes wavered to the SkyWing that shared the room with her. That must have been Eclipse's father. She shifted uneasily, trying to keep her mind on track. "I heard that the dart that killed Queen Ember was covered in black poison. I read a scroll that said that there's a creature in the southern rainforest that spits black poison, so the assassin might've gone there to gather it. I'm sure that if we check the rainforests, we'll get a lead sooner than later." She glanced at Eclipse, hoping that he'd give her a sign if she explained her well enough.