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| In-universe information | |
|---|---|
| Tribe | HiveWing |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 6 years (hatched in 5,006 AS) |
| Meta information | |
| First appearance | The Lost Continent |
| Last appearance | The Flames of Hope |
Cricket is a female HiveWing dragonet who was introduced in The Lost Continent, and is the main protagonist of The Hive Queen. She currently resides in LeafSilk Kingdom with her parents, Katydid and Malachite.
Description
Cricket has cool[1] buttercup yellow[2], orange-gold[3], and sun-colored[4] scales that are speckled here and there with black scales that look like tiny inkblots[5]. She has golden-yellow talons[6], and she keeps her four orange-gold-black[7] wings swooped from her back in beautiful smooth folds[5]. She has warm, dark brown eyes that make Blue think of owls and tree hollows[5].
Cricket is smaller than Blue[8], and has an open, curious face[5]. She has small, sharp claws, like a leopard’s[5], and also has strong arms[8], a long neck[4], and is described as healthy by Lady Scarab[9]. She wears octagonal[10] gold-rimmed spectacles[5] and a bag that she has tied sideways across her chest[11]. She smells like books and apples[12] and cinnamon[13].
History
Cricket was raised by Cadelle, who she thought to be her mother and an unnamed male HiveWing, who she thought to be her father, but in reality was her grandfather. In reality Katydid, whom she thought to be her sister, was her actual mother, and her father was a HiveWing named Malachite. Her egg was hidden from Queen Wasp for most of the duration of her being inside it, making her immune to Wasp's mind control due to her being injected with The Breath of Evil only once.
- ↑ The Lost Continent, chapter 6. "His claws felt clumsily entangled with hers; his neck kept bumping against cool scales, and her tail lightly rested over his."
- ↑ The Lost Continent, chapter 6. "Here and there chinks of light shone through the cracks and Blue caught glimpses of the buttercup yellow scales of the dragon in the dark."
- ↑ The Lost Continent, chapter 14. "Her orange-gold scales rose and fell, slower and slower as she drifted off to sleep."
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 The Lost Continent, chapter 7. "He liked the way her laugh made sun-colored scales ripple all down her long neck."
- ↑ Jump up to: 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 The Lost Continent, chapter 6. "Her claws were small and sharp, like a leopard’s, and her four wings swooped down from her back in beautiful smooth folds. She has an open, curious face, gold-rimmed spectacles, and warm, dark brown eyes that made him think of owls and tree hollows. In the glow of the lamplight, her scales were gold and tangerine, but speckled with black scales that looked like tiny inkblots."
- ↑ The Lost Continent, chapter 6. "A small equipment shed was built along the side of one of the school walls; the door was open a crack, and a pair of golden-yellow talons was reaching out of it, beckoning to him."
- ↑ The Flames of Hope, epilogue. "Cerulean-blue and orange-gold-black wings were descending from the sky; the sunlight reflected brightly off of Cricket’s glasses."
- ↑ Jump up to: 8.0 8.1 The Lost Continent, chapter 6. "Blue tripped over a ball under his claws and the other dragon caught him, strong arms holding him up. He felt the brush of wings against his side. This was a SilkWing who had already gone through Metamorphosis, then — but it must have been recently, this dragon was smaller than he was."
- ↑ The Hive Queen, chapter 9. "So they lined up for her inspection, and she studied them through her spectacles. "You look healthy" she’d said to Cricket."
- ↑ The Dangerous Gift, chapter 18. "She tipped her head to study Cricket’s delighted face and the octagonal spectacles that rested on her snout."
- ↑ The Lost Continent, chapter 9. "She carefully selected six vials from the back row, rolled them into a thick black cloth, and tucked them into a bag she tied sideways across her chest."
- ↑ The Lost Continent, chapter 8. "Mother? Mother never smelled like books and apples, the way this dragon did."
- ↑ The Lost Continent, chapter 10. "He smelled cinnamon as she leaned in to paint around his ears."