I was debating whether or not to start posting this fanfiction. I haven't finished arc 2 of the books yet. But I finally decided to post it up and well, I hope you enjoy reading this story. I'll post two more chapters a day, but I'm still typing up part 2. So when I get to the chapter I'm still writing, frequency will be one every time I finish a new one.

This fanfic is rated T for blood, violence, language, minor suggestive themes and dark scenes.

Prologue:
Waking Minutes

5015 A.S

"Good morning, Tera," a young dragon greets when a younger MudWing comes out from her sleeping cave of the Jade Mountain Academy. She smiles at him before instantly heading to the IceWing ready to address him for the early morning. She casually rubs her head with his before lying beside him wondering what it is he is doing, as though they are both now in a relationship.

She never used to be like this, the dragon thinks as he looks to her. The first time she met us here at JMA, she was at loggerheads with Serac, almost constantly. He's the IceWing she is very close to now. After a while it got worse, violent. I was the one to separate them, countless times before they spilled each other's blood. Serac never was the first one to start these fights, he only wanted to be her friend. He never understood why she hated him so much and throughout most of our first year he suffered a major depression of sorts, constantly babbling on about how much he had failed a certain someone he never mentioned by name. I still have no idea who it even is, only a hint that whoever it was he had lost her some time ago.

Serac shows Tera the scroll he has been studying from, interested by what is written there as the NightWing heads over to them both, carrying a scroll of his own.

I am honestly very amazed Tera has grown to like Serac a lot more now, and I can see a nice relationship between them forming quite rapidly. I just hope she doesn't act clingy around him like she did to me, Dart and Jet when we all began knowing each other personally. I understand Dart still has a thing for her, but he is keeping his distance until she knows how to love a male dragon in the proper way. We all like her really as we do each other, like true friends and colleagues as Tsunami stresses we be. Sometimes I feel like she just doesn't know us much at all. "Serac! You're up early!" the dragon cheerfully exclaims as he looks to him with a smile.

"Well that's typical for us three to be awake before all the others," Serac replies. Instantly all three of them look to the sudden loud yawn that comes from Tera's sleeping quarters. "Ah. Right on time."

"That sounded like River," the dragon complies before a RainWing suddenly appears from the shadows, her eyes only slightly open as always.

"Good morning River!" Tera avers in her direction, which River answers with a nod of the head.

Speaking of which, what I said about Tsunami not knowing us much at all well, River is one of those dragons no one understands. How can she look so tired when all she does is sleep all day whenever she loses interest, sometimes even in our classes? I worry about her too much. Let us just hope she hasn't got a battle this year at the academy, especially with the one dragon none of us can beat. He never shows us any clemency, and we have to forfeit every time he tries to melt our faces off. Some dragons here have been sent to the infirmary because of him. Suddenly Jet the SeaWing storms out of his cave due to being disturbed by River's yawn once again.

"How many more times must I be disturbed by your loud yawns River?" Jet questions, glaring at her, but she takes no notice and simply replies with another loud yawn. The dragon laughs when the SeaWing covers his head with his front talons trying to block out the noise. "Hoh! Three moons!" Jet moans from under his arms as River smirks towards him.

Ah yes. Young Jet, the dragon continues in his mind. Jet is one of those dragons who likes to constantly moan whenever things do not go as he appreciates. Being disturbed from his sleep is just one of these many things that he disfavours. Despite this though, he is always a well working colleague and always studies his hardest when it matters to him the most. He still has dragons who bear a grudge with him but naturally they can never catch him long enough to do anything about it, especially when it happens during his swimming breaks. He's had a fair amount of females chasing after him since being here. They just love how fast he swims.

"Mornings are not that bad Jet," a SkyWing known as Dart complies when he appears from the darkness of his chamber. "I love flying around out there when dawn breaks." He heads to the opening in the walls of the tunnel. "Be back in a jiffy!" He makes one final glance towards Tera before disappearing outside.

Well. He'll be back in five minutes after flying over the entire Claws of the Clouds Mountains, reappearing at the exact position he ascended from in the first place. Yeah. Dart is our best flier despite getting carried away whenever something new comes into play. I always get a feeling we'll lose him in a place we do not know, but he inevitably seems to find us again with no issues whatsoever. It's amazing to be honest. Perhaps that is why our Winglet is one of the hardest to beat when it comes to group challenges. All our unique skills and such are very difficult to match, the dragon thought, looking at where he came from expecting someone else to appear.

