Chapter 1

I have read many stories in my life so far that involve some form of hero, whether they were meant to be that hero or not, come and save the day. When i read these stories, i have the thoughts like everyone else that i wish i could be like them, that i could have some of the characteristics that make them a hero, to be the one that ends up saving the day. I never expected that wish to come true., because i mean, who would?

However, in it's own way, it did. This is my story, i guess. You might want to get comfortable, cause this is going to be a long one.

Normally these stories start with some kind of abnormality, either with how the day goes, like a rainy day, or with the character, who might be popular or antisocial. I, however, was different. At the time, i was just your everyday ordinary highschool student. I looked normal, with average height and blown hair and brown eyes, and i had a few friends i would talk to. It was also a normal day; went to all my classes, ate lunch, talked with friends, all that jazz. So what exactly made this whole adventure begin? It all started on my walk home at the beginning of spring break…

"Are you sure you won't need a ride back?" I asked my sister over my cell phone. "Yes, i'll be fine, and i'll even call you on my way home. Sheesh, stop being paranoid." That was my younger sister, Sara. She was only a year younger than me, but i still looked after her, especially right now. Our parents were away on their first vacation in years, and they left me in charge of her. I was currently talking with her due to how she was going to be away at a friends house for a couple days due to spring break.

Honestly, even after everything that has happened, i still think my sister would have been more of a hero then me. She was a bit short, had long black hair and brown eyes, but she always got everyone to like her. She easily got along with anyone, and was actually pretty sweet. Sure, we had occasional sibling rivalry, but that was just normal for us. But then again, after some of what i have seen, i'm glad that i faced it and she didn't have to.

"Well alright then. See you in a couple of days, and if i'm not home just use your key. Bye." I hung up my phone and continued my walk. I do have a car that i occasionally drive, but on days like that day i just liked to walk home and enjoy the fresh air. The road was also empty, just giving me silence as i walked away from the school and in the direction of my house. It was nice for a while, just walking and listening to nature as the day goes by.

Now you're probably wondering when something exciting happens. Well that occured as i was around the halfway point and reached the small chunk of woods in between my house and the school. Now, you're probably wondering why there are woods and why i would go in there to get home. It involved the city not wanting to cut down all the trees and i had gone through it many a time as a shortcut home, so i thought nothing bad could happen.

However, as i walked deeper into the woods, i started to get a nervous feeling. I didn't know why, cause like i said, i had walked through these woods many a time, but there was just something...not right as i walked through those woods. Call it instincts if you want, but all i knew at the time was that i needed to get out of there, so i started walking faster, and then i was slightly running, and finally i was at such a full sprint that i didn't notice the sudden hole that was now underneath me.

Obviously, i was not expecting a hole that was big enough for me to fall into to suddenly appear under my feet, but that's just what happened, and as i fell into the darkness, all i could think about was what was happening. I fell for a while, giving me time to think, like why was this hole here, and would anyone ever find me, and if my family would be fine without me, and most of all, if i was about to die.

Next thing i know, i'm waking up on stone ground. My entire body ached, and i didn't want to move. But then i remembered where i was and forced myself to get up. It was pitch black, so i pulled out my phone which now had a giant crack in it and turned on a flashlight. I blinked a couple of times, my eyes adjusting to the light, as i looked around to see i was indeed in a cave. I pointed the light up, but to no avail could i see the top. There is no way i could have survived that fall, i thought. I wasn't going to question it though, and instead focused on finding a way out.

My first thought was climbing, but as i looked around i saw an opening on one side of the walls, and i thought i could even see a faint light from it. Sure, going deeper into a cave isn't usually the brightest idea, but at the time i didn't have all too many options, so i decided to go deeper into the cave. It was a bit of a cramped fit at the top, so i leaned over and started to slowly make my way through the tunnel.

As the tunnel started getting longer, i was starting to wonder if i had made a mistake, and then i realized i could have tried to call someone. I sighed and thought that if the tunnel didn't lead anywhere, i would just go back and try that. For what seemed like twenty minutes, i walked, until the faint light i noticed seemed to be getting brighter. It was a yellowish blue light, like electricity, which gave me a silent hope, and it got so bright that i could turn off my phone. Finally, the tunnel ended and i was in another opening, and this one was huge.

