Jade Mountain Academy (Semiconscious’s Prophecy)

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Welcome to the Jade Mountain Academy!
At this school, you will be learning side by side with dragons from all the other tribes, so we wanted to give you some basic information that may be useful as you get to know one another.
You have been assigned to a winglet with six other dragons; the winglet groups are listed on the following page.
Thank you for being a part of this school. You are the hope of Pyrrhia’s future. You are the dragons who can bring lasting peace to the world.
We wish you all the power of Wings of Fire!
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I changed my mind. This is technically (trust me, it's important) set in a different timeline than the canon WoF series. Therefore, JMA is changed slightly, such as having other winglets and teachers. You are free to ask if your OC can be put into a winglet in the comments, but this is not an RP.
If the owners of certain fan-tribes do not wish to have their tribes here, then they may request in the comments to have them removed, and can also request that none of their tribe members are hybrids.
Cavemates is the term for two classmates who are sharing a cave.
The current names in the winglets are fillers. All spots are open (except for the Amethyst Winglet, and other names with links).
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====== Jade Winglet ======
AviWing: Refined
CentiWing: Brawn (Centi-Mud)
CrystalWings: Tanzanite (Crystal-Sea)
DeathWing: Glowing Cloud (Death-Sea)
DriftWing: Lightdancer
HiveWing: Stag
IceWing: Snowshoe
LeafWing: Fir (Leaf-Night)
LightWing: Reflection
MudWing: Alligator
NightWing: Dreamseeker
RainWing: Macaw
SandWing: Gila (Sand-Mud)
SeaWing: Lazuli
SilkWing: Diadem
SkyWing: Stratus
TempestWing: Squall (Tempest-Sea)
Tribeless: Candlestick
====== Gold Winglet ======
AviWing: Lucid (Avi-Night)
CentiWing: Watcher
CrystalWing: Adventurine
DeathWing: Burning Death (Death-Sky)
DriftWing: Pondsplasher (Drift-Sea)
HiveWing: Braconid
IceWing: Celsius
LeafWing: Redwood (Leaf-Sky)
LightWing: Joyful
MudWing: Nile (Mud-Sea)
NightWing: Constellation
RainWing: Bongo
SandWing: Atacama (Sand-Ice)
SeaWing: Andorra (Sea-Sky)
SilkWing: Abor
SkyWing: Avian (Sky-Avi)
TempestWing: Stormslasher
Tribeless: Allure
====== Silver Winglet ======
AviWing: Effulgence (Avi-Sand)
CentiWing: Millipede (Centi-Hive)
CrystalWing: Spinel (Crystal-Sky)
DeathWing: Dark Sky
DriftWing: Sungrasper (Drift-Sky)
HiveWing: Dragonfly (Hive-Silk)
IceWing: Iceberg
LeafWing: Gloom (Leaf-Sea-Ice)
LightWing: Prism (Light-Rain)
MudWing: Chestnut
NightWing: Reverence
RainWing: Quetzal (Rain-Sky)
SandWing: Sidewinder
SeaWing: Shellfish
SilkWing: Sevenia
SkyWing: Everest (Sky-Ice)
TempestWing: Thunderflight
Tribeless: Pessimist
====== Copper Winglet ======
AviWing: Purity
CentiWing: Shield
CrystalWing: Larimar
DeathWing: Grey Wings
DriftWing: Skyflier
HiveWing: Beetle
IceWing: Caribou (Ice-Mud)
LeafWing: Kapok
LightWing: Observant
MudWing: Wetland (Mud-Sea)
NightWing: Shade
RainWing: Basilisk
SandWing: Lizard (Sand-Rain)
SeaWing: Current
SilkWing: Clouded
SkyWing: Combustion
TempestWing: Darkling (Tempest-Night)
Tribeless: Oddball
====== Quartz Winglet ======
AviWing: Nirvana (Avi-Sky)
CentiWing: Geode (Centi-Mud)
CrystalWing: Kyanite
DeathWing: Waving Grass
DriftWing: Mindcaller (Drift-Night)
HiveWing: Earwig
IceWing: Harp
LeafWing: Sapwood
LightWing: Hushed
MudWing: Toad
NightWing: Brightscales
RainWing: Shining
SandWing: Grain
SeaWing: Cyclone (Sea-Rain)
SilkWing: Xerces
SkyWing: Cumulus
TempestWing: Cloudburst
Tribeless: Adoring
====== Topaz Winglet ======
AviWing: Ether (Avi-Sky)
CentiWing: Sanguine (Centi-Night)
CrystalWing: Titanite (Crystal-Night)
DeathWing: Roaring Wave
DriftWing: Dreamcatcher (Drift-Night)
HiveWing: Scorpionfly (Hive-Sand)
IceWing: Bone (Ice-Sand)
LeafWing: Conifer
LightWing: Rapid (Light-Avi)
MudWing: Cypress (Mud-Leaf)
NightWing: Honorable
RainWing: Amazon
SandWing: Savannah
SeaWing: River (Sea-Mud)
SilkWing: Sylph
SkyWing: Gallinule (Sky-Mud)
TempestWing: Lightningsmasher
Tribeless: Spiral
====== Diamond Winglet ======
AviWing: Virtue
CentiWing: Groundwater (Centi-Sea)
CrystalWing: Zektzerite (Crystal-Sand)
DeathWing: Bird’s Beak
DriftWing: Fireweaver
HiveWing: Louse
IceWing: Sugar
LeafWing: Bonsai (Leaf-Rain)
LightWing: Iris Agate
MudWing: Sunda (Mud-Rain)
NightWing: Starcaller (Night-Rain)
RainWing: Humid (Rain-Sand)
SandWing: Antelope
SeaWing: Jellyfish
SilkWing: Skipperling
SkyWing: Crimson
TempestWing: Zephyr
Tribeless: Thinker
====== Ruby Winglet ======
AviWing: Ophanim 
CentiWing: Valiant (Centi-Sky) 
CrystalWing: Smithsonite 
DeathWing: Rotting Death 
