Disclaimer: I own nothing. The YJ characters belong to DC and the RainWings, MudWings, SandWings, SeaWings, IceWings, SkyWings, and NightWings belong to Tui T. Sutherland, the author of great series, 'Wings Of Fire'.
AN: Zatanna, and the Team, minus Dick, are living in the land of Avrellay. The dragons age by 100s. Try to imagine the YJ characters with dragon wings and tails. Also, if you do want to know what the wings and tails look like, then search Wings Of Fire then one of the seven dragons.
Zatanna & Dick: 1900
Artemis & Wally: 2000
M'gann & Conner: 2100
Kaldur & Rocky: 2200
Pronunciations:
Avrellay: av re lay
Bellactorians: Bell ac tor ians
Prologue
A girl stool on a high cliff over a valley, in the land of Avrellay. She wore a brown deer skinned tank with a v-neck and leather across the 'V', black pants made from cotton, and no shoes letting her talons feel the cool rock beneath her. Zatanna looked down at the gorgeous valley below her eyes. Her tribe's village, wasn't big, but then again, the valley was huge, and she was up super high. She was 1400. You may say that's old, but here she's only begun her life.
She breathed in deeply. The smell of white roses and smoked salmon filler her senses. She loved that smell.
Her gorgeous radiant blue and silver scales glistened in the light from the warm sun. Zatanna was a VenomWing. She had the ability to change the color of her scales, and shoot venom from her spikes on her tail, but only would they shoot on command and the venom would paralized her victim, while her claws where also commanded by her, the poison in her claws would melt through anything. She was as large as an IceWing, and just as strong. Her tail was strong and fast, even with the spikes.
Yes, she's a Dragoness, but in this world they all remain half dragon, half human. Everyone had the option to turn full dragon or full human, but being both is fun! All members in the tribe were different. All always had their wings on their backs, scales shown, and tails trailed behind every Dragoness and Dragon.
Zatanna had pretty webbed like sensors instead of horns that were on the sides if her head, instead of the top like horned dragons.
"Zatanna!" A voice called from the skies.
Zatanna's ocean blue eyes looked up to a golden SandWing with obsidian black eyes. Her tail had a poisonous barb at the end and waved behind her. Her pale horns were behind her red head band, that held her auburn red hair back from her brown eyes.
"Hey, M'gann." Zatanna greeted.
M'gann wears a short sleeved dress that came to her knees, with a rope around her waist and a small sack to carry something in on the rope. She wore no shoes like Zatanna as her talons met the cool rock.
"So, you've been up here all day?" M'gann asked as the two sat down on the ledge letting their talons dangle over the edge.
"Yeah, how was the race?" Zatanna asked.
"Great! Conner won second place for speed!" M'gann says with a huge grin.
"That's good..." Zatanna mumbled
M'gann tilted her head at the VenomWing. "What's the matter?"
"Have you ever wondered what would've happened if the tribes never got together?" Zatanna asked laying back onto her back and looking up at the clouds and the blue sky.
"No, but I'm sure glad we did, everything would've been so different none of us would've met!" M'gann said
Zatanna looked at the horizon, it was her turn for training! "Oh my Isis! I'm late!" Zatanna paniced "gotta go! Diana won't be pleased at all!"
Zatanna spread her wings and jumped off the cliff to the arena in the village.
"Ah, Zatanna, just in time." Diana said
Zatanna landed on her talons, with some of her raven hair in her face. She pulled her hair back into a ponytail with a peice of leather. But left two slits on her temples.
Every dragon had training as warriors. Weapons were a training session as well along with agility and speed.
Zatanna's class was made of nine other students. Three SandWings, a SeaWing, MudWing, a NightWing, an IceWing, and two RainWings.
A stuck up SandWing named Bette had super pretty scales that reflected the suns light. The other two were more yellow and pale looking, however. A mostly green SeaWing who was a friend of Zatanna's, named Artemis, was a master at Archery and claw to claw combat. The Mudwing was amber and bronze with copper. The NightWing was black with purple scales here and there with silver on the wingspan. The IceWing was silver and gray-blue, with abnormal black scales scattered. While the two RainWings were red and violet, and green and blue.
Diana was also VenomWing. She bared deadly poison in her claws that she could control when to use, and five spikes in her tail that possesses venom that would inject on command and temporarily paralized the victim. VenomWings came in different colors and like RainWings, could change colors.
Diana's red, gold, and blue scales glistened in the sun.
'Well, let's get this over with.' Zatanna thought to herself.
After training, Zatanna and Artemis went out for hunting. They had caught a fox, and three deer.
"So, how was training?" Wally asked walking into Zatanna's tent.
Wally was a SkyWing and he had mostly red scales, with golden and copper places. His wings were enormous, and he always knock over something. He wore a red sleeveless shirt, and blue died denim. No shoes.
"Fine. Bette kept cheating in claw to claw cobat." Zatanna mumbled with her wings twitching in pure annoyance.
"Geez, what's her issue?" Wally asked
"I don't know..." Zatanna muttered cutting off the head to a deer
"Doesn't Diana know? She always knows when people are cheating or something." Artemis said
"Of course Diana knows," Zatanna said. "She's just letting Bette win 'cause it's not like she's ever going to be needed in battle or anything."
"True. I've seen her fight. She sucks like a scale rash." Wally concluded.
