Queen Scarlet was bored. Which is never, ever a good thing. She lay draped over her cloud shaped throne, boredly tapping the armrest.

"Vermilion!" Scarlet hollered. A tapping of talons was heard, as the dragonet raced to the throne room. He ran in, tripped over his tail, then scrambled up to throw himself into a deep bow.

"Yes, Mother?" Gasped the dragonet, panting for breath. Scarlet narrowed her eyes at him.

"Fetch Cloudracer. Tell him I sent you, and he'd better be here in two minutes or less. Oh, and Vermillion? All four-year-olds in this kingdom can bow properly. Next time?" She made a slicing motion with her talon. Vermillion bowed and hurried out. Beneath his fuming anger with his mother, Vermillion was curious. What could Scarlet possibly need with her most dangerous general?

The next day

"Queen Fen, we have discovered a SandWing village. It is right on the border. We tried to find out further information, but a large wing of SandWings stopped us, saying we were trespassing on their territory." Said a light brown MudWing, her words echoing through the near empty throne room.

"Those sand snorers, they think they're so smart." Hissed Queen Fen, glowering at the messenger. "They have the nerve to take from our already small territory. If I had any allies, they would be crushed." She breathed a small plume of fire.

"Sienna, you are dismissed. Thank you for your report." One of the only other dragons in the room said. The messenger walked out. Fen hissed.

"What are we going to do?" She asked the other dragons, her sibs. One of them, Fen's brother Wetland, spoke, "We wait."

The same day

Queen Cove was pacing the top level of the Summer Palace. She lashed her tail. The SandWings had further advanced into MudWing territory. How long until hers was next? Queen Cove shook her head. One of her daughters, Princess Coral, flew up and over to her from a lower level.

"Mother? There is a SkyWing on the easternmost island. He claims to have a message from Queen Scarlet."

Hello. I just made an account, and this is a story I started a while ago in writing. This prologue was shorter than I thought it would be, because the writing version takes more space. Sorry.

- Winter Kitty