Ezra placed the last of his things in his bag before shouldering it and leaving his room. Moving through the Ghost to the cargo bay. Fawn, Hera, Kanan and their dragons stood outside the ship.

"Ezra" Hera said as soon as she saw the Jedi Padawan.

"I've talked to Commander Sato and he's agreed to let Chopper assist you."

"Good, I'll need someone to talk to on the mission" Ezra said.

"Ezra."

A hand on the boy's shoulder made him look up to see Kanan gazing down on him.

"Ignoring Whiplash isn't going to help your bond."

"Tsch, if he would stop ignoring me then maybe we could work something out."

"Whiplash may be acting rather malevolent at the moment but he really does want to work something out" Kyber said.

"How would you know?"

"He's our son Ezra" Moonshine purred softly.

"He's my child, I know him well and I know he's hurting. Please, give him a chance to prove that."

Ezra exhaled heavily and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"I can't promise anything, but I'll try."

"You don't truly think you can succeed?" Fawn asked.

"I don't know what to think, Whiplash has just become so...so..."

"Vexatious" Hurricane chuffed.

"Ugh yeah that" Ezra groaned.

"Just bear with him Ezra, he'll come around" Kyber said.

"I used to always believe that" Ezra sighed before walking towards the Phantom Two where Chopper was waiting.

"Hey buddy, you good?" Ezra asked.

Chopper grunted.

"Heh, you and me both Chop. Where's Whiplash?"

The droid pointed towards where Whiplash and Colour Fly were pressing foreheads a little distance away. Colour Fly murmered something to Whiplash who nodded solemnly. They then stepped away from each other and the Shadow Wing hybrid walked towards Ezra. He halted about a meter away from the boy. The two looked at each other for a moment before Ezra went into the ship. Chopper glanced at Whiplash before rocketing up into his place in the shuttle. Whiplash shrunk to a size a bit bigger than a Lothcat before moving into the Phantom Two.

Fawn, Kanan, Hera and the dragons watched the door of the transport close. Hurricane make a soft gurgle and nudged Fawn's arm. She rubbed the dragon's nose, exhaling sadly.

"They'll be okay" she murmured.

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Whiplash flinched when he felt the door lightly hit his tail, looking at Ezra who was sitting in the pilots chair.

"Just so you know, I'm not happy about being on this mission" Whiplash said, jumping up onto a seat.

"Really, that wasn't clear" Ezra quipped back, sitting in the pilots chair.

Whiplash glared at the teen for a moment before lying down on the seat. Listening to the roar of engines of the Phantom two as the shuttle lifted.
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It was an awkward journey. Ezra flicked glances to Whiplash every so often who did the same when Ezra wasn't looking. Ezra finally sighed, letting go of his frustration like Kanan had taught him.

"Chop, take the controls."

When he got an affirmative, he spun round on the chair to face the dragon. Whiplash gazed back blinking slowly like a cat.

"So...you and Colour Fly" Ezra began.

"Yeah?" Whiplash cocked his head to the side slightly.

"You're a...'thing' now?"

"I guess."

Ezra tapped his fingers on his knees, unsure on what to say next.

"What about you and Sabine? You forming anything yet?" Whiplash asked with a small smile, a trace of teasing in the tone.

Ezra stared a little before snorting, rolling his eyes.

"Nah, I've decided to move on" he replied, relaxing his tensed shoulders.

Whiplash held the smile, his wings noticeably sinking. The two gazed at each other a little longer before Whiplash sat up.

"You know, back on Kabera, I almost got promoted to be a comrade of Diamond Squadron."

"No way, you?" Ezra gasped in mock suprise.

Whiplash raised an eyeridge but his smile stayed.

"Wait, almost? What happened?"

"Eh...druk happens" Whiplash answered sheepishly.

"You really need to work on your language usage Whiplash" Ezra shook his head, grinning.

Whiplash huffed a laugh, his eyes holding the spark Ezra remembered once upon a time.

"So tell me the story" Ezra brought his knees to his chest on the pilot seat, resting his chin down on them.

Whiplash seemed surprised by the request but nodded and got comfortable.

"Well, it was just another normal day I suppose, I'd gotten back from another successful mission. Hurricane was at the armoury when I arrived, saying he wanted to speak with me for some important reason. We took a walk around Kabera, he was explaining to me how much I'd progressed over the last few months."

Whiplash's tail twitched as he scoffed.

"He said I was 'highly respected' and all that jazz, one of the fastest dragons to get to where I was."

