A Beast In Our Waters ((SeaWings must join!!))

((PLOT: This plot is a SeaWing wide story that I want everybody to participate in! There will be gore, and this will be a serious plot, so long, mature posts are expected. This will take place about a month after Atlas has left. A Guardian will disappear while out fishing. Nobody knows where he went.... At least until one of his horns wash up on the beach, covered in blood. Nobody knows what's happened, and when a few dragons go to search for him, they disappear as well. Little do the DraWings know that there is a beast in the deep, and that the waters are no longer safe.

An RPer for the beast, the Megalodon, is needed. If you're interested, PM me. All dragons killed in this will be NPCs, unless you have a SeaWing to get rid off, in which case, feel free to have them get eaten or something. We'll start just before the first Guardian disappears, and essentially, it will be a normal day.))

Sunlight streamed in through the castle windows onto Asailia, making her scales sparkle gently in the morning sun. Closing her eyes tighter for a moment at the light, the SeaWing female gently unfurled from her coil, opening her eyes slowly to glance around the room. Atlas had left just under a month ago, yet Asailia still felt strange about things. She was still unsure just how well she could lead an entire tribe by herself. Arkhor and Shine were extremely helpful, when they were around, but the feelings still were there. Shaking her head to clear it, Asailia climbed off of the little nest type area she slept in, stretching her limbs out one by one. She'd stayed in the land castle that night, having been up late working on papers with the Scholars. She had no doubt that there were probably just as many now that a few hours had passed. Sighing, Asailia made her way out of the room, finding the first ledge to the open sky and jumping out, spreading her wings and flying down to the coastline below.

It seemed most of the tribe was already up, and that she'd slept in. She just hoped she hadn't missed anything important. Landing gently on the rocks, Asailia took a deep breath of sea air, waving her tail at the few dragons on the beach, and others in the water, fishing. Everything was peaceful. So far, the FireWings hadn't sent any threats towards them, or even shown a bit of hostility outside of their normal level of acidity towards the Guardians patrolling the boarder. Smiling, Asailia waded into the water, ready to catch breakfast. After that, she'd go check on the Scholars before going and checking how things on the territory were doing. She doubted anything would be wrong, unless a rock had fallen on a Tracker again, like one had a few weeks ago. That Tracker had healed right away, however, and was no back to his normal duties.

((I will add in Adra as well, soon.))

((I assume since you mentioned Shine, I can throw her in? If not, tell me and I'll delete the post.))

The day was calm, clear, and peaceful. Which also well-described the way the Goddess of Emotion was feeling. She'd stayed near the Seawings since her discovery of being a Full Goddess, taking up residency on a remote island not too far from the Seawing palace. Close enough that dragons could travel to and from it easily, but far enough that it was clear that she wasn't quite a full Seawing. It was about 1 square mile total, not large at all, but completely surrounded by a beautiful reef, with a small grove of trees filled with colorful birds near the center, and soft, sandy beaches on all sides.
She kept up her tending to herbs, her healer habits sticking with her, and it was nice for training the healers, and in case any tribe ran out of herbs. So she kept a large and extensive one-larger than the one she had kept at the palace-on her island. She was tending to it carefully today, and had just finished, before she started her swim to the palace. Atlas had left about a month ago to be a traveler, but-as a friend and not one seeking guidance-he had asked her to help the new leader with her duties, as she was still new. Shine had accepted. She was already training healers, why not help the leader as well? of course, she wasn't allowed to do anything drastic as a Full Goddess, but training the trainees was something only she could do, and if she just guided, there was nothing wrong, right? It wasn't as if she was making decisions for the tribe, so it should be acceptable to the other Gods. She approached the palace, swimming lazily there, and wondered who would notice her first, and how they would react.

It was a big day for the little seawing Angel as she skipped across the send, chipper and spunky as ever. The sun shone brightly in the sky, bringing heat and warmth with it. It was a truly beautiful day today. At least, for now it was, especially for little Angel. She was finally going to be allowed outside! It was super boring in the cave, and no one ever spoke to her! Well, their lips moved, but she didn't hear anything. This was kind of her blissful curse. She never had to listen to her siblings' blabber, but she could never hokd a conversation with someone.

As Angel walked across the sand, she spotted something. It was brightly colored and made her think of tuna. Smiling, Angel crouched down, growling at the flying rainbow tuna. It was very small and had six little legs. It was a weird little tuna, that was for sure. Growling, Angel leaped at it, missing. Snarling, she ran after it.

