A Shadow at Jade Mountain

This is a fanfiction I will probably animate and turn into a series someday. It follows Pyro, Nightwatcher, Snakeroot and Toucan's adventures at Jade Mountain Academy. It's set in the future, a little like Sand Shores, which is another future-set fanfic. Please note that as of writing this, The Dangerous Gift hasn't come out, so I'll just do what I think will happen.
== Jade Winglet ==
IceWing: Polar
MudWing: Miry
NightWing: Nightwatcher
RainWing: Toucan
SandWing: Asp
SeaWing: Atlantic
SkyWing: Pyro
HiveWing: Polypax
SilkWing: Magpie
LeafWing (PoisonWing): Snakeroot
== Prologue ==
As the sun rose over Jade Mountain, two days before it reopened, a dark shadow watched from a corner. It grinned. "Soon." it said to itself. "Soon."
== Chapter 1: Pyro ==
Pyro sighed as she walked into Jade Mountain. Her many scrolls bumped against her chest as she came along the stone columns. She instinctively walked towards a large NightWing with purple underscales (Fatespeaker, she remembered), and a kind-eyed MudWing with large shoulders and flat, dark brown scales. Pyro walked over to them. "Hi." she said. Fatespeaker and the MudWing turned, and Fatespeaker smiled. It made her silver scales twinkle when she smiled. "Hi! You must be... uh... Peak? Alp? Uh... who's that one with the tricky name, Sepia?"
"Ibex." replied Sepia, her voice surprisingly soft for a MudWing.
"No, I'm Pyro." Pyro said, both holding back laughter and a little bitter that her name had been forgotten.
"Pyro! Right..." Fatespeaker unrolled a scroll. "Sorry, there's about fifty students this year, what with Sunny and Cricket insisting that we add Pantalans. Here!" she said triumphantly, almost dropping the scroll on Sepia's foot. "Uh, Pyro is in... ooh, Jade Winglet! Fancy! Third cave on the right, two rooms down! You'll like your clawmates!" Pyro nodded, and took the map and welcome scroll. She strode down the hallway, and noticed that the variety of colours and patterns and shapes and sizes were all so diverse! Nothing like the Sky Kingdom! There was a fork in the tunnels, and Pyro walked towards the right. She didn't see the SilkWing coming towards her, though. "Hey!" he yelled. "Watch where you're going!"
"Sorry!" Pyro yelled back. "I didn't see you, somehow!" The SilkWing had scales that were almost neon green, with yellow and blue stripes. He also didn't have his wings yet. "Stupid Phyrrian! Are you all just blind?" the SilkWing yelled back, his voice echoing a little. Pyro suddenly heard odd footsteps. Larger than the students, and with a sort of limp. Then, she spotted Clay, coming through the pack of dragonets. "Hey, hey, what's going on?" he asked.
"She crashed straight into me!" the SilkWing said. "And she could definitely see me!"
"No, I couldn't. Somehow." Pyro replied, trying to sound calmer.
"Skipper, can you not attack other dragons just because they walked into you?" Clay asked (Pyro could tell it was one of those questions that no wasn't an answer). "Uh... what's your name?" he said, turning to Pyro.
"It's Pyro." Pyro replied, sighing. No one remembered her name...
"Oh, that's a cool name!" Clay said. "It sounds kinda like my- um- girlfriend's name, Peril."
"I know." Pyro said. "I used to mumble it all the time, and people would think I said Peril."
"Huh." Clay said. "Skipper, come with me. You know you're not in this row of caves. And you can't just stay out of trouble because your parents are friends with the teachers." He limped off with his enormous wing over Skipper's shoulder. Pyro grinned. It might've been an argument, but it was hilarious. Pyro walked along the tunnel some more, and finally she found her cave. Coming in, Pyro almost jumped out of her skin. There was a tree in her cave, an entire tree! She walked over to the stone ledge, very like the one she slept on back in the SkyWing kingdom. Next to it, there was a scroll rack, with a bunch of scrolls and books. She picked up her welcome scroll, and began to read.
Welcome to Jade Mountain Academy!
It's been an eventful couple of years, hasn't it? What with the Breath of Evil infecting the school and such... but, now it's gone, we can have our fresh new batch of students! This year, at Sunny's insistence, we've added Pantalans to the school roster! This means there's well over fifty dragons at the school, counting the faculty! But this only means more friends! Have fun, and We wish you all the power of wings of fire!
