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===Prologue===
Ten years ago...
The dark green grass glowed under the moonlight. The leaves seemed to stretch up to the moon and soak up it's silvery light, before gently passing it down to the dragonet.
She stretched her head up towards the calm moon with closed eyes, feeling wind brush her black scales. She felt like this was where she was meant to be forever- out in the trees, which nothing but her, the moon, and the trees. She was free.
Her eyes shot open when claws raked her ear. "Get up, Rain!" a familiar harsh voice snapped.
Rainwatcher- usually called Rain- staggered to her feet, holding her ear. "What- what is it, Sharpclaws?" she said as she recognized her sleeping-den.
Sharpclaws snorted. "You've been asleep all morning, it's afternoon now." He chuckled at Rain's horrified face. "You have to pay the price."
Rain bowed her head, trembling, as she walked with Sharpclaws into the punishment-den. Waking up at the afternoon was breaking the rules. 
Where Rain lived, in Ivy Mountain, only NightWings and SandWings lived (hybrids of these were uncommon, but existed), and female dragons- or "she-dragons"- were looked down upon. The males were in charge, and they were the only ones who knew how to fight and hunt. They were assigned a mate at 4 years old, who slept at their sleeping-den, and the males hunted for them. In return, the she-dragon knew all about medicine and healed their mate (which Rain thought was dumb, why can't only a few she-dragons learn how to heal? Why all of them?) and listened to their mate, always. Their mate was completely in charge of them- even a male murdering their mate was usually unpunished, as long as the male had a decent reason to. However, she-dragons were only allowed to have eggs when they were at least 7 years old. The leaders of Ivy Mountain were always males as well, and the current one was an old SandWing named Haze.
Rain's mate was a NightWing named Firewings, as he had unsual large, red-colored wings with black stars on them. Some rumors were whispered about him ("Is he a hybrid of a dragon from far away?" "Does he have a disease?" "Is he something dangerous?)" but Rain didn't care- she was sure that she had gotten a decent mate.
Sharpclaws was a NightWing who was going to be leader after Haze's retirement or death, so he was always charging around the mountain, ordering the she-dragons and making all the males support him.
Rain was able to fill her mind with those thoughts instead of focusing on the pain that Sharpclaws was giving her for punishment, until a particularily deep claw mark pierced her cheek. Her thoughts shattered like ice and she screeched, blood dripping from her face. Sharpclaws paused. "I think that's enough of that. You have learned your lesson, I hope?" he said coldly, his black eyes staring into Rain's dark gray ones. 
"Yes," Rain quickly answered, dipping her head. A moment passed, and then Sharpclaws was leading her out of the cave.
Two SandWing she-dragons walked past, whispering to each other. As soon as they saw the menacing Sharpclaws and the bleeding Rain, they shut their mouths and hurried back to their sleeping-dens. Sharpclaws glared after them for a moment before stepping away from Rain. "Go heal yourself up and get some honey for Firewings. He's coughing, and I saw him go to your sleeping-den." he commanded.
"Yes, Sharpclaws," Rain said, staggering back to her den. Firewings was inside, like Sharpclaws said. He looked at her, concerned, as Rain walked to her leaf pile in the corner. She took some moss soaked in honey, thankful that she had already gathered some, though she had walked away with a few bew stings on her underbelly. She gave Firewings the moss.
As she healed her wounds from Sharpclaws, she barely heard Firewings's words. When she was finished and Firewings stopped talking, they quietly went out of the sleeping-den. They agreed to walk outside to the river for a drink of water.
Rain looked up at the blazing sun for a moment, wishing that the peaceful moon from her dreams was there. But she-dragons like her weren't allowed outside at night- she had only seen the moon once, when she was younger, and given a stern lecture and a harsh punishment for it.
But that one night was more than enough to make her long for the moon when she looked at the sky. Why can't I just look at the moon again for one more night?
Still, she turned away and followed Firewings to the river. She wondered what her life would be like away from Ivy Mountain. Were there other dragon tribes? Did dragons live like her in the rest of Pyrrhia?
Probably not, Rain concluded, feeling a bit envious. I bet the she-dragons there live happily, with most of them not knowning how to heal. I bet they go out and see the moon every night.
For a few seconds, as she stood beside the river, Rain shut her eyes tight and in her mind, she became one of them. She became a laughing, joyful NightWing dragonet, soaring in the sky with her star-speckled wings spread wide, the moonlight washing over her scales. 
But then she opened her eyes and was Rain again, casually standing beside the river, Firewings beside her. Unable to escape this life in the mountain that she'd always known.
She sighed and lowered her head to drink the water.
===Main Dragons of Ivy Mountain:===
Haze (SandWing)- Current leader, mate is Tawny; 82 years old (Male)
Sharpclaws (NightWing)- Will become leader after Haze, mate is Shadowseer; black eyes- 22 years (Male)
Scorch (SandWing/NightWing)- Sun and Dreamcatcher's daughter, no mate yet; dark golden scales and no venomous tail barb, smoky bluish-gray eyes- 3 years (Female)
Eclipse (NightWing?)- Rainwatcher and Firewings' son, no mate yet; unusual red stars on wings instead of white, dark gray eyes- 4 years (Male)
Tawny (SandWing)- The leader's mate, no dragonets; 79 years (Female)
Shadowseer (NightWing)- Usually teaches she-dragonets about medicine; very dark golden eyes- 19 years (Female)
Rainwatcher (NightWing)- Firewings' mate, one son (Eclipse); dark gray eyes- 9 years (Female)
Firewings (NightWing?)- Was found in the sea as a young dragonet and taken to Ivy Mountain; unusual red wings with black star scales and dark yellow eyes- 10 years (Male)
Sun (SandWing)- Dreamcatcher's mate; 40 years (Male)
Dreamcatcher (NightWing)- One half SandWing dragonet (Scorch); dark blue eyes- 37 years (Female)
Cometfall (NightWing/slightly SandWing)- Lightbringer and Phantom's daughter; looks completely NightWing except for a line of sand-colored scales on her wings, dark golden eyes- 3 years (Female)
Lightbringer (NightWing/SandWing)- Family is deceased, mate is Phantom, and one dragonet (Cometfall); black scales with a venomous tail barb and sand-colored stars on wings, gray eyes- 34 years (Female)
Phantom (NightWing)- Sister is Dreamcatcher; dark golden eyes- 37 years (Male)
===Chapter 1===
To be continued...
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