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Greater love has no one than this: than to lay down one's life for one's friends...
~John 15:13

These two have gone through Hell together.

These two are my favourite (aside from Arctic) in Darkstalker because they were two characters that didn't seem all that important. Fathom, originally famous, becomes an outcast because of a circumstance beyond his control. His own sister turns against him. He loses everyone else he loves, to murder. And he can't even find it within himself to hate the dragon who killed them...because he knows he lost his soul and it wasn't really him... Fathom the outcast, unable to be loved by anyone. His entire kind want him dead...even his own sister... But one dragon comes with him. A dragon who had everything to lose in siding with him...Indigo, the loyal friend who gave up everything to be with him. She gave up literally everything.

As if it wasn't enough the first time when she tried to save his life by launching herself at Albatross...even though she had no powers of her own. She had no chance really, and she almost lost her life for him.

Then again...as a wooden statue of a Seawing carved by Fathom's own claws. How insanely cruel of Darkstalker, to use Fathom's own talons, given as a gift, to betray him and entrap the one he cared about most. There's something very disturbing about Darkstalker's mind.

I love these two because they were background characters. They weren't important. They weren't soulmates. They were just victims of a terrible circumstance, but in direct contrast to Darkstalker and Clearsight, they are the couple that could pull through anything. They were the couple who put love above all else, even their own lives. While Darkstalker was busy manipulating his relationships to hold onto his power, Fathom and Indigo stand out as a stark contrast of those who gave up all they had out of love for others, putting others above themselves time and time again.

Two dragons that weren't important, yet had what was most important-love- made the biggest difference.

That's absolutely beautiful.

1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13
13 If I speak in the tongues[a ] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b ] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails.

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Finished Darkstalker. I whipped this up really quick (2 hours) so please no critiques. I literally rushed through this as fast as I could since I started it at 11 pm. It's 10 minutes till 1 am now.

And I'm crying...

This scene kind of just broke my heart.

~From Wings of Fire series, Legends: Darkstalker.

SPOILERS!!

I was actually a little disappointed that Indigo wasn't aware the whole time. I was hoping she would break into a tearful smile when he brought her back, throwing herself into his arms. I imagined that she was there, aware, the whole time, watching terrible things unfold, knowing the truth, in despair, unable to tell the one dragon she loved most the truth about Darkstalker. I'm disappointed she didn't even know.