Prologue[]
All around me was just pure darkness yet I was stuck in something cramp and something that was crushing me. My tail curled around my body as the darkness was pressing against me. Then I heard something: a gentle and concerned voice speaking.
"Cartoon, I'm worried about the eggs. What if they don't hatch?" Asked the voice with worry growing in it. Then I heard a calm and loving voice answer.
"Granite, I promise that the eggs will hatch tonight. The merchant promised that the eggs will hatch tonight!" Reassumed the second voice, trying its best to calm the first voice down. I could tell that they were talking about me. I couldn't stand another moment in the cramp darkness. I'm getting out of here! I pushed my back against the darkness and my tail along a crack in the darkness, The end of my tail suddenly went through the crack and then I heard cracking as the darknes came crashing down on me. I was blinded by the light of lanterns nearby but soon my eyes adjusted and I soon could make out my surroundings: I was in a nest of leaves and sticks with 3 other eggs which were next to one another. I then noticed that I was being watched over by a mudwing and a sandwing-like dragon: The mudwing was a caramel colour that faded to grey with a honey yellow right eye and a pure white eye, a purple armband and curly horns while the sandwing-like dragon was a pale brownish-beige colour with 4 black eyes, a mane-like sail, a pale pink stinger & 2 pairs of grey horns. They noticed me and before I knew it, they are squealing out of joy with happy tears.
"She's here! She's here!" Cried the mudwing as she cradled me in her arms. I soon realized that they were my parents, the mudwing being my mother and the sandwing-like dragon being my father. The other eggs had hatched and as my parents were naming them, my father then noticed something about me and frowned.
"I-is it just me or is our daughter looking like a cartoon..?" Asked my father as he looked at me with concern. That's when I noticed the black cartoonish outline covering every inch of my body
"If she is, she's still our little dragonet, love!" Smiled my mother as she planted a kiss on my head. My father shook the feeling off his shoulders and hugged my mother.
"Welcome to the world, Amanda.." Welcomed my mother as she cradled me and my siblings in her arms. Little would they know what would happen 4 years later..
Chapter I[]
"RACE YOU TO THE CANDY SHOP, SIS!" Taunted my big brother, Carnival as he charged past me towards the nearby candy shop. It was a favourite among our siblings and we went there all the time as a delicious treat.
"WAIT FOR ME, IDIOT!" I hissed crossly as I chased after him while darting past bystanders before I sprinted past him and into the candy shop.
"Yes! Take that, Carni!" I teased as Carnival walked into the shop with a scowl on his face. Ha! That will teach him for wrecking my drawings!
"You guys really like this shop, huh?" Mumbled my 2nd big brother, Discovery as he walked next to us and tossed his gritty mane-like sail over his shoulder. He never really liked the shop for some reason. I remember him saying that he saw a creepy dragon watching him but I don't know if he was telling the truth or he was fibbing but I didn't care: I came here to get yummy sweets! Me and Carnival hopped over to the counter where our favourite shopkeeper, Spicebush, was packing gumdrops away before he noticed us, showing a smile at us.
"Ah, Amanda and Carnival! My two favourite customers! What sweets would you like today?" Welcomed Spicebush as he took out 3 bags for our sweets to go in.
"We'll take 1 bag full of chocolate mini eggs, a bag full of dolly mixture, a bag full of jawbreakers, a bag full of gummies & toffee and 4 honeydrops, please!" Explained Carnival cheerfully. He knew what sweets we liked the most somehow but Spicebush started to put our items we wanted in 5 seperate bags when I noticed something from the corner of my eye: It was a nightwing who was wearing a lab coat and was looking at us, mainly me. Thankfully, Spicebush was quick on his feet and already got our items ready and passed them to Discovery and Carnival before they paid for the sweets.
"Have a wonderful day, you three!" Smiled Spicebush as me and my brothers left the store, holding the sweets. I still had the feeling that I was being watched by that nightwing but I shook it off my shoulders, not knowing that the nightwing would soon have me captured..