"What's that you're reading?" a glossy, smooth voice cut through Pyro's reading. Looking up, Pyro saw it was a tall, slim IceWing, with long, elegant horns and wings. "Just my welcome scroll." Pyro said. "I'm Pyro, what's you're name?" 
The IceWing sniffed. "Polar." she said. "Do you think they thought it was funny to put two dragonet's who's names started with P in the same cave?"
"Probably not." Pyro said. "Uh, I think the pile of furs is yours?"
"Well, of course it's mine!" Polar snapped. "I'm certainly not sleeping in a tree!" With that, the IceWing hid her face and busied herself unpacking. Pyro picked up her map, and began to study it. Suddenly, a sharp, female voice echoed through the cave. "Oh, sweet mother of jungles, don't tell me I've been put with two Phyrrhians."
== Chapter Two: Snakeroot ==
Snakeroot stared in disbelief at the IceWing and the SkyWing who apparently were her new best friends, according to this stupid school. "Uh, hi!" the SkyWing said. "I'm Pyro, this is-"
"I'll introduce myself." The IceWing cut her off. "I am Polar of the IceWings."
"Ooh, aren't we fancy!" said Snakeroot icily. "I suppose you think it's awesome to have a Pantalan as your clawmate, but no, it is not, and especially not me!"
"Um... why?" asked Pyro. 
"Because it'll be a test of my self-restraint to not put fire ants in your bed, or strangle you in your sleep." Snakeroot said simply.
"Oh..." Pyro trailed off, and went back to studying her piece of paper. Snakeroot smirked. At least she could petrify her clawmates so they didn't bother her. Snakeroot furiously stormed over to the tree, and threw herself down onto the rough bark. It felt so much like home, back in the rainforest. Just if there wasn't a DISTINCT SMELL OF SMOKE. Snakeroot seethed until she suddenly heard three loud GONGS that DEFINITELY DID NOT make her fall out of the tree in surprise. The IceWing sniggered, and Snakeroot glared at her. "What in the name of all the trees is that?" she yelled. 
"Oh, they need us to come to our small group discussion classes." Pyro said. "And meet our winglets." 
"There's more annoying dragons?" Snakeroot said, but Pyro and Polar were already running out of the cave. They better not be annoying. Snakeroot thought grumpily. She followed her clawmates around the tunnels until they reached a large cave. Just as the GONGS stopped. Inside was a large MudWing with scales like deep mahogany (DON'T THINK ABOUT HER! Snakeroot thought), and a large scar on one of his back legs. "Ah, good. That's everyone." he said in a warm, rumbly voice. "In case you don't know, I'm Clay, and I'm one of the teachers here at Jade Mountain Academy. I'm sure that I'll get your names wrong at some point, so bear with me. Um- so- we're all going to go around the room and introduce ourselves. Who'd like to go first?" A purple-pink RainWing with orange stripes piped up. Snakeroot found her annoying before she even spoke. "Me! Me!" she said. "I'm TOUCAN! I help guard the rainforest sometimes, and I like meeting new dragons!" Ugh. Snakeroot thought. My clawmates are annoying, but they're not her, at least. "Good to know." Clay said. "Anyone else?" A SandWing with very pale gold scales and only one horn spoke up. "I'm Asp." she said. "I grew up in the Scorpion Den. Don't fight me. Or I will destroy you." Finally. Snakeroot thought. Why couldn't she be my clawmate? "Uh- also I've scanned the faces of everyone here and I've noticed some dragons I'd like to know." Asp avoided Snakeroot's gaze. Hmm. Snakeroot thought. Crush or terror? "Cool!" said Clay. "Anyone next?" The small SilkWing, who until she looked properly looked like a HiveWing to Snakeroot, waved. "I'm Magpie." she said. "If anyone want's to do art with me, I don't mind!" Art? What a waste of time. Snakeroot thought, as the actual HiveWing spoke up. "I'm- uh- Polypax." he said nervously. He seemed to be directing his nervousness at Snakeroot. Good. "Uh- I'm not interesting. Except to Nightwatcher. 
Snakeroot really didn't want to, but she spoke up. "Hi." she said. "I'm Snakeroot. I was a PoisonWing, I think that's what M- the other LeafWings call us." I hate my clawmates. I have a sister in the rainforest on the other side. 
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