Spinning the Stars

Hi. This is a fanfiction. The prequel to this is Hopebringer's Secret, but you don't need to read it to understand this. 
== Spinning the Stars ==
=== Chapter 1 ===
Starspinner shivered against the cold wind that blew across her scales. Her mother wrapped a wing around her, but the warmth was no use against the cold that filled her scales. 
"Mother, couldn't I have gone next year?"
"Nonsense, honey, You will do fine."
That was how the conversation went every time Starspinner tried to object. Her father, Swallowtail, and resoundingly supported her mother. He was behind her now, glaring at anyone who would dare object to a hybrid. 
Starspinner didn't see why he had too. There were plenty of hybrids, and even the IceWIngs, who where well known to be unfriendly, hadn't insulted a hybrid to his or her face. 
"Well, off you go!" said Hopebringer. "We'll see you soon.
Swallowtail smiled at her. "Don't worry, we'll visit you on your hatching day. It's only a few weeks away. "
"Bye!" she called as her parents flew into the wind. 
She nervously walked to the front of the school, feeling as if every eye was on her. She saw a dragon with small teardrop scales by her eyes and guessed that this must be Fatespeaker, the dragon who was supposed to be giving her assignment. 
"Hi! Who are you?" said Fatespeaker as she approached.
"Starspinner." Starspinner timidly replied. 
"Wow! You're in the Jade Winglet, and you are down that corridor, third door to the left. Be careful, though. The Jade Winglet is famous for getting themselves into adventures." Fatespeaker said.
Great. The trouble winglet. What could go wrong?
=== Chapter 2 ===
Starspinner walked down the corridor, hoping to see her cave soon. There it was! Inside, there were to places to sleep- a mat woven out of reeds and silk, and a ledge piled with polar bear furs.
Her mother said that each sleeping spot was specifically designed for each student, so Starspinner assumed that the reed mat was for her. And from the looks of it, she'd be bunking with an IceWing. I hope they're nice. 
She began looking for a scroll to read. Tales of the Lost Continent? No, Father's probably told me these a million times. How to Sing: A Guide to Making Music? How did they know I like singing? I'd never sing here anyway. WAY too many dragons. How the Jade Winglet Stopped Darkstalker? Well, I might as well learn about my predecessors.
There were six dragons in the Jade Winglet when they defeated Darkstalker: Moonwatcher,Ex-Prince Winter, Peril, Prince Turtle, Qibli, and Kinkajou. Umber, the MudWing of the Winglet, ran away after his sister, Sora, was accused of murder. Carnelian was the original SkyWing, but she was killed by accident from Sora's explosion. Peril took her place. 
. The story begins with Moonwatcher, anxious about school....
Suddenly, talonsteps echoed through the room and a dragon came in.
'Hi. My name's Frost." the dragon-no, Frost- said. 
"Mine's Starspinner." Starspinner said quietly. 
"That's a pretty name." Frost replied. 
"Thanks." said Starspinner. 
"I'm going to go get some food, but see you later, okay?" Frost said, as she put a small bag in her sleeping spot. 
Starspinner continued reading, but her mind was on something else. She was nicer than I thought. Maybe school won't be that bad.
=== Chapter 3 ===
Starspinner was hungry. Like, I would gladly eat a horse hungry. She supposed it was her own fault, because she had decided that going to the library and reading until the three moons were bright in the sky was a wonderful idea. Starflight had told her that "while I like your scrollishness, I doubt you would like it if you fell asleep in class," so Starspinner had quietly tiptoed into her cave, careful not to wake up Frost, and tried to go to sleep.
Her stomach protested. 
Is the prey center open? I mean, it's night time, but aren't NightWings nocturnal? She herself had always gone to sleep at night, and her mom had adjusted to a normal schedule. But the other NightWings probably still slept like that. 
Well, might as well try. Carefull, she got off her mat and walked to the entrance. She knew the way to the prey center, as she'd seen Jade Mountain before, when her parents were considering enrolling her. Down that corridor, take that turn, and there! There was the prey center. But there was a dragon in it. 
Should I go in? What if it's one of the teachers, and they'll scold me. Maybe I'll just tell them what happened, then. She took a breath, and stepped into the prey center. 
To her relief, the dragon wasn't a teacher. They looked like a Sand-Ice hybrid, with the body of an IceWing with pale yellow scales, and she was pretty sure they were male. He caught sight of her and grinned. 
"Hi! My name is Iceburn. What's yours?" He asked.
"My name is Starspinner," she replied. 
"Do you want to share?" Iceburn asked, gesturing to the two chickens he had caught. "I can catch some more." 
"I guess," she said. Iceburn seemed nice enough. 
