You said something about cuteness aggression could you elaborate and how would the hachishakusama even go being around others like casual conversations and romantic if it isn't human do you believe that is doesn't fully understand and just tries to mimic or does it know how to react?
Idk about “others.” In my mind, Hachishakusama is alone in the human world. Idk if she has friends or “coworkers” in the spirit world, but if she did then it wouldn’t translate to the human world. And I think most humans are too scared of her to do anything but run away since she’s 8 feet tall and clearly non-human.
Do you mean “if it isn’t human” like other Earthly creatures like a deer or some type of animal? Or do you mean like other spirit creatures? Idk about other spiritual creatures. But for animals I think she observes them a lot and starts to mimic them. She acquires new sounds and forms like a parrot learning a new word and it repeating it. Most Earthly creatures are either scared of her or neutral.
I think she can be taught how to react, but her default in a new situation is to mimic. For example, if she met a dog who would growl and bark at her she would growl and bark back.
Some romantic head canons:
Cuteness aggression is real. This is why she kills children. They’re so cute she can’t help but squeeze them. But she doesn’t realize they’re really fragile and accidentally kills them 😭 just be glad she cares about you enough that she will pay attention to your pain. If she could, she would rip all your skin off just to watch your heart beating and coo at it. “It’s so cute!!” While you’re losing consciousness.
Her cuteness aggression manifests in many different ways. She squeezes to feel your breath forced out your lungs. She also bites. She learned to dull her teeth and not use so much force, but it still bruises. She pinches and still causes damage when her claws are retracted. At this point, you’re gonna end up with some little bruises and such. It’s not ideal, but it’s better than dying.
She likes how warm your body is. She feels like a cold mist in her ghostly/ethereal form. In her solid form, her body is cold like a corpse. So she appreciates the extra warmth you bring.
She follows you. Using her ghost powers, she teleports to where you are and will stand creepily in the background, just out of view. She doesn’t want to bother you and your humanly activities! At the same time, she wants to be around you and watch you as much as possible.
Some casual/ general head canons:
She’s curious about the world almost in the way a child is curious. She watches people and things and turns into them. She mimics sounds and speech. Something that really fascinated her was a crane for construction. It was interesting to watch this big, metal thing piloted by a human. She tried to mimic the noise it made, but found that she was limited due to it not being a living thing.
She’s curious, but not motivated to act if she sees something bad happen. For example, she will watch a murder take place in it’s entirety. The leading up to it, the action itself, the disposition of the body, and whatever the murderer does next. It never crosses her mind that she can intervene. Even if it did, why would she? What’s happening right now doesn’t affect her in any way. Even if she did want to act, what would she do?
She prefers not to bother anyone. That’s why she disappears when someone notices her. It’s not that she’s afraid. She just doesn’t like the attention and gawking from humans. It’s better that they think she was a trick of the light or something.
Sometimes she goes following human to human. Sometimes she chooses a human to follow because they did something interesting. Maybe they acted in a way she hasn’t seen a human act before. Other times, she just follows people. Most have no idea.
And I am back and to ask about more things of hachishakusama and it can be what ever you want so just tell about your version of hachishakusama ✌️
A few more head canons!
She thinks it’s funny when humans are scared of her. The way their eyes go wide, scream, run away, freeze, etc. is amusing. They think that any of their funny little reactions would help! The only reason they live is because she had no interest in killing them. She purposefully scares humans for fun sometimes.
She has distant, abstract “memories” of being a mother. It was such a long time ago that she doesn’t actually know if they’re memories or if they’re a dream. She doesn’t even know the child’s name or face, but she sees the concept of them a lot.
She feels anger when she sees women with children. She can’t quite place her finger on it, but it makes her fly into a rage. She often steals children away for that reason. She coddles them, but they usually end up dead from aforementioned cuteness aggression or because they resisted her love too much. She also sadistically tortures the women by stalking and eventually killing them. The women may not even be the child’s mother. It could be as simple as a waitress at a restaurant serving a child.