A good way to describe the size of the chasm was to say a large school gymnasium, but in a circle shape and not a rectangle. The stone floor was strangely smooth and the walls had stalactites and stalagmites scattered in ways that seemed like columns, and as i looked closer at them i could see depictions of what looked like...dragons. I looked all around me, and i could make out depictions of at least seven different kinds of dragons, all of different shapes and sizes. Honestly, i was so struck with how the chasm looked, i didn't even notice right away the large podium in the center.

This podium was large, round, and had extremely detailed carvings on it, with depictions of fire, frost, and what looked like rain, though it was in a more splattered pattern. On the center of the podium sat a pedestal, and on top of the pedestal was the source of the light. It was some form of strange rock, and it shined so brightly that it lit the whole room, and yet i could look at it just fine. It was a silver color, and was jagged and shaped almost like a lightning bolt. There was also some kind of slate on the pedestal that had a form of writing on it, though i couldn't read it from where i was standing.

Now, i know what you're thinking, "He's going to touch that strange rock and then regret the actions that lead him up to that point." Technically, that is what happened, but not yet, due to how i had that same thought and originally thought better of it. I did however want to see what the pedestal slab read, so i walked up to the podium and brushed some dust that had collected on it. Thankfully, it was in english, so i was able to read it just fine. However, what it read didn't make sense at the time.

To be another body

To be another shape

One that can help anybody

And see a new landscape

A hero will rise, of clouds and lightning,

To stop forces in a past most frightening,

A prophecy already foretold

With a new future now to be told

Time rewritten, space shifted,

Come forth, a hero truly gifted.

Honestly, i didn't know what to make of what i had just read. As i was still reading it to see if maybe it had any kind of secret meaning, i felt a sudden urge to touch the stone. Now, since i felt this urge, i tried everything i could to get away from the stone, but my feet wouldn't move, and my hand slowly rose up to touch it. I tried everything, meanwhile inside my head i was screaming at my arm to stop moving by itself. Finally, my hand fell against the stone, and for a second, i felt relief as nothing happened.

However, that relief soon turned into a cry of pain as it felt like i was being electrocuted from the inside out. Electricity surged out of the stone so fast and so heavily i could almost see the sparks flying and what looked like my hand start smoking. I tried to let go, but my hand was stuck around the stone, and as i flailed, only wanting the shocking to stop, i fell to the ground, the stone still in my hand. I wriggled furiously on the ground, almost like as if i was having a seizure, as more and more electricity ran through me.

As the world started to go dark, the same thought that occurred earlier happened again. Was this how i died? Once again, i was shrouded in the dark abyss of my mind, maybe to never open them again.

Darkness. All around me was darkness. I looked around, wondering where i was. I couldn't see anything, and i couldn't hear anything either. The abyss grew larger and quieter, almost to the point where i thought i was about to go mad. Suddenly, i saw a spark of electricity shoot out of the ground. Next thing i knew, one spark after another were going off, all in a circle pattern all around me. The sparks started getting faster and more consistent, all the way to the point of a huge circle of electricity all around me.

All i could do was watch as the circle started to get smaller and the electricity moved even faster, to the point where it was just a blur. As the circle reached a point where it was only an arm's length away, the electricity filled the circle underneath my feet, and then just as suddenly disappeared, and i could feel myself falling again through the abyss.

Falling

Falling….

I woke up with a sudden jolt, throwing myself straight up. I rubbed my eyes as the sudden adrenaline rush faded away, before looking up and realizing that i was in the strange cavern still. I could see perfectly fine, and yet the source of light was gone. I then remembered what had happened, and i started searching the room for the strange rock. I couldn't seem to find it, and as i turned around, two things caught my eye. One, there seemed to be a large opening, almost like a doorway, in the center of the wall to my left. Secondly, out of the corner of my eyes, i thought i saw something low to ground slither away.