She walked over to him and sat down. She shivered as he gave her a chicken. His talons were cold!
"Don't worry about my talons. The rest of me is hot." he said, grinning. 
Starspinner blinked. "Are you serious, trying to make a pun, or flirting with me?" she asked.
"All three! I'm chill like that." he said. Starspinner liked this dragon. He seemed perfectly relaxed all the time. 
"Wow! This is totally normal, you flirting with a random dragon you just met." she said sarcastically.
"Ahah! So the shy one has a scathing tongue!" he said, laughing. 
"I only use it on dragons I trust," she said, grinning.
"So you trust me, eh?" he asked.
"As much as I can trust a dragon i just met." she said. 
"Well, I won't be a random dragon much longer. I'm in your winglet!" he said happily. 
"How do you know if I'm in your Winglet?" she asked curiously. 
"Father threatened to raise Darkstalker again if Fatespeaker didn't give him the Winglet lists," he said, with a straight face. 
"You're kidding," she said disbelievingly.
"I'm not. Anyway, he should know. He raised Darkstalker once, and my dads' friend Kinkajou stopped him," he said. 
"Your father was part of the Jade Winglet?" she said. 
"Both of them, actually," he said. 
"I think I can guess who your fathers were," she said. 
"The son of Winter and Qibli, at your service," he said. 
=== Chapter 4 ===
"Yay! I was right!" Starspinner cheered.
"Hey! You just ruined my epic reveal!" he complained."You were supposed to gasp adoringly and say something like 'I'm not worthy,' "
"I'm not worthy," Starspinner said in a monotone voice.
"I give up," he sighed. 
"Wait, how do you have two fathers?" she asked. "Sorry, that was really rude."
"No, it's okay," he replied. "My godfather, Turtle, animused them up an egg. His, wife, Kinkajou, made him. They did the same for Moon and Lynx, and Flame and Umber, and basically anyone Kinkajou knew that couldn't have a child of their own biologically."
"Wow," Starspinner said. "So where is Moon's son?" 
"Me and him share a sleeping cave, actually," he commented. "And Aurora, Turtle and Kinkajou's dragonet, gasped when she saw her HiveWing roommate and told me she was in love."
"What are the other groupings?" she asked. "Great. Now I sound nosy."
"You sound fine, actually," he said. "So Dolphin, a SeaWing, is with Oak, a LeafWing. And Mountain an SkyWing hybrid, is with Squelch, a MudWing."
"So that's our Winglet," Starspinner said, 
"Yes. But not one of them is worthy to gaze on me!" he said dramatically. "Winnie told me that's what his sister said when they first arrived. He said I should say it too."
"Winnie?" she echoed.
"Winter," he clarified. "That's what I first called him and will always call him. Qibs laughed like crazy when he heard it."
"I'm guessing Qibs is Qibli," she said. 
"Yup! He's fine with it. He says it beats pathetic lizard any day. I asked him who called him that and he said it was his brothers. Than Winnie told him to not corrupt my innocence," he said, grinning.. "But I eavesdropped on there conversation. My uncles sound like sand-snorting dungheads."
"Wow. I;m guessing you don't have much family reunions?" she asked.
He laughed. "From what I've heard, the only decent members of my family are my cousins on my Winnie's side, my uncle Hailstorm, also on Winnie's side, and Qib's adopted family. Technically, I could be Prince Iceburn. I almost have royal blood on both sides: Qibs is Queen Thorn's adopted son, and Winnie is an ex-prince."
Starspinner yawned. "I'm tired, and I'm done with my chicken anyway," she said. "Want to go back to our sleeping caves?"
"Sure," he said. 
As they walked back in silence, a sudden thump echoed through the walls. Starspinner stiffened. 
"Don't worry," Iceburn told her. "It's probably nothing. Besides, we're almost at our sleeping caves. "
As they turned the corrider, Starspinner saw a dragon. 
Besides her, Iceburn was laughing hysterically. 
"Qibs? Why did you come here now?" he asked. "I'm perfectly fine." 
"I stayed here because Queen Thorn wanted me to see how Sunny was, and she was too busy to see her herself," Qibli replied defensivelly. "And that's well and good, considering that you are meeting up with someone at night."
"Oh, Starspinner? She's in my Winglet. Apparently, getting midnight snacks is a trait we share," Iceburn said casually. 
Starspinner was still nervously standing. "Um, hi," she squeaked out. 
Qibli glanced at her. "Iceburn is a wonderful dragon. If you hurt him, I will sic Winter on you," he warned threateningly. 
"I wasn't planning on it," she retorted defiantly. Where did that come from? 
"Um, bye," she called as she rushed down the corridor. 
