Ruby
(#18294797)
was supposed to be Arawn's queen
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This dragon’s natural inborn element is Fire.
Female Pearlcatcher
This dragon is hibernating.
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Personal Style
Apparel
Skin
Scene
Measurements
Length
4.59 m
Wingspan
6.43 m
Weight
649.52 kg
Genetics
Carmine
Tiger
Tiger
Black
Freckle
Freckle
Red
Smirch
Smirch
Hatchday
Breed
Eye Type
Level 2 Pearlcatcher
EXP: 171 / 641
STR
6
AGI
6
DEF
6
QCK
7
INT
7
VIT
6
MND
7
Lineage
Parents
Offspring
- Graum
- Dreagh
- Sherealla
- Conley
- Achren
- Taran
- Eilonwy
- Rye
- Rina
- Flint
- Lily
- Xyla
- Specter
- Eidolon
- Wren
- Sunflower
- Corki
- Raccoon
- Songheart
- Evelynn
- Lleu
- Zen
- Myrna
- Berry
- Candy
- Eel
- Mickey
- Grey
- Trixibelle
- Dreamcatcher
- Starshine
- Zia
- Gerald
- Brightsoul
- Surana
- Haloke
- Mithra
- Maestro
- Addivild
- Max
- Ekolon
- Azarious
- Grain
- Skar
- Unnamed
- Unnamed
- Ikram
- Shesh
- Neal
- Yaazanyahu
- Serakem
- Duran
- Wrinkles
- Kokone
- Rubyfinder
- Avon
- Andromede
- Aidan
- Gentleman
- Uther
- Mesmer
- Sparkie
- Noggle
- yeet
- Achilles
- yeet
- yeet
- Achilles
- Phantom
- Ghosty
- Gwenno
- DAKKADAKKADAKKA
- DAKKADAKKADAKKA
- Roach
- Unnamed
- GoShadowGo
- Spirit
- Ghostie
- Phantom
- Ossis
- EverGiven
- Onyx
- Auron
Biography
Ruby
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{Quote is a w.i.p.}
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Ruby, Part 1, Volume II
The truth.
~
Continued from Arawn Part 1
Ruby, Part 1, Volume II
The truth.
~
Continued from Arawn Part 1
Arawn could only stare into Ruby's pained eyes. Each time she fought to move, agonized gasping escaped her jaws and cold breath blew out.
What had Lumiere done to her? Why was he doing this? Ruby's wings, claws, and face were slowly turning to solid ice and she clutched her pearl desperately to her chest, which barely moved as she struggled to breathe. Her once-bright eyes now pale with the chill that was taking over.
Arawn's dark face twisted with fury when he heard Lumiere chuckle from behind him.
“She's just as stubborn as you are,” the big blue Imperial said. “You would have been perfect for each other, after all.”
“Release her at once!” Arawn roared as he whirled around and faced him with a glare.
Lumiere feigned a pout and raised all six of his arms in an attempt at an innocent gesture. “I'm afraid I can't, Your Majesty, this spell is irreversible. Unless, of course,” he added, looking back down to Ruby and licking his lips, “she surrenders her beautiful pearl.”
Before Arawn could snarl any threats, he heard Ruby gasp weakly from behind him and the black Spiral looked back to her.
Ruby fought to reach him, her arms cracking lightly as she struggled to lift her pearl to give it to him. She opened her maw to speak but no sound escaped.
“Oh no you don't,” Lumiere growled, pointing one claw down at her and fired a blinding spark.
Arawn deflected the shot with a blast of fire from his own claws.
“Release her and the others at once,” Arawn ordered, “or I'll kill you myself!”
“Now you're just being unreasonable,” Lumiere tutted, then spreading each arm wide open. “Think of what we can accomplish by unlocking the secrets of the draconian soul and those pearls! Haven't you ever wondered why Pearlcatchers are the only dragons with these soul-jewels?”
“You've changed. You're mad with power.” Arawn now gazed upon him with disgust.
“I'm still me,” Lumiere said, smiling again. “I've always been me. Nothing's changed. Aren't we still partners?”
As they quarrelled, neither of them noticed or heard Ruby struggling again to move her arms, which cracked again with the ice.
“You're no partner of MINE!” Arawn bellowed, eyes flashing and claws crackling with raw fire. “You will NEVER get your claws on Ruby AGAIN!” With another roar, flames burst from his paws and he lunged at Lumiere.
The fires crashed with bolts of light. Colours exploded in blinding bursts, and Ruby still fought her icy prison as they battled. With a crack! did Ruby's left arm become free. She heard a roar of pain and Arawn tumbled down beside her in a crumpled heap.
