"You have a, Pebble collection?" I ask as I trot to keep up with an excited Moon.

" I collect all the pretty pebbles I find around the forest,"

I'm reminded of my own collection I had, had While living with Galla. She thought it was silly, but when ever I found a new flower I would take it and put it under a heavy rock she would help me lift. After leaving it there for a few sunrises, The flower would be flat and stuck onto the rock. Then we would move the rock to the clearing where I kept all flowers where we could see them. I sigh at the thought. I would never get to see my collection of flowers again. And my new flower I found that day would never get to be preserved on the rock to be gazed at.

Moon suddenly stops causing me to almost walk into her.

" Here it is," She says walking to the base of a tree where a small hole was near the roots. She reaches her claws in and pulls out about twenty different stones.

I look at each one. Not one was the same, each of them being a different color or odd shape. " where do you find them?" I as touching a very flat and smooth pebble.

" Just wherever." She starts to tell me where she had found each stone before she told me about her favorite.

After finally getting away from her I walk over to the nest and hop up into it. I'm surprised when I land on something hard and trip. I jump up to my feet and am instantly tackled back down by an enraged fire colored dragon.

Out of Instinct I use my powerful legs and shove them off before I leap up on top of them using my claws to push up against their neck until I notice it's Hookedclaw. I instantly release him and take a step back.

" What was that for!" He growls Angrily.

" I didn't try to."

" Sure you didn't. Get out of here freak," He says before going to lay back down in his warm spot.

I stop myself from attacking him after the remark. I jump past him kicking him on purpose as I go over him. When I land back into the forest floor I get ready to run into the undergrowth but Lightflame enters the tiny clearing with a large piece of prey.

Moon and Hookedclaw run over and start to tear into it. I ignore them, still full from my rabbit. I walk into the ferns and continue walking. I finials stop when I spot the lighter orange and yellow colors of Firebird's scales. He's staring into a small pool like Moon said he does.

I walk forward before stoping to sit next to him. He sits there for a few seconds before looking at me and jumping away in fright before letting out a breath and returning to his original spot next to me.

" Your a good at stalking" he says simply staring into the water

And your blind I guess. " Thanks" I answer instead. We sit there in silence for a while before I speak again. " Can you fly?"

" yeah,"

" Can you please teach me?" I ask looking over at him.

He stops staring at the water to look at me. " Why would you want me to do that?"

I stare at him. Why on earth would you not want to learn to fly? " Because I want to fly,"

"Hm"

" Well can you?"

" Well,..yeah I guess" he says glumly.

" Great!... Caaan we start now?" I over exaggerate a joyful mood. His depressed one was getting annoying,

" Oh, now?"

I just stare at him ready to tear my eyelids off. " I'll just go ask someone else," I say before turning around to head back to the nest.

" No, No I can teach you. " he says quickly. " I've just never been asked by anyone to do anything important before"

" oh, ok" I say. And your point is? You are now,

" Well, come on," the larger hatchling says before leading me away.

After a very, ... very, long, time of tripping, falling, hurting, and listening to discouraging words, ...I finally got off the ground!

Firebird was more surprised them I was when I didn't fall to the ground and eight hundredth time. He actually sounded proud of himself for teaching me. I mean, all I can do is fly in a circle, but with time my wings will get stronger and I'll be able to fly better than any dragon.

I can truly maybe survive with this family. Sure some of them are weird, and others don't like me. But Lightflame will make a good father I'm sure. And maybe I can get Firebird not to be so... Depressed after being made fun of. But that's ok, at least I'll belong some where for the time being... As long as Hookedclaw doesn't kill me first.