Hello everyone! Tempest The SeaWing is me and Tempest The SeaWing is now posting the first bit of this story! This is just the first chapter, told from Tempest and Ermine's perspectives. Anyways, with all of that out of the way, I hope you enjoy reading this story. Now, without further ado, let's take flight.

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I was so excited. My parents had finally let me go exploring. I had found Ermine along the way, we're childhood friends after all. Ermine might be a bit nervous and shy... But she always has her nose in a scroll. And she'd NEVER lwet me go alone... She's a bit overprotective of me.

"Umm... Tempest? Where are we going?" The IceWing asked, with a nervoous twich of her tail as she stared up at me with wide icy blue eyes. I turned to look at my friend with a bright smile. "We're going to the Rainforest," I said, Ermine gave me a questioning look, and I answered it.

"I've heard that it's really nice there. And I've heard that Queen Glory is really nice." I said, smiling warmly at Ermine, who gave a soft smile in response. "H-how long w-will it take to get there?" Ermine asked, as she stared sleight ahead. I thought for a moment before I answered.

"We're almost there... In fact... We've arrived. So C'mon, let's go land and start exploring!" I said, I then quickly flew down and I landed on the forest floor.

I could only stare in shock at how gorgeous the Rainforest was. I turned to Ermine who looked nervous. I put a comforting wing around my friends shoulder.

"Hay, Ermine, relax. It's safe here. C'mon let's go explore." I cheered, running off in a random direction with Ermine following close behind.

At least she didn't bring any scrolls with her. Because if she did... She'd be to focused on her reading. I sighed and smiled fondly at my shy and book-loving friend. Well... At least I hope she didn't bring a lot of scrolls...

ERMINE

I was extremely nervous. What if something attacked us? What if there's dangerous plants? I sighed quietly and I followed Tempest. "I wonder w-what Q-Queen Glory is like? is she nice?" I asked, and Tempest just shrugged her wings in response. I was curious, what would the RainWing Queen was like, but I was also nervous, I know there was no recon to be so nervious, but that's just how I am, I'm really nervous and shy, and Tempest is brave and sassy.

"Queen Glory's really nice and she makes sure that everyone feels safe and welcome." A voice from behind us said. I let out a surprised yelp and backed away. "Who are you?" I asked, looking up nervously at the NightWing. The NightWing smiled warmly at me and replied, "Your a nervous one, aren't you? Well, my name's Secretkeeper. What are your names?" She asked, and I spoke up nervously. "My name's Ermine, and this is my best friend, Tempest." I replied, giving Secretkeeper a shy smile.

TEMPEST

I smiled kindly up at Secretkeeper as I asked the question that was on my mind. "It's very nice to meet you, Secretkeeper. Umm, if I may ask. Do you know where we could find Queen Glory?" I asked, tilting my head to the side. "Yes, in fact I do. I can take you there. C'mon, this way. Follow me." Secretkeeper exclaimed, as she flew through the trees.

'I can't wait! We're going to meet Queen Glory of the RainWings and NightWings.' I thought excitedly, as we came upon a small, but nice looking treehouse. I assumed this is where Queen Glory resided, and I was correct.

When we entered, we saw the Queen speaking with a younger looking NightWing. "He seams different then other NightWings... Is he a hybrid or something?" I whispered, looking up at Secretkeeper curiously. "Yes. Peacemaker is a NightWing/RainWing hybrid. His mother is a NightWing named Hope... And his father was a RainWing, but he died before Peacemaker hatched." Secretkeeper replied, looking over at the hybrid dragonet with saddened emerald green eyes. "Poor Peacemaker... That must be hard, growing up with only one parent." I said quietly, both Secretkeeper and Ermine nodded in agreement.

"Peacemaker, you have been chosen to be one out of the four NightWings that will be going to The Jade Mountain Academy. It begins in about three months from now." The NightWing dragonet nodded, and bowed to Queen Glory. He then turned to see me, Secretkeeper, and Ermine, who was standing in the entrance, and his eyes widened in shock and surprise.

"Hay, you two are newcomers, aren't you? Oh... And hi, Secretkeeper. Are you looking for Moon?" Peacemaker asked, tilting his head to the side in curiosity.

I nodded and spoke up, giving Peacemaker a small smile. "We won't be staying long. We're just here to visit for a while. I'm Tempest, and the shy IceWing is my friend Ermine." I said, introducing both my friend and myself. Then after a few moments of silence... Secretkeeper spoke up, "No, I'm not looking for my daughter. I was just simply showing these two young dragonets around the place. They wanted to meet Queen Glory so I showed them the way." The NightWing replied, smiling down at Peacemaker.

"Thank you very much for helping Tempest and Ermine find there way around the forest. And it's a pleasure to meet you, Tempest and Ermine. I'm Queen Glory... I hope the fly here wasn't to long. And just out of curiosity... How did you two young dragonets meet each other? Your Kingdoms are on opposite sides of Pyrrhia," Queen Glory asked, with curiosity shining in her eyes as she stared at both me and Ermine.

"I've known Ermine for five years, Queen Glory, but once you know her outside of her study habits, you see a different dragon," Tempest answered. "Yes, she can get annoying when she puts one hundred percent of her attention into her studies, but right now: she does so because it's what she does best."

"But why does she seam to keep her distance from both Peacemaker and Secretkeeper? Oh, and just out of curiosity... Does Ermine always have her nose in a scroll? And pardon me for asking this but... Doesn't her keeping her distance from others come off as a bit rude to others?" The RainWing Queen inquired, glancing over at the IceWing dragonet, who was looking anywhere but at the two NightWings.

"Because she's a hard worker," I replied, turning back to look at Ermine, then I turned back to Queen Glory. "You're right, Ermine isn't really open with her feelings, but to say she is rude intentionally is far from the truth."

"Do you… Hate NightWings?" Peacemaker asked slowly, afraid he would offend Ermine.

This made Ermine pause, her expression seemed bewildered at the question.

"I don't hate NightWings," Ermine added, causing Peacemaker to look over at the IceWing dragonet as she walked over to Tempest. "I have a history with your tribe, and I do not particularly like specific members. But I do not hate NightWings for what the few have done to my family."

After we left the Queen's Treehouse, we flew through the trees. After a moment of silence we landed onto the forest floor and a smaller female NightWing with indigo and ebony-colored scales came bounding over to us.

"Hi, Moonwatcher. How are you doing?" Secretkeeper asked the smaller NightWing. I tilted my head in curiosity. "is Moonwatcher your daughter?" Ermine quiatly asked, from beside me. The older NightWing shook her head and replied, "No, this little one Is the daughter of my best friend, a NightWing named Nightdaze." Secretkeeper explained, answering the IceWing dragonets question.

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Tell me if you guys like this story. I just thought of it while reading Finding Peace. I hope you guys enjoyed this little story of mine. BYE And see you all later! Bye kitties, Tempest out.

~Tempest