Most shape shifters would have a true form that they would revert back to, but Hachishakusama doesn’t. Her “true form” is just the form she likes to take the most. She doesn’t know what her initial form was. All she knows is that she has always been a feminine being.
After a certain amount of time, she will eventually become good at mimicking humans because she’s spent so long observing and applying human behaviors. At this point, she starts purposefully inserting herself into other people’s lives by pretending to be someone else one knows and doing something uncalled for in order to cause chaos in the individual’s relationship.
When I loved you, but... I don't know. Do I feel those feelings anymore?
Poppy Playtime. Prototype x Reader/Player.
English is not my native language.
Tags/TW/CW: Experimentation on children, Reader/Player is an orphan, Found family, Prototype protects, Prototype is the Player/Reader's uncle, as strange as that may sound, MC for 12-14 years at the beginning, Memory loss.
You don’t understand what happened, how come you were told that your mother was dead.
You don't understand why you were sent to an orphanage.
You don't understand why you weren't taken in by your few relatives.
You don't understand how your mother could leave.
You just couldn't accept it.
And you're not sure you'll be happy in the Playtime Co. shelter.
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You were quiet. Too quiet.
You didn't know why...
Why they dragged you here...
This place looked like a laboratory...
And it was scary.
You shouldn't be here...
Oh, absolutely shouldn't be here...
But they dragged you here.
You didn't know what would happen.
While you were lost in your thoughts, someone pushed you through the door.
You looked up at your knees, not in your face.
You put your hands out just in time.
And then you heard.
"Experiment 1006."
The voice was hoarse, as hoarse as possible.
"You better get out, or else."
The voice was clearly threatening.
At that moment, you looked around.
The room was dimly lit in some places.
And the darkness was unsettling.
You looked into the darkness of the room and thought you heard someone breathing.
You didn't know if it was an auditory hallucination.
Or if there really was something there in the darkness.
Then...
A clawed hand appeared from the darkness.
You stared at the hand in fear.
And then you saw a yellow-orange light.
You didn't move, afraid.
*One wrong move, and I'm finished*
Then a head appeared.
And to your surprise, it was wearing the Jester's hat?
*I don’t know who came up with this, but he’s just a genius*
You thought to yourself sarcastically.
The body turned out to be completely goat-like, with the lower part of the body looking like a beetle.
And he was huge.
At least five times your height.
He lowered his human-eating torso closer to you.
You didn't move.
His face, or was that a mask?
It was a few inches from yours.
You flinched slightly.
He shook his head to the left.
"I never thought you'd live to see this, but that's moment, Harley Sawyer."
He spoke...
He spoke in equal voices...
What...
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!
"Yes, a person who's practically related to you."
*What...?*
You thought to yourself, looking at...
This thing?
Or whatever this creature is called?
"Prototype, they brought you a child who is, so to speak, your nephew."
*WHAT??? HAVE, THEY GONE ABSOLUTELY CRAZY THERE OR WHAT???*
While you were going crazy inside.
To your surprise, the creature carefully and tenderly picked you up in his arms.
He looked toward the window, where the three scientists, Harley Sawyer, and Leith Pierre were visible.
He looked at you the same way.
You looked...
Seriously scared, so unaware of what was happening around you.
He pulled you closer to him.
And whispered softly.
"Elena..."
Hearing your mother's name, you looked at him.
"How...?"
You couldn't wrap your head around it.
This creature in the jester's hat is...your uncle?
"You really don't look much like her, but...I'm glad I can hold you in my arms."
He said, placing his "chin" on the top of your head.
And at that moment you felt sleepy.
Your eyelids grew heavy, and as you drifted off, you heard indistinct voices.
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You ran as fast as you could.
A crazy purple cat chased after you.
"Angel, I told you you should have turned me away!"
Dogday shouted in your ear.
"Leave you to your fate? Damn it."
