Hello everyone! The Sassy Scorbunny is me and The Sassy Scorbunny is now posting the first bit of this story! This is just the first chapter, told from Shadowhunter's perspective. Anyways, with all that out of the way, I hope you enjoy reading this first chapter. Now, without further ado, let's take flight.
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Shadowhunter flew through the sky with the other RainWings and NightWings that were heading to The Jade Mountain Academy. She was excited and nervous all at once, she wasn't sure how to feel about leaving her mother, Hopeflight, alone in their small hut back in the rainforest.
"I wonder why Queen Glory is summoning us to the middle of the rainforest?" One of Shadowhunter's friends, a small NightWing with a bubbly personality named Startail asked, her tail twitching and her light purple eyes wide. Shadowhunter just shrugged her wings in response and turned to one of her other friends.
"We'll just have to wait and see," Swiftflyer said, rolling her emerald green eyes and twitching her tail back and forth. "Well, we're finally here!" Another one of Shadowhunter's friends, a NightWing with indigo and navy blue scales named Mindreader spoke up excitedly. Shadowhunter grinned excitedly, she was wondering what the RainWing Queen wanted to tell them that was so important.
When they all landed on the forest floor, Queen Glory was already there waiting for them. After everyone had quieted down, the Queen began speaking. "You have all been accepted to join the Jade Mountain Academy. I am proud of each and everyone of you." The Queen said, her scales a bright pink. Shadowhunter blinked in surprise, Jade Mountain Academy?
"Now, I wish you all a safe flight and I really hope that you will all enjoy the four months at the academy." And with those final words, the large group of RainWings and NightWings all took of and flew off into the afternoon skyline.
Those words made Shadowhunter's heart feel warm for the next few hours as she travelled to Jade Mountain. The Queen was proud of her… Okay, Queen Glory was proud of all of the students. But still, she was talking to her as well. It was not often any dragon would hear their Queen say such things to them, at least directly.
When the trees of the Rainforest Kingdom began to vanish and the land became steeper and mountainous, Shadowhunter knew that, for the first time in her memory, she had left the rainforest that had been her home for most of her life.
Now, she had entered Jade Mountain range to the west.
Excitement and nervousness filled her mind just as much as the chill in the air, causing her scales to shake. Beside her, she felt the tips of her mother's wings touch her own.
"We're almost there," Hope told her. Shadowhunter knew that. The closer the group flew to the Dragon jaw like mountain formation, Shadowhunter knew that the school would be even closer.
Hope had not bothered asking Shadowhunter how she felt, because she knew that the way she was quiet today was all she needed to know about the conflicting feelings of nervousness and excitement. But her mother, ever the greatest mom in the world, did not press her into speaking. Instead she was just there, in case Shadowhunter needed to speak with her.
That was one of the many things she would miss about her mother while she attended school and she would be travelling across the continent. Her just being there for her when she needed her most.
Distant wing beats drew Shadowhunter back to the present, and she realized that the RainWings and NightWings had reached their destination before she even saw it.
Groups of dragons from different tribes all converged on one area of the mountain, and it was the same place that the RainWings and NightWings were heading.
The Jade Mountain Academy.
Carved out of a section of the mountain range, the school made use of the interior caves. Holes doted this section of the mountain, used as various entrances and windows for the inhabitants. The academy itself had grown in the past six years, according to Moon. With the increase in staff for the academy and the addition of other classes, it only made sense that the school itself would expand further into the mountain.
If rumors around the NightWing village was true, one of Moon's diplomatic missions to Pantala would involve the discussion of expanding the Academy to include students from the western tribes.
Following the rest of her clawmates, Shadowhunter tilted her wings in order to descend towards the ground outside of the Academy's main entrance. Once she touched down to the ground, Shadowhunter's nervousness and excitement rose in her chest again. She was so close to starting school, literally only a few feet away.
New friends, new experiences, new everything.
But so many ways to mess up...
What if she walked forward and tripped? What if she stepped on her future clawmate's tails? What if she accidentally sneezed, breathed out a flame, and burned an artist's sculpture that was meant for one of the Queens? What if that sculpture was secretly a peace offering? What if she started another war?! Would she need to change her name to 'Warhunter?!'
