Wasp

She first awoke half-buried in the malleable drifts of the Blacksand Annex. Hundreds of thoughts were buzzing in her head, but she could understand none of them. She knew nothing, but observed everything. Her four dark eyes, like smoky embers, settled on the landscape around her. The ground was soft, warm, comforting. The sky, red and smoky. Three big black whatsits in the distance, some sort of orange goo coming out of them. Something shiny in front of her.

Something shiny in front of her?

She stood up on her shaky legs, black sand billowing down from her back, and she walked over to the shiny thing. Gingerly, she lifted a paw and prodded at it, and suddenly, it uncurled. It lifted a finned, black and white head and opened four bright orange eyes, settling on her. For a moment, she didn't know what she was looking at. Then, suddenly, a word came to her. Bro-ther. Brother! And he stood up on his own four legs, smiling. "Sister," he chirped. "Brother," she chimed back.

The pair went wandering off, observing as their little paws left footprints in the sand, and watching as rivers of orange, hot stuff flowed along. They liked to watch, and to observe. Soon, they found themselves sitting on one of those three black whatsits, watching a big white cloud float up into the sky. She heard something behind her, loud and clanky, but she didn't think much of it. Not until a big, bulky, shiny creature picked her up by the scruff of her neck and placed her on its back. She was scared at first, and it picked up her brother too. But she looked at its tiny, silly eyes and big smile, and could only figure that it was friendly.

Soon, they found themselves in a whole new place, with shiny pink walls and a big white forest and a funny dark wooden thing floating around in the air. And lots of creatures walking around, some big and bulky like the one who brought them there, others more little and skinny. Scaly, and feathery, and furry, all shapes and sizes. Her and Brother had names now- "Wasp" and "Hornet". And slowly, she learned. All these creatures were called "dragons", and the big one with the shiny body and glassy jaw was named "Indium". She was quite intimidated by all of them, except for Indium and her brother, so she kept to herself. Not a lot of the dragons of the clan she came to know as Amitola know a lot about her, but one thing's for sure- her four dark eyes, like smoky embers, are always watching, and always observing.