Before you could finish your sentence, Catnap was already in front of you.
By the way there was another turn and you ran as fast as you could.
While you were running with your companion on your shoulders,
The cat started chasing again.
You didn't know how much longer you were running.
But you managed to break away from Catnap.
"Whew," you exhaled.
"That was a big deal, Angel... you could have died."
"But I'm still alive, right ?"
You said, looking over his shoulder.
"Yeah..." he said, not taking much of a deep breath.
*It must have really taken a toll on him*.
You thought about it and looked apologetically at the human or child trapped in the toy.
*I really need this to stop.*
I thought to myself, you were heading to the gas supply area, where there were also other toys.
Skywings: In my opinion, the most generic and plain of all the tribes. A simple pinkish-red in colour, with a forked tip. I decided theirs would be the least fancy because they already have a bit going on in their mouths, what with their teeth and fire. They do, however, have a protective heatproof gel covering their tongue that protects it when they breath fire. They typically use their tongues for tasting the air currents for the scent of prey.
Mudwings: More flat and thick, with a semi-fork; think Toothless the Night Fury from How to Train Your Dragon. Mudwing tongues are pinker and naturally thicker compared to most other tribes thanks to their being cold-blooded. Their tongues are also smooth to prevent excess mud sticking to them in the event of a dragon opening her mouth while her head is submerged. Mudwings mostly use their tongues for tasting and occasionally cleaning mud off of their scales(in the unlikely event that they don’t want it there).
Sandwings: As it mentions in the Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia at the beginning of each Wings of Fire book, Sandwings sport forked black tongues. But I am incapable of leaving things alone, so I decree that they, in fact, have spongey red tongues for soaking up water and storing it for when they travel through the desert, but many of the fluids in their bodies are black, including saliva. This black saliva then stains their tongues, resulting in their colouration. As mentioned, Sandwings use their tongues to soak and store water, on top of using them to taste the air for scents - although the latter is not as potent as Skywings or Nightwings, so they only use it for stronger smells(like other dragons or larger prey).
Seawings: Now we get into the stranger headcanons, starting with these bad boys, whose tongues are thick and round like many fish, but with a 1 in 4 chance of developing rows of sharp, inward facing spines along the sides thanks to a hereditary mutation once thought to be linked to the animus gene(however this was disproven). Seawings without the tongue spine mutation generally use their tongues for tasting food, while dragons with the mutation find the spines useful for slicing up pieces of fish while in in their mouths.
Rainwings: One of my personal favourites to think about, if only because I drew inspiration from my favourite reptile(as did Tui, evidently). Rainwings possess the longest tongues of all the Pyrrhian tribes, continuing with the prominent chameleon theme, that are very sticky thanks to all the fruit they consume. A closer look may reveal a dark tinge, being that their saliva, like Sandwings, is black(blame the venom residue), however, as their tongues aren’t absorbent enough, they don’t get stained. Rainwings like to use their tongues to peel particularly ripe and/or soft fruit and to lick sticky sweet sap off trees; and if an unfortunate bug or to gets scooped up, who’s to know?
Nightwings: The second most plain tongues in Pyrrhia, if only because I see them having no need for extra assets, what with their bacteria infested saliva, teeth and fire. So a simple forked, pinkish-red tongue, slightly rough to help with stripping meat. They use them much more like normal lizards or snakes - for tasting the air for prey - and are better at this trick than any other tribes thanks to their years on the island.
Icewings: Objectively the best but that’s a matter of opinion. Broad and flat, with elongated taste buds that are hard, kind of like a cat’s. A pale purple-ish blue colouration thanks to their blood, covered in a thin, cloudy film to protect it from freezing when they use frostbreath. I imagine Icewings don’t actually drink very often in the Ice Kingdom. As their habitat is often likened to our world’s Antarctica(the world’s largest desert), I headcanon that, instead, Icewings scrape their rough tongues against the ice to chip off small pieces, which then melt in their mouths. This is also a popular method used in their ice sculptures.
