Chapter 2 - Thunderstorms
Starlight stepped down to meet her new kingdom. The first dragon to meet her was Eclipse. He ran up to her and hugged her tightly.
"I'm so proud of you!" He whispered softly into her ear. He let go of her and knelt down on his knees and bowed down to his new ruler. Immediately the rest of the dragons did the same, even the former king. Starlight looked out at the sea of bowing dragons and giggled. Until she saw that her sister was the only one not bowing. Starlight gave her sister a light smile and ordered for her subjects to stand.
She greeted all of her kingdom with a loving and determined attitude. The kingdom caught fish and prepared a grand feast for the new Queen and her family. When Starlight saw all the fish that had been caught she invited all of the dragons in her kingdom to join her in her castle. This announcement made Cameron, the former king, smile the biggest he ever had.
"Midnight would have been proud of you." He said to his daughter with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"She's here you know. Mom never left. I can feel her presence, in the wind and the leaves." She explained, hugging her father.
"Starlight, please don't be mad a Storm." Her father pleaded, "your sister is just upset. She'll get over it. I'm sure."
"Don't worry. She's blood. I could never be mad at her!" This statement seemed to make Cameron more nervous than he already was.
"Let's eat, shall we?" He said with a chuckle.
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Storm sat on the dried grass in the moonlit forest clearing. Waiting. She heard the bushes rustle. A few seconds later multiple dragons stepped into the moonlight. Storm stood and faced the dragons.
"As you have earlier seen," She growled, breaking the silence, "my father chose my sorry excuse for a sister to me the new queen of his kingdom."
The other dragons in the clearing began to murmur.
"This is unacceptable!"
"How dare he!"
"This can not stand!"
"This must be stopped!"
"But if not Starlight to lead us than who?"
"Storm! Storm should be queen!"
The dragons all nodded their head in agreement.
"I say we kill her." All the dragons turned their heads to Storm. "You heard me, let's kill her, tonight!"
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Starlight watched as her kingdom began to walk home to rest. "I wonder where Storm is?" She thought worriedly "I'm sure she's fine" She reassured herself. "I better get some sleep."
She made her way to her cave to sleep. On her way there she heard thunder in the distance. There was slight pitter patter of rain on the castle roof. She glanced out one of the large windows in the castle wall to see big, dark, and puffy clouds blocking the moon.
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