Serenity

Name: Serenity
Little Witch
Intelligent/Kind/Unforgiving

Quote: Magic isn't always a blessing.

Position: Healer

Personality: Serenity was once a shy dragoness who tried to avoid conflict at all cost, she was once innocent and showed every emotion that she felt in expressive, pale eyes. this is not the case any longer, Serenity is not a harsh or uncaring dragoness, she is kind and willing to help any who seek her assistance. she is warm and friendly with a wicked wit and a love of making those around her laugh. she forms strong bonds to those around her although she doesn't often open up to many dragons as she has been betrayed many times and each time it hits her hard, she has very little faith in other dragons.
Serenity is a unforgiving dragoness and hardly thinks much of severing ties to those who incite her wrath although she is not short tempered in the slightest so when she finally looses her temper it is usually in a spectacular way although rarely results in her using her magic. she is highly intelligent, but is disillusioned with dragons and beast clan alike, finding dragons with their pettiness and self serving betrayals unappealing and beast clan with their screams for dragons' blood because of the past uninteresting, she stays with her friends loyally, helping the clan as best she can as a witch and a healer.

Quirks: Disillusioned, Blunt

Background: Serenity was born into a conflict she didn't understand or have any actual knowledge of, born into exile within a clan she would never truly know. she was the daughter of a powerful witch and an insane living construct who wanted to create a emperor, yet as a hatchling all she knew was the aggression of her clan and the cold comfort her mother gave her when the adults of the clan chased her away with thrown objects. Serenity became a shy little thing, hiding behind trees and rocks to avoid the stones thrown by those she should have considered clan, she hated the clan and everything they claimed to stand for believing it to be lies.
As she grew she trained under her mother's sharp gaze and allowed her father to poke and prod looking for any abnormalities brought on by her two magics. when the clan found out about her gift for plague magic they called her an abomination and demanded she be killed, something her mother refused; she felt fear turn to terror as she crouched behind her parents and listened to the angry roaring. she trembled, feet rooted to the spot as she watched threats exchanged and a dark look was sent her way by the clan's council before the large group left the den and her mother set plans into motion.

She was taken to an allied clan and given to two drakes to raise for their own, Serenity was frightened at first and wanted her mother to come back for her. she believed that her mother had left her with Sven and Damian because she was not strong enough to hold her own and therefore was not of use to the older dragoness, Serenity fooled herself into believing her mother and father would take her back if she gained strength.
Serenity found the loving bond she had craved with Sven and Damian, her Papa and Dad were far more loving than her mother and father had ever been and even tried to encourage her practicing, but not for her mother's sake. Serenity found after a time she was comfortable with the clan and gained friends within it, she found herself helping Damian send his baked goods off more and more.

Serenity was surprised when Sven and Damien adopted three hatchlings, two tundras and a spiral, she was thrilled to have younger brothers. her brothers, Kestral, Falcon, and Chester seemed to take it upon themselves to protect her if they could, an amusing sight to see with her being so much bigger than them, and she entertained their gesture.
As Serenity grew older she often found her brothers' protectiveness tiresome although she didn't say anything to them. she took to walking around the territory, never wandering too far from the clan for fear of running into her former clanmates and dealing with their abuses again. her wandering took her to the boarder eventually and found a place to sit quietly to read or simply go though her thoughts.

She took to wandering which allowed her to meet the two who would become her closest friends and their clan which would later be a refuge to her chaotic and troubled mind. Lissandra and Ashton became her best friends and soon the three were all but inseparable, causing trouble and helping build new things or in her case helping the healer dry and store herbs. the healer for the clan Lissa and Ashton lived in was their Uncle, a stern and often cold drake named Raphael, she learned much from him and was thankful for the chance he gave her.
As the three grew Lissa and Ash chose to move into her clan, the three found mates and hade hatchlings, much to her Papa's and Dad's joy as the two males saw Ash and Lissa as an extension to their family. Serenity was happy and at peace for the first time in awhile, she still wandered, but often had her mate or son with her when Lissa and Ash were not with her.
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Serenity took to being the clan healer when Impa, the healer at the time, mentioned needing help as the clan grew as she had learned from Raphael and was confident in her skills. she still helped her fathers with baking and the making sweet drinks, it was simple yet she was content and the clan respected her for her knowledge and the kindness she showed. Senernity took her fathers' teachings and what she had learned from Lissa's and Ashton's dads about discipline and control to heart, taking longer to learn from their Uncle Gabe about fun and light hearted things.
It was years since she had come to the clan, years since she had seen her mother or father, yet when a male came up to her from her clan's sister clan she knew immediately that he was her little brother and she wanted to know him and help him as much as possible. she wanted a bond with her brother, of family or friendship she didn't care, but she wanted to have that bond with one who shared her parents.

Serenity did notice her brother, Yuta, had some odd quirks and did her best to ignore them for the most part, brushing it off as a "Weird Yuta" thing and not thinking much of it beyond that. it wasn't until months later that this weird behavior proved it was less than innocent when the clan's closest allies, a clan so closely tied with their own it was called their 'Sister Clan', turned on them and attacked them fully intending to slaughtering the entire clan.
It started quietly enough, the guards were killed without a sound as the dragons moved in and continued their silent attack on those who were not moving about the clan, the old, those working in their shops, and no one thought anything of it as the dragons moving through their home were family to them. it wasn't until Impa, the healer, screamed that the clan was alerted to what was going on and the attack began in earnest.