"Shadowhunter," Came Hope's voice, dragging Shadowhunter out of her thoughts of ruining someone else's art. "You will be fine." She said, wrapping her wings around her in a warm hug, making her smile as she hugged her back. Reluctantly pulling away, her mother looked at her with proud eyes. "Remember: Be yourself, smile…"
"Talk with others," She finished, smiling gratefully at her mother. "I will, mom."
Hope chuckled softly, leaning forward and pressing her snout to her forehead.
"I will see you in a month, dear." Hope said. "Moon will come by in a few weeks."
While Shadowhunter still did not like the idea of being away from her mother for so long, the thought she would see one of her oldest friends more regularly made her smile. While Shadowhunter had many friends, both RainWing and NightWing, Moonwatcher had been the first friend in Shadowhunter's memory. She regularly visited Hope and Shadowhunter, always willing to play with her and was the first one to look at her different paintings.
She had even been present at Shadowhunter's hatching, according to Hope, so she knew her for most of her young life even if she could not remember their first meeting.
Looking up at her mother, she nodded happily at her words.
"Thank you mom," Shadowhunter said with a confident smile. "I'll do well, I'll make you proud!"
Hope chuckled, kissing her forehead one last time.
"You don't need to worry about that, Shadowhunter." She whispered. "Because I'm already proud."
Edging away from Shadowhunter, Hope looked at her one last time for a long moment… Turned and with a flap of her wings, took to the skies and flew away from the mountain.
For what felt like an eternity, Shadowhunter watched as her mother travelled towards the Kingdom of Mud… And vanish from sight.
Looking all around her as parents bid their dragonets farewell, taking to the sky. Some dragonets waved goodbye with their wings towards their parents, some went inside the entrance cave.
With a deep breath, Shadowhunter followed suit and entered the academy.
The entrance cave was already filled with dragons, some were adults while most were the dragonet students. Within the dimly lit cave many dragonets were walking towards different tables, picking up scrolls of information about their winglet placements and their daily schedules.
Tapping a talon on the ground, Shadowhunter looked at the different tables set around the cave. Noticing one table that was not as crowded compared to the others, she decided to start there.
The dragon operating the table was a blue-green SeaWing dragon, probably the oldest dragon in the cave. He was handing out scrolls to the students in line, each dragonet looking eagerly at them. Once Shadowhunter was third in line to receive a scroll, she looked at a sign on the table that read "Winglet Placements."
Moment of truth. Shadowhunter thought as the dragonet ahead of her, a dark red SkyWing who carried herself with pride, almost like she was royalty. Maybe she was, but Shadowhunter doubted she would be in the same winglet as a royal.
Stepping forward to receive her scroll, the SeaWing looked up at Shadowhunter with a bored expression, but dutifully handed her a scroll.
"Thank you," Shadowhunter said, nodding her head at the SeaWing. "Are you a teacher?"
"Yes," The SeaWing answered, raising a scaly brow at the NightWing/IceWing hybrid as if he were not expecting such a question. "My name is Webs, the History instructor."
"Oh," Shadowhunter answered, briefly deflating at the mention of history. It was not her least favorite topic... But she was not very strong at it. But Shadowhunter corrected his attitude, maybe Webs was a good teacher? "Well, I can't wait for your class." She added.
Webs nodded, before gesturing Shadowhunter to move as the MudWing behind her was waiting for his scroll.
Stepping off to the side, away from the table, Shadowhunter sat on the ground to unravel her scroll.
Shadowhunter quietly read its contents:
"WELCOME TO
THE JADE MOUNTAIN
ACADEMY!"
With that opening sentence, Shadowhunter could not help but feel welcomed. After reading through the introductory paragraphs that told the reader what they would be learning at the academy, Shadowhunter's eyes fell upon the desired contents of the scroll…
The Winglet placements.
Before reading, Shadowhunter took a deep breath…
Here we go, time to find out who my clawmates will be for the next four years.
