~Two-thousand Years Ago~

  Clearsight sat upon the mountain, mourning dragonets she’d never even have; futures dimming and fading into nothing. However, a new future appeared, one that almost scared her more than any before. Not six dragonets, or three or two, but one, one that was his and one she wanted to love but couldn’t. What have I done? The thought swirled in her mind as she contemplated a future she knew she wanted but doing so…would be horrible for this dragonet. Maybe if I caught Fathom and Indigo, they could… but no, after all that happened, she couldn’t ask that, not of them. They needed their happy future and she still had so much she needed to do.

  So she laid the egg somewhere safe, somewhere she knew I’d hatch but on its own and alone. The life it would have would be tough but many futures showed it would survive so she was confident it’d be ok. She placed her claw on the egg and closed her eyes. I could stay, I could raise it… let it know about him and what he’d done, what I’d done. But if she did that dragonet would seek out Darkstalker and free him, that future… that horrible, horrible future. She couldn’t let that happen, this was the only way aside from just smashing it herself and she wouldn’t do that, couldn’t do it.

  This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.

  “I’m sorry my sweet dragonet, I know you’ll never know me or him or anyone. Your life will be tough and you’ll resent me so much for this and how I just left you. I’m so sorry and I wish I could take you with me but… not there, not now.” A tear ran down her snout but she’d tried to repress the others that threatened to fall. I’m wasting time, that window gets smaller the more I stay, the more I try to convince myself this isn’t what it is. She let out a shaky sigh and pulled away from her egg. With one last glance, she flew away and just hoped that maybe it’d survive, maybe she’d not be the terrible she felt like she was in this moment.

  Her last thought before she left for that lost continent was, don’t find him, don’t let anyone, and never find the tribe, never. The future was hers and so was her happiness she just had to survive.