I was bubbling with excitement, today was the big day. I hope that Clearfrost will be amazed and surprised. "Tempest, Ermine, Peacemaker. Is everything in position?" I asked, peeking my head out from behind a wall. "You bet! Your sister is going to have the best surprise birthday party ever!" Peacemaker exclaimed. I smiled warmly. "I think seeing Nightwave and Peacemaker together will shock her the most," Ermine remarked quietly. I nodded in agreement.

"I just hope we didn't go overboard with the streamers," Tempest remarked, and we all looked up at the decorated cave. "It's perfect! Clearfrost is going to love it!" I said, as I finished putting up a sign that said. 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CLEARFROST!' In big letters.

CLEARFROST

"You seam excited about something, did something exciting happen, Nightwave?" I asked, tilting my head curiously. "I have a surprise for you!" My sister exclaimed happily. "You didn't explode a cake again, did you?" I asked teasingly. She just laughed and shook her head. "Nope, not thus time. Close your eyes. And I'll lead you," Nightwave said, cheerfully. I did just that. I felt my sister next to me.

When we got there, I herd Nightwave move away slightly an she quietly said. "Open your eyes." She said, and she did. And what I saw made me stare in compleate shock and surprise.

NIGHTWAVE

"Surprise!" I yelled, and the look on my sister's shocked face almost made me laugh. "Three Moons! You did this all for me?" Clearfrost asked, looking around at the decorated cave. "Not just me. Tempest, Ermine, and Peacemaker helped out. It was hard to keep you distracted you know." I teased, and she laughed.

"The party was a huge success," I whispered, looking to Peacemaker and Tempest with a smile. "Her reaction to you and Peacemaker dateing was priceless." Tempest said, laughing quietly, so that she wouldn't wake a quietly sleeping Ermine and Clearfrost. My sister had just decided to stay here for the night.

I ended falling asleep, curled up in between Tempest and Peacemaker. I was so glad that Clearfrost had enjoyed her party.

Seriously? A history project that lasts an entire term?" I groaned as i rested my chin on my talons, all the while sitting with my winglet during their lunch break in between their History and Self Defense courses.

Day three into the term and I already was not looking forward to the History course with Webs after going to his class for the day and, to my distaste, already the history teacher was giving the class a 'Do or Fail' assignment.

Topic? Anything in Pyrrhian and Panatalan history about the various dragon tribes within the last two thousand years.

It did not sound so difficult when it was first announced, and I was actually looking forward to it.

At first…

The moment I began to think of potential topics for the project… I realized that I had no idea on what I wanted to contribute to the winglet.

It didn't help that the rest of the Quartz Winglet was having trouble coming up with a history project.

Well, everyone except Hyena, that is.

"How about the NightWing and IceWing War?" Asked Hyena, twitching her tail back and forth as she looked at the rest of the winglet for an answer.

Me, Zephyr, Willow, Read and Tempest glanced at one another at the idea, nodding in approval, though I nodded simply because she thought if anything my clawmates could come up with, then it had to be good... I knew some history, but ancient history? It was always hard to remember names and dates.

It looked like my Winglet had reached an agreement, at least until Ermine spoke up.

"Umm, I'm not sure, that might not be the best idea. That might cause some unnecessary fighting amongst the IceWing and NightWing students. And I wouldn't want that to happen, especially not in the middle of the classroom," Ermine quietly observed. I thought for a moment before replying, "Yeah, let's play it safe and choose something else." I said, and the others all nodded in agreement and so... The process started from the bottom of the haystack.

"We'll think of something. I know we will." I said, trying to stay positive. I was never good at history or science. "Yeah, Nightwave's right. We'll think of something. I knw we will, and plus, we have a lot of time to think of something," Ermine said, finishing her last math problem. I smiled warmly at the IceWing dragonet, who smiled right back at me.

I awoke slowly to the sun shining into her eyes. I groaned and after a few more minutes of trying and failing to get back to sleep, I eventually decided to just get up. I sighed and shook my wings, grabbing my bag of across, I slung the bag of her shoulder as he excided the sleeping cave that me and Tempest had chosen.

I walked out into the common cave to see that Tempest was already awake. I smiled, and bounded over to the SeaWing. "Good morning, Tempest." I spoke up happily. The SeaWing gave me a bright smile in greeting. "Hay, I have a random idea. Let's go swimming in the underground river." I said happily. And the two of us headed to the river to swim and make small talk while we waited for their classes to start.

