(I do not own Wings of Fire.)
Silverscales was happier than usual today, she couldn't sit still during her RainWing classes and she bounced about whenever she moved, slithering around like a little lizard with a grin on her face.
"Oh, would you look at the time." the current RainWing teacher, looking at the sundial embedded to a large tree outside, some looked outside as well while others starting packing their scrolls and ink bottles. "Class dismissed." the teacher said, smirking as dragonets stood and ran out of class with smiles and small cheers, though some stayed to thank him.
Silverscales was the first one out, she leapt around, wings half-spread. All the while she glanced around, looking for someone in the crowd of dragonets. Then she saw him, hovering in place near the front of the school. A SeaWing with pink glow-in-the-dark markings, a little large for his age.
"Lobster!" Silverscales called happily, she leapt out of the school and almost immediately barreled into Lobster right after she took flight.
But instead of proceeding into a mess of limbs, Lobster caught Silverscales and spun her around with a laugh before letting her hover in front of him. "Woah there! What's got you so excited?" Lobster chuckled, his blue and pink eyes twinkling with curiosity.
Silverscales cheeks felt a little hot, but she quickly shook it off and beamed brightly, "It's the day!" she exclaimed. She whooped and flew in a circle around Lobster, nearly bumping into a couple of dragonets as she rounded her friend.
"The day?" Lobster echoed, his head trying to follow Silverscales as she cheered and circled around. She came to a halt right in front of him and nodded, her grin still plastered onto her snout. "Yeah!" she cheered, "Come on, we have to tell Starfruit!"
Silverscales didn't wait for Lobster's reply before flying pass him and zooming off into the rainforest, "Oi! Wait!" she heard Lobster call after her, but too late, Silverscales was flying fast ahead of him. Though he soon caught up with her speed and flew slightly faster than her.
Silverscales made eye contact with Lobster, the two held it for awhile before they smiled with mischief, and they were suddenly engaged in a race. Both tried to fly faster than the other, they attempted to block each other's way by flying in front of the other, kicking vines at each other, and flying too close so the other would nearly bump into something harmless but slowing.
Silverscales noticed Lobster's light gray scales shining in the sunlight, revealing the blue hue on them, and his unusual pink markings seemed to glow bright. He wasn't a normal SeaWing. But then again, Silverscales wasn't a normal NightWing either.
Soon, they approached a thick tree near the outskirts of the RainWing village. The tree was surrounded by a balcony of wood planks held together by vines and was supported with stilts and more vines reaching from the edge of the planks and to the branches of the tree. A couple of hammocks were hanging limp from the branches, and a large but round treehouse made of tree branches woven together sat at the top of the tree, the leaves covering a platform roof.
Silverscales and Lobster landed on the balcony at the same time, a loud thud vibrating through the air. "Me first!" Silverscales declared, beaming at Lobster with her tail wagging. The SeaWing grinned smugly, "Hah. As if." he said.
Before another word could escape Silverscales for a come back, a tiny RainWing, smaller than Silverscales herself, appeared at the door. "Guys?" she called, looking about with her milky cream coloured eyes. "I thought I said to stop racing back, you know the shaking from when you two land scares me."
Silverscales' smile grew into a small one, she approached the tiny RainWing and patted her head, "Sorry about that, Starfruit." she apologized. "Sorry." Lobster said, picking at the leaves on the vines on the floor.
"This will be the last time." Silverscales promised with a smirk, she stopped patting her small friend as the latter nudged her claw away, "And the next time I feel a the whole house shake, I won't bother coming out. So if someone comes in and steals our fruit I won't be responsible." Starfruit said with a grin.
"Yes, yes. We know." Silverscales chuckled, "But if someone steals the small starfruit then you better be ready to be rescused by the most awesome NightWing in the village."
A short laugh came from Lobster, Silverscales turned to give him a look while Starfruit giggled.
Silverscales turned and walked into the treehouse with a small smirk, she was followed quickly by Lobster and Starfruit.
"Oh!" Starfruit blurted, "I almost forgot." she said as she bounced pass Silverscales and over to a small hammock at the corner, she opened up the wooden chest underneath it and dug around inside.
Silverscales stopped a couple of steps away from Starfruit and leaned forward to see what her small friend was looking for while Lobster went over to another, larger, wooden chest at the corner on the door's left, his had pearls embedded into the edges.
"Something came for us today!" Starfruit pulled out a scroll and presented it to Silverscales, the grey coloured NightWing saw the golden seal with a very familiar symbol on it, she gasped and snatched the scroll from Starfuit's talons.
"It's from Jade Mountain Academy!" Silverscales exclaimed, she almost dropped the scroll trying to break the seal to open it. "Really?!" Lobster and Starfruit both shouted, the former quickly came to Silverscales's side while the latter only sat where she was and nervously waited for her friend to read the letter for her. Her tail wagged excitedly and her usual yellows and holds were now mixed with small green spirals and pink bursts.
"Open it! Open it!" Lobster urged, as excited as his two friends. "I'm trying!" Silverscales shouted, in her shaky talons, she finally broke the seal and unfurled the scroll, her eyes quickly scanning the paper as she read.
"Dear Silverscales, Lobster, and Starfruit. Congratulations! You three have been selected to study at the one and only Jade Mountain Academy! Effective next week. It is advised for you to bring some of your belongings, you don't know how long you will be staying in the academy. The school is proud to have you coming over, we look forward to seeing you there! From, Queen Glory."
Silverscales gasped once she finished the letter, looking up to glance at her friends. Lobster had a very surprised look on his face, whereas Starfruit...
Starfruit's tail was wagging harder than it was before, she started cheering and hopping around as colours of happiness appeared all over her, "We got in! We got in! We got in!" she cheered. Seeing her like this made Silverscales beam, she had always liked seeing the small RainWing laugh and jump.
"So this was what you were talking about." Lobster said, leaning on Silverscales. 'Ah! Three moons!' she thought, she grunted and attempted to push the SeaWing off her, "Argh! Get off! You're heavy." she complained.
Lobster snickered as he sat upright, Silverscales frowned in mock annoyance, "I'm surprised you even got in with your weight." she teased. "I'm surprised you even got in with your strength." Lobster shot back, poking her snout.
"Oh, shut up." Silverscales said, pushing Lobster off balance and causing him to fall, "Oi!" he exclaimed.
Silverscales stared at the scroll in her talons, reading the neat writing on it made her heart jump at every word. She got in. Jade Mountain Academy, the school of her dreams. She's been waiting for three years, and she was accepted.
And she hoped that she will make this letter worth it.