JADE WINGLET
IceWing: Frostbite
MudWing: Swamp
NightWing: Mindreader
RainWing: Rainbow
SandWing: Sandstorm
SeaWing: Lagoon
SkyWing: Auburn
Well… Shadowhunter had to admit, she was a little disappointed. Moon had been in the Jade Winglet during her years at the Academy along with Kinkajou and Qibli. It would have been nice to see their reaction if she had been placed in Jade…
Oh well, maybe she was in the Gold Winglet?
GOLD WINGLET
IceWing: Snowstorm
MudWing: Amber
NightWing: Startail
RainWing: Jade
SandWing: Sunburn
SeaWing: Otter
SkyWing: Ash
Hmm… That's a nice group of dragonets. Shadowhunter thought in amusement. She then read into the Silver placements.
SILVER WINGLET
IceWing: Iceberg
MudWing: Falcon
NightWing: Swiftflyer
RainWing: Jaguar
SandWing: Viper
SeaWing: Hurricane
SkyWing:Whirlwind
Copper… Well, Shadowhunter knew one of the NightWings, Shadeheart, had a father who was a blacksmith and could make some very pretty metal work with copper.
COPPER WINGLET
IceWing: Aurora
MudWing: Aligater
NightWing: Shadeheart (How ironic...)
RainWing: Glorious
SandWing: Spike
SeaWing: Dolphin
SkyWing: Ember
Well… At least she knew Shadeheart was in a winglet whose name fit her father's craft… But what about her? Shadowhunter was starting to wonder if she had not even been accepted into the Academy. What if she was in someone else's place?!
Taking a gulp, Shadowhunter continued to read into the Quartz placement…
QUARTZ WINGLET
IceWing: Ermine
MudWing: Burgundy
NightWing: Shadowhunter (Oh Three Moons! Thank you!)
RainWing: Violet
SandWing: Hyena
SeaWing: Tempest
SkyWing: Crimson
Relief washed over Shadowhunter, thank goodness! She was not in someone else's place. While she may not have been in the Jade Winglet, she was still in one. And, if she might add, quartz was a pretty stone. So surely it was not that bad.
"What?! Why is my name at the bottom of the list?!" Came a yell from the SkyWing close by, the dark red one who had been in front of her, her wings opened up wide, their orange membranes almost looked like fire for a moment.
Turning around and storming past Shadowhunter, the dragonet stomped up to Webs, holding up the scroll to the instructor, who was clearly not in the mood with discussing winglet placements based on his bored expression.
"Seriously?" The SkyWing snapped. "Why was I placed in the bottom most Winglet, and at the literal bottom of the scroll!?"
Shadowhunter glanced at the name at the bottom of her scroll and noticed the name 'Crimson' written in the place of the SkyWing member of... The Quartz Winglet.
Wait… Crimson… Crimson… Crimson… Wasn't there a notable SkyWing named Crimson? Somehow related to Queen Ruby?
Oh yeah, Princess Crimson.
I'm in the same winglet as the SkyWing Princess! Shadowhunter thought, both surprised and honored.
But it seemed Webs did not feel honored about the princess complaining in his face.
"I'm just saying, it is a little odd that my name is at the bottom of the list. Shouldn't it be a little higher, maybe in the Gold Winglet?" Crimson said to Webs as Shadowhunter got closer.
"Look, Crimson, I did not decide where to place you. I am just handing the scrolls out," Webs repeated, which he looked tired of doing. "Again, speak with Tsunami about it."
Feeling an obligation about helping her clawmate calm down, Shadowhunter took a deep breath and walked over.
"It can't be all bad," Shadowhunter said, interrupting Crimson's rebuttal to Webs, the latter looked almost relieved as the NightWing/IceWing hybrid approached. "Quartz is a pretty stone."
Crimson's attention turned to Shadowhunter, raising a brow as the princess's almost golden eyes looked into hers. The princess glanced at her scroll, no doubt looking for Shadowhunter's name.
"Shadowhunter, right?" Crimson asked, a hint of familiarity in her voice as she said her name.
Shadowhunter nodded, giving a friendly smile. "We're in the same winglet," She said with a nod to the princess.
