I’m not sure whether or not to allow users to try to use main characters for this one, so I’m just not gonna allow it.

Leaf(a small dark green rainwing dragonet): *camoflauges and follows*

Cascade: you can’t just run away every time a different dragon approaches you or sees you. I know you haven’t seen a real dragon before you crashed here, but running isn’t helping you make friends or getting used to being around other dragons.

Stardust: .. I’m sorry, I was just-

Cascade: scared. I know.

Stardust: … *she throws something into the pile of scrap metal she had created, the only thing she was saving was the wing joints. Moments later, whatever was in the pile had begun to dissolve*

Cascade: better?

Stardust: yeah…

Leaf: "Hello?"

Cascade: hello.

*Stardust freezes up again but she doesn’t run*

Leaf: "What was that big metal thing?"

Stardust: oh.. that is a long story.

Cascade: well, it’s pretty much nothing now.

Leaf: "Yeah..."

*Stardust is looking at the village*

Cascade: I’m surprised you didn’t wake anyone up from that.

Stardust: lucky I guess. *she laughs it off*

Cascade: but I really want to know what that thing was as well.

…

Stardust: remember when I first crashed here, after you guys took me and Blizzard, Inferna, and I scouted out what was left of the wreckage I was attacked? This was a more advanced version of what attacked me that night.

Cascade: same creator?

Stardust: I assume so.

Leaf: "Wow. That sure is neat. But anyway, I heard you guys wanna speak to Queen Glory."

Stardust: …

Cascade: maybe another night instead. We were trying not to be noticed but I guess that didn’t work out.

Stardust: well.. I didn’t want to bring attention to myself. Mostly because I don’t fit in here.

Leaf: "Ok."

*Cascade had gotten out of the hammock*

Cascade: hey. I’m sorry to say that we’ll be leaving. Stardust is getting a bit nervous being around so many dragons at one time and she’s nervous about seeing the queen. She asked to just let me wait here and she’ll come back later, but after what just happened, I don’t think it’s safe for her to travel alone, so I’ll be going with her. I hope I haven’t caused too much of an inconvenience. *she genuinely looked sorry, Stardust looked nervous, possibly in anticipation of your reaction, but Cascade wasn’t lying, being around a lot of other dragons makes her nervous as well.*

Leaf: "Ok! Maybe I'll see you around, or maybe not. Hope you enjoy your travels."

Cascade: thank you, I hope we get to see you again *she smiles*.

*Stardust and Cascade exit the tree house and take flight, Cascade felt they were far enough away, she began questioning Stardust*

Cascade: … that’s not really the real reason why you wanted to leave, was it?

Stardust: it was partially the reason.. I was just afraid of what would happen.

Cascade: Stardust, you can’t be afraid of other dragons, it won’t help you if you don’t try talk to them. If it goes wrong, then at least you learned how to talk to another dragon.

Leaf: *eats a mango*
//
???: *flies past, being chased by at least three other dragons*

*Cascade looks confused, they both don’t look like they want to get involved, but due to Cascade’s experience being kidnapped before, they take a slight detour to follow you*

???: *keeps flying* "Since when did Spring have friends? Ok, maybe she did, but I didn't think they were working with her!"

*Cascade and Stardust both look at each other and fall back out of earshot*

Stardust: unfortunately for me, I don’t have a small UAV to pilot to follow them.

Cascade: what’s a UAV?

Stardust: the acronym stands for “unmanned aerial vehicle.” Technically that large metal dragon that we just fought would count as one. I would need something a lot smaller to follow them without being noticed.

Cascade: not sure who Spring is.. but I know one thing. We shouldn’t get you into more trouble. Let’s keep on flying.

*they continue on*

*it's getting dark*

(It’s been dark, it’s night)

...oh))
*you hear a scream from where you last saw the little seawing that was getting chased*

Cascade: alright, who are you guys anyway? Why are you on someone’s hit list?

Stardust: .. *whispering to herself so they can’t hear her* two seawings.. could these be the ones Leaf was talking about?

Cascade: *glances over at Stardust* hmm?

Stardust: what? *she decides to attempt to read one of their minds*

????: *'Stupid dragonet! Does he really think he can get out of this one? That weird ghost dragon thing may have gotten Spring to run once, but this little twerp's in our territory now...'*

*Stardust looks even more puzzled now*

Cascade: what are your names again?

????: "This is Shi, and I'm Lichen."
*Shi looks like a Mudwing-Nightwing hybrid, and Lichen's probably just a Rainwing*

Stardust: and the seawing?

*Cascade looked startled for a moment hearing Stardust talked*

????: "Oh. Wave."

*Stardust looks at the seawing, as if to ask them if that’s true*

Cascade: well, this looks like kidnapping to me.