Deciding i had already dealt with enough for one day, i decided to not investigate and to instead just go through the opening. As i walked through, i noticed how new this tunnel looked, to the point where it looked like it was freshly dug out. I walked for about five minutes when i noticed the walking didn't feel… quite as normal. I shrugged it off, pinning it off on the fall i had taken, and pressed forward. I walked for what seemed to be another ten minutes until i heard what sounded like a river, and as i turned a corner, i was blinded by the brightness that was the sunlight.

I looked around, noticing i was still in a forest, though this wasn't the forest i was in previously. My forest didn't have these trees that were surrounding me, which were many times taller than i was, and it definitely didn't have a river and a mountain in it. I looked behind me to confirm my suspicions, and sure enough, a large mountain was facing back at me. I backed away, many questions racing through my head. I shook my head, trying to focus and rationalize things.

Sure, none of what had happened so far had made any form of sense, but i still wanted to try to think things through. So i thought clearly, and i realized that now that i was on the surface, i could use my phone. My gps would at least give me an idea of where i was, even if it didn't tell me how. However, as i reached down to grab my phone out of my pocket, i noticed that my hand not only didn't feel right, but it wasn't going into a pocket, and was rubbing against something...scaly.

I looked down, almost regretting it as i saw grey scales greet me. I stared at my hand in disbelief, seeing jagged looking silver claws, almost like the stone i had grabbed, waving back at me as i moved each one to see if they were actually mine. Next, i looked over my shoulder, to see two large, folded grey and silver wings greeting me, followed a swishing tail that i could feel from. As i stared in disbelief, i noticed that the scales weren't an ordinary grey either, they were the kind of grey you see when you look at clouds, and as i stared in disbelief, i could see they were actually shifting, the color slowly moving from one scale to another like a slow moving cloud.

I shuffled over to the nearby river, almost tripping on my feet as a finally stumbled over to it. I looked into the river with a dreadful feeling, and sure enough, a terrified dragon's face stared back at me. He had a medium sized snout, blueish white eyes like lightning, jagged horns like the stone from earlier, and small ears on either side of his head. I opened my mouth, and watched as his opened as well. I winked, and saw him wink. I stared for a long time, not sure how to react, before finally looking up into the sky and doing what needed to be done.

I shut my eyes and I screamed.

However, as i screamed i noticed a weird feeling in my chest and heard a strange crackling sound. Sure enough, when i opened my eyes, i found myself shooting pure lightning into the air. I quickly shut my mouth for two reasons; one, to stop shooting pure lightning into the air. Two, to stop alerting anyone nearby that i was around. If my instincts were telling me anything, it's that if i was dragon, there might be other dragons, and i didn't think i was ready for that yet.

I sat for a while, just thinking. Why was this happening? How was it happening? Why me? What do i do? These thoughts passed through my head for the longest time. Finally, i decided it was time to stop sitting around and it was time to actually do something. What that something was, i didn't know. I decided i could at least try to figure this new body out, if i was going to be stuck in it. I sighed and suddenly felt all my weight go to my top half, and i started to fall to the ground.

I quickly pushed out my hands, and as i landed and stood there for a moment, i noticed that this position felt much better for walking. I sighed, remembering that dragons were quadrupeds, and started to walk around. After about five to ten minutes, i was satisfied that i could walk around properly. After that i decided to try to figure out my wings. After about ten minutes, i figured out how i could move them. Next came the tricky part.

However, as i started to slowly flap my wings, almost to a point where they were in time with each other and i could feel myself starting to rise up, i heard what sounded like branches snapping and voices talking to each other. I froze, not knowing what to do other than stand still and hope they passed by. "...I'm telling you, i saw something like lightning over this way." Said one voice. "And i'm telling you it's a bright and sunny day outside! There's no way there could be lightning in the middle of the…" Suddenly, he stopped talking, and as i looked towards where the voices were coming from, sure enough, two dragons were standing there.