"Good morning guys!" another from within the confines of the roosts greets, then the dragon instantly blushes a bright red when the SandWing who suddenly walks out smiles at him with her gorgeous eyes. If he was trying to hide, he would be spotted by her instantly. Without thinking, he sighs in a submissive kind of manner. Yucca. She's the SandWing of my dreams. I can't help but blush everytime I see her beautiful golden jet eyes. She'll know instantly where I'm hiding by the bright red I still am blushing now. She always knows just the right things to say, to any dragon she comes across. The way she had helped Tera last year, is the only real reason why I love her so much now. Shame I have a habit of shying away everytime she comes so close to me. I just cannot help it. I hope I stop doing that. The dragon is soon studying her with his sharp eyes like he always did since feeling this way about her, but then she starts walking towards him knowing he had eyes for her just now. Oh no. Here she comes.

"Hey, Silverlight!" Yucca coos as she walks up to him.

"Yucca, I…" Silverlight struggles to reply as he brings down his head in embarrassment. "I…" Yucca casually follows his head with her own making him want to hide under his wings all of a sudden. "I…" Silverlight could not steer away from hiding his face behind his wings as he lays down as low as he can muster with his forearms crossed over. Yucca simply pushes through the opening in his wings with her head just to see him again.

"Silverlight, you're so silly." She makes a giggle at him, smiling a sneaky grin before nuzzling him with her snout. Before he realises, she opens her mouth and licks his cheek in a loving manner. Silverlight cannot help but sigh infatuated by her actions, for this happens to him every time she sees him. Suddenly Dart comes barreling in and lands with a thump, making Silverlight jump back, falling over as the SkyWing looks down at him.

"Eeyaah!"

"Em. Have I come back at the wrong time?" Dart questions as Silverlight looks up to him lying on his back. Instantly, Silverlight reels over as Yucca presses her weight substantially on his abdomen, winding him as he groans in pain. His eyes are instantly met by Yucca's when she pushes him down forcefully to pin him to the floor amidst a grin, making his face suddenly look worried. With her front talons firmly on his chest, she nuzzles him a second time, making him submit to her once more as everyone else laughs. Yeah. That's me, Silverlight. The odd one of the group. No matter how strong our bonds are, I'm always the odd one in their eyes except Yucca's. She has a thing for me and I know it. I've just never been in a major relationship before as it distracts me from my dream of becoming an author. I've been writing in scrolls since I first came to JMA (well, after I learnt how to read and write), and many dragons are amazed at my talent for story writing. However, this story is not your everyday tale of a Pyrusian dragon like me.

There is a loud voice coming from outside the tunnel after a cacophonous thumping of a heavy tail.

"Diamond Winglet!" The gruff male voice echoes along the walls, then pauses expecting a reply. When there is no answer from any of them, the owner of that voice suddenly appears inside the tunnel, a dragon towering over all seven of the young adult dragonets. "Get ready for registration!" He gives a glare of disgust at Silverlight and Yucca. "And no more intimacy between you two!" Slamming his tail down, Yucca rapidly jumps off of Silverlight in shock, uttering a whimper from the pair of them. They both sit down when the others do, awaiting his next order. "You are to meet Tsunami in the homeroom. Now get moving!" He stomps his foot, before heading off to wake the other winglets roosting in their caves, he presumes. This tunnel was one of the newest tunnels recently made by Stonemover those two years ago.

"He always ruins our fun, that Webs," Yucca complains before grooming herself in annoyance.

"It's only for the better of us all, Yucca," Tera complies, twiddling her claws around as though she is playing in mud.

"I agree. So glad I got back in time from my flight at the break of dawn," Dart continues, scratching out an itch on the side of his head with his hind foot.

There is another loud yawn, making all six of them jump.

"Hoh! Make it stop!" Jet moans, covering up his ears as best he can, before staring in a certain direction Silverlight knows is where the underground waterfall lies.

"Sorry guys," River apologises in a satirical manner, with the same sleepy look to her eyes.

"That sounded very sincere, River," Serac sarcastically acclaims, before he starts licking himself clean again.

"Can't I get more sleep? Hygiene is so boring." River never is one for keeping herself hygienic so Silverlight has noticed countless times, but she always does in the end knowing it is a must due to the academy regulations. Before, she used to only bathe whenever she felt like it.

"Well. I guess we better head to the homeroom then, after you all are ready that is," Silverlight concludes, rolling up his scroll, before they all walk out of their tunnel together. He already had cleaned himself as did Serac, being the first ones awake and all. With that out of the way, let me take you back to the first day I arrived at Jade Mountain Academy and my dream that still haunts me to this day.