Continental Friendship

Protagonists: Bumblebee, Prince Cliff, Princess Auklet, Princess Mink, Peacemaker (yikes lots of royalty) 
Written by: XJJwiki9981, BlueberrytheRainWingSeaWingLeafWing and Silverdonna (ApaturatheSilkWing) 
== Ch. 1 ==
==== Bumblebee ====
Bumblebee slowly blinked open her eyes to the bright morning shine. Once she adjusted to the light and properly woke up, she rolled over and pulled herself out of bed. She almost fell out of the silk hammock and quickly flung out her wings. Well, at least I'm fully awake now, she thought ruefully and soared off once getting herself prepared. 
As she touched down on one of the platforms below her, she saw her adoptive mother and father, Cricket and Blue, along with Aunt Luna and Uncle Swordtail. "Good morning, Dear," said Cricket from where she was talking with Luna about tapestries. "I hope you remember what is today?" 
Bumblebee blinked a little, confused. "No, I'm afraid I don't..." she replied and sidled over to Father. He put a wing over her comfortingly.
"You're flying to Pyrrhia, and going to go to Jade Mountain," he replied. "It's a school on Pyrrhia where dragons from all the different tribes go."
"WHAT?!" Bumblebee yelled. "I don't want to go to schooooool! I'm only two, Dad!"
Cricket let out a small laugh as she came over. "School is necessarily," she replied. "If you don't get educated, you won't be, well smart."
"But I was super duper smart what I was a hatchling!" Bumblebee cried. "You and Snu- Sundew and Dad say so yourself-ves!"
Cricket sighed. "I know, I know. But what else has Sundew told you?"
"Hmmm... thaaaaat I should put bullet ants in the Librarian's nest?"
"WHAT?" Cricket cried. "No! Great Clearsight, I really do need to talk to her. No, Bumblebee, do NOT do that; I'm pretty sure the Librarian has suffered from enough bullet ants for... the rest of her life."
"Really?" Bumblebee said. "Wait, how did Sundew unleash them on her again?" she added, trying to drive her mother off the track of school. But, of course, Cricket was always very quick to catch on.
"I see what you're doing," Cricket replied, wagging one of her claws at her. Bumblebee looked past her shoulder and saw that Swordtail had almost fallen off the edge of the platform and said, "By Clearsight, we should get, like, bars on these things!"
"No, I'm not telling you another tale of Sundew's epic-ness. You will go to school, and NO ARGUING! Get ready and I'll get Sundew and maybe Willow to take you."
"Sundew and Willow? Why them?" Bumblebee tried to ask, but her mother ushered her up to her hammock, saying, "We need to take off today so we can get there on time."
Once Mother flew away, Bumblebee sat there in silence for a few more minutes, then decided that she probably should get prepared, because arguing with Sundew was fun, but Bumblebee didn't like to make the vicious LeafWing mad.
So she brushed all the dust off her wings and tail and checked to see if she had any new scars (she did have one on her tail and liked to show that one off, despite how it was only from once falling off her hammock in the night).
But, no, she didn't have any physical new scars, so she leaped off the hammock and down to the platform. After a few moments of saying goodbye to her adoptive family (including Malachite, who she believed was the best grandfather in the world), she heard Cricket and Sundew and another two pairs of talons, who she guessed was Willow, land on their platform.
"Hey, little bug," Sundew said as Bumblebee turned around to see her with a big grin across her face. The two LeafWings were practically on top of each other as they stood side by side - Bumblebee always found their relationship really cute and funny.
"Hi, Sundew, hi, Willow!" she said and gave Sundew a big hug. One of the main things she remembered was when Sundew used to take care of her when she was a hatchling.
"You ready to go to Pyrrhia again?" Willow said. "You haven't been there for a couple years."
"Yep! Hopefully that Snowfall won't try and kill me again," Bumblebee replied, chuckling nervously. She really did hope she wouldn't have to come near Queen Snowfall again. Or anyone who was close to the IceWing, either, to be fair.
"Yeah, that must have been pretty traumatising," Cricket said. "Now, go on! You may be late! Here, take the map." She gave Bumblebee a large copy of the map from Pantala to Pyrrhia. The coast of Pantala to the Pyrrhian kingdoms - yes, Bumblebee could see it all, including the little dot-islands in between.
"Be safe," Blue said and hugged her tightly; so did Cricket.
"Thanks, you two!" Bumblebee waved one of her wings at them and turned to Sundew and Willow. "Should we go now?" she asked, feeling a lot better about the journey now that she knew she'd be travelling with them two. One of the things she certainly wouldn't like was being around Tsunami, who she'd heard ran the academy about a year back.
"Yes, come on," Sundew replied and the three of them took off, towards Jade Mountain Academy, where Bumblebee would not only be surrounded by fellow Pantalan dragonets, but also Pyrrhian.