"Hey, come here flying tuna! I wanna be your friend!" She shouted, leaping up again and missing. She growled and continued to charge after it, unaware that she was closely approaching a cliff. She couldn't hear the water down below. With a yelp,she tripped, throwing herself off the cliff.

Screaming, Angel prayed someone would save her. Luckily, Shine, the goddess of Emotion, happened to be nearby, and would hopefully hear her screams.

Burp! Sluurp!

"Good Shardas, those sea trout are repeating on me..." Delphin sighed, before letting out another Beeellchhh!!! A paw was quickly raised to his mouth, and his yellow optics moved cautiously from side to side. Nobody was around to see this foul behaviour. Delphin's stomach still roared, however, so the blue tracker trainee stepped out of the small crevice he had been staying in for the past few days, filling his huge lungs with the salty air. "Einee mienee minee mo!" Delph muttered to himself, as he scanned the air for a signs of prey. Gotcha.

He leapt into action, launching off of the ground, his huge wings fanning out and catching the warm breeze, lifting him into the air and just behind the flock of seagulls he had spotted. He wasn't after them, however, he was after whatever food they had spotted. "Squawk! Tuna! Squawk!" they chatted amongst themselves, and it was true, a huge shoal of the fish was swimming just at the surface, as if they didn't care to be eaten.

Delph folded in his wings, and plummeted like a stone into the water, teeth bared and claws out, ready to devour his second breakfast. Third breakfast. Fourth breakfast... And so on.

((Bumping before we move the topic along to allow more people to join))

Ark being busy as normal, due to Atlas leaving to explore the world this left Asailia with loads of work. Due to Ark's experience he decided to help her, with his new batch of hatchlings reaching the age of one. Finishing up one of his task he notice Asailia head towards the coast, choosing to see if there was anything that needed to be done he headed towards the beach.

Landing close by he walked over towards her, "Hey Asail, you alright? Need anything done?" he asked with a smile. Soon his concentration was broke as he heard a cry coming from a nearby cliff. Swiftly dashing off towards the sound, he realized that it was Angel falling, within moments he grasped her in his paws just before he hit the water below. Sighing with relief, "Angel.... Please be careful..." stroking her snout with his paw he looked at her with a worried look. Heading back towards the beach he landed close by again, sighing he replied "I'm sorry... this little one was in danger" he smirked happy to know that she was safe.

Droplet hugged her Sea-Horse plushie, and looked outside the cave. She was the second one to hatch, at least from Ark's newest batch. She heard a scream getting quieter and quieter, so she went to investigate. With her Sea Horse Plushie in her maw, she scampered towards the edge of a cliff.

She saw Angel falling. "Da- Da!!! Angi Fawin! Swave Wer!" She called to Arkhor. He had to come fast, for Droplet's sister may die! Then she realized... Ark caught Angel. She smiled waved, then dared to do something ridiculous. "Daddy Ark! Waw mi fwy!"

She leaped of and flapped her wings 3 times, then the air currents flipped her over. "Uh- OOOOO!!!!!!!" SHe yelped, trying to flip her self to where she'll land on her belly if she did hit.

Shine looked up in surprise as a loud shriek, and gasped, a hatchling was falling. She opened her wings, spraying water everywhere, and left the water, only to sigh in relief hen she saw Arkhor catch the hatchling. She landed near him anyway, extending one wing to calmly catch another hatchling who had attempted to fly. She wasn't in danger of falling, but at least it would be something softer to land on than the ground. She smiled to herself cheerfully at the hatchlings, then at Arkhor. "You have your hands full." She commented happily, looking at him. Her aura was pulsing with cheerfulness, and she seriously hope that no one was going to start bowing to her. She'd forced herself away from everyone for this reason, but she hoped her closer friends when she was still simply a healer and leader would still treat her like that. A friend.

The current of the water changed, and Delphin began buffering and flailing under the water, being attacked by the Swordfish he had began hunting. These types of ripples and current changes meant only one of two things. Dragons, and lots of them were all taking off at the same time. The other would be shared later.

The demi-god propelled himself onto the surface, running across the water before taking off in a hurried, lob-sided flight. "Dad! Shine! Angel? Drop?" he exclaimed, slightly confused as he saw his younger siblings. He hadn't seen Shiningwater since she had become a Goddess, but remembered his 'manners' and didn't bow. "What have I missed?" Delph asked, standing subconsciously on the water. A smile of glee was painted on his face, even though he could - perhaps even hear the speak of the fish, the whale, in terrorized voices. He knew his dad would to.

