Blaze

Blaze watched, crestfallen, as Blister left. She'd only been trying to help...

She tried not to let it get to her. Blister could be mad. It didn't effect her. But it did, more than Blaze was willing to admit. Cactus Blossom tapped Blaze's tail, and the friends slid out of the cave. The vines smelled fresh and minty as the dragons in their midst crept downward.

"Coast is clear. Come on." whispered Cactus, beckoning like a secret agent from the stories Blister liked to read. Blaze had read one of the stories once. She never understood why Blister liked them so much.

"Okay." Blister replied. They made their way to the dorms, wanting to be out of the halls. It wasn't difficult, especially since everyone else was already in their dorms, resting.

The dorm was warm and cozy, the reddish lights casting a soft glow. Blaze sank her talons into the sandy floor, sighing. She sank onto a pillow before grabbing a scroll on fashion. Blaze was skimming the first paragraph in boredom when Cactus Blossom finally spoke up.

"I can tell something's up. Is it Blister?" Cactus said. She swept her tail through the sand. Blaze put the scroll back on the shelf before answering.

"Yes. I was just trying to help… But instead I made us miss talking to mother." Blaze groaned. She hid her head under another pillow. "Argh."

"Don't worry about it. I think that Blister was upset that your mother didn't try to talk to you. You couldn't have guessed that your mother would do that. So don't worry." Cactus Blossom finished. Blaze grinned at her.

"Okay, fine. I won't worry. Thanks," Blaze said gratefully. Cactus smiled triumphantly. They had another fashion show before falling asleep on the pillows in the common room.

Blaze dreamed of dragons and conspiracies and treasure. She was flying through the sky, desperately holding on to a gold object. Suddenly she plummeted towards the ground, shrieking.

Blaze jerked awake. Her eyes were wide, and she clutched her blankets. But the fear lasted only a moment, and she tried to fall back asleep. But she felt like something was nagging at her. Blaze rolled her eyes when she realized what it was. The list of queens that she was supposed to study for history. So Blaze climbed off her pile of pillows in exasperation. She grabbed the list and began to study it. After a minute, Cactus Blossom came out of her room and joined her wordlessly. They studied until the first sounds of morning reached their ears.

Blister

Blister yawned and stretched. She shoved aside her blankets and climbed out of her bed. Her eyes were gritty with sand and she rubbed them as she gathered her jewelry for the day. An amber bracelet, earrings and a tiny diamond ring that went on the pointy part of her tail barb. Blister scratched her neck, knocking sand out of her scales. She put on her jewelry and went into the common room. Crypt was sleeping, so Blister walked outside quietly and crept through the hall. It was apparently earlier than she'd thought, because the light was very weak, and when she reached the entrance hall, she found it illuminated only by moonlight.

Blister flew outside onto the desert sands. The air was still and cool, and the sand was the same. The stars were still a silver frame around the three moons, and Blister admired their beauty. But it was too early to be up, she decided, and went back to her dorm for some more sleep.

Crypt woke Blister the next morning.

"Wake up! We slept in, it's almost time for class!" Crypt said worriedly. She tapped her tail on the floor. Blister ran to the door faster than a mouse running away from a cat. They had history, and they both knew how grumpy Heatstroke got when someone was late.

"What a brutal class!" complained Blister as she and Crypt walked away from history. They were loaded down with assignments, most of which would take days to do. Heatstroke was giving his class a taste of what the rest of the year would be like. It didn't taste very good.

The duo made their way to their dorm and dropped off the work. They went to the prey cave for brunch, eating quickly before their next class. At the end of the day, Blister was walking towards Debate class when she spotted a tiny piece of white paper on the ground. It seemed to have been hidden under a flowerpot, since a ring of dirt surrounded it. Blister reached out and picked it up.

Burn

Burn faked sleep until the next day. The treasonous words of the dragons in the office kept repeating over and over in her head, and she shuddered slightly every time they did.

When the doctor came into the room the next day, Burn made it look like she'd just woken up, faking grogginess and yawning. The doctor didn't seem suspicious, and Burn was sent to her dorm, but with two guards.

"Now you stay here until the principal can figure out your punishment." the doctor said. He seemed a little nervous and jumpy, obviously worried about the whole business. Burn smirked when he left. The principal wouldn't dare give her a punishment. Would he? Even if he did, he would find out just how troublesome she could be.

Burn sat back and relaxed. Her roommate was elsewhere, seemingly too terrified to come to her dorm, and Burn grinned at that. It was nice to have dragons scared of you. Then you could get whatever you wanted.

Burn threw darts she made out of paper and rocks at her guards until the principal finally showed up.

Hi! An update, finally. I really want to be an author, and I had a really great idea I was working on. I will still try to update this, and I should be successful. I'm really sorry for the delay. I hope to keep working on Wings of Fire Poems and my EAH story, but otherwise my other stories are going to be paused for the time being. Thanks,

Winter Kitty