In my opinion, I think the workings of how my tribe works is a bit strange and strict, I always thought it made us seam like cold dragons who never took time to cool off or chill out.
IceWing circles were essential to functioning society. It kept the palace stragglers in their rightful place and the elite at the top, with positions earned with discipline, hard work, self control. The ranking list was everything. Prey hunting rights, permission to live within the palace, appropriate mate choices, all the intricacies and decisions were made based on that list. The most capable and ambitious rose to the top while the weak willed, immature, ineffectual were punished effectively. The perfect meritocracy.
Although, I don't really understand the system very well, I still think the system of the circles are important. In being truthful with you, I also have to admit that I'm a bookworm and I've caused some IceWing spikes to rattle because of my many and constant questions.
I always knew that I was different from the other IceWings, I never agreed with the system of the circles nore do I agree with the ranking list.
I had always told my parents that I felt like adventure was my calling, if it were up to them, they would let me do what I want. My younger sister, Freezecrystal was only four but she was in the 3rd circle, she had learned to hunt at a very young age. I am six, and I'm in the 3rd circle as well, I learned to hunt when I was only two years old.
My favorite place in the whole Kingdom was the library, yes, I am a bit of a bookworm. I informed my parents that I would be heading to the library and they gave me the okay to go.
The library was about three stories high, dragons come here to look for all sorts of varieties of different scrolls. There were scrolls about the Diamond Trialed, scrolls about how the system of the circles worked, scrolls about medicines and herbal treatments for all sorts of wounds and many many more. The library was my favorite place, I was a very frequent visitor. The library was one of the few places that was open to the public.
As I was browsing through the shelves of scrolls, I caught sight of an IceWing dragonet that I despised. She was one of the lower-ranked IceWings, she always picked on me for being weird and for the way I thought about certain IceWing matters.
But that is none of her business, she always gets her little group of friends and they all tease me for always reading in class instead of doing all of the pointless work and writing notes. To be honest, I could care less about that stuck up IceWing named Skylark.
As I walked around the Library looking for a good scroll to read, I caught sight of two of my friends. Icicle and Willowmint. I smiled and waved them over with a wing. They both smiled and bounded over to me.
"Hay, Ice. Whatcha lookin for?" Icicle asked, tilting her head with curious stormy blue eyes. I sighed and shrugged my wings.
"Need any help?" Willowmint asked, with a warm smile as she swept her gaze over the scrolls that were lining the shelves. I nodded with a smile and a grateful look to my friends.
"Yes, if you don't mind. I'm looking for a scroll about when the circles and rankings were first developed." I replied, and Willowmint walked over to another shelf with me and Icicle following her.
"I think I found something similar to what you were explaining to me. Here check it out it might be the one your looking for." Willowmint replied, with a smile of pride on her face.
As the three of us walked up to the librarians desk, a small IceWing with silver blue scales and wings was organizing the many scrolls that were on top of the desk.
Hello, Frozenstar. We have some scrolls that we wish to check out." I explained, and the IceWing looked up from her task to check out our scrolls.
"You three are my most frequent visitors, you all must love reading, am I correct?" Frozenstar asked, with a grin on her face. I nodded and Polaris made an hmm sound and handed us our scrolls. I bowed to her and with that, Icicle, Willowmint and I flew out of the Library and flew to where I lived.
We flew in through my bedroom window and just as we landed on the carpeted floor, a knock was heard on my door. I ran to open the door with Husky and Glaze following close behind.
I swung the door open and standing on the other side was my mother, Flurryheart. She smiled warmly when she saw me standing there, I smiled at her as I walked over to my shelf and retrieved another one of my scrolls.
"Ah, Icefire, your back. And you brought Icicle and Willowmint to visit." I looked up to see my mother, Flurryheart. I nodded and went back to reading my scroll. My mother laughed quietly and left the room.
"Hay there kiddo!" I sighed and twitched my tail in annoyance. Can't I just read in peace. I sighed and looked up to see my father, Snowcloak. I then smiled brightly and looked up at my father.
Icicle and Willowmint were just watching us with amused smiles on there faces. I then hugged my father and he hugged me back before he turned and left the room.
"Well, that was interesting," Willowmint replied, with a small laugh while Icicle and I just shook our heads in amusement. I then unrolled my scroll and continued to read its contents.
"I guess you could say that, Willow." I replied, looking up breach to glance at Glaze with a raised eyebrow, then I dived instantly back into my scroll.
"Three Moons! Your such a bookworm, Icefire." Icicle commented, with a small laugh and a teasing grin on her face. I just nodded and laughed quietly at my friend's observation.
"Your observation is correct, Icicle. I am a huge bookworm, I mean, just take a look around my room." I replied, gesturing to my many small shelf's to prove my point.
ICICLE
I smiled and shook my head at my friend. She's quirky, a bookworm, sweet, a scatterbrain and a klutz. But she's awesome. I wouldn't want Icefire any other way because then she wouldn't be... well... she wouldn't be Icefire.
I then turned to Glaze who was drawing on a scroll. Oh, and I forgot to mansion, Mist also loves music and drawing. If her walls don't give it away... Her room is filled with all of her drawings and paintings.
Even though Willowmint, Icefire, and I are all in the 6th circle, we were really popular in school, Mistral was the bookworm and the dragonet who made sassy and snarky remarks, Glaze was the artist and I was the one who people came to if they needed help with homework, yeah I'm the smart one in the group.
"Wait, what? We're leaving? But why?" Willow asks, staring at me with wide stormy blue eyes. I sighed and explained my reason for wanting to leave the IceWing Kingdom.
"Okay, we'll go with you, Ice. There's no way that I'm staying behind!" Icicle said, her face growing determined as Willow nodded her head in agreement.
"I'm glad that you guys are tagging along, I wouldn't want to go out into the world alone." I replied with a small laugh.
"Well we would NEVER let you go alone anyways," Willow cried, flapping her wings and raising an eyebrow at me.
"We're in this together, Ice. Even if we get kidnapped by SkyWings." Icicle said while smiling cheekily at me and Willow.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, who said anything about getting kidnapped by SkyWings?" I said while rolling my eyes and staring pointedly at Icicle
"No one, I was just saying even if we were to be kidnapped by SkyWings, were with you all the way, Ice." Icicle explained, putting her front talons up in a defense manner.
"I hope we don't get kidnapped by SkyWings, there mean and they have a firey temper." Willow remarked with a small frown forming on her face.
"Willow, relax, we won't be kidnapped by SkyWings, so there's no need to worry." I say, giving Willow a reassuring smile.
"What kinds of stuff should we take with us?" Icicle asked, as we were flying back to the palace. I put a talon on my chin in thought.
"We won't need much," I said, after a few moments of silence. As we flew in through my bedroom window, I pulled a few scrolls off of my shelf and put them into a small leaf pouch that I had made myself.
"What about our parents? What will they say if we leave?" Willowmint asked, looking worldly at both me and Icicle. I paused In my task to look up at her with a small frown.
"We should just leave a note, that way they don't worry to much." I say, walking over to my small desk and grabbed three blank scrolls and some ink, I then sat them gently on the floor and me, Icicle Willowmint wrote a small notes to our parents.
Lying on my sleeping shelf, my mind wandered over my meeting with my friends and our escape plan. I knew deep down in my heart that I would be leaving both my parents and younger sister heartbroken, but I don't feel like I fit in with the other IceWings. Even the dragons in the 5th circle, technically no better than 6th, felt it necessary to rub their ranks in my snout all the time with frivolous commands.