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Kipuka
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Time to write: An hour
Spellchecked: Myself, three other sites
Length: 530 words
Most dragons grow up to be valued soldiers, while others take a liking to magic. Cienn, however, got into darker arts. Growing up, she seemed like any other hatchling: Curious, energetic, adventurous, even. There were nights, though, that she spent huddled in her den with nothing but a concentrated stare and odd movements of her hands.
Nobody questioned it, even though they probably should've. One day, there was a noise that seemed to shatter the air. It left no head unturned.
They weren't sure what it was. A few came to look, but only saw Cienn peacefully asleep on the floor. They didn't care to check if she was breathing, much less injured. Something infested her body and nearly tore her to shreds. She quickly overcame the horrid pain and developed skills beyond belief.
Many avoided her, but to others she was a savior, even if her clan was unfair to her.
Each day dragged in a new task at hand, and each dawn rolled in a new haze. She wasn't as young or as sharp as she used to be, but it was no matter. The clan stuck her in the middle of a working force to labor her remaining days away. After all she had done, this was her payment and she could stand it no longer.
She teetered one night. A balance between good and evil rested on her fingertips as darkness crawled its way up her arm and into her field of vision. She groaned under the stress of holding it back from the fury she felt. It began spilling from her fingertips and that's when she knew it had gone too far. She clenched her eyes shut and pushed it down. She was leaving--Tomorrow.
She brought nothing with her except for a small stone. She was raised here and it held a sense of nostalgia, as nasty as she was being treated then.
She made her journey out and away, away from the dragons she had cured and the ones she had terrified. Somewhere new where she could start fresh without a stain on her name.
She stumbled across a clan that took pity on her poor soul. They treated her with kindness and respect. In turn, she helped them in any way she could.
The darkness that resides inside of her is definitely not one to take pity lightly. It was infuriated every time she saw the dragons and made her weak and weary. She expected to be abandoned like her earlier clan. She didn't tell anyone what was wrong, as she wasn't going to mess up what she had. It got so fed up from sympathy that it left her, escaping into the ground.
She no longer felt old or worn. She felt like a hatchling again, curious and excited. The clan noticed and smiled as she walked by instead of the scolds or shrieks she lived with for so long.
Is she good or evil? It's a very fine line that not even she can tell. At the end, there will be one remaining: Cienn. And you can bet that she'll be there to cure the sick and heal the wounded, no matter the cost.