These dragons were different forms of red and orange, and had long snouts, large wings, and were wearing some form of armor over their scales. While we stared at each other, the only category i could place them into was soldiers, and that did not give me a comforting feeling. "Alright, guess you might have been right about something. You there, halt in the name of Queen Scarlet." I stayed frozen, not sure what to do as these two dragons approached me. They looked me up and down with a look of confusing eminent in their eyes as they seemed to study my every feature.

"What kind of dragon are you? Where did you come from? Are you some form of spy?" The soldier on the left quickly questioned me. "I...well i don't… i don't know…." I tried to spit out, still reeling in shock. The dragon on the right shook his head. "Alright, one at a time. What kind of dragon are you?" He said, almost glaring at me. "I don't know." Was all i could say. "Hmm, i don't like that answer. Let's see...scales are like a rainwings, shifting color and moving, yet the horns are like an icewings, and also his wings are as large as an skywings… what are you?" He asked again.

I stood there, giving no answer. The left dragon started hissing, glaring at me. "That doesn't matter. Tell me, are you a spy? Where did you come from?" I could see this was a kind of good cop, bad cop thing going on, and i didn't want to mess with bad cop. "I'm not a spy. I don't know where i am. All i know is that i came out of that tunnel, that's all." And that i was once a human. He glared at me harder. "What tunnel." he growled. I pointed and looked back, only to be shocked into silence.

The tunnel was gone. All i could do was stare at the smooth stone wall as the two dragons talked to each other. "Could have smacked his head into the wall whilst flying, thus all of the confusion." "Yeah, but that doesn't explain who he is or why he was here. We should give him to Queen Scarlet." "So she can do what, kill him in her arena and give his body to Burn? He's a confused dragon, and…" "You know how much trouble we would get into if we let him go. I agree with you, at least slightly, but we have to and you know it." I heard a sigh as they both turned towards me again.

"You're coming with us back to the sky kingdom. Queen Scarlet will decide what to do with you there." As he said this, the one on the left started pulling out a rope out of a pocket, supposedly to tie me with. Then i remembered what one of them had said. So she can do what, kill him in her arena and give his body to Burn? I backed away slightly, making the one on the left raise an...eyebrow, i guess. I'm not sure i like the idea of dying in an arena…" I started to say, but the two of them quickly rushed forward, getting on either side of me. The one on the left threw the rope under me, and as i watched, i saw them perform some kind of procedure, and sure enough, next thing i knew, i was trapped with only my wings free.

"You may not like it, but you are coming with us." The dragon on the right said as they each grabbed a side of the rope and started flying. All i could do was watch and wait, knowing struggling while tied up midair might not end well for me, especially since i still had yet to learn how to fly. I watched the ground get farther and farther away from me, all the way up until we were in the clear sky. It was then that i noticed the large, strange shape in the distance.

As we approached, it turned out that the strange shape was actually a collection of shapes, which were actually towers and buildings, most of which were made up of smooth stone. The scale of it was massive, and i soon realized that i was in what they called the sky kingdom. Knowing that, and seeing a few dragons flying about that looked like my guards, i could only make the connection that these were skywings, like the dragon earlier mentioned. As we approached, the soldiers suddenly veered to the left, heading straight towards what looked like a castle.

As they flew through the castle, carrying my tied up body, i saw just how busy this castle was. There seemed to be dragons everywhere, and they all seemed to be flying in such a neat an orderly way that i wasn't sure how they were doing it. I wasn't the only one staring though, because as we passed, i noticed many dragons stopping to stare in wonder at me as we went past. Then again, if i wasn't some form of dragon species they recognized, it made sense.

As we made our way into a central area, i noticed just how much gold there was. There was literally gold everywhere, in the floor in talon prints, and moving through the wall. I started to wonder just how rich this kingdom was. As i was looking around, i noticed a large grate at the bottom of the area we were flying over, and saw that there was a chained skywing underneath it, with copper scales and smoke fuming out of her nose. I wondered who she was and what she had done to end up down there, but i didn't have time to think about it as i was lead up to large stone and gold doors.