"And let me guess, you replied with a cocky smart response that you got to where you were quickly because you're part lightning dragon?" Ezra raised a brow, smirking.

Whiplash laughed at that. He laughed. Holy Force, how Ezra had missed that sound. It was so carefree and made him feel like there was nothing wrong with the galaxy.

"Something similar to that" Whiplash admitted, a genuine smile on his face.

"Anyways, Hurricane told me that Fawn was impressed with me, almost all of Kabera was, heck even Raxia approved my new attitude. He said that because of this, Raxia and Fawn were compromising whether or not to promote me to Diamond Squadron. Now that's known as the top unit of Kabera, only the strongest, bravest, smartest and fastest dragons are accepted into that rank. It's a high honour and everyone dreams of being a part of it."

"Wow, that's...quite significant. How many dragons are in it?"

"Ten, but if I'd been in it, it would've been eleven. Tellun is the leader of it."

"Tellun...?"

"You haven't met him before, he's bloody incredible. If Raxia and the Guardians of the Moons were out of the picture, he'd be the most powerful dragon on Kabera."

"Karabast, what specie is he?"

"Half Lightning Blade and half Ritcemphrea."

"What."

"Okay so Raxia may have mixed DNA's with a Lightning Blade."

"When?"

"A while back, my mum's mother gave birth to Tellun before her."

"Wait wait wait" Ezra put his legs down and stared at Whiplash.

"How did they manage to mix DNA's?"

"Fawn took some of Raxia's blood and injected it into moms mom, she said it hurt like hell."

"Does this mean you're half Ritcemphrea?"

"Heh, unlikely, I'm sure all the DNA went through to Tellun."

"Yeah but if Moonshine's mother had Tellun then Moonshine, some of the DNA might've gone through to her. Meaning you, Hurricane and Emerald might be part Ritcemphrea too."

"You think so?"

"I'm certain, I mean, look at your tail. How many pure Shadow Wings have energy charging spikes on their tails? Hurricane doesn't does he? Neither does Emerald. You have to be a completely new hybrid."

"Ezra, my mom is a Lightning Blade dragon, I probably inheritied it from her."

"Yeah but she's not a full Lightning Blade is she? She's a crossbreed like you are. Besides, I doubt an Ice Feather dragon would have energy abilitys. That's the dragon Moonshine's mom had a relationship with right?"

Whiplash nodded, glancing down at his tail, flexing his barbs and letting tiny volts of lightning bounce off the yellow spikes on the end.

"I suppose."

"So...you and Tellun are related?"

"Yeah he's my uncle, he was actually the one to ask for me in Diamond Squadron. When Hurricane told me this, I freaked out. Mostly because I was nervous of becoming part of that unit, and also because I didn't want to disappoint Tellun. He may be my uncle, but I'm not very fimilar with him. He works with his squadron all the time, we barely saw him throughout childhood."

Whiplash glanced up at Ezra with a small smile.

"So what happened? What made them change their minds?" Ezra asked.

Whiplash grinned sheepishly, scratching the back of his head with his wing talon.

"Throughout my next task, I was constantly thinking about Diamond Squadron. That was what costed me my failure. My mission was chaos. The intel was wrong, we made so many mistakes and-" Whiplash barked a laugh.

"I almost lost an eye. Oh gods, you should've seen the others faces when they heard about it."

Ezra laughed while Whiplash chuckled.

"That would've been priceless."

"Oh yeah, it was" Whiplash sighed.

"Hurricane told me that mission had put off Tellun's thoughts on me. Until I proved I was worthy of being a part of the Diamond unit, I'd remain head of Gold Squadron."

"Oooooh, so that's why you were so skeptical of Hurricane being at the armoury when we arrived" Ezra realised.

"Yeah, I thought he was gonna say I was being promoted again" Whiplash sighed.

The two smiled at each other for a moment before Chopper's warbling came through the com.

"We're just having a bonding moment chop, how close are we to Corellia?"

A grunt.

Almost as soon as Chopper answered, the Phantom Two jumped from hyperspace.

"Here we go" Ezra spun round on the chair to take back the controls.

Whiplash gazed at the back of Ezra's head for a moment before a smile pulled at his lips.

"Good to have you back" he murmered.

So yeah I'M BACK! Sorry for the wait. Also, I'm changing some of the past parts. The Guardians of the Moons aren't gonna be Raxia's children anymore.
(Sorry Raxia)
I have change that so this to make more sense in the future of the story.

Also, don't think Ezra and Whiplash are okay. There's a lot to come...

*Evil laughter*

Star-Wars-Dragons out 🐉