DriftWing: Bugpouncer (Drift-Centi) 
HiveWing: Firebrat (Hive-Sky)
IceWing: Spearmint (Ice-Leaf)
LeafWing: Larch (Leaf-Mud)
LightWing: Flashy 
MudWing: Caramel
NightWing: Puzzling
RainWing: Monkey
SandWing: Canyon
SeaWing: Hammerhead
SilkWing: Oakblue (Silk-Mud)
SkyWing: Finch
TempestWing: Windripper
Tribeless: Wondrous
====== Amethyst Winglet ======
AviWing: Magnum
CentiWing: Catfish (Centi-Sea)
CrystalWing: Wulfenite (Crystal-Hive)
DeathWing: Mountain Summit
DriftWing: Keykeeper
HiveWing: Flame Skimmer (Hive-Sky)
IceWing: Frigid
LeafWing: Bamboo (Leaf-Rain)
LightWing: Daredevil
MudWing: Wenge
NightWing: Semiconscious
RainWing: Grapefruit
SandWing: Snakebite
SeaWing: Amberjack
SilkWing: Prola
SkyWing: Andes
TempestWing: Firestorm (Tempest-Sky, firescales)
Tribeless: True Blue
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====== Teachers ======
Here are your teachers for this year.
Headmaster: Autumn (Leaf-Sky)
Art teacher: Glamorous (Rain-Avi)
Herbs & Healing teacher: Sphinx (Silk-Sand)
History teacher: Cerulean
Librarian: Worldmaker
Music teacher: Silica (Sand-Centi)
Combat teacher: Burgundy
Biology teacher: Cob (Sand-Mud)
Literature & Writing teacher: Wyt
Math teacher: Brick
Language Teacher: Nepomorpha (Sea-Hive)
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These are the assigned cavemates for this year.
Hybrids will be paired with other hybrids, if possible.
====== Jade Winglet ======
Alligator - Macaw
Brawn - Candlestick
Diadem - Stag
Dreamseeker - Stratus
Gila - Fir
Glowing Cloud - Reflection
Refined - Lightdancer
Snowshoe - Lazuli
Squall - Tanzanite 
====== Gold Winglet ======
Allure - Burning Death
Andorra - Redwood
Avian - Braconid
Bongo - Abor
Constellation - Celsius
Joyful - Pondsplasher
Lucid - Watcher
Nile - Atacama
Stormslasher - Adventurine 
====== Silver Winglet ======
Chestnut - Everest
Iceberg - Shellfish
Millipede - Effulgence
Pessimist - Spinel 
Quetzal - Dragonfly
Sevenia - Cycad
Sidewinder - Reverence
Sungrasper - Prism
Thunderflight - Dark Sky
====== Copper Winglet ======
Basilisk - Clouded
Beetle - Current
Caribou - Wetland
Darkling - Skyflier
Combustion - Kapok
Observant - Larimar 
Purity - Grey Wings
Shade - Lizard
Shield - Oddball
====== Quartz Winglet ======
Adoring - Kyanite 
Cumulus - Shining
Cyclone - Brightscales
Earwig - Sapwood
Geode - Mindcaller
Harp - Grain
Xerces - Toad
Nirvana - Cloudburst
Waving Grass - Hushed
====== Topaz Winglet ======
Bone - Scorpionfly
Conifer - Amazon
Cypress - River
Dreamcatcher - Sanguine
Ether - Spiral
Gallinule - Amazon
Rapid - Titanite 
Roaring Wave - Lightningsmasher
Sylph - Savannah
====== Diamond Winglet ======
Bird’s Beak - Thinker
Crimson - Sugar
Fireweaver - Groundwater
Humid - Bonsai
Iris Agate - Zektzerite 
Louse - Jellyfish
Skipperling - Antelope
Starcaller - Blackgum
Virtue - Zephyr
====== Ruby Winglet ======
Finch - Puzzling
Firebrat - Hammerhead
Flashy - Bugpouncer
Monkey - Caramel
Oakblue - Canyon
Ophanim - Valiant
Rotting Death - Windripper
Spearmint - Larch
Wondrous - Smithsonite 
===== Amethyst Winglet =====
Andes - Frigid
Catfish - Firestorm
Daredevil - Wulfenite 
Flame Skimmer - Grapefruit
Magnum - Keykeeper
Mountain Summit - True Blue
Prola - Bamboo
Semiconscious - Amberjack
Wenge - Snakebite
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Description: thick, armored brown, grey, or green scales, sometimes with amber and gold underscales; large, flat heads, with nostrils on top of the snout
General Abilities: can breathe fire (if warm enough), hold their breath for up to an hour, blend into mud; usually very strong
Special Abilities: if hatched in a red egg, will be fireproof
Queen: Queen Moccasin
Students at Jade Mountain: Alligator, Nile, Chestnut, Wetland, Toad, Cypress, Blackgum, Caramel, Wenge
Known Animuses: Nutria
|-|SandWings=
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Description: pale gold or off-white scales the color of sand; venomous barbed tail; forked black tongues; back sail that extends over the body
General Abilities: can survive a long time without water, inject venom with the tips of their tails like scorpions, bury themselves for camouflage in the desert sand, breathe fire
Special Abilities: none
Queen: Queen Arroyo
Students at Jade Mountain: Gila, Atacama, Sidewinder, Lizard, Grain, Savannah, Antelope, Canyon, Snakebite
Known Animuses: none
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Description: red, orange, or gold scales; enormous wings
General Abilities: powerful fighters or fliers, can breathe fire
Special Abilities: if hatched from a twin egg, there is a chance of firescales and fireless; the former burns anything it touches, and the latter has no fire