Lichen: *growls* "Yeah, well we're just doing our friend a favor."

*Stardust decides she’s going to try reading minds again*

Cascade: *getting noticeably angry* ok, are you or are you not kidnapping them and possibly killing them?

Wave: "They are."
Lichen: "Not."

…

???: you’re sure this dragon can help me?

Cascade: yes I’m sure, she’s a good queen.

???: look, I’m not saying she isn’t, but I’m not sure if Glory can actually help me. I’ll take any help I can get, but I don’t think my family is here.. I would have recognized this forest. I’m sure Glory is good at what she does, but I’m not sure this is something that a queen tends to help with. She’ll have more important issues.

Cascade: she was looking for her family once, just like you are now. You were just telling me you haven’t been around other dragons before and this was the best idea I thought of to help you.

???: you and your friends were the first.

*they approach the village and fly up to one of the platforms, the unknown dragon seems worried, even scared*

Leaf: "Hmm..."

*the dragons were walking across the bridge when one of them stops for a second.. you hear something approaching fast*

???: GET BACK. *she pushed Cascade forward and dived backward, both narrowly avoided getting hit by some mass of metal. which turned around a flew back to land on the bridge in between them, facing the unknown dragon. It was larger than Cascade, about the size of an adult dragon, it also looked like a dragon*

Cascade: Stardust?! What is this?

Stardust: it’s hostile, run! I’ll explain later!

Cascade: what? What about you?!

Stardust: I’m about to do something very stupid.

*she grabbed something from her wrist and ignited it, it took the shape of a sword large enough for Stardust to wield*

Cascade: I won’t leave you behind!

Stardust: relax, last time I was caught off guard, this time will be different.

Cascade: what in pyhrria.. *she stands up*

*the metal dragon had ignited another sword, which was then moved so it could be gripped by the metal dragon’s claw*

Stardust: Cascade, just go I’ll handle this.

*both dragons stand in upright positions, swords out in front of them, though Stardust takes a more defensive stance*

Stardust: armor appears to be a mix of chromium and steel, power source is unknown but massive and towards the center of the body. Armor appears to be 4 inches thick with no extra shielding.. not the most thought out combat machine. *any expression of fear was lost, she looked more determined now*

Cascade: … *she stands up and jumps to a higher platform*

*the metal dragon starts talking but not in a language you can understand*

Sentinel: you can come quietly, or I can dismember you here, your choice. Either way, I will bring you or your remains to our lord. You will join us and our efforts.

Stardust: *in human* how about you make me and we’ll see what happens.

*after a brief moment, the metal dragon attacks, Stardust deflects the blow and pushes it back, despite the fact of the metal dragon being taller and nearly twice the weight of a normal adult dragon, Stardust retaliates with a flurry of slashes, all blocked. They push each other back and forth across the bridge until they’re locked back in the middle, Stardust blocking a blow from above, the metal dragon speaks again, but this time in dragon*

Sentinel: *in robotic voice* I do not have time for you’re defiance, and neither does our lord!

Stardust: send them my regards when I turn you into scrap metal. *they fight*

Leaf: *watches*

*the two continue their deadly little dance, Cascade watches worrying what she could do, her venom won’t affect the armor because it’s made out of metal, finally the metal dragon lands a hit on Stardust’s left leg, she stumbles, she’s lucky her leg wasn’t cut clean off, she isn’t bleeding yet but the area looks severely burned, she manages to block the following blow and at the same time, cut off the right arm of the machine attacking her*

Cascade: … *she tries using her venom and aims where the eyes of a normal dragon should be to block the machine’s vision, it works for a few seconds and allows for a distraction as Stardust cuts off both legs, some exposed wiring sparks in the wing joints, threatening to electrocute Stardust, but she climbed onto the back and drives her energy sword through, the thick armor prevents it from reaching the main power source, but power to the right side of the body was temporarily shut down, the metal dragon’s blade cuts into the bridge and breaks it, causing both sides to fall towards their platforms, both Stardust and the metal dragon fall, they don’t even open their wings to slow the fall down. You could hear metal crash towards the bottom of the rainforest and the sound of an energy blade cutting through metal, which meant Stardust survived, but whatever attacked her didn’t, Cascade flew down to join her*

Leaf: "Woah..." *follows*

*they’re staring at the wreck, you notice the head is cut off execution style despite the neck being detached, the wing joints were were lying against a nearby tree, the power source/battery was exposed, the arm joint she had cut off earlier was behind her*

Stardust: … yeah, I’ll be fine… *she was back on all fours again* I hope no one else saw that.. good thinking with the venom Cascade.

Cascade: how did you learn to fight like that? That’s not how I’ve seen other dragon’s fight.

