Darkness.
Spider veins of warm orange, light.
The warmth, and smell of mother.
A sharp pain from shell.
flash of dark green, that I now compare to a forest.
"Hello little death bloom."
Said the warm green.
I managed to squeak out a very confused,
"Mommy?"
"Yes little one I am Mommy." She giggled a little after saying that.
I looked at her sideways,
I squeek confused about what and why
She chuckled, it was a warm and inviting sound, her emerald eyes a stark contrast against her forest green scales,
"And you are Nightshade of course! Me and your father decided on that before... "
She was cut off when a handsome-ish black male, skinny in build but muscular enough to defend himself in battle flew in though the mouth of the cave and yelled,
"VINE WHERE ARE YOU?!?!"
Mother quick as a whip picked me up with her spikey tail, (carful not to impale me), and hid me on a rock lege far above the rest of my unhatched siblings. Giving me a full view of the cave entrance. She shouted back,
"COMING VENGEANCE MY LOVE!"
Before she went over to him she put my eggshell on a pile of ashes, and burned it of a flash of emerald flame from her maw.
she looked sad as if remembering something. she quickly glided over to the mouth of the cave, when she landed she spoke,
"How was hunting my love? did you see A-"
She didn't get to finish because that's when the first spear struck.
She let out an unholy scream that drowned out my own. Emerald green blood, same color as her eyes, spouted from the wound in her stomach the next spear hit the base of her wing undermining her scales, and stoping her from any form of flight. She was going into shock.
The black male, father NO, Vengeance held up a claw signaling for the Spears to stop. a small bipedal creature holding one of the Spears said,
"Holy shit! Vengeance you were right she is one of them! And a Lord at that!! "
The black male completely ignored him and looked mommy in the eyes, hers soft emerald while his were a harsh yellow that seemed to kill all on their own.
Mommy spoke her voice wasn't even shaking,
"What happened to you my love, I know what it is. Thou art in pain, you have told me to call thee Vengeance but my love goes by Sto-"
" SILENCE FROM YOU GREENSCALE! "
He snarled at her his horned head reaching twords the heavens wings unfurled around him, he looked like death himself.
He held her head in his claw, gently as if he didn't want to harm her.
"I wish not to lie to you but it seems I already have."
And with that his single pronged tail impaled the spot right next to her heart, a fatal blow. Dark green arterial blood began to pool at Vengeance's feet. she was still breathing, harshly.
I looked down trying to avert my eyes but all's I saw was a group of the bipedal creatures breaking open my siblings eggs with the butts of their wepons, pulling them out of their shells and butchering them. All 8 were sprawled out in strange positions covered in egg juices and their own blood.
I Heald back a horrified shriek.
A bright blue light suddenly emanated from my eyes. They had definitely noticed.
"What was that?"
one of the things asked.
I turned around putting my wings over my eyes and backing up into the far corner of the rock shelf, the color faded back to White.
Vengeance spoke, he seemed to think on something for a moment.
"Hmm.., I shall check to make sure there are no survivors. Vengeance said that so cold and calculatingly I thought he would kill me then and there, he looked right at me and not quite being able to see me as my dark purple scales we're almost invisible against the black rock formation.
Almost.
Vengeance walked over and his eyes seemed to fade to a lighter warmer yellow, he whispered to me
"Someone has to remember her, and give our species hope, do not mistake this for mercy do not act on it, for the next time we meet you will most likely end up just like her. "
there is no love in his voice, although it seems like he almosted wished there could be. But no there was only hate, a-and grief? One of his terrible claws came towards my face he placed his claw gently over top my right eye, it was still warm with mother's blood. I shivered, he than Slices down with his claw peeling off scales and skin, tearing through muscle I could no longer see with my right eye. I whined it hurt, but if I we're to cry out his creatures surely would gut me. he pulled his claw away, light blue blood started to drip from the wound. he turned twords his men and spoke once more.
"There is no longer anyone here. he Heald up his claw, now stained an ice blue. Come, let us head back to camp and celebrate with beer."
most of the creatures seemed excited.
One of the more important looking creatures spoke up,
" But I must cut off their heads as troph-"
his eyes turned harsh once more.
"YOU MUST DO NOTHING!! GRAB YOUR HORSES, AND LET US LEAVE THIS CURESED TOMB NEVER TO RETURN!! "
the creature was cowed it dipped its head and slowly walked out of the cave the others following him out.
Once I was sure they had left I scampered down the rock face and twords mother.
"MOMMY!"
I cried out to her.
she answered weakly.
" Little D death.flower.."
she sat up her head at a leval height with my own, I noticed that I was hardly the size of her massive paw. She coughed up blood.
"Remember my words Little death bloom do not be rash take time before you're revenge, all blood means different., I love you, Nightshade..."
her head went limp.
" Mommy?"
no reply.
" Mommy?!?!"
Nothing, she was dead in every way. I started to feel dizzy. Small plants started to sprout from the ground blooming into white tulips on and around her corpse. They mourned her passing the other plants around the cave seemed to do so as well. I could not see the other plants, I was blinded by rage but also crying my eye out. the other was still bleeding seeing nothing. I wanted to rip out my father's black heart and tear it to shreds!! But I also wanted to do nothing more than to stop and mourn for my mommy.. The only thing in my world had died. My left eye turned purple with an incomprehensible sadness and rage. The other (still bleeding) broke silver.
And then everything went black.