Serenity fought skillfully, ice and plague magic finding targets in the chaos and bloodshed, she was not free of wounds herself yet her magics kept most of her opponents at claw's length knowing if one of her plague spell touched them a long and painful death waited. she suddenly heard her son cry out and bolted from her opponent to find him fighting Yuta over his fallen mate and hatchlings, small bodies broken with their mother's bloody body curled around them.
As she went to help a dragon slammed into her sending her to the ground in a heap of limbs and wings, panic made her clumsy as she fought to free herself of the big male ridgeback and found his massive form pinning her wings. her wings screamed in protest as she struggled to get away and to her son and brother, there was a painful snap and her breath froze in her throat as her wing broke and she freed herself with a quick swipe of her claws along the dragon's throat.

Before she could move Yuta killed her son, Tantris, his body crashed to the ground lifeless and the fighting seemed to fade as she watched her mate slam into Yuta and the fight began again. she was numb as she gently touched her son's muzzle before a dragon with ice colored scales slammed into her and her claws began glowing a sickly red as she fought. the dragon backed away long enough for her to see her mate fall and Ashton slammed into the ice dragon, she felt everything in her shatter as the fighting came back to her full force, her ears rang.
Her magic pinned Yuta and her claws tore his scales as she spoke "For the peace you have denied us you shall know no peace! Though your soul will remain with me, my dear little brother, your body will wonder until I am convinces you feel rumours for the innocent lives you have taken and the dragons you have taken from me!". her voice was hard and cold as she spoke.

Yuta sneered at her "Innocent clan? This clan is worthless, you scrounge for resources and supplies to keep the clan going, relying on my clan and keeping us under claw." he spat. Serenity scowled knowing what Yuta said was a lie, the two clans had always given between each other freely "Under claw? Your clan has always been treated like family! friends, sister, brothers, lovers! your precious clan betrayed us, there is no forgiveness for such black hearted dragons!" her small blade went through the already wounded dragon, Serenity felt grim satisfaction that he would not be spared from the pain he caused her even then.
Serenity watched her little brother fall, she held a small vial to complete her curse and watched a glowing blue light slip from Yuta and into her bottle. she felt nausea replace her rage as what had once been her little brother stood and stared blankly at her, she hated the thought that she may have just done something her mother would have without hesitation. she steeled herself and growled "Go." to the shambling abomination and watched as he walked away silent as a grave, she shook her head having no time for a break down yet, her clanmates needed her fighting.
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She felt sick as her clanmates fell around her, feeling Ashton's claws on her shoulder leading her away and seeing Lissa's worried expression as they pulled her away from her home. her fathers were missing, everyone else from the clan was dead, and Ashton kept them moving toward his father's clan, to safety and Serenity, for all her friends' worry and effort, stayed silent. Serenity was silent even as she listened to Ashton tell his family what happened to their home, family, and friends; she knew she was worrying the older dragons, but couldn't find an expression or emotion.
Several days after they had gotten to the clan Michael, Ashton's father, and Lucifer, Lissa'a father, went with them to the ruins of the clan with the goal of burying the fallen and paying their respect to an allied clan, Serenity felt sick seeing all the carnage. a small bottle hung from her neck with a blue glow- Yuta's soul- she felt sick for what she had done to her little brother, at what had happened to her family, blood turned the ground black and clung to their claws. when she saw her mate, hatchling, and grandchildren she broke, a heart shattering wail ripped from her as she finally shattered, breaking down.

Ashton hugged her, offering comfort to her even as they started leaving again, Lissa pressed into her other side as they followed the older dragons back to their clan, Serenity continued crying softly and allowing Ash to lead her. once she had calmed after returning she thought about talking to Michael or one of the other older dragons, but knew none would approve of what she had done and she honestly wasn't exactly sure she regretted it.
Damian came to the clan after a month and reunited with them, Serenity was relieved that at least one of her fathers was ok although Damian was adamant that Sven would return to them if he had the ability. Ash and Lissa spoke of leaving the clan to find a new home and Serenity agreed she would follow them and Damian said he would go with his daughter, the small group began preparing for their travels in hopes of finding a home although Serenity thought it would be a long adventure.
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It was a sad goodbye when they did leave the clan and began a long journey without an end in sight, the travel was long and they often stopped in clans along the way. this went on for months and soon they had a few who wanted adventure, Serenity thought the excitement of the other dragons was amusing although she felt caution when speaking to them as she, Lissa, and Ash hadn't told anyone of their past nor of the potential danger the three may be in.
As they traveled dragons came and went as did clans they stayed in, it was a blur for Serenity as she travelled, she kept to herself the only exceptions being her Papa- Damien, Lissa, and Ashton. she would often hear whispers from the dragons that traveled with them about her, she would have laughed if the rumors weren't so close to the truth so she ignored the whispers not wanting to feed into the stories.

After several months of uneventful traveling most of their companions had gone their own ways and the small group of four soon found a clan and made homes for themselves. a familiar dragon came into the clan and set up a Tavern, something Serenity paid no mind to for the most part as she had spent a great deal of time in her father's tavern growing up. it wasn't until Damien came to her with another dragon that she realized the new dragon was Sven, her father had returned to them a little rougher than he had been before the fall of their home, but alive and well.
The clan grew and changed while Serenity set up her small corner of the clan and stayed close to Lissa and Ash, she and Ash grew very close after several failed relationships on both sides, eventually she and Ash became lovers while Lissa was just as close with Serenity. when the clan came under new leadership and dragons started disappearing Serenity set up charms and ward to protect herself and the those she cared most for, Lissa soon found her own lover, a dragon who could keep up with her chaos and allow them both to thrive.