~~~~~Prologue~~~~~

It was a cold, bright night. Colder still down in the canyon. The three moons were full for the first time in a long time.

Kita heard the roars of dragons as she walked. She was so facinated by them and she knew they were dangerous but she was always drawn to them. Her parents lectured her often about how dangerous dragons were and why she had to stay away from them.

She had just run away from home, again. But this time she had gotten lost and had walked for days and days. She'd thought she had traveled miles, not knowing which direction was home.

Her stomach rumbled so loud it could be classified as a dragon.

When she looked up, she saw a bright red shape hidden behind large rocks. She walked over to investigate.

It was a dragon egg. It was huge. She guessed it was a SkyWing egg based on the color.

She ran her hand across the hard shell. It was cold.

She turned it on it's side rolled it over to a small cave.

She heard commotion coming from above on top of the cliff. There were three SandWings, an IceWing, and another large SkyWing egg. One of the SandWings had many scars all over her body. The IceWing was on the ground with a burning hot chain on his snout. The SandWing was juggling the egg from one talon to another, but then she dropped it. It fell all the way down to the chasm floor. Then she saw the IceWing tumbling down with a wound behind his head and his wings mangled and bloodied.

She had to decide wether to keep and hatch the egg or to just leave it. The dragon inside could protect her in the long run, but raising it would be a big responsibility. And she knew nothing of how to hatch or raise a dragon. She was willing to take a risk.

Just as she made the decision, it began to wobble. Cracks began to form, and shards began to fall.

Soon, a hole appeared. A dragon eye opened and peered at her. The rest of the egg fell apart. And lying there was a baby SkyWing. He was a beautiful crimson red. It looked up at Kita with bright amber eyes still covered in goop from being being in the egg. He shook it off.

It started to crawl over to her. She reached out to pet it. He sniffed her hand for a moment, then leaned into her hand. It chirped and snuggled in to her lap. She rubbed his shoulder as he slept. He made a purring sound as Kita stroked him.

"You're cuter than I thought you'd be", Kita said quietly.

He chiruped at her in response.

"Gotta think of a name for you", she said, "How about Royan?"

He looked up at her with cheerful expression and puffed smoke out his nose at her.

She looked over to the shattered egg beside the IceWing corpse. There was a SeaWing peeking out from behind a pile of rocks. It went over to a shard of the egg and took it to a large cave with a boulder blocking the entrance.

"Ok, Royan", said Kita, "let's go find you some food."

She scooped him up in her arms and cradled him. Royan let out a cute growl and looked at her with an angry expression.

He squirmed out of her grip and climbed onto her shoulders. He wraped his tail around her neck and held his head up high to look around. Just as he spied the broken IceWing and shattered egg Kita pulled his head in close.

"Best not to look at that right now", she whispered to him.

He licked her face and she giggled.

The two of them walked off into the night, and into a dangerous world.