Silkwings: Now we’ve arrived at the real weird boys, what with their long thin tongues, somewhat similar to Rainwings albeit hollow like a butterfly’s. They do still have tastebuds on the outside of their tongues, useful for their current diet under the Hivewings’ rule. The original purpose of the hollow tongue was to act as a straw to suck the nectar out of flowers, which the Silkwings stopped being able to do after the war.
Hivewings: These bastards also have forked tongues, black as their collective souls. The tips of their tongues are a lot sharper than the Pyrrhian tribes, the purpose of which has been lost to time. Their tongues are also sticky but since they don’t eat primarily bugs anymore, this trait is also essentially useless - any kind of annoying.
Leafwings: Since Leafwings don’t actually need to eat, their tongues are round and thin with no tastebuds. They are, however, covered in a sticky golden saliva that, if applied to injured or sick plants, can serve as a temporary cure for whatever ails said plant.
Y’all I was honestly at such a loss for what my first headcanon post should be, but this is an idea that consistently pops into my head, so I just had to get it out there. Additionally, I have still not been able to read any of the third arc books, so forgive any discrepancies, all my knowledge comes from hearsay and wiki pages. I also hear that there’s a fourth tribe on Pantala but I ain’t seen anything about them, so I won’t even make an attempt.
I might post it on Wattpad and MAYBE start taking requests, but that is a BIG maybe on taking requests… if you do want to request something, just do it, I’ll make a Masterlist… eventually…
Queen Griffin, Prince Ra, Scorpionfly, Scarab, Vilemind, Barnacle, Jackal
Mentioned:
Pip, Starling, Vesper, Owl, Harvest, Yggdrasil, Horrorbringer, Princess Inca, Prince Barb, Princess Brittle, Prince Antelope, Princess Dove, King Poseidon, King Dorephan, King Bloodbath, Cougar, King Everest, King Deceit, King Odysseus, King Bolt, King Wyrm, Queen Phantom, Spider, Brine, Queen Hollyberry, Queen Caramel
Griffin went to visit Brine’s grave shortly after she won the challenge. She landed in front of his grave and sat down. “I’m queen now, I always used to tell you about what I’d do when I was queen.” Griffin laughed a little and curled her tail around her legs. “I’m planning on continuing my alliance with Scarab, he’ll have more dragons working under him with me in charge.” Griffin smiled and tucked her wings against herself more. “I just wish you were here to see it, Brine…” After a few more hours of Griffin just talking to Brine’s gravestone like she used to when Brine had still been alive. “Well, I gotta go, see ya, teach.” Griffin flew off, back to the palace.
When Griffin was heading back, she saw dragons from different tribes flying to the palace. She heard from Ra once that when Queen Gold became queen, the rulers from different tribes came to meet her, and it was customary. She recognized a couple of the bigger dragons in the group, like Yggdrasil and Bloodbath, though she didn’t know exactly who the others were. She saw Barnacle carrying Spider while flying to the palace and dove down to them. “Scorpionfly told us everythin’, Griff.” Barnacle sounded angrier than he normally did. “I never meant for it to get that bad, Barnacle.” Griffin snapped back. Spider was sleeping in Barnacle’s arms, so he luckily wasn’t hearing any of the conversation.
Griffin took off ahead of him and landed hard on the ground. When she got to the throne room, she saw her father, Scorpionfly, her dragonets, Taipan, Cougar, a Stormwing, and a Skywing. “Who are they?” Griffin asked her father. “I will introduce you to them when the rest get here.” Ra muttered lowly so that the Stormwing and Skywing wouldn’t hear him. The Stormwing looked about as old as her father, but the Skywing looks older than Ra, but younger than her late grandmother.