Lumiere stalked closer, towering over them and grinning triumphantly. “Let her go, Arawn. You don't need her. Join me and together we will unlock the very mysteries of life itself! Nodrake could stop us!”
Arawn's tail twitched with fury. He heard a loud crack! behind him, and when he looked back, Ruby's other arm was now free. Both ice-encrusted paws held her shining pearl out.
“I see you've finally come to your senses, my dear,” Lumiere chuckled. “Give it to me now, or watch your king die.”
Lumiere pointed another claw down at Arawn, its hooked tip glowing bright as he prepared to fire.
Arawn didn't move, instead flaring his wings in an attempt to shield Ruby.
With all her might and the last of her strength, the red Pearlcatcher tossed the pearl over Arawn's head—
—and the glittering orb was struck by Lumiere's bolt of light, and the pearl cracked and exploded, shattering into dozens of pieces and littering the cold stone floor.
When Lumiere and Arawn realized what she had done, they both looked back to her disbelievingly. Ruby tried to scream out in agony, but no sound was made as the rest of her turned to solid ice, and she could move no more.
Arawn limped towards her icy form, his eyes round with horror, but was suddenly snatched up into the air by Lumiere's paw and the Imperial slammed the dark Spiral against the nearest wall.
“Now look what you've done,” Lumiere snarled. “All of this mess could've been avoided if you hadn't burst in here unannounced, you know.”
“YOU WILL BURN FOR THIS, LUMIERE!” Arawn cursed.
“Is that so? And just who's going to do that? You? You're no match for me and you know it.”
“You did this to yourself! You let your own magic and power take hold and corrupt you!”
“You still don't think I can change?” Lumiere challenged, setting the weakened Spiral back down. “My magic doesn't control me! Nothing does! I can stop whenever I want!” The Imperial then made a pinching motion with one of his paws in front of his eyes. “All I need to do is—”
But he didn't get the chance to finish his sentence as he suddenly released an explosive gasp, his claws now grasping a wriggling, transparent shape. With another arm, he struggled to stop the first that was now severing a piece of his own soul.
With another gasp, Lumiere flung the first arm out, and the severed slice of his soul darted down towards Arawn, but the Spiral ducked out of its way. With a ghostly whoosh, it vanished into the corridor and up the long, dark stairs.
Arawn now stared up to Lumiere in utter disbelief. The Imperial looked down at his claws in horror. Lumiere's first two arms began to tremble, while the other four started shifting back to leathered and feathered wings.
“What have I done...” Lumiere whispered, glancing back to Ruby's icy statue.
Arawn's dark face twisted back to a fierce scowl, and a single hot tear ran down his cheek. “Damn you, you SNAKE!” he screamed. He rushed back to Ruby's frozen side and howled.
Lumiere looked back at his claws again. He didn't know what to do, so he fled the dungeons, leaving Arawn to weep for his love.
What had Lumiere done to her? Why was he doing this? Ruby's wings, claws, and face were slowly turning to solid ice and she clutched her pearl desperately to her chest, which barely moved as she struggled to breathe. Her once-bright eyes now pale with the chill that was taking over.
Arawn's dark face twisted with fury when he heard Lumiere chuckle from behind him.
“She's just as stubborn as you are,” the big blue Imperial said. “You would have been perfect for each other, after all.”
“Release her at once!” Arawn roared as he whirled around and faced him with a glare.
Lumiere feigned a pout and raised all six of his arms in an attempt at an innocent gesture. “I'm afraid I can't, Your Majesty, this spell is irreversible. Unless, of course,” he added, looking back down to Ruby and licking his lips, “she surrenders her beautiful pearl.”
Before Arawn could snarl any threats, he heard Ruby gasp weakly from behind him and the black Spiral looked back to her.
Ruby fought to reach him, her arms cracking lightly as she struggled to lift her pearl to give it to him. She opened her maw to speak but no sound escaped.
“Oh no you don't,” Lumiere growled, pointing one claw down at her and fired a blinding spark.
Arawn deflected the shot with a blast of fire from his own claws.
“Release her and the others at once,” Arawn ordered, “or I'll kill you myself!”
“Now you're just being unreasonable,” Lumiere tutted, then spreading each arm wide open. “Think of what we can accomplish by unlocking the secrets of the draconian soul and those pearls! Haven't you ever wondered why Pearlcatchers are the only dragons with these soul-jewels?”
“You've changed. You're mad with power.” Arawn now gazed upon him with disgust.
“I'm still me,” Lumiere said, smiling again. “I've always been me. Nothing's changed. Aren't we still partners?”