Stardust: yeah, remember when I said that I’m not supposed to be here? I’m supposed to be on the front fighting whoever or whatever made those. Though this model is new, there is no proper shielding for something that big however, but the joints move like a normal dragon’s would now. *Stardust looks a little too small for a dragon to be fighting in an army, she looked like she was just a dragonet, Cascade looked at least a couple years older than her.*

Cascade: .. I just realized, probably everyone heard that.. you were fighting on one of the bridges in the village so at least the dragons in the healers hut heard it. Everyone else? Depends on how good of a sleeper they are.

*Stardust looks worried*

Cascade: relax, you were defending yourself. I’m sure it’s-

Stardust: it’s not fine, I can’t allow myself to intervene in another planet’s problems incase I’m forced to become a political pawn in someone else’s ascension to power. Not only that, I’m nervous.. I want to make a good impression incase my family really is on this planet.

Cascade: …

Stardust: let’s just get this cleaned up so no one else gets their hands or talons on it.

Leaf: *triest to get a closer look, accidentally snapping a twig*

*Stardust turns around to look at you, then she bolts, she was definitely scared of you*

Cascade: what, STARDUST GET BACK HERE!

Stardust: .. ok. *she walks back.. she definitely looks worried her disguise falters and her tail is completely visible, which completely splits off into two tails towards the end*

Leaf: *casually backs back into the trees*

*Cascade takes one towards the other side of the tree house, Stardust doesn’t take one at all, she just sits in the corner nearest too Cascade*

Leaf: *talking to himself* "Don't worry, Half Moon! They're not bad dragons. Oh, you should have seen it! The funny one fought a big robot thingie!"

*Stardust was still awake, and now slightly creeped out, but she didn’t think much of it considering what she’s seen over the last few years of war. Her first thought was that it was an imaginary friend, the second thought was that Leaf had some disorder or went crazy during the war of the sandwing succession she had been told about, then it occurred to her some nightwings could read minds and even communicate through them. She also forgot that magic exists on the planet and wasn’t considered weird like her abilities*

Leaf: "Relax, they're nice! And if not, do what you did to that crazy Sandwing." *turns back to Cascade and Stardust* "I'm gonna go out to get food. You want anything?"

*Stardust is realizing she needs to get out. Cascade is a nice dragon, but Stardust is a war prisoner who had luck on her side. And she’s nervous around other dragons because she hasn’t really seen them before, which makes her look worse. Cascade may have been used to fights or battles due to the Nightwing incident, but Stardust would compete for kills in battle and compare them with members of the squadron, despite the fact she isn’t supposed to be in battle at all. Whether it’s against pirates or the sentinel armada didn’t matter to her.*

Stardust: … *still listening*

Leaf: "Alright, I'll go get a mango or something. And Stardust, right? You want meat? I think most dragons don't eat fruit."

Stardust: thank you for offering, but I can go hunting myself if I need to. I don’t want to be too much trouble for you.

Leaf: "Ok! Also, if you see two Seawing brothers about my age, tell them I went to get food." *flies out the window*

*Stardust nods, she looks at the door, torn between fleeing and leaving Cascade behind or staying here and risking what Leaf meant by “doing what you did to that sandwing”, she goes to wake Cascade up*

Stardust: Cascade?

Cascade: hmm..?

Stardust: I don’t think I’m ready to see your queen. I’m just a little too nervous. Could I return to the cave and maybe have a couple days to prepare?

Cascade: Stardust, we’re already here, besides, I don’t like the thought of you traveling alone. Especially after what just happened.

Stardust: I’ll be fine.. I promise.

Cascade: we should at least say goodbye to Leaf first then, and before you tell me that I should stay here and wait for you, I’m coming with you.

Leaf: *comes back about seven minutes later with mango and some coconuts* "Back."

Stardust: ..?

Cascade: I’ll check it out. Keep going.

Stardust: not alone you aren’t, I’m sticking with you.

*they circle back around to investigate*

*it seems the seawing was caught by the other two dragons*
????: "Finally. This one was a lot quicker than his brother."
???: "Don't you DARE hurt Ripple!"

*Stardust and Cascade look at each other for a moment and decide to land on a tree branch above, Stardust camouflages herself. Neither of them seem to want to ask what’s going on yet or who the dragons are, however, Cascade chooses to act.*

Cascade: I don’t want to intrude but I heard screaming coming from over here, what’s going on?

????: "Just bringing a dragonet back to his parents."

*Cascade looks skeptical, Stardust is considering attempting to read minds for the first time in a while*

Cascade: um.. ok.. that seems odd because that other dragon with you was asking you not to hurt them.. so I’m not sure if I should believe that.