Queen: Queen Pyrenees
Students at Jade Mountain: Stratus, Avian, Everest, Combustion, Cumulus, Gallinule, Crimson, Finch, Andes
Known Animuses: none
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Description: blue, green, or indigo scales; webs between claws, and webbing on spine and underbelly; gills on their necks; glowscales on their body
General Abilities: can breathe underwater, see in the dark, create huge waves with their tails; excellent swimmers
Special Abilities: can have extra glowscales if related to royalty
Queen: Queen Whitewash
Students at Jade Mountain: Lazuli, Andorra, Shellfish, Current, Cyclone, River, Jellyfish, Hammerhead, Amberjack
Known Animuses: Staghorn, Mollusk
|-|RainWings=
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Description: can be any color, scales can shift colors; prehensile tails; frills behind ears
General Abilities: can change colors and camouflage; can spit a toxic venom from their front fangs
Special Abilities: none
Queen: Queen Okapi
Students at Jade Mountain: Macaw, Bongo, Quetzal, Basilisk, Shining, Amazon, Humid, Monkey, Grapefruit
Known Animuses: Avacado
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Description: white and silver scales, sometimes with hints of cool colors; ridged claws to grip the ice; forked blue tongues; tails narrow to a whip-thin end; “mane” of icicle-like spikes
General Abilities: can withstand subzero temperatures and bright light; exhale a deadly frostbreath; can use their tails to stun enemies
Special Abilities: none
Queen: Queen Lemming
Students at Jade Mountain: Snowshoe, Celsius, Iceberg, Caribou, Harp, Bone, Sugar, Spearmint, Frigid
Known Animuses: none
|-|NightWings=
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Description: green, blue, or purple and black scales, with scattered silver scales on the underside of their wings, like a night sky full of stars; forked black tongues
Abilities: can breathe fire and disappear into dark shadows
Special Abilities: if hatched under any full moons, can have mindreading, foresight, or both
Queen: Queen Margay (under Queen Okapi)
Students at Jade Mountain: Dreamseeker, Constellation, Reverence, Shade, Brightscales, Honorable, Starcaller, Puzzling, Semiconscious
Known Animuses: Rottedheart, Darkwalker, Opulence
|-|HiveWings=
Description: red, yellow, orange, brown, and occasionally yellow-green scales, but always with some black scales; four insect-like wings
Abilities: vary from dragon to dragon, and some may not have any abilities at all; abilities include deadly stingers that can extend from their wrists to stab enemies; venom in their teeth or claws; a paralyzing toxin that can immobilize prey; boiling acid sprayed from a stinger on the tail; or a stinking gas released from the tail stinger
Special Abilities: none
Queen: Queen Protura (under Queen Lyca)
Students at Jade Mountain: Stag, Braconid, Dragonfly, Beetle, Earwig, Scorpionfly, Louse, Firebrat, Flame Skimmer
Known Animuses: none
|-|SilkWings=
Description: SilkWing dragonets are born wingless, but go through a metamorphosis at age six, where they develop four huge wings and silk-spinning abilities; can have scales of any color except black; a pair of antennae
Abilities: can spin silk from glands on their wrists to create webs or other woven articles; can detect vibrations with their antennae
Special Abilities: flamesilk
Queen: Queen Lyca
Students at Jade Mountain: Diadem, Abor, Sevenia, Clouded, Xerces, Sylph, Skipperling, Oakblue, Prola
Known Animuses: Karner
|-|LeafWings=
Description: green, brown, and green-blue scales, occasionally with red or pink markings; leaf-shaped wings; webbing along spine
Abilities: can absorb energy from sunlight, and are usually accomplished gardeners
Special Abilities: Leafspeak, an ability where the affected can control and speak to plants (including seeds)
Queen: Queen Camphor
Students at Jade Mountain: Fir, Redwood, Gloom, Kapok, Sapwood, Conifer, Bonsai, Larch, Bamboo
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The first, those who should not be seen
Lies hidden under a flimsy screen
Beware your companions, for on this fine night
A betrayal will be forced into the light
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====== Prologue ======
None of the moons were full at the time. In fact, they were all completely dark. New moons.
Generally, the moons don’t align. They’re never supposed to.
And yet, on a foggy night, with no light to burn the mist off, an ungodly being woke to shake the continents to their core.
=== Part 1 ===
====== Chapter 1 - The Reckoning ======
As Wenge landed in front of JMA, they suppressed a surge of homesickness. They wished their sibs would be here to see this.
