I slowly awoke that morning, I didn't feel like getting up just yet.

I turned my head to see Ermine was gone. She must be up already. I thought with a fond smile. After a few more minutes, I decided to get up and go see what Ermine was up to.

As I was walking through the line of trees, I could hear voices. I slowly approached, and I sat down next to Ermine. "So this is Tempest? Nice to meet you. I'm Clearfrost, and this is my younger sister, Nightwave." I tilted my head to the side in confusion. "Are you two part SeWing?" I asked, giving the two hybrids a kind smile.

"No. We're part IceWing. My sister's name is unique, they weren't thinking at the time, they were probably to excited." Clearfrost said, laughing quietly. "So... What are you two doing here? Just out of curiosity." I said, giving the two hybrids a curious look. "We're just exploring. And plus, the rainforest is pretty." Clearfrost said, smiling warmly. I laughed quietly and nodded in agreement.

ERMINE

I smiled shyly up at the two hybrid dragonet's. I still stayed close to Tempest.

"Hay, Nightwave? How old are you?" I asked, quietly as I looked up at the NightWing/IceWing hybrid with a shy smile. "I'm six years old, I just turned six a few days ago." The younger hybrid exclaimed cheerfully with a wide grin.

I smiled shyly at Nightwave, she was really nice, and so was her sister. It was silent for a while, then Tempest spoke up, "What are you guys going to do after your visit here is over?" The SeaWing asked, tilting her head to the side curiously.

"We've been invited to join The Jade Mountain Academy! Isn't that exciting?" Clearfrost exclaimed cheerfully. Tempest and I both nodded in agreement.

TEMPEST

I was glad that we had met more dragonet's, it would bring Ermine out of her shell. At least... Hopefully it would. I was happy nonetheless, we spent the rest of the day getting to know both Clearfrost and Nightwave.

The light was fading by the time they could see anything other than waving grass. The lowering sun in the west tinted the sky a dusky orange, and the trees of the small clearing ahead of us was casting long shadows.

I push my wings off the ground as hard as I can to get them moving, and soar through the open sky. The sun had set, emitting a dim golden glow across the flooded plains. The crescent moon glinted on the other side of the horizon.

By the time we landed down onto the forest floor, it was already dark and many of the treehouses were darkened, since we didn't know where to go, we all just decided to sleep on the ground under the stars.

I sighed in irritation I couldn't fall asleep. I looked to my side to that both Ermine and Nightwave were also awake. "You two can't sleep either?" I whispered, and they nodded. I sighed and looked up at the sealing. After a moment, I spoke up once more. "You guys want to see if we can count all of the stars?" I suggested, and they both nodded, looking intrigued. I smirked, and we slowly and quietly made our way down the hallway and out into the courtyard.

"How many stars do you think are in the sky?" Nightwave asked, looking at both me and Ermine with curious purple-blue colored eyes. I just shrugged my wings in response. "Let's start counting stars! Let's see who can count the most." I said, with a challenging expression, and they both nodded with mischievous grins plastered on their faces.

I sighed in exasperation. There were just to manny stars. I looked over my shoulder to see that both Ermine and Nightwave had the same exasperated expression on their faces. "Hay, Tempest? It's almost dawn. Do you want to for a morning flight?" The IceWing asked quietly, looking up from reading her scroll. I nodded with a wide smile on my face. "You bet I do! Let's go!" I cheered, and we took off into the crisp twilight covered sky. The night had been a blast, sure none of us could sleep... but we ended up trying to count stars, and now we're going on a morning flight.

I sighed in complete boredom. What are we going to do? I'm boooooored! I sighed again. "W-what's wrong Tempest?" I turned to see Ermine, staring at me with concern. "Nothing, Ermine. I'm just bored. What do you think we should do?" I asked my IceWing friend. Ermine just shrugged in response.

"Hay, guys!" We both turned to see both Clearfrost and Nightwave flying towards us. I looked up at them both with curiosity. "What is it, Clearfrost and Nightwave?" I asked, and after a moment of silence, Nightwave answered. "We... we found two dragonet's they came to visit the rainforest like we are." The younger hybrid exclaimed cheerfully. I smiled eagerly, and spoke up in excitement. "Can you show us? Can you?" I said, smiling eagerly. The two hybrids laughed and showed us the way.

ERMINE

I sighed and followed after my very energetic SeaWing friend. "Tempest? What do you think the dragonets will be like?" I asked, tilting my head to the side curiously. "I'm not sure Ermine. I'm not sure we'll just have to wait and see. Oh, look. We're here!" The SeaWing exclaimed cheerfully.

The two dragonets were sitting in a clearing of trees and they were quietly talking to one another. And as me, Tempest, Nightowl, and Moonstrike all landed to rest on the ground, the younger dragon was the first to notice us. She smiled brightly and turned to her companion, gently nudging one of her black-and-icy-blue wings with one of her own. The older dragon looked up at the younger dragon with a raised eyebrow but then she noticed me, Tempest, Nightowl, and Moonstrike.

NIGHTWAVE

I grinned happily at the two dragonets in front of me. "Hi, Nightowl. Hi, Moonstrike. These are our two new friends. The SeaWing is Tempest, and the shy IceWing is Ermine." I said as I slowly approached the older sister.

"It's very nice to meet you, Tempest and Ermine." Nightowl replied, with a shy smile. "Umm... Nightowl was it? Is your sister a hybrid too?" Ermine asked while nervously, looking at Nightowl with a shy smile. "No, she's not. She's just a normal NightWing," the hybrid said, giving a soft smile.

CLEARFROST

I smiled happily at my friends and my younger sister. I then turned to Tempest and spoke up, "Hay, I have an idea. Let's go and visit Peacemaker. We haven't seen him in a while." My suggestion caused the SeaWing to lower her head with a blush on her face. I laughed quietly at my SeaWing friend.

"That sounds like a great idea! C'mon, let's go visit Peacemaker!" Tempest exclaimed, and we all began to make our way to Peacemaker's house.