After a couple minutes, the other dragons came in. 3 huge Seawings, a large Icewing-Silkwing hybrid, a small, yet old looking Hivewing, and finally, a beautiful looking Silkwing. “Queen Griffin, these are the other rulers of the other Kingdoms. King Poseidon of the Deep Sea Seawings. King Dorephan of the Shallows Seawings. King Deceit of the Bay Seawings. Queen Hollyberry of the Rainwings. King Everest of the Icewings. Queen Caramel of the Mudwings. King Bloodbath of the Nightwings. King Odysseus of the Skywings. King Wyrm of the Hivewings. Queen Phantom of the Silkwings. Queen Demeter couldn’t come today, so Yggdrasil of the Leafwings came in her place. And King Bolt of the Stormwings.” Ra said.
The biggest Seawing, Poseidon, came up first. “Queen Griffin, the Deep Seawings acknowledge your ascension to the throne. Custom states that we welcome you to your throne.” Poseidon said, bowing his head to be slightly eye level with her due to just how big he is before stepping away. King Dorephan was next. “The Shallows Seawings also accept your ascension. Welcome, Queen Griffin.” King Dorephan bumps his large wing against her before stepping back. Then, King Deceit steps up. Ra glared at King Deceit, but he paid no mind to it. “Welcome! Good to see another hybrid take the throne!” King Deceit smiled and glanced back at King Everest, who looked unamused, before stepping back. Queen Hollyberry stepped up, her scales turning a mix of yellow, dark purple, and dark gray scales. “It is sad to see a friend go, but it was inevitable. Welcome, Griffin.” She nodded to Griffin before stepping back. King Everest stepped up next, and to Griffin, he was more intimidating than Poseidon was. “The Ice Kingdom acknowledges your ascension, Queen Griffin. Treat your kingdom well. I look forward to seeing you at the next time one of the moons are full.” King Everest says, bowing slightly before stepping back and slightly glaring at King Deceit. Queen Caramel came up next, seeming a bit nervous. Caramel was no bigger than her. “Hi… I hope to see you next full moon meeting.” Queen Caramel quickly went back to where she was, her tail nervously twitching. Then, King Bloodbath stepped up. “I sense that I will not be king much longer, but I welcome you all the same, Queen Griffin.” King Bloodbath bowed his head a little before stepping back. Next up was King Odysseus. Griffin could easily tell that he’s seen some things and that Poseidon hated his guts from how hard Poseidon had been glaring at him the whole time. “Hello, Queen Griffin. I, along with the Sky Kingdom, acknowledge you becoming queen.” Odysseus steps back and King Wyrm steps up next. King Wyrm has to look up at Griffin due to how small he is. “Welcome, Queen Griffin. I hope to build an alliance with you.” He then steps back and Queen Phantom takes his place. She just nods and says “Welcome.” before going back to where she was. Then, Yggdrasil stepped up and Griffin saw the look in his eyes. A mix of disappointment and something almost like pity. “I hope your reign is not as bloody as your ascension was, Queen Griffin.” Griffin opened her mouth to speak, but Yggdrasil stepped back before she could say anything. Then, King Bolt stepped up and bowed his head a bit. “The Stormwings welcome you as Queen of the Sandwings, Queen Griffin.” King Bolt stepped back. Finally, Cougar stepped up and bowed his head. “I and the Vulture’s Nest welcome you as Queen, Your Majesty.” Cougar then steps back.
The other rulers left to go back to their own kingdoms, but Cougar stayed and went with Ra to help Griffin pick out what gem she was going to use for her crown. She chose teardrop looking aquamarines and silver as the material for the crown to be made out of. Every time a new ruler takes the throne, the previous ruler’s crown is hung up on a wall with the others and a new one is made for the new ruler. And now Griffin gets to choose her own. Cougar speaks up as Ra went to give the materials to the Sandwing that was supposed to make all the jewelry in the palace.
