As Princess Amphrite of the SeaWings walked down the stone hallways of Jade Mountain Academy, she saw an IceWing. It was Frost, he was in the Sapphire Winglet, with Marine. Amphrite wished that she could stop her heart from speeding up whenever she saw him. It doesn't mean anything at all, right? Amphrite assured herself.
But it did mean something, she liked the way he smiled, the way he could laugh at his own mistakes. That he clearly cared about something other than what "circle" he was in. He cared about the other dragonets in the Sapphire Winglet, and those outside of it, too. He was great. But Amphrite didn't want to let herself love an IceWing.
That night, she laid in her bed, trying not to think about Frost, and if she did, it was about why they could never be together. I'm a princess, I can't lead my kingdom when I'm in love with an IceWing! But Shorebreaker could take the throne instead, another part of herself whispered. Shorebreaker was her sister, they were from the same clutch of eggs. Thus, Shorebreaker could become Queen, too. But I live in the Deep Palace, he could never live there. There was a pause in her thoughts. I could live somewhere else, though.
She frowned as she thought of what Shorebreaker would say. "Amphrite, you're a princess, you can have any SeaWing you want! But an IceWing, that would never work out," there would be a pause as Shorebreaker's face would soften. "I'm sorry," she would whisper.
Besides, the SeaWing princess thought. Why would he love me, when I can't even decide if I love him!
But little did she know, the IceWing was having a similar train of thought. Finally, he made his decision. Tomorrow I will tell Princess Amphrite. And it won't be like all those other times. I actually will, this time, Frost swore.