As the two of us were swimming, I was quietly making small talk with Tempest. "I still have no idea what we're going to do for our project." I said, frowning down at my reflection in the water. "Don't stress about it so much. We still have a lot of time to think about it." The SeaWing said reassuringly, I smiled warmly at my oldest friend and we kept on swimming.

TEMPEST

I sighed in complete boredom. (I want class to be over already). I quietly thought to myself, as I rested my head on the desk. "Quartz Winglet? Have you decided on a topic for your history project yet?" Both me and Nightwave looked up at Web as he asked the question. "Yes, we decided to do a project about the war between the DawnWings and the ShadeWings." Ermine spoke up quietly, but clearly..

"Wow, that's an interesting topic, that tribe hasn't been heard of for ages. Can't wait to see what you dragonet's come up with." Webs said, sounding intrigued. Me and Nightwave grinned in both satisfaction and excitement.

"Hay, Tempest? Shouldn't we start working on our history project now?" I blinked and nodded my head. Me and Nightwave, along with Zephyr, Ermine, Reed, and Onyx made our way to the study cave.

ERMINE

I let out a sigh and looked up at Tempest with concerned eyes. "What's wrong, Ermine?" She asked, looking at me in worry. I replied quietly.

"Umm... What are DawnWings and ShadeWings? And are they dangerous?" I asked, fidgeting with my necklace nervously.

Tempest frowned, and replied in a a motherly tone. "I don't think so, Ermine. I've never met them before." The SeaWing replied, with a small laugh and a shake of her wings. I slowly relaxed and returned to writing notes for my upcoming math quiz.

I awoke early that morning with a gasp. I sat up sharply, my breathes coming out in rapid pants. I curled up into a tight ball. I sat up again when I felt a pair of cold talons gently shake my shoulder. I looked up to see Tempest. I blinked, then shortly after I saw Nightwave, Zephyr, Reed, and Onyx follow close behind.

"Ermine? Are you alright?" Zephyr asked, looking at me with concerned golden eyes. I slowly nodded and replied, "i just had a bad dream, that's all." I said, lowering my head. Tempest frowned and put a comforting wing around me. I sighed and welcomed the embrace of both Nightwave and Tempest.

NIGHTWAVE

"I-I-I can't d-do I-It," I squeaked, looking at Tempest with nervous pale blue eyes. Tempest gave me a reassuring smile. "Your starting to sound like Ermine. Don't worry so much. You'll do fine. I believe in you, we'll be up there with Zephyr and Ermine." Tempest said, smiling at me gently. I gave a shaky sigh, and tried to stop my wings from shaking.

"I... I'm not sure that I'll be able to do this," I said. I was never good speaking in front of other dragons. I fiddled with my necklace nervously, it was a habit that I had started to develop, just like Ermine.

Tempest gave me a worried look. I tried to give a reassuring smile, but my nerves had the best of me. I lowered my head and tried once again to calm myself down. "You have stage fright?" Zephyr asked, in concern and I lowered my head even more. The SkyWing's observation was spot on. "Next up, Quartz Winglet." Webs announced. And I froze. But Tempest guided me to the front of the class, with both Zephyr and Ermine following close behind. "Well, our project is about the war between the DawnWings and ShadeWings..." Tempest began slowly. I sighed and gave my friend a soft but gilty smile.

"We discovered an interesting fact. A scavenger, and four young dragonet's were able to chase off a group of DawnWings and DuskWings. After two hours of fighting. And what was even more strange? Was that the scavenger girl had strange powers," Tempest said, by this point everyone in the classroom was listening intently. After a few moments of silence, Auburn spoke up next, "That's all we know of so far, but one of the dragonet's was a ShadeWing named Eclipse." The SkyWing announced, grinning widely.

"A-and t-that's a-all w-we k-know a-about t-them," I stuttered out, looking down at my talons nervously. And with that, the class just sat in stunned silence and amazement. and excitement. I blushed and lowered my head in embarrassment. At least it's over, I'm so glad. I thought in relief.

If you have read my story, A ShadeWing's Tale, then you guys would know somewhat about the DawnWings and the ShadeWings. I hope you like my idea for the QUARTZ WINGLET'S project.

Hey guys, how has your day been going so far? I know, I know. It probably wasn't a very creative idea. But I hoped you enjoy this chapter nonetheless. See you all in the next chapter.

~Tempest