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// Prologue: Underwater 
// Story: What If Gallus Grew Up With Silverstream 
// by RedRanger3142 
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Silverstream had spend her whole life underwater. Or at least that’s what she told others if they asked. She had been three when the Hippogriffs had had to flee their home. If she tried really hard Silverstream could remember the mountain somewhat. She could remember the sound of the waves and the wind. She could remember bouncing around the place back before she learned how to fly, energeticly greeting her fellow Hippogriffs as she passed. She could remember carrying her newborn brother around after she did learn to fly, showing him all her favourite sights. But Silverstream had to try very hard to remember those things. The one memory of the mountain she could remember with painful ease was the sounds of echoing screams as she fled with her family. It was the one memory of the mountain she wished she could forget.

Silverstream and Skystar were cousins, but everyone claimed they were more like sisters. And if you spent so much as five minutes with the two of them in the same room you’d see why. Both were as cheerful, outgoing and as friendly as the other. Something the two were less known for having in common was a fascination with the surface world. Both were eager to see the world beyond the boundaries of the former Hippogriff kingdom. Both longed to return to their old home, the mountain. More than once Skystar suggested to Silverstream sneaking off to the surface. To retake their original Hippogriff forms, leave Seaquestria behind and explore the world as they saw fit. But Skystar was the Queen’s daughter, too heavily watched to go through with such a plan. Silverstream on the other flipper was merely the Queen’s niece, not as heavily watched. She could sneak up to the surface if she wanted to. And she did. She had been doing it for the last three years.

Every time she broke the surface of the water, it felt like the first time. She could hear the sounds from her early childhood. She could see the shore. Sometimes if she ventured in that direction she could see it, the mountain. Sometimes she transformed into a Hippogriff and spread her wings, flying around for a bit. Yet every time she returned to the water, to Seaquestria. Her head told her to just leave, but her heart told her she couldn’t without Skystar. The two of them would explore the world together, someday. Maybe they could even convince Terramar to come with them.

For three years Silverstream barely saw any creatures whenever she snuck up to the surface. Sometimes she would see birds flying overhead and briefly fly alongside them. Sometimes she would see Storm creatures looking for Sea Ponies and quickly have to hide from them. For three years nothing new happened and even Silverstream began to grow bored with the regularity of it all. Until one faithful trip to the surface when she met a creature that would change her life for the better.

A blue Griffin. Named Gallus.