It only took Asailia about 20 minutes to eat all of the fish that she had the urge to. She stayed underwater most of the time, only popping up every once a while for a quick breath of air. When she'd finished, she came back up, blinking water out of her eyes. It took her a moment to realize Arkhor was there, and she smiled brightly at him. "Good morning!" she said. "I'm fine, just getting some breakfast before I get started on whatever is in store for me today." She had been crawling out of the water as she said that, shaking stray droplets off of her scales. When she looked up, however, Arkhor was gone, already off in the distance. She saw him grab at something in the air, and then quickly get joined by Shine, and one of his children. She wasn't sure which... especially from this distance. Shine was pretty recognizable however. Knowing she should probably greet the goddess, Asailia opened her wings and took to the air, flying towards the group for a quick chat before she got to work.

((Posting as Adra as well.))

Deep in her family's cave, Adra yawned, opening her eyes and blinking, gazing around in confusion. Why was everything so... loud? The little trainee uncurled herself, yawning once more and stretching lithely before crawling out of her nest, padding blearily towards the front of the den... just in time to see Droplet attempt to fly. She let out a surprised yelp, scrabbling forward, opening her wings, both of which were still floppy from sleep. She reached the edge of the cliff and immediately jumped off, diving downward. Only to run straight into Shine's side. She bounced right off, and shook her head in confusion, getting that strained feeling she got often when she did to much after waking up. Seeing that Droplet and Angel were both safe, Delphin was here, as well as her father and Shine, she put on her best happy look, though another yawn slipped out, her tail curling a bit with the force of it. "Good..." she paused as a third yawn overtook her. "Morning!" She flapped her wings hard once, realizing she was sinking a bit in the air, and looked at the others. "What happened?"

//Bumping to get more people//

Droplet stopped screaming when Shine caught her, and began panting and wheezing. She was terrified, but she also needed water, so she pointed to it, looking at Ark. "Wawer! Wills! Pwease!" (Water! Gills! Please!) Sure she was little, and that made her vocabulary little, but why did that matter? Anyway, she hugged her plushie, and coughed once or twice. Her Dragon-Asthma made SO Much stuff difficult, and- Her comes her siblings, crashing her train of thought. First Delphin, then Asailia..? and finally Adra. She narrowed her eyes and looked around for Guryon, her BAF (Best Adult Friend). Guryon, along with Shine, Asailia, and her parents, were her Role Models, and she wished she could watch them with out her dad having to be at her side to help her gills and her breathing. She narrowed her eyes at Delphin though, had been able to see him in a pickle with that Swordfish a few minutes ago, and she Aquatically called him Squid Brain.

//Yea, i forgot to mention, herself and Arkhor are the only ones that can make her water-ring around her gills.//

Sighing as suddenly a number of the family turned up, "Its alright guys, just Angel here not being careful." turning his gaze towards Shine he smiled slightly, "Thanks, yeah.... sadly yes I wish I could do more sometimes, with Ocean being busy all the time..." After checking over Angel he crept closer to Shine who caught Droplet noticing that she was cough and complaining about her breathing he formed a water ring around her neck covering her gills. "There.... Next time you be more careful, your not the best flyer yet" Ark expression soon changed into a slightly tired look, shaking his head slightly he remembered that he left Asailia in a rush.

Speaking to group, "Alright guys lets go onto the beach, I need to talk to Asailia" gesturing towards the sands below he carefully held Angel in his paws as he landed onto the soft sand close by to Asailia. With a slightly sigh he spoke "Sorry... some one needed rescuing" gesturing towards Angel as he placed her in his tail.

Asailia tipped her head in amusement when Arkhor flew past her once more, landing in the sand. Resisting the urge to burst into laughter, Asailia wheeled about mid-air, turning to land on the sand in front of him, her claws gripping tight so she didn't slip in it. She smiled, folding her wings to her sides, her tail and wing flowers opening since she didn't need to make herself streamlined anymore. "It's fine," she said. "That's Angel, right? Or am I mixing them up again?" She smiled at Angel, wiggling the tip of her tail at her carefully, the sharp edges of the flower turning away from the hatchling. "At least she's safe now." Glancing back up at Arkhor again, she tipped her head to the side. What had they been talking about before? She'd completely forgotten. Something about work......