"Well then it is a pleasure to meet you," The princess replied. But then she frowned again. Shadowhunter suspected she remembered the topic of discussion again. "And sure, quartz is pretty, but not as precious as gold. And, as a princess, it's embarrassing that I am at the very bottom of the list."
"I don't think any of the founders meant any disrespect by it," Shadowhunter assured her Clawmate.
"Yeah, but…"
"Excuse me, you two!" Web's voice interrupted the two dragonets, who both looked at the instructor as he looked back with barely contained annoyance. "But there are students waiting their turn!"
Glancing to her side, sure enough Shadowhunter saw a line of dragonets glaring at her and Crimson... As they held up a line of at least six dragonets.
Smiling sheepishly, Shadowhunter backed away from the table, Crimson following her lead, allowing the students to come forward to get their placement sheets.
"I still think I should be in a higher winglet," Crimson continued. "I think you should to, especially with your stars."
"Huh?" Shadowhunter asked, glancing at her black wings whose membranes were dotted in ice and dark blue glowing star like spots, as opposed to the white dots other NightWings had, courtesy of her long deceased IceWing father. "Oh… Well, I don't mind being in Quartz Winglet, I mean it is just a name."
"Yes, but we are at the bottom of the list," Crimson said, again going back to her original argument.
This conversation continued as the two made their way to the different tables to receive information about their schedules and a map to help them find their way across the school. Despite the circular discussion, Shadowhunter found it easy to speak to Crimson. She was stubborn, not spoiled.
The conversation about winglets and placements on lists continued as the two followed a map to their winglet's Common Cave, where they would unpack and rest up for the evening gathering in the Prey Center, where the Academy founders and teachers would address the students at dinner.
The Quartz Winglet's common cave was circular in shape. In the center of the cave was a fire pit, with seven cushions circled a safe distance. Along the walls were storage containers and book shelves, all for the winglet's personal use. The cave was also connected to three smaller caves, where the winglet, Shadowhunter correctly assumed, would sleep.
Being the first to arrive, the two decided to unpack in one of the sleeping caves and chose the center one, which was Crimson's suggestion but Shadowhunter was fine with the idea since no one else had chosen it.
"I'm just saying, being placed at the very bottom of the student roster is hardly a respectable place for SkyWing royalty," Crimson said, trying to defend her complaints about her placement in the Quartz Winglet for the fiftieth time as she stepped inside the cave.
"They probably weren't thinking about you being a Princess," Shadowhunter suggested, trying to help her clawmate accept that she was virtually stuck in the Quartz Winglet, also for the fiftieth time. "I mean, I'm sure you're still respected."
Crimson shook her head, as she slid the carrying bag off of her neck and proceeded to throw it on one of the three sleeping areas... Only for a loud shout of protest to originate from said platform, causing both dragonets to jump in surprise as a purple scaled RainWing with pink spots across her body suddenly de-camouflaged and sent Crimson's bag and scrolls flying off of her.
"Hey, watch where you're going!" Said the RainWing, shaking her wings and glaring at Crimson, pink frills around her neck briefly flaring up. "Didn't you see me taking a nap there, SkyWing?"
Crimson and Shadowhunter, recovering from their shock, glance at one another, each wondering if the other had seen said RainWing on the bed. Shadowhunter shook her head at Crimson, she was certain the RainWing was camouflaged, causing the princess to look back at the RainWing,
"Well maybe you shouldn't sleep while invisible," The SkyWing Princess countered, annoyed at the RainWing's words.
Shadowhunter sighed and looked up from her scroll to stare at the RainWing dragonet. "She means sorry," Shadowhunter offered, not wanting her two clawmates to argue literally only a half an hour after arriving to the school.
"She should be!" Snapped the RainWing in an irritated manner. "Who do you think you are, the Princess of the Sky Kingdom?" She sneered at Crimson... Not knowing the irony.
Shadowhunter glanced at Crimson, whose face brightens into a confident smirk as she stairs at the RainWing.
"Umm... Funny story..." Shadowhunter says, but pauses as the RainWing looks back at Crimson, the latter giving a confident smirk as she saw the RainWing connect the dots.