JMA was enormous. The entrance was decorated with a banner that read “Welcome!” in big, thick letters. Other students buzzed around them. Wenge walked to the front, where a line wound its way across the cliff, and waited. When they finally got to the front, a red-orange LeafWing greeted them.
”Hello, I’m Autumn. I’ll be your headmaster for this year. Name?”
”Wenge,” they said. The headmaster sorted through the papers, before picking up one of them and handing it to them. “Your directions are in there. Enjoy your new winglet.”
Wenge nodded and turned to enter the school. It was brightly lit with lanterns of all colors, flooding the room with beauty. As Wenge went down the hallway, they entered a large cavern, which had multiple caves attached. They took the second cave on the right. Inside was a bed made of marsh grass and a bit of mud, and another bed made of fine white sand. There were a few bookshelves, some candles, and other shelves to hold belongings. They slipped their entry form into an empty cubby, and turned to see a small SandWing running into the room.
”Oh, hi! My name’s Snakebite! Isn’t this awesome? This room looks really cool! What’s your name?”
”Oh, um, Wenge,” they said, slightly confused. “Great!” Snakebite exclaimed. “We’re gonna have so much fun! Have you seen the billboards yet? Come on!”
And Snakebite pulled them down a corridor. “We don’t have school on the first day, because we need to get used to this place! Here it is!” Snakebite pointed to a large billboard. Multiple papers were tacked onto it, advertising clubs, showing schedules. Snakebite grinned at him.
Wenge felt like they were going to have a good time here.
====== Chapter 2 - Clairvoyance ======
Semiconscious walked through the hallways, not even bothering to open his scroll. He knew where his cavern was anyway.
As he reached it, he entered and instantly flung his entry form onto a desk, surveying the surroundings in real time. His cavemate, a SeaWing named Amberjack, was there already, sleeping in a small pool. His bed was coated in moss, with a small skyhole where light could come through. When he was done studying the room, Semi left to get something to eat from the prey center.
The prey center, of course, was loud. Prey ran everywhere, from mice to cows. Semi snatched up a stray chicken and tore off it head, eating the rest of it, feathers and all. He looked at another entrance, where two clawmates of his, Wenge and Snakebite, were about to enter.
There was nothing special about the two. They looked pretty average. He’d have to meet them later.
Semi exited, thinking his own thoughts. When he arrived back at his cave, Amberjack was awake, and had left for the library. At least he would have the cave to himself. He picked out a history scroll. He liked history because it was something new to see. He had seen everything else anyway.
After he had finished the scroll (since it was pretty short), Semi sat on his bed, fidgeting with the moss. His future sight suddenly had a strange fuzz to it. Everything seemed less clear, but Semi figured that it was just him being tired, though he felt uneasy.
So he laid down for that day, and fell asleep.
====== Chapter 3 - Contrasting ======
As Andes landed, he bumped into an IceWing. “Watch it,” he growled.
Andes walked into JMA, he felt a tiny bit of apprehension. What would his winglet be like? Would he have a good cavemate? Was he even going to like it here? He got into the line, which was shorter because he was a bit late. The headmaster greeted him at the front, handed him his scroll, and sent him on his way.
Andes came into the cavern, which would be his “home cave”. He went into the first cave on the left. The cave was pretty average. Andes’s bed was a bunch of rocks. Delightful.
Just as he was finished looking around, the same IceWing who he bumped into came into the cave as well. They stared at each other for a moment, before Andes said, “If we’re cavemates, let’s just introduce ourselves. I’m Andes.” The IceWing nodded and just said, “Frigid.” Frigid then went to their bed, in a cold corner, which was covered with snow, and some icicles.
Andes decided to go out flying, but, unexpectedly, Frigid got up and followed him. Andes knew this because Frigid scared him just as he was about to fly, and basically made him fall off of the edge by saying, “Could I fly with you?”
When Andes came back up to the ledge, he just nodded slowly, and Frigid took flight. The two of them soared above the clouds in silence. Frigid must enjoy flying as much as Andes did. After a while, Andes began to pull off a few tricks, like a quick dive and recovery. Frigid usually managed to copy them pretty well.
They eventually came back to their home cave to find it buzzing with activity. Most of the other dragonets had arrived. Andes counted a CentiWing (hybrid?), a NightWing, a MudWing, a SandWing, a TempestWing (also hybrid?), a tribeless dragon, a SeaWing, and a SilkWing. Most of them were making awkward talk, or just hanging around.
Either this year would go well, or not. Andes had a feeling that it would be the latter.
====== Chapter 4 - Genesis ======
Wenge woke up the next day, feeling anxious. This was their first real day at the school. Checking their schedule, Wenge left their cave early to head to their first class, history. They tried to squash their strange feelings of dread along the way.
As they entered the room, a blue SeaWing was busy putting finishing touches on the classroom. A large map of Pyrrhia and Pantala rested on opposite walls, with bulletin pins describing famous battles. Bookshelves filled one of the walls, and on the parallel wall was a blackboard, a few pieces of chalk, and a few other miniature maps. Stone desks were placed in the center of the room, arranged into two rows, nine desks each, which meant the room was a little long. Other various decorations were scattered about, like gifts from past students, and a few small artifacts.
Wenge sat down at a desk and waited. The SeaWing smiled at them and said, “Early bird, huh? It’s always good to be prepared for classes. I’ll introduce myself when everyone else is in here, so you just wait for a little.” And Wenge nodded.