When her father flew off, Adra giggled slightly at how scatterbrained he was being at the moment. Worse than she usually was, which was saying something... Turning to Shine, she dipped her head respectfully, realizing she hadn't properly greeted her mentor, friend, and goddess. "Good morning, Shine," she said. "Did you sleep well last night?" Unbeknownst to Adra, she was becoming a lot more level headed than she had been as a hatchling, to the point where she was almost impeccable in her manners. She smiled happily at Droplet and Delphin as well, waving her tail at the two. "Hi!" Her siblings were the only ones she felt that she could be completely informal with lately.... she wondered if that was a bad thing. She beat her wings down hard again, finding it hard to focus on both flying and talking this early in the morning.

//OC: Should that horn wash up now or a little later on?//

Delphin, still stood on the water, nodded at his father's suggestion and took to the air powerfully, his wingbeats seperating the water beneath him, and landed beside Adra, half laying down on the white sand, curling his tail around himself slightly, etching a picture of a shark in the sand before him. Delphin was turning into quite an artist, and had a very good eye for detail which was pretty much why he'd decided to become a tracker.

The blue dragon looked completely at-ease in-front of his former leader and the Goddess, Shiningwater, sharing a friendly smile with her as he added more detail to the shark. It had a FireWing in it's jaws, and Delphin let out a little snigger. The air soon washed away the shark drawing, as if it didn't approve. Delph gave a shrug. "So. How's being a Goddess feeling, Shiningwater?" Delph asked politely, stretching out in the sun.

Droplet smiled at the Ring and wagged her tail, fast and adorable like a little puppy. She wished her dad had more free time, but what was she the 3rd batch? Droplet could tell that this was tiring, considering the fact that her mother always looked and seemed tired. She tried to think what she could do to help, and looked at her stuffed animal. She gave Shine a thumbs up, and looked down. It wasnt as far as the Cliff Drop, If she did hit it would only hurt the bottom of her paws. So with out warning she leaped from all Dragon's grasp, and hit the ground, and with the momentum and speed, she did a triple somersault. Droplet licked the bottom of her pad and walked towards Ark and Asailia. She gave her dad's cheek a smooch and tried to climb up his side, which to her surprise, Worked! Yawning, Droplet laid in her dad's mane and slowly fell asleep. <3

Delphin's maw dropped, and looked at Droplet. So she screams when I drop her, then she goes and jumps off a cliff? Weird hatchling. Delphin snarled into his head, and neither clapped nor acknowledged her act, instead turning back to Shine with a frown plastered on his face.

In annoyance, Delphin plopped himself into the waves, diving down deep before Shine could reply, swimming into a coral reef and staying there, his vision in the water very cloudy. Strange. No fish. All the coral was dead? As his job as a tracker, he was meant to report these things. But I'm not a tracker. Mum hasn't even begun training me. and the dragon then pushed it out of his thoughts.
Delphin made the his scales glow so that he had some light and realised something. He wasn't alone. Fear grabbed his heart as he sped deeper still, the water around him shifting and sending waves the strength of tsunami's above him, but to little avail. The water had lost it's pressure by the time it reached the surface, and only out as a little splash of bubbles. Alone, cold and scared, Delphin turned around. Nothing was following him. Nothing at all.

Dinnozo skipped on a sandy coastline, pretending she was the best treasure-hunter in the province.
"Aha!" she helped, leaping on a crab, which was trying to scuttle into a hole. "Nice try, but nothing can escape me!" She stooped down to thrust her snout into the crab's face, snarling, "Now, where is the..." She paused, thinking... Hmm... What was that blue gem called? Oh yeah, a dolphin(I know that's not a dolphin, but this is Dinn being Dinn).
"The dolphin! You took it, I know it!"
She stopped as she spotted a glowing light in the water. Curious, she waded forward. The tide of the sea made her soar onward in the water against Dinnozo's will. She slapped the water with her tail. "Bad ocean! Bad, bad, ocean!" But seawater washed into her mouth before she could finish her sentence.
"This isn't over, Crab! This isn't the last you've seen of Dinnozo the Awesome!"

Nodding slightly he replied "Yep, don't worry sometimes I'm surprised that I can keep track" he chuckled, smiling he continued "Yeah... so you need any help?" Noticing droplet land close by he lowered his snout to greet her, thinking that she wanted to be on his back. Smiling as she licked his cheek he helped her up tilting his head slightly, feeling her moving around in his mane and as she curled up to sleep. Waiting for Asailia's response he heard a familiar voice coming from the shore line, turning he spotted Dinnozo. Chuckling from her playful nature he called out "Hey Din, you alright?" smirking slightly he certainly had his hands full.