The RainWing frowned deeply, before it clicked and she blinked in surprise. "Oh... Oh... OH!" She exclaimed, staring at Crimson.
And just when it looked like to Shadowhunter the RainWing was going to apologize…
"I'm still not apologizing though," She said dryly, laying back down on the bed. "And you're not getting this bed."
Crimson, briefly taken a back, quickly recomposed herself from the sudden change of events and picks up her bag and scrolls.
"That's fine," Crimson answers, unyielding, as she places her things on a different bed on the opposite side of the corner. "I wasn't interested in that bed anyways. This one suits me." Though Shadowhunter could tell Crimson actually still wanted the bed the RainWing was on, but wanted to appear like the bed was too lowly for her.
The RainWing scoffed.
"Sure you are," She replied, stretching herself before looking at the two more closely.
Suddenly the RainWings demeanor changed and she stared at Shadowhunter with wide eyes. Shadowhunter blinked and looked up from reading her scroll. "Hay! Aren't you that NightWing who filled our classroom with your amazing paintings?" The RainWing exclaimed, with a wide grin on her face. Shadowhunter nodded and smiled shyly at the praise.
"The one and the only," She replied, with a bright smile and a flap of her midnight black wings. "The name's Shadowhunter," She answered, with a bright smile on her face. "I'm sorry for yelling at you earlier, I didn't mean to snap at you like that. The name's Violet, by the way. It's nice to meet you, Shadowhunter. Oh, and it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Princess Crimson," The RainWing said, with a smile and a shake of her light pink wings, and a curt nod to the SkyWing princess, who blushed and lowered her head in embarrassment.
From what Shadowhunter vaguely remembered of Violet, she was usually pritty calm and reserved, but she could also be pretty loud for a RainWing. She would snap at anyone who EVEN DARED to call RainWings lazy. Shadowhunter laughed quietly at the silly and quirky RainWing dragonet.
But despite this, Shadowhunter remembered Violet as a hard and reliable worker. It only made sense she gained the privilege to attend the academy.
"I vaguely remember that, yeah..." Violet said, visibly thinking back to the class. "Weren't you the one who kept asking questions about different kinds of art styles?" She asked, frowning, no doubt remembering how Shadowhunter's questions were sometimes always related to the best ways to paint and draw.
Not my fault that I love painting and drawing… It's just so calming and it makes me feel very relaxed.
"I plan on showing everyone more of my paintings," She added, looking up at the RainWing as she continued speaking. "I just hope they have a cave where I can put them on display," Shadowhunter mumbled the last part to herself, with a slight frown and a quick glance to her bag that contained her drawings, paintings and many of her other art works.
It would be a shame if there was not a place to hang them up on display…
"The Academy has some space in the art gallery." Came a new voice from the entrance of the sleeping cave.
The three dragonets looked to see a SeaWing about their age walk in. With her scales a light blue, aqua green wing membranes and eyes. Shadowhunter couldn't deny she looked pretty. Her calm gaze and demeanor also relieved Shadowhunter, and maybe not all of her clawmates would bicker?
"You must be... Hurricane, right?" Crimson asked, the first to recover from the appearance of the new arrival.
"Tempest," she corrected, though with a sincere smile and a nod of her head in greeting.
Before Shadowhunter could introduce herself, Tempest was already speaking.
"Perhaps we could have introductions in there?" Tempest asked as she pointed her tail out to the common cave. Shadowhunter could just barely see someone sitting on a cushion reading a scroll.
Shadowhunter, along with Crimson and Violet, nodded as the three followed Tempest outside to where the other dragonet was sitting.
The dragonet in question was an IceWing. Though her scales were completely white, her tail spikes were a dark blue, which Shadowhunter thought was odd since she had always heard IceWings were always white. A necklace with sapphires hung around her neck while a ring, also embedded with a sapphire, was on her horn.
As the rest of the winglet approached her, the dragonet looked up from her scroll and at Crimson, Violet and finally Shadowhunter, though she noticed her gaze on her was much longer.