"Totally." Artemis agreed
The three ate a deer a peice and a third of the fox. "Nice, Zee, tasted great." Artemis says
"Thanks!" Zatanna replied.
"You two up for a round of tree top racing?" Wally asked
Artemis groaned, "but you always win, Wally."
There was a bang. The dragons looked out the windows.
"Wha-" Wally began.
Rocky a LightWing, with purple and pink shining scales bolted down at them as fast as she could. The LightWings could produce a blinding beam from their mouths, and searing heat rays from theirs eyes. "Guys! There's an invasion! Diana wants everyone we can get out, OUT!"
"Who's invading?" Zatanna asked. Zatanna had the title of general in tribe's military, and knew exactly what she was to do.
Rocky gulped. "Bellactorians."
Bellactorians were shape shifting mermaids. They could not, however, turn to Dragons. They have shape shifting abilities obviously and immense strength. They can kill the dragons. They are most defininantly a threat.
Zatanna narrowed her eyes. "Artemis, Wally, take east. Rock, get Kaldur and take west tell M'gann and Conner to make their way south with Shayrea and Kara going north." Zatanna said and spread her wings. "Get everyone out as you can and everyone knows to meet at Scorpion Ridge. Get there."
The dragons nodded at their general.
The teen warriors headed to their destination. They saved as many as fate allowed, and flew like hell to Scorpion Ridge.
Zatanna's responsibility was the royal family. Meaning Selina Kyle, Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake, and Jason Todd. Two wonderful NightWings, a determined SkyWing, and a loyal SeaWing. Zatanna searched the ruins of the crystal palace in full VenomWing form, using her keen nose to smell for them.
She took in a whiff. 'Salty sea water. Tim!' She thought.
Following the scent to the 700 year of dragonet, she found him crouched next to a SkyWing crushed by a crystal colum. Jason was 1350 years old. He saved Tim.
"Jason." Tim whispered curled up next to a pool of SkyWing blood.
"Tim." Zatanna said softly.
The small blue and neon green SeaWing's deep green eyes looked up at Zatanna. "Z-Zatanna?" He asked through sobs.
The large VenomWing wrapped the SeaWing in her wings, and he nuzzled her chest in a loving way as he sobbed.
"Shhh.." She cooed. "It's okay, Tim. I'm here. We don't have much time, come we must find Selina and Bruce."
Tim wasn't full grown yet, but Zatanna was. She let him climb to her back, and settle there safely as she continued the search.
She sniffed again. She smelled bat blood. 'They're close.' She tells herself
When she does find them, Selina was dead. Sharp blades were through her beautiful silver scales. Bruce knelt beside her with injuries that enabled him to get out alive. The beauty was, Selina was mostly silver scales. She was the one for Bruce and when they married, he vowed to die beside her and that's what was happening.
Bruce's violet eyes met Zatanna's ocenan blue. "Take care of him. He needs you." Was the thing he said to here, her then closed his eyes, drifting into permanent sleep holding Selina in his arms.
The palace was still collapsing around them, he needed to live. She had to get him out. He has his whole life! And he needs to live it. They got out alive. But the ruins were surrounded by Bellactorians.
"Hand over the SeaWing Prince." A male commanded. "I am Vandal Savage. Now, hand him over."
Zatanna glared. "No." She said and took off in the speed of light that would have impressed Wally! She felt Tim clutch her neck, and she comforted him by twinning her tail with his.
She made it to Scorpion Ridge with the SeaWing upon her back. Her survivors bowed to the Prince.
"Zee!" Artemis called flying forward.
Tim crouched between Zatanna's front legs, and under her chest. Artemis saw and appologized to Tim.
"What?" Zatanna asked
"Is he the last one?" The green SeaWing asked quietly
Zatanna nodded and sighed. "He is my responsibility. Therefore, I will care for him."
Kara, an IceWing with dark and light blue scales, stepped forward. "Who leads us?"
Zatanna looked down at Tim. "He chooses. It's we're his people." Zatanna said
Tim looked around. He saw the warriors and soldiers. He saw the civilians who need a loyal, kind, generous, war experienced, leader. Tim looked up at the VenomWing. "Zatanna." Tim said softly and quietly
"I'm sorry?" Bette asked the small dragonet with an indignitied tone.
"Zatanna. You bow to her." Tim said
"But I can win against her in claw to claw combat!" Bette says
"No. You cheat. She is the general. She knows how to protect us." Diana said
Bette huffed.
"Where are we going to stay?" Kaldur asked
Everyone looked at Zatanna. They now depended on her. She was their protector. "We stay here. Find a cave in the mountain or a tree in the forest."
Zatanna took Tim up into a mountain, and found a dead wolf. She laid Tim who was asleep on the other side of the cave, and skinned the wolf. She made a small mat for him then placed him on it.
Artemis' wings flapped in the air. "Zee," she whispered
Zatanna walked to the cave's edge. "Yes?" She asked
"Everyone is safe, and found shelter. What now?" She asked
"We train for war. In case they invade, we need to be prepared. We may be across the land, but we need to be ready." Zatanna said
"We have to build and camouflage the training arena and everything. We have to stay hidden." Artemis said
Kara flew up to the two, "when do we start?"
"Tomorrow. Everyone needs rest." Zatanna said with a sigh.
AN: I hope you liked it! Please reveiw!