== Ch. 2 ==
=== Cliff ===
Cliff was not excited to go to Jade Mountain academy.
It would mean having to be around all these weird, new other dragons, whereas it had mostly been his mother and the other dragonets in the wingery most of his life.
At least one good thing would come out of going to Jade Mountain; he'd be able to see Peril. The other SkyWing had been very nice to him when Ruby and Scarlet were fighting, so Cliff liked to hang out with her whenever she visited the palace, even if he couldn't touch her. Still, he never realized how cold it was up in the mountains until he stood close to the firescales.
Right now, he was standing by the caves to Jade Mountain. Uncle Vermilion was next to him; Mother couldn't come because she was too busy running the kingdom (so Vermilion said). So he had to deal with his stuck-up uncle for a few minutes.
Tsunami was greeting the other dragonets there already. Cliff itched to just go inside already, but Vermilion wanted to see if the school really was good for him. Cliff did want to go home, yes, but since he was here, why not just go in?
After a while of watching, Vermilion eventually said, "All right, you can go in. But if anything goes wrong-"
"Yes, yes, I know this, Uncle." You've said this a million times already. "If anything goes wrong, send a message hope and you'll come get me. But I'll be fine, I'm sure of it. Don't worry."
(It probably wasn't even that Vermilion cared about him, just that the older prince feared getting in trouble with Ruby).
"Hmm," Vermilion said, still looking uncertain. "All right. Well, see you, then." In moments he was a shape winging off into the clouds with powerful, giant wings.
Finally. Cliff stepped out from under the shade and waited for Tsunami to stop greeting a small skinny SandWing dragonet before he paused in front of the bright blue SeaWing princess.
"Ah, Prince Cliff, right?" she said, grinning with all her teeth. Cliff only liked her because Peril liked Clay, who liked Tsunami.
"Yes, that's me," Cliff replied innocently, fluttering his wings.
"All right," Tsunami replied, "you're in Silver Winglet, with about nine others, of course."
"Nine? What? Wow, you really have expanded into the caves. Let me guess, six other Pyrrhians, and then Pantalans?" Everyone had heard about the Lost Continent by now.
"Yes, but the ones I think you'll really want to make friends with are Princess Mink of the IceWings, my little sister Auklet, that NightWing-RainWing dragonet called Peacemaker, and little Bumblebee the HiveWing."
"Well, all right," Cliff said, and thought subconsciously, That's a lot of royalty in one winglet.
"Well, have fun! Oh, and your sleeping cave is third tunnel to the right, and take another right to the first cave on that side," the Head of School said cheerfully, flaring her wings and sending up a gust of wind.
"Thanks, Tsunami," Cliff replied and stepped past the SeaWing princess into the main hall... into the second worst place in his life.
== Ch. 3 ==
=== Auklet: ===
Unlike most dragons, Auklet was really, really, really excited to go to Jade Mountain Academy. Dragons from other tribes! So much to learn! And to be honest, Auklet was dying from boredom of her life stuck in the harness. So, when Queen Coral finally let her go, she nearly exploded with joy. Still, she was a little worried about her winglet. Would she fit in? Would the other dragons like her? That was worrying. BAD worrying. Worrying that Auklet should NOT do when the world was great now. 
"Let's go, let's go!" she shouted at Moray, her oldest cousin. Moray flapped her wings and shot ahead of her. 
Auklet laughed and tried to catch up. A day later and after a lot of flying, they reached Jade Mountain. 
"Stay here and wait until another dragon comes," Moray said when they were close to the entrance. "Don't just go in yet." She then flew away in a heartbeat. 
Well, that makes sense. Auklet thought. She never liked me, and she hates all of Queen Coral's heirs. She won't care if I die here. 
Auklet waited, and waited, and waited. Nothing. She took one step towards the door, then stopped, remembering Moray's words. Don't just go in. 
Whatever. She didn't care. She defiantly stepped inside. When she did, a blue SeaWing was standing there, talking to a red SkyWing dragonet. After the dragonet left, The tall SeaWing turned and saw her. "Auklet!" she cried, grinning. 
"Hi Tsunami," Auklet answered, smiling as well. 
"You're in the Silver Winglet; you'll want to look out for Cliff, Mink, Bumblebee, and Peacemaker. Mink and Bumblebee are going to be your clawmates. Have fun!" Tsunami said, and turned away, starting to talk to a young LeafWing dragonet with gold speckles. Rosemary, if Auklet remembered from reading the Winglet list. Sundew and Willow's first adopted daughter, probably. 
Auklet went past them, and started walking towards her new future. 
== Ch. 4 ==
=== Peacemaker ===
Peacemaker was not excited to go to Jade Mountain. Not at all. He loved the rainforest, the smell and the sloths and all the food. Jade Mountain, no thank you. But Hope said so. Queen Glory said so. Moon said so. FINE. Peacemaker would go to Jade Mountain, but it was SO HARD. Dragons from different tribes, no thank you. He was a hybrid. Other dragons would laugh at him. Moon said that it had sleeping caves and lessons. Arghh. No, no, no. 
