Ebony’s Story

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Ebony let a wicked grin creep across her face. Truthspeaker would regret the day she left her, especially as her plan was in motion. Ever since she was a dragonet, she was ridiculed by the other NightWings for her eyes. She was born with eyes the colour of dragon blood, and she lived up to them. One day, it got too much, when she was a teenage dragon at Jade Mountain Academy. Vicious, her main tormentor, was sleeping soundly when Ebony crept into her room and slit her throat. She thought she had got away with it, but her best friend - and only friend - and the dragon she loved, saw her slipping back into her room with stained claws. Truthspeaker confronted her the next day.‘Ebony!’ she cried, catching up to her. ‘ I know what you did last night. ‘ Her eyes flashed angrily as she stared at her, before raking her claws across Ebony’s face. Ebony gingerly felt the blood dripping down her face. ‘ But…. We’re… I thought you liked me… ‘ She stuttered, hurt. ‘Not anymore. I will always be there to stop you, you.. MONSTER! ‘ Truth snarled, before swooping out of Jade Mountain, out of Ebony’s life. But the joke was on her now. No one would tease her when she was Queen of the NightWings! It was a Thursday. Only an hour until Queen Illusion came in to her private bedroom, where she would take her mid-morning nap, unaware that Ebony was inside her wardrobe, holding a rather sharp knife. Ebony snapped out of her usual daydream, one where she was queen, and everything was great, and Truth had forgiven her and became her adoring wife, as the door clicked shut. She couldn’t see from her hiding place, but she heard the Queen get in bed, and before long was making slight snoring noises. Ebony snuck out of the wardrobe cautiously, and crept over to the bed, before pulling down the blanket. But it wasn’t Queen Illusion under the covers. It was a face she knew very well, but a lot older, and colder. ‘ Truthspeaker! ‘ Ebony cried, shocked. ‘ I’m sorry. ‘ Truth gave Ebony a sad, mournful look which seemed to go on forever until she cut Ebony’s throat with one quick movement. Ebony let out a gasp, blood bubbling from her wound every time she tried to speak until she collapsed, dead. Truth knelt beside the corpse, sobbing until she couldn’t bear it and flew out of the palace, never to return.