Hero of Pantala

Blurb
We all know about Clearsight. The one who wrote the book and saved Pantala from disaster. But what really happened behind the scenes?

Prologue
A great life is something we desire.

But never get.

No matter how well our lives are going.

It's never enough.

Tap tap. All he could think of was the outside world. The brilliant sunlight. The grass. The sky. Outside the eggshells. Tap tap. One more. Tap. And the walls fell away.

The first thing he saw was his brilliant gold scales. He squeaked happily and rolled on his back. Then he stared up at the dragon leaning over him and chirped happily as he stretched out his pink and gold wingbuds, slightly disappointed they weren't big like the other dragon's.

The dragon smiled, and said, "My, you're cute, aren't you?"

Somehow, he knew exactly what she meant. A sense maybe? He nodded happily, delighted by how this dragon like him, and bounced up chirping, "Me cute! Me cute!"

The dragon blinked in surprise. "You...you understood me?"

"Understood," the dragonet said solemnly.

A light green Leafwing flew towards them. "My my, smart, huh?"

The dragonet curled up in fear. He could sense something from this dragon, and it wasn't nice.

"Back off from my dragonet Birch," his mother snarled.

"Back off," the dragonet chirped up.

Birch tilted her head. "Maybe he can learn the old language. Finally a translater huh?"

The dragonet's mother snarled. "He won't be a tool. He will have a normal life. We don't need a translater anyways. No one speaks the old language anymore."

"Huh," Birch said again. "We'll see."

The Silkwing picked up the dragonet. "You will never be a tool," she fiercely whispered to him. "I promise. You will learn the old language, but use it for good, not for her purposes. You will be fine."

The dragonet understood. This was important to his mother, and so it was important to him. He nodded.

"It'll be fine, Sunstreak."

Chapter 1
A new world.

Can mean a new beginning.

But also a new end.

Clearsight stood, watching the storm as it swept over the continent. Pantala, wasn't it? She glanced over and saw that dragon, Sunstreak, sitting there, watching with her. He seemed to have tears in eyes, which wasn't surprising, seeing as his continent was getting destroyed.

She sat down and let the futures unfold in front of her. There was no going back to the Night Kingdom now. If by some miracle she did get back home, this continent would have no more hope. But it seemed more likely she'd just drown over the ocean anyways. If she stayed here...well her first step would be teaching these dragons Dragon. Sunstreak would help. In more futures than one.

Which reminded her. How did Sunstreak know Dragon? She could see at least 10 different answers in the future if she asked him, so she suspected it was a secrect. Still, she decided to check.

She walked up to him, and said, "How do you know Dragon?"

Sunstreak seemed to work through her words for a second, then shrugged. "Learned."

That had been the most probable answer. She could see the paths spiraling down again, new paths unfolding.

Some paths ended terribly. Not only was she dead, all of Pantala was. But most paths were bright. Happy. But still, she needed to study the future to track what happens next.

''I need my timeline scrolls. ''

She tried to stop the painful memories of Darkstalker from coming back. How had she messed up so bad?

''That won't happen again here. I'll be careful. Darkstalker is behind me now. I might not have saved the Nightwings. But I can save a whole continent now.''

She opened her mouth again. "Do you have any scrolls?"

Sunstreak gave her a quizzical look. "Scrolls?"

Clearsight sighed and gestured writing and reading. "Read. Write. Learn?" ''Do they seriously not have scrolls? ''That was possible in one future, but it wasn't very likely.

Sunstreak laughed all of a sudden. "Book!"

"Book?"

He pulled out a bunch of papers, bound in leather. "Book." He said, pointing at the thing.

"Huh," Clearsight said, examining it. "Interesting."

She really needed to study the future to learn more about this place.

Sunstreak set down a blank one in front of her. "Write?" he asked.

She nodded. "Thank you."

She dipped her talons into some ink. ''Time to study. I won't mess up this time. This is my second chance. And I'll seize it with all my power.''