Wings of Fire: Lost in the Stars

The main body of the story takes place in the year 5031AS (Lumi’s 6 years old here) , and the prologue in 5050AS (25 years), as oppose to the actual year in the series (5012AS).
This is supposed to be a short story. I’m sorry if I lose writing quality because of the lack of details.
==Prologue==
Hi! I’m Luminosity, or Lumi for short. I’m almost going to be your teacher for this year. I’ve had my fair share of experiences and I’m sure you have as well. I’ve hatched, hunted, made friends, and learned about the other tribes and their history with one another.
These are all things you’ll do or have done already, and I can guarantee you that you will all do so much more as you grow up. You might have dragonets, write a scroll, meet all the queens, or, if you’re really lucky, you could go to Pantalla!
It hasn’t been the most exiting life by any means, but I’m fine with that. I’m going to share a story from when I was three years old, hardly larger than the cows that Clay seems to be slightly addicted to. I heard that! Anyway, I was trying different fruits during lunchtime at school when my mother told me we would be exploring the, well, Not-so-Lost-Anymore City of Night…
== Chapter 1 ==
Luminosity was eating blackberries. Again. The damp air of the rain forest made the fruit especially juicy, and Lumi wasn’t going to pass up a mid-afternoon snack. If the silver scales under her eyes reflected small spots around the room, then the spots on her wings lit up the hut like a ballroom.
Her eyes were also silver, and her pupils left slashes in their reflections. She tossed a blueberry into the air, and caught it in her mouth. She was enjoying every fruit she had available. Sighing in content from the juiciness of the blueberry, she grabbed a banana and cleanly sliced it open with her talons. She took a bite, and was surprised at how ordinary it seemed in comparison to the other fruits she had eaten.
Lumi was alone in their family hut. She often was, as her parents would work until sunset. Her mother, Nebula was a fruit gatherer, and she would often search deeper into the forest to find a new fruit of some kind. The RainWings would chart where these fruits were found. Her unit was led by Liana, a close friend to Queen Glory.
Her father Moonchaser, however, was primarily part of part of a construction unit.
Her mother was out hunting in the plains to the northwest of the rainforest, a neutral territory for the tribes since the scorching, over 5’000 years ago. Her father was working on the construction of a town hall deeper into the NightWing village. The RainWings were helping with the process, showing the NightWings where to place the beams, leaves, and vines. The NightWing village as a whole was in the northeast of the rainforest.
Where Lumi lived, though, was... different.
== Chapter 2 ==
Chapter 2
     Lumi’s hut was perched on a tree near to the southeastern edge of the rainforest. They had a clear view of the open ocean.
“Somewhere out there,” her mother told her, “ lies another continent. It was once home to the HiveWings, SilkWings, and LeafWings.”
“Why did they leave?” Lumi asked, “It sounds nice.”
Her mother sighed. “It’s not a happy story, my little galaxy. Someday, when you’re older, you’ll learn it in school. The dragons from there may tell you someday, but it’s sensitive for them.
Her eyes brimming with curiosity, Lumi asked, “What’s the other continent called?”
“Pantala, my dear.” Her mother replied. “It’s called Pantala. Like Pyrrhia, it is shaped like a dragon, but it is far different from our own continent. The tribes speak of a massive plain that takes up the majority of the continent, as well as a rainforest fare more dangerous than our own. There are some territories, however, that remain uninhabited.
“The plateaus of the northwest are supposedly home to a secret underground tribe, but no dragon could say for sure.
“Can we go, mommy?”
“Maybe someday, Lumi. One day, when the path is charted.”
Lumi Was gazing out to where it could be when she heard a creaking from above her. When she looked up, the ceiling of her family hut had started to sag.
That’s odd, she thought. We had our hut built by the best of the RainWings. It hasn’t sagged like that before.
She peeked her head further out the window and craned her neck up. The hope was to see what could be causing the issue. What happened was something entering her family hut in almost absolute silence. The floorboards, however, did not creak at all.
Lumi didn’t hear the soft, slow thuds of talons. She didn’t see the dragon behind her. She didn’t see the shadow behind her. She wasn’t aware that there was a stranger behind her. Not seeing anything on the roof of the hut, she shrugged. Moving back into the hut, she tossed her last blueberry into the air and caught it in her mouth.
         That was when a sack consumed her view and along webbed talons slid over her snout and down her body.
A spike of fear shot through her, cold as an IceWing’s frostbreath. It was soon followed by another spike of pain as she was struck over the head, and was forced into unconsciousness.
== Chapter 3 ==
“Lumi? Where did you go, my little galaxy?”
         Nebula stepped into her hut, seeing an open drawer where the family stored their fruits. Odd, my daughter was taught better. Moving more slowly, she closed the drawer and moved to Lumi’s room. But she found it as it was that morning. The blanket was untouched, there was no sine of anybody in the moss bed, and Lumi wasn’t there. Nebula walked out of Lumi’s room and moved to the living room. The beds there were also untouched, but the palm frond blinds were open, and a fresh sea breeze was flowing through the hut. Did Oleander teach you how to shift scales!? Nebula thought, panic rising in her chest. Where have you gone!?
She did one wore scan of the room, feeling for dragon scales. She found a RainWing dragonet, though, who she asked what had happened to her daughter.
The RainWing, who turned out to be Oleander, said, “I don’t know where she could have gone. She was eating fruits, a mix of berries. I was going to surprise her when I got distracted by a small dot of light in the living room.” Her scales turned light red in embarrassment. “It dashed around the room, until it suddenly shot off faster than I could follow.” Oleander’s scales started to shift to  green, and her wings drooped like a wilting flower. “Then she was gone.” Her scales were now fading to purple and gray.
That was when she saw the coconut bowl on the windowsill.
Turning back to Oleander, her gaze was suddenly more intent. “You said she was eating berries?”
“Yea, and the ceiling is really squished in.”
“That’s odd, don’t you think?” Nebula glanced up, seeing that the dragonet’s word was true. “I had this built by a handpicked team of RainWings. At least it didn’t cave in.” What could have caused that? It would take the weight of a dragon… Wait.
“Did you hear anybody else, Oleander?”
“No, why?” Her scales melded into a strange mix of purple and orange.
Moons-blasted son of a sloth.
“Find Moonchaser. He’ll find her. He has to.”
“Who’s Moonchaser?”
“My mate, and an explorer. GO!”
Oleander jumped up and shot out the window. As Nebula watched, the dragonet wrapped her tail around a tree branch before performing a beautiful U-turn and rocketing into the rainforest.
He has to…
== Chapter 4 (WIP) ==
As Lumi regained conscience, she noticed that she was practically weightless. Opening her eyes, she found herself in a sack. A really big sack. The last thing she remembered were webbed talons sliding something over her snout…
Webbed talons!? Why would a SeaWing want to take me? And where? She wanted to ask this very question, but she couldn’t open her mouth. Crossing her eyes, she found a metal band around her snout. Figures. I might have burned through the bag.
Or filled it with smoke, another part of her said, causing you to suffocate from your own stupid mistake.
Who are you calling stupid? You’re part of me! Lumi was well aware of the conversation she was having in her head, and she was losing.
You thought that burning a hole in a bag that is clearly not on solid ground, with clamped wings, would be a good idea.
That doesn't stop me from turning you off, she said, whist turning that part of her brain off.
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