Ember

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Ember Chef • Substitute Messenger _____________________

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Arrival Ember's mother took her far away from her hatching place when Ember hatched. Her mother feared that a nearby volcano would explode and kill all the clan. So she took Ember to the safest place she could think of, Wind! But her mother was wrong in many ways. The volcano didn't kill anyone. And the clan she dropped off Ember at was literally the worst place she could have picked. KiteSong just happened to have shade, monsters, evil dragons, and lots of other drama. But it wasn't her mothers fault. Mostly. Ember thought that her mother would come back for many weeks, and she often sat at the edge of camp looking up at the sky. But her mother never came back. So little Ember assumed her mother was dead and became depressed for a couple years.

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Secrets Ember finally got over most of her depression and put on a front. She busied herself with doing odd jobs and helping cook. After a while, she became known as that cheerful, strange skydancer in the clan. But that isn't what she truly is. She became a cook of native fire foods, particularly spicy ones. Her motto is: "Spicy foods made with love and depressing memories!" Despite the strange motto, her food is very good, popular with dragons who dare each other to eat 20 Burn-your-mouth-off-cookies. Kaph is one of her best customers, he can eat almost everything without running out of her shack screaming.

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B I O G R A P H Y While Ember's food may have some strange names, (lava cake, Deadly spice bites, Ultimate death sticks, ECT) it's strangely popular. The only thing weird, is that every time a customer runs out screeching with their mouth on fire, Ember just stares and smiles. Maybe it has something to do with Falcon. Oh yeah, Don't mention Falcon around her. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

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Soo, I was going to write a story for her from the writers hatchery, but she was taken. I bought her back, and I am happy!
"Ahh, my little Ember, you’re finally awake," Her mother laughed, "Welcome to the-" The picturesque welcoming scene was rudely interrupted by a rumbling.

"What's that Mommy?" Ember squeaked. No other dragon seemed to notice. Ember's mother glanced around. The rumbling came again, suddenly it struck her.

"It's the volcano!" Mom gasped. She glanced around at her unsuspecting clan.
"Hang on Ember!" She ran over to the clan leader. "The volcano! It's going to erupt!” Disbelieving, the leader sent her away. She dejectedly wandered back to Ember.
"What am I going to do?" Mother groaned, "I can't leave the clan..."

"Are you okay Mommy?" Ember turned her innocent eyes to her mother. Mother took a deep breath.

“I’ll be fine my Ember,” She began to pack up the trinkets around the nest into a small pouch. “We can fly away. I can’t leave, but I can save you.” She picked up little Ember and carefully tied the hatchling onto her back. Stuffing some of the plants into the pouch, mother walked out of the cave into the bright sunlight.

“Here we go!” Leaping into the air and spreading her wings, she laughed. “This is flying Ember!” The hatchling squealed with delight.

“Can I fly mommy?” A terrible thought crossed her mother’s mind. ‘Am I going to miss my daughters first flight? No! I’ll stay with her until we find a perfect home for my Ember!’
“Soon my dear, we’re going to go to... to the Windswept Plateau! I hear it’s a perfect place.”

“Fly! Fly! Fly!” Ember shouted, jumping around. Her mother seemed to appear out if nowhere and smiled.

“Ah! Let me show you how to fly!” Ember gaped as her mother ran, jumped up and soared in a circle before landing in front of Ember again. So, Ember raised her wings, ran, jumped and flapped them as hard as she could. To her disappointment she stayed on the ground.
“Oh little Ember! You must beat your wings carefully to trap air under them. You can’t just flap them!” She laughed. “Try again!” So, Ember stepped back, ran leapt and beat her wings. She was in the air!

“I did it! I’m flying!” Ember squealed. The duo triumphantly packed their belongings again and flew towards the ever-growing green stretch on the horizon.
Half a day later they could see dragons going about their daily lives. Mother and daughter landed near them and slowly entered camp. A pearlcatcher welcomed them.

“Greetings travelers! I’m JadeSun, and this clan is KiteSong!” JadeSun smiled warmly at them.

“This is Ember and I am her mother...” She looked at her baby, took a deep breath and continued. “Will you take her into this clan?” And that is how Ember found her new home.