"The name's Ermine," She said after a short while before diving intently back into her scroll.
With a sigh, Tempest sat on a cushion beside Ermine, implying both dragonets knew one another, as Shadowhunter sat across from the three. Shadowhunter noticed Crimson and Violet glance at the other, clearly waiting for the other to take their seat in some kind of silent contest. Eventually it was the SkyWing princess who sat down beside Shadowhunter, while Violet sat beside Tempest.
The five members of the Quartz Winglet sat in silence, only the slithering of tails, clicking of claws on the ground and talking in the distance could be heard. But silence filled the gap between the new winglet.
Shadowhunter, deciding to break the ice (she bit her tongue about saying that out loud) took out a pouch and pulled out four strawberries. But instead of the fruits being red, they were covered in a brown coating.
"Umm... What are those?" Crimson asked, cautiously, not sure what to make of what Shadowhunter was presenting.
"Strawberries," Shadowhunter answered bluntly. "Covered in chocolate."
"Pardon?" Crimson asked with a scaly eyebrow raised, clearly she had never heard of the substance before.
"From cacao plants in the Rainforest," Shadowhunter answered as she handed out each clawmate a strawberry. "Cacao plants are normally really bitter, but our tribes know how to make them sweet."
Once Tempest, Violet and Crimson got a strawberry, Shadowhunter got up and approached Ermine, who was still reading her scroll. "I just figured I would bring something for us to snack on while we got to know each other." She added as she stood in front of Ermine.
Shadowhunter held out a strawberry for Ermine, who still had not noticed her in front of her. In order to pull her out of the scroll, Tempest gently nudged Ermine's wing with her own, causing Ermine to look at Tempest with a raised eyebrow, but then saw Shadowhunter, who smiled friendly at her while still offering the strawberry.
Ermine looked at the strawberry and after a moment of hesitation, decided to take it. "Well, thank you... What was your name again?" She asked, while taking a bite from the strawberry, and she blinked in pleasant surprise, which Shadowhunter assumed meant she liked it.
"Shadowhunter," She answered, smiling, pleased her clawmates enjoyed what she made.
"My name is Violet," The RainWing student said, introducing herself to both Tempest and Ermine.
Crimson finished her strawberry, admitting it was good. "Princess Crimson," The SkyWing introduced herself. Turning her attention to Ermine's scroll, she asked, "What are you reading?"
"Hm? Oh, just a scroll about IceWing history." Ermine responded, her tone changing ever so slightly. "In particular, how the Circles came to be." Continued Ermine, frowning slightly at the mention of the circles. "And how they developed over the years, and the effect it had on the non-aristocratic IceWings." She explained.
Shadowhunter, Crimson and Violet glanced at one another. Shadowhunter found this... Interesting to say the least. She had always learned at school that it was rare for an IceWing to actually think outside of the circles.
"That is kind of weird," Crimson answered bluntly, voicing the threes thoughts out loud. "I mean you clearly look to be in the aristocracy..."
"Ermine is from the circles, though she's much more... Open in her opinions about it." Tempest explained, answering for Ermine. At the quarterly summits the queens attend at Sanctuary... Let's just say she's caused some IceWing spikes to rattle." Tempest added, clearly poking fun at her friend good-naturedly.
Ermine rolled her eyes at Tempest. "Haha, IceWing puns. Hilarious and original! What's next, coming up with the cool and cold jokes?" Asked the IceWing, clearly sarcastic, but Shadowhunter noticed there was no mean spite in her tone to Tempest.
"So you're like, what, against the circles?" Asked Violet, frowning.
"Not necessarily." Ermine added. "A hierarchy or chain of command is certainly needed. I'm not an anarchist or anything... But in practice, the system of the circles are flawed and dated. It doesn't have to go away, but it does need to change." She explained.
"Willing to change traditions, but keep somethings in place." Crimson thought aloud. "I think you'd like my mother."
And, if Shadowhunter were honest, she liked Ermine to. She had heard bad things about the aristocracy from Moon and Qibli over the years. Apparently they had a friend from their winglet, an IceWing Prince, who was once part of the circles… But even after doing so much to prove himself, he was still in exile from the IceWing tribe.