“What did Yggdrasil mean when he said that he hoped your reign wouldn’t be as bloody as your ascension?” Cougar asked, his tail moving curiously. “I don’t wanna talk about it…” Griffin said, looking away from Cougar. “I won the challenge, that’s it.” Griffin continued, annoyed that Cougar brought it up. “I was just curious.” Cougar said, turning around and going to leave. Griffin let him leave and went to Queen Gold’s old room, now her own room.
Griffin collapsed onto the bed and growled. Scarab would be at the palace soon and he will absolutely be stopped by Jackal if he finds Scarab. Griffin wakes up later to Dove nudging her. “Jackal found a Hivewing coming into the palace. Jackal has the Hivewing in questioning.” Griffin curled up more and stretched. “I was expecting him. Tell Jackal to let him go.” Griffin got up and followed Dove to where Jackal was keeping the Hivewing.
“I never said the Hivewing was male.” Dove commented. “I know the Hivewing, and I told a Nightwing to tell him to come.” Griffin replied, her tone a bit more aggressive than she meant it to be. When they both got to the room Scarab was being held in, Griffin went in without waiting for Jackal and unties his talons and unclamped his tail and wings. “Queen Griffin, he-” Jackal was interrupted by Griffin glaring at him. “I called him here, scavenger-brain.” Griffin hissed. “Get out, I need to talk with him.” Jackal obeyed and left, and Griffin blocked off the door with her magic, making a soundproof barrier.
“You have the Sandwings on your side now. As promised.” Griffin said, going to sit across from Scarab. “You’ve done your part. But you failed to complete one condition.” Scarab said, his voice has its usual terrifying calm tone, his tail flicking in slight annoyance. “And that would be?” Griffin questioned, and Scarab stood up.
“Making me king.” Scarab growled as he came closer to her. “I already have a mate, Scarab, I can’t just break things off for no reason.” Griffin snapped back, and Scarab slammed a talon on the table. “The challenge might. If you don’t, he’ll break it off first.” “You don’t know that.” Griffin growled and rattled her tail. “Vilemind told me everything. That Scorpionfly saw everything. Your dragonets. saw. everything.” Scarab pressed and Griffin left the room.
“Have him leave. Let him live, Jackal.” Griffin ordered Jackal and left, going back to her room. “Scarab can’t make me break things off with Scorpionfly. Can he…? He’s my boss, I…” Griffin sighed and locked the door to her room when she went in. “There is that one Nightwing that follows him around like a lost hatchling and follows his every order…” Griffin flopped onto her bed and groaned. “That Nightwing’s probably gonna come to the palace eventually. Given that Scarab will go through anything to get what he wants…”
Griffin had thought about her challenge to Queen Gold ever since she was a dragonet. Her father, Prince Ra, had never been truly loyal to Queen Gold, just the kingdom. He had challenged Queen Gold himself and she let him live afterward. Griffin knew that her father had lost because her grandmother still had her animus magic when Ra had challenged her, but Queen Gold had grown weaker since then. Griffin’s half-sister, Taipan, was the closest with the queen and she knew that she needed help planning the day that she would challenge her.
Queen Gold was, by all means, a good queen, but she was growing weaker and the animus magic in the Soul Crystal embedded into her crown was starting to fail. So, Griffin used the excuse of going to visit her mother in the Storm Kingdom to go visit her cousin, Harvest, and convince him to help her come up with a strategy to kill Queen Gold in a fair challenge. She also used another excuse to go to the Leaf Kingdom’s island and to Yggdrasil’s grove to get Archer to help with the plan. Scorpionfly and Horrorbringer were also helping with the plan. The plan they came up with was convincing Queen Gold to leave her crown on her throne before Griffin challenged her, which was easier said than done, and Harvest and Horrorbringer tell Ra that Griffin is about to challenge the queen and to bring everyone to the arena when it happened and that Scorpionfly will tell Ra when it happens so that he can get get everyone he can to witness the duel for the throne.