Gradually, Wenge’s clawmates trickled into the classroom, the last one getting in just before the bell rang. The teacher started the class.
”Welcome, new and old students. Though, I am fairly sure your entire winglet is new students, so this should be interesting. My name is Mr. Cerulean. Obviously, I will be your history teacher for this year..” his voice turned into a buzz, and Wenge heard Snakebite, who had sat next to him, whisper, “Hey, Wenge! Do you like history? I honestly think it’s kinda boring, being stuck in a stuffy library all day-“ and at that moment Snakebite realized that the teacher had stopped speaking, and now everybody was staring at her.
Everyone had a good laugh, and now the sun was filtering through the windows, and everything was peaceful. Wenge could not imagine anything better.
Even so, Wenge could not forget their dread.
====== Chapter 5 - Jointed ======
As Semiconscious walked out of the history classroom, he felt a bit impatient. They had learned nothing that day. He wanted to learn.
Semi soon entered his next class, art, which he knew would be fairly boring. As Semi came in, he looked around the room, trying to tap into his future sight. However, something seemed to be blocking it. It was a flimsy block, sure, but Semi was uneasy.
The art room had short canvases with seats behind them. Art supplies rested on a shelf along one of the walls, which ended to reveal a bubbling stream, from which they could wash their hands. Supply shelves and assorted cubbies took up the rest of the wall where the stream didn’t. Closets, presumably with supplies inside, were on the opposite wall. At the front of the class, there was an enormous canvas, which multiple types of paintbrushes and other art tools stored beneath. At the back of the class, a long window let a lot of sunlight in, with a pretty view of the landscaping beyond.
Semiconscious took a seat and fiddled with a paintbrush, as the rest of his clawmates entered. Finally, the teacher burst into the room. She was a bright purple and pink color, with red shifting through her scales, and a delighted expression on her face.
As soon as the bell rang, the teacher sprang up next to the big canvas and said, “Hello! You must be the Amethyst winglet! My name is Ms. Glamorous, I’ll be your art teacher for this year! Who wants to introduce themselves?”
A few talons shot up at the sound of that, and Ms. Glamorous picked the CentiWing.
”Hi, my name is Catfish, and my favorite color is green! I’m a CentiWing and SeaWing hybrid.”
Ms. Glamorous clapped her claws, and the rest followed suit. Semi, once again, tried to force his way into seeing the future, but now the wall was thicker.
Impenetrable.
He started panicking, and raised his claw. Ms. Glamorous pointed at him, and Semi blurted, “May I go to the bathroom?” The teacher nodded, and he rushed out of the room, accidentally crashing into a straggler, Amberjack. He said a hurried apology, and ran off.
Whatever was happening, it wasn’t good.
====== Chapter 6 - Anomaly ======
Andes watched as the NightWing ran out of the art room. Something had obviously shaken them, but Andes tried to push away his own fear.
He could hardly focus on the rest of the class. Ms. Glamorous talked about the basic properties of painting. What tools to use, how to do it, and how they differed. When the class was let out for a brief break, Andes flew in the clouds to clear his head. Frigid tagged along, as well as the AviWing in their winglet.
After a long silence, Frigid asked the AviWing for their name. “My name’s Magnum. I didn’t catch yours,” they responded. After they told Magnum their names, another long pause followed.
Finally, Andes soared over to Frigid and said, “Have you been feeling, like.. apprehensive, lately?”
To his surprise Frigid wrinkled his snout and nodded. “I don’t know what it is. I don’t have danger sense or anything, but I just feel like something’s going to happen.”
“Same,” Andes said. At that moment, Magnum glided over to them and said, “I haven’t been feeling badly. I think you’re just being paranoid, honestly. Just because bad things have happened here in the past doesn’t mean bad things will happen now.”
Andes sighed. “I suppose you’re right, but I just can’t shake the feeling.”
When the trio returned, it was time for the next class, herbs and healing. Andes studied the classroom as they went in.
A SilkWing hybrid sat at the front, putting up some kind of diagram. There were multiple bins and shelves on one wall, labeled with plants and herbs. Liquids were stored across another wall, and a large cage housed a monkey. Probably a class pet.
Another wall was filled with diagrams of all of the tribes, with labels describing bones and muscles. At the front, there was a big diagram of the average dragon body, and a few posters describing diseases (without pictures, thank the moons).
Andes sat down, hoping that everything would be okay.
====== Chapter 7 - Agitation ======
”By all the vipers, Snakebite, just punch the dummy! I’ve caught you talking to your friends multiple times now!” Yelled the combat teacher from across the room.
Snakebite sighed. All she was doing was chatting with Wenge. They were her best friend, so why couldn’t she? Snake turned back to the training dummy and hit it halfheartedly, waiting for the combat teacher, Mr. Burgundy, to turn around so she could talk to Wenge again.
Someone popped into the room, looking pale and worried. It was Mrs. Autumn, the headmaster. She said something quietly to Mr. Burgundy. He gasped, and they both left the room, with Mr. Burgundy shouting, “Don’t do anything stupid while I’m gone!”
Snake turned to Wenge, who looked just as confused. “Well, what are we waiting for? Come on, let’s go spy on them!” She whisper-shouted.
”B-but Mr. Burgundy… said..” Wenge stopped when they realized that Snake was going to follow Mr. Burgundy anyway, and trailed after her. A few other clawmates followed.