As they quarrelled, neither of them noticed or heard Ruby struggling again to move her arms, which cracked again with the ice.
“You're no partner of MINE!” Arawn bellowed, eyes flashing and claws crackling with raw fire. “You will NEVER get your claws on Ruby AGAIN!” With another roar, flames burst from his paws and he lunged at Lumiere.
The fires crashed with bolts of light. Colours exploded in blinding bursts, and Ruby still fought her icy prison as they battled. With a crack! did Ruby's left arm become free. She heard a roar of pain and Arawn tumbled down beside her in a crumpled heap.
Lumiere stalked closer, towering over them and grinning triumphantly. “Let her go, Arawn. You don't need her. Join me and together we will unlock the very mysteries of life itself! Nodrake could stop us!”
Arawn's tail twitched with fury. He heard a loud crack! behind him, and when he looked back, Ruby's other arm was now free. Both ice-encrusted paws held her shining pearl out.
“I see you've finally come to your senses, my dear,” Lumiere chuckled. “Give it to me now, or watch your king die.”
Lumiere pointed another claw down at Arawn, its hooked tip glowing bright as he prepared to fire.
Arawn didn't move, instead flaring his wings in an attempt to shield Ruby.
With all her might and the last of her strength, the red Pearlcatcher tossed the pearl over Arawn's head—
—and the glittering orb was struck by Lumiere's bolt of light, and the pearl cracked and exploded, shattering into dozens of pieces and littering the cold stone floor.
When Lumiere and Arawn realized what she had done, they both looked back to her disbelievingly. Ruby tried to scream out in agony, but no sound was made as the rest of her turned to solid ice, and she could move no more.
Arawn limped towards her icy form, his eyes round with horror, but was suddenly snatched up into the air by Lumiere's paw and the Imperial slammed the dark Spiral against the nearest wall.
“Now look what you've done,” Lumiere snarled. “All of this mess could've been avoided if you hadn't burst in here unannounced, you know.”
“YOU WILL BURN FOR THIS, LUMIERE!” Arawn cursed.
“Is that so? And just who's going to do that? You? You're no match for me and you know it.”
“You did this to yourself! You let your own magic and power take hold and corrupt you!”
“You still don't think I can change?” Lumiere challenged, setting the weakened Spiral back down. “My magic doesn't control me! Nothing does! I can stop whenever I want!” The Imperial then made a pinching motion with one of his paws in front of his eyes. “All I need to do is—”
But he didn't get the chance to finish his sentence as he suddenly released an explosive gasp, his claws now grasping a wriggling, transparent shape. With another arm, he struggled to stop the first that was now severing a piece of his own soul.
With another gasp, Lumiere flung the first arm out, and the severed slice of his soul darted down towards Arawn, but the Spiral ducked out of its way. With a ghostly whoosh, it vanished into the corridor and up the long, dark stairs.
Arawn now stared up to Lumiere in utter disbelief. The Imperial looked down at his claws in horror. Lumiere's first two arms began to tremble, while the other four started shifting back to leathered and feathered wings.
“What have I done...” Lumiere whispered, glancing back to Ruby's icy statue.
Arawn's dark face twisted back to a fierce scowl, and a single hot tear ran down his cheek. “Damn you, you SNAKE!” he screamed. He rushed back to Ruby's frozen side and howled.
Lumiere looked back at his claws again. He didn't know what to do, so he fled the dungeons, leaving Arawn to weep for his love.
...
Lumiere flew on. Pumping his four wings, he flew far from Arawn's palace, soon leaving the Ashfall Wastes behind him. Crossing over the Sea of a Thousand Currents, he mentally cursed himself. Was he now a coward? Fleeing from the palace and all who knew him? Those he'd captured? And for what?
In the distance, he spied a small island in the middle of the vast Sea. The closer he flew, he could see a large stone castle sitting by the shore, and once he reached it, he could tell it was abandoned.
He burst through the heavy doors and could sense nodrake else within the ancient walls. Perhaps here he wouldn't be disturbed or bring himself to harm anydrake else.
But just to be sure...
He searched the entire castle until he discovered a long dark passage in one of the bigger rooms, and he slithered inside, then blocking the entrance with packs of dirt, and he ventured further, deeper, down the tunnel until he reached an even bigger room. It was just big enough for him to turn around and curl up for a long, long sleep.
Lumiere knew no dragon or other beings were here to hear his words, but he hushed the spell that would allow him to slumber undisturbed.
Just until the one who would destroy him should find him.
