the fathomless dark

by SaltiestFurriestAlter

Summary:

a fic in which darkstalker and fathom get reincarnated into the time of the main book series.

Notes:

some background info: Fathom never actually finds Indigo here, but that's not relevant to the story. Clearsight dips and she's not appearing.

Darkstalker is a dragonet born to Secretkeeper and Morrowseer (big brother once again), except Morrowseer actually knows about his son. Moon is still in the rainforest though! he's renamed to Deerstalker, Deer for short. (I wanted a name kinda close to his old name, can be shortened, and not menacing sounding. and his horns look like deer antlers now (why? cause i think it'd be cool)!)

Fathom is pretty much Turtle, but he's still named Fathom because honoring ancestors, i guess. How is reincarnated Fathom related to himself two-thousand years ago? magic! (just kidding. he probably found a dragon to marry in secret and have eggs with and the royal family assumes they're long lost children (royal seawing spirals) and adopt them)

i know many people dont like fathom/darkstalker, so dont read if you dont like it.

i also have not read the wings of fire books in a couple of years, so if i get details wrong feel free to correct me!

Chapter 1: prologue

It’s over. The moment Clearsight slipped the enchanted bracelet on him was the moment he knew he would never see any of his friends again. Did they even consider him their friend anymore? No, probably not. After all, why would they choose to be friends with someone who killed their father is cold blood? The enchantment on the bracelet was getting to him, slowly dragging him into an eternal slumber.

He couldn’t help but wish that he was never born on the brightest night, that his mom never met Arctic, that he was never cursed with the animus magic both tribes so desperately coveted. As his eyelids started to droop, he saw a vision of…Fathom? The SeaWing resembled Fathom greatly, down to the constant expression of worry, albeit with darker scales and a rounder figure. He couldn’t contemplate on this new dragon, as his eyes closed and fell into dark.

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It’s over. Darkstalker, menace to all of Pyrrhia, has been stopped. But why did he feel so empty? Fathom tried to chalk it up to breaking his oath with Pearl, but there was more. Even if Darkstalker did evil things, he was still Fathom’s best friend, and it was hard to face the fact that he wouldn’t see the NightWing again. Clearsight had disappeared, not even bothering to check up on Fathom after betraying her lover.

Fathom trudged out of the cave he was residing in. Tomorrow, he’ll return to the Kingdom of the Sea, where he’ll no doubt be formally exiled. That was fine, he knew he was a danger to them. He only wishes he could find Indigo, but she had told him not to use animus magic to find her, so he would respect her wishes. As he stared out at the open sea, he continued to ponder about his future ahead of him.