Snake peered around corners and “stealthily” sneaked behind Mrs. Autumn and Mr. Burgundy, catching bits of their conversation.
”Are you sure… she didn’t come… should we try to…”
Snake rounded another corner and almost walked into the next room, which almost all of the teachers were gathered inside.
Ms. Worldmaker and Ms. Sphinx were hunched over a desk, whispering about something and pointing to a map. Mr. Cerulean was looking at a scroll labeled “Students”. Mrs. Autumn and Mr. Burgundy had stopped in front of Ms. Glamorous, who was colored pale blue and white, with a mint green underbelly. Mr. Cob was pacing the room furiously.
Snake quickly backed up right into Wenge, who was directly behind her. “What-“ they started, but Snake shushed them.
”Was Current in anyone’s classes recently?” Mrs. Autumn asked. All of the other teachers shook their heads, and Mrs. Autumn looked over to Ms. Worldmaker. “Worldmaker, we have to start arranging search groups. She couldn’t have vanished into thin air.”
Mrs. Worldmaker looked up and nodded. “I’ll be sure to get on it soon,” she said quietly.
”Cerulean, Cob, make sure everyone else is still present. Glamorous, help me look around the school. Burgundy, Sphinx, send out a few teams to ask queens if they can send out search parties as well.” The other teachers scrambled to start, and Snake and the others made a hasty retreat back into their classroom.
”Someone’s gone missing!” Snake bleated. “Someone named Current!” A gasp went around the room.
It was so silent, you could have heard a pin drop. Right at that moment, Mr. Cob rushed into the room. “Everyone here today?” He asked. Everyone looked around and nodded. “Great. Stay in here until further directions.” He said.
The moment Mr. Cob left, a DeathWing walked to the front of the room. “Listen, guys, someone might be missing, but the teachers will take care of it. We’ll all be fine. Stop worrying,” they announced.
The rest of the class slowly calmed down. Snake and Wenge (mostly Snake) huddled next to each other, with Wenge’s wing wrapped protectively over her. The NightWing—Semiconscious, Snake remembered—looked petrified.
Snake knew this would be a bad year.
====== Chapter 8 - Trepidation ======
Semiconscious clutched his head. This could not be happening. It simply was not possible.
When Semiconscious had looked through the futures for the school year, this was not one of them. Nobody named Current ever went missing. The school was almost never put on lockdown. Not only that, but Semiconscious was somehow losing his future sight. How was that even possible?
Semi paced his cave, eyes furiously scanning the bookshelves for anything that could help. All of the students had been locked in their rooms after yet another student had gone missing just an hour after Current, a RainWing named Bongo. Amberjack was not helping. In fact, she was having a panic attack.
Amber was on the floor, close to crying, her breathing shallow and rapid. The first few times Semi had tried to help, she just crawled away from him and started making weird whimpering noises, and said something about “Mollusk said this” or “Mollusk said that”. Semi knew that Mollusk was an animus, so that was rather ominous. But he didn’t even bother trying to ask about what Mollusk said.
Eventually, Mr. Cob came and told them it was safe to go into their “home cavern”, to which all of their caves were connected to, but they had to stay inside of it. It wasn’t much of a change, but Semi was glad for the extra space.
Apparently Amber wasn’t the only one scared. The SandWing and RainWing for their winglet, Snakebite and Grapefruit, were both crying. The HiveWing, whose name Semi forgot, and Andes, were huddled together, casting fierce looks around the room. Frigid was there as well, warding anyone else away from the other two. The SilkWing and LeafWing, Prola and Bamboo, were trying to get their work done, of all things. All of the other dragons were grouped together, whispering and looking around warily.
Semi almost gagged. He didn’t know why. The CentiWing hybrid named Catfish walked up and offered everyone a wobbly smile. They were accompanied by Magnum, the AviWing.
”Hey, everyone I know that… y’know, everything is weird, but we’ll be fine if we stick together, okay?” They said, somewhat hoarsely. Semi detected something else in their tone, but couldn’t quite put a talon on it.
Suddenly, words seemed to march up his throat. Semi started coughing horribly, and could hardly catch any air before his head fell back, and forced out four sentences:
“The first, those who should not be seen
Lies hidden under a flimsy screen
Beware your companions, for on this fine night
A betrayal will be forced into the light.”
Semi gasped and slumped to the floor, slipping into oblivion.
===
When he woke up, Semi was greeted with a weird feeling, like the kind of feeling you get when you’re falling. He looked up and saw a shining white sky, obstructed by multiple cogs and weird, glittery golden and silver threads.
”About time,” someone rumbled.
Semi’s head snapped toward the source. He saw a dark brown and black MudWing, who appeared to be a hybrid.
”Listen, technically, our universes aren’t supposed to overlap,” they began, “but this is dire. Your entire dimension is going to basically explode if you don’t fix it. I don’t want that. It’s pretty difficult to operate the time wheels. So. Here’s a hint you will need.”
”Who are you? Where am I? Why am I here?” Semi spouted. “Make me wake up.”
The stranger sighed. “Maybe it was good that you lost your future sight."
”WHO ARE YOU!?” Semi screamed. The stranger rolled their eyes and tossed a small cog at him. “I’ll be needing that back later,” they told Semi, as his vision blurred.
====== Chapter 9 - Consternation ======
Flame Skimmer jumped back from the NightWing fell to the floor. The room instantly erupted into chaos, and what Catfish said was forgotten. Flame turned toward his new friend, Andes, who looked just as freaked out. He then motioned for Frigid to come over as well.
