Did you ever wonder how far a dragon would go for something they really wanted?
A dragon like Mastermind?
Disclaimer. I don't own the book. Yadyyaddidy yah. Actually I do kinda, cause I bought it. On Amazon. Ok I go.
When the Night Kingdom exploded from the volcano eruption seemingly those who wouldn't evacuate would die.
But that is not so.
A young dragon egg left on the island seemingly already dead, survived that terrible catastrophe.
She was a test subject of Mastermind. He forced Orchid into mating with him.
He wanted to see if the Rainwing gene was dominant. That and he is a sick minded bastard
That was what almost broke her, the day that Starflight comforted her.
It took all her strength to survive that dreadful place. and with no water it was almost impossible for her to lay her egg.
But when the egg finally passed Mastermind was dissapointed by it's sheer ordinaryness.
But the saying goes, it's whats inside that matters.
And Rainwing egg's just happen to be fireproof.
Eclipse's egg bobbed about in the lava seemingly, unharmed by the boiling magma that surrounded it.
Slowly her egg fell onto the rocky shores of the sand kingdom.
There it lay under the three moons which she had been born under.
There the egg lay. A strange dent was in the shell as result of the eruption.
An unsuspecting Sandwing was hunting on the outcrop of the shore when he saw the bright glow of lava on the horizon and stumbled (literally) on the egg.
His name was Smolder, and he had a kind enough heart to take the lost egg in for his own.
A small scavenger with wild dark hair scurried up to the dark purple egg and placed her paws onto the dented shell. It was warm from the lava and the desert sun but otherwise unharmed.
Flower and Smolder smiled.
6 years later.
Eclipse soared above the Scorpion den with a grin plastered onto her snout.
Then, banking suddenly she managed to do a tight turn in the air.
"WOOHOO!" She cried tucking in her wings and barreling into a roll.
She glanced down at the ground and spotted a Sandwing messenger coming to meet her.
Embarrassed she landed abruptly. Stumbling over her tail as she did.
Awkwardly she shuffled towards the Sandwing messenger who had luckily not seen her.
Eclipse's ruff had flattened down in embarrassment and her snout was more pink than her usual Indigoish black colour.
The Sandwing blinked at her and handed her a letter, Eclipse blushed even more under his gaze.
Peering at the letter she awkwardly grasped the corner of the paper in her talons and squinted at the sloping, graceful handwriting.
"It was sent all the way from Jade Mountain. I think you got into the academy. Lucky you."
The Sandwing said enviously.
Eclipse shuffled and watched as his venomous tail retreated out of sight until slicing the top of the envelope messily.
She mumble-read the letter stumbling over some of the words.
" Dear Eclipse the Nightwing,
You have been invited into the Jade Mountain academy!
And when and if you actually turn up, you will be in the Opal winglet.
Best wishes,
Princess Tsunami, Princess Sunny, Clay, Starflight and Queen Glory."
Eclipse blinked and shook her snout.
" I didn't enter for the academy. I wouldn't be able to cope with all the dragons." she wondered aloud. Then it struck her.
She knew she WOULDN'T enroll in the academy. But she knew a dragon who would do anything to get her there.
"SMOLDER!" she roared running over the golden sand dunes and lashing her Rainwing-like
Tail furiously.
She scrabbled at a tight corner of the scorpion den and ran straight into an amused looking Sandwing.
"Hey, careful. We're almost out of Brightsting cactus. Don't want you in the hospital again."
Eclipse snarled at Smolder exposing her venom spitting fangs and fanning out her frill.
"SMOLDER! YOU ENROLLED ME IN THE JADE ACADEMY, DIDN'T YOU?!
ANSWER ME YOU PILE OF WALKING GOLDEN LIZARD DUNG!"
Eclipse's face was practiclly an inch away from Smolder's terrified snout.
A squeak from near a corner of a building distracted her for a moment and her eyes fell upon the shockeed face of a 2 year old dragonet.
She ushered him away to the oasis tenderly before glaring at Smolder again.
He looked as confused as she was angry. And terrified.
"I didn't enroll you Eclipse. But Queen Thorn did send the names of all the residents of the Scorpion Den to her daughter. Including you."
"I hate Thorn right now." Eclipce growled.
"Why? It's every dragons dream to get into Jade Mountain Academy."
Eclipse turned away. Not this dragon.
She beat her wings in a powerful arc and took off.
As she flew two silver scales seemed to glint by her eyes.