Chapter 4: The Bronze Winglet

It had been 2 days since Starfruit had found out about the Academy. She was accepted as a NightWing and promised to stay out of trouble. Today was going to be her first day so Kinkajou had come to the Rainforest to pick her up. As they flew to Jade Mountain they discussed what Starfruit would do when meeting her winglet. "Maybe I shouldn't tell them I'm a hybrid" she worried. "What if they reject me because I'm a NightWing?" Starfruit had learned very quickly about the tribes and their abilities and a bit of history.

"Oh my gosh! Sheesh. Calm down Starfruit!" Kinkajou cried. "You'll be fine! Ohmygosh WAIT! You need a name!"

Starfruit looked at her confused. "Uhhhh Kinkajou. I have a name. Starfruit? Hello? Did you get hit on the head?"

"No!" Yelled Kinkajou doing a quick spiral in the air. "You'll need a NIGHTWING name. If you just say your name is Starfruit they'll sorta guess your a RainWing."

"Oh" Starfruit said, now understanding "Your right. Umm" she struggled to think of a name while Kinkajou kept yelling out random names "Ooooo what about Starwatcher? So you could be like Moon a bit. Oh oh or Nightingale. Oh wait I think that's a type of bird. Ooooo what abou-"

"Kinkajou." Starfruit interrupted "I can name myself."

"Oh right, sorry I'm just SO excited to go back to school"

"You were literally there 4 hours ago." Starfruit pointed out.

"Yeah yeah whatever" Kinkajou said, barely listening "So what's your name gonna be?"

Starfruit thought and said "Something that has Star in it obviously so...what about Starrywind?"

"OOOO! That's a good name! Yea and I'll tell Clay, Starflight, Tsunami and Sunny that too. So they won't call you Starfruit in front of students. Just in case" she added. "Look! She yelled suddenly "We're almost there!"

The school was having an assembly to tell everyone about the changes and the new winglet. "Hello everyone!" Said Clay with a warm smile. "Welcome back. We made a few changes so we wanted to let you all know." He gestured for Sunny and Tsunami to come forward.

"Hi everyone!" Sunny said cheerfully "There are 2 new winglets now! We were planning on making 1 but we had enough T time to make TWO instead."

"We also have made a few changes although we won't be telling anyone what they are yet" interrupted Tsunami "Also, the two new winglets are the Bronze winglet and the Lazulite winglet."

"You all have the first hour off to explore and see the new things while we get things sorted" said Starflight. "Enjoy!"

Dragons all rushed out and Kinkajou left Starfruit to explore while she met up with someone called Moonwatcher.

I should meet my new winglet thought Starfruit I wonder who I'll be with. No one I know She immediately thought again. Since I know no one but Kinkajou here.

She walked down the halls trying to think for herself but with everyone else here she wasn't having much luck. "Hello?" Someone thought "Can u hear me?"

Starfruit could hear this voice loud and clear. "Can you hear me?" She thought back

"Three Moons!" The voice thought "You can hear me!"

Yes Starfruit thought, although the mostly to herself "Who are you?"

"My name is Moonwatcher" the voice said.

"Kinkajou's friend?" Starfruit thought "You can read minds too?"

"Yes" the voice sighed "It is both a curse and a blessing"

"Can I..." Starfruit thought, slowly "Can I meet you?"

"You will" the voice replied "Kinkajou will introduce us to each other sooner or later. Also" she added "Can u not think of me just as 'the voice' my name is Moon"

"Sorry" thought Starfruit.

"DING DONG DING" the warning bell went to tell students that class 1 was starting. Starfruit looked at her schedule wondering what she was going to have to do.

"DONG DING DONG" the bell went again.

Starfruit hurried to her first class which was with the 2 new winglets. The Lazulite Winglet and the Bronze Winglet. There were 2 dragons from each tribe except the NightWings when she arrived. 2 IceWings, 2 RainWings, 1 NightWing, 2 SandWings, 2 SkyWings, 2 SeaWings and 2 MudWings. There were 2 groups sitting together and each had one dragon from each tribe. Except the 2nd group which Starfruit was in.

"7 tribes?" Thought Starfruit "I thought there were 10...but the scrolls never mentioned the other 3 either..."

"Okay everyone" said a SeaWing dragonet who looked to be about 7 years older than her. "Time for introductions. I'm Tsunami the Head of the School. If you need something I'll be the one you should ask. You can still ask the others too though." She added.

Tsunami beamed at the SeaWing dragonet and said "You can go first Dolphin"

"Ummm ok..." Starfruit could tell from her thoughts that she was really shy "Umm. My name is Dolphin. Umm...I-I am a SeaWing princess...which means I'm Tsunami's little sister...uhh. I like to...to play games and have fun, I guess."

"Should I tell them I'm an animus?" She thought "Probably not. No one is supposed to know"

Starfruit looked at the dragonet with new interest. "Okay you next" Tsunami nodded at Starfruit.