As we approached, the doors opened and many guards walked out, in between them three chained dragons, a brown colored dragon with a squarish head and tough looking scales, a dragon as pitch black as the night sky with a few white scales like stars, and a heavily chained sky blue dragon with flaring gills. The guards and the three presumed prisoners all stared at me as we walked past, and i even watched as the brown scaled one ask the black scaled one what kind of dragon i was, only for him to shake his head in utter confusion as he replied he didn't know.

As we passed, the large doors closed, and we were lead forward a bit more before the dragons on either side of me put me down and started bowing. I looked up to see a stone throne shaped like a cloud, and sitting on top of it was an extremely scary looking dragon. She seemed like a normal, skywing, except she had rubies above her eyes in her scales and was wearing many jewels, but there was just something about this dragon that i felt afraid of.

"Hmm, well this looks thrilling. You may rise and tell me just what i am looking at." She said in a somewhat bored but interested voice. The guards rose and the one on the right started to speak. "Thank you, your majesty. We were doing our routine sweep from the Southern outpost when we saw some form of light fill the sky. We went to investigate, and when we reached the area of the source, we found this dragon waiting there. He has been questioned, and yet he has no idea of who he is or what he was doing there."

"Hmm, sounds like a spy to me, though your appearance is rather odd. Oh well, doesn't matter to me as long as he puts up a good fight. Put him into a cell in the arena, and if he dies i'll just give him as a present to Queen Burn. If he lives that long, then he can just go into the cage with the other present. As soon as that is done, you two are dismissed. And you…" She said, pointing a claw at me. "You will fight tomorrow. I suppose after the disappointment of today's fight, two special fights will make up for it. Do not disappoint me." And with that, the guards started carrying me away.

They moved swiftly through the halls once more, this time taking a different route, this time to what I could only assume was the arena. In the center was a large area with surrounding walls, presumably where prisoners like myself were forced to fight. Above that were the stands carved from stone where the audience would watch, including a part that jutted out and was taller than the stands, where the Queen would most likely be watching from. Finally, surrounding the whole arena where circular platforms where chained dragons were connected to.

As i was taken to a platform, i noticed that the chains were some form of wire that wrapped around the prisoners, with the majority mostly centered on their wings so they couldn't fly away. As i was being strapped in, the guards started talking. "You're looking Queen Scarlet was in a bored mood today. If she wasn't, she most likely would have driven some unanswered questions out of you herself. Now, what's your name?" I blinked at him, then asked why he wanted to know my name.

"Ugh, you're going to be fighting tomorrow, and the dragons are always announced. Since we don't know what kind of dragon you are, we can at least give the crowd a name to either cheer for or boo for, depending on how the fight goes. Now im not going to repeat myself. What is your name?" Not wanting to upset him, i just said the first thing that came to mind. "Static." I spoke quickly. "Huh. Well, it will work for now. Good luck in the arena tomorrow, Static." And with that, the guards flew off, and i released a breath i didn't know i had been holding in.

I was somewhat glad i gave a fake name that made since. If i was going to be a dragon that shot lightning, an...electrifying name would have to work. I managed a small laugh. I wasn't feeling to good at that point, mainly due to how i was reevaluating everything i had done to get to this point. Let's see, walked home, took shortcut through woods, felt as if i was being watched and thus ran, fell down a hole, crawled through a cave, saw a cool cavern, read a bunch of mumbo jumbo, got electrified, walked out into a new world, was turned into some strange form of dragon, and was now being kept prisoner to fight in an arena.

Not exactly my best day ever. Heck, even my wings were drooping because of how sad i was starting to get. I decided that the only way to get my mind off the depression was to focus on something else, so i decided to see what dragons were around me. On my right was a bright white and light blue dragon, with horns like icicles. On my left was another one of the aquatic looking dragons, though he was pale green and it looked like blood was coming out of his gills.

"Um, are you alright?" I tried asking the green dragon. His head swiveled towards me and he suddenly tried lunging at me, and i flinched back in surprise as thankfully his now noticeable extra amount of chains kept him in place. It still didn't stop him from trying to reach me, and as i stared in horror at him, i heard a laugh from my other side. "Don't try talking to Gill. His mind is long gone. Then again, i guess a few months without water does that to you." I turned around to see the white dragon talking to me.