It took a couple months to perfect the plan and rule out everything that could go wrong, and Griffin would be wearing the bracelet that’s enchanted to block any and all animus spells to make the fight as fair as it can be. Imperial and Perception were full and Oracle was half-full when Griffin decided to go through with it. Griffin took a breath and flicked her tail. “Should I? Taipan would never forgive me, neither would Jackal… no, we’ve been spending too long planning this to back out now. Three moons… why does this have to be so hard…”
Griffin walked through the corridors that led to Queen Gold’s throne room and Ra noticed that Griffin was almost having second thoughts. “You’d be doing this kingdom a favor. That childish brat has been on the throne too long.” Ra commented as she was passing. “And besides, it's too late to back out now.” Ra continued. “I know, but if we wait longer-” Griffin was cut off by Scorpionfly speaking. “She’s not suspicious about anything, and if we waited longer, she would’ve caught on. We’ve gone through every possible mistake that could happen and came up with several backups just in case. Everything is in order and tonight is when Antelope, Inca, Dove, Barb, Brittle, Cinder, and Jackal are in the palace. Tonight is our only chance, Griff.” Griffin nodded and looked behind her, down the hallway that led to the throne room.
Griffin walked towards the throne room, wondering if her grandmother would even be on the throne this late at night, and when Griffin stepped into the throne room, she got her answer. Queen Gold was sitting there, looking bored, but she perked up when Griffin came in. “It’s late, Griffin.” Griffin nodded and looked back at the hallway. “Too late now… I’m already here and Scorpionfly already gave the warning…” Griffin was snapped out of her thoughts by her grandmother speaking again. “Griffin, are you alright?” Griffin looked back and sharpened her eyes into a glare. “Queen Gold of the Sandwings. I challenge you to a duel for the throne.” Griffin growled, her wings flaring slightly as if to shake off her nerves. Queen Gold smirked and laughed. “You? Out of my granddaughters, I never thought it’d be youto challenge me, Griffin.” Griffin growled and snapped at her grandmother. “I’m serious, grandmother.”
Jackal came running in when he heard from Ra what was about to happen. Queen Gold smirked more and took off her crown and spoke again. “I might as well make this fair, since you’re blocking off your own animus magic.” Griffin had to push down a mixed look of shock and happiness when the plan she thought of with Archer, Horrorbringer, Scorpionfly, and Harvest had worked. Archer had done his part in convincing Queen Gold to leave her crown behind.
Queen Gold led Griffin to the arena, and when they stepped out, a lot more dragons were gathered than Griffin thought there would be. The whole family was there, Harvest, mother, aunt Sangre, her maternal grandparents, Yggdrasil, Archer, Scorpionfly, her own dragonets, and more dragons that Griffin didn’t know. “We thank you all for coming out tonight! Our Radiant Queen has a challenger! Griffin of the Stormwings and Sandwings, her own granddaughter!” Griffin went to the opposite side of the arena to Queen Gold and Queen Gold stayed where she was, smirking. Griffin HATED it. She wanted to wipe that dismissive smirk off of her grandmother’s face.
“Three. Two. One. BEGIN!” The announcer called, and Griffin rushed at Queen Gold, shooting electricity from her snout. “I’ve been preparing for this for months. This should go smoothly.” Griffin was pinned to the ground by Gold and Queen Gold narrowly stabbed her in the heart. Griffin rolled away and grabbed her grandmother by her horns and shoved her to the ground. Griffin flew up and landed roughly on top of Queen Gold. She let out a growl of pain before Griffin grabbed her by her wings and broke them. Queen Gold roared out in pain and forced Griffin off of her.
Jackal felt like he should intervene, but Ra stopped him. “Don’t. Let this play out, Jackal. Our Radiant Queen will be fine.” Ra’s words had some sarcasm to them, but Ra kept his wing extended to keep Jackal from jumping in there to save Queen Gold. Griffin smiled as she saw the furious and shocked look in Queen Gold’s eyes. Queen Gold rushed at Griffin with murder in her eyes. Queen Gold bit Griffin’s neck and threw her across the arena. Griffin got up and shook off and dodged Queen Gold’s next attack, Griffin had never seen her grandmother look this angry, even back when Ra had challenged her. “FINALLY!!” Griffin shouted in excitement before being tackled onto her back and she bit her grandmother’s neck and dragged her down onto the floor, blood splattering everywhere as the two dragons fought.