But the idea of having a crush on Iceburn didn't leave her thoughts. And most confusingly of all, she wouldn't mind that future. 
=== Chapter 5 ===
"Rise and shine!" Frost chirped.
"More like stagger to your feet and be grumpy," Starspinner complained. 
"I don't want to be late because of you," Frost said. 
"I'm coming, I'm coming," Starspinner replied. 
It was dawn. Already. 
But she still got to her feet, and went to the place were her Winglet was supposed to meet, according to Frost. 
And she was greeted with a variety of faces. 
In the center there was a dragon sitting patiently, with a black rock around her neck and teardrop scales next to her eyes. A mind reader!
Her gaze flickered around all the dragons, but every time her eyes would rest on one for a second longer. 
As Starspinner and Frost entered, she cleared her throat. The whirlwind of chatter stopped. 
"Hello. I'm Moonwatcher. I'm going to introduce you to Jade Mountain," Moonwatcher said. "Everyone, please introduce themselves."
"Hi. I'm Iceburn. My favorite color is yellow, and I like to read and play. My dad's names are Winter and Qibli."
"Hello. I'm Mountain. My favorite color is green, and I like to play and draw. My parent's names are Flame and Umber."
"Hello. I'm Nightstorm. I like to read and fly. My favorite color is black, and my parents are Moon and Lynx."
"Hey! I'm Aurora. My favorite color is pink, and I like to draw and dance. My parents are Kinkajou and Turtle."
"Hi. I'm Frost. My favorite color is silver, and I like to paint and read. I'm an orphan." 
"Hi. I'm Dolphin. I like to swim and sing, and my favorite color is dark blue. My parents are named Wave and Seashell."
"Hello. I'm Starspinner, and I like to read and write. My favorite color is teal, and my parent's names are Hopebringer and Swallowtail. 
"Um, hi. I'm Oak. I like to garden and listen, and my favorite color is dark green. My parents are Forest and Birch."
"Hey. I'm Ladybug. I like to play with my parrot and to go birdwatching, and my favorite color is red. My parent's names are Beetle and Honeybee."
"I'm Squelch. I like to explore and sculpt. My favorite color is brown, and my dad's name is Stag."
Starspinner couldn't believe how much of her Winglet was made up of the original Jade Winglet's children. It was spooky, in a way. Was it on purpose?
"Everyone, follow me," said Moon. Her thoughts faded away in the excitement. 
=== Chapter 6 ===
Iceburn caught Starspinner's eye and walked up to her. Starspinner couldn't resist a small grin. 
"Yay! You're happy to see me," he said cheerfully. 
"Well, considering that you are one of my only friends, yes, I am," Starspinner replied coolly.
"Look at those two," Iceburn said, pointing out Nightstorm and Frost. "They look like they've just discovered heaven. And Moon doesn't look too happy about it."
Indeed, Nightstorm and Frost looked like two lovebirds. Starspinner almost expected one of them to coo. And Moon kept sneaking glances over. After all, Nightstorm was Moon's son. 
"So, how did Qibli react once you told him the story? Does he still want to sic Winter on me?" Starspinner asked. 
"Well, he vowed to kidnap you and kill you if you ever hurt me," Iceburn said. 
"Great. That was obviously what I wanted to happen," Starspinner said. 
"Well, are you planning to hurt me?" Iceburn asked. 
"Well, of course. I definitely go around breaking hearts in my spare time," she said sarcastically.
They went on like that for quite a while. Moon stopped, pointing our various classrooms. Finally, they stopped at the prey center. 
"It's time to eat, everyone!" she announced. "Have a snack."
Starspinner grabbed an apple and munched on it. It was delicious. 
The Winglet sat in a circle and stared at each other awkwardly. 
"So, how come so many of you are part of the original Jade Winglet's children?" Frost asked. 
"Well, technically not everyone. Starspinner, Ladybug, Oak, Dolphin, Frost, and Squelch are all not part of the Jade Cult," Iceburn joked.
"Yes,why didn't they spread them out?" Starspinner asked. 
This time it was Mountain who spoke. "Maybe they thought we would get along?"
"Or maybe they thought we could get in trouble," Iceburn proclaimed, and evil grin spreading across his face. 
"Iceburn, no," said Nightstorm. 
"Iceburn, YES," corrected Iceburn.
Ladybug said everything Starspinner was thinking. "Great."
=== Chapter 7 ===
It looked like Iceburn really wanted to get in trouble.
Which Starspinner disliked. She wasn't exactly a hero, after all. Unless you could count reading for 3 days straight heroic. So, Iceburn laid of the major trouble. Or so she thought.
