Crescent's POV:

I sat with my black wings drooping to the ground. The NightWing village was buzzing with activity, today was the day Queen Glory came to check how everything was going. A lot of dragons take Glory has a real queen but, other think there should be a NightWing queen. Personally I think Queen Glory is a great ruler, she cares if dragons are going to starve or if they don't have a home. My mom and my little sister, Owl, were add some small additions to our hut. Gravel was out collecting fruit and other creatures to eat. Starry was helping my mom by getting supplies to add things to the hut. I had to help my neighbors with some lifting some wood and some stones.

Glory walked through the camp entrance with a smile. Her brother Jambu and her bodyguard DeathBringer were close behind her. She walked by the NightWing families and had conversations with them about their new home. Once she got to use Owl bounded over to her and hugged her. Our mother, EclispeChaser, scowled at her, Owl hung her head and backed away. Glory smiled then looked at EclipseChaser.

"How are you liking the rainforest?"

EclispeChaser smiled, "We love it, it's a much better place for dragonets to grow up."

"I thought so, you look like you're getting along very well."

"Yes. Thank you for taking us in your highness."

Glory dips her head, smiles, and continues down the lines of huts. Gravel came back with a big sack of food. She drops it in the middle of the hut near the small campfire. Gravel and our mom start to sort out the food and put them on the small bamboo shelves on the walls.

"Mom, I'm gonna go to the rainforest to see my friends," I turn to Starry, "You wanna come?"
Our mom nods and continues to sort.

"Sure I'd love to come but," She pauses, "But I thought that you were not talking to Hibiscus cause well, you know you sorta like her."

I sigh, "Yea I know but I gotta talk to her or she will think something is wrong."

"Yes I see your point. Well let's go."

We walk out of the hut together and open our black wings. We take off into the rainforest while dodging low hanging vines. Once we reach the RainWing village in the treetops we landed. Starry looked around while I followed lost in my own train of thought. Will I ever get the chance to tell Hibiscus how I feel about her? What if I tell her and she doesn't feel the same? Gah! Feelings are so complicated! Starry smacked me and I looked up. I saw Hibiscus and SunSet in front of me.

"Oh, er hello," I stammer.

Hibiscus nods with a big sparkling smile, "Hey Crescent! I'm so glad your not mad anymore."

"Mhm," SunSet says.

I nod and put on a small smile. We walked towards a platform at the edge of the village. It had a small cloth with a green vine woven basket with foods in the basket. My stomach growls and I smile a sheepish grin from embarrassment. I sat around the basket as the others do too. The meal taste great when you haven't had food for a day. There was plums, grapefruits, oranges, nuts, bananas, and pomegranates. I licked the citrus juice off my talons so they don't become sticky.

"So?" I say, "What now?"

"Hm well, the village now has a new library," Hibiscus says, "We could go."

I jump up excited, "That would be awesome! I can't find scrolls anywhere, but now I can."

Starry snorts, "Well someone is enthusiastic."

Hibiscus laughs, "Come on!"
When we get to the library my jaw drops in wonder. There a high shelves are stocked with scrolls. There is a small RainWing at a desk checking over some scrolls. She waves at us then continues what she was doing. The scrolls were in alphabetical order, so I went over to the C section. I love Queen Coral's writing, she really has a way with words. I pull out my favorite scrolls then walked over to the desk.

"How do we check out scrolls?" I question.

"Oh, What's your name?" She asks back.

"It's Crescent, well CrescentShade."

"Okay," She pulls out a scroll and writes my name down, "What scrolls are you checking out?"
I put the scrolls in front of her and she writes down the name then pushes them back into my talons.

"Thanks." I say and turn away.

SunSet, Hibiscus, and Starry look up from the scroll they were reading. They all smile in unison. Hibiscus rolls the scroll back up and pushes it under her wing.

"Guys I'm gonna go back to the NightWing village to read these scrolls," I say holding out my scrolls.

"Okay." Hibiscus says checking out the scroll she held. SunSet and Starry nod and look through the shelves.

I fly between the trees until I reach the entrance of the village. I land at the door of my hut. Gravel pushes her way out with some of the old food that wasn't good anymore. My snout scrunches up from the back smell. My bag of scrolls taps against my back as I make my way to my room to read.