Griffin eventually had her grandmother on the floor and she ripped off Queen Gold’s broken, battered wings. Blood flowed out of the places where her wings had just been. Bone was exposed and Queen Gold flung Griffin off, dripping in her own blood. “She’s either going to die of blood loss or from me. She doesn’t live through this either way!~” Griffin thought in excitement. Queen Gold was off balance and bleeding severely, but she was still standing. She clumsily rushed at Griffin and she dodged slowly now. “You’re making this too easy, grandmother.” Griffin teased. “Shut… your snout, you arrogant, bloodthirsty mistake of a dragon.” That cut deep and Griffin growled and flew up, sparking with electricity, and unleashed the worst lightning strike she could muster, though she missed by a sliver, but she got her grandmother’s tail barb and rendered it completely useless now.
Most of the attending dragons looked horrified, even Ra looked shocked at how violent the fight was. This wasn’t part of the plan. Yggdrasil looked almost disgusted and Archer looked even more horrified than the rest of the Sandwings did. It was supposed to be just a clean neck snap after a few exchanged hits. It’s getting completely out of hand and it only got worse when Queen Gold collapsed, but was still breathing. Griffin climbed up on top of her and grabbed her by horn horns. “See you soon, grandmother.” were Griffin’s last words to Queen Gold before she snapped her grandmother’s neck.
A few hours later, Ra and Scorpionfly came up to her and Ra was like “What. On Patuala. Was THAT?!” Griffin spoke, completely unphased, “What are you talking about?” Scorpionfly growled and snapped at her. “It was NEVER supposed to be THAT bad, it was supposed to be a quick death!” Griffin looked nervous and said “She’s dead either way-” and Archer came into the room and actually yelled, “WHAT WAS THAT?!” Griffin looked at them and turned away. Scorpionfly realized that Horrorbringer wasn’t there. “Where’s Horrorbringer?” Ra looked around and Griffin took the opportunity to leave and go to her grandmother’s old room, well, now it was her room. She locked the door and waited, hearing Jackal’s talonsteps, or was it Dove’s? She couldn’t tell.
Dove’s voice was heard from the other side of the door. “The coronation is in 3 days.” Dove’s voice sounded sad, completely different from her normal cheerful and playful tone she always had. Griffin growled loud enough for Dove to hear and said “I have something I need to do first.” and Griffin left Queen Gold’s old room and pushed past Dove and Jackal was glaring at her. Griffin paid Jackal no mind as she walked towards a private area, where an older Nightwing named Vilemind was sitting.
“All that blood was unnecessary, Griffin.” Vilemind said in his usual monotone, slightly annoyed voice. “I never meant for it to go that far.” Griffin said, glaring at the older Nightwing. “Just tell Scarab that Queen Gold is dead and that I take the throne in 3 days. He’ll have the entire Sand Kingdom as his allies by then.” Griffin continued, and Vilemind nodded and left.
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The Credits and Link to Part 2
Written by: @shadowmilksupremacy14
Word Count: 1630 words
There will be a part 2 to this.... eventually, and I am very proud of this! I am currently working on part 2
My thoughts have basically had Pitaya’s lisp for a while now, like a couple months, and I think Pitaya’s been affecting me in more ways than me just liking them a lot.
There was an outage and I am still freaking out, I know it happens sometimes, but this is the first one I’ve experienced and I’m trying to calm down and am taking deep breaths. By the way, to get my mind off of it:
kianamaiart
theartofmadeline
blakekathryn
s-u-f-j-a-n-s-t-e-v-e-n-s
ellievsbear
germansingergirl
gummygunk
