Sundrake

Sundrake is the het ship between Sundew and Mandrake from the Wings of Fire fandom.

Canon
Chapter three; Sundew and her friends are heading to the PoisonWing village, when they hear a group of LeafWings ahead and try hide in the bushes. They see that Mandrake is being forced by his father, Wolfsbane, and sister, Nettle to kill a panther with his Leafspeak. It’s not going well, as Mandrake cannot use his Leafspeak with out closing his eyes and focusing, and he is having a hard time choosing a plant to kill the panther with. Sundew is angry that her parents are hosting a tribe feast without her; she was usually in charge of hunting for feast and thinks that Belladonna is replacing her with Mandrake to spite her. Sundew uses her Leafspeak to tangle and trap the panther. Mandrake and Wolfsbane are shocked, believing that Mandrake was the one who trapped the creature, but Nettle doesn’t buy it and calls out for Sundew to reveal herself. After Bumblebee gives them away, Sundew and her friends come out of their hiding places. The LeafWings are shocked and angry at the sight of the SilkWings and HiveWings, especially HiveWings, and Nettle yells and insults and Sundew. After Sundew tries to convince them to let her continue to the village, Nettle and Wolfsbane go to the village to tell Belladonna about the group, Mandrake staying. Sundew throws a poisonous berry only deadly to mammals at the panther and it eats it and soon dies. This impresses Mandrake and they start to talk. After Cricket introduces Blue, Swordtail and Bumblebee to him, she asks Mandrake to do the same. He tells her his name, and that he is Sundew’s fiancé.

Chapter four begins with the group in shock and asking Sundew what he meant. Sundew says that they’ve talked about calling each other that before, and that she thought they both agreed not to. Mandrake says that “future husband” sounds weird, and Sundew breaks a stick into tiny splinters and tells him that fiancé sounds super weird too. Cricket asks how Sundew can have a fiancé at age 6(an adult dragon is 7), and Sundew explains that she and Mandrake have been engaged since they hatched. They both have the power to control and grow plants, although they cannot create plants when there is nothing there already, ex. Seeds. They both have the most powerful Leafspeak currently in the tribe, although Sundew’s is much more powerful, the strongest the tribe has seen in centuries; this is why they are being paired together, the same reason why Sundew’s parents had her. Each new generation of Leafspeak will be stronger then both parents meaning that Sundew and Mandrake’s children will be the most powerful Leafspeak LeafWings the current tribe has ever known.

Fanon
Sundrake is not a popular ship. It’s hard to find fanart, fanfic of other content of the ship. Sunlow is much more popular as the two characters actually love each other and are currently in a relationship that they choose to be in. There is also a bit of controversy surrounding the ship; some believe that shipping Sundrake is erasing the canon LGBTQ ship. This is also the case for Pikenemone, Pikmarin, Swordew, Bluedew, etc.

Fandom
FAN FICTION