"What… what did he do to deserve that?" I asked hesitantly. The dragon shook his head as he spoke. "He tried leading a peace movement among the prisoners, the fool. Scarlet didn't like that to much, and thus punished him severely." He then looked up at me. "So, Static, if i heard you and the guards correctly, what kind of dragon are you? And what did you do t end up here?" I sighed, going through this question yet again. "Im still trying to figure that first question out myself. As for the second one, i was just in the wrong place at the wrong time."

The dragon laughed again, though this one not as loud. "Heh, yeah, you and almost everyone else here, especially those three." He said, pointing out three distinct shapes of dragons, one brown, one sky blue, and one black. "Who are those three? I saw them while i was being lead into the Queen's throne room." The dragon looked at me, puzzled. "You aren't from around here, are you?" He asked as i shook my head. "Well, then i got some explaining to do for you. Basically, you happened upon Pyrrhia here in the middle of a grand war."

"The tribe of the sandwings had their Queen, Queen Oasis, be murdered by scavengers. However, since she had three daughters, none of them could agree on who should be the new Queen. Instead of just settling it amongst themselves, the three sisters managed to drag almost every other tribe into a war to decide who should be the next Queen. Those three dragonets," he said, pointing them out again, "are part of a prophecy that will end this blasted war. However, the war has only gone on for eighteen years, and the prophecy requires twenty. And i doubt that they'll be able to survive in here for that long."

"Why is that?" I asked. "Cause Scarlet has daily fights for her amusement, and every time a dragon wins a few fights, they get to fight her champion." He practically growled the word. "It's a rigged system, because her champion can not be beaten." "Why can't they be beaten? Everyone has to have a weakness." I said. "...You are one curious dragon. Well, she doesn't have a weakness. Scarlet's monstrous champion Peril has firescales, and everything she touches bursts into flames. If you had been here a few hours earlier, you would have seen it in action." I gulped, not exactly wanting to see a dragon burned alive. "So, back to the original question with those three dragonets, i heard that they were being kept underground, and tried to escape, but when they did, they unfortunately ran into Scarlet, and then proceeded to sign their fates by attacking her. I'm not sure if they'll be able to survive any fights though, even with that amount of bravery."

"What will you do if you have to fight them?" I asked. He looked hesitant, before answering. "I guess i'll have to kill them. I don't like it, and i'll go easy on them, but supposedly the prophecy was already ruined, with rumors of the Skywing already being dead, so with either their lives or my life, im going to try to extend mine. The same goes if i have to fight you, except the part where i go easy. Now any other questions?" "Just one. What's your name?" I asked him. He looked confused and hesitant again, before shrugging and answering. "My name is Fjord." And with that, we turned away and lied down, more than likely to go to sleep.

I decided to follow his example, and as my eyes closed and i drifted off to sleep, i felt all my worries come rushing back to me, all in the form of nightmares that were soon to come to me in my restless sleep.

Author's Note (Don't worry, this will be the only one.)

So I'm back in writing for Wings of Fire! Woohoo! Now, a few topics i want to discuss. One, the reason i was gone for so long is because i have school, responsibilities, and i'm just plain old lazy and like to work on other story ideas i have yet to post online. Secondly, when it comes back to my older stories, i more than likely will not be continuing those. I look back at those stories wondering what i was thinking when writing them. Also, as you might have seen, i have been able to increase my chapter length, but this however takes more time and i doubt i would be able to do that with my past stories. I am sorry for anyone that was hoping that those ones would continue, but don't worry, i am working on a few more new story ideas, and even have a storyboard now, so im plotting out how im going to write the stories before i even start them. So any future stories i write are guaranteed an ending. Next, i am trying to get a chapter written a week, with a new chapter published every Wednesday (with today excluded) I thank you for all support given so far, and i hope that you will enjoy this new story i am writing.