"That was freaky! What even just happened?" Yelled Flame. It was difficult to hear anything above the pandemonium.
"I don't know, but it can't be good!" Responded Frigid. Andes nodded profusely. "I think it was a prophecy, like the one foretelling The Great War!" Andes shouted. At that moment, Mr. Cerulean scrambled into the room to see what all of the noise was about.
"EVERYONE! QUIET!" He bellowed. Silence settled over the chamber, besides the sobs of a few terrified students. "What's going on here?"
Wenge, who was hunched over Semiconscious's sleeping body, said "I-well, we don't r-really know. He s-said something about... something else..." their voice died. Mr. Cerulean frowned and said, "Try to get him over to the Medical Center. Ms. Sphinx will check him if she has time. Now calm down."
However, as soon as Mr. Cerulean left the room, everyone got to talking. Some theorized that the teachers were evil. Others said that the other winglets were out to get them.
One, thing was for sure, though. The entire Amethyst Winglet was in colossal trouble.
The next day, they were finally allowed out for classes. The teachers stockpiled food, because nobody was allowed out for the day, for obvious reasons. During lunch, Flame chewed on a piece of dried gazelle while talking to his friends.
"Do you think we could visit the NightWing, what's-their-name... Semiconscious?" Frigid questioned.
Flame nodded. "The Medical Center's always open, if someone wants to visit a wounded student or something. Still, Ms. Sphinx gets a little cross if you stay for too long."
"Should we go, then?" Asked Andes.
"Well, sure. Let me just finish my food," Flame said.
The trio walked down the hallways, chatting and joking about, until they reached the Medical Center. They were mostly silent there on out. Ms. Sphinx didn't lke dragons talking in the Medical Center, something about waking up the patients.
When they walked towards Semiconscious, Flame could see that he was fidgeting with something that was bronze in the sunlight. As soon as Semiconscious could see them, he tucked it away somewhere, so none of them could see it.
"Hey, um, Semiconscious. That's your name, right?" Andes said. Semiconscious scowled and nodded.
"So... about the, y'know... prophecy thing-" Frigid started, but Semi cut him off. "If you're asking whether I know anything, the answer is no. Go away." And Semi flopped onto the bed, facing away from them. Flame looked at his friends and shrugged helplessly. The three of them left the center.
====== Chapter 10 - Anticipation ======
Amber chewed on her salmon, looking around warily. It had been a few days since Current and Bongo had disappeared, and there was still no sign of them.
When the authorities had searched their caves, there was no sign of a struggle, or that anything happened at all. Bongo, a messy RainWing, still had their stuff scattered around the room, gathering dust. Meanwhile, Current, the more orderly SeaWing, hadn’t moved their materials at all. They were also gathering dust. Nobody dared touch either of their things.
The entire Amethyst Winglet was on high alert. Semiconscious had been recently released from the Medical Center, and his prophecy basically became a forbidden topic. No one talked about it.
Amber spotted a HiveWing flying out of the Prey Center, which was odd, because they had been expressly disallowed to do so. Amber sat up and was about to fly after them, when her friend next to her, Shellfish, pulled her back down.
”Whatever they’re doing, you shouldn’t follow them. You know about the missing incidents.”
Amber sighed. “It’s just weird. I have to go see what they’re doing. Are you coming?” Shell grunted, which Amber took as a yes, and the two took off in pursuit of the HiveWing.
When they reached the top, where the Prey Center opened up like a bowl, the HiveWing was nowhere to be found. They hadn’t flown away very long ago, so it was… unusual.
The duo flew around for a long time, calling out “HiveWing? Where are you?” Before Amber turned to Shell, and realized that she was just… gone. Amber whipped around, frantically searching for Shell, all the while yelling “This isn’t funny anymore, Shell! Come on!”
But deep down, Amber knew that Shell had vanished. And so did the HiveWing. Amber got back to the Prey Center as quickly as she could, dread gripping its cold talons around her heart.
”GUYS! SHELL’S MISSING! AND A RANDOM HIVEWING IS TOO!” She shrieked, crashing near her winglet. “I saw them! One moment She’ll was there, and then she just-“ Amber burst into tears. She felt feathery wings wrap around her, and looked up to see Magnum’s gentle face looking down on her.
”It’s all right. We’ll find them. Come on.” Amber let herself lean onto Magnum as he guided her to the headmaster’s office, where Autumn was sitting, writing something. Magnum cleared his throat. Autumn jumped, as though startled, and said “Yes? How can I help?”
”Well, I’m not one to talk. Amberjack just flew into the floor of the Prey Center and started crying.”
Autumn nodded. “Amberjack, what’s the problem?”
Amber sobbed and croaked, “It’s my friend… and a HiveWing. Gone.”
====== Chapter 11 - Disquietude ======
Once again, all of the students had been ordered away into their rooms. The teachers had finally decided to notify the other kingdoms of what was happening, and let their students have the choice of going home. Amberjack had been whisked away, and everyone else was holed up inside of their caves.
Grapefruit laid on her bed, made of soft moss and leaves, crying quietly. Her cavemate, Flame Skimmer, was sitting next to her bed, probably not knowing what to do. Mr. Cerulean yelled, “You’re allowed to enter your home cavern! DO NOT go anywhere else!”
