Prologue
Wind whistled softly as the SkyWing flew across the starry sky. Any minute now. She swooped down, wings brushing the soft grass. The silent and steady splish of the lake was easy to be heard. The dragon spread out her wings, shadow casting over the serene water. No one will ever dare to hurt my dragonet. She narrowed her eyes at the nearest mound of dirt by the great soaring oak tree. You are an idiot if I ever saw one. With a chilling roar of fury, the dragon of the sky rushed down on the lump, tearing it free from the earth. And just as she expected, the lump of dirt was a dragon. "How do you like it now, you fool?" The angry red dragon growled to the startled MudWing. "Peregrine? I didn't see you there." The brown dragon rolled with pain. Peregrine hissed violently at him. "Gravel, you dare to come here. Didn't I tell you not to return after the war?" She spat at him.
"Hey, I was going to come say hello. Heard you're a mother." Gravel wheezed. Peregrine was not satisfied. "You will pay, Gravel. I have not forgotten about what you did to my family. I will never allow it to happen again. This is the only dragonet I will ever have, you hear me?" Peregrine shouted, teeth bared. Gravel groaned, tail twitching. Peregrine loosened her grip on the MudWing, but she wasn't going to let him go yet. He still had to pay for showing up. During the war, they had been the best of friends, soaring in the sky and defeating their enemies with ease. But it had changed when Gravel learned that he had a long lost half brother named Alligator. Alligator was unlike any MudWing that Peregrine knew to exist. He was cruel and cunning. Plus, he was impervious to fire and ice. Alligator tested this out in front of them both one day in a fierce and heated battle against Blaze's SandWing and IceWing army. Gravel was in awe. His brother seemed so invincible and fearless. He wanted to learn more from his newfound family member. He ended up killing Peregrine's mother, Gale, along with Peregrine's little brother Maroon.
Did Gravel think that showed how strong he was? After a lot of spying on her former friend, she found out Alligator was using him as a pawn. It was Alligator who ordered Gravel to kill the only close family she really had. It was sick. Sick. So it had to be done. Peregrine had to kill Alligator with something he couldn't match: Magic. Yes. Peregrine was an animus, but she rarely used her power anyway. It was one of the only times she ever used it. It made Peregrine ill thinking about it. SkyWings were forbidden ever to possess animus magic. Dragonets with it were to be killed at birth. But Peregrine had hid it well when she learned she had it. After the war was over, she told Gravel never to talk to her face again. Then, for the good of it, she faked her death and left the Sky Palace for a new life. Then she fell in love with a dragon she was forbidden to love. She growled as she let Gravel disappear into the night. Next time, there would be blood.
A/N: Hey it's me, CosmicScales here! I hope you enjoy this story! Wing of Fire is so awesome! Keep reading with the power of Wings of Fire!