But Ermine was from the aristocracy, yet she did not like how it operated. She wondered what kind of system she would include if she were in control of it?
Ermine nodded in agreement at Crimson's statement.
"I've read scrolls about Queen Ruby and how she reformed the Sky Kingdom... Ruby is one of the good queens that have recently ascended to the throne. Moorhen has always been decent, but real change came in the form of Glory and Thorn. They're much better then Coral and Snowfall." She said, turning to Tempest. "No offense about Coral, of course."
The SeaWing shrugged her wings. "I live in the Kingdom of the Sea, but I cannot say I have much emotional connection there."
"What do you mean?" Shadowhunter asked, confused. How can you live somewhere but not love it?
"I have done a lot of traveling for most of my life," Tempest explained. "While I am loyal to the tribe, I wouldn't say I bleed for the Queen."
Now that was a thought Shadowhunter had a hard time understanding, being ruled by a Queen who you didn't like. Shadowhunter had heard somethings about Queen Coral, but at the same time her mother told her that complaints about Coral by SeaWings were rare…
Though if rumors were true, Coral may not have been Queen for much longer.
A silence fell on the group yet again and this time, it was Tempest that tried to break the silence.
"Has anyone seen the SandWing and MudWing who are supposed to be in our Winglet?" She asked.
Violet was about to answer Tempest, when sounds of screams and shoving came just outside of their cave. The five, startled, looked out their cave entrance. Sure enough, a large MudWing and a female SeaWing came in sight, the former dragging a SandWing around the winglet's age. With them, a large and lean MudWing timidly followed them, her eyes on the ground, trying her hardest not to get noticed.
"THIS IS SCAVENGER DUNG, TSUNAMI! I'VE BEEN FRAMED! I SWEAR! I DIDN'T DO IT!" Screamed the SandWing, struggling against the teachers, who Shadowhunter just now realized were two of the five Dragonets of Destiny.
Despite the SandWing's resistance, Clay's grip remained firm, calm and very unbreakable as he guided the SandWing through the tunnels, no doubt to Tsunami's office.
"Hyena, please." Clay said calmly, trying to convince her to cease her struggles.
"Hyena, please. Can you stop picking fights with other dragons? It's disrupting the other students," Tsunami said, earitation was written on both her face an in her tone.
"I did no such thing! You must've scene wrong, Tsunami." Hyena snapped, her tail lashing and her eyes glaring at the two teachers.
"Come on you two. In my office. Now!" The SeaWing snapped, gliaring at the two students as she guided them down the hallway, Hyena struggling and shouting the whole time.
When they were gone, Shadowhunter looked at her clawmates, Crimson and Violet looked rather amused at the sight that had unfolded. Tempest shook her head, though she was struggling to hide an amused smile as well.
Ermine, on the other hand, had her talons over her eyes, exasperated at what had unfolded.
"Umm... Were those... Our clawmates?" Shadowhunter asked.
Crimson, not holding back her amused grin, said, "I think they were."
"...I like the SandWing!" Said Violet, smirking. "I like her style. Not sure what to make of the MudWing though... Seems like a bit of a wuss." She said with a shrug.
Ermine, meanwhile, removed her talons from her eyes to stare at the leaving dragons… Only to then quickly dive into her scroll again. "Nope, nope, nope. Not going to get involved…"
Shadowhunter and Tempest glanced at each other, both chuckling at their Clawmates reactions.
Something deep down told Shadowhunter that this was going to be an interesting four years.
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In the Second Arc, there was an IceWing named Ermine in the Quartz Winglet. The Ermine in this story is not the same character from the Jade Mountain Arc.
That also goes for the Tempest in this story, this Tempest is not the same character from the Winglet Assassin. The Tempest and Ermine in this story are from my story: The Tale Of Two IceWings.
I REPEAT THESE ARE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS! If you don't believe me, then go check out my story The Tale Of Two IceWings or My Wings Of Fire OC's. Mk, I think I'm done. Bye Kitties! The Sassy Scorbunny Out!
~The Sassy Scorbunny