Wings of Fire: How Life Turns Out

== Premise ==
It has been 20 years since the conclusion of arc 3 and everyone has gone on with their lives, but where has that taken them exactly?
Things in Pyrrhia have changed, for the worse, but maybe there's hope that some of the dragons who have saved the world before will be able to come together again in order to set Pyrrhia on the right path. But relationships have soured and friendships have become distant. Not every dragon ends up the hero in the end, especially when they've been pushed away by the dragons they've cared about.
A Wings of Fire fanfiction by Lucky_left_handed.
== Summary ==
Moonwatcher, a teacher at the NightWing Academy, catches onto strange patterns appearing across the continent and tries to reconnect with her old friends from Jade Mountain Academy, only to find that they aren't the same dragons they were back then. Everyone is destined to change, but she never expected her old friends to be so different.
In Pantala, Cricket lives in the LeafSilk Kingdom with Blue and Bumblebee. Pantalan life has been much easier than Pyrrhian life. Still, Cricket feels that there's something strange going on in the LeafSilk Kingdom with Bumblebee sneaking around and lying about where she's going running off to during the day.
In the Sky Kingdom, Cliff is itching to do something with his life. He feels like every day is the same boring routine and he doesn't see how he needs to stay in the kingdom since he's only a prince. Perhaps news of possible danger in Pyrrhia will motivate him and give him the opportunity to explore the continent and meet new dragons. But that may also lead to him being tied up in a conspiracy capable of completely destroying the kingdoms.
== Prologue ==
It was raining in the Rainforest Kingdom, not that that was surprising, but Kinkajou wished she could have gotten some suntime before the sky was plagued with dark storm clouds. It had gotten rainier over the years which displeased many RainWings, including Kinkajou, who now had to be forced inside with her chaotic roommates.
"Won't you stop sulking already, Coconut?" one of Kinkajou's roommates, a RainWing named Boa, asked sarcastically. Kinkajou had met Boa a few years back and Kinkajou liked her sarcastic nature, it reminded her of Glory.
"But it's raining and I was going to go get some sun," Coconut replied. Kinkajou used to hate Coconut back in school, but over the years, he grew more tolerable, at least she thought so sometimes. Other times, like right now, she questioned why she ever decided to be roommates with him.
Kinkajou moved from her position by the window in the treehouse wall to go over toward the two RainWings. "I wanted to get suntime too but I'm not complaining," she told Coconut, the RainWing in question sitting with his frills and wings drooped. "Why don't you eat a banana or something."
Coconut huffed and stormed into the storage room, grabbing a banana from one of the crates. "Just because I'm eating this banana doesn't mean that I think you're advice is great, I'm just hungry," he shouted across the room to Kinkajou.
"Yeah, you're just hungry," Kinkajou responded jokingly. She turned to look at Boa, the purple-colored RainWing resting on a pillow. Kinkajou moved over near her and plopped down on the pillow beside Boa's. "He's so whiny sometimes."
Boa laughed. "He still acts like a dragonet. He seriously needs to grow up, he's twenty-four," Boa said. Kinkajou sighed. She was an adult now, something she never thought was going to happen. Back at Jade Mountain, she felt like she was going to stay a dragonet forever with her friends, but time went by and things changed.
The only friend from Jade Mountain Academy that Kinkajou has stayed in touch with was Moon. The two would hang out a lot, they would never change, they would always be best friends. But the other dragons have gone distant.
Kinkajou thought that she and Turtle would remain friends, but he disappeared. There were no clues or anything, Turtle just ceased to exist one day and no one could find him. Plenty of dragons went out looking for him but he couldn't be found anywhere. Kinkajou always wondered what happened. Where could he have gone? Did another dragon take him? Did he leave on his own? Is he still alive? No one knew the answers to those questions. Kinkajou never really had feelings for him, but she still worried about him as a friend.
As for the others, Qibli broke off contact with Kinkajou after he and Moon broke up. Neither dragon had heard from the SandWing in years and Kinkajou could tell that Moon wasn't taking it too well. Winter was the same too. According to Moon, when she and Qibli went to Sanctuary to deal with the Pantala situation, they saw Winter again. Once they returned, they were told that he left the city. Neither Kinkajou nor Moon knew where he went but it seemed like Winter didn't want to be contacted by either of them.
Kinkajou knew that Peril still lived at Jade Mountain Academy with Clay, her partner, but the RainWing hasn't spoken to Peril in years. There didn't seem to be any sour relationship between them, just that they never really crossed paths anymore so they grew distant.
What Kinkajou didn't expect was that one of her closest friends was one of her biggest enemies from the academy, Anemone. After Anemone and Tamarin started dating, Anemone moved to the Rainforest Kingdom where she and Tamarin lived together in a treehouse close to Kinkajou's. Over the years, Anemone has gotten better and Kinkajou could see that Tamarin was helping her a lot. Now, Kinkajou and Anemone would laugh off the past.
"I'm thinking about visiting Moon soon," Kinkajou said to Boa. Boa looked over, her dark green eyes filled with questions.
"Is there a reason for that?" she asked. Kinkajou didn't visit Moon too often due to the distance between the two with the NightWing living in the new Night Kingdom. She visited not too long ago so it was strange for her to purpose visiting again.
"I just want to talk to her about old times, complain about the rain, you know," Kinkajou answered. Coconut stomped over them and violently sat down on another pillow.
"What are you two gossiping about?" he demanded. Kinkajou rolled her eyes and gave Boa a look.
"Kinkajou's telling me about how she wants to go visit Moon again," Boa told the nosy, blue-scaled dragon. Coconut raised a brow at Kinkajou.
"Is that what you actually want to do or is that a lie so you can go see that RainWing you've been talking to," Coconut teased.
Kinkajou growled. "Shut up, Coconut!" she shouted, flicking her tail at him. Despite being lazy, the RainWing dodged her attempt to slap him. Boa smirked at Kinkajou.
"Oh! You mean that RainWing helps teach dragonets how to fly? What's his name again?" Boa pondered playfully, running her claw along her chin. "Sloth?"
Kinkajou felt herself blush. "No, I really mean I want to go see Moon. Why would I lie to you guys if I was just going to go see another RainWing?" she asked, avoiding how the two were questioning her relationship with Sloth, a RainWing she's been talking to for a while.
At that moment, Kinkajou's final roommate walked out of his room. The RainWing had bright red and banana-yellow scales. "What's going on in here?" he asked.
Coconut smirked. "Cacao, you came in just at the right time! Kinkajou's telling us about her crush," he told Cacao.
Cacao smiled at Kinkajou. "Oh, Sloth?" he replied. Kinkajou growled. Why did they all know him?
"I don't have a crush on him! I'm talking about going to see Moon!" he defended.
Cacao walked over to the storage and grabbed an orange, beginning to peel it. "Well, right now's the time to go, the rain has stopped," he told her. Kinkajou looked to the window to find that the rain had indeed stopped. She didn't even notice because of how distracted she was with her roommates.
"You're right, I'll go right now," she stated. "I need to get away from all of you as soon as possible," she joked. Boa scoffed and Coconut frowned at her playfully.
"That's fine 'cause I could use some peace and quiet around here," he snickered. "Tell Sloth I said hi!" Kinkajou stuck her tongue out at him before jumping out of the treehouse and taking off east toward the Night Kingdom.
Maybe some time away from the Rainforest Kingdom was just what Kinkajou needed.
== Chapter 1 ==
TBA...
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