Lessons, fine. Sharing caves, no.
"Peacemaker," Moon said in an irritated voice. Oh. Yeah. He was not supposed to think about that in front of her. Mind-reader, yikes. He caught the frown on Moon's face and quickly shuffled his feet, and flew.
By the time they reached Jade Mountain, Peacemaker's nerves were up. What if everybody hated him for being a hybrid? Or for being half NightWing? Or for being too annoying?
"I'm sure you'll be alright," Moon said.
Peacemaker sighed, waved goodbye to Moon, and stepped in, and crashed straight into a bright yellow SandWing. "Ack!" He cried, and stepped back. It was actually not a SandWing, half NightWing, probably. Like him! 
He stared at her, and she stared at him. Finally, she said, "Hello. I'm Sunny. You're Peacemaker, right? You will be in the Silver Winglet with 9 dragons, but you'll probably get along with Princess Mink, Princess Auklet, Prince Cliff, and Bumblebee. Have fun!" 
Yeesh, Peacemaker thought. Too much royalty. I'll have to act very boring around them. He walked away from Sunny, into the literal WORST place in his life. 
== Ch. 5 ==
=== Mink ===
Mink was excited to go to Jade Mountain. Tundra and Permafrost were disgusted, Winter and Snowfall thought it was glorious, and Lynx nearly exploded with joy. Mink still liked Tundra and Permafrost, even though the entire kingdom rolled their eyes. She especially like Winter, Snowfall, and Lynx. Snowfall was her sister, Winter was her cousin, and Lynx was just a good dragon to be around. She loved building ice sculptures, in the last 3 years, she'd given Snowfall 20, Winter 5, Lynx 12, Tundra 4, and - she forgot. The entire palace was covered with Mink's ice sculptures, and Mink suspected that Tundra threw all of them away. That was why Tundra had to stay out of the palace for a night. Mink felt sorry for her, but Snowfall objected that she deserved it. 
But she was going to JADE MOUNTAIN! She could make friends with EVERYONE. And share ICE SCULPTURES with them. She would love it. They would love it. But she had a problem, that Snowfall pointed out. Jade Mountain didn't have snow and ice and- And then Snowfall flew away, laughing so she couldn't hear the rest of it. 
She thought about that as she flew on, and on, and on, past the ice cliff, the kingdom of sand, the mud kingdom, and finally Jade Mountain. At last! Mink bolted inside, nearly crashing into a bright yellow RainWing-looking dragonet. "Hi. Um. Who are you?" He asked. "I'm Mink," she said. 
"I'm Peacemaker," said the dragonet. "You're in my winglet, right?" Mink nodded. A green dragonet with pearls hung around her came bounding towards them. "Hi, hi, hi, hi!" she said. "I'm so excited! School's going to be great! I'm Auklet, by the way. Who are you?" 
"I'm Peacemaker, and this is Mink," Peacemaker said. "Cool!" Auklet jumped up and down and twirled. Suddenly, a mud pie hit her face. "YOW!" she cried. 
Peacemaker grinned, and threw one at Mink. She dodged, and threw the mud back. "Guess you're having fun!" Fatespeaker came up to them, and lead them into the main hall. This was going to be great. 
== Ch.6 ==
=== Bumblebee ===
From the look of it, Jade Mountain didn't seem so bad after all. She saw at least 4 HiveWings, 3 SilkWings, 5 LeafWings, and a gazillion Pyrrhian tribes she didn't recognize. A bright yellow dragon came bounding over. She was not a SilkWing, or a HiveWing, that was for sure. She was very small to be one of the founders of the school. Maybe...a student? "Hi!" The yellow dragon said. "I'm Sunny." Sunny! One of the founders of the school! Bumblebee felt foolish. "I'll show you to your winglet!" Sunny said. Bumblebee nodded, and followed Sunny into the Great Hall. 
Three steps away from her sleeping cave, Bumblebee tripped on a green SeaWing with ropes of pearls and two bracelets. "AHHHHH!" The dragonet shrieked. Sunny giggled. "Oh my gosh, Auklet, its only Bumblebee!" she said, still giggling. "Oh," Auklet said. "Ohohohohohoh. I'm Auklet. Tsunami's my sister. Nice to meet you." Her face twitched. "Oh, and I was just throwing mud pies at Peacemaker. And Mink. Wanna come?" "Sure," Bumblebee mumbled. 
"Be more excited!" Auklet cried. She nudged Bumblebee with one of her wings and raced after the others. Bumblebee started wandering around the cave, wondering why these dragons were so jumpy. She'd never been so excited around other tribes, they made her bristle with danger, danger, danger. But these dragons didn't seem so bad. Maybe she could make friends. 
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