Winter awoke and got ready for school the next morning on Tuesday. He packed his bag, took a shower, made sure he had his homework, and flew off with his siblings. Snowfall kept gossiping about Moonwatcher the whole way.
"She is SO weird! If you walk past her, she never looks at you. And she never talks to ANYONE. Everyone keeps talking about her because of that stupid scale by her eye."
"Why do you always gossip about dragons you barely even know?" Hailstorm asked.
"I am not gossiping, i'm just telling you about her. Like how she's always silent in class, and when the teacher calls on her she always gets the answer right. I think she's trying to show off." Snowfall huffed.
"Cool down, it was her first day, there were dragons she didn't know, that means no friends. Maybe you should try to be her friend instead of judging her the first time you see her. Sounds to me like your jealous, not being the center of attention for two days" Winter said.
"I AM NOT! If you don't want to listen then don't, but i'm not gonna try to be Moonwatcher's friend," she snapped with a scowl, "After all, she is a nightwing."
When they arrived at school they went to their classes. Hailstorm was in the same class as Winter, but Snowfall was in a different one (luckily). There were alot of students today. Hailstorm was humming a tune as they walked down the hall together but suddenly stopped and flicked his tail to the other end of the hall. Winter looked and gasped.
He saw Moonwatcher in tears; she was a Nightwing, but she had a silver scale that looked like a teardrop in the corner of her eyes. A crowd joined Winter and Hailstorm and watched what was happening. He saw three girls; Viper, a Sandwing, Icicle, an Icewing, and a Seawing, Tsunami.
"Thats mine, YOU stole it from ME." Viper hissed, her eyes fixed on a necklace around Moonwatcher's neck. It was a silver chain with a skyfire moon on it.
Moonwatcher looked at her, but did nothing.
Did she really steal that? Winter wondered.
Tsunami snached the chain and tried to yank it off, after a second try, the necklace unhooked. Viper stared at it in Tsunami's talon, eyes gleaming at the beautiful skyfire jewel embedded in it.
"Let me have it!" Icicle demanded.
"No, it's mine!" Viper hissed back, snatching it and putting it around her neck.
It didn't even look good on her.
Icicle stared greedily at a bracelet latched on Moonwatcher's arm.
"Gimmie that!" She ordered.
Viper smirked at Moonwatcher.
Moon doged Icicle's talon as she tried to take it off her.
Icicle looked as if she would attack her on the spot!
What jerks! Winter thought angrily. Not only are they trying to take something that is obviously not theirs- but shes picking on a new student too! Where are the teachers?
Then, as if reading his mind, Miss Tailbite came through the crowd and came to the three girls. She was a Mudwing with dark brown scales. "You. You three have caused enough trouble already. Viper, Tsunami, Icicle, go to detention right now."
"But-" Icicle started.
"No buts! Go." She said firmly, taking the necklace from Viper and handing it to Moonwatcher.
They all stomped off, mummering complaints.
"And you, Moon, if they do that again you just tell me, okay?" She said, lowering her voice and putting a wing around her.
"Thank you Miss Tailbite. I will." She said.
"Alright, shoo everyone, class will start soon, don't want to be late!" Miss Tailbite announced. Everyone walked away, whispering to each other. "Why are they so mean?" Hailstorm said.
"I think they might have been jealous of that necklace, since they wanted it." Winter replied.
"Well yeah, duh. But they're mean to a lot of dragons." he said
"I guess they're just the schools bullies. Just be glad your not a target. But wow, they've never picked on a new student."
"Yeah, I wasn't expecting that either." Hailstorm agreed.
"At least miss. Tailbite handle it well." Winter remarked.
"Yeah, she sure did!"
Class was normal, except that almost everyone kept glancing at Moonwatcher. Winter felt kind of bad, even though she was a nightwing. His parents told him not to trust Nightwings and that they would backstab you the moment they got the chance. Maybe that wasn't true though. She didn't seem to have made any friends yet, so maybe he could be her first one- just until she made more… But nightwings were tricky, so that shyness could just be a mask. His parents would not be very happy if Snowfall or Hailstorm told them he made friends with a Nightwing...
"Winter, are you listening?" Miss Tailbite asked him, interrupting his thoughts. He looked up. An equation was on the board. 6+(8-3) x 5. Luckily, he was prepared for this because it happened to him alot. All he did is make a joke, then while the class was laughing he solved it in his head. "I-I'm boon't noh!" He said it a silly voice. The class laughed, especially Hailstorm- who knew what he was doing. Parentheses first. 8-3=5. Then multiplication. 5x5=25. The class stopped laughing when he was adding six to twenty-five. Thirty-one. "Thirty one?" He asked.
"Correct. But you need to start listening more." She said.
Winter spent the rest of class watching the clock until lunch anyways.
While waiting in the lunchline he debated weather to sit with Moonwatcher or not. He decided he would, but not to strike a conversation. The school lunch today was ham, beans, a roll, and mashed potatoes. He grabbed a tray and selected everything but the beans.
As he walked to her table, he was surprised that she wasn't sitting alone- she had chosen a table with two Rainwings, one Mudwing, a Sandwing, and an Ice wing, Snowfall. The only spot left on the table was one across from her and to the left was his sister. He sat down and started on his mashed potatoes. "That joke you made in class was clever." Moonwatcher commented softly.
Winter had told himself not to strike conversation, but he might as well talk now. "Thanks." He said
"Looks like someone has a girlfriend!" Snowfall mocked.
"Looks like someone needs a new line." Winter shot back. "You say that every time I say anything to anyone."
Snowfall glared at him, then continued eating her ham.
"Sisters." he sighed
"So your Moonwatcher?" He asked, even though he already knew the answer.
"Yes. But you can just call me Moon if you want."
"Okay. I suggest you don't take that necklace to school anymore- or the bracelet. If Viper wants something, she usually gets it sooner or later." Winter suggested.
"I was planning on that too. Your really nice to me. All the other Icewings are just glaring at me alot. No offense, Snowfall." she added quickly.
Snowfall snorted.
Winter suddenly felt really bad. He thought of how he would feel in her point of view, not only knowing that Nightwings probably hated him, but they were rude as well. He sure wouldn't feel welcomed at school. He thought of his parents. Maybe they were just telling him not to trust Nightwings because they were still angry from the war.
"Yeah, i'm sorry. They're probably still affected from that war. Why did we even start it again?" He asked.
"I'm not sure, I think the Icewings wanted nightwing territory or something." Moon said.
They talked for the rest of lunchtime, passed a few notes in class, and then went home when the bell rang.