Lumiere flew on. Pumping his four wings, he flew far from Arawn's palace, soon leaving the Ashfall Wastes behind him. Crossing over the Sea of a Thousand Currents, he mentally cursed himself. Was he now a coward? Fleeing from the palace and all who knew him? Those he'd captured? And for what?
In the distance, he spied a small island in the middle of the vast Sea. The closer he flew, he could see a large stone castle sitting by the shore, and once he reached it, he could tell it was abandoned.
He burst through the heavy doors and could sense nodrake else within the ancient walls. Perhaps here he wouldn't be disturbed or bring himself to harm anydrake else.
But just to be sure...
He searched the entire castle until he discovered a long dark passage in one of the bigger rooms, and he slithered inside, then blocking the entrance with packs of dirt, and he ventured further, deeper, down the tunnel until he reached an even bigger room. It was just big enough for him to turn around and curl up for a long, long sleep.
Lumiere knew no dragon or other beings were here to hear his words, but he hushed the spell that would allow him to slumber undisturbed.
Just until the one who would destroy him should find him.
Present...
“And it turned out to be you,” Lumiere said to Alga with a small smile. He continued as the yellow-and-green Guardian stared to him in disbelief. “This is why you woke me, Alga, when you were still so young. Eighty years ago I tore out a piece of myself...”
“No...” Alga whispered, stepping back.
“The part of me that made me a monster...”
“It can't be...”
“The part of me that was obsessed with the secrets of the soul...”
“STOP IT!” Alga begged. When Lumiere said nothing more, Alga pleaded, “You're lying...this isn't true...this can't be true...you're not like that...tell me you're lying!”
But Lumiere remained silent, staring into her blue eyes mournfully. Closing his eyes for a moment, the room they were in shimmered, then they found themselves in a dark, cold dungeon. Alga's heart thundered with a sickening realization. This was the dungeon below Arawn's palace. She knew it from what Lumiere had told her.
The Imperial stepped off to one side, and Alga's heart stopped when she saw a dragon-shaped block of solid ice.
It was Ruby.
The Pearlcatcher's frozen arms were still stuck eternally stretched outward. Her maw frozen in an eternal scream.
Lumiere looked down to Alga's side before speaking again. “I couldn't tell you until I knew for sure. I can't undo what's been done. Ruby will be stuck here forever. She will never know peace.”
Alga didn't know who he was talking to until she followed his gaze. Looking down beside her, there stood a ghostly Spiral.
It was Arawn.
His pale eyes were stretched wide in complete disbelief and horror. His Ruby had been trapped here this whole time? Her fiery soul stuck forever in this icy prison?
Arawn twisted his transparent form towards the icy statue. His ghostly paws gently cupped Ruby's frozen face, afraid she might crack apart at his touch, and he gazed to her cold eyes longingly.
He threw his head back and wailed, his cries wrenching at Alga's heart.
“You were just like Marica,” Alga accused Lumiere, her own eyes filling with tears, her voice turning hoarse. “You stole their souls... and you were losing your own in the process... you turned yourself into a monster,” she said, staring to his other sets of antlers and wings. “How could you do this? To those dragons...to yourself?” she cried.
Lumiere said nothing for several moments. When he answered, his deep voice was quiet. “Because I wanted to see what I could do with what I was capable of. But Arawn was right. There was a part of myself that my own magic took hold of and it changed me.
“But don't you see, Alga?” he continued. “That severed piece is still somewhere out there, and it may have already latched onto another dragon by now, even after I've been asleep for fifty years.”
“But what can I do?” Alga asked helplessly. “If you're right and that piece is inside another dragon and controlling them...we don't know how powerful they may be...or...”
“Or how much time we have before it returns to me,” Lumiere said, finishing what Alga hadn't dared to.
Alga stared to him, her heart dropping with his next words.
“Alga...if that piece returns to me...everydrake will be in danger. Do you understand?
“I will teach you everything I know.
“You will have to destroy me when the time comes.”
“And it turned out to be you,” Lumiere said to Alga with a small smile. He continued as the yellow-and-green Guardian stared to him in disbelief. “This is why you woke me, Alga, when you were still so young. Eighty years ago I tore out a piece of myself...”
“No...” Alga whispered, stepping back.
“The part of me that made me a monster...”
“It can't be...”
“The part of me that was obsessed with the secrets of the soul...”
“STOP IT!” Alga begged. When Lumiere said nothing more, Alga pleaded, “You're lying...this isn't true...this can't be true...you're not like that...tell me you're lying!”
But Lumiere remained silent, staring into her blue eyes mournfully. Closing his eyes for a moment, the room they were in shimmered, then they found themselves in a dark, cold dungeon. Alga's heart thundered with a sickening realization. This was the dungeon below Arawn's palace. She knew it from what Lumiere had told her.