Dinnozo came back to reality when she heard her father's voice. She grinned as she came back to shore, and to her imaginary friend/sidekick, she said, "Oh, and that is Dinnozo the Awesome's boss. She got all she learned from him, and now you're learning from me. You're a very lucky dragon."
She galloped to Arkhor, but at about halfway to him, she realized that she was being very 'immature' and stopped. She puffed out her chest and walked more regularly to her dad. She smiled as she approached him.
My dad is the coolest ever! I'm going to be awesome just like him when I grow up.
She finally came to him and chirped, "Yes, sir!" She got nervous once she saw that a goddess and Asailia was present.
Oh, cool! I'm in the presence of three of the most epic dragons ever!
She sat up straight beside her father, trying to appear mature. She didn't want to appear foolish before the female Leader and a goddess, and she definitely didn't want to embarrass Arkhor and her siblings. So she just smiled up at them nervously.

Shivering and wide-eyed, Delphin burst out of the water and the sea pretty much jumped out with him because everyone who was on the beach got completely soaked. With a wild look, his yellow eyes nervously looking at the dragons before him, his pupils flitted between them. Suddenly, he let out a yell and sprinted off down the beach. He spread his wings and took to the air, flying away, legs curled up to his belly as if he was trying to re-assure himself. He landed a mile away, alone, cold and scared on a huge tree, the world completely as it should be.

Delph rocked on the tree for hours, muttering 'Big sharky... Big sharky... Big teethy... Very bloody...' but, since nobody raced after him, nobody was to know.

Droplet yelped when the water hit her, not only because it suprised her, but because it was cold. This made her fall off her dads mane and onto the ground. Her eyes widened as Delphin flew by, and tilted her dead a bit. "Waddy, hi iz broter Delphy fyin' awa wo wast? Wer e go-go?" (Daddy, Why is brother Delphin flying away so fast? Where he going?) She asked, hugging Mr.Anemone. She saw Dinn and yelped, not remembering her, and climbed up Asailia's back and rested her front paws on her head squinting at the ocean. She saw something a tad bit red, but with her eyesight not being the best, which was kinda normal for her, she just thought it was an injured fish. Her kind instincts told her to go help it, but her danger instincts told her to stay away. She listened to her kind instincts and dove into the water, swimming towards the red. Maybe it could be her lunch too! But thats not very nice.... So perhaps she'll have Seaweed.

Asailia smiled in amusement, looking at the little hatching. "I can't imagine taking care of as many as you do," she said, shaking her head. "It sounds exhausting." At his second question, she shook her head, giving him a weary smile. "Just busy work, today. Nothing out of the ordinary at all. I plan on doing the paperwork then going for a round about the territory." As Arkhor checked on Dinnozo, she turned her gaze on her, dipping her head to the little hatching in greeting. "Good morning, little one," When Droplet climbed on her back, she smiled at her as well, at least until she climbed right back off again and flew off. "Goodness, so many of them!" She said, letting out a laugh.

Not noticing Delp flying off in fear, he turned his attention towards both Droplet and Asailia. Chuckling from her response "You havn't seen them all yet" turning his gaze towards Dinnozo he smiled and nuzzled her snout "Hey its alright, you can go and play if you want" batting her snout playfully with his tail he spotted Droplet in the corner of his eye starting to dart off towards the Ocean. As his gaze followed suit he noticed what she was going towards, a red haze in the water he didn't like the look of it. Calling out he started to walk towards her "Droplet, come back here" quickly turning back to Asailia he replied "That looks a bit odd doesn't it?"

Droplet could hear her fathers words a bit muffled in the water, and tilted her head, her sea-foam green eyes beginning to glow. She flashed her aquatic lights and without waiting for a response she dove down deeper in the water towards the red. She began to see the creature more clearly, but it was alot bigger then she had seen. And by alot bigger, she ment ALOT bigger. Yelping, showing alot of muffled bubbles in the water, she tried to copy Delphin's movements, aka diving out of the water and flying away, but this failed her and she began bobbing her head up and down in the water, her fear swallowing her swimming skills whole. "WADDY!!! ...... WELP!! ...... WE!!!! ...... PWEAZE!!!! ..." Droplet yelped, each word followed by gasps and mouth fulls of water. It was fine with her swallowing this water, but it didnt taste to yummy... Anyway, she started shining her lights super brightly, trying to get her dad to save her.