A week before her hatching day, when Starspinner really wanted to have a nice time when her parents visited, Iceburn visited her sleeping cave at night. 
"What do you want?" she asked. She glanced over, but Frost had disappeared, presumably to meet Nightstorm. Those two acted like it was the end of the world if they were seperated. 
"Can't you be a bit more friendly?" he asked. 
"I'm very sleepy and cranky. I doubt so." she informed him. 
"We're visiting the underground lake!" he said happily. 
She stared at him. "This is not funny. You woke me up to go to the UNDERGROUND LAKE!"
"Um, yes?" he said. 
"Well, seeing as now I won't be able to go back to sleep now, fine." she said. She got up and promptly punched Iceburn in the nose. 
"What was THAT for?" he asked. 
"For waking me up. I may be shy and sweet, on the outside, but don't forget my sarcasm and my fierceness when provoked." she said. 
"Remind me to never do this again," Iceburn said. 
"That's a good idea," she said. Iceburn walked out of the sleeping cave, muttering about girls who were perfectly nice and gentle most of the time, but punched people for petty reasons. Starspinner followed. 
After some time, it became painfully clear that this was not the way to any of the underground lakes. 
"Where are we going?" she asked. 
"It's a surprise," he said. Starspinner sighed. At the rate they were going, it would be sunrise before they reached their destination. 
Finally, he clambered out of a hole and sat down, next to what was clearly a plea to fate for trouble. 
The entire Winglet. And certain ones had extremely guilty looks on their faces. 
But not all. The ones who weren't part of the "Jade Cult," as Starspinner called it, wore puzzled looks on there faces. 
"Three moons, what in the name of the great Ice Dragon is going on?" asked Frost. 
Nightstorm gave Iceburn a dirty look. "Someone thought that going out and cornering that RainWing on the run for kidnapping would be a wonderful idea." 
"Hey, I convinced you," Iceburn pointed out. 
"You do realize that the kidnapper could kidnap us," she said. Why do I have such a CRAZY winglet?
 "I'm all for it!" Aurora declared. 
"I'm in too," Ladybug agreed. 
"Nightstorm, it won't be that bad," Iceburn said. 
"I'm going." said Frost. "No matter what." 
"Fine," said Nightstorm. It was clear Frost was angry about something, but Nightstorm wasn't poking his nose in. The rest of the Winglet but Starspinner was nodding, clearly noting how determined Frost was. In the few weeks they had known each other, they had become a family. Starspinner couldn't imagine life without shy, determined Oak, or crazy yet calm Ladybug. Starspinner nodded. Even if it wasn't so important to Frost, she couldn't have said no to those eyes. 
"What's wrong, Frost?" she asked. 
"That RainWing is the dragon that killed my parents." Frost said. 
~ 
In the morning, Tsunami was furious. The dragon may have been middle-aged, but her temper was still as strong as ever. 
"Sunny, tell me why we put the dragonets of the JADE WINGLET together," she asked. 
"We thought that they would be more comfortable with each other than us." Sunny answered. 
"We were literally asking fate for trouble," Tsunami said. 
"Well, we'll change it once we get back. " Sunny declared. The two dragons walked out of the office, intending to catch the dragonets who had flew off at midnight yesterday.
==== Chapter 8 ====
"What?" Nightstorm asked. 
"He murdered them. Just because they didn't comply with something he asked. He's a psycho and I'm going get revenge," Frost said eerily. Starspinner shivered. How could dragons like that exist in the world?
"What if the kill US?' Dolphin asked, scared. Mountain reached over and put a wing around her. Starspinner watched them curiously. When did that happen?
Now that she noticed, she could see all the couples edgeing together. Aurora was definetly closer to Ladybug, and Squelch and Oak, the third wheels, where actually quite close. And Nightstorm looked like if anyone came between him and Frost, he would murder them, no questions asked. 
Squelch cleared his throat. "Are we going to get moving, or are we going to sit here like a bunch of lovebirds?" 
"Hey, you were sitting nice and close to Oak!" Aurora said. 
"Shut up!' said Squelch, now quite red in the face. "We met two weeks ago."
"Yes, but you're personalities fit together so well," Starspinner said. "Because Oak is a cinnamon roll who makes you show your softer side. Just like I'm the only one who can annoy Iceburn and get away with it, Ladybug is the water to Aurora's fire, and Frost and Nightstorm... Frost and Nightstorm are just relationship goals, and Mountain and Dolphin are the mom and dad friends who argue like an old married couple." 
"Uh, thanks?" Oak said. 
"You're welcome," Starspinner replied. 
"Going time!" said Squelch mock-cheerfully. 
After much grumbling, they took off, flying toward the unknown.
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