?????: "Listen, I don't know what you're business is, but Spring sent us to bring him and we don't just NOT complete missions."
????: *sighs* "Calm down, Shi. It's just a dragon and umm...I guess two dragons..."

Cascade: … just one more question, is Spring this seawing’s parent? Spring doesn’t sound like a typical seawing name.

*Stardust’s scales change to a silver, not because of an emotion, but just simply because she didn’t think she needed to be camouflaged anymore, she looks around incase there are other dragons*

????: "Well, no but-"
???: "She's insane! She killed Bottlenose and she's going to kill my brother!"
?????: "Shut your trap, ungrateful lizard."

*Cascade and Stardust glance at each other for a second and look back*

Cascade: why does this.. “Spring” dragon want to kill you?

Stardust: … *looking at the seawing and then glancing over to the other two dragons*

???: "I...I don't know. She's a criminal or something and kinda does it for fun, judging off what I've seen."

*Stardust keeps trying to read minds, trying to figure out who Spring is*

Cascade: … well, it seems we have conflicting answers. *she’s just stalling at this point because she’s unsure of what she should do*

Shi: "Not important. We're leaving now."
Lichen: "Kids, am I right? Bye!"

Stardust: .. I’m not sure if you were awake for this but Leaf told me to tell her if we saw two seawings.

Cascade: … I was going to avoid mentioning that. We don’t exactly know who any of these dragons are. And we also don’t know how hostile those dragons could turn out to be.

Lichen: "Oh...Um... Yeah, bye." *takes off, Shi following with Wave*

Stardust: well I’m not going to let them get away with kidnapping.

Cascade: no chance you stop them now, we blew it.

Stardust: … yes there is.

Cascade: what do you mean?

Stardust: just try to keep up.

*Stardust takes off after you, leaving Cascade confused, who reluctantly follows*

Cascade: you know, I don’t think this is a good idea.

Stardust: correct, we have around a 36% chance of success.

Cascade: then let’s turn around! We’ve got no business in this, best we can do is tell Queen Glory and—

Stardust: not enough time.

Cascade: STARDUST, STOP!

*they both stop*

Cascade: I want to save them as much as you do, but we’ve already lost our chance. Even you said the statistical probability is not on our side.

Stardust: I’ve had worse odds and higher stakes.

Cascade: *Grabbing onto stardust* listen, I’m not trying to say, don’t try to save anyone from a kidnapping event, I’m saying you have to pick your battles, and trying to save a dragon after you’ve had no sleep and were just in a fight, I don’t think this is a good idea.

*Stardust reconsiders for a moment*

Stardust: your right..

*there was probably nothing you could have done, anyway*

(Heya, I know this role play is old, but I’m gonna do a follow up on it that happens later when they come back since you’ve done the role play or just redo the role play for others since I had fun with this one. If you want to try it, I’ll give you a link. It’s gonna be extremely similar though. Although this time they’re meant to actually meet Glory.)

Cascade: besides, I didn’t want them to kidnap you or for me to get kidnapped again.

Stardust: … alright. Let’s go.

*they continue on, flying Northeast, after some time Stardust speaks again*

Stardust: I might need some help putting this together. *she’s still holding the broken wings off the metal dragon*

Cascade: considering you’re the only one of us who seems to have an understanding of this “electricity” thing, I’m not sure how much help you’ll get.

Stardust: relax, it’s mainly just holding stuff. I’m not gonna bother to teach you about wiring anything yet. I’m not sure I’ll get to that either. *she looks up at the sky* maybe one day I’ll return to this world. I hope to teach you more, but it goes against Sky’s rules, a frankly, also my values. You guys should learn to develop the technology yourself, not receive outside help. It will grant you a better understanding of it, and you’ll also know how to build them instead of relying on someone else to supply the tech for you.

*Stardust looks like she wants to leave, mostly because she’s scared of other dragons except for the few she had met already, you notice her leg has been completely healed, despite the fact it was almost cut off by the energy sword the machine was wielding. Not only that, wasn’t the area burned?*

Cascade: *she looks back at Stardust* ... I better find a place for Stardust to stay. She’ll need some rest after that fight.

Leaf: "Oh! Oh! I know! There's this really cool treehouse!"

Cascade: that would be perfect!

Leaf: "Ok! Follow me!" *takes off*

*Cascade and Stardust follow*

Leaf: *takes them to a large treehouse that's mostly empty with a lot of pillows and seven hammocks*

*Stardust looks confused*

Cascade: *counting the hammocks* does anyone else live here? I don’t want to be an inconvenience to them or take their hammocks..

Leaf: "My five friends hang out here sometimes, but Half Moon's always here. That's her hammock." *points to one near the window*

Cascade: this will be fine, thank you for your help.

Stardust: … thank you.

Leaf: *nods*