The Imperial stepped off to one side, and Alga's heart stopped when she saw a dragon-shaped block of solid ice.
It was Ruby.
The Pearlcatcher's frozen arms were still stuck eternally stretched outward. Her maw frozen in an eternal scream.
Lumiere looked down to Alga's side before speaking again. “I couldn't tell you until I knew for sure. I can't undo what's been done. Ruby will be stuck here forever. She will never know peace.”
Alga didn't know who he was talking to until she followed his gaze. Looking down beside her, there stood a ghostly Spiral.
It was Arawn.
His pale eyes were stretched wide in complete disbelief and horror. His Ruby had been trapped here this whole time? Her fiery soul stuck forever in this icy prison?
Arawn twisted his transparent form towards the icy statue. His ghostly paws gently cupped Ruby's frozen face, afraid she might crack apart at his touch, and he gazed to her cold eyes longingly.
He threw his head back and wailed, his cries wrenching at Alga's heart.
“You were just like Marica,” Alga accused Lumiere, her own eyes filling with tears, her voice turning hoarse. “You stole their souls... and you were losing your own in the process... you turned yourself into a monster,” she said, staring to his other sets of antlers and wings. “How could you do this? To those dragons...to yourself?” she cried.
Lumiere said nothing for several moments. When he answered, his deep voice was quiet. “Because I wanted to see what I could do with what I was capable of. But Arawn was right. There was a part of myself that my own magic took hold of and it changed me.
“But don't you see, Alga?” he continued. “That severed piece is still somewhere out there, and it may have already latched onto another dragon by now, even after I've been asleep for fifty years.”
“But what can I do?” Alga asked helplessly. “If you're right and that piece is inside another dragon and controlling them...we don't know how powerful they may be...or...”
“Or how much time we have before it returns to me,” Lumiere said, finishing what Alga hadn't dared to.
Alga stared to him, her heart dropping with his next words.
“Alga...if that piece returns to me...everydrake will be in danger. Do you understand?
“I will teach you everything I know.
“You will have to destroy me when the time comes.”
...
Arawn shut out Alga's and Lumiere's voices as he curled his transparent, glowing form around Ruby's frozen one. His eyes shut tight and his entire being was wracked with grief. He ignored Alga's weeping and Lumiere's hated voice, and he hadn't noticed or cared that they already left, until he sensed Silver behind him.
Arawn, Silver thought to him. When Arawn didn't answer or move from Ruby's side, Silver tried again. You know you can't stay here much longer. You'll be trapped here.
But Arawn didn't acknowledge him for several agonizing moments.
Silver begged, Arawn—
LEAVE US! Arawn howled and whipped around to face him, and the other ghostly Spiral drifted back. I'm not leaving her again...I'll stay here for eternity if I have to...
This is why you went to Marica, isn't it? Silver pressed. You thought she could free you from your heartache...and instead she took your soul.
Arawn's pale eyes blazed when he answered. You can tell the other souls to call off the search, he fired his thoughts to Silver. And NEVER come back here!
Before Silver could respond, Arawn already whirled back around and coiled around Ruby once again, his sobs and wails haunting the dungeon. Silver gazed to him mournfully, but thought nothing more to him. Closing his transparent eyes, Silver slowly started to vanish, leaving the dungeon and Arawn behind forever.
Arawn shut out Alga's and Lumiere's voices as he curled his transparent, glowing form around Ruby's frozen one. His eyes shut tight and his entire being was wracked with grief. He ignored Alga's weeping and Lumiere's hated voice, and he hadn't noticed or cared that they already left, until he sensed Silver behind him.
Arawn, Silver thought to him. When Arawn didn't answer or move from Ruby's side, Silver tried again. You know you can't stay here much longer. You'll be trapped here.
But Arawn didn't acknowledge him for several agonizing moments.
Silver begged, Arawn—
LEAVE US! Arawn howled and whipped around to face him, and the other ghostly Spiral drifted back. I'm not leaving her again...I'll stay here for eternity if I have to...
This is why you went to Marica, isn't it? Silver pressed. You thought she could free you from your heartache...and instead she took your soul.
Arawn's pale eyes blazed when he answered. You can tell the other souls to call off the search, he fired his thoughts to Silver. And NEVER come back here!
Before Silver could respond, Arawn already whirled back around and coiled around Ruby once again, his sobs and wails haunting the dungeon. Silver gazed to him mournfully, but thought nothing more to him. Closing his transparent eyes, Silver slowly started to vanish, leaving the dungeon and Arawn behind forever.
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