Flame tapped Grape one the side of her head and said, “Come on. Maybe talking to someone else can help.”
Grape staggered up and went into the home cavern, which was once again full. Grape decided to sit next to Snake and Wenge.
Wenge tented their other wing over her, and Grape didn’t complain. The home cavern buzzed with restless activity, with the other dragons beginning to actually talk with each other. Grape turned to look through a window on one side of their cave, which was partially blocked by a curtain. She could see that it was sunset already.
Grapefruit didn’t want to go to sleep. No doubt, she would have nightmares. She huddled closer to Wenge, and Snake said, “Dragons only go missing outside the academy, right, Wenge?” And they nodded. “From what Amber said, the HiveWing first flew outside of the Prey Center before going missing, so yeah. We can’t go missing in the middle of a crowded room. We’ll be fine.”
Grape sighed, relieved. Her eyes began to droop, and she fell asleep leaning on Wenge.
When Grape woke up, she had been carefully placed on her bed, with a blanket pulled over her. Flame was asleep on his bed at the opposite side of the room, on a bed made of savannah grass. Grape got up, yawned, and went outside to see what time it was.
When she pulled back the curtain, it was already noon, which was strange. The teachers would have woken them up long before no one, even if the school day was canceled. She turned to see Amber coming out of her cave. They both sat in silence until Grape asked, “Sooo, what happened yesterday?”
Amber grimaced. “I was just outside, going after a HiveWing who just flew out of the Prey Center for some reason. Shell was with me, too. Then Shell just… vanished. Nowhere to be found.” Her shoulders sagged. “I hope they find her.”
Grape nodded. “Me too.”
They we’re silent for a little longer, until Grape said, “Why do you think the teachers didn’t wake us up?”
Amber frowned. “I’m not sure. Now that I think of it, I’m pretty sure Mrs. Autumn said that she would wake us up as soon as possible. Should we go try to see?”
Grape thought for a moment, and said, “Sure, but we have to be sneaky. If they find us outside of the home cavern, well…”
So the two of them walked through the empty corridors, aiming for the staff rooms. When they reached them, they were unsettlingly silent. The two of them looked through them. There were no teachers to be had.
By the time they reached their home cavern, a few other were up. Catfish and the DriftWing were conversing with each other, Andes had woken up and was pacing the room, and Magnum was drawing something.
”Hey, did anyone notice the teachers left?” Asked Amber. The DriftWing rolled their eyes. “I’m sure they’re around here somewhere. You just didn’t see them.”
Grape nodded, but a feeling of unease settled over her. Something was horribly wrong.
====== Chapter 12 - Undertaker ======
Bamboo glanced out of the window. It was already sunset, and the teachers hadn’t contacted them once. She sighed and turned to the others.
”The teachers are gone. We have to go find them. Who’s with me?”
Her abrupt proclamation must have surprised the others, because they looked a little stunned. However, Prola nodded. Wenge followed, and so did Snakebite and Grapefruit. Then Andes and Frigid both nodded, and Flame Skimmer said, “Now or never, I guess.” Amber looked a little nervous, but just sighed and nodded. Semiconscious got a strange look on his face, which Bamboo assumed was a yes.
She looked over to the others, and Magnum stepped up. “We’ll go as well.”
Bamboo got up and said, “Come on, you guys. Let’s go find the missing dragons.”
They were standing at the lip of Jade Mountain. Bamboo looked back at everyone else, at their expressions and their stances. Suddenly, Bamboo spotted a carving, writing on a rock. She walked over and used the dying light of the sun to read what was carved.
”Guys, there’s something over here. It says, ‘Down the falls, under the canopy, that’s where you’ll find me’. Sounds like a trap. Who wrote that, anyway?” Bamboo turned to the others. Nobody struck her as particularly suspicious, so she let it go. “It sounds like it’s talking about the Rainforest. It’s not too far from here. We should be able to reach it by this morning, if we hurry. Come on.”
Prola shifted on Wenge’s back. Wenge, being enormous, volunteered to carry her, and Prola agreed. She didn’t regret it. The feeling of the wind against her face was wonderful.
The rainforest rose, leafy and green, before the group. The rising sun illuminated it. Bright flowers peeked out from its floor. Suddenly, Wenge tilted downwards, folding their wings in so to land at the foot of the rainforest. Prola jumped off of them and looked around, slowly trotting towards the greenery.
Animals jumped between the tall trees, chittering and calling to each other. The floor was covered in mud and dirt, and lined with vines. Ivy hung from each tree, tangled throughout the forest. Enormous flowers bloomed in the sunlight. It was beautiful. Prola could hear a waterfall nearby.
”Alright, everyone! We have to find whatever’s in here, and that might take a while, so we’d better start now! Come on!” Bamboo yelled. Everyone dove into the underbrush.
Prola soon found that not only was it pretty, it was also very difficult to traverse. Thorns poked at her. She was constantly getting tangled in vines. Animals crawled on every part of her body. Eventually, Prola reached the waterfall she had heard earlier, and jumped inside, glad for the cool, fresh water. She scrubbed her scales, then started looking for a carving. Her wrists started to throb a little.
She climbed out of the water, before seeing writing on a cliff wall where the water ran from. “Hey! Guys-“
Prola was cut off by a sharp pain from her wrist, and she cried out in pain before collapsing. As though in a trance, silk spewed from her wrists on its own, wrapping itself around her, and she was enveloped in soft, white silk.
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