"Oh! Umm...Hi. I guess. Umm" What do I say? Thought Starfruit.

"Umm m-my name is Star- Starrywind. Umm I grew up alone on a small island in the Bay of a Thousand Scales. Umm I never met my parents. I don't know anyone at all. No one except maybe Kinkajou, Deathbringer uhh Queen Glory and no one else. Umm I taught myself to write, read and speak. Umm I like scrolls?" Gosh, thought Starfruit why am I so nervous? "Oh. Also" she turned to Tsunami "Are there only 7 tribes at this school? What about the other 3?"

"Other 3" Echoed Tsunami "What do you mean?"

"Y'know," said Starfruit nervously "DeathWings, FlameWings and SwiftWings. Why do you only have 7 tribes here?"

All the other dragonets turned to stare at Starfruit

"You know about them too?" Blurted Dolphin "Everyone told me they were fake."

Everyone was now staring at Dolphin and Starfruit.

"Umm alright. This is incredibly awkward." Said Tsunami "Let's do introductions then" she pointed at Dolphin and Starfruit "You 2 can come speak with me. So IceWing what's ur name?"

The IceWing dragonet turned to Tsunami then the rest of the group, eyeing Dolphin and Starfruit "My name is Frosth. My mother is the Queen's cousin so I am in line for the throne. I'm like adventuring and...well that's it really."

"My name is Horizon." Said the SandWing "Obviously, I'm a guy and I'm 6 years old. I don't know Queen Thorn, I've never met her. But I'm loyal to her as all I've heard is that she a good Queen. I also like scrolls and to be honest. I don't like IceWings that much. They are really full of themselves. No offense."

"None taken" replied Frosth.

"MY name is Dragonfly" the RainWing dragonet said. "I'm the sameish age as Horizon and I'm smart. I think. For a RainWing at least. I love mangoes but I hate bugs and creepy crawlies. And my favorite thing to do is SLEEP!"

"..."

Everyone stared at the SkyWing dragonet who was just sitting there.

"Oh no" she thought "what do I say? What if I muck up? What if they don't like me?"

"Umm" she said out loud "M-my name is..." She muttered the last part, but no one heard her

"Excuse me?" Said Frosth "I didn't hear that"

"My name is..." She mumbled again, a bit louder but barely audible "Aerial"

"And?" Pushed Tsunami "What do you like? What's your favorite prey? Anything?" She tried.

"Uhh. Umm. I-I like...flying. Um. A-and my favorite prey would um probably be...mountain goats?" She said quietly.

Tsunami sighed and gave up shrugging. "Ok, what about you?" She said turning to the MudWing.

"My name is Squelch. I LOOOOVE eating! My favorite prey is goats too! Oh wait maybe hippos! Ooo or-"

"Are you related to Clay?" Tsunami interrupted.

"Oh yes" he replied "Kind of. He is my cousin's aunty's son. So, partly.

"Ok" said Tsunami, rolling her eyes "That explains it.

Well that's it so you guys can just talk or whatever. Be nice" she warned. "Dolphin & Star-ryWind. Talk to me later"

As soon as she left the IceWing, MudWing, and RainWing coiled away from Starfruit.

"NightWing" Frosth spat.

Starfruit rolled her eyes "I kno- guess you guys are friends and u all hate NightWings?"

They all glared at her, saying nothing.

"Well'" she continued "If you joined the school you probably should have known I'd be here. 'Cause Y'know, every winglet has a member from each tribe?"

"Ignore them" said Horizon, "They probably don't like NightWings all for their own reasons. Sorry" he said shrugging.

Starfruit nodded starting to ignore them already and turned to Dolphin "What do you know about the other tribes?"

"Not much" replied Dolphin "I saw one of them once and used my ma- my extra time to find out about them" she said quickly.

"Interesting" said Starfruit, intrigued "Hey guys!" She said brightly to the other dragonets, ignoring their disgusted faces

"Wanna play a game? Ok good" she said before any of them could reply. "It's called...Secrets." She said "You tell me why u hate NightWings and I'll tell YOU why I hate you." She grinned.

The IceWing glared "No." Was her reply.

"Fine then" said Starfruit "You tell me something and I'll tell u something equally as...valuable I guess."

Frosth took a deep breath and turned to her looking quiet and now shy "I hate being an IceWing. I'm always expected to do things nearly impossible for me..."

The other dragonets looked at her, staring. She snapped back into reality and said "Now tell me one of your stupid NightWing secrets!"

Hey guys! So I just wanted to say a couple of things...

1st. Is a disclaimer. A do not own Wings of Fire.

2nd. Unfortunately, I can't accept OCs. I have my reasons pls don't question it

and 3rd. I have decided I will upload every Saturday (Australian Time) so I hope you'll look forward to that. That's it so Baiii